HubSpot CRM vs. Nimble

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HubSpot CRM
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
HubSpot’s CRM enables growth-minded businesses to optimize their relationships with leads and customers. Through harnessing the power of carefully crafted sales, marketing, customer service, content management, and operations tools, the software aims to make it easy to unify team strategy and drive conversion. Additionally, the software allows users to connect with over 875 integration apps, APIs, and solutions partners to create a customizable user experience that suits the way teams work.…
$0
Per Month [Unlimited Users]
Nimble
Score 9.8 out of 10
N/A
Nimble is a social customer relationship management (CRM) system with features such as contact management and data-driven analytics.
$19
Per User Per Month
Pricing
HubSpot CRMNimble
Editions & Modules
Free Forever
$0
Per Month [Unlimited Users]
CRM Bundle
$50
per month
Business
$19.00
Per User Per Month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HubSpot CRMNimble
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
HubSpot CRMNimble
Considered Both Products
HubSpot CRM
Chose HubSpot CRM
We use Apollo.io, but that's just for some sales automation. Mostly, HubSpot CRM has everything that a not-so-power user of a particular stream would ask for. You cannot go wrong with HubSpot CRM, and a very easy decision unless somebody has very specific requirements. As a …
Chose HubSpot CRM
I have worked for companies that used Pipedrive and Zoho CRM Plus, but despite their differences in features, I find these tools to be the same. Zoho CRM Plus is excellent software to keep clients' information in the same location, but it is too costly if you ask me. Pipedrive …
Chose HubSpot CRM
We liked the automated marketing that is available in HubSpot CRM compared to other products. It's also very easy to create reporting and view pipelines for different teams.
Chose HubSpot CRM
We've been using Hubspot for years and don't foresee making any changes away from it. It has been fully integrated into how our business operates. We ultimately selected HubSpot CRM because it had all the features and functions that our marketing, sales, and operations teams …
Chose HubSpot CRM
I used Salesforce in a previous company. It was way more complex, especially because we would receive bugs and error messages that would prevent us from fixing the issue when it was urgent, as it would cause a contract not to be sent, for example. We had a customized version …
Chose HubSpot CRM
HubSpot CRM has closed the gap and stacks up to staple CRM's like Sales Force. They've made themselves more appealing by lowering the entry-cost to get started.
Chose HubSpot CRM
HubSpot CRM definitely has the most features and is built for enterprise clients. We have been testing some other CRMs. They often have limited functionality but for a cheaper price ex. Attio.
Chose HubSpot CRM
We integrated salesfoce and HubSpot CRM. HubSpot CRM is great for marketing but we believed salesforce had a better workflow and CRM capabilities.
Chose HubSpot CRM
Better in almost every way for a small business - more straightforward, more functionality out of the box, really easy to understand, and get support too.
Chose HubSpot CRM
HubSpot is easier to navigate, work in, and export data compared to these other software. Its integration with Zapier, Slack, and Chargebee has revolutionized the relationship between our sales and CS teams, making information extremely easy to find. These other platforms I …
Chose HubSpot CRM
I think SFDC does some things better than HS but overall comparable. ChurnZero literally serves a different purpose, but I will say that Company/ Contact management and reporting are much easier in CZ.
Chose HubSpot CRM
I prefer use of Monday overall and we have since transitioned to Monday for many of our teams. I think Monday has a more intuitive interface and better customization. Training is inferior to HubSpot, but customer support is superior. Monday, frankly looks cooler.
Chose HubSpot CRM
HubSpot CRM has its own strengths and is well suited for companies in the Series A/Series B range. I have used other tools which are highly customizable but when the use-cases are particularly unique and custom.
Chose HubSpot CRM
We felt that HubSpot CRM served us better when we were still a start up, and tailors also very well to scale ups. We felt Monday was a tool more for start ups that wanted a CRM and project management tool at the same time, which wasn't what we were looking for. Salesforce CRM …
Chose HubSpot CRM
We selected HubSpot CRM because it was so many tools in one and felt like the right sized platform for my agency (we are small, just a few folks). The academy and self serve option made onboarding feel easier than I thought. The other tools are mainly email providers, we …
Chose HubSpot CRM
HubSpot CRM works 'by itself', if you add different components to the suite, like Marketing, for example, you won't lose data or need to check the quality of syncs, APIs or webhooks. It's all native, all in one.
