Less Annoying CRM is the famously simple choice: one flat per-user price, a clean contact list, and a pipeline you update by hand. Orbit is also simple, but it is more than a Rolodex: one AI assistant (Hiro) drafts follow-ups, proposals, and invoices, and it bundles booking pages and a built-in email inbox. Same goal, different scope: a minimal manual tool, or a simple all-in-one CRM.
The name is the strategy, and they mean it. No modules to configure, no feature maze, no upsell ladder. Contacts, pipelines, a calendar, and notes, arranged so a non-technical person learns the whole thing in an afternoon. For small offices and solo professionals who hate software, that restraint is the product.
The business model matches. One flat per-user price, famously simple, check their site for the current number, plus free phone and email support from actual humans, and a long record of not jerking customers around. For a two-person insurance office or a solo bookkeeper who wants a tidy, trustworthy Rolodex, it is honestly hard to beat.
Two different cures for CRM fatigue, side by side.
| Orbit | Less Annoying CRM | |
|---|---|---|
| AI assistant that drafts and does the busywork | Hiro drafts follow-ups, proposals, invoices, and replies | None, manual by design |
| All-in-one: invoices, proposals, and booking pages | Included on the free plan | No, contacts, pipeline, and calendar focus |
| Human approval gates on AI output | Approve, edit, or dismiss every draft | Not applicable, you do the work yourself |
| Built for one person | Yes, simple and solo-first | Yes, solo pros and small offices |
| Built-in email inbox with tracking | 100 sends/mo free, tracking on Pro | No native inbox, check their site |
| On-device meeting transcription | Pro, audio stays on your machine | |
| Built-in MCP server to connect Claude | Pro, revocable per-workspace keys | Check their site |
| Free plan | Free plan, no credit card | Free trial only, check their site |
| Pricing model | Free, then Pro at $14/mo or Team at $20/seat | One flat per-user price, check their site |
Orbit agrees with the diagnosis: most CRMs got annoying. It just picks a different cure. Less Annoying CRM removes features until the software stops bothering you. Orbit keeps things simple but adds the tools a one-person business actually uses, plus one assistant to do the busywork. The contact list and pipeline stay clean, and everything else lives in the same app.
One assistant covers the things solo operators drop. Hiro drafts personal check-ins for clients who have gone quiet, writes invoice reminders, manages your tasks and calendar, and builds pages, all waiting for your approval. Nothing sends itself. If you just want the plain version, Orbit is also a straightforward free CRM with real task management built in.
It stays calm because nothing auto-sends. Every draft is something you approve, edit, or dismiss, and AI is entirely optional. On price, Orbit undercuts even famously simple pricing: the CRM is free with no credit card, and AI credits are included free every month with no API key to paste. Pro is $14 a month if you want tracking, sequences, the meeting recorder, and the MCP server.
Less Annoying CRM removes the annoying parts of the software. Orbit removes the annoying parts of the job.
Not much, and they are simple in different ways. Less Annoying CRM is a clean manual tool you update yourself. Orbit keeps the same simple contact and pipeline core, then adds one AI assistant that drafts the work for you, each output waiting as a draft to approve, edit, or dismiss. Signup is free with no credit card.
Less Annoying CRM is known for being deliberately simple and manual, with no built-in AI assistant, and that restraint is central to its positioning. Check their site for anything current. Orbit takes the opposite route: one assistant handles drafts, follow-ups, and invoice reminders under your approval.
Yes. Orbit's base plan is free with no credit card: up to 250 contacts, one pipeline, a built-in email inbox, a booking page, basic Tables, 10 invoices, and 10 proposals. AI credits are included free every month. Less Annoying CRM is known for one flat per-user price, check their site for the current rate.
Then it never will. AI in Orbit is optional, and nothing Hiro drafts sends without your approval. You can use Orbit purely as a simple CRM, with contacts, pipeline, tasks, and a calendar, and ignore the assistant entirely.
Yes. Contacts with a full timeline of every call, email, note, and invoice, plus tags, custom fields, smart views, pipelines, tasks, and a calendar all work as a straightforward CRM. The assistant is an optional helper with free monthly credits, and it only acts with your approval.
Free plan, no credit card. A clean CRM at the core, one assistant on top, and nothing sends without your yes.
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