The best website builder with a CRM for consultants

What a consultant actually needs

Most CRM advice is written for sales teams with dozens of reps. A solo consultant or a firm of two to five people needs much less, but it has to work every time. Check each option against five points:

• Enquiry to contact, automatically. Your contact form should create or update a contact record, not just send an email that gets buried.
• Discovery calls that land on the record. You want a booking page that syncs with your calendar, sends a reminder and attaches the booking to the same contact.
• A simple pipeline. Enquiry, call booked, proposal sent, won, lost. Five stages is plenty for most practices.
• Invoices that chase. A card payment link plus automatic reminders after the due date, so you are not writing awkward emails yourself.
• A predictable bill. The real monthly cost for you and for each associate or assistant who needs access, add-ons included.

What you probably do not need yet: complex scoring rules, long email sequences or a phone system. Add them when the volume justifies it.

Six options side by side

Prices are in US dollars per month on annual billing, at the time of writing (October 2026). Card processing fees from Stripe, PayPal or the platform's own payments service come on top of every option.

Wix: one bill under $30

Wix is the safe all-rounder. For consultants, the realistic starting point is Core at $29 a month. The cheaper Light plan ($17) cannot take payments, so you could not sell paid sessions or let clients pay invoices by card.

In the newer Wix Forms, contact fields save to your Contacts list automatically, so every enquiry becomes a record you can label and follow up. Wix also has pipelines for tracking deals, but getting a form submission onto a pipeline card may take some setting up. Wix Bookings handles free or paid discovery calls from the same dashboard.

For chasing, Wix Invoices works with Wix Automations. The 'invoice overdue' trigger can email the client after the due date, or a set number of days before it. There are two catches: you have to build the automation yourself, and it only covers invoices created after you switch it on.

Choose Wix if you want one subscription, a large template library and app market, and you are happy to spend an afternoon setting up automations. Our guide to whether Wix has a CRM covers the contact and pipeline side in more detail.

Squarespace: the most polished site, with reminders on by default

Squarespace suits consultants whose site has to look sharp for corporate buyers. Forms can store each submitter in the site's Contacts panel, so enquiries stay inside Squarespace and are not only in your inbox.

Its invoicing is better than many people expect. Reminder emails are on by default and go out at 3, 7, 14 and 30 days past due, stopping once the client pays. You cannot change their wording or timing, but the defaults are sensible. Recurring invoices suit monthly retainers. Squarespace charges no transaction fee on invoice payments, although your processor's fees still apply.

Booking is where the price climbs. Squarespace's scheduling tool is Acuity Scheduling, which needs its own subscription: Starter is $16 a month billed annually, or $20 month to month. Core at $29 plus Acuity Starter comes to about $45. If you want deals moving through stages on a board, check that Squarespace's client tools are enough before you commit. Otherwise you may end up adding a separate CRM.

Choose Squarespace if design and hands-off invoice reminders matter more to you than a sales pipeline.

HubSpot: the strongest CRM, the weaker website

HubSpot is a CRM first, with website tools added on. The free tools go a long way. Forms create contacts, and the meetings scheduler syncs with Google or Office 365 calendars and logs each booking on the contact. Invoices are free on every tier, and clients pay by card through HubSpot Payments or Stripe.

The gaps are the website and the chasing. The free tools show HubSpot branding on client-facing pages, forms and booking links, and you only get a limited number of free website pages. The Starter Customer Platform removes the branding and lists at about $20 per seat a month (HubSpot often shows introductory discounts). HubSpot advertises payment reminders for open invoices through its AI Revenue Agent, but its invoice page does not say which plans include it, so test it before you rely on it. Costs rise steeply once you need Professional features.

Choose HubSpot if the pipeline matters more than the website, or you expect to grow into a team with proper marketing automation. A sensible low-cost setup is HubSpot's free CRM behind a Wix or Squarespace site.

Durable: the quickest start, the lightest follow-up

Durable drafts a site from a short description and has grown into a small business toolkit with a built-in CRM. Launch costs $22 a month billed annually ($25 monthly). It includes the website, custom forms, a CRM with unlimited customers, automatic lead capture and replies, and online booking that syncs with your calendar. Grow ($41 annually, $49 monthly) adds unlimited team members, automatic translation and an onboarding call. The free plan only gives you a website preview and a CRM capped at 10 customers.

An independent review from July 2026 describes invoices with line items, taxes, due dates and Stripe payment links. We could not find any documentation of automatic reminders for overdue invoices, and Durable's pricing page does not mention invoicing, so confirm both before you buy. The same review calls the CRM 'intentionally simple', which is fair. That is fine for a new solo practice but thin once your pipeline fills up.

Choose Durable if you are just starting, want a live site with booking this week, and the lowest monthly cost matters most.

Zoho Sites with Bigin: a proper pipeline for little money

Bigin is Zoho's CRM for small businesses, and it is built around pipelines. Express costs $7 per user a month billed annually ($9 monthly) and Premier costs $12 ($15 monthly). There is also a free plan for one user.

The pieces connect well if you stay inside Zoho. You build a form in Bigin and add it to a Zoho Sites page with a built-in element. Submissions then arrive in Bigin as contacts or pipeline records (paid editions only). Bigin includes one booking page on its Free, Express and Premier plans. If you need more, Zoho Bookings is a separate app that connects to Bigin and creates or updates the contact when someone books. Zoho Invoice is free, sends automatic payment reminders and connects to Bigin from the Express plan up.

The catch is assembly. You have three or four products to set up, and Zoho Sites is a separate paid plan. Zoho has changed its Sites plans recently and shows prices by currency, so check the current US price on Zoho's own site rather than trusting older review tables.

Choose Zoho if you want a disciplined pipeline for very little money and do not mind a weekend of setup.