Chose HubSpot CRM
We use/used Active Campaign in one of our companies and in our current company we are using High Level. The main reason we use a combination of the two is due to the budget constraints. High Level is far more affordable, provides many if not all of the same features as …
Chose HubSpot CRM
Salesforce is the leading legacy (and modern) provider for a reason, but it should be clearly mentioned that is so admin-heavy that it is sometimes just very burdensome to work with them. Basically, you need an entire team of employees work full-time with Salesforce just to …
Chose HubSpot CRM
We currently mostly use Robly for newsletters and email campaigns. It's a bit simpler and straightforward in design, results, and reporting.
Chose HubSpot CRM
In our company, we previously used various CRMs that often had shortcomings and failed us at critical moments. Since adopting HubSpot CRM, we've noticed significant improvements, as it allows us to segment our databases, properly qualify leads, and generate reports and insights …
Chose HubSpot CRM
HubSpot CRM allows you to create much more complex and sophisticated workflows than most competitors that I have used. At the same time, it does the basics very well if all you want to do is create a list of contacts, send them emails, and measure your email deliverability and …
Chose HubSpot CRM
HubSpot CRM is just a very attractive well organized platform that is constantly evolving and had it not been for the cost and contract terms it would be a top recommendation.
Chose HubSpot CRM
Salesforce got overly complicated and expensive. Some basic needs like sequencing were an added expense (although this was a number of years ago)
Chose HubSpot CRM
Microsoft Dynamics is not very flexible in connecting with other apps or with other ideas and processes. Salesforce is definitely too costly and also the customer service is not working well. HubSpot is doing much better on that, and overall, it's the solution that has from our …
Nimble
Chose Nimble
I used to use Workdesk and it was fantastic, you could easily work out what was needed and help desk would support you not just give you the tips to read.
Chose Nimble
To help track products for the most demanding clients, Nimble has been an inspiration. With this tool, we can easily manage our customers and leads. This tool has many themes and templates for sending emails and notifications. In contrast to other CRM programs, Nimble is a …
Chose Nimble
I believe that Nimble is a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software that is beyond conventionalism. I feel that when a business will implement Nimble’s channel then you will be able to have much more professional access to customer contact. I would say it is one of the …
Chose Nimble
I really like Nimble because it has always been influential and inspiring in fostering product tracking for the most influential and demanding clients. Other than that, Nimble has allowed me in choosing the correct moment to intervene and offer the required information to …
Chose Nimble
I cannot regard Salesforce as a perfect tool for CRM. I found Salesforce lacks many important features that we were looking for. Moreover, [the] email marketing feature of Salesforce wasn’t working well and I didn’t like that feature. But on the other side, the email marketing …
Chose Nimble
CRM tools need to be proactive, but unfortunately Agile didn’t fit well with our business demands, and we found Agile buggy and sometimes it results in slowing down our system, so that was a big issue for us. Luckily with Nimble, we haven't faced any such issue and it fit well …
Chose Nimble
Nimble is best of all. It has more reliable features than Freshdesk. I was using a lot of contact software for organization and it easily integrated with them effectively. Easily integrate with Google products, outlook and email
Chose Nimble
Nimble is mainly used for contact management and email tracking, linking companies and people into a single database, and using the database as a communication panel.
Chose Nimble
Nimble was either on par or much better than most platforms we evaluated in the initial stage of shortlisting the top 2 or 3 platforms.
Chose Nimble
Nimble has a straightforward setup, [is] easy to use, and has a fast and intuitive interface. This was the plus point for their choice.
Chose Nimble
Nimble has given me the tools I need to get the data from potential customers and use it to transform them into potential customers.
Chose Nimble
Nimble is a good CRM for someone who wants to use it for what it can do out of the box. Someone who doesn't need social media links in the client records. If you want to customize a CRM to look and feel like you want it to, I'd suggest you go someplace else. Nimble does not …
Chose Nimble
Nimble is more cost effective than both. Easier to use than Salesforce. It's built for the user and the person in the customer facing role to make their lives easier. The others are built for making managers lives easier and can get frustrating for end users.
Chose Nimble
I think they are neck in neck. Nimble might be cheaper and their customer support might be just a smidge better. I would be happy with both products.
Chose Nimble
Nimble is much better than Salesmate as it's user interface having many features and helping me to manage all day-to-day activities easily without any interruption.
Chose Nimble
Both Insightly and HubSpot are very capable systems in terms of CRM capabilities. However, Nimble is indispensable to us for its data enrichment feature that gives us the advantage of intel that is crucial for getting responses from our email campaigns We love how smart the …
Chose Nimble
I haven't used another CRM for at least 8 years. While I keep up to date on key CRMs, I feel it would be unfair to Nimble and the other CRMs of me to compare them here.
