How to find a cheaper CRM when HubSpot gets too expensive

“What are the best alternatives to QuickBooks services?”source ↗

“Yesterday QuickBooks notified me that they would be terminating my payroll services. After 6 hours on the phone, I talk to someone who admits the service has to be terminated due to an error they made.”source ↗

“Literally nothing I’d love to replace more than quickbooks”source ↗

“Following because I need an answer to this too! QB desktop is still great, but I hate that it is also now a subscription service and QBO makes me want to pull my hair out.”source ↗

“I used AI to figure out how to convert an Excel file to do what I’m doing with QuickBooks. One of our vendors I showed him how to do it and I think he’s gonna drop QuickBooks too.”source ↗

“Xero man, switching soon”source ↗

“I'm running Xero for two small companies, and I'm about to run Xero parallel with QB for a few months on the larger one to see how it lines up. Looking forward to switching (I have confidence in Xero)”source ↗

“Is there anything that will let me do the same thing with my business expenses? Even if it’s another (preferably cheap) program that would allow me to keep quickbooks for the tax info but Simplifi style expense tracking somewhere else”source ↗

“I’ve spent the last decade learning its limitations firsthand.”source ↗

“AI has solved problems that consultants couldn’t address quickly or inexpensively, saving us tens of thousands of dollars in the process.”source ↗

“I continue to impress myself with a $20 Claude membership each and everyday. It’s refreshing seeing an owner that’s hands on and willing to build solutions and make things happen themselves”source ↗

“Every vendor we had (that did implementation) did not do what we needed and came up short so I stepped in w/AI.”source ↗

“Working with SAP and Netsuite at my previous jobs was a nighmare because nobody wants to put time or money into properly setting it up for the specific business needs and the damn program is so messy and deep that why bother.”source ↗

“That said, HubSpot is becoming too expensive. I’m now looking for a CRM that can offer similar benefits to HubSpot but at a lower cost.”source ↗

“Its ability to justify its price is becoming harder and harder.”source ↗

“Pipedrive seems like a nightmare. Not sure what else is out there that’s well built and truly scales.”source ↗

“honestly sounds like you’re already using hubspot the right way, it’s just the pricing that kills it once you scale users”source ↗

“Hubspot is getting to be too complex & overpriced.”source ↗

“Hello, we are working on invoicing software and wanted to contact more potential customers. We did direct contact, but that is really slow.”source ↗

“We are looking for some CRM, where can we add all potential customers, also the existing ones I would say.”source ↗

“It will be for two people at start, ideally free from beginning. Happy to pay later if we get more paying customers.”source ↗

“I don't need that many features: simple UI, multiple users, managing contacts and setting client/project interaction reminders (including repeating ones aka "every week/every month") and see them as popup/in a list somewhere.”source ↗

“I'm not interested on relying on some third party service that will lure me, collect my contacts, bind me to themselves with a few shiny features and then change their tariffs so sneezing now suddenly costs 100$.”source ↗

“we were in a similar spot. loved the dashboards and lead tracking but didn’t need all the sales bells and whistles”source ↗

“yeah hubspot is great until you want basic stuff without paying enterprise money. the jump is brutal”source ↗

“I have taken on a small construction company that performs home models and builds homes from scratch. Keeping books for the construction industry is where I got my start, so I understand how it so different than any other type of bookkeeping, my problem is the software.”source ↗

“I have been researching Construction Accounting Software and so many of the options available cost anywhere between $650/mo & $3,500/mo - my client can't afford this.”source ↗

“I’m looking for something much better than Office, and much cheaper than Adobe. I’d like for it to automatically build and update an index. I would strongly prefer if all the data stayed local (confidential or sensitive information).”source ↗

“Just took over IT responsibilities at a small companyand trying to make sense of our Microsoft support options There’s a lot of tiers and plans and I genuinely don’t know what we actually need vs what’s just upselling”source ↗

“It's a super expensive support plan that generally results in less then useful support. All the while you get a TAM that is constantly selling you stuff under the guise of status updates.”source ↗

“What actually mattered for us was whether critical tickets get a human who owns the case, and whether you can escalate past the first-line script.”source ↗

