Podio vs HubSpot Marketing Hub

What users are saying about

Score 8.2 out of 10

Based on 118 reviews and ratings

Score 8.6 out of 10

Based on 1973 reviews and ratings

Feature Set Ratings

Project Management

8.7

Podio

87%

HubSpot Marketing Hub

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Citrix Podio ranks higher in 14/14 features

Task Management

9.0

90%

23 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Resource Management

8.4

84%

20 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Gantt Charts

8.4

84%

8 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Scheduling

8.4

84%

20 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Workflow Automation

8.9

89%

24 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Team Collaboration

8.6

86%

25 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Support for Agile Methodology

8.9

89%

14 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Support for Waterfall Methodology

9.4

94%

11 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Document Management

8.1

81%

21 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Email integration

8.9

89%

21 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Mobile Access

8.9

89%

21 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Timesheet Tracking

8.1

81%

13 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Change request and Case Management

8.5

85%

18 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Budget and Expense Management

8.5

85%

15 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Professional Services Automation

8.7

Podio

87%

HubSpot Marketing Hub

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Citrix Podio ranks higher in 4/4 features

Quotes/estimates

9.0

90%

8 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Invoicing

8.9

89%

9 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Project & financial reporting

8.0

80%

9 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Integration with accounting software

8.9

89%

6 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Email & Online Marketing

Podio

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

8.3

HubSpot Marketing Hub

83%

HubSpot Marketing Hub ranks higher in 9/9 features

WYSIWYG email editor

N/A

0 Ratings

8.2

82%

331 Ratings

Dynamic content

N/A

0 Ratings

8.1

81%

331 Ratings

Ability to test dynamic content

N/A

0 Ratings

8.3

83%

308 Ratings

Landing pages

N/A

0 Ratings

8.0

80%

361 Ratings

A/B testing

N/A

0 Ratings

8.4

84%

285 Ratings

Mobile optimization

N/A

0 Ratings

8.5

85%

352 Ratings

Email deliverability reporting

N/A

0 Ratings

8.5

85%

697 Ratings

List management

N/A

0 Ratings

8.3

83%

363 Ratings

Triggered drip sequences

N/A

0 Ratings

8.4

84%

275 Ratings

Lead Management

Podio

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

8.0

HubSpot Marketing Hub

80%

HubSpot Marketing Hub ranks higher in 4/4 features

Lead nurturing

N/A

0 Ratings

8.2

82%

354 Ratings

Lead scoring and grading

N/A

0 Ratings

7.7

77%

324 Ratings

Data quality management

N/A

0 Ratings

8.2

82%

330 Ratings

Automated sales alerts and tasks

N/A

0 Ratings

8.1

81%

298 Ratings

Campaign Management

Podio

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

8.0

HubSpot Marketing Hub

80%

HubSpot Marketing Hub ranks higher in 2/2 features

Calendaring

N/A

0 Ratings

7.8

78%

304 Ratings

Event/webinar marketing

N/A

0 Ratings

8.1

81%

250 Ratings

Social Media Marketing

Podio

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

8.3

HubSpot Marketing Hub

83%

HubSpot Marketing Hub ranks higher in 2/2 features

Social sharing and campaigns

N/A

0 Ratings

8.2

82%

340 Ratings

Social profile integration

N/A

0 Ratings

8.3

83%

330 Ratings

Reporting & Analytics

Podio

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

7.9

HubSpot Marketing Hub

79%

HubSpot Marketing Hub ranks higher in 3/3 features

Dashboards

N/A

0 Ratings

8.0

80%

365 Ratings

Standard reports

N/A

0 Ratings

8.1

81%

361 Ratings

Custom reports

N/A

0 Ratings

7.7

77%

324 Ratings

Platform & Infrastructure

Podio

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

7.6

HubSpot Marketing Hub

76%

HubSpot Marketing Hub ranks higher in 6/6 features

API

N/A

0 Ratings

7.9

79%

252 Ratings

Role-based workflow & approvals

N/A

0 Ratings

8.4

84%

280 Ratings

Customizability

N/A

0 Ratings

7.9

79%

302 Ratings

Integration with Salesforce.com

N/A

0 Ratings

7.5

75%

228 Ratings

Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM

N/A

0 Ratings

6.7

67%

97 Ratings

Integration with SugarCRM

N/A

0 Ratings

6.9

69%

92 Ratings

Attribute Ratings

Citrix Podio is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Renew, Product Scalability
HubSpot Marketing Hub is rated higher in 6 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Usability, Availability, Performance, Support Rating, Implementation Rating

