The simple HubSpot alternative for owner-led teams
Klipy runs your entire sales operation, ten jobs, one AI agent. HubSpot stays your marketing and pipeline record.
HubSpot is a genuinely strong system of record: a free CRM tier that's actually usable, a mature Marketing Hub built for sequences and lead scoring, and the largest CRM ecosystem in the category. Its AI layer, Breeze, is less coherent: three differently-priced products (Breeze Copilot, Breeze Agents, Breeze Intelligence) with credit costs that are fragmented and hard to predict (2026). HubSpot's automation is strongest before a conversation starts: once someone actually replies, on a call, an email thread, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, it mostly waits for you to type it in. Klipy captures the whole deal across email, calls, LinkedIn, WhatsApp and Telegram, and drafts the next move from that history. You approve. From $39/seat, synced back into HubSpot so your data stays put.
The honest take
What HubSpot does well
HubSpot earned its position honestly. It is the default system of record for a reason. If the job is "run marketing campaigns and keep one shared database everyone already knows," HubSpot does that job well. Klipy is not trying to replace it there, it runs the ten jobs that start once a conversation does.
A free CRM tier that is actually usable, not a crippled trial
Marketing Hub is a real, mature marketing-automation suite: sequences, lead scoring, workflows, landing pages
The largest CRM ecosystem and integration marketplace in the category
A contact and company database most owner-led teams already trust and don't want to rebuild
Where it stops
The gap between HubSpot and what you actually need
Automation gets you the reply. The conversation is still yours.
HubSpot's automation is strongest before a conversation starts: sequences, scoring, workflows get a lead to reply. The moment a real conversation begins, on a call, an email thread, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, HubSpot mostly waits for you to type it in.
Breeze is three products, not one
HubSpot's AI layer, Breeze, is not a single assistant with one price. It spans three differently-priced products (Breeze Copilot, Breeze Agents, Breeze Intelligence) with credit costs that are fragmented and hard to predict in advance (source: eesel.ai, warmly.ai, 2026). You can end up paying for AI capability three separate times before you know what any of it actually costs you in a normal month.
The partner-program squeeze
If you sell HubSpot through a partner or agency, the numbers moved against you in 2026. HubSpot now requires a mandatory $400/month partner membership starting July 2026, the legacy Solutions Provider tier ends in August 2026, partner-assisted commission windows were cut from multi-year to twelve months, and generalist partner margins compressed to 6 to 15 percent (source: HubSpot's own 2026 partner policy pages and MarTech.org, March 2026).
What Klipy does instead
The same workflow, without the manual work
Contacts, companies, and deals fill themselves, then sync back
Klipy captures email, calls and meetings (through Recall), LinkedIn, WhatsApp, and Telegram automatically. When a new contact shows up on any of those channels, Klipy creates the contact, links or creates the company, and enriches both. It proposes each deal as a suggestion you approve, never auto-created behind your back, so your pipeline stays trustworthy, not cluttered. On the Growth tier and above, a native two-way sync with HubSpot keeps both sides in step: what Klipy captures shows up back in HubSpot, and what changes in HubSpot flows back into Klipy.
The post-call workflow is handled, then queued for your approval
Klipy drafts the follow-up in your own voice and extracts the tasks the conversation implied, staged in a queue for you to approve. You approve before anything sends.
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AI with full context, enriched beyond HubSpot's own database
Companies get enriched through Klipy's Deep Web Research skill, an Exa- and Google-grounded lookup that fills in firmographic detail HubSpot's own database usually doesn't have. And if you or your team already run an AI agent elsewhere, Klipy exposes an MCP server with 38 tools so that agent can pull deal context and interaction history straight from Klipy.
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The real cost
What the HubSpot stack actually costs per seat
Klipy replaces the tools below. Here is what they add up to, every seat, every month.
A HubSpot Sales Hub Professional seat stacked with Fireflies, ChatGPT Plus, Calendly Teams, Apollo, and Perplexity runs about $243 per seat per month, list pricing as of August 2026. Each runs in its own tab: the call notes never reach Apollo, and ChatGPT never sees the deal. Klipy does it in one workspace from $39 per seat, syncing into HubSpot.
