Buyer's guides
The tools worth shortlisting for each job in the selling week, from prospecting and data to CRM and outreach, judged on what they deliver for the price.
- The best agentic CRM platforms in 2026Agentic CRM became a real category in 2026. What the term means, which platforms earn it, and which ones bolted a chatbot onto the same old CRM.
- The best B2B data providers in 2026Which B2B data provider to buy in 2026, judged on coverage in your market rather than database size, plus the test that separates them in an afternoon.
- The best AI-native CRM platforms in 2026AI-native means the CRM was built around the model, not retrofitted with one. The platforms that actually qualify in 2026, and what they cost.
- The best AI SDR tools in 2026A buyer's guide to the AI SDR market in 2026: what these tools actually deliver, where the category has disappointed, and which tool fits which team.
- Using Airtable as a CRM in 2026Airtable is the most capable spreadsheet-shaped CRM you can build yourself. Where it beats a real CRM, and what to move to when the seat maths turns.
- Using Asana as a CRM in 2026Asana is the hardest work tool to turn into a CRM, and teams do it anyway. What is achievable, what is not, and the cleaner options.
- The best B2B prospecting tools in 2026Prospecting breaks into four jobs, and most teams buy one tool expecting it to do all four. What each category covers, and the stack for your motion.
- Using ClickUp as a CRM in 2026ClickUp ships a CRM template and sells itself as one app for everything. What that gets you for sales, and when to stop stretching it.
- CRM databases explained, and which to pick in 2026CRM database means two different things: the store underneath your CRM, and the contact database you buy records from. Both decisions, and how they interact.
- CRM Excel templates in 2026, and when to stopA spreadsheet CRM is the right answer more often than vendors admit. How to build one that holds up, and the signals that it is time to move.
- Best lead generation tools for small businessesA shortlist for small B2B teams in 2026: which lead generation tools earn their price at small scale, what they cost, and the traps after you sign.
- The best no-code CRM platforms in 2026No-code CRM covers two products: builders you assemble yourself, and CRMs flexible enough to never need a developer. Which one you want, and the cost.
- Using Notion as a CRM in 2026Notion makes a genuinely good CRM until it doesn't. What works, the three points where teams outgrow it, and what to move to when they do.
- Sales workflow automation in 2026Most sales automation moves records between fields and calls it a workflow. What is worth automating, and the difference between a rule and an agent.
- The best contact management software in 2026Contact management is a solved problem with an unsolved catch: the contacts go stale. The tools worth shortlisting, and the question that separates them.
