Top CRM Consultants
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) consulting helps businesses select, implement, integrate, and optimize the CRM platform that runs their sales, marketing, and customer service operations. A CRM consultant audits your workflows, migrates and cleans customer data, customizes and configures the system, connects it to tools like ERP and marketing automation, and trains your team so the platform actually gets adopted.
Most CRM consultants specialize by platform. On Clutch you can compare verified Salesforce consultants, HubSpot partners, and Microsoft Dynamics consultants along with firms supporting Zoho, NetSuite, Oracle, and other systems, so you can shortlist partners certified in the platform you already run or plan to adopt.
Engagements here typically start at a $1,000 minimum project size, with hourly rates running from under $25 to $300+ depending on platform complexity and seniority; entry-level configuration work commonly falls in the $25–$49/hr band. Every firm listed is verified through Clutch's review process, which confirms business registration, legal history, and client feedback, so you can compare on evidence rather than marketing.
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$1,000+$25 - $49 / hr50 - 249Thorold, CanadaServices provided
See all 45 projectsComputan is a versatile web development company offering comprehensive services, including WordPress and HubSpot development, CMS integration, and digital marketing support. Overall, 100% of reviews highlight their technical expertise and reliability, with approximately 85% praising their timeliness and communication. Clients appreciate Computan's adaptability and value for cost, though some suggest minor improvements in project delivery visibility and proactive communication.
$5,000+$200 - $300 / hr10 - 49kamloops, CanadaServices provided
See all 102 projectsSet2Close is a CRM Consultancy specializing in CRM Implementation, Integration, and Customer Relationship Management Consulting. They receive consistently positive feedback, with 100% of reviews highlighting their expertise in HubSpot, exceptional project management, and personalized support. Clients particularly appreciate their organized approach and ability to tailor solutions to specific business needs, as noted in 80% of the reviews.
$1,000+$25 - $49 / hr50 - 249Austin, TXServices provided
See all 103 projectsPeeklogic, LLC specializes in CRM Consultancy, CRM Implementation, and CRM Integration, with a focus on Salesforce solutions. Based on client reviews, 100% of the feedback is positive, highlighting their professionalism, timely delivery, and strong communication skills. Clients frequently mention Peeklogic's ability to rescue and enhance complex projects, demonstrating their expertise in Customer Relationship Management Integration.
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$5,000+$100 - $149 / hr2 - 9Sheridan, WY
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Launched in 2026, EverRise Performance is an AI Agents company. The agency offers AI Agents and Artificial Intelligence, and is small.
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Cow and Rooster Design is a web design agency. The company is headquartered in Soulsbyville, California. Their team offers Web Design and Email Marketing.
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$5,000+$200 - $300 / hr50 - 249Chicago, ILServices provided
See all 15 projectsCloudMasonry is a CRM Consultancy specializing in CRM Implementation, CRM Integration, and Customer Relationship Management Consulting services. Their reviews reflect a high level of expertise, professionalism, and client satisfaction, with 100% of reviewers expressing positive feedback. Clients commend their proactive approach, knowledge in CRM systems, and ability to deliver projects on time and within budget.
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$1,000+< $25 / hrFreelancerNoida, India
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Shdatarescue is a Direct Marketing company. They specialize in Direct Marketing and BI & big data consulting & SI and are located in Noida, India.
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$1,000+$100 - $149 / hrFreelancerGalten, Denmark
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Nomiro is an Email Marketing company established in 2002. The agency provides Email Marketing and CRM consulting and SI.
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$1,000+$100 - $149 / hr2 - 9Lutz, FL
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See all 2 projectsYotomations is a Tampa-based AI and automation consultancy founded by Yaakov (Koby) Oranski. We help businesses of all sizes streamline operations, automate sales, and scale faster by combining
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$1,000+$25 - $49 / hr2 - 9Chennai, India
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See all 1 projectsBriomatic Technology is a web design and devlopment company in Chennai provides Quality website designing with strict time bound, most cost effective services for your business that require
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See all 1 projectsOur journey began with a shared vision of transforming businesses through the use of DYNAMICS 365 CRM technology. We have since helped countless clients achieve their goals
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Undisclosed$25 - $49 / hr2 - 9Bogotá, Colombia
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See all 1 projectsAgencia de marketing digital, diseño web, consultoria en marketing para empresas Marketing Agency, web design, marketing consultancy
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See all 1 projectsWe turn ideas into high-impact digital solutions that attract customers, boost conversions, and accelerate sustainable growth. Our services include: • Custom Web Development (HTML/CSS, WordPress,
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$5,000+$100 - $149 / hr2 - 9Cincinnati, OH
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See all 1 projectsCodeBlu Development is a software development company known for delivering custom solutions tailored to client needs. Across reviews from diverse industries, 100% of clients praised their exceptional project management and consistent communication. Approximately 75% highlighted CodeBlu's ability to align technical expertise with industry-specific insights, resulting in successful, efficient, and user-friendly software solutions. The company is noted for offering good value for cost and a strong cultural fit.
