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 web development and digital marketing company offering services in website management, CRM integration, and CMS development. Reviews indicate that approximately 85% of clients appreciate their adaptability, timely communication, and ability to meet project requirements effectively. Clients also commend Computan for understanding their business needs and providing quality solutions within budget, although a few mentioned room for improvement in project delivery timelines and proactive communication.
$5,000+$200 - $300 / hr10 - 49kamloops, CanadaServices provided
See all 98 projectsSet2Close is a CRM Consultancy specializing in CRM Implementation and CRM Systems Integration, particularly with HubSpot. The reviews highlight exceptional onboarding experiences, personalized guidance, and effective project management, with 100% of clients expressing satisfaction with their tailored solutions and ongoing support. Notably, 43% of reviewers praised their expertise in aligning CRM systems with specific business needs.
$1,000+$25 - $49 / hr50 - 249Austin, TXServices provided
See all 102 projectsPeeklogic, LLC is a CRM Consulting and Systems Integration company specializing in Salesforce development, CRM implementation, and integration services. The company has consistently received positive feedback, with 100% of reviews highlighting their responsiveness and expertise in Salesforce solutions. Clients commend Peeklogic, LLC for delivering projects on time and within budget while maintaining excellent communication and flexibility.
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$5,000+$100 - $149 / hr2 - 9EQP, Argentina
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Gruppo IT, a Wearable App Development company, is in EQP, Argentina. The team offers Wearable App Development and CRM consulting and SI.
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Kluster Intelligence is an artificial intelligence company. Based in London, England, the firm was founded in 2016. Their team specializes in Artificial Intelligence and CRM consulting and SI.
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$5,000+$200 - $300 / hr50 - 249Chicago, ILServices provided
See all 15 projectsCloudMasonry is a CRM Consultancy specializing in CRM Implementation and CRM Systems Integration. Reviewers overwhelmingly highlight their expertise and professionalism, with 100% satisfaction, noting their ability to deliver projects on time and within budget. Approximately 80% of reviewers commend their proactive approach and strong communication skills, emphasizing the value they provide in CRM Consulting and SI services.
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Rakata Technology is a custom software development company based in Glasgow , Scotland. Founded in 2007, the team focuses on Custom Software Development and E-Commerce Development.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Toronto, Canada
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Savio Nassar Consulting is a small Toronto, Canada-based Event Marketing company. The team provides Event Marketing and Branding.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Cherry Hill, NJ
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Fourth Technologies, Inc. Is an ERP consulting and SI company. The Cherry Hill, New Jersey-based firm was established in 1987. Their services include ERP consulting and SI and CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9New Brunswick, NJ
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Build Then Market is a small New Brunswick, New Jersey-based big data company. The team provides BI & big data consulting & SI and CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Provo, UT
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RealtyAPX is a small Accounting company in Provo, Utah. Their services include Accounting and CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Greensboro, NC
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Intelligent Technologies, Inc. Is a small Greensboro, North Carolina-based IT managed services company. Their services include IT managed services and CRM consulting and SI.
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Established in 1997, Little Blue is a small LEEDS , England-based software development firm. Their team specializes in Custom Software Development and CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Redding, CA
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Reverse Focus is a small Marketing Strategy company founded in 2007. Their services include Marketing Strategy and CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9MĂĽnchen, Germany
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Goserver is a small CRM consulting and SI company. They focus on CRM consulting and SI and IT strategy consulting and were founded in 2002.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Managua, Nicaragua
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ITConsulting Nicaragua, a small software development firm, is based in Managua, Nicaragua. The team provides Custom Software Development and IT strategy consulting.
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SACI Software is a small custom software development firm in callejon, Nicaragua. The team focuses on Custom Software Development and CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Naperville, IL
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Zakiant, LLC is an AI development company launched in 2014. The team offers Artificial Intelligence and cloud consulting & SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Montevideo, Uruguay
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Based in Montevideo, Uruguay, Piensso is an IT managed services company. They specialize in IT managed services and CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Newport Beach, CA
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E-commerce development company ConversionPoint Technologies is in Newport Beach, California. Their services include E-Commerce Development and CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Gothenburg, Sweden
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Vink IO AB is a Business Consulting company launched in 2017. The team provides Business Consulting and CRM consulting and SI and is in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Hergosoft Software y Tecnologia is a CRM consulting and SI company. The Guatemala City, Guatemala-based company offers CRM consulting and SI and ERP consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Silver Spring, MD
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Veteran Technology Leaders, LLC is a Cybersecurity company established in 2017. In Silver Spring, Maryland, the team provides Cybersecurity and CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Johns Creek, GA
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The Intellection Group, Inc. Is a custom software development firm. In Johns Creek, Georgia, the firm offers Custom Software Development and CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Frisco, TX
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Assert Digital is a CRM consulting and SI company. Their small team is headquartered in Frisco, Texas. Their team offers CRM consulting and SI and Web Development.
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Http://lancoorbs.com/ is a social media marketing company. Based in China, their team offers Social Media Marketing and Mobile App Development.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Roma, Italy
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Ausonia-IT, an IT strategy consulting company, was launched in 1999. In Roma, Italy, the team offers IT strategy consulting and CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Grapevine, TX
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Nespon IT Services is a data analytics company. Their small team of employees is located in Grapevine, Texas. Their team provides BI & big data consulting & SI and cloud consulting & SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Brooklyn, NY
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Magna Marketing is a cloud consulting & SI company established in 2017. The team focuses on cloud consulting & SI and CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Duchesne, UT
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Johnson Tech Consulting, a small CRM consulting and SI company, is based in Duchesne, Utah. Their services include CRM consulting and SI and IT strategy consulting.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9London, England
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Cloud consulting & SI company CloudSmart Consulting was established in 2017. The team specializes in cloud consulting & SI and CRM consulting and SI.
