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Billed annually · 14-day free trial with full access to your chosen plan's features
Billed annually · Free plan forever — 2,000 contacts, 3 funnels, unlimited emails, no credit card required; paid plans have no separate trial since the free tier already covers real usage
Billed annually · 14-day free trial on all plans, plus a 30-day money-back guarantee
Billed annually · Free CRM forever (up to 2 users, no credit card) rather than a time-limited trial; Starter plans layer on top of it — the $10/$7 figures reflect HubSpot's current promotional Starter pricing (list price is $20/mo/seat)
Billed annually · Free Newsletter plan (up to 10,000 subscribers) forever; paid plans include a 14-day free trial, no credit card required
Billed annually · No free plan — 14-day free trial on all paid tiers, no credit card required to start
Billed annually · Free plan available forever (up to 500 contacts, limited features), plus a 14-day free trial of premium plan features
Billed annually · No permanent free plan (removed after the Sitecore/Constant Contact ownership change) — 30-day free trial, no credit card required
Billed annually · No free trial; 30-day money-back guarantee for first-time customers
Billed annually · No free trial; 30-day money-back guarantee on Cloud VPS and Cloud Dedicated (standard Managed/Private VPS server tiers are excluded per Liquid Web's own tariff policy)
Billed annually · No free trial; 60-day money-back guarantee for first-time customers on Essential plans
Billed annually · No free trial; 30-day money-back guarantee
Billed annually · Free plan available (no credit card required); no trial needed for paid tiers since the free tier is fully functional
Billed annually · No free trial; 30-day money-back guarantee
Billed annually · 7-day free trial on paid plans (card required); no permanently free tier
Billed annually · 14-day free trial, no credit card required, capped at 10 projects, 750 daily keywords, and 3 competitor domains
Billed annually · 3-day free trial, no credit card required, followed by $1/month for the first 3 months before standard pricing applies
Billed annually · No time-limited free trial on ecommerce-enabled plans; a permanently free non-commerce plan is available to build on before upgrading
Billed annually · 30-day free trial on all paid plans, no credit card required
Billed annually · 7-day free trial on every paid plan plus a 30-day money-back guarantee; the permanent free plan was discontinued in Teachable's 2025 pricing overhaul
Billed annually · 14-day free trial (credit card required at signup; cancel before day 14 to avoid the charge)
Billed annually · No free trial for Elementor Pro; a 30-day money-back guarantee applies instead. The base Elementor page builder plugin is free forever on unlimited sites, separate from Pro licensing
Billed annually · Free plan available forever (unlimited projects, limited templates, watermarked exports); no separate trial needed to evaluate paid tiers
Billed annually · 30-day free trial, no credit card required
Billed annually · Free-forever Starter plan (no credit card, capped at 100 submissions/month); no time-limited trial on paid tiers
Billed annually · 14-day free trial with full premium features, no credit card required
Billed annually · No public free trial; pricing, onboarding, and plan selection are demo/quote-based only
Billed annually · Permanent free plan (no credit card required) — 10K characters/month, 1 language, no plagiarism checks; no time-limited trial on paid tiers
Billed annually · Permanent free plan (no credit card required) — 1 AI article, 3 AI agent generations, and 1 site audit per month
Billed annually · Free Basic plan with 1,200 credits/month (about 10 minutes of video), no credit card required
Billed annually · Free plan: 3 videos/month, up to 1 minute each, 1 custom digital twin, no credit card required
Billed annually · Free plan with 10,000 credits/month and no credit card required; no time-limited trial needed beyond that
Billed annually · Free plan: 10 minutes of one-time voice generation across 300+ voices, no credit card required, but downloads are blocked entirely
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| Criteria | HighLevel | HubSpot |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Focus Area | Agency and multi-client operations — CRM, funnels, SMS/email, and white-label SaaS delivery in one platform | Unified inbound marketing, sales CRM, and customer service for growing-to-enterprise B2B teams |
| Starting Price & Free Trial | $80.83/mo14-day free trial with full access to your chosen plan's features | $7/moFree CRM forever (up to 2 users, no credit card) rather than a time-limited trial; Starter plans layer on top of it — the $10/$7 figures reflect HubSpot's current promotional Starter pricing (list price is $20/mo/seat) |
| Scalability & API Access | Scales well for agencies running dozens of client sub-accounts; overkill for a single brand that just needs one simple funnelFull REST API plus native Zapier/Make integrations; white-label mobile app available on higher tiers | Scales further than any other tool in this comparison, from solo free-CRM users up to enterprise Salesforce-competing deploymentsExtensive REST API, native Salesforce integration, and the largest third-party app marketplace in the category |
| Automation Depth | 5/5 | 5/5 |
| Learning Curve (1-5) | 4/5 | 3/5 |
| Final Editor Verdict | HighLevel is the best value in this category for agencies willing to trade a rough first week of setup for a stack that would otherwise cost $500+/month spread across five different tools. | HubSpot is the most powerful platform in this comparison and the one you'll least regret choosing at scale — just budget for the Professional-tier price cliff before you hit it. |
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