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Undisclosed< $25 / hr2 - 9Bhopal, India
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Founded in 2013, ANN Technologies is a software development company. The team focuses on Custom Software Development and E-Commerce Development.
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Customer2Brand, an user experience company, was launched in 2017. Located in Pune, India, the team provides UX/UI Design and Branding.
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Shantec Systems Ltd is a custom software development company. Located in Nairobi, Kenya, their team focuses on Custom Software Development and UX/UI Design.
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$1,000+$50 - $99 / hr2 - 9Leeds, England
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Bula Marketer, a PPC company, is located in Leeds, England. Their services include Pay Per Click and Web Design.
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Virbion, a social media marketing firm, was established in 2013. The company specializes in Social Media Marketing and Video Production.
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$1,000+$50 - $99 / hr2 - 9Canton, OH
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Eynon Software, LLC is a custom software development company. In Canton, Ohio, the agency was established in 2017. Their team provides Custom Software Development and Web Development.
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Bits Digital is an e-commerce development firm. The company is headquartered in Kyiv, Ukraine. Their services include E-Commerce Development and Web Development.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Dallas, TX
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REVX Marketing is a small branding company established in 2018. Their services include Branding and Logo.
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$1,000+< $25 / hr2 - 9Bhatkal, India
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Xevello, a web design company, is headquartered in Bhatkal, India and England. Their services include Web Design and CRM consulting and SI.
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Undisclosed$50 - $99 / hr2 - 9San Diego, CA
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Hurrikan Logic is a small SEO company launched in 2013. Their services include Search Engine Optimization and UX/UI Design.
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$1,000+$25 - $49 / hr2 - 9Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
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Meeplab Tech Solutions, a mobile application development firm, is located in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico. The team focuses on Mobile App Development and CRM consulting and SI.
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$1,000+$100 - $149 / hr2 - 9St. Petersburg, FL
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Thompson Marketing Partners is an Email Marketing company founded in 2017. The agency offers Email Marketing and Web Design.
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Objectivestar is a website development firm. The team provides Web Development and Custom Software Development, and the firm is based in Miami Gardens, Florida and Los Angeles, California.
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$1,000+$25 - $49 / hr2 - 9Pune, India
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Established in 2018, Straight Growth is a small Pune, India-based website development company. Their team offers Web Development and Web Design.
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$1,000+$25 - $49 / hr2 - 9Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, India
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Content Marketing company InsightCrew Technologies provides Content Marketing and Email Marketing. They were founded in 2019.
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$1,000+$50 - $99 / hr2 - 9Georgetown, SC
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Boost Leadz is a PPC agency. The Georgetown, South Carolina-based firm focuses on Pay Per Click and Web Design.
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$5,000+Undisclosed2 - 9New York, NY
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ACE Workflow is a small e-commerce development firm. They focus on E-Commerce Development and Business Consulting and were established in 2018.
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$5,000+Undisclosed2 - 9Baltimore, MD
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LN Creative Group is a small Advertising company. Founded in 2013, the team focuses on Advertising and CRM consulting and SI.
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$5,000+< $25 / hr2 - 9Karachi, Pakistan
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Pro's Arena is an e-commerce development company. The team is in Karachi, Pakistan, and their services include E-Commerce Development and Mobile App Development.
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$1,000+$100 - $149 / hr2 - 9Richmond Hill, Canada
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More Secure Computing is a Cybersecurity company. Located in Richmond Hill, Canada, the team offers Cybersecurity and cloud consulting & SI.
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Located in London, England, Tuned IT is an IT managed services company. They specialize in IT managed services and IT strategy consulting.
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$5,000+$50 - $99 / hr2 - 9Tallinn, Estonia
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PRSG is a Conversion Optimization company launched in 2020. Their services include Conversion Optimization and Digital Strategy.
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$5,000+$25 - $49 / hr2 - 9Kabul, Afghanistan
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Maral Amiree, an other IT consulting and SI company, was established in 2020. The team offers other IT consulting and SI and IT managed services.
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$5,000+Undisclosed2 - 9Singapore, Singapore
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Market Research company Synapses Asia is located in Singapore, Singapore and Phnom Penh, Cambodia. They focus on Market Research and Digital Strategy.
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$5,000+$50 - $99 / hr2 - 9Madrid, Spain
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Consultoria Informatica is a Madrid, Spain-based data analytics company. Launched in 2019, the team provides BI & big data consulting & SI and IT strategy consulting.
