What will I actually be paying per year?
Annual billing is often tempting because it offers a per user price that is slightly lower than monthly billing. However, annual billing requires you to pay for a full year either in advance, or by the end of the service year. As such, the true cost of annual billing should factor in the entire year.
The prices bolded below are the total upfront cost for a full year, for the minimum number of users for that tier.
Pipedrive Essential
- $14 per user per month
- Because you are billed annually, your minimum upfront cost is 14 x 12 = $168 (for a single user)
Pipedrive Advanced
- $29 per user per month
- Because you are billed annually, your minimum upfront cost is 29 x 12 = $348 (for a single user).
Pipedrive Professional
- $49 per user per month
- Because you are billed annually, your minimum upfront cost is 49 x 12 = $588 (for a single user).
Pipedrive Power
- $64 per user per month
- Because you are billed annually, your minimum upfront cost is 64 x 12 = $768 (for a single user).
Pipedrive Enterprise
- $99 per user per month.
- Because you are billed annually, your minimum upfront cost is 99 x 12 = $1,188 (for a single user).
When should I pay monthly instead of annually?
While there are many reasons why you would opt to pay monthly instead of annually (for example, the ability to switch CRMs whenever you want), one of the more straightforward reasons would be the duration of time you plan on using a CRM.
Listed below is the maximum duration of time you would need to use a CRM tier before it is more "worth it" to pay for a full year instead.
Pipedrive Essential
- $24 per user per month
- This is 71% more expensive than the monthly price billed annually.
- For a single user, you should opt for monthly billing if you plan on using Pipedrive Essential for fewer than 168 / 24 = ~7 months.
Pipedrive Advanced
- $39 per user per month
- This is 34.5% more expensive than the monthly price billed annually.
- For a single user, you should opt for monthly billing if you plan on using Pipedrive Advanced for fewer than 348 / 39 = ~8 months.
Pipedrive Professional
- $64 per user per month
- This is 30.6% more expensive than the monthly price billed annually.
- For a single user, you should opt for monthly billing if you plan on using Pipedrive Professional for fewer than 588 / 64 = ~9 months.
Pipedrive Power
- $79 per user per month
- This is 23.4% more expensive than the monthly price billed annually.
- For a single user, you should opt for monthly billing if you plan on using Pipedrive Power for fewer than 768 / 79 = ~9 months.
Pipedrive Enterprise
- $129 per user per month
- This is 30.3% more expensive than the monthly price billed annually.
- For a single user, you should opt for monthly billing if you plan on using Pipedrive Enterprise for fewer than 1188 / 129 = ~9 months.
Pipedrive Essential
- Will allow you to handle basic contact management, including pipeline workflow tracking. You will have limited email management, and will only have access to basic reports of your data.
Pipedrive Advanced
- Offers more email tools, automations, as well as email, call, and video scheduling.
Pipedrive Professional
- Includes AI-powered tools, contracts, proposals, lead routing, team management, revenue forecasts, custom field reporting, and data entry settings
Pipedrive Power
- Includes project planning, more user permissions and options, 24/7 live chat support, and phone support.
Pipedrive Enterprise
- Enhanced security, unlimited reports and customizations, and more automations and email syncing.
Many CRMs offer a free version of their software with severe feature limitations. While appealing to small businesses or solopreneurs, most free versions are simply marketing tools to introduce new users to a paid tier and are not designed to be scalable.