Chose Nimble
Every CRM has about 80% of what I need so there is always a few details that don't work exactly how we need them.
Chose Nimble
I selected Nimble for the group message integration and social media integration. The other tools that I looked at had restrictions that kept me from the ease of managing my customers. Prospecting is a big part of my business, and having the triggers for contact from Nimble is …
Chose Nimble
Google Apps combined with Communication History and the Social portion of Nimble places it in a category by itself, in my opinion.
It is very cost effective.
I have found other tools cannot compete on pricing and the social aspect.
Chose Nimble
Nimble has proven to be a positive and well-respected application within our company for setting us up for success at building personal and meaningful associations with decision makers. It has been a significant reason why we have gained acceptance and trust from those who we …
Chose Nimble
We checked out Hubspot CRM. You get a lot for free from them but it seems that to get the functions contained in Nimble you'd have to spend 2X per user to get the sales pro. To get the marketing aspects you'd really need the HS marketing package which is far more expensive than …
Chose Nimble
See my previous comments in my first answer. I've detailed this answer with a comparison of Insightly vs Nimble.
Features
HubSpot CRMNimble
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot CRM
7.5
Ratings
3% below category average
Nimble
8.5
Ratings
10% above category average
Customer data management / contact management8.70 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Workflow management6.60 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Territory management4.90 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Opportunity management7.60 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)7.80 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Contract management7.90 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Quote & order management7.60 Ratings6.60 Ratings
Interaction tracking8.60 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management8.20 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot CRM
7.8
Ratings
3% above category average
Nimble
8.1
Ratings
7% above category average
Case management8.50 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Call center management6.20 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Help desk management8.70 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot CRM
7.4
Ratings
2% below category average
Nimble
8.7
Ratings
14% above category average
Lead management7.90 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Email marketing6.90 Ratings9.00 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot CRM
8.0
Ratings
5% above category average
Nimble
8.2
Ratings
8% above category average
Task management9.20 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management7.60 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Reporting7.30 Ratings7.70 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot CRM
7.1
Ratings
6% below category average
Nimble
8.9
Ratings
16% above category average
Forecasting7.10 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Pipeline visualization7.10 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Customizable reports7.30 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot CRM
6.8
Ratings
10% below category average
Nimble
8.6
Ratings
14% above category average
Custom fields7.90 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Custom objects5.40 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Scripting environment6.30 Ratings8.50 Ratings
API for custom integration7.60 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot CRM
7.9
Ratings
5% below category average
Nimble
9.3
Ratings
11% above category average
Single sign-on capability8.10 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Role-based user permissions7.80 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot CRM
5.7
Ratings
25% below category average
Nimble
8.4
Ratings
13% above category average
Social data5.60 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Social engagement5.80 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot CRM
8.1
Ratings
10% above category average
Nimble
8.8
Ratings
18% above category average
Marketing automation6.80 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Compensation management9.30 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot CRM
8.2
Ratings
11% above category average
Nimble
8.3
Ratings
12% above category average
Mobile access8.20 Ratings8.30 Ratings
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User Ratings
HubSpot CRMNimble
Likelihood to Recommend
7.6
(0 ratings)
8.5
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.3
(0 ratings)
8.3
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.2
(0 ratings)
8.5
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.1
(0 ratings)
9.8
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.1
(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
HubSpot CRMNimble
Likelihood to Recommend
Most of our clients are either government institutions or Education sector clients, such as universities, colleges, Coaching Institutes, and Competitive boards. We store their data in a single place. That means we can keep our one client's data in one place without any confusion. Our data is always clear and understandable while it is in HubSpot CRM.
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[Nimble] has been the best platform for us to manage contacts and information from the
contacts. Great dashboard, fast UI, and complete package with all features
helping us a lot. I would definitely recommend this software to other
businesses to have this in their ecosystem to be more productive.
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Pros
  • The ability to create marketing campaigns and have control over when to stop and when to send the next according to your cadence design is excellent. However the ability to see the performance and the history for each prospect is so simple and so accessible - I kicked myself for not getting it sooner.
  • Having one place to create companies and contacts as well as score leads and track all contract products means we don't have to miss any renewals.
  • The Deal tracker gives us the ability to track multiple pipelines as well as team and individual metrics like average sale, percentage of goal, contribution to team effort which when mixed with an activity tracker means the team stays lean and mean to crush all goals.
