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Salesforce Sales Cloud 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.

Compared on
Salesforce Sales Cloud

Free trial · from $25/user/mo

HubSpot

Free plan · from $7/seat/mo

What it isSales CRM with lead, opportunity and forecasting tools in five editionsCRM 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$25/user/mo (Starter Suite)Salesforce Sales Cloud pricing$7/seat/mo (Starter Customer Platform)HubSpot pricing
What it coversPage lists $25 for monthly or annual billing.'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 trialFree trial offered on Starter Suite, Pro Suite, Core and Advanced (length not stated on the page)None stated
PlatformsWebWeb
Integrations (vendor's figure)Not statedOver 2,000 apps and web services
Open sourceNoNo
Good for
  • Sales teams that need forecasting and quoting on top of a pipeline
  • Companies that expect to add security and admin controls as they grow
  • 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
  • Everything above Starter Suite is billed annually only
  • Max lists no free trial
  • Premier Support is an add-on on Pro Suite
  • 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 bySalesforce, 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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