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Simple CRMs for small sales teams in India

Most small teams in India can start on a free plan: Zoho CRM (up to three users), HubSpot (up to two users) or Bigin (one user). The lowest paid list prices we found on 20 Oct 2026 were Bigin Express at ₹400 per user a month billed yearly (unverified), HubSpot Starter at ₹1,670 per seat a month, billed monthly (India's annual billing is ₹1,253; unverified), Freshsales Growth at ₹749 (unverified) and Zoho CRM Standard at ₹800 (unverified). Meishio is not a CRM; it is the shared contact list that feeds one.

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A small sales team needs a CRM to answer three questions: which deals are open, what happens next on each, and who owns it. Anything more can wait. The options below all do that; they differ on price, whether there is a free plan, where your data is kept and how much setting up they need.

This list is for teams of a handful to a few dozen people selling in India, paying in rupees where they can.

How we chose

  • We read each vendor's pricing page, help articles and Indian App Store listing on 20 Oct 2026, from India, so prices show in rupees wherever the vendor offers them. Pipedrive and Salesforce showed US dollars only.
  • We did not sign up and test each CRM. This page compares what vendors publish; try the free plan or trial before you decide.
  • We looked at what small teams in India ask about first: a free plan or trial, the lowest paid price, whether data can be hosted in India, and whether the mobile app scans business cards.
  • Prices exclude GST unless the vendor says otherwise. HubSpot Starter is quoted at the list price of ₹1,670 per seat a month, billed monthly. India's annual billing is ₹1,253. Rupee prices we could not confirm independently are marked unverified.
  • Meishio, our product, is not a CRM, so it is not in the list. Where it fits is explained after the list.

The options

  1. 1.

    Zoho Bigin

    Best for: very small teams that want a simple pipeline[1][3][4]

    Zoho's simple CRM for small businesses and MSMEs. Free for one user with one pipeline and 500 records; paid plans add team pipelines. The mobile app scans business cards in 15 languages, including Japanese. Zoho lists data centres in Mumbai and Chennai for Zoho as a whole, not for Bigin specifically.

    Price: Free for one user; Express ₹400 per user a month billed yearly, ₹550 billed monthly, GST extra (checked 20 Oct 2026) unverified[2]

    Visit Zoho Bigin ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  2. 2.

    Zoho CRM

    Best for: teams that want room to add automation later[5][6][4]

    A free edition for up to three users with leads, deals, workflows, reports and a mobile app; paid plans run from Standard ("beginner-friendly") to Ultimate. Card scanning is in Zoho's separate Card Scanner app, which saves to Zoho CRM in 14 languages. Zoho lists India data centres in Mumbai and Chennai.

    Price: Free for up to three users; Standard ₹800 per user a month with Annually selected, ₹1,300 with Monthly, GST extra (checked 20 Oct 2026) unverified[5]

    Visit Zoho CRM ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  3. 3.

    HubSpot

    Best for: startups and small businesses that want a free CRM to grow into[7][9][10][11]

    A free plan for up to two users with no credit card, a free card scanner in the mobile app and a two-way Google Contacts integration. HubSpot has no data centre in India: accounts on free tools only are hosted in the US.

    Price: Free for up to two users; Starter list price ₹1,670 per seat a month, billed monthly. India's annual billing is ₹1,253 (checked 20 Oct 2026) unverified[8]

    Visit HubSpot ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  4. 4.

    Freshsales

    Best for: startups and SMBs that want to try a full CRM first[12][13][14]

    No free plan on the pricing page, but a 21-day trial of the full CRM. The mobile app scans business cards in English only. A Freshworks (Freshdesk) FAQ lists an India data centre you can choose at sign-up; we could not confirm this for Freshsales specifically.

    Price: Growth ₹749 per user a month billed annually, ₹899 billed monthly (checked 20 Oct 2026) unverified[12]

    Visit Freshsales ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  5. 5.

    LeadSquared

    Best for: high-volume B2C sales teams in education, financial services, healthtech or real estate[15][16]

    Industry solutions for high-volume B2C businesses, with data centres in India, the US and Singapore. The mobile app can scan business cards that include both a mobile number and an email. No free plan was shown, and the Sales CRM pricing page also offers a "Let's Talk" button.

    Price: Sales Pro ₹2,500 per user a month, billed annually (checked 20 Oct 2026) unverified[15]

    Visit LeadSquared ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  6. 6.

    Pipedrive

    Best for: small businesses that think in pipelines and can pay in US dollars[17][19][20][21]

    Designed to help small businesses grow, in Pipedrive's words, with a built-in contact scanner in the mobile app and two-way Google Contacts sync. Prices are in US dollars only, with a 14-day trial and no free plan shown. Data is hosted on AWS outside India; new Asia-Pacific accounts go mainly to Sydney.

