How to Build Your Own Streak
Replace Streak with a custom build. Gmail CRM for High-Performing Teams
Build Difficulty: 5/5
Build a working replacement in a weekend with AI tools
Estimated Timeline
Based on 51 features at Weekend Project difficulty, expect about One weekend with AI-assisted development.
Recommended Tech Stack
Full-stack React framework with API routes and server components
PostgreSQL database, auth, and real-time subscriptions
Utility-first styling for rapid UI development
Type-safe ORM for complex relational data models
Key Features to Replicate
Top features across 8 categories. See all 51 features
AI(5 features)
Build a fully customized pipeline by describing business and workflow in plain language
Get up to speed quickly with deal history summaries powered by AI
Use AI to scan team interactions or search the web to automatically update CRM fields
Generate tailored meeting agendas based on deal details and previous meetings
Ask questions about any deal and get instant answers from deal history with citations
Contact Management(5 features)
Comprehensive contact management with titles, phone numbers, addresses, and social media profiles
Automatically enrich contacts with titles, phone numbers, addresses, and social media profiles from LinkedIn and other sources
View every email exchanged between the team and a contact
Collaboratively build contact and company lists visible across the team
Add contacts to multiple pipelines to track as sales leads, job candidates, and more
Email(5 features)
Get notified if team has already contacted someone before sending an email
See when people engage with emails and follow up at the right time
Schedule email follow-up sequences to boost engagement and response rates or create lightweight email marketing
Send personalized, templated emails to multiple recipients with automatic follow-ups
Save time on repetitive messages and ensure consistent messaging across team with email templates
Integration(5 features)
Create new Streak leads directly from a LinkedIn profile page
Custom integrations with internal systems and third-party apps using developer-friendly API
Out of the box connectors to popular apps like Calendly, Google Forms, Typeform, and Slack
Integrated directly into Gmail, allowing users to manage CRM without leaving their inbox
Connect to 9000+ apps via Zapier to build workflows across tools
Access Control(3 features)
Save email history of former employees without paying for Streak or Google licenses
Define custom roles with granular permissions for managing access to records
Assign different levels of permissions to different users on individual pipelines
Communication(3 features)
Generate meeting agendas from deal history, take notes, schedule follow-ups, and pull in recordings from calendar
See Streak contact information in the call screener
Native dialer to make calls and log conversations directly in Streak
Core CRM(3 features)
Workspace and collaboration tool for tracking deals with complete interaction timeline and CRM data
Dedicated view for managing individual deals with all relevant information
Create and manage unlimited private and shared pipelines for sales, hiring, dealflow and other business processes
Data Management(3 features)
Create rules and custom messaging to keep pipelines complete and uniform
Add calculations and logic to pipelines using natural language prompts
Automatically logged realtime data points for every deal like last reply, time in stage, and email activity
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Total Cost Comparison
DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 51 features at very easy complexity.