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Creatify vs HubSpot vs Sprout Social

Everything that matters when choosing between them, in one place: our rating, what each can do, what they cost, and the trade-offs.

Creatify

4.0

From $15/mo

Best overall

HubSpot

4.1

From From $800/mo

Sprout Social

4.0

From $79/seat/mo

Comparing 3 tools, the maximum.

At a glance

Pick it if: Online stores and ad agencies that need a lot of short video ads to test without booking creators.

Best overall

Pick it if: Service businesses, agencies and B2B teams that need contacts, deals and marketing in one system.

Pick it if: Marketing teams and agencies managing several brands' social accounts who need a shared inbox and client-ready reports.

Overview

AttributeCreatifyHubSpotSprout Social
In one lineTurns a product link into video ads with AI presenters, ready for TikTok and Meta.A free CRM with AI agents that handle leads, support and content for you.Plans social posts, answers comments and reports results for brands and agencies.
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemiumPaid
Starting price$15/moFrom $800/mo$79/seat/mo
Free plan Yes Yes No
Works with Claude Code Yes Yes Yes

Rating breakdown

Our scores out of 5. The higher bar in each row is highlighted.

AttributeCreatifyHubSpotSprout Social
Overall rating4.04.1Winner4.0
Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it.
4.5
4.0
4.5
FeaturesHow completely it covers its own job, and how well the pieces fit together.
4.5
5.0
4.5
Output qualityHow good the results are before you fix them.
3.5
4.0
4.5
Value for moneyWhat you get for the price, including the free plan.
3.5
3.5
2.5
Speed & reliabilityHow fast it is and how often it falls over.
4.0
4.0
4.0

Feature comparison

A tick means it does this today. A dash means we haven't checked.

AttributeCreatifyHubSpotSprout Social
Access & platform
Free plan Yes Yes No
Mobile app No Yes Yes
Desktop app No No No
Browser extension– Yes Yes
API access Yes Yes Yes
Teams & business
Team workspace Yes Yes Yes
Enterprise plan or SSO Yes Yes Yes
Connects to other apps– Yes Yes
Open source or self-hosted No No No
AI abilities
Works with your files Yes Yes–
Understands images Yes––
Makes images Yes Yes No
Makes video Yes No No
Writes code No No No
Runs agents or automations Yes Yes Yes
Learns your brand or style Yes Yes–
Works in many languages Yes Yes Yes
Capabilities score11/ 1712/ 178/ 17

Pricing

Plans as listed on each vendor's site when we last checked. Confirm before you buy.

AttributeCreatifyHubSpotSprout Social
Plans

Free

Free

Trying it out before you pay.

Free

Free

Anyone who needs a CRM and basic marketing tools without a budget.

Essentials

$79/seat/mo billed yearly, or $99 monthly

Small businesses that mainly schedule and publish.

Standard

$15/mo, or $10/mo billed yearly

A small store making a few ads a month.

Marketing Hub StarterOur pick

$20/seat/mo, currently $7/seat/mo for new customers

Small teams ready to remove the branding and send more.

Standard

$199/seat/mo billed yearly

Small teams that need the shared inbox.

ProOur pick

$55/mo, or $38/mo billed yearly

Brands testing ads every week.

Marketing Hub Professional

From $800/mo billed yearly, or $890/mo

Marketing teams that need real automation.

ProfessionalOur pick

$299/seat/mo billed yearly

Agencies and teams managing many brands.

Max

$95/mo, or $66/mo billed yearly

Heavier users and small teams.

Marketing Hub Enterprise

From $3,600/mo

Large teams with several brands or business units.

Advanced

$399/seat/mo billed yearly

Customer care teams with high message volume.

Business

$195/mo, or $136/mo billed yearly

Agencies and in-house teams.

Enterprise

Custom

Large brands with security and onboarding needs.

Enterprise

Custom

Large teams needing custom terms.