Podio

76%

41 Ratings

8.6

HubSpot Marketing Hub

86%

652 Ratings

Podio

91%

17 Ratings

9.0

HubSpot Marketing Hub

90%

371 Ratings

Podio

60%

2 Ratings

8.8

HubSpot Marketing Hub

88%

106 Ratings

Podio

80%

8 Ratings

9.1

HubSpot Marketing Hub

91%

50 Ratings

Podio

80%

4 Ratings

8.9

HubSpot Marketing Hub

89%

34 Ratings

Podio

70%

10 Ratings

8.5

HubSpot Marketing Hub

85%

168 Ratings

Podio

N/A

0 Ratings

9.1

HubSpot Marketing Hub

91%

8 Ratings

Podio

N/A

0 Ratings

9.1

HubSpot Marketing Hub

91%

26 Ratings

Podio

70%

2 Ratings

7.3

HubSpot Marketing Hub

73%

98 Ratings

Podio

100%

2 Ratings

7.3

HubSpot Marketing Hub

73%

7 Ratings

Pros

Very easy for people without coding or technical skills to set up and maintain information in "Apps".
Platform is very easy to learn and adopt--it's intuitive.
Project management potential is awesome--instead of having to fit your projects into a structure that is industry specific, you can build an app that tracks what you want, in the order you want it.
Has a "relationship" field that allows you to relate an individual item or record to a record in another app. It effectively gives some of the functionality of a relational database.
Very useful for information sharing when staff members are in different regions or places.

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Amy Smoucha

Managing Director

Jobs with JusticeCivic & Social Organization, 11-50 employees

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All-in-one software - the main thing HubSpot does well is the breadth of functionality.
Easy of use - personally, I find it more intuitive than Marketo, which is the other MAP that I know well.
Ads - I like that we can drill down on ads by channel, ad group, campaign, and even create and see performance data at each level.

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Joe Kevens

Director of Demand Generation

PartnerStackInternet, 201-500 employees

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Cons

More filter options for calendars.
Customizable views for Relation fields.
Full featured Podio mobile App for iPad.
A customizable profile status – would love to work with Podio in silent mode (logged in while working, but "not available" for requests when in heavy work mode)

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Jan Florian Maas

Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter

addWings GmbHInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees

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While Hubspot has added some collaborative tools, I think this could improve. I'd like to see more options to comment on emails and ways of being able to share out changes as well as approval channels.
The ability to update ads via the calendar is pretty cumbersome. There's no good way to bulk edit or update. You have go into each one individually.
Real time edits would be nice. If you have multiple people working on the same thing, you'll get kicked out and your changes might not be saved.

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Chris Gomez, SPHR

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Passare, Inc.Insurance, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

$9 per month

Podio Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

A discount is available for annual pricing.

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Required

Starting Price

$50 per month

HubSpot Marketing Hub Editions & Modules

Edition

Pro	$890¹
Enterprise	$3,200²
Starter	$50³
Free	$0⁴

per month (includes 2,000 contacts)
per month (includes 10,000 contacts)
per month (includes 1,000 contacts)
per month

Additional Pricing Details

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Likelihood to Renew

Podio 9.1

Based on 17 answers

Podio customer service is great. The cloud and mobile service is fast (almost instant, continuous syncing). With a solid user base, and backed by Citrix, this is a serious business solution. They're also constantly working on improving and making it more powerful. I anticipate it only getting better

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Nando Cabán-Méndez

Partner, Strategist, Online Marketing Architect

Sync Digital MarketingMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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HubSpot Marketing Hub 9.0

Based on 371 answers

Our business relies on the HubSpot platform to manage our marketing, sales and CRM processes. HubSpot marketing automation helps us define our activities and streamlines them in a cohesive and efficient way. Without HubSpot, we will have to revert to the 'old way' of doing everything with a variety of disparate systems.

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Arun C Devan

Managing Director

Blue Ocean Systems Pte LtdInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Usability

Podio 6.0

Based on 2 answers

It is usable, for sure. Requires a bit of thinking to be really useful.

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Product Management

Internet Company, 11-50 employees

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HubSpot Marketing Hub 8.8

Based on 106 answers

While there are some frustrating things that pop up unexpectedly ("wait... I can't do X?"), I have found HubSpot to be easy to use and extremely helpful to my daily work. The documentation is really good, and when it's not helpful, the support staff have been amazing.

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Lauren Camacci

Head Content Creator

InedoInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees

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Reliability and Availability

Podio 8.0

Based on 8 answers

I have not experienced any down time

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Director in Corporate

Outsourcing/Offshoring Company, 1-10 employees

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HubSpot Marketing Hub 9.1

Based on 50 answers

They have had issues with system availability over the course of days. Sometimes the system is unusable, other times updates simply take a long time to show up. It's better now but, from a reliaibility standpoint, HubSpot is not Salesforce.com yet. Still great software though.

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Joe Rando

CEO

Trade Area SystemsInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Performance

Podio 8.0

Based on 4 answers

It works all the time and if I have a question, support get back to me ASAP

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Verified User

Director in Corporate

Outsourcing/Offshoring Company, 1-10 employees

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HubSpot Marketing Hub 8.9

Based on 34 answers

With all the new features in HubSpot, the system can get a tad slow sometimes... That said, most of the time it is lightning fast and I have no problems. Because most of the integrations are API, they silently work in the background. I have not had trouble with lag due to HubSpot integration

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Carah Counts

Digital Marketing Strategist

CareATC, Inc.Medical Practice, 201-500 employees

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Support Rating

Podio 7.0

Based on 10 answers

Podio support was always responsive and very quick to provide answers and assistance during the history of using this product, their support team has always been top notch. There have been several cases where calling podio support a feature was not available and they provided either workaround solutions or added the features straight into their roadmap.

