Salesforce alternatives
Salesforce costs $100/mo on the plan we verified. We track 14 alternatives that do the same job, from $17/mo. One of them would cover what Salesforce does for less — Zoho CRM. Prices were checked in August 2026.
14 alternatives to Salesforce
12 cover every capability we track for Salesforce; 2 do the same job but drop something.
Full coverage
The one marked “cheaper, covers it” would take over at a lower price — the same test the stack audit uses.
| Tool | Price | vs Salesforce | What you’d give up |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoho CRMCheaper, covers it | $50/mo | −$50/mo | Covers everything we track Salesforce for |
| Systeme.io | $17/mo | −$83/mo | Has it all, but we rate it weaker on Lead scoring, Sales pipeline |
| Monday CRM | $25/mo | −$75/mo | Has it all, but we rate it weaker on Lead scoring |
| Freshsales | $39/mo | −$61/mo | Covers everything we track Salesforce for |
| Nutshell | $42/mo | −$58/mo | Has it all, but we rate it weaker on Lead scoring, Workflow automation |
| Insightly | $49/mo | −$51/mo | Has it all, but we rate it weaker on Lead scoring, Sales pipeline |
| Pipedrive | $49/mo | −$51/mo | Has it all, but we rate it weaker on Lead scoring |
| Copper | $69/mo | −$31/mo | Has it all, but we rate it weaker on Lead scoring, Workflow automation |
| Close | $99/mo | −$1/mo | Has it all, but we rate it weaker on Lead scoring |
| HubSpot | $100/mo | same | Covers everything we track Salesforce for |
| Ontraport | $149/mo | +$49/mo | Has it all, but we rate it weaker on Sales pipeline |
| GoHighLevel | $297/mo | +$197/mo | Has it all, but we rate it weaker on Lead scoring |
Partial — what you’d give up
Same category or substantial overlap, but missing at least one primary capability. Useful peers — not 1:1 swaps.
| Tool | Price | vs Salesforce | What you’d give up |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folk | $48/mo | −$52/mo | No Lead scoring |
| ActiveCampaign | $59/mo | −$41/mo | No Workflow automation |
Prices are the plan we verified for each tool, the same figure its own pricing page shows. How we check.
Salesforce alternatives: common questions
- What is the cheapest Salesforce alternative?
- Systeme.io at $17/mo is the cheapest we track that covers everything we track Salesforce for.
- Is there a free Salesforce alternative?
- Not among the 14 alternatives we track — every one of them charges.
- What can replace Salesforce without losing features?
- Zoho CRM covers what we track Salesforce for, at a lower price.