nineloops vs HubSpot

HubSpot grows into a stack of hubs. nineloops is one workspace from the start.

HubSpot built a polished CRM and a marketing engine around it, and it suits teams whose centre of gravity is sales and marketing. As you add Sales, Service, Marketing and CMS hubs, though, the price climbs and the product spreads across modules you manage separately.

nineloops takes a different shape. The CRM is one of several deep apps, with projects, finance, docs, HR and chat that already share a workspace and a single bill, so the work after the deal lives right next to the pipeline that created it.

What HubSpot is genuinely good at

HubSpot is excellent at sales and marketing, with strong email, automation and reporting for revenue teams.

Why teams choose nineloops instead

Delivery and finance in the same place
A closed deal becomes a project and an invoice without leaving the workspace. HubSpot focuses on sales and marketing, so delivery and billing live elsewhere.
One workspace, not a set of hubs
nineloops includes projects, CRM, finance, HR, docs and chat together. HubSpot adds capability as separate, priced hubs.
Relationship health and reporting built in
Warmth scoring, a risk radar and reporting come with the CRM, connected to the rest of your data.
Native and simple to bill
A fast native desktop app and one predictable bill that includes every app.

Side by side

CapabilitynineloopsHubSpot
Projects, tasks and multiple viewsyesBasic tasks
Docs and wikiyesno
Built in CRMyesyes
Finance, invoicing and expensesyesVia Commerce Hub
HR and peopleyesno
Team chat and direct messagesyesno
WhatsApp inboxyesVia Marketing Hub
Workflow automationyesyes
Native desktop appyesno
One workspace, one billyesPer hub

Questions

Is nineloops a good HubSpot alternative?
Yes, if you want a capable CRM that comes with the rest of the company rather than a set of separately priced hubs. nineloops includes projects, finance, HR, docs and chat in the same workspace.
Does nineloops replace HubSpot's CRM?
For most growing teams, yes. nineloops's CRM has pipeline, companies, contacts, deals, reporting and relationship health, and it connects to the projects and invoices a deal turns into.
What does it cost?
Free for up to 5 people with no card, then paid plans that include every app instead of charging per hub.