Best CRM Tools for Freelancers in 2026

The top CRM software for Freelancers, ranked by our weighted criteria scores. Compare their features and listed pricing to make the best choice.

Last updated: November 2026How we rank16 tools compared

Quick Summary

#1 · Best overall

17hats

17hats is an all-in-one business management app for solopreneurs and small service businesses, combining CRM, projects, to-dos, invoicing, contracts, scheduling and workflows.

#5 · Best value

EngageBay

Free for 10 users

EngageBay is an all-in-one CRM that combines marketing automation, sales pipelines, and a helpdesk for small businesses and startups on tight budgets.

#2 · Best free plan

Bigin by Zoho CRM

Bigin is a pipeline-based CRM from Zoho for small and micro businesses that need affordable deal tracking, contact management and simple automation.

Top 16 CRM Tools

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1. 17hats
17hats is an all-in-one business management app for solopreneurs and small service businesses, combining CRM, projects, to-dos, invoicing, contracts, scheduling and workflows.
2. Bigin by Zoho CRM
Bigin is a pipeline-based CRM from Zoho for small and micro businesses that need affordable deal tracking, contact management and simple automation.
3. Dolibarr ERP CRM
Free, open-source modular ERP and CRM suite for small and mid-sized businesses, freelancers and associations, available self-hosted or via paid cloud hosts like DoliCloud.
4. Capsule CRM
Capsule is a web-based CRM for small and growing businesses that manages contacts, sales pipelines, projects and team email, with iOS and Android apps.
5. EngageBay
EngageBay is an all-in-one CRM that combines marketing automation, sales pipelines, and a helpdesk for small businesses and startups on tight budgets.
6. CentralStationCRM
A simple, German-hosted cloud CRM from Cologne-based 42he for small teams, covering contacts, tasks, offers and projects, with up to 40 users.
7. Flowlu
All-in-one work management platform for small and mid-sized service businesses, combining projects, tasks, CRM, invoicing, finance tracking and a knowledge base.
8. Assembly
Assembly, formerly Copilot, is a branded client portal for service businesses. It combines messaging, a lightweight CRM, billing, files, tasks and an AI app builder.
9. Rukovoditel
Free, open-source, self-hosted PHP/MySQL app builder that small teams configure into a CRM, project tracker, helpdesk or ERP without coding.
10. Snov.io
Sales outreach platform combining email finding, verification, multichannel cold email and LinkedIn sequences, warm-up, and a free built-in sales CRM for small teams.
11. Streak
Streak is a CRM that runs inside Gmail as a browser extension, letting small teams manage deals, contacts and pipelines without leaving their inbox.
12. Bitrix24
All-in-one workspace that combines tasks and projects, CRM, chat and video calls, documents and HR tools, priced as a flat monthly fee per organization.
13. Clay
Clay is a go-to-market data platform that enriches leads and accounts from many data providers and automates prospecting workflows for B2B sales and marketing teams.
14. openCRX
openCRX is a free, BSD-licensed open source CRM and groupware server from Swiss vendor CRIXP, built for technically capable organizations that host it themselves.
15. ADempiere
ADempiere is a free, community-run, open-source (GPL v2) ERP suite with built-in CRM. It is for businesses that can host and customize their own systems.
16. Apache OFBiz
Free, open-source Java suite of business applications from the Apache Software Foundation. It covers ERP, CRM, sales force automation, e-commerce and accounting for organisations that can self-host and customise it.

How We Evaluated These Tools

We rate each CRM tool on the criteria below and rank by the weighted average of those ratings. Each criterion's share of the overall score is shown next to it.