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HubSpot complaints on Reddit

OpinionDeck found 586 recent Reddit threads mentioning HubSpot across 8 subreddits. The most active community is r/sales, and 6 of these threads are framed as complaints or alternatives.

Data refreshed 2026-05-23

Mention timeline

Monthly thread volume across the 8 subreddits where HubSpot is discussed.

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Where HubSpot gets discussed

Top subreddits by share of HubSpot-related threads in our sample.

SubredditThreads in sampleShare
r/sales 98
17%
r/marketing 95
16%
r/business 93
16%
r/hubspot 91
16%
r/CRM 91
16%
r/SideProject 56
10%
r/smallbusiness 52
9%
r/indiehackers 10
2%

Top HubSpot complaints on Reddit

Threads where users mention switching, alternatives, or frustration with HubSpot.

  • Hubspot + Xero/QBO vs Odoo/Zoho/Other r/smallbusiness · u/PlusSelection · 2 points · Sep 17, 2023

    Hi everyone! Run a few small business ranging from e-commerce (Amazon, Shopify & woocommerce), brick & mortar retail, home renovations & professional services / consulting. Implemented Hubspot recently for one business and really want to…

  • We’re a 4-person team using HubSpot Sales Hub mainly for contact management, emailing clients about workshops, and deal pipelines. Now we want simple automation (ex: when a deal moves to Closed Won → send email sequence), but the upgrade…

  • HubSpot lead scoring with external signals: the schema that actually works r/hubspot · u/OrinP_Frita · 6 points · May 21, 2026

    RevOps lead at a mid-market B2B SaaS. We use HubSpot as our CRM. Our lead scoring used to live entirely in HubSpot's native lead-scoring tool. It didn't work for us, here's what we replaced it with. The native HubSpot lead score (the…

  • Opensyte - an open-source Hubspot & Zoho alternative r/SideProject · u/dagermohamed2 · 1 points · Aug 30, 2025

    I am developing an open-source, all-in-one business management software called Opensyte, which aims to serve as an alternative to HubSpot and Zoho. I have completed about 40% of the features in just one month. **What sets Opensyte apart…

  • Alternatives to Hubspot? r/marketing · u/MerryMaven64 · 1 points · Nov 12, 2025

    Alternatives to Hubspot?

  • Hi everyone, Our clinic is currently looking for the best way to send a series of three emails to our database of 15,000 contacts. The goal is to inform our patients about a new service we’re offering and encourage them to update their…

Other recent HubSpot threads

Non-complaint mentions — questions, comparisons, recommendations.

  • Hey everyone! After hitting HubSpot's paywall one too many times and realizing I was paying $50/month just to track 500 contacts, I decided to build my own CRM. 8 months later, [Relaticle](https://relaticle.com/) is now open-source and…

  • Justifying HubSpot spent as a growing startup r/marketing · 52 points · Jun 3, 2024

    Hi, We are currently a growing startup that is looking for ways to streamline our processes as we prep to increase our user base and basically be ready for rapid growth. We are all familiar with Hubspot and know that for this to happen we…

  • Today I launched 🖤 Onboarding love. It is 100+user onboarding flows from companies like Airbnb, Canva, and Stripe. I was working on it for the past couple of months because I believe onboarding users is key to ✔️Increase conversion rate…

  • HubSpot vs Salesforce AE Offers r/sales · 28 points · Jul 11, 2025

    Hello everyone, after a month of interviewing around, I thankfully landed two offers, and I'm pretty torn on which to choose. Small Business AE role at HubSpot @ $75k Base / $145K OTE (Full Remote) SMB Growth AE at Salesforce @ $90k base /…

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