Pipedrive charges $14-99/user/month. A 5-person sales team on Professional ($39/user) pays $195/month ($2,340/yr). FairCRM: $4/user + $0.001/contact. Same team: $20/mo. 90% cheaper.

A Pipedrive alternative that doesn't punish you for growing your team.

Pipedrive built a clean sales CRM. Then they built 5 pricing tiers to extract maximum value. Essential, Advanced, Professional, Power, Enterprise. The jump from Essential to Professional alone is 180%.

Why people leave Pipedrive

Per-user pricing escalation

$14 → $28 → $49 → $64 → $99 per user per tier. A 5-person team ranges from $70 to $495/month.

Feature gating

Email sync requires Advanced ($28/user). Automations require Professional ($49/user). Revenue forecasting requires Power ($64/user).

Contact limits

Essential: 3,000 open deals. Advanced: 10,000. You pay more to track more prospects.

Add-on costs

Projects, Campaigns, Smart Docs — all separate add-ons at $6-8/user/month each.

FairCrm vs Pipedrive

FairCrm
Pipedrive
Price model
$4/user + per contact
Per user/month (tiered)
5-person team
$20/mo
$70-495/mo
Email sync
Included
Advanced+ ($28/user)
Automations
Included
Professional+ ($49/user)
Contact storage
$0.001/contact
Tier-limited
Deal pipelines
Unlimited
Limited on lower tiers
API access
Included
Included
Contract
None
Monthly or annual

Cost at every scale

Usage
FairCrm
Pipedrive
You save
1 user, 500 contacts
$4.50/mo
$14/mo
$114/yr
5 users, 2K contacts
$22.00/mo
$195/mo
$2,076/yr
10 users, 5K contacts
$45.00/mo
$490/mo
$5,340/yr
25 users, 10K contacts
$110.00/mo
$1,225/mo
$13,380/yr

Switch from Pipedrive today.

Full CRM. Contacts, deals, pipelines, email sync. $4/user instead of $39.

Free for 1 user, 100 contacts. No credit card required.