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Nimble users on G2 and Capterra consistently flag two frustrations: storage and contact caps that force paid add-ons, and automation features locked behind higher-priced tiers. Here’s how Nutshell stacks up.
Nutshell wins for sales teams of five to fifty people who need unlimited contacts, built-in email marketing, live support, and no per-feature add-on fees. Nimble wins for solo professionals who want lightweight contact enrichment from social profiles and don’t plan to scale past its 25,000-contact cap. If your team is outgrowing spreadsheets and needs room to grow, Nutshell is the better long-term fit.
Here’s how the two platforms stack up on the details that actually affect a growing sales team’s budget and day-to-day work.
Starting price (billed annually)
Email marketing
Contact & data storage
Automation
Pipeline views
Support channels
G2 rating
Free trial
Migration support
SMB team fit
$13/user/month (Foundation plan)
Marketing Foundation included on every plan (150 free sends/month), scaling from $5/month
Unlimited contacts and storage on every plan
Included starting on the Growth plan, no paywall
List, board, map, and chart views
Free live chat and email on every plan
4.3 out of 5 (1,453 reviews)
14 days, no credit card required
Free guided data import
Built for growing 5-50 person B2B sales teams
$24.90/user/month (single plan)
Not included, so most users pair Nimble with a separate tool
25,000 contacts per account and 2GB per seat ($10/month per +10GB or +10,000 contacts)
Capped by tier, per reviewer reports of automation “behind a paywall”
Primarily contact-centric, with limited pipeline visualization
Email, live Q&A sessions, free 1:1 calls, and training webinars (no live chat or phone)
4.5 out of 5 (1,113 reviews)
14 days, no credit card required
Self-service CSV import wizard
Built for solo professionals and very small teams
Feature lists don’t tell you how a CRM performs day to day. These three scenarios come straight from how Nutshell’s ICP, five- to fifty-person B2B sales teams, actually sells.
In Nutshell, a rep builds a follow-up sequence once and lets it run. Emails go out on schedule and the next task shows up automatically, right inside the CRM.
Nimble handles single emails and calendar sync well, but reviewers describe its sequence tools as email-only, with heavier automation and multichannel follow-up locked behind paid tiers.
Nutshell gives managers four ways to view the pipeline: a drag-and-drop board, a spreadsheet-style list, a map for territory work, and real-time charts for forecasting.
Nimble is built around individual contact records rather than a visual pipeline, and reviewers note its reporting feels limited when they need a big-picture view of where deals are stalling.
A 10-person Nutshell team never has to think about contact or storage limits, since every plan includes unlimited contacts and unlimited data storage.
Nimble caps accounts at 25,000 contacts and 2GB of storage per seat, and reviewers describe hitting that ceiling fast since Nimble syncs entire email histories into that same storage allotment.
For a 10-person team paying annually, Nutshell’s Foundation plan runs $13 per user per month, or $1,560 for the year. That price already includes web chat, a form builder, landing pages, and Marketing Foundation with 150 free email sends per month on every seat.
Nimble’s single plan costs $24.90 per user per month billed annually, or $2,988 for the same 10-person team over 12 months. That total doesn’t include email marketing, so most Nimble users add a separate tool like Mailchimp or ConvertKit, and it caps the team at 25,000 shared contacts and 20GB of combined storage before extra charges apply.
That’s a $1,428 gap in Nutshell’s favor, before your team pays anything extra for a marketing tool on Nimble’s side. Teams that need deeper reporting and automation can step up to Nutshell’s Growth plan at $25 per user per month annually, still in the same range as Nimble’s only plan, while adding activity reports, sales quotas, lead assignment rules, and custom stage goals that Nimble doesn’t offer.
Nutshell is built for B2B sales teams of five to fifty people who need a shared pipeline and team reporting, with room to grow past a few thousand contacts. If your team is hiring reps and running campaigns, Nutshell’s unlimited contacts and built-in marketing tools remove a recurring cost as you scale.
Nimble is a genuinely good fit for solo professionals and very small teams whose main job is nurturing individual relationships pulled from social profiles and email, not running a multi-rep sales pipeline. Freelancers, consultants, or independent realtors managing a personal book of business under 25,000 contacts may find Nimble’s simplicity and lower entry price appealing.
To compare all of Nutshell’s Sales plans, go to our pricing page and click “compare all plans”.
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Nutshell is the better choice for B2B sales teams between five and fifty people who need unlimited contacts and built-in email marketing, with live support included in the price of their plan. Nimble is the better choice for solo professionals and very small teams who mainly need lightweight social contact enrichment and don’t expect to grow past 25,000 contacts. Teams scaling past a one- or two-person operation typically outgrow Nimble’s storage caps and paywalled automation faster than they outgrow Nutshell’s plans.
When you move from Nimble to Nutshell, your contacts, companies, and notes come over first, along with your email history if you connect your inbox during setup. Custom fields, tags, and pipeline stages need a quick pass to match Nutshell’s structure, and Nutshell’s team offers free guided data import to help with that step.
Most teams are live in days, not weeks. Nutshell’s live chat and email support are available from the moment your trial starts, so you’re never migrating alone.
For a small team, Nutshell’s Foundation plan starts at $13 per user per month billed annually, compared to Nimble’s single plan at $24.90 per user per month. Nutshell also includes Marketing Foundation, web chat, forms, and unlimited contacts on every plan, while Nimble caps contacts at 25,000 per account and charges extra once you pass its 2GB per-seat storage limit.
Yes. Nutshell imports your contacts, companies, and notes from Nimble, and its team offers free guided data import to help map custom fields and pipeline stages during setup. Most teams complete the switch in days, not weeks.
Both offer a 14-day free trial with no credit card required, so setup starts the same way for each. Nutshell’s onboarding includes free guided data import and live chat support from day one, while Nimble’s setup leans on self-service tools like its CSV import wizard and weekly training webinars.
Yes. Nutshell includes Marketing Foundation, web forms, landing pages, and attribution reporting on every plan, with 150 free email sends per month built in and additional volume scaling from $5 per month. Nimble doesn’t include native email marketing, so many of its users pair the platform with a separate tool like Mailchimp or ConvertKit to send campaigns.
Yes. Nimble caps accounts at 25,000 contact records and 2GB of storage per seat, with additional storage or contacts available for $10 per month per increment. Nutshell includes unlimited contacts and unlimited data storage on every plan, so growing teams don’t need to budget for storage add-ons.
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