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Alternatives to Scratchpad
22 crm tools sit alongside Scratchpad in this directory. Below is what separates each from Scratchpad on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 10
- Cheaper to start
- 7
- Scratchpad starts at
- Free, then $19/month
Why people look past Scratchpad
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Scratchpad entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Scratchpad publishes 4 tiers, from Free up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Scratchpad pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
World's #1 CRM
- No free tier, where Scratchpad has one.
- Starts $6 a month dearer, at $25/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per user per month.
Revenue platform for full-funnel accuracy
- No free tier, where Scratchpad has one.
- Starts $19 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than Per user per month.
- 2 tiers to Scratchpad's 4.
Revenue intelligence platform
- No free tier, where Scratchpad has one.
- Starts $1581 a user-per-year dearer, at $1600/user-per-year.
Zoho pipeline CRM for small businesses, priced well below Zoho CRM itself
- Starts $12 a month cheaper, at $7/month.
Open source Laravel CRM for sales teams that want to own the code
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than Per user per month.
- 2 tiers to Scratchpad's 4.
AGPL open source CRM in PHP that you can self-host free or buy as cloud with seat minimums
- Starts $4 a month cheaper, at $15/month.
Every Scratchpad alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scratchpad (this page) | Free, then $19/month | Per user per month | 4 | |
| SalesforceIf a properly configured Lightning page layout and a bit of automation would fix the data entry problem without another subscription | $25/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Scratchpad |
| ClariIf the real problem is forecast accuracy and pipeline inspection at the executive level rather than rep data entry | Free | Subscription | 2 | vs Scratchpad |
| GongIf you want call recording and revenue intelligence as the primary purchase, with CRM updates as a side effect | $1600/user-per-year | - | - | vs Scratchpad |
| Bigin | Free, then $7/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Scratchpad |
| Krayin | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Scratchpad |
| EspoCRM | Free, then $15/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Scratchpad |
| Kylas | Free, then 12999/month | Flat rate per month, unlimited users | 3 | vs Scratchpad |
| SuiteCRM | Free, then £50/month | Open source, no licence fee | 4 | vs Scratchpad |
| Twenty | Free, then $9/month | - | 3 | vs Scratchpad |
| Snov.io | Free, then $39/month | Freemium | 5 | vs Scratchpad |
| Seamless.AI | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Scratchpad |
| Reply.io | Free, then $49/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Scratchpad |
| Hunter | Free, then $34/month | Freemium | 5 | vs Scratchpad |
| Corefactors AI CRM | 899/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Scratchpad |
| Daylite | $15/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Scratchpad |
| Apptivo | On request | Per user per month | 4 | vs Scratchpad |
| Salesflare | $29/month | Per user per month | 3 | vs Scratchpad |
| OnePageCRM | $9.95/month | Per user per month | 3 | vs Scratchpad |
| Solid Performers | On request | Per user per month | 6 | vs Scratchpad |
| Woodpecker | $7/month | Usage-based | 1 | vs Scratchpad |
| UpLead | $74/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Scratchpad |
| lemlist | $55/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Scratchpad |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Scratchpad badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (10)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
Cheaper than Scratchpad (7)
Entry price under Scratchpad's $19/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Clari , Free
- Bigin , Free, then $7/month
- EspoCRM , Free, then $15/month
- Twenty , Free, then $9/month
- Daylite , $15/month
- OnePageCRM , $9.95/month
- Woodpecker , $7/month
What you would be giving up
Scratchpad is most often brought in for a 60-rep salesforce team whose forecast is unreliable because opportunity fields are updated once a week in a panic before the pipeline call, a rep who wants to update twenty opportunities in a grid rather than opening twenty salesforce records, a sales manager wanting stale and incomplete pipeline records flagged automatically instead of chased by email, a revenue operations lead trialling ai notetaking that writes back to crm fields before committing budget, using the free tier. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Scratchpad is broadly right and the question is cost, the Scratchpad pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the CRM category lists everything the directory holds, and best crm tools ranks them.
Scratchpad runs on web, chrome extension. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Scratchpad alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Scratchpad?
- 22 other crm tools are listed in this directory, led by Salesforce, Clari, Gong, Bigin. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Scratchpad?
- 10 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Bigin, Krayin, EspoCRM, Kylas, SuiteCRM.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Scratchpad?
- Yes. 7 of the alternatives below start under Scratchpad's $19/month: Clari at Free, Bigin at Free, then $7/month, EspoCRM at Free, then $15/month, Twenty at Free, then $9/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Scratchpad?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Scratchpad?
- Scratchpad is most often brought in for a 60-rep salesforce team whose forecast is unreliable because opportunity fields are updated once a week in a panic before the pipeline call, a rep who wants to update twenty opportunities in a grid rather than opening twenty salesforce records, a sales manager wanting stale and incomplete pipeline records flagged automatically instead of chased by email, a revenue operations lead trialling ai notetaking that writes back to crm fields before committing budget, using the free tier. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Scratchpad?
- None of the crm tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Scratchpad alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, CRM, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Scratchpad against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Scratchpad covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every crm tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the CRM category, 22 tools beside Scratchpad. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.