Well, I've found a nulled version of the latest GrowCRM and since I am testing on localhost without any Internet, it seems to allow me to install with ANY serial added. Now it is to make sure I like what I get OOB and to make sure the script works as it should. GUI wise, I am definitely much happier and they seem to use Laravel instead of Codeigniter which was an issue for me as I am not that familiar nor have much time to learn it these days.
So far so good...
I was looking for something similar to PerfexCRM and it seems to be the solution. I'm just downloading 2.1 and I'm going to override it internally, however if it has the same functionalities I'll buy the license. Just like you, I was looking for something in Laravel and not in codeigniter. How are you doing? Have you tried it yet?