Zoho CRM
$0at 3 users
$27 a month cheaper$0 at 1 user
A growing sales team that wants a deep, configurable CRM with built-in calling, mass email, quoting and AI, at a per-user price well under the big names.
- We record the same features for both
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Bigin by Zoho CRM alternatives
The 9 closest of 19, each with its real monthly cost at 3 users and what it does that Bigin by Zoho CRM does not. See all 22.
Zoho CRM does everything we verified about Bigin by Zoho CRM for $27 a month less at 3 users, $0 against $27. It is a price cut rather than an upgrade: on the two features checked against the vendors’ own pricing pages the two are level. The trade: Bigin by Zoho CRM is built for the lowest price per user and the least setup to run a pipeline and Zoho CRM is not, so this is a swap with a cost.
Why people look for an alternative
It is the light version by design: no custom fields on Free, no quoting or invoicing without a Zoho Books or QuickBooks integration, AI only from Premier, and anything a maturing sales team needs is a move up to Zoho CRM.
It runs $27 a month at 3 users with the add-ons it forces on you included. 2 of the 19 alternatives to Bigin by Zoho CRM cost less than that.
The closest thing to Bigin by Zoho CRM
Ranked by how much of what we record for Bigin by Zoho CRM each platform also does. Zoho CRM is the nearest, and it is $27 a month cheaper at 3 users. On every feature this site records, the two are level.
Cheaper, with nothing we record missing
Everything this site records for Bigin by Zoho CRM is also recorded for these, and they cost less at 3 users. That is not the same as saying they are better: the last column is what Bigin by Zoho CRM is built for that they are not, and for someone who needs that, the saving is not a saving.
| Platform | At 3 users | You save | What Bigin by Zoho CRM does that it does not |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoho CRM | $0 | $27 | the lowest price per user and the least setup to run a pipeline |
The rest, in order of how close they are
Prices are the real monthly cost at 3 users, or the equivalent size on whatever each one charges by, with the add-ons each platform forces on you included, from the same engine the shortlist quiz uses.
HubSpot
$60at 3 users
$33 a month dearer$0 at 1 user
A small team that wants marketing, sales, service and a website in one subscription, starting on a real free CRM and paying per seat as it grows.
- Also lists tasks and projects after the sale
$70 a month dearer$97 at 2,500 contacts
A service business or agency that wants the CRM, the funnels, the email and SMS, the calendar and the invoicing in one flat-priced platform with unlimited users and contacts.
- Also lists text messaging
EngageBay
$194.97at 3 users
$167.97 a month dearer$64.99 at 1 user
A small team that wants marketing email, a sales pipeline, calling, scheduling and a helpdesk in one subscription, starting free and paying by contact count rather than by feature.
- Also lists tasks and projects after the sale and text messaging
OnePageCRM
$29.85at 3 users
$2.85 a month dearer$9.95 at 1 user
A one-person or small sales team that wants the cheapest per-user pipeline with a next-action habit built in, unlimited contacts, and no setup project.
- Also lists tasks and projects after the sale
- Does not list a meeting scheduler
monday CRM
$51at 3 users
$24 a month dearer$51 at 1 user
A sales team of three or more that wants a board-style, highly customisable pipeline with quotes, invoices, mass email and client projects in the same workspace, and is happy to pay annually.
- Also lists tasks and projects after the sale
- Does not list a meeting scheduler
Keap
$299at 5,000 contacts
$272 a month dearer$299 at 2,500 contacts
A small business that wants sales automation and email marketing to run the follow-up for it, priced by contacts with a couple of users included.
- Also lists text messaging
- Does not list built-in calling
Pipedrive
$72at 3 users
$45 a month dearer$24 at 1 user
A sales team that lives in a visual deal pipeline and wants automation, email sync, scheduling and e-signature contracts added one plan at a time.
- Also lists tasks and projects after the sale
- Does not list built-in calling and a mobile app
Freshsales
$33at 3 users
$6 a month dearer$11 at 1 user
A phone-and-email sales team that wants built-in calling, chat and email on every plan and AI scoring, sequences and insights from the middle tier.
- Does not list a meeting scheduler, email campaigns and web forms
What Bigin by Zoho CRM is still the best answer for
A small business moving off spreadsheets that wants a pipeline, email, calling and booking pages running in an afternoon for the lowest per-user price in this group.
On this site it is the pick for the lowest price per user, the least setup to run a pipeline and a free plan you can actually run on. If that is you, read the savings above and then ignore them.
Bigin by Zoho CRM against one other, side by side
The pairs people actually search for, each one priced at the same four sizes off both vendors' own pages.
Questions people ask about Bigin by Zoho CRM alternatives
What is the closest alternative to Bigin by Zoho CRM?
Zoho CRM. It is $27 a month cheaper at the size we compare on and gives up nothing we verify, though you should read why it exists before swapping: no two of these do exactly the same job.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Bigin by Zoho CRM?
Zoho CRM is cheaper and level with Bigin by Zoho CRM on every feature we verify. Nothing here is strictly better: each one exists to do a slightly different job.
How much does Bigin by Zoho CRM cost?
Bigin by Zoho CRM is free at 1 user, $27 a month at 3 users and $90 at 10 users, read off their own pricing page and re-checked every week.
Why do people look for alternatives to Bigin by Zoho CRM?
It is the light version by design: no custom fields on Free, no quoting or invoicing without a Zoho Books or QuickBooks integration, AI only from Premier, and anything a maturing sales team needs is a move up to Zoho CRM.
How many alternatives to Bigin by Zoho CRM are there?
We compare 19 of them here, every one priced at the same size off its own pricing page, and the whole list of 22 is on the crm page.
Should yours be on this list? If you make CRMs for small service businesses and it is not compared here, ask to be shortlisted. Listings are free and cannot be bought.
How to read the feature lines
Two features were checked against each vendor's own pricing page: a free plan and pricing per user. Those are the ones written above as does and does not. The other 14 are read out of each vendor's own pricing page, so an absence there means we did not find it listed, not that the product lacks it, and those lines say lists and does not list instead. How all of this gets checked.
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