A Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system is a software solution designed to help businesses keep track and manage interactions with customers - both existing and potential ones.
CRM software in action
The CRM serves as the central brain of the company, and should be the "one source of truth" that the company can refer to, for tasks like understanding customer behaviours, identifying upsell opportunities, and generating new leads. This allows companies to grow by (1) improve customer satisfaction, and (2) drive new customer growth.
When considering ratings on G2, Capterra, and HubSpot Marketplace for overall user satisfaction and unmatched functionality, HubSpot Marketing Hub is SaaS Tea's top choice for CRM software in 2025. The popular sales CRM software Salesforce comes second, as it is still the reign champions amongst larger enterprises. Pipedrive comes in third place.