HubSpot vs Pipedrive
A side-by-side look at HubSpot and Pipedrive for filmmakers: what each one can do, what it costs, and where they actually differ.
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Free CRM and sales pipeline for tracking leads, clients and production deals
- Price
- Free CRM (up to 2 users); paid Starter from $7-20/seat/mo; Marketing Pro from $800/mo
- Learning
- Moderate
- Best for
- A production company tracking inbound client inquiries and proposal stages
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Visual sales CRM for deal pipelines, with a native MCP server for ChatGPT and Claude
- Price
- From $14/user/mo on annual billing (Lite)
- Learning
- Easy
- Best for
- Production companies and post houses tracking client pitches and bids through a pipeline
The short version
Where they differ
- Only HubSpot offers free tier.
All 2 offer: node / flow builder, team collaboration, public API, MCP server.
Feature by feature
HubSpot vs Pipedrive: capabilities
| HubSpot | Pipedrive | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free CRM (up to 2 users); paid Starter from $7-20/seat/mo; Marketing Pro from $800/mo | From $14/user/mo on annual billing (Lite) |
| Node / flow builder | Yes | Yes |
| AI agent | Yes | Partial |
| Chat assistant | Yes | Partial |
| Team collaboration | Yes | Yes |
| Public API | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile app | Not confirmed | Yes |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
Each column comes from that tool's own researched page. "Not confirmed" means the vendor doesn't say.
Plans
Pricing compared
HubSpot
| Marketing Hub Free | $0monthly |
|---|---|
| Marketing Hub Starter | $7 or $20 per seat (page shows both)monthly |
| Marketing Hub Professional | $800 (page also shows $890)monthly |
| Marketing Hub Enterprise | $3,600monthly |
| Sales Hub Professional | $90 per seat (page also shows $100)monthly |
| Sales Hub Enterprise | $150 per seatmonthly |
Pipedrive
| Lite | $14/user/mo (annual)annual or monthly |
|---|---|
| Growth | $39/user/mo (annual)annual or monthly |
| Premium | $59/user/mo (annual)annual or monthly |
| Ultimate | $79/user/mo (annual)annual or monthly |
The verdict
Which one should you pick?
HubSpot
Pick it for
- A production company tracking inbound client inquiries and proposal stages
- An agency managing producer, director and client contacts across projects
- Sending follow-up email sequences to festival, brand and distributor leads
Stands out
- A free CRM with no trial clock: useful on its own for a small team, unlike Salesforce, which only offers a trial.
- Marketing, sales and service hubs share one contact record, so a film inquiry, the proposal email and the invoice follow-up live in one timeline.
Watch out
- Costs rise fast: Marketing Pro starts at $800/mo plus onboarding fees
- Seat, contact and credit limits add up; overage is easy to hit
Pipedrive
Pick it for
- Production companies and post houses tracking client pitches and bids through a pipeline
- Freelance directors, DPs and producers managing a small list of brand and agency leads
- Commercial and branded-content agencies with a 3 to 10 person sales team
Stands out
- Official MCP server included on every plan, so a Claude or ChatGPT user can work the pipeline from a chat without a middleware tool
- Pipeline and activity model is simpler than HubSpot or Salesforce, and the learning curve is low for a small team
Watch out
- No free plan; HubSpot offers a free tier for up to 2 users
- Agentic AI and Pulse are beta or closed beta, and most AI output is suggestions or drafts that a human approves
Each column comes from that tool's own researched page, checked against vendor pricing and changelog pages (oldest check: ). Sources are listed on each tool's page.