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Switching reason · Self-hosting & upgrades · Causes churn

Replaced HubSpot with self-hosted or file-based tools

1 source thread · first seen 2026-10

Summary

The company got rid of HubSpot and other SaaS tools in favor of self-hosted open-source software or simple file-based repositories. The author says this made data easier for LLMs to access and reduced licensing costs.

Affects
Small company
Workaround
Replaced HubSpot with self-hosted open-source tools or file-based repositories.
Switched to or considered
Self-hosted open-source tools or file-based repositories

Evidence

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“We got rid of Hubspot, Slack, and many other tools we use for financial planning, etc”

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