| Pricing basis | Per seat on Sales Hub, per marketing contact tier on Marketing Hub (steps every 1,000 or 5,000) | Per seat across four tiers, no contact escalator, dialer included |
| Free tier | Yes, a real free CRM with unlimited users, deals, contacts, meetings | Free trial only, no permanent free tier |
| Native dialer | Calling minutes on Sales Hub, high-volume dialing usually requires add-on | Native power dialer, predictive dialer on top tier, voicemail drop included |
| SMS inside sequences | Mobile messaging limited, SMS at scale usually third-party | Two-way SMS and MMS native, step inside multi-channel sequences |
| Email marketing | Native, deep (segmentation, A/B, send-time optimization, lifecycle) | Bulk email and sequences, sales-first not a marketing engine |
| Lifecycle automation | Workflows across contacts, deals, companies, custom objects, marketing + sales | Workflows for outbound cadences, sales-scoped by design |
| Pipeline management | Strong kanban + list, deals + stages + custom pipelines | Strong smart views + lead inbox + pipeline, outbound-first UX |
| Reporting breadth | Custom report builder with cross-object joins, attribution, funnel | Sales reporting (call outcomes, sequence stats, win rates), lighter on cross-object |
| Service and ticketing | Yes, Service Hub (tickets, knowledge base, SLAs, help desk) | No native service module |
| Attribution reporting | Native first-touch, last-touch, multi-touch on Pro+ | Not native, teams rely on GA + UTM tagging |
| Mobile app | Full CRM + Marketing surface on iOS/Android | Pipeline + dialer-focused iOS/Android app |
| Custom objects | Yes, available on Enterprise tier | Limited, no equivalent custom object model |
| Integrations | App Marketplace, over 1,500 apps | Focused marketplace covering the common sales stack |
| Admin burden | Weeks to configure well, benefits from a dedicated operator | Days to configure, runnable by a sales manager |