HubSpot Sales Hub vs. LinkedIn Sales Navigator

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HubSpot Sales Hub
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
HubSpot Sales Hub is designed to eliminate friction by bringing tools and data together on one platform. The solution boasts email tracking and templates, and call tracking & recording.N/A
LinkedIn Sales Navigator
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
LinkedIn Sales Navigator is a sales intelligence software solution offered by LinkedIn.
$79.99
per month
Pricing
HubSpot Sales HubLinkedIn Sales Navigator
Editions & Modules
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Professional
$79.99
per month
Team
$134.99
per license
Enterprise
Contact sales team
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HubSpot Sales HubLinkedIn Sales Navigator
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
HubSpot Sales HubLinkedIn Sales Navigator
Considered Both Products
HubSpot Sales Hub
Chose HubSpot Sales Hub
I did not select HubSpot. This is the software chosen by my executive team. It is running fine and there aren't too many issues within the software. I'd love to have a better interface to read call histories and more transparent/automated connections between deals, calls and …
Chose HubSpot Sales Hub
HubSpot Sales Hub is much easier to use than other solutions, but it is also the most comprehensive CRM I have used to date.
Chose HubSpot Sales Hub
Way easier to use, more features, email sequencing and meeting booking, much more built for the seller and to help progress the deal
Chose HubSpot Sales Hub
We switched to HubSpot from Yesware as we found the whole user interface much easier to use. HubSpot is easier to navigate, more customisable, and provides more extensive reporting than Yesware does, in my opinion.

Yesware was useful mostly for marketing emails and didn't …
Chose HubSpot Sales Hub
Chose Hubspot Sales over Salesforce for their training and catering to smaller companies.
Chose HubSpot Sales Hub
HubSpot is much more complete. It is a complete marketing automation platform.
Chose HubSpot Sales Hub
Hubspot sales has much better support and is more user-friendly. We had many broken promises with the other provider.
LinkedIn Sales Navigator
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
HubSpot Sales HubLinkedIn Sales Navigator
Prospecting
Comparison of Prospecting features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot Sales Hub
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Ratings
LinkedIn Sales Navigator
8.1
174 Ratings
7% above category average
Advanced search00 Ratings8.4174 Ratings
Identification of new leads00 Ratings8.3172 Ratings
List quality00 Ratings8.3168 Ratings
List upload/download00 Ratings7.8114 Ratings
Ideal customer targeting00 Ratings8.1167 Ratings
Load time/data access00 Ratings7.8154 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Data Standards
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot Sales Hub
-
Ratings
LinkedIn Sales Navigator
8.0
172 Ratings
6% above category average
Contact information00 Ratings7.8151 Ratings
Company information00 Ratings8.0172 Ratings
Industry information00 Ratings8.2167 Ratings
Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot Sales Hub
-
Ratings
LinkedIn Sales Navigator
8.0
169 Ratings
8% above category average
Lead qualification process00 Ratings8.0128 Ratings
Smart lists and recommendations00 Ratings8.4151 Ratings
Salesforce integration00 Ratings7.4124 Ratings
Company/business profiles00 Ratings8.3165 Ratings
Alerts and reminders00 Ratings7.9147 Ratings
Data hygiene00 Ratings7.9147 Ratings
Automatic data refresh00 Ratings7.8127 Ratings
Tags00 Ratings8.2122 Ratings
Filters and segmentation00 Ratings8.2156 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Email Features
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot Sales Hub
-
Ratings
LinkedIn Sales Navigator
7.8
73 Ratings
3% above category average
Sales email templates00 Ratings7.766 Ratings
Append emails to records00 Ratings7.963 Ratings
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User Ratings
HubSpot Sales HubLinkedIn Sales Navigator
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(122 ratings)
8.3
(175 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(6 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Usability
8.8
(5 ratings)
7.5
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
8.3
(5 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
HubSpot Sales HubLinkedIn Sales Navigator
Likelihood to Recommend
HubSpot
Sales hub is an excellent tool for a sales professional, probably even the best tool available in the industry without a doubt. However it could be much less convenient for outside sales reps that need to consistently meet people in person, it has some features to cater to these reps but they aren't as robust as the ones designed for inside sales reps.
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LinkedIn
Flexible Saved Searches: I love how we can save a very complex search created for future use so that we don't have to repeat it again and again. The cherry on the top is that you can even share this saved search with your other colleagues having the LinkedIn Sales Navigator license. Access to Decision Makers: With a single click, I can filter out decision-makers in any company. This is again a time saver in many ways. Alerts and Reminders: which can be set custom-based covering specific use cases. For example - if prospect A changes companies today, I can get an alert for it on my email (the only drawback being I need to manually save this prospect in a list first).
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Pros
HubSpot
  • The task feature of HubSpot has been super helpful for me to organize what activities I am focusing on throughout the day. Instead of having a generalized list of the activities that need to take place today, I can organize that list by calls, emails, to-do's, linked-in, etc. That way I can take an hour of my time and focus on only doing phone calls, only doing emails, etc. It has helped me increase my productivity by making 20 phone calls a day to 100 phone calls throughout the day.
  • Hubspot Sequences are also super helpful in order to plug and play contacts that need similar solutions. The automatic email feature allows me to not have to spend time sending a simple email template. Instead, it automatically sends that email out at the time that THEY would most likely respond.
  • This gives me more time to focus on the tasks that I can't automate, allowing me to be way more productive. I can also customize my sequences to automate when I am reaching out, and what activity I am doing.
  • Sequences give me the ability to create a highly customized approach, with the scalability of a plug and play format.
