Comparisons, checked against each vendor's own pages
Business owners ask us the same questions before they buy: HoneyBook or HubSpot, custom or off the shelf, WordPress or Shopify, an AI receptionist or an answering service. These pages answer them side by side.
Every fact about another product comes from that company's own website, read on the date shown, with a numbered link to the page. No prices appear, ours or theirs, because prices change and ours depend on the job. Where another product is the better choice, the page says so.
Every comparison checked October 4, 2026
- NameCRM vs HoneyBookBoth put proposals, contracts, payments and a client portal in one place. For a business in Canada the difference is the phone: HoneyBook's phone and texting are for US members only, and NameCRM answers calls with AI.Read the comparison
- NameCRM vs HubSpotHubSpot is a platform of hubs for marketing, sales and service, with a Canada data centre and over 2,000 apps. NameCRM is one system for an owner-led service business, built around the phone.Read the comparison
- NameCRM vs Zoho CRMZoho CRM hosts data in Canada and plugs into a suite of more than 45 Zoho apps. NameCRM is one system for an owner-led service business, with an AI receptionist answering the phone.Read the comparison
- Custom CRM vs off the shelfWhen to buy HubSpot, Zoho or HoneyBook, when a CRM built around your business pays off, and the middle path most owners miss.Read the comparison
- NameCRM vs SalesforceSalesforce scales from small business suites to the largest sales teams, with Canadian hosting and a voice agent sold as an add-on. NameCRM includes the phone, portal, letters and QuickBooks in one system.Read the comparison
- AI receptionist vs answering service vs voicemailWhat happens to a call with each one: who answers, whether it books, what you get afterwards, and when a person at an answering service is the better choice.Read the comparison
- Custom website vs WordPress vs Shopify vs Webflow vs WixWho hosts each one, how selling online works, who keeps it updated and whether you can take your site elsewhere, from a team that has shipped on all but Wix.Read the comparison
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About these comparisons
Are these comparisons fair if Nametech makes NameCRM?
We make NameCRM, so read them knowing that. To keep them fair, every statement about another product links to that company's own page, read on the date shown, every page says when the other product is the better choice, and anything NameCRM does not do yet is marked as in progress.
Why are there no prices on these pages?
Our own work is priced after a free 30-minute assessment, because every business and problem is different. Quoting other companies' prices would go out of date the day they change them. For our pricing call 604-900-2060, and check each vendor's own website for theirs.
How do I know a comparison is still current?
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