You’ll get enough to run pipelines, manage contacts, and maybe automate a few tasks, but you’ll still hit ceilings sooner than you think on most.
So I decided to put the top “free CRMs” available right now to the test, to figure out just how much they really offer.
HubSpot CRM quickly became the benchmark all other tools had to reach. Its free version feels like a full suite with training wheels, not a trial countdown. But I did find plenty of reasonably impressive alternatives too.
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