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Custom CRM vs Salesforce, HubSpot or Zoho: When Building Your Own Makes Sense

Packaged CRMs such as Salesforce, HubSpot and Zoho suit standard sales pipelines; a custom CRM makes sense when your process, integrations, data location or user economics do not fit. This guide gives the signals, a scorecard and the hybrid option.

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