HubSpot vs SuiteCRM

Fit:

Migration notes

Contacts, opportunities, campaigns, cases and workflows cover core CRM needs. Map custom fields, automations and integrations during migration; hosted capacity limits differ from self-hosted product.

Sources: suitecrm.com, suitecrm.com · checked 2026-10-21

HubSpotPaid incumbent

Entry priceNot established

Pricing modelper-seat, billed monthly

OwnerHubSpot, Inc.

Sales Hub Starter currently displays $7/seat/month; promotion and billing conditions not fully exposed in extracted pricing page, so normalized amount left unknown. Free proprietary CRM tools also exist. Source

HubSpot plans reviewed
Sales Hub Starter	entry	Not established
Sales Hub Professional	business	USD 100 / seat / mo
Sales Hub Enterprise	enterprise	Not established

SuiteCRMOpen-source alternative

Fit for HubSpot

License

GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 Permissions of this strongest copyleft license are conditioned on making available complete source code of licensed works and modifications, which include larger works using a licensed work, under the same license. Copyright and license notices must be preserved. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. When a modified version is used to provide a service over a network, the complete source code of the modified version must be made available. May Commercial useModificationDistributionPatent usePrivate use Must License and copyright noticeState changesDisclose sourceNetwork use is distributionSame license No LiabilityWarranty Summary from GitHub's choosealicense.com

Paid-feature tier A

Self-host

Paid-feature limitsNone established

SuiteCRM plans reviewed
SuiteCRM open-source	free self-hosted core	Free
Business	vendor commercial cloud	USD 2,160 / instance / yr
Dedicated	vendor commercial cloud	USD 3,200 / instance / yr

What you may give up

No paid-feature limits established for this edition.

Tier A: Vendor promises all SuiteCRM product code is open source; commercial offer covers hosting, support, warranties and services. Separate third-party marketplace add-ons can cost extra and are outside this core-edition classification. License source

What running it takes

PHP8.2/8.3/8.4
Apache2.4
Cron scheduler
Symfony Messenger worker

Hover or focus an icon for its name. Dashed means not established; struck through means no; grouped icons are alternatives.

Requirements explicitly scoped to current8.10.x docs; supplied repository health refers to separate7.x line. Prebuilt package avoids Angular/Node/yarn development tooling. No separate Redis or external queue required by default documented path. Infrastructure and staff time are not priced here; this page does not compare total cost.