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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$10,000+$25 - $49 / hr50 - 249Dehradun, IndiaServices provided
See all 31 projectsCynoteck Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is a CRM Consulting and Systems Integration company recognized for its strong work ethic and effective project management. The company successfully developed a robust CRM system for a real estate client, with 100% of feedback highlighting their responsiveness and eagerness to meet client needs.
$1,000+$25 - $49 / hr50 - 249Thorold, CanadaServices provided
See all 47 projectsComputan is a web development company that specializes in HubSpot and WordPress integration, offering services such as website development, CMS management, and CRM integration. The reviews reflect overwhelmingly positive feedback, with approximately 85% highlighting their technical fluency and timely delivery. A significant 70% of reviewers commend their adaptability and communication, emphasizing their role as a dependable partner rather than just a vendor.
$5,000+$200 - $300 / hr10 - 49kamloops, CanadaServices provided
See all 103 projectsSet2Close specializes in CRM Consulting and Systems Integration, with a strong focus on HubSpot implementation and optimization. The company has received overwhelmingly positive feedback, with 100% of reviewers highlighting their expertise, and personalized approach. Clients frequently commend Set2Close for their organizational skills and ability to tailor solutions to specific business needs, making them highly recommended for CRM services.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed50 - 249Arlington, VA
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PhoenixTeam is a CRM consulting and SI company. Established in 2015, the team focuses on CRM consulting and SI and Custom Software Development.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Sandton, South Africa
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Pinotage Advisory is a CRM consulting and SI company. Their small team is located in Sandton, South Africa. Their services include CRM consulting and SI.
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$1,000+$25 - $49 / hr50 - 249Austin, TXServices provided
See all 106 projectsPeeklogic, LLC is a CRM Consulting and SI company specializing in Salesforce development, CRM integration, and customer relationship management consulting. They consistently receive positive feedback, with 100% of reviewers impressed by their proactive communication, on-time delivery, and ability to handle complex projects, often exceeding expectations. Their expertise in CRM systems integration and alignment with client values are frequently highlighted.
$5,000+$200 - $300 / hr50 - 249Indianapolis, INServices 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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UndisclosedUndisclosed50 - 249Barangaroo, Australia
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Brooke Global is a CRM consulting and SI company. In Barangaroo, Australia, the company was founded in 2013. Their services include CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Seattle, WA
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ESage Group is a CRM consulting and SI company. The small Seattle, Washington-based team offers CRM consulting and SI. The firm was launched in 1998.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Portland, OR
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Established in 2017, Foglight Solutions is a CRM consulting and SI company. The team focuses on CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49København, Denmark
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ARPEDIO is a CRM consulting and SI company. Headquartered in København, Denmark, the company was founded in 2012. Their team specializes in CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Spring, TX
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Based in Spring, Texas, Dylan Gray Consulting is a small CRM consulting and SI company. Their services include CRM consulting and SI and Marketing Strategy.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed250 - 999West Henrietta, NY
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Navint Partners, a CRM consulting and SI and ERP consulting and SI company, was founded in 2010. The team provides CRM consulting and SI and ERP consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Austin, TX
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Invado Solutions, a small CRM consulting and SI company, is based in Austin, Texas. The team specializes in CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Dublin, CA
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Hiforte Technologies, a small CRM consulting and SI company, is located in Dublin, California. The team offers CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49El Segundo, CA
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Established in 2015, Omnivo Digital is a small CRM consulting and SI company based in El Segundo, California. Their team provides CRM consulting and SI and Web Design.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Mannheim, Germany
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Peak & Peak is a CRM consulting and SI company. Launched in 2015, the team offers CRM consulting and SI. The company is headquartered in Mannheim, Germany.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Phoenixville, PA
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Founded in 2013, Appluent Business Solutions is a CRM consulting and SI company. The small team offers CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed50 - 249Kontich, Belgium
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BRIGHTFOX - Salesforce Competence Center is a CRM consulting and SI company. The team focuses on CRM consulting and SI and E-Commerce Development, and the company is based in Kontich, Belgium.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Santa Clara, CA
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Founded in 2017, Charket is a CRM consulting and SI company. The small team specializes in CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed50 - 249Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Gen25 is a midsize CRM consulting and SI company in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The team specializes in CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed50 - 249Cottage Grove, MN
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CRM consulting and SI and ERP consulting and SI company Apex IT was established in 1997. The team focuses on CRM consulting and SI and ERP consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed50 - 249Cremorne, Australia
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8Squad is a CRM consulting and SI company. They are headquartered in Cremorne, Australia, and their services include CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49München, Germany
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Apracor GmbH, a CRM consulting and SI company, is headquartered in München, Germany. They focus on CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Melbourne, Australia
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Smartapps, a CRM consulting and SI company, is based in Melbourne, Australia. They provide CRM consulting and SI and were founded in 2014.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49San Francisco, CA
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In San Francisco, California, ECHO Technology Solutions is a small CRM consulting and SI company. The team offers CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Littleton, CO
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Launched in 2000, sFiles is a CRM consulting and SI company. The team provides CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Burnaby, Canada
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Headquartered in Burnaby, Canada, Belmar Consulting Group is a small CRM consulting and SI company. The team specializes in CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Launched in 2010, Changi is a CRM consulting and SI company. The team offers CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed250 - 999Levallois-Perret, France