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Verified User

Executive in Engineering

Computer & Network Security Company, 11-50 employees

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HubSpot Marketing Hub 8.5

Based on 168 answers

During the few times I've needed it, HS support has been accessible, helpful and efficient. Often rolling up their sleeves to make changes for you as opposed to leaving you with a list of instructions to decipher on your own.

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David Pye

Director of Search

WidewailMarketing & Advertising, 11-50 employees

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In-Person Training

No score

No answers yet

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HubSpot Marketing Hub 9.1

Based on 8 answers

I did the 2-day classroom at HubSpot's corporate office in Cambridge. First off, it was amazing to see their corporate office in general. They have such a cool office environment. But it was also great to have the ability to learn in a workshop format with other HubSpot users and meet my Account Manager/ Inbound Marketing Consultant in person.

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Carah Counts

Digital Marketing Strategist

CareATC, Inc.Medical Practice, 201-500 employees

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Online Training

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

HubSpot Marketing Hub 9.1

Based on 26 answers

I went through Inbound Marketing University in 2006. Great training and helped my transition from traditional (outbound) marketing to inbound marketing that I've been able to apply to a number of businesses from wastewater and water reuse, to professional services and SaaS. Share information of value to build awareness and trust. Answer customers' questions in a transparent way to generate more qualified leads. Understand the difference between a marketing qualified lead and a sales qualified lead and put together a lead nurturing program. Your sales and marketing efforts will see significant ROI.

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Tom Smith

DZone/AnswerHubInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Implementation Rating

Podio 7.0

Based on 2 answers

Could of got more help sooner and mapped out structure after the 1st month. Future planning

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Verified User

Director in Corporate

Outsourcing/Offshoring Company, 1-10 employees

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HubSpot Marketing Hub 7.3

Based on 98 answers

My biggest piece of advice for those who are implementing Hubspot is that you need to devote the time up front and learn how to use the product. Once you learn how to use Hubspot, it will be much more effective as well as much easier to use in the long run

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Andrew Driscoll

Marketing Analyst

PSMJ Resources, Inc.Design, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Compared to Salesforce: Podio is not as robust as a tool for CRM tracking. It also doesn't have the in-email capabilities that SF offers. Compared to Basecamp: Podio is somewhat similar to Basecamp but doesn't offer the same functionality with checking items off and archiving projects.Compared to Zoho Projects: Podio is vastly superior to Zoho Project's lack of flexibility (requiring a development team to build) and accessibility by all members (Zoho Projects requires a very limited number of "owners" of projects which makes it difficult if multiple owners need to assign one or more people to a project).

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Verified User

Director in Other

Marketing and Advertising Company, 11-50 employees

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In comparison to any other tool on the market, HubSpot [Marketing Hub] is the best. It's easy to use, has a more substantial brand presence, and is trusted by a large number of small and medium-sized businesses. It just made sense to us to integrate the sales and marketing tools in HubSpot [Marketing Hub] rather than using third parties. We chose HubSpot Marketing Hub as the best brand to define our customer journey.

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Roshni Rahman

Sales Professional

Tourism ProfessionalLeisure, Travel & Tourism, 11-50 employees

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Scalability

Podio 10.0

Based on 2 answers

As you business grows, so does Podio. There seems to be no limit to the workspace and apps you can create on the platform

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Verified User

Director in Corporate

Outsourcing/Offshoring Company, 1-10 employees

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HubSpot Marketing Hub 7.3

Based on 7 answers

HubSpot is addressing this more and more. Currently you can assign tasks to designated sales teams, which grow as you grow. They've added free baseline products for those just getting started. These and more contribute to the scalability of HubSpot - so I gave it an 8 and am hoping for more in the future!

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Jessica McCann

Digital Media Specialist

Acadia Lead Management ServicesMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

Podio is great for task assignment and tracking. The ability to enter and assign tasks from mobile and track their completion saves me several phone calls a day.
Podio outdoes email as my go to place to search for information. The ability to forward emails into the system, organize by projects and contacts, and search it all saves considerable time and confusion.
Podio has considerable potential to reduce overall admin time spent organizing information (filing, tracking, etc) The ability to keep a single record of a given piece of information without being tied to email vs file structure works very well.

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Keller Baum

Project Manager

I & E ConstructionConstruction, 51-200 employees

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HubSpot has helped us increased our lead generation.
HubSpot has allowed us to continue to grow our customer base without having to spend a ton of marketing dollars on advertising.
HubSpot has allowed our company to standardize our process and bring the company onto one platform for sales and marketing.

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Heather Robinette, MBA

Marketing Manger

ConexlinkComputer Software, 11-50 employees

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