“I’ve heard HubSpot is a sweatshop. Not sure how similar things will be at NetSuite but from my time at Oracle you have a good chance at promotion if you network with a bunch of teams and managers, get on their bench for when spots open up”
“HubSpot does more there than people assume: format check, domain blocklist, DNS lookup, and a deliverability check. Disposable domains are blocked by default whether you switch anything on or not, specifically because they hard bounce.”
“As others have said, HubSpot is a shit hole company with an even worse sales culture. The 60% attainment figures you quoted are incorrect, and that’s before we remove the 12 month ramp period that inflates org-wide performance.”
“A pre send verification step is definitely better than waiting for HubSpot to learn an address is bad through a hard bounce. You can run every CSV import, API feed and integration through a real time email verification tool like Invalid Bounce before allowing contacts into workflows.”
“A pre send verification step is definitely better than waiting for HubSpot to learn an address is bad through a hard bounce. You can run every CSV import, API feed and integration through a real time email verification tool like Invalid Bounce before allowing contacts into workflows.”
“i've been looking into hubspot for startups pricing but i'm a little confused about what the actual cost looks like as we add users and need more features. we dont need anything super complicated right now, just something that can keep our pipeline organized and give us some basic reporting.”
“pipedrive seems like it might be simpler for what we need, but hubspot looks like it could be useful if we end up needing more than just pipeline management.”
“HubSpot's pricing model is basically designed to get you hooked then nickel-and-dime you on every useful feature, the jump from free to even Starter can feel steep once you realize what's locked behind the paywall”
“We are considering HubSpot CRM, but I want to ensure we fully understand the total cost of ownership as we scale. Could you provide insight into how HubSpot’s pricing behaves as team headcount increases or as advanced features are required?”
“hubspot looks a little more straightforward, but i'm not sure how it holds up once the support volume starts increasing. how are they for ticket management and automations?”
“if you can do the wiring between all those tools, you're already ahead of most "hubspot specialists" who just drag and drop properties. the real money is in fixing messes from people who set things up without understanding how data flows later.”
“Ultimately both will make a customer lose interest in HubSpot because they don’t see the value in paying hundreds or thousands of dollars for a tool that they don’t use. “Why would I pay $800/mo for a platform I can send marketing emails from when I can just use constant contact?””
“Not using their service hub but paying extra for Zendesk and not even integrating it with HubSpot. Building an 18 stage deal pipeline instead of 5 different pocesses with deals, tickets and other available data objects.”
“I work with quite a few clients who use HubSpot and Google Ads, and one of the most frustrating aspects is how hubspot handles tracking templates in Google Ads.”
“Clay writes to HubSpot natively, so the routing doesn't need n8n in the middle. The gap is the outbound call. HubSpot's "send a webhook" workflow action needs Data Hub Professional, formerly Operations Hub, so on that tier a contact workflow on form submission posts straight to a Clay webhook source and n8n adds nothing.”
“our reps are super comfortable using the platform, so keeping everyone on the same crm has saved us a ton of time on onboarding and daily activity logging. the sales hub professional tier includes a lot of great automation tools out of the box, which keeps our workflow simple and aligned.”
“I am building an automation on top of the HubSpot CRM and subscribing to webhooks for contact creation and contact property changes. The issue: when a new contact is created, I receive the contact.creation event and also a set of contact.propertyChange events for every property populated at creation.”
“Before ripping HubSpot out, check whether people who only need reports and customer data can use free View-Only seats. They can view records, dashboards, and reports with the right permissions.”
“Would love to know more about Hubspot lead Object! Some of the consultants we’ve talked to seem to discourage it hard core but from the surface yeah it seems like a great way to track between marketing and sales what’s happening (vs doing it all on a deal or contact record)”
“\-The limitation isn't the tool, it's how the current portal is set up. A messy pipeline or inconsistent data entry doesn't get fixed by a new Hub, it just gets a more expensive version of the same mess.”
“If you are using Salesforce, yes, but in full HubSpot marketing to sales handoff the lead object is great for doing the hand off and collecting qualification/ disqualification feedback.”
“I want inbound web form leads to go to clay, enrich and segment based on a workbook already set up for this, and then push it back to hubspot for territory routing.”
“Once you know what problems you actually want the CRM to solve, it gets WAY easier to figure out what you need in HubSpot and whether you even need everything you're currently paying for.”
“I would leave additional hubs, fields, dashboards, and automations alone until those basics are being used consistently. We use SIGNLD internally to connect CRM activity with conversations, proposals, orders, invoices, and outcomes so HubSpot does not have to contain every piece of customer context.”