Limit 1
Marketing Hub's contact-tier pricing silently reclassifies contacts as 'marketing contacts' and auto-upgrades/bills teams that cross a threshold, with reports of being refused a downgrade afterward
For people using HubSpot
A HubSpot alternative, with the costs written down
HubSpot's Sales Hub Starter plan is $20/seat/month. Here is what HubSpot's published pricing and its users' reports say, and how Connections answers the same job.
- What HubSpot costs
- Where users hit limits
- How Connections answers it
- Questions answered
What to weigh before you stay on HubSpot.
Limit 2
Steep tier jump: Starter ~$15-20/seat/mo, to Professional $90/seat/mo plus a mandatory $1,500-3,000 one-time onboarding fee, to Enterprise $150/seat/mo plus a $7,000 onboarding fee and a 10-seat minimum
Limit 3
Reports of accounts/data being deleted before an advertised export-notice window had fully elapsed, and of being unable to export deals together with their associated contacts
Comment ça marche
The HubSpot details come from our competitor research, with its pricing read from https://www.hubspot.com/pricing/sales on 2026-08-16. Plans and fees change; check HubSpot's own site before you decide.
Foire aux questions
What is a personal CRM?
It is a place to keep the people you already know, rather than sales leads. Connections stores how you met someone, what you talked about, and who else you both know, so the relationship has a memory instead of living in your head.
How is this different from my phone's contacts app?
A contacts app stores a name and a number. Connections also keeps notes, your event and calendar history together, follow-up reminders, and the map of who connects you to whom.
Can I import the contacts I already have?
Yes. You can import contacts from a CSV or vCard file, and everything you import keeps its own history from then on.
How does it remind me to follow up?
Connections surfaces people you have not spoken to in a while, so you stay in touch before the relationship quietly goes cold rather than having to set a reminder yourself.
Can I search my network in plain English?
Yes. You can ask for people, places, conversations, or who needs follow-up, and search runs across the contacts, notes, and events you have saved.
Is Connections free?
Yes, and it needs no card. An email costs 1 credit a send, paid from your weekly credits; paid plans come with more.