Add New Chat Leads to Your CRM Automatically

HubSpot gives your business one place to manage marketing, sales, and customer service — instead of juggling five or six different apps. You get a free CRM (customer relationship manager) that tracks every contact, email, and deal in one view. Over 278,000 companies already use it, from solo founders to mid-size teams. The free plan is genuinely useful. You get contact management, email marketing (up to 2,000 emails per month), live chat, basic bots, forms, and reporting dashboards — no credit card required. When you're ready for more, the Starter plan begins at $9 per month per seat, which adds automation and removes HubSpot branding. Here's the catch: the jump from Starter to Professional is steep. Pro starts at $800 per month plus a mandatory $3,000 onboarding fee. That's a big leap for a small team. But if you're growing fast and need advanced workflows, lead scoring, and social media tools, it can replace three or four separate subscriptions and actually save you money.

Tidio is best for small e-commerce businesses and online retailers who want to handle customer questions faster without hiring more staff. It combines live chat, a help desk, and an AI agent called Lyro into one platform. You can answer customers in real time or let Lyro handle common questions automatically, even when your team is offline. It connects with Shopify, WordPress, HubSpot, and 120+ other tools you may already use.