Chumley vs Pipedrive
A simpler, flatter-priced Pipedrive alternative
Pipedrive is powerful and can do a lot. Chumley does less on purpose, at one flat price, built to run from your phone. Here is which one fits.
14 days free. No card to start.
The short version
Pipedrive is a good sales CRM. It is built around a visual pipeline, it is capable, and it can do a lot: custom deal fields, automations, reporting, email sync, add-ons, and pricing tiers to match. If your team uses that depth, stay with it. We are not going to pretend Chumley has more features, because it does not.
Chumley is the other direction. Nothing to set up, nothing to learn, one price with everything included, and a board you run from your phone with one tap to call, text, or email. It is for the person who bought Pipedrive, used maybe a quarter of it, and stopped opening it. If that is you, less tool may get more done.
Side by side
| Chumley | Pipedrive | |
|---|---|---|
| Price per user / month | $14 | ~$14 to $49+, by tier |
| Everything included, no tiers | ||
| Free trial | 14 days, no card | 14 days |
| Visual drag-and-drop pipeline board | ||
| Swipe a deal forward on a phone | ||
| One-tap call, text, and email logging | Via calls and integrations | |
| Built mobile-first | Mobile app, desktop-first | |
| Nothing to install, runs in the browser | Web app plus mobile apps | |
| Custom deal fields and pipelines | Kept simple | |
| Automations, reporting, and add-ons | Not the point | |
| Email sync and inbox |
Pricing and features as published by both products in 2026. Pipedrive tiers and prices change, so check theirs before you decide. If anything here is out of date, tell us and we will fix it.
What Chumley does differently
- One flat price. $14 per user per month, everything included. No tier to climb when you need one more feature, and no guessing which plan you are supposed to be on.
- A phone-first board. On a phone the board becomes a swipe: flick a deal right to move it forward. Chumley was built for the rep working standing up, not a desktop tool with a phone app bolted on.
- One-tap logging from the field. Tap a card to call, text, or email, and it records itself with a timestamp and the outcome, connected, voicemail, no answer, or bad number. No form to fill in after.
- Less to set up and less to learn. There is no field mapping, automation builder, or admin console to configure first. You import your list and start moving deals the same day.
When Pipedrive is the better pick
If you need custom deal fields, automation rules, deep reporting, a synced email inbox, or the add-ons Pipedrive sells, buy Pipedrive. Those are real strengths and Chumley does not try to match them. A larger team with a defined sales process and someone to administer the tool will get more out of Pipedrive than out of us.
Chumley is the right call when the honest answer is that you used a fraction of Pipedrive and wanted something smaller. We would rather you pick the tool that fits than switch to ours and churn in a month.
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