“Almost every tool out there seems to offer either a crippled "freemium" tier that locks the only feature you actually need behind a steep $25+/month paywall, or demands an upfront annual license costing well over a hundred bucks with zero flexible monthly billing.”source ↗

“I am trying to keep my stack lean and find genuinely useful, well-supported plugins or micro-tools that hit that rare sweet spot of roughly $5 to $7 per month.”source ↗

“Insurance renewal is giving us a hard time with our current VPN solution and recommended a few solutions.”source ↗

“I stumbled across Twingate on my own, and it works well enough, but the pricing of $10 per user, per month sucks.”source ↗

“Any thoughts besides Twingate, or anything else?”source ↗

“Currently using Freshservice, it's powerful but the agent costs rack up the more you move towards the Enterprise tier.”source ↗

“Please do share if there is a cheaper alternative. I love screen connect but not having to pay as much would be great”source ↗

“So far, the two features I’m missing with Splashtop are SAML SSO and the equivalent to ScreenConnect’s backstage.”source ↗

“Is there an all-in-one solution for server metrics, service status, searchable system and web logs (with definable custom paths), external website availability monitoring, alerts, and clear custom dashboards?”source ↗

“I’ve grown quite fond of Beszel, but I handle logs somewhat chaotically. I don’t mind paying a little extra, but considering the size of the server, I don’t want any expensive solution.”source ↗

“I‘ve just started a new job. Very happy overall and I need to make a decision.”source ↗

“I know it’s a long shot but does anyone have an on-premise/self hosted license of ConnectWise Control/ScreenConnect they aren’t using that I could buy off of them?”source ↗

“We are on a legacy splashtop plan, I need to stay on prem for some of our customer requirements and I would love to not have to buy new.”source ↗

“When testing spiceworks, this doesnt sent a confirmation email to the customer about their ticket nor replies. Is there a way to turn this on?”source ↗

“If not, is there any other good free options we can explore?”source ↗

“Trying to find a decent, inexpensive software for very basic Employee Reviews.”source ↗

“We have been using perform yard but it's difficult to justify the cost and I would think there would be something out there that would work for us.”source ↗

“We are often sending payment out without a signed waiver and then mailing out paper copies for them so sign and send back. I think its crazy.”source ↗

“Do y'all have anything that is just sending and tracking lien waivers? I don't need a full system like Procore, and from what I looked into Textura they charge for everything based on $ amount of contract.”source ↗

“I’m curious those of you that have operated on a VERY small scale, what do you use as a secure way for clients to get you documents and provide copies of returns and esigning?”source ↗

“I’m wanting to make things as cheap as possible, but also avoid major piecemealing too much because I need things to be convenient.”source ↗

“i had a spreadsheet to keep track of who needed a lien waiver. each tab was a different project, coloured if i was still missing a waiver, & the company on the tab was highlighted until i got the lien waiver.”source ↗

“I was looking at this on their website and it’s unclear to me whether you have to purchase them separately? Is the portal and e-sign two separate subscriptions?”source ↗

“I don’t want a complicated management software.”source ↗

“I tried DoorLoop but I think it’s overly complex for my needs.”source ↗

“Just need something that will let be collect rent online and have some sort of bookkeeping.”source ↗

“We’re losing a lot of clients recently because they need single sign on (from a third party, very common in my industry) but can’t afford Shopify plus. Is there really no way to use single sign on without using Shopify plus?”source ↗

“Most small businesses don’t have the money for like a large automation process.”source ↗

“How do you find alternatives to Zapier? Are there any ai tools which can be used which saves cost? i dont have tech expertise so can t setup n8n flows myself.”source ↗

“I pitched a system of booking automation to a hospitality business but it said they would not be able to afford it. I priced it around 25k.”source ↗

“is this what people are doing or do they prefer using ready made cheaper tool? i want to just buy something cheap and have ready to use product.”source ↗

“Problem is QuickBooks is like $300 a year and I'm not longer working 1099.”source ↗

“I'm trying to setup Actual budget but I'm already lost in the sauce.”source ↗

“Is there something similar to QuickBooks that's cheaper or do I just need to learn how to use actual?”source ↗

“At my client went a different route to avoid data going out and license cost. This seems to solve for both.”source ↗