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HubSpot CRM vs HubSpot Sales Hub comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.2
HubSpot CRM boosts lead generation and revenue, with varying ROI and valued for efficiency, automation, and data security.
Sentiment score
5.9
HubSpot Sales Hub boosts efficiency in lead tracking, communication, and sales management, significantly enhancing business value and strategy.
Without it, we wouldn't be able to manage everything properly or strategically plan our sales strategy.
Head of Digital Engineering, Management Consultant at Stax Inc.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.1
Users commend HubSpot CRM's timely support, though improvements like live agents and self-help access are needed for some.
Sentiment score
6.7
HubSpot Sales Hub provides prompt customer service, praised for responsiveness, but faces occasional language and time zone challenges.
HubSpot's customer service is excellent and fast.
Customer Success Manager Latam at ElectroNeek
Many users give it only a couple of minutes before moving on, so there should be ways for quick, direct access and follow-up, which is currently somewhat challenging.
President at iCIO, Inc
There is always an account rep that's available, and there is a technical account rep that is available for every account.
Sr Director of Global Inside Sales at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
They consistently respond and provide solutions, though some limitations are inherent to the tool itself.
Head of Digital Engineering, Management Consultant at Stax Inc.
It is more difficult with the language in Portuguese, which complicates understanding other functions.
Account Executive at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The community of HubSpot Sales Hub and information available in Google is sufficient enough to basically self-help myself.
Process Improvement Consultant at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
HubSpot CRM is scalable for all company sizes, but some prefer pairing it with Salesforce for enhanced capabilities.
Sentiment score
7.2
HubSpot Sales Hub offers scalable usage for moderate-sized teams, though larger growth may require additional modules and costs.
Handling around 100 to 150 users is fine.
Director at Big Billion Ventures Pvt Ltd
There are a lot of enterprises using it, however, even as a GTM for HubSpot, their target market is predominantly SMB.
Sr Director of Global Inside Sales at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
HubSpot CRM is a scalable solution.
Founder at a marketing services firm with 1-10 employees
Regarding scalability, I think it's really well-designed; not to some enormous size, but it allowed us to start easily and then expand really.
Process Improvement Consultant at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.5
HubSpot CRM is highly stable and reliable, with minor delays not affecting its excellent performance and integration capabilities.
Sentiment score
8.3
HubSpot Sales Hub is highly rated for stability, consistently reliable with minimal issues and infrequent API glitches.
Downtime is very rare.
Campaign Specialist at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
For instance, out of 10,000 API requests, approximately 10 might get missed with absolutely no record of them.
Head of Digital Engineering, Management Consultant at Stax Inc.
I don't recall experiencing any outages or downtime with HubSpot Sales Hub.
Process Improvement Consultant at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
 

Room For Improvement

HubSpot CRM needs improvements in customization, pricing, integration, UI, mobile app, support, automation, scalability, and subscription features.
HubSpot Sales Hub requires enhancements in lead capture, automation, pricing, UI modernization, and better training and documentation.
HubSpot should establish some pre-deployable packages that, when contracted, offer basic functionality.
President at iCIO, Inc
A better CRM can be achieved by providing more customization features.
Director at Big Billion Ventures Pvt Ltd
The response time is slow.
Founder | Technology Head at janusmaad.com
The overall cost is relatively high compared to some alternatives available in the market.
Head of Digital Engineering, Management Consultant at Stax Inc.
The problem with the email tracking feature is that it recognizes auto-screening in email tools, which means HubSpot Sales Hub thinks an email opened by an end-user is actually an email that is screened, giving me false expectations.
Process Improvement Consultant at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
HubSpot seems to be in the lead right now in terms of consolidating a lot of those point solutions into one core platform, which Sales Hub is a part of, and the CRM and marketing pro are also core to driving our business and go-to-market engine.
VP of sales at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
 

Setup Cost

HubSpot CRM offers mid-range pricing with modular options but is criticized for limited advanced features and perceived high cost.
HubSpot Sales Hub offers competitive pricing with flexible options, appealing to enterprises, despite potential complexity and varying costs.
The sales component is somewhat expensive, making the overall cost higher compared to some other available options.
Head of Digital Engineering, Management Consultant at Stax Inc.
We managed to get a really great discount for the first year because we had recently raised a round of Series A funding, qualifying us as an early-stage startup that received a pretty significant discount in year one.
VP of sales at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
 

