At its INBOUND conference earlier this month, HubSpot released a new app Marketplace.  “One of the things we’ve really tried to do with the next iteration of the marketplace is just to help SMBs (small to medium businesses) get deeper information on these integrations,” said HubSpot VP of platform ecosystem Scott Brinker.  “So you’re not just like, ‘Oh, here’s another company, go off and figure it out.’ It’s like, ‘OK, here’s exactly how this interfaces into HubSpot.  Here’s a video of how it works.”

HubSpot partners are obligated to post pricing information, data flow structure, and demo videos.  The new market supports improved filtering and searching.  Over 300 apps are available with 93% of HubSpot’s 64,000 customers having installed at least one app.  The average customer has installed five apps.

Amongst the top apps are Gmail, Outlook Calendar, Zapier (connectors), Facebook Ads, Google Calendar, Twitter, MailChimp, WordPress, LinkedIn, Facebook, Slack, Vidyard, Google Ads, and SurveyMonkey. “We’re really excited about trying to make this whole platform ecosystem world accessible to the SMB markets,” said Brinker.

“It’s not enough to have the wondrous capabilities all these different apps offer, especially if each is locked in their own silo.  To run your business effectively and to give customers a coherent and compelling experience across all the different touchpoints they have with you, all these different apps need to work together. This is why HubSpot is committed to building an open platform that can serve as a “hub” for the myriad apps across your business that all contribute to improving the customer experience.  We want to make it easy for you to orchestrate these apps, to better serve your customers, and to help you grow better.”

HubSpot VP of platform ecosystem Scott Brinker

The new marketplace can be found at HubSpot.com/ecosystem.