Zigaflow vs HubSpot: quoting starts at $90 a seat, and stops at the quote
HubSpot quotes are a Sales Hub Professional feature at $90 per seat per month with a $1,500 onboarding fee, invoices sit in a second hub, and no HubSpot page describes a purchase order, a supplier cost or a job margin.
A revenue document, not a costed job
HubSpot is the strongest marketing and sales platform in this comparison and nothing here argues otherwise. The problem is what happens after the customer says yes: the quote does not become something you can buy against. Every row below was checked against the vendor's own product and pricing pages on 10 September 2026. A cross means the capability is not described anywhere on those pages, not that we tested the product and it was missing. Prices are the ones published that day and several are promotional, so check them before you decide.
Quoting is a Professional-tier feature
On 10 September 2026 HubSpot's Sales Hub pricing showed Starter at $7 a seat on annual billing and Professional at $90 a seat, with quotes first appearing at Professional plus a one-time $1,500 onboarding fee. Five seats is $450 a month before the onboarding.
Invoices live in a different hub
The quotes page states that invoicing and payments belong to Revenue Hub, Professional and above. Two hubs, two prices, and the document trail crosses a product boundary in the middle of one order.
No purchase order, cost or margin
The quotes page, the Starter page, the pricing page and the construction vertical page make no mention of purchase orders, supplier cost, job costing or margin. HubSpot's "vendor management" on the construction page is a contact record, not an order.
Zigaflow vs HubSpot
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| Feature | Zigaflow | HubSpot |
|---|---|---|
| Branded quote with line-level pricing | Yes | Sales Hub Professional and above |
| Sales order or job created from the accepted quote | Yes | NoDeals, not costed orders |
| Purchase order raised from that job | Yes | NoNo purchase order object |
| Supplier cost held on the quote line | Yes | NoNo supplier cost on a quote line |
| Margin shown per line, live | Yes | NoNo margin per line |
| Works order for the making or decorating step | YesGo and above | No |
| Delivery note and dispatch record | Yes | No |
| Sales invoice | Yes | Revenue Hub, Professional and above |
| Native two-way sync with Xero or QuickBooks | Yes | Marketplace app |
| Approval before a discounted quote goes out | Yes | Yes |
| Branded customer store or ordering portal | YesCompany Store add-on, £199/mo | NoNo customer ordering store |
| Price for five users, as published on 10 September 2026 | £436/mo - Go at £199 with 2 users, plus 3 at £79 | $450/mo - Sales Hub Pro at $90/seat yearly, plus $1,500 onboarding |
The half of the order HubSpot does not hold
The quote is the order is the invoice
One record carries the lines from inquiry to invoice, so the purchase order you raise is against the same lines the customer accepted. No second hub, no export.
Cost and margin on the line
Supplier cost sits beside sell price on every line, so margin is visible while the quote is still editable. That is the number a distributor is actually managing.
Where HubSpot is genuinely better
Marketing automation, email, content, reporting on pipeline and its app marketplace are all deeper than anything Zigaflow offers, and its quote approval routing on discount thresholds is a mature feature. If your bottleneck is generating demand rather than delivering orders, HubSpot is the better buy.