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$1,000+$25 - $49 / hr2 - 9Navi Mumbai, India
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Cloud consulting & SI company Uniwish Technology Consultancy was launched in 2016. The agency specializes in cloud consulting & SI and IT strategy consulting.
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Automize is a small Carmichael, California-based Digital Strategy company. Their services include Digital Strategy and Other Application Development.
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Based in Łódź, Poland, Pixel Shark is a small web design company. Their services include Web Design and Mobile App Development.
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Anima Media is an e-commerce development firm. The Benoni, South Africa-based agency offers E-Commerce Development and Search Engine Optimization.
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$1,000+$100 - $149 / hr2 - 9Endeavour Hills, Australia
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Established in 2017, Setup4 is an IT managed services company. Their services include IT managed services and IT strategy consulting.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9London, England
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Quick Fox Labs is a small Digital Strategy company. They provide Digital Strategy and Social Media Marketing and were established in 2019.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Surry Hills, Australia
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Techcronus Australia Pty Ltd is an IT strategy consulting company. The team provides IT strategy consulting and BI & big data consulting & SI and is located in Surry Hills, Australia.
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Byteshake Ltd is a business intelligence company. They are located in Basildon, England. Their team focuses on BI & big data consulting & SI and cloud consulting & SI.
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$10,000+Undisclosed2 - 9Cincinnati, OH
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Automized, a Robotics Process Automation company, focuses on Robotics Process Automation and IT strategy consulting. The company is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Ymeks.agency is a branding company established in 2019. Their services include Branding and Social Media Marketing.
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Based in București, Romania, epic373 is a small branding firm. The team offers Branding and Content Marketing.
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Headquartered in , Web Clique is a branding firm. The team specializes in Branding and Digital Strategy.
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Niiu digital, a small Advertising company, is located in Singapore, Singapore and Singapore, Singapore. The team specializes in Advertising and Branding.
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$1,000+$50 - $99 / hr2 - 9Charlotte, NC
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Digital Strategy company 7X Digital Marketing was launched in 2015. The small team offers Digital Strategy and Web Design.
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$5,000+$100 - $149 / hr2 - 9Minneapolis, MN
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ERAS Design Co. Is an Email Marketing company. They are located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and have small team of experts. Their services include Email Marketing and Web Design.
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List of the Top 15 CRM Companies
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$1,000+$25 - $49 / hr50 - 249Austin, TX
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$5,000+$50 - $99 / hr50 - 249København, Denmark
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37.1/40.018/20 Reviews10/10 Clients & Experience9.1/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$1,000+$50 - $99 / hr50 - 249Wrocław, Poland
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36.6/40.018.4/20 Reviews9.8/10 Clients & Experience8.4/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$10,000+$50 - $99 / hr50 - 249L'viv, Ukraine
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36.3/40.016.8/20 Reviews10/10 Clients & Experience9.5/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$1,000+$25 - $49 / hr50 - 249Austin, TX
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35.9/40.017.2/20 Reviews10/10 Clients & Experience8.7/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$5,000+$200 - $300 / hr50 - 249Chicago, IL
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35.5/40.017.4/20 Reviews10/10 Clients & Experience8.1/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$5,000+$50 - $99 / hr50 - 249London, England
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34.6/40.016.2/20 Reviews9.7/10 Clients & Experience8.8/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$5,000+$25 - $49 / hr250 - 999Phoenix, AZ
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34.3/40.016.4/20 Reviews10/10 Clients & Experience7.9/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$10,000+$150 - $199 / hr10 - 49Seattle, WA
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33.6/40.016.4/20 Reviews9.1/10 Clients & Experience8.1/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$1,000+$150 - $199 / hr50 - 249Atlanta, GA
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33.6/40.016.2/20 Reviews9.6/10 Clients & Experience7.7/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$5,000+$200 - $300 / hr10 - 49kamloops, Canada
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37.4/40.020/20 Reviews9.6/10 Clients & Experience7.8/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$50,000+$150 - $199 / hr1,000 - 9,999New York, NY
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32.9/40.016.2/20 Reviews6.8/10 Clients & Experience9.9/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$5,000+$50 - $99 / hr50 - 249Hanoi, Vietnam
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35.5/40.016.8/20 Reviews9.8/10 Clients & Experience8.9/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$1,000+$150 - $199 / hr10 - 49Chicago, IL
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32.8/40.015.8/20 Reviews9.3/10 Clients & Experience7.7/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$1,000+$50 - $99 / hr50 - 249Kyiv, Ukraine
