Head to head
Act! CRM vs HubSpot Meetings
Both platforms are scored with the same methodology and the same category rubric. Nothing on this page is influenced by advertising.
36/100 | 65/100Higher score | |
|---|---|---|
| Category rank | #5 | #1 |
| Confidence | High confidence | High confidence |
| External Reputation | 71 | 68 |
| AI Authority | 6 | 61 |
| Web Authority | 11 | 65 |
| Expert Assessment | 48 | 65 |
| TOP10 User Score | — | — |
| Pricing | USD $30/user/month (Act! Advantage Standard, billed annually) · free tier: 14-day free trial, no credit card required; no permanent free plan | Sales Hub Starter: page displays both "Starts at $7/mo/seat" and "$20/mo/seat" against a Pay Annually / Pay Monthly toggle (split not unambiguously labelled) · free tier: $0/mo for up to 2 users, no credit card; maximum 1 personal meetings link with forced HubSpot branding, 1 deal pipeline, 3 email templates, 3 snippets |
| Pricing model | Subscription (per user per month, billed annually) with metered add-ons | Subscription (per-seat, plan-gated; AI usage via HubSpot Credits) |
| Best for | Small businesses and solo operators of roughly 1-25 seats that need deep, highly customizable contact history plus bundled email marketing at a low per-seat price, especially insurance, financial services or manufacturing firms wanting custom industry tables, and existing Act! desktop customers with large legacy databases or a genuine on-premises requirement. | Sales teams already committed to HubSpot CRM — either 2 or fewer users wanting a free branded link, or a funded team on Starter needing team/round-robin links with branding removed and automatic CRM logging. |
| Avoid if | Your workflow depends on rock-solid Outlook/email synchronization, you need month-to-month flexibility or the ability to scale seats down freely, you expect phone support included at the base price, or you require published enterprise pricing and a verified uptime SLA. | You want a scheduler and nothing else (you are effectively buying a CRM), you need more than one link without a CRM, you require month-to-month exit flexibility or pro-rated refunds, or you cannot absorb $1,500–$3,500 mandatory onboarding at Professional/Enterprise. |
| Markets | SMB, Solo operators, Small teams (1-25 seats), Insurance, Financial services, Manufacturing | SMB, Mid-Market, Enterprise, Sales teams |
| Founded | 1987 | — |
| Headquarters | Scottsdale, Arizona, United States | — |
A higher TOP SCORE means more of the evidence favours that platform on this methodology — it is not a recommendation, and it does not account for your specific requirements. Advertisers are never declared the winner of a comparison.