August 2026
Function by function
What stays, what moves
| Function | HubSpot | Klipy |
|---|---|---|
| System of record & Marketing Hub | Keep in HubSpot: campaigns, sequences, and lead scoring stay here | Not the job. Klipy syncs to it instead of replacing it |
| Manual selling work | Left to the seller once a conversation starts: capture, drafting, deal updates | Handed to Klipy: capture, drafting, and deal updates run automatically |
| AI layer | Breeze, costs more, spans three differently-priced products | One AI CRO, one price, does more of the actual selling work |
Side by side
Honest comparison
| Job to be done | HubSpot | Klipy |
|---|---|---|
| Captures conversations across channels | Email and calls inside HubSpot; other channels need separate tools or add-ons | Email, calls/meetings (Recall), LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Telegram, captured automatically |
| Creates contacts and companies | Manual entry or import, workflows can partially cover it | Auto-created from inbound conversations, companies linked and enriched |
| Creates deals | Manual, or rules-based workflow automation | Never auto-created, proposed as a suggestion you approve |
| Drafts follow-ups in your voice | Not native; needs Breeze or a third-party tool | Native, grounded in the actual conversation, staged for your approval |
| Sends messages automatically | You control sending | No, every draft waits for your approval |
| AI pricing | Breeze spans 3 differently-priced products, credit costs fragmented (as of August 2026) | One AI CRO, one price per seat, overage at $0.10/token |
| Native two-way sync between the two | N/A | Yes, Growth tier and above |
| Exposes an MCP server for external agents | Not published | Yes, 38 tools, one-directional (your agent to Klipy) |
| Entry price | Free tier, paid tiers scale by hub and contact volume (see hubspot.com/pricing, as of August 2026) | Free forever, 200 tokens; paid from $39/seat/month, 400 tokens |
I have been a longtime Salesforce user and there are a few things that really make Klipy stand out. First, its a AI first platform. And second is that it required very low admin overhead. - So my team can focus on sales and drumming up new business instead of spending hours maintaining data in CRM.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about switching from HubSpot to Klipy.
Klipy vs HubSpot
Klipy is the AI CRO: one AI agent running the ten sales jobs an owner-led team would otherwise hire for, while HubSpot stays the system of record for a different job, marketing and pipeline visibility. HubSpot earned that role: a genuinely usable free CRM tier, a mature Marketing Hub built for sequences and lead scoring, and the largest CRM ecosystem in the category. Its automation is strongest before a conversation starts; once a reply comes in on a call, an email thread, LinkedIn, or WhatsApp, HubSpot mostly waits for the seller to type it in. Klipy captures the whole deal across email, calls, LinkedIn, WhatsApp and Telegram, and drafts the next move from that history. You approve. HubSpot's AI layer, Breeze, spans three differently-priced products (Breeze Copilot, Breeze Agents, Breeze Intelligence) with fragmented credit costs as of 2026, and HubSpot's 2026 partner-program changes, a mandatory $400/month membership from July 2026, the end of the legacy Solutions Provider tier in August 2026, and commission windows cut to twelve months, squeeze the agencies and consultants who resell it. Klipy keeps a native two-way sync with HubSpot on its Growth tier and above, exposes an MCP server with 38 tools (one-directional, an external agent to Klipy), and enriches company records through Deep Web Research, an Exa- and Google-grounded lookup. Klipy starts free and paid plans start at $39/seat/month with one flat price ladder and $0.10/token overage. For teams asking whether they can leave HubSpot, or whether they even need to: Klipy runs the selling work in between, HubSpot keeps its own job.
What HubSpot does well
HubSpot earned its position honestly. It is the default system of record for a reason. If the job is "run marketing campaigns and keep one shared database everyone already knows," HubSpot does that job well. Klipy is not trying to replace it there, it runs the ten jobs that start once a conversation does.
- A free CRM tier that is actually usable, not a crippled trial
- Marketing Hub is a real, mature marketing-automation suite: sequences, lead scoring, workflows, landing pages
- The largest CRM ecosystem and integration marketplace in the category
- A contact and company database most owner-led teams already trust and don't want to rebuild
Where HubSpot stops
Automation gets you the reply. The conversation is still yours.
HubSpot's automation is strongest before a conversation starts: sequences, scoring, workflows get a lead to reply. The moment a real conversation begins, on a call, an email thread, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, HubSpot mostly waits for you to type it in.
Breeze is three products, not one
HubSpot's AI layer, Breeze, is not a single assistant with one price. It spans three differently-priced products (Breeze Copilot, Breeze Agents, Breeze Intelligence) with credit costs that are fragmented and hard to predict in advance (source: eesel.ai, warmly.ai, 2026). You can end up paying for AI capability three separate times before you know what any of it actually costs you in a normal month.
The partner-program squeeze
If you sell HubSpot through a partner or agency, the numbers moved against you in 2026. HubSpot now requires a mandatory $400/month partner membership starting July 2026, the legacy Solutions Provider tier ends in August 2026, partner-assisted commission windows were cut from multi-year to twelve months, and generalist partner margins compressed to 6 to 15 percent (source: HubSpot's own 2026 partner policy pages and MarTech.org, March 2026).
What Klipy does instead
Contacts, companies, and deals fill themselves, then sync back
Klipy captures email, calls and meetings (through Recall), LinkedIn, WhatsApp, and Telegram automatically. When a new contact shows up on any of those channels, Klipy creates the contact, links or creates the company, and enriches both. It proposes each deal as a suggestion you approve, never auto-created behind your back, so your pipeline stays trustworthy, not cluttered. On the Growth tier and above, a native two-way sync with HubSpot keeps both sides in step: what Klipy captures shows up back in HubSpot, and what changes in HubSpot flows back into Klipy.