  • The real time chat feature means prospects can navigate to our landing page for info about us, levels of product availability, pricing and begin a quick chat with members of the sales and support team.
  • Intel features along with lead scoring, SEO integration, podcasts and white papers all combine to be the most comprehensive CRM you could need.
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  • Nimble is the CRM solution used to strengthen business relationships with our frequent and potential customers.
  • We like that it allows us to follow up with our customers.
  • Its integration with email tools, social networks, and other programs allows me to keep in touch with customers and prospects.
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Cons
  • At times, it feels like there are too many options, which can be overwhelming when trying to grasp all that it has to offer fully.
  • The reporting features are lacking. It can be challenging to pull and export reports to share with users who are not on Hubspot.
  • It appears to have more issues with Windows; it consistently logs out and requires re-login to the CRM and the HubSpot Outlook add-on.
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  • I dont like the functionality aspect of how one of the controllers is always on standby, they dont load balance, meaning you can be on the same controller for the life of the appliance
  • The 4.x firmware was pretty buggy and it gave off a lot of temp alarms
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Likelihood to Renew
To be honest there are some barriers due to which we are unable to use Hubspot at it's full potentials. The region that we work in has some restrictions that don't allow us to make calls or text which leaves us to just Email to the client.
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It's truly a great system if you get it for the right reasons. Don't expect it to do everything a mid market organization would require but for any small business or mid to large organizations which would like to integrate to it for the social insights capabilities this is a leading solution which can add value immediately
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Usability
Once you are set up with HubSpot CRM, it becomes difficult to use any other tool, as it integrates you into the workflow and makes it a habit to log in to HubSpot to identify tasks for the day. The overall ease of use is also a brilliant factor in using HubSpot. They push you towards deal closure and revenue generation.
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The platform has more advantages and positives as compared to challenges or negatives in comparison to other comparable products and platforms available in the marketplace. It was extremely easy to get started with the initial deployment which makes the choice much clearer. Finally its tight integration not just with Microsoft O365 suite, but also with [the] most popular social media platforms available makes it a very favorable platform in its domain.
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Support Rating
Because when I needed help HubSpot responded immediately and provided me with the information I needed which enabled me to realize that HubSpot was even more customizable and easier to use than I thought! And I already thought HubSpot was very user friendly and easy to use, and then Support showed me how to manipulate the settings, columns and the appearance of the tool.
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Nimble customer service is enjoyable. With great patience, they work tirelessly to help their customers. It was highly beneficial to employees to have access to remote support sessions. We decided to get in touch with them to learn more about any previously mentioned features. Because of this, Nimble has a strong foundation. I think it's a fantastic option.
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Implementation Rating
If you've had any prior experience with cloud based marketing automation or group communication tools, you can do the implementation without paid outside support. Though getting to a SLA (service level agreement) would be best achieved with the help of a third party who can facilitate
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Alternatives Considered
Our team and senior managers deemed these products worth reviewing and requested that every team assess them, enabling our company to make an informed decision about the software to purchase. Everybody checked, and a survey was conducted among all those employees. We received the most votes for HubSpot CRM, as most employees preferred it.
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I cannot regard Salesforce as a perfect tool for CRM. I found Salesforce lacks many important features that we were looking for. Moreover, [the] email marketing feature of Salesforce wasn’t working well and I didn’t like that feature. But on the other side, the email marketing feature of Nimble works excellently and Nimble is a complete package for CRM.
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Return on Investment
  • Gave a ton of visibility into user and sales funnel.
  • Able to get back to new signups or inbound leads much faster, sometimes within minutes. We have a Slack integration that's super helpful.
  • Saved hours each week that were earlier spent digging through emails or spreadsheets for context; meetings are a lot shorter because it is super easy to go through the created reports.
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  • As the investment made with nimble is only 15 dollars per month, it is easy to return it and double profits in a short time, but this is totally relative to the number of people that are working on the platform account.
  • Based on the above, it is easy to deduce that nimble is a little better suited to small businesses that require a smaller number of sellers, since it does not ensure that all sellers can cover their quota.
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ScreenShots

HubSpot CRM Screenshots

Screenshot of Store, track, manage, and report on the deals (sometimes referred to as “opportunities”) your sales team is working.Screenshot of Our contact record enables your team to record and retrieve information on anyone your business interacts with, helping everyone to stay on the same page.Screenshot of The product library gives you visibility into the goods and services you sell, then associates them with individual deals. With products, you can easily track what you're selling to your customers and from what channels.