# HubSpot

9 Hacker News commenters recommended HubSpot and 16 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for CRM workflows and data cleanup, and as a base for custom tooling. The most common caveat is that it is expensive and complex.

## What people warn about

- Expensive compared with alternatives (3 comments): "Sure almost anything will be better and cheaper that hubspot." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46272856)) "they often felt too complex, restrictive, or expensive as teams grow" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47573306)) "HubSpot was too expensive" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48731689))
- Complex and hard to use (3 comments): "they often felt too complex, restrictive, or expensive as teams grow" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47573306)) "especially because hubspot is terribly not easy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47620637)) "Hubspot is surprisingly horrible" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48831032))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Salesforce](https://hackerapproved.com/p/salesforce.md): 34 recommend
- [DenchClaw](https://hackerapproved.com/p/denchclaw.md): 10 recommend
- [Twenty CRM](https://hackerapproved.com/p/twenty-crm.md): 6 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.hubspot.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "HubSpot", https://hackerapproved.com/p/hubspot/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).