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Keap vs Pipedrive

Keap and Pipedrive are both CRM tools aimed at small businesses and freelancers. Pipedrive costs less, from $14/mo versus $299/mo for Keap.

Keap

All-in-one CRM, email automation and payments for small businesses

Pipedrive

Visual sales pipeline for small teams

PricingPaid · $299Paid · $14
Starting price$299/mo$14/mo
Free planNoNo
Free trial14 days14 days
Built forSmall businesses, FreelancersSmall businesses, Freelancers
Platformsweb, ios, androidweb, ios, android
CountryUS · 2001EE · 2010
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Choose Keap if

Established US small businesses that sell services or digital products and want CRM, automation and payments in one tool.

  • Deep automation that replaces several separate small-business tools
  • Payments, invoicing and funnels built into the CRM
  • Dedicated customer success manager and US phone support included

Look elsewhere if: Solo founders on a budget or teams outside North America (HubSpot, ActiveCampaign or Pipedrive are cheaper and more flexible).

Choose Pipedrive if

Sales-led SMBs that want a focused CRM and do not need marketing automation in the same tool.

  • Fast to adopt; reps actually use it
  • Clear per-seat pricing with no contact-based fees
  • Solid automations and email tooling from the Growth tier

Look elsewhere if: Companies that want marketing, sales and support in one platform, or enterprises needing deep customization and permissions.

Keap vs Pipedrive pricing

Keap

  • Keap$299/mo$2,988/year billed annually; 2 users, CRM, automation, payments
  • Additional user$39/user/moOn top of the 2 included user licenses
  • Text marketing tiers$24/moTier 2 add-on; Tier 1 (500 texts) included; US only

Pipedrive

  • Lite$14/seat/moBilled annually; pipeline, contacts, AI reports, 500+ apps
  • Growth$39/seat/moBilled annually; email sync, automations, sequences, forecasts
  • Premium$59/seat/moBilled annually; LeadBooster, lead scoring, contracts, e-signatures
  • Ultimate$79/seat/moBilled annually; advanced security, sandbox, contact enrichment

Keap · Key features

  • Visual campaign builder for email, text, task and tag automations
  • Contact management with tags, lead scoring and custom fields
  • Sales pipeline with automated stage-based follow-ups
  • Landing pages, multi-page funnels and checkout forms with order bumps
  • Quotes, invoices, recurring billing and native US payments
  • Appointment scheduler synced with Google and Outlook calendars

Cons

  • $299 a month plus an implementation fee is steep for solo users
  • Texting, phone line and native payments are mostly US-only
  • Contact tier pricing is not shown without entering a contact count

Pipedrive · Key features

  • Visual kanban pipelines with customizable stages and multiple pipelines
  • Activity scheduling and reminders tied to every deal
  • Two-way email sync, templates, open and click tracking
  • Workflow automations and AI sales assistant
  • Revenue forecasting, goals and custom reports
  • Web forms, chatbot and LeadBooster lead inbox

Cons

  • Marketing and support features are weak or add-ons
  • Advanced reporting and lead scoring need the higher tiers
  • Customization is shallower than HubSpot or Salesforce

Keap vs Pipedrive: FAQ

Which is cheaper, Keap or Pipedrive?

Pipedrive starts at $14/mo and Keap at $299/mo. Both prices are checked on the vendors' own pricing pages.

Do Keap and Pipedrive have a free plan?

Keap has no free plan, a 14-day free trial. Pipedrive has no free plan, a 14-day free trial.

Not sure yet?