Cheap CRM alternatives to HubSpot usually mean giving something up — a worse interface, a data export you’ll regret, a tool nobody on your team opens twice. There’s a third option: stop paying for a CRM at all, and turn the Notion workspace you already use into one.
That’s what inNotion does. It’s a Chrome extension that imports LinkedIn profiles into your Notion databases in one click, finds their email and phone, and keeps the records current on its own.
What you’d actually pay
| Tool | Entry paid plan | Real cost for 1 person |
|---|---|---|
| HubSpot Sales Hub Professional | $90/seat/month | $1,080/year + $1,500 one-time onboarding |
| Attio Plus | $44/user/month | $528/year |
| folk Standard | $24/user/month | $288/year |
| inNotion Pro | $8/month | $96/year |
Public list prices, checked August 2026. HubSpot’s Starter tier is cheaper at $9/seat, but automation and sequences start at Professional.
Why this is cheap and not just inexpensive
You’re not buying a second workspace. Your contacts live in Notion, next to the notes, the meeting docs and the project pages they belong to. There’s no sync to configure and nothing to migrate — you build the database once and inNotion fills it.
For $8 a month you get:
- One-click LinkedIn import — profile, title, company, photo, straight into your database
- Email and phone enrichment — no separate data tool, no per-lookup pricing surprise
- Automatic contact updates — job changes get caught instead of quietly rotting your list
- QR code scanning at events — scan a badge, the contact is in Notion before the conversation ends
- Private notes and reminders — the things you don’t want sitting in a shared database
The free plan is $0 forever: 1 CRM, 10 profile imports and 5 email credits a month. Enough to find out whether this fits how you work before paying anything.
What you’re giving up
Being honest saves us both time. inNotion is not a replacement for a 20-person sales org running HubSpot. There are no email sequences, no lead scoring, no forecasting dashboards. If your pipeline needs those, pay for HubSpot — it’ll be worth the $90.
This is built for the person who is the sales team: solo founders, consultants, recruiters, anyone who has been quietly running a CRM out of a Notion table and losing an hour a week to copy-paste. For that person, most of what HubSpot charges for is weight, not value.
Questions people ask before switching
Is a cheap CRM alternative to HubSpot worth it? It is when the cheap part comes from removing software you don’t need rather than removing features you do. You keep Notion, which you were paying for anyway, and add the two things it can’t do alone: importing contacts and keeping them fresh.
Do I have to migrate my HubSpot data? No. Export your contacts to CSV, paste them into a Notion database, and import new ones with the extension from there. There’s no proprietary format to escape later — your data stays in your own Notion workspace.
Try it for nothing
Install the extension, connect your Notion workspace, import your first profile. It takes about two minutes and costs $0.