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Small cloud consulting & SI company Swan Technology Solutions, is in Melbourne, Australia. The team offers cloud consulting & SI and ERP consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Houston, TX
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Enterlogix is a small CRM consulting and SI company headquartered in Houston, Texas. The team specializes in CRM consulting and SI and ERP consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Moy, Northern Ireland
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TotallyAppenin is a CRM consulting and SI company. They are in Moy, Northern Ireland and have small team. They focus on CRM consulting and SI and Web Design.
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ITequality is a cloud consulting & SI company. Founded in 2017, the firm is headquartered in Newport Beach, California. Their services include cloud consulting & SI and CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Rochester, MN
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ResultsPlus is a Financial Consulting company founded in 1979. Their team specializes in Financial Consulting and CRM consulting and SI.
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Founded in 2002, Tecmar Enterprises LLC is a Blockchain company. Their services include Blockchain and Business Consulting.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Queens, NY
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Launched in 2019, Razor Thin Consulting Group is a Business Consulting company. Their services include Business Consulting and Search Engine Optimization.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Farmington, MI
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Vaoyo Technologies is a Farmington, Michigan-based cloud consulting & SI company. They specialize in cloud consulting & SI and CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Phoenix, AZ
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Action Platinum Solutions is a Marketing Strategy company. Their small team is in Phoenix, Arizona and Seattle, Washington. Their services include Marketing Strategy and CRM consulting and SI.
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ALLUR, an Email Marketing company, was established in 2023. The team focuses on Email Marketing and CRM consulting and SI and is located in Nashville, Tennessee.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Paris, France
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Maukau is a Paris, France-based e-commerce development company. They provide E-Commerce Development and CRM consulting and SI and were launched in 2016.
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Standard Ecom, a small Email Marketing company, is based in Paris, France. Their services include Email Marketing and CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Cremorne, Australia
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Based in Cremorne, Australia, Email Experts is an Email Marketing company. Founded in 2015, the team provides Email Marketing and CRM consulting and SI.
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Gauvaas is a CRM consulting and SI company headquartered in Toronto, Canada. They provide CRM consulting and SI and IT strategy consulting and were founded in 2024.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Frisco, TX
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Protivix Business Solutions, LLC is a big data analytics company based in Frisco, Texas. They focus on BI & big data consulting & SI and CRM consulting and SI and were founded in 2006.
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CRM consulting and SI company Rubek Solutions Ltd. Is based in Dublin 8, Ireland. Founded in 2023, the team focuses on CRM consulting and SI and ERP consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Toronto, Canada
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Digitally Decluttered is an IT strategy consulting company located in Toronto, Canada. They focus on IT strategy consulting and CRM consulting and SI.
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2B Marketing is a CRM consulting and SI company. Launched in 2022, the team offers CRM consulting and SI and Business Consulting.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Jacksonville Beach, FL
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SaaS Advisors is an IT strategy consulting company. Located in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, their team specializes in IT strategy consulting and CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Washington, DC
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Bourdain is an AI Agents company. They are in Washington, District of Columbia and have small team. Their team focuses on AI Agents and CRM consulting and SI.
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GlobTek AI, an AI Agents company, is in Los Angeles, California. The team focuses on AI Agents and CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Durham, NC
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Studio Three 49 is a CRM consulting and SI company. They provide CRM consulting and SI and Business Consulting and are based in Durham, North Carolina.
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$1,000+< $25 / hrFreelancerBurdwan, India
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AI Digital Media, a website development firm, was founded in 2012. The company provides Web Development and Web Design, and is small.
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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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$10,000+$50 - $99 / hr50 - 249L'viv, Ukraine
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$1,000+$25 - $49 / hr50 - 249Austin, TX
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36.1/40.017.4/20 Reviews10/10 Clients & Experience8.7/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$5,000+$200 - $300 / hr50 - 249Chicago, IL
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35.3/40.017.4/20 Reviews10/10 Clients & Experience7.9/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$5,000+$25 - $49 / hr50 - 249London, England
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34.4/40.016.2/20 Reviews9.5/10 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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33.8/40.016.6/20 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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$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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32.6/40.016.4/20 Reviews9.3/10 Clients & Experience6.9/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$10,000+$100 - $149 / hr10 - 49Bengaluru, India
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32.4/40.017.4/20 Reviews8.7/10 Clients & Experience6.3/10 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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$1,000+$50 - $99 / hr50 - 249Kyiv, Ukraine
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32.1/40.016.4/20 Reviews7.5/10 Clients & Experience8.2/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$25,000+$25 - $49 / hr1,000 - 9,999Orlando, FL
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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 - 9,999Jersey City, NJ
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$1,000+$25 - $49 / hr50 - 249Thorold, Canada
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34.5/40.015.8/20 Reviews10/10 Clients & Experience8.7/10 Market PresenceService focus
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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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$1,000+$50 - $99 / hr250 - 999Warszawa, Poland
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$5,000+$50 - $99 / hr250 - 999London, England
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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.
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.