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Close vs HubSpot
Pricing, founders, indie status and curated alternatives compared from our directory — all data points sourced from each tool's public site or press materials.
At a glanceCloseHubSpot
- Pricing
- $59/seat/mo
- $20/mo (Starter)
- Pricing model
- Paid
- Freemium
- Founded
- 2013
- 2006
- Location
- —
- Cambridge, USA
- Bootstrapped
- Yes
- —
- Open source
- —
- —
- Category
- —
- CRM & Sales
- Indie alternatives
- 0
- 6
- Founders
- Steli Efti, Anthony Nguyen, Phil Freo
- Brian Halligan, Dharmesh Shah
Key differences
Pricing
HubSpot starts cheaper at $20/mo (Starter); Close starts at $59/seat/mo.
Funding
Close is bootstrapped; HubSpot is venture-backed.
Founded
HubSpot (2006) is 7 years older than Close (2013).
Indie alternatives
Close has 0 curated indie alternatives in our directory; HubSpot has 6.
Differences are derived directly from the data on each tool's page. Empty fields mean we haven't verified a value yet — never that one tool lacks the capability.
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