# Do you still need HubSpot Sales Hub?

What parts of HubSpot Sales Hub other tools can do, and what's hard to replace. Interactive version: https://onelesstool.com/replace/hubspot

## Alternatives by capability

### Manage contacts and customer records
HubSpot Sales Hub fit: native

- Salesforce Sales Cloud: native fit; cheapest qualifying plan Free Suite $0 (verified)
- Pipedrive: native fit; cheapest qualifying plan Lite $14 (verified)
- Apollo.io: partial fit; cheapest qualifying plan Free $0 (verified)

### Track a sales pipeline
HubSpot Sales Hub fit: native

- Salesforce Sales Cloud: native fit; cheapest qualifying plan Free Suite $0 (verified)
- Pipedrive: native fit; cheapest qualifying plan Lite $14 (verified)
- Apollo.io: partial fit; cheapest qualifying plan Free $0 (verified)

### Send sales email sequences
HubSpot Sales Hub fit: native

- Apollo.io: native fit; cheapest qualifying plan Basic $49 (verified)
- Pipedrive: partial fit; cheapest qualifying plan Growth $24 (verified)
- Clay: partial fit; cheapest qualifying plan Launch $167 (verified)

### Sales and CRM reporting
HubSpot Sales Hub fit: strong

- Salesforce Sales Cloud: native fit; cheapest qualifying plan Free Suite $0 (verified)
- Looker Studio: strong fit; cheapest qualifying plan Data Studio (self-service) $0 (verified)
- Tableau: strong fit; cheapest qualifying plan Tableau Public $0 (verified)

### Automate simple app-to-app workflows
HubSpot Sales Hub fit: partial

- Make: native fit; cheapest qualifying plan Free $0 (verified)
- Zapier: native fit; cheapest qualifying plan Free $0 (verified)
- Airtable: strong fit; cheapest qualifying plan Free $0 (verified)

### Collect information with forms and surveys
HubSpot Sales Hub fit: partial

- Google Workspace: strong fit; cheapest qualifying plan Business Starter $7 (verified)
- Microsoft 365: strong fit; cheapest qualifying plan Business Basic $7 (verified)
- Airtable: strong fit; cheapest qualifying plan Free $0 (verified)

### Run AI agents that complete multi-step tasks
HubSpot Sales Hub fit: partial

- n8n: native fit; cheapest qualifying plan Community Edition (self-hosted) $0 (verified)
- Claude: strong fit; cheapest qualifying plan Pro $20 (verified)
- Microsoft 365 Copilot: strong fit; cheapest qualifying plan Microsoft 365 Copilot Business (add-on) $21 (verified)

## Reasons to keep paying

- One shared contact timeline across marketing, sales and service if the company also uses other HubSpot hubs.
- Ease of use: reps adopt it with little training, which many cheaper or more powerful CRMs cannot claim.
- Built-in sequences, meeting scheduling and email tracking that would otherwise need two or three separate tools.

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