A HubSpot Sales alternative for Gmail email and link tracking.
HubSpot Sales offers free email tracking, but it is the front door to HubSpot's CRM and sales platform. The tracking itself is basic open and click notifications with no IP, device, or location, and to get real value you are expected to adopt the whole HubSpot ecosystem. If you just want to know who actually opened your email, it is a lot of platform for one feature.
Which one is a better fit?
Choose HubSpot Sales when tracking should feed a CRM, pipeline, automation, and team reporting system. Choose Vero when you want open and link intelligence in Gmail without moving the rest of your sales workflow into a CRM platform.
Public pricing and product details reviewed August 8, 2026. Source: HubSpot Sales's official site.
Vero vs HubSpot Sales, side by side.
| Feature | Vero | HubSpot Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Price (single seat) | $9/mo · $79/yr | Free–$90+/seat/mo |
| Available IP & network | When available (Pro) | No |
| Device & city | When available (Pro) | No |
| Automatic link tracking | Yes, even bare URLs | Yes |
| No signature on your emails | Yes | Yes |
| Automated-activity filtering | Yes | No |
| Works inside Gmail | Yes | Yes (+ Outlook) |
Reasons to consider Vero.
- A focused tracker, not a CRM you have to adopt to get value.
- Available IP, network, device, browser, and location context on direct activity.
- Bot-filtered opens instead of raw notification counts.
- $9/mo flat, with no push toward per-seat sales-platform pricing.
See how Vero tracks Gmail link clicks, including a recorded demo and the fields in a click report. For image blocking, privacy proxies, and automated requests, read about email tracking limitations.