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Freshsales vs HubSpot

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 7 November 2026.

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Freshsales

Free trial · from $9/user/mo

HubSpot

Free plan · from $7/seat/mo

What it isSales CRM from Freshworks with three paid plans and a 21-day trialCRM platform with free tools plus paid marketing, sales and service hubs
Free planNoUp to 2 users, 1,000 contacts, 1 million records across other standard objects; no time limit; no credit card required
Cheapest paid plan$9/user/mo billed annually (Growth)Freshsales pricing$7/seat/mo (Starter Customer Platform)HubSpot pricing
What it coversBilled annually; monthly figures were not visible on the page.'Starts at' price offered for a limited time to new customers, with the $20/mo/seat list price struck through (shown for both monthly and annual billing); includes 500 HubSpot Credits.
Free trial21-day trial with full CRM access; afterwards a plan must be paid by credit card or the account is suspendedNone stated
PlatformsWebWeb
Integrations (vendor's figure)Not statedOver 2,000 apps and web services
Open sourceNoNo
Good for
  • Small sales teams that want an entry price under $10 a seat
  • Teams already using other Freshworks products
  • Keeping a free shared contact database for a very small team
  • Running email marketing and lead capture for a small business
  • Keeping sales, marketing and support records in one system
Watch out for
  • Growth has only basic workflows
  • Branded documents ($19/user/month) and the AI agent ($49 per 100 sessions) cost extra
  • No free plan among the three listed plans
  • Free tools are limited to 2 users and 1,000 contacts
  • Professional and Enterprise need a one-time onboarding fee (Marketing Hub: $3,000 and $7,000)
  • The $7/seat Starter price is a limited-time offer for new customers; the list price shown is $20/seat/month
Made byFreshworks Inc.HubSpot, Inc.

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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