Valuable Features

HubSpot CRM is valued for its user-friendly design, seamless integrations, automation, customizable workflows, scalable features, and real-time reporting.
HubSpot Sales Hub streamlines sales with features like pipeline management, CRM integration, and marketing automation for efficient, strategic planning.
HubSpot stands out for its ease of use, especially with sequence creation compared to other CRM solutions.
Customer Success Manager Latam at ElectroNeek
The main benefit that HubSpot CRM provides for me is that I can complete a campaign and rather than sending metrics to my sales team manually, I can customize them ad hoc based on the requirement.
Campaign Specialist at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The most valuable feature for me is when I encounter a company or a person, I can drop in their URL, and it pre-populates various details like address information and other contacts they might have.
President at iCIO, Inc
The most important feature for us is the ability to plan workflows and integrate other systems manually, even without native connectivity.
Head of Digital Engineering, Management Consultant at Stax Inc.
The ability to see and track who is engaging with your content, your emails, prioritizing who to follow up with based on a lot of data that is ingested via intent signals and automation is significant.
VP of sales at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
The divisions for sales and the graphics are very customizable in HubSpot Sales Hub.
Account Executive at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

HubSpot CRM
Ranking in CRM
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
50
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
HubSpot Sales Hub
Ranking in CRM
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
AI Sales & Marketing (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the CRM category, the mindshare of HubSpot CRM is 1.2%, down from 2.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HubSpot Sales Hub is 1.0%, down from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
CRM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HubSpot CRM1.2%
HubSpot Sales Hub1.0%
Other97.8%
CRM
 

Featured Reviews

Sadiq H - PeerSpot reviewer
Campaign Specialist at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Automation and integrated analytics have transformed how my team manages campaigns and deals
There are a couple of things which I would improve in HubSpot CRM. There are limitations with user limitations. I would want a feature where certain users do not need to export data and I want to be notified if anyone is exporting. That feature exists for a certain number of users, but it should also apply to lower-level users who should be notified as well. Second, the analysis and insights need to be provided on a weekly basis. For example, I would want to see that in this week we sent an email to a certain number of prospects, information about which was my highest open rate email campaign and which was my lowest engagement campaign, and insights from HubSpot AI that can be utilized. I would want to know which subject lines we gathered that received more attention as a form of data analytics information. Additionally, if I have one hundred contacts today and a couple of them are not active, for example, if eighty contacts are active and twenty contacts have never opened my email, I would want to trash them because they are not engaging. That kind of information would be very useful.
Mano Senaratne - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Digital Engineering, Management Consultant at Stax Inc.
Seamless integration boosts workflow through custom connectivity
The main advantage is its ease of use, and it comes with multiple connectors that can be used to integrate several other systems. The most important feature for us is the ability to plan workflows and integrate other systems manually, even without native connectivity. This is significant because we have connected our internal systems to HubSpot Sales Hub using the API. Another valuable feature is the email tracking module. Once a person is tracked, it adds all the metadata into the platform for later audit or progress tracing of the email. The custom reporting functionality is very helpful. We have been using custom reporting with HubSpot Sales Hub to get periodic reports and see the progress of certain projects. It helps us plan our sales strategy by tracking variables based on project size or site projects. We can link these projects to data and components, which helps us strategically plan based on the reports. The associated lists feature is new, though it has certain limitations when exporting data. HubSpot Sales Hub provides 95% flexibility in terms of allowing us to export, transform data, and bring it back. However, there are some limitations with the associated list feature and the API in terms of flexibility.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Performing Arts
8%
Construction Company
12%
University
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Comms Service Provider
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business39
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise3
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about HubSpot CRM?
The best thing about HubSpot is its clear workflow. Anyone can understand the flows of your contacts, your emails, their delivery dates, and the reasons behind their movements.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HubSpot CRM?
The cost is about the same price, currently charged monthly.
What is your primary use case for HubSpot CRM?
We are a user of HubSpot CRM. We are not a customer because we use all the free modules of HubSpot CRM over the last years that we have used it. Because the CRM is free, we use the CRM. HubSpot CRM...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HubSpot Sales Hub?
The solution is affordable, though the pricing structure includes a base payment for the sales part. The sales component is somewhat expensive, making the overall cost higher compared to some other...
What needs improvement with HubSpot Sales Hub?
I think the areas of HubSpot Sales Hub that could be improved or enhanced are probably templates that could be a bit smarter and the overall UI, which is not the best.What bothers me about the UI o...
What is your primary use case for HubSpot Sales Hub?
My usual use cases for HubSpot Sales Hub are the sales process and email automation.
 

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