Related product pages: Sales CRM (https://klipy.ai/product/sales-crm), Capture (https://klipy.ai/product/interaction-capture)
The post-call workflow is handled, then queued for your approval
Klipy drafts the follow-up in your own voice and extracts the tasks the conversation implied, staged in a queue for you to approve. You approve before anything sends.
Related product pages: Meet (https://klipy.ai/product/meeting-intelligence), Follow-up (https://klipy.ai/product/follow-up-drafts), To-do (https://klipy.ai/product/task-suggestions)
AI with full context, enriched beyond HubSpot's own database
Companies get enriched through Klipy's Deep Web Research skill, an Exa- and Google-grounded lookup that fills in firmographic detail HubSpot's own database usually doesn't have. And if you or your team already run an AI agent elsewhere, Klipy exposes an MCP server with 38 tools so that agent can pull deal context and interaction history straight from Klipy.
Related product pages: Plan & Execute (https://klipy.ai/product/plan-and-execute), Instant Recall (https://klipy.ai/product/instant-recall)
What else you would need with HubSpot
A HubSpot Sales Hub Professional seat stacked with Fireflies, ChatGPT Plus, Calendly Teams, Apollo, and Perplexity runs about $243 per seat per month, list pricing as of August 2026. Each runs in its own tab: the call notes never reach Apollo, and ChatGPT never sees the deal. Klipy does it in one workspace from $39 per seat, syncing into HubSpot.
Side-by-side comparison
| Job to be done | HubSpot | Klipy |
|---|---|---|
| Captures conversations across channels | Email and calls inside HubSpot; other channels need separate tools or add-ons | Email, calls/meetings (Recall), LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Telegram, captured automatically |
| Creates contacts and companies | Manual entry or import, workflows can partially cover it | Auto-created from inbound conversations, companies linked and enriched |
| Creates deals | Manual, or rules-based workflow automation | Never auto-created, proposed as a suggestion you approve |
| Drafts follow-ups in your voice | Not native; needs Breeze or a third-party tool | Native, grounded in the actual conversation, staged for your approval |
| Sends messages automatically | You control sending | No, every draft waits for your approval |
| AI pricing | Breeze spans 3 differently-priced products, credit costs fragmented (as of August 2026) | One AI CRO, one price per seat, overage at $0.10/token |
| Native two-way sync between the two | N/A | Yes, Growth tier and above |
| Exposes an MCP server for external agents | Not published | Yes, 38 tools, one-directional (your agent to Klipy) |
| Entry price | Free tier, paid tiers scale by hub and contact volume (see hubspot.com/pricing, as of August 2026) | Free forever, 200 tokens; paid from $39/seat/month, 400 tokens |
Getting started
You don't migrate anything. Connect your inbox and calendar, and Klipy starts capturing conversations immediately, HubSpot stays exactly where it is as your system of record and marketing engine.
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to leave HubSpot?
No. Klipy runs alongside HubSpot and syncs natively on Growth tier and above. Keep HubSpot as your system of record and Marketing Hub; Klipy handles the selling work in between.
Is Klipy cheaper than HubSpot?
Klipy starts free and paid plans start at $39/seat/month, flat, with one price ladder. HubSpot's pricing scales by hub and contact volume and its Breeze AI layer adds separate, fragmented credit costs on top (2026). Compare directly at hubspot.com/pricing.
Does Klipy replace HubSpot Sales Hub?
It replaces the manual selling work, capturing conversations, drafting follow-ups, updating deals, that Sales Hub still leaves to the seller. It does not replace HubSpot as your record or your Marketing Hub.
Does Klipy auto-create deals in my pipeline?
No. Klipy auto-creates and enriches contacts and companies from inbound conversations, but every deal is proposed as a suggestion you approve. Your pipeline never fills with noise you didn't sign off on.
Is Klipy an AI CRM?
Klipy is an AI CRO, an agentic layer that captures every conversation, enriches your CRM, and drafts the next move for your approval. It works as a standalone AI CRO with a built-in CRM or synced on top of HubSpot, whichever fits how your team already works.
Is Klipy just a CRM add-on or does it do more?
More. Klipy is one AI agent doing the ten sales jobs an owner-led team would otherwise hire for: capturing conversations, drafting follow-ups, updating records, and telling you what's next. Syncing with HubSpot's CRM is one piece of that, not the whole job.
Related pages
- Explore the product: https://klipy.ai/product
- See pricing: https://klipy.ai/pricing
- Klipy vs Pipedrive: https://klipy.ai/compare/pipedrive-alternative
- Klipy vs Attio: https://klipy.ai/compare/attio-alternative
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