WebNewBiz: site, CRM, bookings and invoices in one dashboard

WebNewBiz is our own platform, so weigh this section with that in mind. You describe your practice in plain language and the AI website builder drafts the whole site (pages, layout and copy). You then make changes by chatting with the AI Copilot.

The part that matters for consultants is the AI CRM. Website enquiries land in it automatically, the AI reads and scores each lead, and deals, tasks and bookings all sit in the same place. Invoices chase themselves, and you can connect your own email. Automations run on triggers such as a form submission or a scheduled date. The funnel builder can draft a landing page, opt-in and thank-you page for a lead magnet, and every opt-in arrives as a contact.

The honest limits:

• The CRM starts on Growth at $79 a month (3,000 contacts, 3 team members, basic SEO tools, backups and a free domain for a year). Lite ($9) and Starter ($29) have no CRM.
• It is a young platform with a much smaller app ecosystem and community than Wix or Squarespace.
• The AI's first draft still needs your own edits, case studies, photos and facts.
• There is no free plan. Every plan costs $1 for the first month and there is no minimum contract. If you cancel, the account stays read-only so you can export your content.

Choose WebNewBiz if you would otherwise pay separately for a site, a CRM, a scheduler and an invoicing tool, or if one or two associates need to see the pipeline.

What it really costs a solo consultant

Here is the same job (site, enquiry capture, discovery-call booking, a pipeline and invoices) priced for one person on annual billing, before card fees:

• Durable Launch: $22, the cheapest all-in-one, with the lightest pipeline.
• Wix Core: $29, with bookings, contacts and invoices included.
• HubSpot free CRM plus Wix Core: $29, with HubSpot branding on its forms and booking page.
• Squarespace Core plus Acuity Starter: about $45, or $35 with Squarespace Basic at $19.
• Bigin Express plus Zoho Sites: $7 plus your Zoho Sites plan, with Zoho Invoice free.
• WebNewBiz Growth: $79, or $1 for the first month.

Two things change the maths. The first is seats. Bigin and HubSpot charge per user, so adding an associate and an assistant can triple the CRM bill. WebNewBiz Growth includes 3 team members and Durable Grow includes unlimited team members. The second is your time. Every extra tool is another login and another place an enquiry can slip through, and for most consultants one lost project costs more than a year of any plan here. For more on the billing side, see our guide to CRMs with invoicing for small businesses.

When a cheaper site-only tool is enough for now

You do not need a CRM on day one. If most of these are true, a simple site and your inbox will do for a few months:

• You get fewer than about ten new enquiries a month and remember every one.
• You have a few retainer clients and your accounting software already sends payment reminders.
• Nobody else needs to see your pipeline.
• A free scheduling link already handles your discovery calls.

In that case, spend as little as you can for now. WebNewBiz Lite at $9 or Wix Light at $17 (no online payments) will do the job. Durable's Launch plan at $22 already adds a simple CRM. You will know when you have outgrown this setup: you forget to follow up after a discovery call, proposals go quiet with nobody chasing, you spend an hour a month nudging late payers, or a second person starts helping with sales. That is when a joined-up system starts paying for itself. Coaches face the same decision, and our guide to website builders with a CRM for coaches walks through it for one-to-one practices.

How to test your shortlist in one afternoon

Pick your top two and run the same checks on each before you commit:

1. Write down your pipeline stages and what should happen at each one (for example, a nudge three days after you send a proposal).
2. Fill in your own contact form from your phone. Check that a contact appears with the message attached, without you copying anything across.
3. Book a discovery call from a second email address. Check the calendar entry, the confirmation and the reminder, and make sure the booking shows on the contact.
4. Send yourself a small invoice due tomorrow and leave it unpaid. Over the next week, check whether a reminder arrives without you touching anything.
5. Add up the real bill: plan, add-ons, extra seats and card fees.

If you would like to see an AI-drafted homepage for your practice before you sign up for anything, try the free AI Website Preview. Describe your consultancy in one sentence and it designs a homepage for you.

Quick answers

What is the best website builder with a CRM for consultants?

There is no single winner. Wix Core ($29) is the safest one-bill option. Squarespace suits design-led practices and chases invoices by default. HubSpot has the strongest CRM, Durable is the cheapest quick start and Zoho Sites with Bigin gives you a proper pipeline for little money. WebNewBiz puts the site, CRM, bookings and invoices in one dashboard from $79.

Do independent consultants need a CRM?

Not on day one. If you get fewer than about ten enquiries a month and nobody else is involved, a website plus your inbox is enough. Add a CRM once follow-ups start slipping, proposals go unchased or someone else joins the sales side.

Which options chase unpaid invoices automatically?

Squarespace sends reminders by default at 3, 7, 14 and 30 days past due. Wix does it through an 'invoice overdue' automation you set up yourself. Zoho Invoice is free, sends automatic reminders and connects to Bigin. WebNewBiz invoices chase themselves on Growth and above. With HubSpot and Durable, check what your plan includes before you rely on it.

Can I take discovery-call bookings on my website without a separate scheduling app?

Yes, with Wix Bookings, HubSpot's free meetings scheduler, Durable's paid plans, Bigin's booking page or WebNewBiz. Squarespace uses Acuity Scheduling, which is a separate subscription starting at $16 a month on annual billing.

How much does WebNewBiz cost for a consultant who needs the CRM?

The AI CRM starts on the Growth plan at $79 a month, which includes 3,000 contacts and 3 team members. Lite ($9) and Starter ($29) have no CRM. Every plan costs $1 for the first month and there is no minimum contract.

Try it with your own practice

If one of the other tools fits your practice better today, use it. If you want the site, pipeline, bookings and invoices in one place, see how the website builder works. Or start for $1 and run the tests above on the Growth plan. There is no contract and you can cancel any time.