Google Sheets is a great CRM at 5 people. It starts cracking at 10. At 15, deals fall through the gaps and nobody can agree on the pipeline. Prerak is the cheap, sane upgrade — free up to 5 users, $29 after, and our team configures it for you.
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Head-to-head
15 people is where spreadsheet-based CRM breaks every time — and the comparison stops being about software and starts being about hidden ops cost.
The math
15-person team, 3-year horizon. The spreadsheet's sticker price is $0 — but the hidden admin burden (merge conflicts, missed handoffs, rebuilt pipelines) is real, and it's what pushes SMBs to switch.
Status quo
★ Prerak
Common objections
We've spent 2 years building this sheet. We don't want to throw it away.
You don't have to. Our team imports your sheet — columns, tabs, formulas, validation rules — and configures Prerak to match your existing mental model. Typical import: 2–3 days. Then we keep the sheet live as a read-only backup for 90 days while your team adjusts. Nothing gets thrown away; it just stops being the source of truth.
Will my team actually adopt a new tool? That's my real fear.
That's the right fear — and it's the one our 6-month guarantee is designed for. If fewer than 80% of your team logs in weekly within 6 months, we refund 3 months of payments and you keep the configured system. Our team runs live training sessions, records a library specific to your business, and checks in every 2 weeks. Adoption is our problem, not yours.
Why not just buy HubSpot? Everyone else does.
You can — we'll even tell you when it's the right call (big marketing + service + CRM stack need). For a team leaving spreadsheets, HubSpot is usually overkill: $1,400/mo for 20 seats plus $8–12K to a partner to set it up. You'd jump from $0 to $27K year-1. With us, you jump from $0 to ~$5K year-1 and skip the consultant. See our HubSpot comparison for the full breakdown.
What if we grow fast and outgrow Prerak?
You won't. Prerak's built for 5–500 people — same data model, same API, same integrations at every tier. Upgrading from Growth to Business to Scale is a plan change, not a migration. And if you genuinely outgrow us and need Salesforce at 500+ seats, our team will migrate you out — we've done it three times. We'd rather you outgrow us gracefully than trap you.