Pipedrive

Pipedrive is a sales-focused CRM designed to help businesses manage pipelines, track deals, and automate workflows for better sales efficiency.

Visual sales pipelines to track deals and progress effortlessly.

Automation and AI-driven insights to optimise sales activities.

Seamless integrations with marketing and productivity tools.

Pipedrive

Considerations

Pipedrive is best suited for sales teams and small to mid-sized businesses looking for a simple, intuitive CRM to manage their sales pipeline effectively.

Best for sales pipeline management

Pipedrive’s drag-and-drop interface makes it easy to move deals through different stages, providing clear visibility into sales progress.

Simple and user-friendly, but lacks deep marketing automation

While Pipedrive excels at pipeline and deal tracking, it doesn’t offer full marketing automation, making it better suited for sales teams than marketing-heavy businesses.

Affordable but limited advanced reporting

Pipedrive is more budget-friendly than enterprise CRMs, but lacks the depth of analytics and AI-driven forecasting found in HubSpot or Salesforce.

Best for:

  • Small to mid-sized businesses needing a lightweight, sales-focused CRM.
  • Sales teams looking for a simple, visual way to track deals.
  • Companies wanting an affordable, easy-to-use CRM without complex features.
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About the author

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Ewoud Uphof

Solid Growth helps B2B service companies scale — not with random tactics, but with clear systems that align marketing and sales into one predictable growth engine. Built on 13 years of hands-on experience — helping teams move from firefighting to predictable, repeatable revenue growth.

15 years experience

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1,500 marketers trained since 2015

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Pipedrive

Pipedrive is a sales-focused CRM designed to help businesses manage pipelines, track deals, and automate workflows for better sales efficiency.

Better growth infrastructure

Free audit

Growth Machine Scan

Find and fix what’s slowing your team down. This free scan assesses your marketing, sales, and automation setup, giving you clear recommendations to improve efficiency and eliminate bottlenecks.

Identify the biggest blocker holding back your growth
Get personalised insights and actionable quick fixes
Option to book a free call for tailored tool stack advice

Growth Machine Programme

Free up a full day every week to focus on growth. We'll fix the systems, tools, and workflows holding your team back.

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