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32.7/40.017/20 Reviews7.5/10 Clients & Experience8.2/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$1,000+$25 - $49 / hr50 - 249Thorold, Canada
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35.3/40.015.8/20 Reviews10/10 Clients & Experience9.5/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$50,000+Undisclosed1,000 - 9,999Warszawa, Poland
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35.3/40.016.4/20 Reviews10/10 Clients & Experience8.9/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$5,000+$100 - $149 / hr10 - 49Miami, FL
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32.4/40.016.2/20 Reviews9.3/10 Clients & Experience6.9/10 Market PresenceService focus
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32.3/40.016.2/20 Reviews10/10 Clients & Experience6.1/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$5,000+$150 - $199 / hr50 - 249St. Albert, Canada
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32.2/40.016.2/20 Reviews9.3/10 Clients & Experience6.7/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$1,000+< $25 / hr50 - 249Indore, India
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32.2/40.016.8/20 Reviews9.5/10 Clients & Experience5.9/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$25,000+$25 - $49 / hr1,000 - 9,999Orlando, FL
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39.9/40.020/20 Reviews10/10 Clients & Experience9.9/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$10,000+$150 - $199 / hr10 - 49Los Angeles, CA
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31.9/40.016.2/20 Reviews9.6/10 Clients & Experience6.1/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$25,000+$25 - $49 / hr1,000 - 9,999Decatur, GA
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37.2/40.017.4/20 Reviews10/10 Clients & Experience9.8/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$5,000+$25 - $49 / hr250 - 999
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31.8/40.016.6/20 Reviews8.1/10 Clients & Experience7.1/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$25,000+$50 - $99 / hr50 - 249New York, NY
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31.8/40.015.6/20 Reviews7.7/10 Clients & Experience8.5/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$10,000+$100 - $149 / hr10 - 49Bengaluru, India
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31.8/40.016.8/20 Reviews8.7/10 Clients & Experience6.3/10 Market PresenceService focus
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31.8/40.014.6/20 Reviews7.6/10 Clients & Experience9.6/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$1,000+$100 - $149 / hr10 - 49Flower Mound, TX
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31.4/40.016.2/20 Reviews8.5/10 Clients & Experience6.7/10 Market PresenceService focus
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CRM Consultants FAQs
Many CRM consultants offer ample expertise in the field, but how do you select the best fit for your project? First, it's important to cultivate an understanding of the industry in order to set expectations. We've compiled some simple FAQs to help you do just that.
Clutch features companies that implement, customize, and optimize CRM platforms to drive sales, marketing, and service performance quarterly based on a proprietary methodology. The top CRM consulting and development companies for 2026 include:
Start with platform certifications that match your system (Salesforce, HubSpot, or Microsoft partner status), then check recent verified reviews from clients in a similar industry and company size. Confirm the consultant's scope covers data migration and post-launch user-adoption training, not just initial setup — abandoned implementations are usually a training gap, not a software gap. Finally, align on project size and budget up front. The most common hiring mistake is engaging an unverified firm without confirming credentials or a clear adoption plan.
Clutch lists consultants across all major CRM platforms. The most common specializations are Salesforce, HubSpot, and Microsoft Dynamics, alongside firms working in Zoho, NetSuite, Oracle, SAP, and Sugar CRM. Matching a consultant's platform certification (for example, a HubSpot Diamond Partner or a certified Salesforce partner) to the system you use is the fastest way to narrow the list.
Most CRM implementations take 2 to 6 months of active work. Timeline is driven by data-migration complexity, the number of integrations, how much custom development is required, and the depth of user-adoption training. Simple platform setups can finish in a few weeks; multi-system integrations for enterprise teams can run longer. Skipping the testing and training phases is the most common cause of delays and low adoption.
You can filter this directory by location to find consultants in your region or time zone. Clutch maintains local rankings for major markets — for example, CRM consultants in Austin and the broader Top CRM consultants in the United States — and platform-specific city pages such as Salesforce consultants in Chicago, Denver, Seattle, and New York. Local partners can be useful for on-site workshops, timezone overlap, and in-person training, though most CRM work today is delivered remotely.
CRM consulting projects on Clutch generally start at a $1,000 minimum project size. Hourly rates range from under $25 to $300+, with entry-level configuration and admin work commonly in the $25–$49/hr band and senior platform architects or specialized Salesforce/Dynamics work running $150–$300+/hr. Ongoing retainers typically fall between $2,000 and $10,000 per month, while larger implementation and systems-integration engagements can start around $25,000. Cost depends on platform complexity, data migration scope, customization, and the number of integrations.
A functional CRM consultant focuses on the business side — gathering requirements, mapping processes, defining strategy, and configuring the platform to match how your team works. A technical CRM consultant focuses on the engineering side — data models, custom API development, third-party integrations, deployment, and testing. Larger projects also distinguish strategy consultants (roadmap and platform selection) from implementation consultants (hands-on build and rollout). Many engagements use a mix, so it helps to define which phase you're hiring for before you shortlist.