Podio vs HubSpot Marketing Hub | TrustRadius

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Score 8 out of 10

Based on 104 reviews and ratings

Score 8.5 out of 10

Based on 1736 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Podio

HubSpot Marketing Hub

Task Management

Resource Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Team Collaboration

Support for Agile Methodology

Support for Waterfall Methodology

Document Management

Email integration

Mobile Access

Timesheet Tracking

Change request and Case Management

Budget and Expense Management

Podio

HubSpot Marketing Hub

Quotes/estimates

Invoicing

Project & financial reporting

Integration with accounting software

Podio

HubSpot Marketing Hub

WYSIWYG email editor

Dynamic content

Ability to test dynamic content

Landing pages

A/B testing

Mobile optimization

Email deliverability reporting

List management

Triggered drip sequences

Podio

HubSpot Marketing Hub

Lead nurturing

Lead scoring and grading

Data quality management

Automated sales alerts and tasks

Podio

HubSpot Marketing Hub

Calendaring

Event/webinar marketing

Podio

HubSpot Marketing Hub

Social sharing and campaigns

Social profile integration

Podio

HubSpot Marketing Hub

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

Podio

HubSpot Marketing Hub

API

Role-based workflow & approvals

Customizability

Integration with Salesforce.com

Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Integration with SugarCRM

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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Managing Director

Jobs with JusticeCivic & Social Organization, 11-50 employees

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Social media scheduling. A comprehensive and easy to use social calendar allows you to easily schedule posts and get an over arching view of social activities for the month and beyond.
Email marketing. The templates provided allow me to easily create, beautiful professional emails.
Landing pages and forms. I can easily track submissions with the forms and the templates provided for a landing page ease a major pain point.

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Digital Marketing Manager

Orasi SoftwareComputer Software, 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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It is less about HubSpot as a platform and more about the app, but I wish they were able to bring a bit more functionality to the app such as being able to schedule posts. It would make trade shows much easier.
I wish the template designs were easier to make changes to because without CSS knowledge they can be complex to adjust. Many other sites have more user-friendly designs and this one is very rigid and sometimes hard to adjust.
While I love HubSpot Academy, I wish it listed out your current courses versus having to search for them. It would help remind me which ones I need to finish.

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Heather Robinette, MBA

Marketing Manger

ConexlinkComputer Software, 11-50 employees

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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 10.0

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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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 8.0

Based on 105 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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Head Content Creator

InedoInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees

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Reliability and Availability

Podio 8.0

Based on 4 answers

I have not experienced any down time

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Verified User

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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CEO

Trade Area SystemsInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Performance

Podio 8.0

Based on 2 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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Digital Marketing Strategist

CareATC, Inc.Medical Practice, 201-500 employees

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Support Rating

Podio 7.2

Based on 6 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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Executive in Engineering

Computer & Network Security Company, 11-50 employees

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HubSpot Marketing Hub 8.7

Based on 169 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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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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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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Strategist | Digital | Analytics | Marketing Automation | Content Marketing | Integrated Marketing |

DZone/AnswerHubInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Implementation Rating

Podio 7.0

Based on 1 answer

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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Salesforce and NetSuite are both great software however I believe HubSpot stacks up against them quite well. HubSpot has all of the same features when it comes to Sales Reporting, Dashboards, Follow up tasks, Note Taking, etc as the others. I would say Salesforce is more integrated, it has a lot of other features that can be used outside of sales. HubSpot can be used outside of sales as well such as marketing and customer service but not like Salesforce. NetSuite is great as well but HubSpot has been easier to navigate, train on, and use.

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Meredith Mackay

Consultant

Medical Advantage GroupHospital & Health Care, 51-200 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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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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Project Manager

I & E ConstructionConstruction, 51-200 employees

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Since implementing HubSpot, we have had a 60% increase in net new opportunity generation.
We have logged three record-breaking sales quarters.
Our sales team is now using HubSpot Sales Pro to streamline prospecting, close more deals faster, and get more qualified leads into our FlyWheel.

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Digital Marketing Director

Velocity Technology SolutionsInformation Technology and Services, 501-1000 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?

No

Podio Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Required

HubSpot Marketing Hub Editions & Modules

Edition

Pro	$800¹
Enterprise	$3,200²
Starter	$50³
Free	$0⁴

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

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Rating Summary

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