Hello Isa,
I start most of my customers / new projects currently on Suite 8.x
There are some missing features in 8, compared to 7.
On the other hand, there are quite nice features and a lot greater joy of use in 8 compared to 7.
Eventually it boils down to your requirements.
There are some details in the github queue about missing features:
Paul has posted a short list of missing features:
But some of them are already fixed in newer versions.
So it’s great to see, that there is progress and Suite8 is getting more and more feature complete.
Try the approach the other way round:
Look at your processes, your requirements and then decide on a system and version.
7 is receiving security updates and heading into a LTS version - which had to be extended recently. But other than that, there are not great future improvements in Suite 7 - so I wonder: Why start going into a dead end (unless you have some very specific reasons to do so)?
Usually, you’d stick to your CRM for 5 - 10 years. If we assume SuiteCRM continues to develop over time and most standard business requirements are already met by Suite8, why not start there right away and be future proofed?
And keep in mind for the “upgrade”: Depending on what you want to do with your CRM (customization) you’ll have to invest into an expensive migration project from Suite7 to Suite8 in the future.