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HubSpot Marketing Hub Professional starts at $890/mo — plus a mandatory $3,000 onboarding fee, annual contract lock-in, and extra charges every time your contact list grows. DailyStory gives you unlimited automations, SMS, full API access, and a dedicated account manager starting at $100/mo.
HubSpot is built for enterprise teams running multi-hub, multi-department platforms. For most growing businesses, 80% of that capability sits unused — while the bills keep climbing. DailyStory delivers the marketing automation you actually need at a price that makes sense.
HubSpot charges a one-time $3,000 Professional onboarding fee — before you send your first email. DailyStory’s dedicated account manager handles onboarding at no extra cost.
HubSpot Professional and Enterprise plans require annual commitments — non-refundable, non-cancelable. DailyStory is month-to-month. Cancel anytime.
HubSpot SMS requires a separate SMS add-on (and US/Canada only on select plans). DailyStory includes SMS marketing with deliverability scoring in every plan.
HubSpot charges $250+/mo for every 5,000 contacts over your included limit. A list of 20,000 contacts on Professional adds ~$750/mo on top of the $890 base. DailyStory scales linearly.
HubSpot charges $600/mo for the Transactional Email add-on (SMTP/API), requiring Marketing Hub Professional as a prerequisite. DailyStory includes it in every plan.
HubSpot is a suite of 7+ separate Hubs (Marketing, Sales, Service, Content, Data…) each with their own pricing. DailyStory is a single integrated marketing automation platform with no hub juggling.
| Feature | ✦ DailyStory | HubSpot Marketing Hub |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing & Contracts | ||
Starting price (marketing automation) | $100/mo | $890/mo (Professional) |
Mandatory onboarding fee | ✗ None | $3,000 one-time (Professional) |
Annual contract required | ✗ Month-to-month | ✓ Professional & Enterprise |
Contact overage fees | ✗ Included tiers | $250+/mo per 5,000 over limit |
| Automation | ||
Marketing automation / workflows | ✓ All plans, unlimited | ⚠ Professional+ only ($890/mo) |
Email sequences / drip campaigns | ✓ All plans | ⚠ Starter lacks sequences |
A/B testing | ✓ | ⚠ Professional+ only |
Behavioral / event-based triggers | ✓ All plans | ✗ Enterprise only (custom events) |
| Channels | ||
Email marketing | ✓ | ✓ |
SMS marketing | ✓ Included, all plans | ⚠ Paid add-on (US/Canada) |
Transactional email | ✓ Included | ✗ $600/mo add-on |
Push notifications | ✓ Web & app | ✗ |
Landing pages | ✓ | ✓ Starter+ |
| Developer & API | ||
RESTful API | ✓ Full platform | ✓ Core CRM + marketing |
JavaScript SDK | ✓ Full client SDK | ⚠ Tracking code only |
Custom behavioral events (API) | ✓ All plans | ✗ Enterprise only |
Webhooks | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support & Onboarding | ||
Dedicated account manager | ✓ All paid plans | ✗ Enterprise only |
Onboarding fee | ✗ Included | $3,000–$7,000 required |
HubSpot branding on emails | ✗ Never | ✓ Free & Starter plans |
HubSpot’s pricing page shows the monthly rate — but mandatory onboarding fees, contact overages, and required annual commitments make the true first-year cost dramatically higher.
HubSpot’s export tools are thorough. With DailyStory’s importers, API, and your dedicated account manager, you can be fully live in days — and start saving thousands per month immediately.
Book a migration callIn HubSpot, navigate to Contacts → Actions → Export. Export all contact properties and lists as CSV. Include custom properties you’ve built over time.
Use DailyStory’s CSV importer or the Contacts API to recreate your contact structure, segments, and custom fields — including HubSpot lifecycle stages mapped to DailyStory tags.
Document your HubSpot workflows before exporting. DailyStory’s visual automation builder and pre-built templates make recreation fast — often faster than HubSpot’s workflow editor.
DailyStory has native integrations with Salesforce, Shopify, WooCommerce, and more. Rebuild your webhook connections using DailyStory’s API — often simpler than HubSpot’s connector maze.
Your dedicated account manager reviews your setup before launch. Most teams switching from HubSpot Professional save $9,000–$20,000+ per year from day one.
DailyStory gives you unlimited automations, SMS, transactional email, and a full API — starting at $100/mo with no onboarding fees, no annual contracts, and no surprise overage bills.