Per endpoint software pricing is too expensive
Per-endpoint software pricing charges users for every single device rather than using cheaper alternatives like per-agent licenses. This high cost makes otherwise interesting features impractical to adopt for smaller setups or multi-device environments.
What the numbers show
Counted from the threads quoted below. How we count
- The most recent one is from October 2026.
- This comes up 95.9× more often in r/hubspot than across the site as a whole.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
Share your steps and trade-offs so fellow engineers don't have to reinvent the wheel. No account required.
- 1preferring per-agent pricing modelsDid this help you?
- 2comparing new tool costs against traditional labor or alternative software pricingDid this help you?
- 3Asking for a breakdown of line items for bookkeeping versus tax and advisoryDid this help you?
- 4Getting two comparable quotes using the same scopeDid this help you?
- 5Handling the accounting independently without hiring an outside bookkeeperDid this help you?
- 6Ignoring it and turning it offDid this help you?
- 7Checking separate rate sheets and credit billing articlesDid this help you?
- 8Charging a one-off fee instead of a monthly subscriptionDid this help you?
- 9Moving the paywall to future forecastsDid this help you?
- 10Using custom third-party calculators or spreadsheetsDid this help you?
- 11Consulting directly with HubSpot account executivesDid this help you?
- 12Estimating current workflow and email sending volumes before renewalsDid this help you?
- 13Asking online communities for reported buyer pricingDid this help you?
- 14Comparing quotes against alternative toolsDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“is this going to use credits? How many?”source ↗
“Ended up asking Breeze, which felt a bit ridiculous. Asking AI how much the AI costs. Lol.”source ↗
“Turns out the info on exists but it's in the rate sheet and the credits billing article. Neither of them is open in the tab where I'm about to click the thing.”source ↗
“Surely the cost of the thing should be right there before you use it. It's essentially a price tag after all.”source ↗
“The catch is predictability. Seats you can count; credits depend on volume, and some of it (workflow actions in particular) HubSpot doesn't show you anywhere.”source ↗
“So basically HubSpot found a way to charge us per email and per workflow step and somehow call it simpler”source ↗
“I’ve built local allergies: hayfever app on the App Store for pollen allergies and I’m just not getting many people to convert even though I feel like there is clear incentive for users to pay - it’s currently at £5 per month.”source ↗
“You're asking £5 a month for an app people open when the count spikes and forget the rest of the year. The same £5 as a one off in April is an easy yes, a recurring charge you have to remember to cancel in July is not.”source ↗
“The auto-renew and 60-90 day cancel window is the kind of gotcha that burns teams who aren't paying attention.”source ↗
Where this came up
People with this problem also raised
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- 6How to bill clients for API costs and software licenses
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- 16Why can't I just see the price of software without a sales call?
- 3How to market paid software without a free version
- 33Should customer support live inside our CRM?