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Meishio vs HubSpot free CRM

HubSpot is a CRM, free for up to two users, with a free card scanner in its mobile app. Meishio is not a CRM: it keeps the people your team has met correct and shared, and hands them to a CRM as a CSV file. If you need to track deals, choose HubSpot, or use both.

Meishio editorial team

People often compare the two because both hold contacts and both scan business cards. The difference is the job. A CRM is where a sales team tracks deals. Meishio is where a team keeps everyone it has met, who knows each person and whether they have changed jobs, with Google Contacts kept in step.

Facts about HubSpot below come from HubSpot's own product, pricing and help pages, read from India on 20 Oct 2026, when the pricing page showed rupees.

Who each is for

Meishio is for

  • Teams that want a shared list of everyone they have met, without keeping deals up to date
  • Teams that read Japanese and bilingual cards
  • People who want Google Contacts cleaned up and kept in sync
  • Companies that want contact data stored in Asia

HubSpot is for

  • Startups and small businesses that want free CRM software, in HubSpot's words
  • One or two people who can work within the free plan, with paid seats after that
  • Sales teams that want a card scanner inside their CRM app

Side by side

WhatMeishioHubSpot
PriceMeishio:Free during early access; nothing is charged. Team is ₹999 per seat a month in India, from 2 seats. Prices in US dollars and yen are not set yet.[6]HubSpot:Free plan ₹0 a month, free for up to two users, no credit card. Starter list price ₹1,670 per seat a month, billed monthly. India's annual billing is ₹1,253. unverified[2]
What it isMeishio:A shared address book for business contacts: cards, Google Contacts, who knows whom and follow-ups. No deal pipeline.HubSpot:Free CRM software for startups and small businesses, in HubSpot's words.[1]
Card scanningMeishio:Phone photos, up to 12 cards in one photo. AI reads each card and asks you to check only the fields it was unsure about. Nobody keys in your cards.[7]HubSpot:Free scanner in the HubSpot mobile app on iOS and Android; machine learning matches card text to contact fields.[3]
Japanese cardsMeishio:English, Japanese and bilingual cards. Kanji and English names stay on one contact; titles such as 部長 are read as titles.[7]HubSpot:Not stated: the scanner page lists no languages.[3]
TeamMeishio:Early-access team workspaces: each person chooses which work contacts to share, and the team sees who knows whom and who follows up. Notes and personal numbers stay private.HubSpot:The free plan is for up to two users; Starter is priced per seat.[2]
Google ContactsMeishio:Two-way. Contacts come in from Google Contacts; fixes you approve go back, each can be undone, and nothing already in Google is deleted.[7]HubSpot:Integration syncs both ways or one way; only the main Google Contacts list syncs. The help page does not say which plans include it.[4]
Data locationMeishio:Singapore. Storage in Japan is available on request for company plans.[8]HubSpot:Data centres in the EU, Canada, Australia and the US. Accounts on free tools only are placed in the US.[5]
In IndiaMeishio:Prices planned in rupees, yen, dollars and Singapore dollars. Suggests +91, +81 and +65 country codes for numbers saved without one. The iPhone app is in TestFlight; the web works on any phone.HubSpot:Prices shown in rupees when viewed from India.[2]

Choose HubSpot if

  • You need a CRM to track deals. HubSpot is one; Meishio has no deal pipeline and is not trying to be one.
  • You want scanned cards to land directly in your CRM. HubSpot's free mobile scanner does that.
  • You are one or two people and the free plan covers what you need today.
  • You want an app that is already on the App Store and Google Play. Meishio's iPhone app is in TestFlight.

Choose Meishio if

  • You want a shared list of everyone the team has met, who knows them and how well, without maintaining deals.
  • Your team reads Japanese or bilingual cards and wants both names on one contact.
  • You want contact data stored in Asia: Meishio stores contacts in Singapore.
  • You want Google Contacts kept clean: duplicates, missing country codes and job changes, each with a source.

Using Meishio and HubSpot together

You can use both: Meishio for the people your team meets, HubSpot for the deals.

  1. Scan and clean in Meishio

    Scan cards, up to 12 in one photo, or connect Google Contacts. Merge the duplicates you confirm and add missing country codes.

  2. Export in HubSpot's columns

    Download a CSV laid out with HubSpot's own column names, so HubSpot's import step matches them. Your private notes stay out unless you include them.

  3. Import into HubSpot

    Bring in only the people who have become leads or customers, so the CRM holds deals and the address book holds everyone.

  4. Or meet in Google Contacts

    HubSpot has a Google Contacts integration, and Meishio syncs the changes you approve to Google Contacts. Check HubSpot's help page for which plans include it.

Questions

Is HubSpot's CRM really free?

HubSpot's free plan was ₹0 a month and free for up to two users, with no credit card, when we checked from India on 20 Oct 2026 (unverified). The Starter list price was ₹1,670 per seat a month, billed monthly. India's annual billing is ₹1,253 (unverified).

Is Meishio a CRM?

No. Meishio keeps the people your team has met and who knows them; it has no deal pipeline or forecasts. Direct CRM sync is planned, not available today. To move contacts into HubSpot, export a CSV in HubSpot's columns.

Can HubSpot's scanner read Japanese business cards?

HubSpot's scanner page does not list languages, so we could not confirm it. Try a Japanese card in the HubSpot app before you rely on it.

About these guides

Meishio editorial team

The Meishio editorial team writes these guides: how to keep a business network in order when cards pile up, teams change and people move on. Every fact about another product is checked on that product's own pages, and the sources are listed on each page.

Sources

Where the facts on this page come from, and when we read them. Products change; check the source before you decide.

  1. [1]HubSpot free CRM (opens in a new tab), HubSpot, Inc. ·
  2. [2]HubSpot CRM pricing (viewed from India) (opens in a new tab), HubSpot, Inc. ·
  3. [3]HubSpot business card scanner app (opens in a new tab), HubSpot, Inc. ·
  4. [4]Connect HubSpot and Google Contacts (opens in a new tab), HubSpot Knowledge Base ·
  5. [5]HubSpot data centers (opens in a new tab), HubSpot, Inc. ·
  6. [6]Meishio pricing, Meishio ·
  7. [7]Meishio FAQ, Meishio ·
  8. [8]How Meishio handles your data, Meishio ·

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Create a workspace, invite your team with a personal link, and export a CSV in HubSpot's columns whenever you need one. Free while in early access.

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Free while in early access. Personal contacts and notes stay private; each person chooses what the team sees.