Salesforce Sales Cloud vs HubSpot vs Attio

Compared on	SS Salesforce Sales Cloud Free trial · from $25/user/mo VisitRemove	HubSpot Free plan · from $7/seat/mo VisitRemove	Attio Free plan · from $35/user/mo VisitRemove
What it is	Sales CRM with lead, opportunity and forecasting tools in five editions	CRM platform with free tools plus paid marketing, sales and service hubs	Customisable CRM with email sync, enrichment, workflows and AI agents
Free plan	No	Up to 2 users, 1,000 contacts, 1 million records across other standard objects; no time limit; no credit card required	Up 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/month
Cheapest paid plan	$25/user/mo (Starter Suite)Salesforce Sales Cloud pricing	$7/seat/mo (Starter Customer Platform)HubSpot pricing	$35/user/mo billed annually (Plus)Attio pricing
What it covers	Page 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.	Up to 10 seats; 500 seat credits per user/month and 1,500 workspace credits/month.
Free trial	Free trial offered on Starter Suite, Pro Suite, Core and Advanced (length not stated on the page)	None stated	14-day trial of the Pro plan
Platforms	Web	Web	Web, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Not stated	Over 2,000 apps and web services	Not stated
Open source	No	No	No
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	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
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	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
Made by	Salesforce, Inc.	HubSpot, Inc.	Attio Ltd.

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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