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CRM consulting and SI and ECM consulting and SI company EI-Technologies is located in Levallois-Perret, France. The team provides CRM consulting and SI and ECM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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CRM consulting and SI company Cloud Concept is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Their services include CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed50 - 249Madrid, Spain
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CRM consulting and SI company S4G Consulting offers CRM consulting and SI. They were launched in 2008.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Fairport, NY
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Able Cloud Advisors is a CRM consulting and SI company. Their team is headquartered in Fairport, New York. The agency focuses on CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed50 - 249Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Established in 2009, Laputa Technologies Limited is a CRM consulting and SI company. The company offers CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed250 - 999Jaipur, India
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In Jaipur, India, Appcino Technologies is a midsize CRM consulting and SI company. The team offers CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49San Antonio, TX
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6Street Digital is a CRM consulting and SI company. Their small team is in San Antonio, Texas. Their services include CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Sunnyvale, CA
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Wiserspread, a CRM consulting and SI company, is in Sunnyvale, California. They offer CRM consulting and SI and were founded in 2013.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Grapevine, TX
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Venn Technology is a Grapevine, Texas-based CRM consulting and SI company. Launched in 2015, the team provides CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Austin, TX
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Tondro Consulting is a CRM consulting and SI company. Based in Austin, Texas, the team specializes in CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed50 - 249Bridgewater Township, NJ
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Impaqtive is a CRM consulting and SI company. The agency is headquartered in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey. Their services include CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Pleasant Hill, CA
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AARIN is a CRM consulting and SI company. Their small team is headquartered in Pleasant Hill, California and focuses on CRM consulting and SI. The firm was established in 2012.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed50 - 249Bengaluru, India
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Established in 2014, Cloud Odyssey IT Solutions is a midsize CRM consulting and SI company. Their team specializes in CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Burnaby, Canada
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DTG Digital Transformation Group Inc. Is a CRM consulting and SI company. The small Burnaby, Canada-based team offers CRM consulting and SI. The firm was launched in 2020.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed250 - 999Limonest, France
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CRM consulting and SI company DIMO Software was established in 1995. The agency focuses on CRM consulting and SI, and is midsize.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed250 - 999Pune, India
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Krios Info Solutions Pvt.Ltd. Is a midsize CRM consulting and SI and IT managed services company established in 2016. Their services include CRM consulting and SI and IT managed services.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Sydney, Australia
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Nexavenu, a CRM consulting and SI company, offers CRM consulting and SI and cloud consulting & SI. The agency is in Sydney, Australia.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed50 - 249Paris, France
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LineUP7, a CRM consulting and SI company, was established in 2015. The midsize team provides CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Doylestown, PA
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Your Admin Team, LLC | Salesforce Consultants is a CRM consulting and SI company. They were founded in 2019, and their services include CRM consulting and SI and BI & big data consulting & SI.
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Small CRM consulting and SI company NEOMATIC AG, is headquartered in Köln, Germany. Their services include CRM consulting and SI and BI & big data consulting & SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed10 - 49Köln, Germany
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Aptly GmbH is a small CRM consulting and SI company. Founded in 2014, the team offers CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Richmond Hill, Canada
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LAN CRM Consulting Inc. Is a CRM consulting and SI company. Established in 2016, the firm focuses on CRM consulting and SI.
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Located in Brisbane, Australia, Brooke Baker is a CRM consulting and SI company. They provide CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Las Vegas, NV
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CRMNinjas is a CRM consulting and SI company located in Las Vegas, Nevada. They specialize in CRM consulting and SI and were launched in 2015.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Nashville, TN
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MC4 Solutions, a CRM consulting and SI company, was launched in 2018. The small team offers CRM consulting and SI.
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UndisclosedUndisclosed2 - 9Godalming, England
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Time Technology Ltd is a CRM consulting and SI company. The team focuses on CRM consulting and SI and is based in Godalming, England and Reno, Nevada.
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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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$1,000+$25 - $49 / hr50 - 249Austin, TX
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$1,000+$50 - $99 / hr50 - 249Wrocław, Poland
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36.2/40.018/20 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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36.1/40.016.6/20 Reviews10/10 Clients & Experience9.5/10 Market PresenceService focus
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$5,000+$200 - $300 / hr50 - 249Indianapolis, IN
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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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$1,000+$25 - $49 / hr50 - 249Thorold, Canada
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36.3/40.016.8/20 Reviews10/10 Clients & Experience9.5/10 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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$1,000+$50 - $99 / hr50 - 249Dover, DE
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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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$50,000+Undisclosed1,000 - 9,999Warszawa, Poland
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35.1/40.016.2/20 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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$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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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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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.