HubSpot is great if you need a full CRM, marketing suite, sales pipeline, and content management system. If you just need behavioral email that converts trial users — that's a $890/month CRM you don't need.
| HubSpot | Meisa | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Full CRM + marketing suite | Behavioral email automation |
| Behavioral workflows | Professional tier required ($890/mo) | All plans, including free |
| Setup time | Weeks to months (CRM migration) | 15 minutes |
| Learning curve | Steep — certification courses exist | Use it the afternoon you sign up |
| Price for 5K contacts | $890/mo (Professional) | $49/mo (Growth) |
| What you're paying for | CRM, CMS, sales tools, email | Email automation that works |
| Contract | Annual commitment common | Month-to-month |
What it is
Behavioral workflows
Setup time
Learning curve
Price for 5K contacts
What you're paying for
Contract
HubSpot's free CRM is genuinely free. But behavioral email workflows? That's the Professional tier at $890/month. And that price is for the Marketing Hub alone — add Sales Hub, Service Hub, and CMS Hub, and you're looking at thousands per month. For a startup with 1,000 trial users, that's absurd.
Start free. $49/mo for 5,000 contacts. No CRM suite required.