Alternatives

Looking for a Nimble CRM alternative?

Nimble built its name on social and contact insights gathered from around the web. The limit is that it surfaces information without doing much with it. Orbit is an all-in-one relationship CRM with one AI assistant, Hiro, that drafts follow-ups and invoice reminders you approve. Free to start, no credit card.

Why do people leave Nimble?

Nimble made its reputation by pulling social profiles and contact details from across the web and laying them over your relationships. For people who network heavily, that context felt magical. The pitch was always insight: know more about the person before you reach out.

The trouble is that insight is only half the job. Nimble can tell you a contact just posted, changed roles, or went quiet, but it does not write the message or chase the proposal. You still carry the follow-through. And as the social-data features aged, the rest of the CRM started to feel dated next to newer tools.

So people look for a CRM that keeps the relationship context but adds the muscle: something that turns "this contact went quiet" into a drafted bump sitting in your approval queue.

What do you gain with Orbit?

Orbit keeps relationships at the center and puts one AI assistant, Hiro, to work on them. Hiro hands you drafts to approve, edit, or dismiss.

  • Ask Hiro to draft a bump when a contact goes quiet, and it writes it from your history with them.
  • Hiro can schedule long-term check-ins, so relationship context turns into timely outreach.
  • A built-in email inbox: send and receive from your own Orbit address, no Gmail connection needed, with tracking on any paid plan.
  • Save anyone from LinkedIn, X, Instagram, Facebook, or any site as a contact in one click with the Chrome extension on any paid plan.
  • A full contact timeline with custom fields, tags, and smart views, plus a pipeline you live in.
  • Invoices, proposals, and booking pages, so the relationship runs all the way to paid.

What might you lose by leaving Nimble?

Nimble's social and contact-insight gathering has years of polish, and its browser tools for grabbing people from around the web are well worn. If your daily habit is built around Nimble's specific social enrichment as it works today, that muscle memory is a real cost to give up.

Orbit saves people from LinkedIn and other sites with its own Chrome extension on any paid plan, but its focus is a full CRM plus an assistant that acts, not deep social enrichment. Stay on Nimble if social-insight gathering is the entire job. Move to Orbit when you want a real CRM with an assistant that drafts the follow-up.

How do you switch from Nimble to Orbit?

  1. 1Export your contacts and deals from Nimble as CSV files.
  2. 2Import the contacts into Orbit and map your fields and tags.
  3. 3Recreate your pipeline stages, keeping only the ones you use.
  4. 4Open Hiro with Cmd or Ctrl J and ask it to draft your first follow-ups. AI is included with free monthly credits, nothing to configure.
  5. 5Ask Hiro to draft bumps and schedule check-ins first, so the relationship context you valued turns into drafted outreach.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Orbit act on my contacts like an assistant?+

Yes. Orbit's assistant Hiro drafts follow-ups and replies from each contact's history and can schedule long-term check-ins, all as drafts you approve. Unlike Nimble, which mostly surfaces context, Orbit turns "this contact went quiet" into a drafted bump in your approval queue.

Can I import my Nimble contacts?+

Yes. Export your contacts and deals from Nimble as CSV files, then import the contacts into Orbit and map your fields and tags. Rebuilding pipeline stages takes a few minutes, so the full move fits in an afternoon.

Is Orbit free like Nimble's trial?+

Orbit has a free plan with no credit card that includes 250 contacts, one pipeline, unlimited tasks, a calendar, a built-in email inbox with 100 sends a month, and basic Tables. Pro is $14 a month or $112 a year, with an optional 30-day free trial that requires a card. AI is included with free monthly credits.

What does Orbit's AI do that Nimble does not?+

Nimble surfaces context about your contacts but leaves the action to you. Orbit's assistant Hiro drafts follow-ups, writes invoice reminders, updates contacts and deals, and can build pages and forms, all as drafts you approve before anything sends.

Keep the relationship insight. Add the assistant that acts on it.

Orbit is free to start, no credit card. Import your Nimble contacts and ask Hiro to draft your first follow-ups today.

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