Freshsales
CRM · www.freshworks.com
Freshsales is Freshworks' CRM for sales teams, offering contact lifecycle management, deal pipelines, email/phone communication, workflows and sales sequences across tiered per-user plans.
Switching to Less Annoying CRM, which covers 80% of the compared capabilities.
Find my alternative
Way less money.
Top Freshsales alternatives
We compared 15 products and found 3 cheaper alternatives · vs Freshsales Growth at $45/mo for 5 seats ($9/seat) · scenario: 5 seats, monthly billing, USD.
Freshsales costs $45/mo on the Growth plan at 5 seats, monthly billing. We found 3 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 2 of them cover at least 75% of the 5 compared capabilities.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Brevo Starter plan · missing: Custom fields, Permissions & security controls marketing automation — adjacent | 60% | $9/mo how? ⓘ | $432 / year 80% cheaper | |
TOP PICK Less Annoying CRM Everything included plan · missing: Sales automation & sequences | 80% | $15/mo how? ⓘ | $360 / year 67% cheaper |
Which Freshsales alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best paid drop-in
- Less Annoying CRM — $15/mo (Everything included plan) · covers 80%
- Need contact management, sales pipeline management, sales automation & sequences, custom fields or permissions & security controls?
- Keap — from $0/mo (Free trial plan)
What you give up
Capabilities Freshsales has that the top alternatives lack.
- Sales automation & sequences — Automate outreach sequences and follow-up tasks.Missing from Less Annoying CRM.
- Custom fields — Add custom fields to records to track your own data.Missing from Brevo.
- Permissions & security controls — Control what each team member can see and edit.Missing from Brevo.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
Feature comparison
Freshsales vs the top alternatives, on the 5 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Freshsales | Keap | Brevo | Less Annoying CRM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contact management from Growth | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sales pipeline management from Growth | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sales automation & sequences from Growth | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Custom fields from Growth | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Permissions & security controls from Enterprise | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $45/mo Growth | $0/mo Free trial | $0/mo Free | $15/mo Everything included |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What Freshsales covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Contact management — from Growth
- ✓ Sales pipeline management — from Growth
- ✓ Sales automation & sequences — from Growth
- ✓ Custom fields — from Growth
- ✓ Permissions & security controls — from Enterprise
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://www.freshworks.com/crm/pricing/ (official_pricing, checked 2026-08-31)
- https://www.freshworks.com/crm/pricing/#main-content (official_pricing, checked 2026-08-31)
Frequently asked
How much does Freshsales cost?
Freshsales's Growth plan costs $45/mo in our scenario (5 seats, monthly billing).
Is there a free Freshsales alternative?
We have not verified a free plan that fits this scenario among the assessed alternatives.
What is the cheapest Freshsales alternative?
In our scenario (5 seats, monthly billing), Keap is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free trial plan).
What is the cheapest Freshsales alternative with Sales automation & sequences?
Keap covers Sales automation & sequences and costs $0/mo (Free trial plan) in our scenario.
Does Freshsales have a free plan?
No. Freshsales has no free plan on its official pricing page.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-08-25 and 2026-09-07, on the vendors' official pricing pages.