NORTHSTAR SELECT — CRM PRICING BENCHMARK 2026 MEDIA KIT
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Checked: August 11, 2026

ONE-SENTENCE SUMMARY
Northstar Select compared advertised annual-billing seat prices for five CRM plans and calculated reproducible annual totals for teams of 5, 10, and 20 users.

KEY FIVE-USER FIGURES
- HubSpot Starter: $420/year
- Freshsales Growth: $540/year
- monday CRM Basic: $720/year (plans start at 3 users)
- Pipedrive Lite: $840/year
- Zoho CRM Professional: $1,380/year

RANGE
The five-user seat-only range in this release is $420–$1,380 per year. This is not a feature-equivalent ranking or a total-cost-of-ownership estimate.

METHOD
Advertised USD monthly seat price for annual billing × users × 12. Every row records its billing basis, official source URL, and verification date. Totals are mechanically validated before publication.

EXCLUSIONS
Tax, currency conversion, onboarding, migration, implementation, training, internal labor, optional add-ons, usage, AI credits, calling, storage, support, and negotiated discounts.

AVAILABLE ASSETS
- Research page: https://riaselect.com/research/crm-pricing-benchmark/
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- Methodology: https://riaselect.com/downloads/crm-pricing-benchmark-methodology.txt
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LICENSE AND ATTRIBUTION
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CORRECTIONS
Send the vendor, plan, corrected price, official URL, and observation date to contact@riaselect.com.