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LinkedIn
  • Lists - Very intuitive, simple, way to create and track prospects for campaign purposes
  • InMails - The ability to send direct messages to prospects via InMails can be a differentiator for some reps
  • News Feed - Stay up to date on organizations you are targeting to send relevant messages that resonate
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Cons
HubSpot
  • I find the interface to be a bit unorganized and sometimes the information added about projects looks clogged which sometimes makes it difficult to access specific information.
  • Sometimes we have to deal with different currencies because we have clients all over the world but the exchange rate tool is not always accurate, causing us to slow down our work.
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LinkedIn
  • LinkedIn Sales Navigator is very powerful, but not super well documented.
  • The tool does not allow for the export of list names, which is disappointing for a tool at this price.
  • LinkedIn's search is loosey goosey, you'll find that it includes names that just barely fit the criteria.
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Likelihood to Renew
HubSpot
Ease of use, ease of customizability, and ease of 3rd-party integration, especially to LinkedIn Navigator, all play a vital role in our increasing reliance of HubSpot Sales for our growing sales team. Also taking into account the great training and support for HubSpot Sales available from HubSpot, including HubSpot Academy.
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LinkedIn
This question is a no-brainer. The tool is the industry standard for anyone tied to sales and marketing. The name "LinkedIn Sales Navigator" is synonymous with streamlining relevant customer and account data in an easy to use format that is actionable and intelligent. The focus on continuous improvement and richer means of communicating with customers and prospects is evident each time new features are rolled out. The social component of the tool even includes a gamification component to ensure that peers remain relevant among each other, which is refreshing and enjoyable for those who engage the tool on a daily basis.
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Usability
HubSpot
Since we launched HubSpot Sales Hub into our organisation's tech stack, we've experienced a smooth transition and implementation process for those using this solution. The ease of use and the interface experience is amazing and that was a main priority for us in the purchasing phase. So far, we've been nothing but very happy with the support, implementation, and ongoing development of our sales team adapting to the solution. Highly recommend it for usability and functionality!
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LinkedIn
It lets you pull people with specific titles in specific areas and with the criteria you choose--job changes, mutual connections based on schools, roles, and companies, etc. It is easy to upload these lists into other software or download and save them to a drive.
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Support Rating
HubSpot
Oh my goodness HubSpot Support is just amazing. I submitted a question/issue to them yesterday and by this morning I had this response:
"Hi Stephanie, I hope this finds you well and thanks so much for your patience while I was working to update the extension with my team. We were actually able to push through an update yesterday afternoon which set the default lifecycle stage to lead in the sidebar. If you take a look now, that should be in place. If it has not updated yet, I would recommend uninstalling and re-installing the sales extension so an updated version and be pushed through. Again, I want to say that I sincerely appreciate that you took the time to reach out to us and help us iron this out. HubSpot really values constructive feedback with real use-case backing to help push it along. So, thank you!"
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LinkedIn
The tool speaks for itself, but the support is definitely a significant portion of why we use the tool. The company cares about their customer's success and it shows. We do not have to wait for long periods of time for the support team to respond; they do so in a timely manner, and virtually always with relevant insights and solutions.
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Implementation Rating
HubSpot
It was not only SUPER easy to implement, we had some amazing support from HubSpot. They scheduled a call to go over each individual tool with our team and provided guidance and best practices plus answered any questions are new users had. It was wonderful and really helped them get started confidently
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LinkedIn
I am unsure of the rollout, as I was not involved. I was an early adopter, and I have had a lot of success with the tool personally at multiple organizations, but I have no idea whether the implementation process encountered any errors. I can personally say that it works, and that I have not encountered significant issues with the tool since adoption, although a few issues like messages showing up as being unread even though they have been opened have been an on-again/off-again issues throughout the past few years. Overall, the company is doing a great job, and our implementation seems to have been effective.
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Alternatives Considered
HubSpot
HubSpot Sales Hub helps our team keep track of all of our
partners and customers in one place so we can market effectively and
personally. Their blogs and "HubSpot academy" make it easy to
learn/onboard. People care most about the service, which is the biggest reason
why—such a fan of the pre-made templates, flexibility, and ease of use. The
user interface and integration with other platforms are excellent for our
business. In comparison to its rivals, it would rank at the top so far.
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LinkedIn
linkedin has way better data cleanup and relevant contact information. It provides a great insight into how to target personally your prospects, and gives great engagement highlights. ZoomInfo is sometimes outdated, the prospect has moved companies or is no longer employed there-- alot of filtering through the weeds can be hard if you are trying to hit high metrics and make your time valuable
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Return on Investment
HubSpot
  • Lead Response Time:
  • Prior to Hubspot, this was maybe 24 hours as an average. Now it is MINUTES. We immediately get back to clients and if we aren't able to then we will connect using email automation and sequences without lifting a finger. It's great!
  • Company Growth in difficult times:
  • Despite COVID causing issues on Residential Construction in Washington, we have continued to grow as a business, and part of that is thanks to our amazing Sales team, and part of that credit goings to Hubspot directly. If we didn't have Hubspot we would have shrunk or stayed the same as a company. Hubspot made sure we grew.
  • ROI [return on investment]
  • It's a hard thing to measure but our company has increased its revenue by more than 20% compared to last year. And that is saying a lot for our industry especially with COVID's impact on Residential Construction. I
  • can't measure it precisely but I know beyond any shadow of a doubt that HUBSPOT helped make this possible because our Sales and Marketing Teams are sharper and more capable than they have ever been thanks to this wonderful CRM.
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LinkedIn
  • Helped warm up a few leads that I was having trouble getting in touch with via phone and email
  • Allowed me to better identify the key stakeholders at companies I was targeting
  • Kept me up to date on what was happening with my prospects and their companies.
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