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FlatCRM vs Pipedrive.

Pipedrive is the closest neighbour FlatCRM has — a pipeline-first sales CRM with a clean kanban and a real focus on closing deals. It is the one we recommend most often when FlatCRM is too small.

The honest difference is who they are for. Pipedrive is built for sales teams of three to fifty, sold per seat. FlatCRM is built for a one-to-three-person service business, flat at $19 a month.

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What each one is actually for.

FlatCRM

Pipedrive

  • 01 — Pricing model

    Flat. $19/mo Solo, $39/mo Pair.
    Per seat, five tiers from Essential through Enterprise. Annual cheaper than monthly.[1]

  • 02 — Per-seat charge

    Never.
    Every tier scales by paid user.[1]

  • 03 — Contact / record limits

    500 on Solo, 2,000 on Pair. Hard.
    No per-record cap on contacts; deal limits on Essential, removed on higher tiers.

  • 04 — Pipelines

    One. Five fixed stages.
    Multiple custom pipelines, custom stages, on most tiers.

  • 05 — Activity tracking

    Activity log on every record. Tasks per contact and per deal.
    Activity types, scheduling, calendar sync, reminders.

  • 06 — AI features

    Optional credit pack at month three. Not in base price.
    Pipedrive AI on higher tiers (Power, Enterprise).

  • 07 — Email integration

    Forward email to workspace inbox slug. Pins to contact by sender.
    Two-way email sync, templates, tracking on paid tiers.

  • 08 — Reporting

    Pipeline value and won-this-period summary on the board. That is it.
    Dashboards, custom reports, forecasting, goal tracking.

  • 09 — Native mobile app

    Responsive web in v1.
    iOS and Android.

  • 10 — Integrations

    Email forward, CSV export. Public API deferred.
    400+ in marketplace; open public API.

  • 11 — Lock-in / data export

    One CSV button. Mapping hints to Pipedrive in the README.
    Per-entity export supported.

  • 12 — Best fit team size

    One to three people.
    Three to fifty salespeople.

Footnotes

[1] Pricing and feature claims for Pipedrive verified against pipedrive.com on 2026-04-30. Numbers are typical published rates and may differ by region, billing cadence, and active promotions. See our comparison methodology for the full process.

The honest part

Which one is right for you.

Pick FlatCRM if

You are a solo operator or a two-person shop. You bill on services and want a CRM that looks like a ledger, not a sales dashboard.

You don’t need multiple pipelines, you don’t want to set up custom stages, and you don’t want to add a seat charge every time you grow.

Pick Pipedrive if

You have five-plus salespeople. You need multiple pipelines for different products or regions. Per-rep activity tracking and forecasting actually matter to your week.

Pipedrive is the cleanest sales-team pipeline tool out there. If we ever cap out and you keep growing, this is where we send you — there is even a mapping hint in our CSV README.

Sources

Pricing changes. Check the source for current numbers — we quote ranges as of last verification.

Last verified 2026-04-30.

Wrong about something?

If a row on this table is out of date or misrepresents Pipedrive, mail support@flatcrm.app and we will correct it within 24 hours and credit the source. We mean that — comparison fairness is part of the cap-honest posture.

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