HubSpot Is A Great CRM. It Just Doesn’t Know What’s On Your Shelf.
HubSpot is the benchmark for sales and marketing software. But it has no register, no inventory and no purchase orders, so product businesses end up paying per seat for HubSpot and separately for a POS. Nexus Commerce gives you the pipeline and the product side in one plan, with no per-seat pricing.
Public pricing and features checked September 26, 2026. Prices change, so confirm on HubSpot’s site before you decide.
Which One Fits Your Business?
Choose HubSpot if
You’re a sales or marketing team first: sequences, email marketing, attribution and deep reporting matter more than stock and orders.
Choose Nexus Commerce if
Your pipeline ends in a product sale: quotes, orders, inventory, POS and reps need to see the same customer record.
Watch the seat count
HubSpot prices per seat. The more reps you add, the more a flat plan matters.
What It Looks Like In Nexus Commerce
A real Nexus Commerce screen.
A Pipeline That Ends In A Real Order
Dealer and account pipelines on the same record as their quotes, orders and stock.
CoreWhere HubSpot Is Better Today.
We’re newer, and it shows in places. If these matter most to you, HubSpot is probably the right call.
- Best-in-class marketing automation, email marketing and sequences.
- Deeper sales reporting, forecasting and attribution.
- A free CRM tier and a huge integration marketplace.
- Years of polish, and every sales hire has probably used it.
- Strong customer service and knowledge-base tools.
Where Nexus Commerce Earns Its Place.
- Pipelines that end in a real orderQuotes become orders, orders move stock, and it all sits on the same contact.
- POS, catalog and inventory built inNo separate POS subscription or sync to maintain.
- No per-seat pricingYour whole team on one plan. HubSpot Sales Hub Professional is $100 per seat per month on monthly billing.
- No required onboarding feeHubSpot Professional has a required $1,500 onboarding fee. Ours is optional: $300 on Core, $500 on Growth, $1,000 on Enterprise.
- Dealer pricing and commissionsPricing levels on every plan; commissions from Growth.
- Flow Builder and AIFollow-up templates on every plan. Full Flow Builder and the AI assistant with Nexus AI for $39 a month.
What A Sales Team Pays For CRM Plus A Register.
| Setup | HubSpot Pro + a POS | Nexus Commerce |
|---|---|---|
| 3 reps, 1 location | $449/mo | $249/moCore |
| 5 reps, 1 location | $649/mo | $249/moCore |
| 10 reps, 2 locations | $1,298/mo | $449/moGrowth |
- 3 reps: 3 × $100 + $149 = $449. 5 reps: 5 × $100 + $149 = $649.
- 10 reps, 2 locations: 10 × $100 + 2 × $149 = $1,298. Add $39 on the Nexus side for the full Flow Builder with Nexus AI.
HubSpot plus a POS costs more once you have a few reps, and the gap grows with every seat. If you only need a basic CRM for one or two people, HubSpot Starter paired with a POS can land near our Core price. Pick HubSpot if marketing automation matters more than inventory.
Monthly list prices with monthly billing, software only. HubSpot figures are Sales Hub Professional at $100 per seat per month plus Lightspeed Core at $149 per location for the POS side. Excludes HubSpot’s required $1,500 onboarding fee, payment processing and hardware. HubSpot is cheaper on annual billing, and Sales Hub Starter costs much less per seat with fewer features.
Feature By Feature.
| Capability | Nexus Commerce | HubSpot |
|---|---|---|
| Contacts and pipelines | Every plan. | Every plan. Deeper forecasting on higher tiers. |
| Email marketing and sequences | Follow-up templates on every plan; Flow Builder with Nexus AI. | Best-in-class. |
| Point of sale | Every plan. | Not included. |
| Catalog and inventory | Every plan. | Product library only; no stock tracking. |
| Purchase orders and suppliers | Growth and above. | Not included. |
| Commissions | Growth and above. | Not a core feature. |
| Pricing model | Flat plan price. No per-seat pricing. | Per seat, plus a required onboarding fee on Professional. |
Sources: HubSpot Sales Hub pricing ↗ · Lightspeed Retail pricing ↗. Checked September 26, 2026.
Run The Same Test In Both Demos.
Bring one real order. Quote it at an account’s price, sell it, take payment, receive the restock from your supplier and pay the rep’s commission. Count the steps and the tools each platform needs, then price the whole setup.
Switching over? We import your catalog, and onboarding help is optional: $300 on Core, $500 on Growth, $1,000 on Enterprise.
See Nexus Commerce With Your Own Products.
Tell us what you sell and how you sell it. We’ll show you the screens your team would use and the plan that fits.