Hublead subscription, plans, and seats
What you’ll learn
In this article, you’ll understand:
- What a Hublead subscription applies to (an organization / Hub ID)
- How plans work (Professional, Business, Scale, etc.)
- How licenses / seats work (paid seats, view-only users)
- How to assign, remove, and reassign seats
Core subscription rule: subscriptions are organization-based
Hublead subscriptions are linked to a Hublead organization, which is always tied to one HubSpot portal (Hub ID).
That means:
- You subscribe once per HubSpot portal (Hub ID).
- Your plan applies to the entire Hublead organization for that Hub ID.
- You decide which users in that organization receive a paid seat.
If your company has multiple HubSpot portals, each portal has its own Hub ID and therefore requires a separate Hublead subscription.
Plans: what happens when you upgrade
When someone upgrades Hublead for a given Hub ID:
- The plan level upgrades for the entire organization (for that Hub ID).
- Access to paid features is then controlled by seat assignment.
FAQ — “We upgraded for one user. Does it apply only to them?”
No. The plan level applies to the entire Hublead organization for that Hub ID. You then choose which users receive a paid seat.
Licenses (seats): how they work
Seats are managed at the organization level (i.e., within a single Hub ID).
Seat basics
- You purchase a bundle of seats (for example: 1, 3, 5, 10).
- All seats belong to the Hublead organization (Hub ID), not to an individual user.
- Seats can be assigned and reassigned at any time within the same Hub ID.
Who needs a paid seat?
- Users who actively use Hublead features (sync, enrichment, workflows, daily usage) should have a paid seat.
- Users who only need visibility (monitoring, reporting, or basic checks) can remain unlicensed (or “view-only” from a Hublead perspective, depending on your internal policy).
Practical rule: assign paid seats only to the users who need Hublead operationally every week.
Typical seat workflow
- Your company buys, for example, 5 seats for Hub ID
1234567. - Team members connect Hublead to HubSpot (same Hub ID).
- They appear in the Hublead dashboard under Hublead Users.
- An Admin/Ops assigns seats from the pool of available licenses.
- Licensed users can use the paid features included in your plan (depending on Professional / Business / Scale).
Reassigning seats
Seats are reusable.
If a user leaves the company or no longer needs Hublead:
- Remove the seat from that user
- Assign the freed seat to someone else in the same HubSpot portal (same Hub ID)
You do not need a new subscription for every new team member—just reallocate seats.
Onboarding a new user (subscription perspective)
To onboard a new teammate:
- They connect Hublead to the correct HubSpot portal (Hub ID)
- They appear in the Hublead dashboard
- Admin/Ops assigns them a seat (if needed)
FAQ
Q: Do we pay for an “admin seat” if they only need to view data?
If the person only needs to view HubSpot data and dashboards, HubSpot typically provides View-Only seats that are free (depending on your HubSpot plan). If they need to edit settings, properties, workflows, or records, they usually need a paid HubSpot seat (Core / Sales / Service).
In Hublead, the equivalent principle is: if they don’t use Hublead features, they generally don’t need a paid Hublead seat.
Q: We have multiple HubSpot portals. Can we use a single Hublead subscription?
No. Each HubSpot portal (Hub ID) corresponds to a separate Hublead organization, with its own subscription and seat pool.