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Pipedrive vs Attio vs Zendesk

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 23 September 2026.

Compared on
Pipedrive

Free trial · from $14/seat/mo

Attio

Free plan · from $35/user/mo

Zendesk

Free trial · from $19/agent/mo

What it isPipeline-based sales CRM for tracking leads and dealsCustomisable CRM with email sync, enrichment, workflows and AI agentsCustomer service software with ticketing, messaging, voice and AI agents
Free planNoUp to 3 seats, 50,000 records, up to 3 objects, 100 seat credits per user/month, 250 workspace credits/month, 1 synced email account per user, 200 emails/monthNo
Cheapest paid plan$14/seat/mo billed annually (Lite)Pipedrive pricing$35/user/mo billed annually (Plus)Attio pricing$19/agent/mo billed annually (Support Team)Zendesk pricing
What it coversAnnual option is one payment of US$168 per seat per year.Up to 10 seats; 500 seat credits per user/month and 1,500 workspace credits/month.Cheapest self-serve plan; email-based support. AI agent usage is billed per automated resolution.
Free trial14-day free trial, no credit card required14-day trial of the Pro plan14-day free trial of Suite Professional (Copilot included in the trial)
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, APIWeb, APIWeb
Integrations (vendor's figure)500+ integrationsNot stated1,800+ apps, partners, and integrations
Open sourceNoNoNo
Good for
  • Tracking a small team's deals from first contact to close
  • Automating follow-up emails and activity reminders
  • Forecasting revenue from the sales pipeline
  • Managing a startup's sales pipeline with contacts synced from email
  • Shaping the CRM with custom objects that match how a team works
  • Automating follow-ups with workflows and email sequences
  • Handling customer emails as tracked tickets in a small support team
  • Combining chat, messaging and phone support in one queue
  • Resolving common questions with an AI agent that is billed only for requests it resolves without a human
Watch out for
  • No free plan; a 14-day free trial is offered
  • Lite has no automations, sequences or two-way email sync
  • Leads and deals are capped per seat (Lite: 2,500 per seat, up to 300,000 per company)
  • Free plan: up to 3 seats, 50,000 records, 3 objects and 200 emails a month
  • Plus is capped at 10 seats
  • Call intelligence, sequences, permission controls and advanced reporting require Pro
  • No free plan; the 14-day trial runs on Suite Professional
  • Support Team is email-focused; messaging, live chat and telephony need a Suite plan
  • Copilot costs extra ($50/agent/month paid yearly) except on Suite Enterprise + Copilot
Made byPipedrive Inc.Attio Ltd.Zendesk

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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