Which plan to pickPro is the plan that makes Creatify worth it, because ad cloning, competitor tracking and the ad agent start there. Try Standard or the free plan first to see how many credits your typical video uses. The API is priced separately, from $99 a month.Run the free CRM for as long as you can; it covers most small businesses. Starter is the sensible first paid step when you want the branding gone and more sends. Only move to Professional when you have a specific automation in mind that will pay for the jump.A small business that mostly posts can stop at Essentials. Agencies and teams with more than five profiles need Professional. Paying monthly costs more than the yearly prices shown, and add-ons like Listening are quoted separately.

Key features

AttributeCreatifyHubSpotSprout Social
Standout features
  • URL to video
  • AI actors and avatars
  • Batch variations
  • Ad clone and competitor tracker
  • Ad agent and automations
  • API
  • Free CRM
  • Breeze agents
  • Marketing email and forms
  • Workflows
  • Reporting
  • Data quality tools
  • Publishing and calendar
  • Smart Inbox
  • Reports
  • Trellis and AI Assist
  • Listening
  • Review management

Pros and cons

AttributeCreatifyHubSpotSprout Social
Pros
  • Product link to finished ad in a few minutes
  • Large library of AI actors and custom avatars
  • Batch mode makes testing many hooks easy
  • Cheaper entry than Arcads
  • API for agencies and bulk work
  • One of the most generous free CRMs around
  • Marketing, sales and support share the same customer record
  • Breeze agents take over lead research, support answers and first drafts
  • Starter tiers are affordable per seat
  • Enormous library of integrations and agencies that know it
  • Clear, easy interface that new team members learn quickly
  • Reports that agencies and managers rate among the best
  • Shared inbox with assignment, tagging and review replies
  • Strong approval workflows for teams and clients
  • Responsive support and good onboarding, by most accounts
Cons
  • Credits run out faster than expected and expire after two months
  • Many of the best templates and ad tools are locked to Pro and above
  • Complaints about refunds and hard-to-reach support
  • AI presenters can still look and sound artificial, and fixing a mispronounced word costs another render
  • Professional and Enterprise are a steep jump, with onboarding fees on top
  • Marketing contacts are a separate limit, and costs rise with your list
  • Many AI features draw on a credit allowance that runs out
  • Weaker than Klaviyo for ecommerce behaviour-based email
  • Expensive, and per-seat pricing makes bigger teams costly
  • Essentials and Standard cap you at five social profiles
  • Listening and premium analytics are extra add-ons with sales-quoted prices
  • Annual contracts auto-renew with a short cancellation window, a common complaint
  • Monthly prices for most plans are not shown openly on the pricing page

Who each one is for

AttributeCreatifyHubSpotSprout Social
Best for
  • UGC-style video ads from a product link
  • Testing many hooks and versions of one ad
  • Ads with AI presenters or your own avatar
  • Bulk video for agencies through the API
  • Tracking leads and deals
  • B2B email marketing
  • Chatbots that answer customers
  • Keeping contact data clean
  • Agencies reporting to clients
  • Teams answering comments and DMs together
  • Tracking brand mentions and competitors
  • Scheduling across many networks
You'll find it used by
  • E-commerce brands
  • Performance agencies
  • Media buyers
  • App marketers
  • Solo founders
  • B2B teams
  • Agencies
  • Consultants
  • Service businesses
  • Marketing teams
  • Agencies
  • Social media managers
  • Customer care teams
  • Multi-location businesses

Questions people ask

Which is better, Creatify, HubSpot or Sprout Social?

HubSpot scores highest overall in our ratings (Creatify 4.0/5, HubSpot 4.1/5 and Sprout Social 4.0/5). Creatify is best for UGC-style video ads from a product link and testing many hooks and versions of one ad. HubSpot is best for tracking leads and deals and B2B email marketing. Sprout Social is best for agencies reporting to clients and teams answering comments and DMs together.

Which is cheaper, Creatify, HubSpot or Sprout Social?

Creatify: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $15/mo. HubSpot: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at From $800/mo. Sprout Social: There's no free plan. Paid plans start at $79/seat/mo.

How we compare

Ratings are our own, from using each tool, across ease of use, features, output quality, value for money, speed & reliability.

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