SEMAOS vs HubSpot Sales Hub
TL;DR. Both tools are self-serve and both publish their pricing — the difference is the shape of it. HubSpot Sales Hub is per-seat at a published $90/seat/month (annual), plus a one-time $1,500 onboarding fee on the Professional tier[1]. Five seats is about $5,400 a year plus that onboarding. SEMAOS Team is a flat $199/month — $2,388 a year — with eight seats included and no onboarding fee. HubSpot is a module of a broad CRM suite; SEMAOS is a focused, mailbox-native sales-engagement tool. That is the entire comparison — the rest of this page is the supporting detail.
The numbers, side by side
| Feature | SEMAOS Team | HubSpot Sales Hub |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat plan, seats included | Per seat, published |
| Published pricing | Yes | Yes |
| Price | $199/mo (8 seats included) | $90/seat/mo (annual, Professional) |
| Contract | Monthly or annual, cancel anytime | Annual or monthly |
| Free trial | 30-day full trial | Limited free tools |
| Onboarding fee | None | $1,500 (Professional) |
| 5-seat annual cost | $2,388 (flat; 8 seats included) | ~$5,400 + $1,500 onboarding |
| Product shape | Focused, standalone sales engagement | Sales module of the HubSpot CRM suite |
| What's in the box | Sequences sent from your own mailbox, list segmentation, broadcasts, engagement scoring, analytics | Sequences, email tracking, meeting scheduler, forecasting, native HubSpot CRM |
When HubSpot Sales Hub is the better choice
- You are already standardized on the HubSpot CRM — or plan to be — and want sales tooling in the same system as your marketing and service data.
- You want one vendor for CRM, marketing automation, and sales engagement together, and the per-seat cost is worth the consolidation.
When SEMAOS is the better choice
- Built for small teams. Self-serve sales engagement for teams of 1–50 whose motion is email-first — sign up, import contacts, run sequences, and send, without adopting a whole CRM ecosystem.
- Send from your own mailbox. Connect Gmail or Outlook and your 1:1 sequence emails send from your real inbox — best deliverability for outreach that should read like a personal note. Broadcasts still go over our sending domain.
- Flat pricing, no onboarding fee. $199/month for the Team plan with eight seats included, billed monthly or annual, cancel anytime. Adding people doesn't multiply the bill, and there is no onboarding charge.
- Focused, not a suite. One job done well — sequences, sending, and engagement — instead of a sales module inside a larger platform you have to adopt.