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.
Cheapest self-serve plan; email-based support. AI agent usage is billed per automated resolution.
'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 trial
14-day free trial of Suite Professional (Copilot included in the trial)
None stated
Platforms
Web
Web
Integrations (vendor's figure)
1,800+ apps, partners, and integrations
Over 2,000 apps and web services
Open source
No
No
Good for
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
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
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
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 by
Zendesk
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.
