Nutshell is 28% cheaper
than Capsule CRM
$65/mo (Foundation) vs Capsule CRM Starter at $90/mo for 5 seats ($18/seat) — covering 50% of the 6 compared capabilities.
Same job. Way less money.
Comparison scenario
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5 seats, monthly billing · USD · prices as observed on official pricing pages.
Starter plan at $90/mo ($18/seat × 5 seats), the cheapest paid plan.
Foundation: 156 USD/yearly; 4 extra seat(s) × 156 USD.
Capsule CRM costs $90/mo on the Starter plan at 5 seats, monthly billing. We found 1 assessed alternative that is cheaper in this scenario; 0 of them cover at least 75% of the 6 compared capabilities.
Capability comparison
Nutshell covers 50% of the 6 capabilities compared against Capsule CRM. ✓ native · ◐ via integration · ✗ not found.
| Capability | Nutshell | Capsule CRM |
|---|---|---|
| Contact management | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sales pipeline management | ↑ Pro | ✓ |
| AI sales assistant | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reports & forecasting | ↑ Growth | ✓ |
| Custom fields | ↑ Enterprise | ✓ |
| Mobile CRM app | ✓ | ✓ |
What you give up
Capabilities Capsule CRM has that Nutshell lacks.
- Sales pipeline management — Track deals through customizable pipeline stages.Missing from Nutshell.
- Reports & forecasting — View reports and forecasts on pipeline and sales performance.Missing from Nutshell.
- Custom fields — Add custom fields to records to track your own data.Missing from Nutshell.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
| Usage | Capsule CRM | Nutshell |
|---|---|---|
| 3 seats | $54/moStarter | $39/mocheaperFoundation |
| 10 seats | $180/moStarter | $130/mocheaperFoundation |
| 25 seats | $450/moStarter | $325/mocheaperFoundation |
Plans & pricing, side by side
Advertised prices in USD as observed on the official pricing pages — per-seat and transaction-fee plans are marked.
| Foundation | $13/seat/mo (billed yearly) |
| Growth | $25/seat/mo (billed yearly) |
| Pro | $42/seat/mo (billed yearly) |
| Business | $59/seat/mo (billed yearly) |
| Enterprise | $79/seat/mo (billed yearly) |
| Free | Free |
| Starter | $18/seat/mo (billed yearly) |
| Growth | $36/seat/mo (billed yearly) |
| Advanced | $54/seat/mo (billed yearly) |
| Ultimate | Contact sales |
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Frequently asked
How much cheaper is Nutshell than Capsule CRM?
28% cheaper in our scenario (5 seats, monthly billing): $65/mo on Foundation vs $90/mo on Starter. That is $300 a year.
What does Nutshell lack compared with Capsule CRM?
Sales pipeline management, Reports & forecasting, Custom fields — 3 of the 6 compared capabilities.
When were these prices checked?
Capsule CRM: 2026-10-26; Nutshell: 2026-10-26 — on the official pricing pages.
Who switched
Anonymous: no account, no email, no IP stored. Reports are shown once a switch has 3 or more and never change ranking or order — alternatives are computed from prices and capabilities only.
Sources & freshness
- https://capsulecrm.com/pricing/ (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
- https://capsulecrm.com/pricing/ (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
- Nutshell data last verified 2026-10-26