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Email, CRM & Automation

The engine room of a one-person marketing operation: email sequences, CRM and automation. Best recurring economics in SaaS — and the category where picking wrong hurts longest.

Current top picks

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ToolBest forFromOur score
BrevoBest overall switchAll-in-one replacement€0 (paid from ~$9/mo)8.8Visit site
MailerLiteBest on a budgetBudget automation$0 (paid from ~$12/mo)8.5Visit site
beehiivBest for newslettersNewsletter-first growth$0 (Scale from ~$43/mo)8.7Visit site
AttioBest modern CRMThe CRM itself$0 (Plus from $29/seat)8.4Visit site

Prices checked 2026-08. Scores are provisional — the full 90-day test article publishes here soon.

Read the full comparison: the challengers we'd switch to from HubSpot & ActiveCampaign

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