Comparison · as of October 2026
Pipedrive is a visual sales pipeline. Krokul keeps the pipeline and continues the same deal into a contract, invoices, payments, project hours, MRR and client margin.
As of October 2026. Competitor facts checked on 8 October 2026 against the vendor’s public sources; prices are the vendor’s list prices, excluding taxes.
| Criterion | Pipedrive | Krokul |
|---|---|---|
| Deal → quote → contract → invoice → payment | PartlyQuotes and document templates in Smart Docs (Premium and Ultimate, or an add-on); invoices through the Xero or QuickBooks integration | YesIn one deal card, payments from bank statements |
| Project, hours, certificate from hours | PartlyProjects as an add-on or on higher plans; time tracking not found in public documentation | YesProject from the deal, timer, certificate from hours |
| Project and client margin | Not foundnot found in public documentation | YesRevenue minus the cost of hours and cost of goods |
| Subscriptions and MRR | Not foundnot found in public documentation | YesMRR movements, scheduled invoices, month close |
| Client price lists and terms | PartlyProduct catalogue with a price per currency and variants; client price tiers, stock and reservations not found | YesPrice list by tier, quantity breaks, credit limit |
| Client portal | Not foundnot found in public documentation | YesOrders at the client’s prices, documents, payments |
| Partners: deal registration and rewards | Not foundnot found in public documentation | YesPartner portal, registration for a set period, scheme-based rewards |
| API and MCP | YesPublic API; official MCP server on all plans | YesPublic API v1, webhooks, MCP server |
| Pricing model | Per seat per month, billed annually: Lite €14, Growth €39, Premium €59, Ultimate €79 (monthly billing €24, €49, €79, €99); add-ons priced separately; prices exclude VAT | Unlimited users; $0 / $149 / $399 per month for depth of the chain |
| Where data is stored | YesAWS regions in Frankfurt, Dublin and London (and the US); placement by region of registration | YesEuropean Union |
B2B companies with a long sales cycle, where a deal continues into a contract, invoices, payments, a project, hours and margin: integrators and implementation firms, SaaS and subscription services, agencies and project firms, software vendors with partners, B2B distribution.
B2C retail, point of sale and shops, warehouse logistics (WMS), manufacturing ERP, and teams whose main need is marketing automation or a mobile app for staff. Krokul’s honest limits: no 2FA or SSO, no e-signature, no Gantt charts, no direct bank connection and no report builder; Google Calendar sync is one-way.
Yes, if your deals continue into contracts, staged invoices, projects with hours or subscriptions. Krokul has a pipeline board too, and after the deal is won the same record carries the documents, payments, hours and margin.
Pipedrive sends invoices through its Xero or QuickBooks integration, which needs a subscription to that system. In Krokul the invoice is created from the deal or from a quote, payments are recorded from bank statements, and receivables are grouped by days overdue.
Pipedrive is priced per seat: Lite €14, Growth €39, Premium €59 and Ultimate €79 per seat per month billed annually (€24, €49, €79 and €99 billed monthly), excluding VAT, with add-ons such as Smart Docs and Projects priced separately. Krokul has unlimited users on every plan: Deals $0, Money $149 and Margin $399 per month.
On your own, from a few minutes: one question about your business type sets up the pipeline, sources and texts, and data comes in from spreadsheets with rollback. You can start free on the Deals plan.
Yes. A won deal becomes a project, hours are logged with a timer against the package, the completion certificate is built from actual hours, and client margin is calculated from them.
Yes. Pipedrive has an official MCP server on all plans. Krokul has an MCP server and a public API v1; agents work only within the access rights of the user or API key.
As of October 2026. Information about Pipedrive comes from the vendor’s public sources, checked on 8 October 2026: pipedrive.com/en/pricing (checked 9 October 2026), support.pipedrive.com (Smart Docs, Projects billing, Products, data security), pipedrive.com/en/blog/invoicing-pipedrive, pipedrive.com newsroom (native MCP server). “Not found in public documentation” means exactly that, not “can’t do it”. Spotted an outdated fact? Tell the assistant in the chat on this page — your message reaches our team, and we’ll correct the page with a new check date. Pipedrive is a trademark of its owner; Krokul is not affiliated with Pipedrive.
Add one real deal and take it to a quote for free. Then contract, invoice and payment on the Money plan.