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HoneyBook alternatives

The 6 closest of 6, each with its real monthly cost at 3 users and what it does that HoneyBook does not. See all 22.

HubSpot does everything we verified about HoneyBook for $49 a month less at 3 users, $60 against $109. 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: HoneyBook is built for running clients from proposal to invoice and one price for the whole team and HubSpot is not, so this is a swap with a cost.

Why people look for an alternative

The team cap of 2 on Essentials means a growing team pays $109 a month on Premium, there is no two-way email sync or bulk email on the page, and the pricing is US-only.

It runs $109 a month at 3 users with the add-ons it forces on you included. 4 of the 6 alternatives to HoneyBook cost less than that.

The closest thing to HoneyBook

Ranked by how much of what we record for HoneyBook each platform also does. EngageBay is the nearest, and it is $85.97 a month dearer at 3 users. On every feature this site records, the two are level.

EngageBay

$194.97at 3 users

$85.97 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 built-in calling, email campaigns and two-way email sync
Try EngageBay

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.

Keap

$299at 5,000 contacts

$190 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 email campaigns and two-way email sync
  • Does not list tasks and projects after the sale
Try Keap

HubSpot

$60at 3 users

$49 a month cheaper$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 built-in calling, email campaigns and two-way email sync
  • Does not list text messaging
Try HubSpot

GoHighLevel

★ My PickI use this
$97at 5,000 contacts

$12 a month cheaper$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 built-in calling, email campaigns and two-way email sync
  • Does not list tasks and projects after the sale
Try GoHighLevel

ActiveCampaign

$79at 5,000 contacts

$30 a month cheaper$39 at 2,500 contacts

When email marketing and automation are the real purchase and a light pipeline beside them is enough.

  • Also lists email campaigns
  • Does not list a meeting scheduler, tasks and projects after the sale and quotes, proposals and invoices
Try ActiveCampaign

Dubsado

$35at 3 users

$74 a month cheaper$35 at 1 user

A service business that wants contracts, proposals, invoices, forms and client portals at one flat price, with automation once it is ready for Premier.

  • Also lists two-way email sync
  • Does not list AI features, a visual deals pipeline, tasks and projects after the sale, reports and dashboards and text messaging
Try Dubsado

What HoneyBook is still the best answer for

A solo or two-person service business (photographers, planners, designers, consultants) that wants proposals, contracts, invoices, scheduling and a client portal in one flat-priced tool.

On this site it is the pick for running clients from proposal to invoice and one price for the whole team. If that is you, read the savings above and then ignore them.

HoneyBook 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 HoneyBook alternatives

What is the closest alternative to HoneyBook?

HubSpot. It is $49 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.

How much does HoneyBook cost?

HoneyBook is $29 a month at 1 user and $109 at 10 users, read off their own pricing page and re-checked every week.

Why do people look for alternatives to HoneyBook?

The team cap of 2 on Essentials means a growing team pays $109 a month on Premium, there is no two-way email sync or bulk email on the page, and the pricing is US-only.

How many alternatives to HoneyBook are there?

We compare 6 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.

Or let it pick for you

This page compares everything to HoneyBook. The shortlist asks 7 questions about what you need it for and how many people need a login, and gives you four picks priced at your own team size, which is a better question than “what is like the one I already have”.

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