HubSpot CRM brings contact details, communication history, sales opportunities and activities into a shared customer environment. It offers a free CRM foundation with the option to add paid features from the wider platform later.
Sources reviewed on 20 October 2026 · No hands-on test
A small sales team outgrowing separate spreadsheets that wants to see each prospect's conversations, tasks and open opportunities together.
Import a small fictional list of companies and contacts, link three sales opportunities to different stages and schedule follow-up tasks. Check whether a colleague can immediately find the latest activity and responsible team member.
A suggested task for you to try; not a Perkufo hands-on test report.
These products share the primary category. Compare the specific task: they are not automatically interchangeable.
Bitrix24 combines CRM, tasks, projects and collaboration in one business environment. Its official site describes cloud and self-managed deployment plus a permanent free cloud plan, with available capabilities and capacity differing by version.
Brevo offers email campaigns, transactional messages and marketing automation from one platform. Its official documentation describes a free foundation and additional subscriptions or credits for higher volumes and more features.
Capsule combines contact management and sales pipelines with tasks, projects and reporting. Its official site also describes workflows and mobile access, allowing a small team to investigate how a won opportunity turns into work for the same customer.
Close brings customer management, sales opportunities and communication by phone, email and SMS together in a sales CRM. Its official product page also describes workflows and reporting, allowing a team to assess customer contact and sales activity progress in the same workspace.
Crisp combines a shared inbox with website chat, other communication channels and a knowledge base. Its product page also describes customer records, analytics and AI workflows, allowing you to investigate how a small support team keeps conversations and context together.
Dolibarr is modular open-source ERP and CRM software supporting customer management, sales, invoicing and inventory. Its official site describes both locally administered and hosted installations, allowing you to select business functions instead of using every component at once.