    Price: Lite US$14 per seat a month billed annually, US$19 billed monthly (checked 20 Oct 2026)[18]

    Visit Pipedrive ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  7. 7.

    Salesforce Starter Suite

    Best for: teams that want sales, service and marketing in one suite[22]

    Salesforce describes Starter Suite as a CRM suite covering sales, service and marketing, plus commerce. The India pricing page shows US dollars only, and a "Free Suite" at $0 appears in its comparison table. We could not confirm built-in card scanning or an India data centre.

    Price: Starter Suite $25 per user a month, billed monthly or annually, USD (checked 20 Oct 2026)[22]

    Visit Salesforce Starter Suite ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Where Meishio fits: the contacts before the CRM

Meishio is not a CRM: it has no deals, stages or forecasts. It holds the people your team meets, from scanned cards (English and Japanese) and Google Contacts, shared in a team workspace with who knows whom and who follows up next.

When someone becomes a lead, export a CSV laid out in HubSpot, Zoho CRM, Salesforce or Pipedrive columns and import it into the CRM. Direct CRM sync is planned, not available today. If your team only needs a deal pipeline, a CRM's free plan may be all you need; Meishio earns its place when the hard part is keeping track of the people.

Questions

Which CRMs have a free plan for a small team?

Zoho CRM's free edition covers up to three users, HubSpot's free plan up to two and Bigin's free plan a single user. Freshsales and Pipedrive offer trials instead (21 and 14 days). Salesforce shows a "Free Suite" at $0 in its comparison table.

Which CRMs store data in India?

LeadSquared says its data centres are in India, the US and Singapore. Zoho lists data centres in Mumbai and Chennai for Zoho as a whole. A Freshworks FAQ lists an India data centre chosen at sign-up. HubSpot and Pipedrive list none in India. Ask the vendor which region your account will use.

Do these CRMs scan business cards?

Bigin, HubSpot, Freshsales (English cards only), Pipedrive and LeadSquared (cards with both a mobile number and an email) scan in their mobile apps. Zoho CRM uses Zoho's separate Card Scanner app. We could not confirm built-in scanning for Salesforce Starter.

Is Meishio a CRM?

No. Meishio keeps the people your team meets and who knows them, and exports CSV files in CRM columns. Direct CRM sync is planned, not available today. Meishio for sales teams →

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]Bigin home page (opens in a new tab), Zoho Corporation ·
  2. [2]Bigin pricing (viewed from India) (opens in a new tab), Zoho Corporation ·
  3. [3]Introducing card scanner in the Bigin Android app (opens in a new tab), Zoho Community ·
  4. [4]Know your Zoho data center (opens in a new tab), Zoho Corporation ·
  5. [5]Zoho CRM pricing (viewed from India) (opens in a new tab), Zoho Corporation ·
  6. [6]Zoho Card Scanner on the App Store (India) (opens in a new tab), Apple App Store (India) ·
  7. [7]HubSpot free CRM (opens in a new tab), HubSpot, Inc. ·
  8. [8]HubSpot CRM pricing (viewed from India) (opens in a new tab), HubSpot, Inc. ·
  9. [9]HubSpot business card scanner app (opens in a new tab), HubSpot, Inc. ·
  10. [10]Connect HubSpot and Google Contacts (opens in a new tab), HubSpot Knowledge Base ·
  11. [11]HubSpot data centers (opens in a new tab), HubSpot, Inc. ·
  12. [12]Freshsales pricing (viewed from India) (opens in a new tab), Freshworks Inc. ·
  13. [13]Scan business cards in the Freshsales mobile app (opens in a new tab), Freshworks Inc. ·
  14. [14]Where are your data servers located? (Freshdesk FAQ) (opens in a new tab), Freshworks Inc. ·
  15. [15]LeadSquared Sales CRM pricing (opens in a new tab), LeadSquared ·
  16. [16]Use the mobile app to capture text from images (LeadSquared help) (opens in a new tab), LeadSquared ·
  17. [17]About Pipedrive (opens in a new tab), Pipedrive Inc ·
  18. [18]Pipedrive pricing (opens in a new tab), Pipedrive Inc ·
  19. [19]Card scanner in the Pipedrive mobile app (opens in a new tab), Pipedrive Inc ·
  20. [20]Pipedrive and Google apps (opens in a new tab), Pipedrive Inc ·
  21. [21]How secure is my data in Pipedrive? (opens in a new tab), Pipedrive Inc ·
  22. [22]Salesforce sales pricing (India page) (opens in a new tab), Salesforce, Inc. ·

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