Copper vs Streak: Which Gmail CRM Fits Your Team?

Pick Streak if your team wants its pipeline inside Gmail with no contact cap. Pick Copper if it wants leads, people, companies, opportunities and projects as separate records at a lower price per seat.

At the first plan with workflow automation, Copper Professional costs $59 per seat per month and Streak Pro+ $69 per user per month, both billed annually. The catch is Copper’s 15,000-contact limit on Professional.

Below, the Copper vs Streak plan gates sit side by side, with year-one costs for 5 and 10 seats and what a switch takes in each direction.

Copper vs Streak at a Glance

Both are Gmail CRMs priced per seat, but Streak runs inside Gmail with unlimited records, while Copper caps contacts by plan and costs less at each tier.

Sources: Copper pricing page, Copper homepage, Streak pricing page, Streak security page, checked October 2026.

Key Differences Between Copper and Streak

Four differences decide most choices: the record model, how each plan caps growth, what the entry plan leaves out, and who helps with setup.

My Copper CRM review judges Copper on its own terms.

The full Streak CRM review does the same for Streak.

Copper vs Streak: Features Compared

The fair pairing is Copper Professional against Streak Pro+, the first plan of each with workflow automation; the matrix shows the first plan that includes each feature.

Sources: Copper pricing page, Streak pricing page, checked October 2026.

The pattern: Copper gates reports, permissions and bulk email at Professional, while Streak puts them on Pro and holds automations and Zapier for Pro+.

Where the CRM Lives: Inside Gmail or in Its Own Workspace

Streak’s primary interface is Gmail itself, while Copper keeps records in its own workspace and brings them into Gmail and Google Calendar through a Chrome extension.

In Streak, pipelines and deal tags appear in the inbox, and each deal’s email history is shared with the team automatically. Copper’s extension adds contacts from Gmail and shows reminders and tasks beside the inbox; imports, exports and settings run in the Copper account.

The deeper split is the record model a CRM uses to organize customer data: Streak has one flexible unit, the box, and Copper has five typed records.

Pipelines, Records and Contact Limits

Copper limits contacts to 2,500 on Basic and 15,000 on Professional and removes the limit only on Business; Streak lists unlimited records, pipelines and contacts on every paid plan.

Copper’s limit is the one to plan around: a team past 15,000 contacts moves from Professional at $59 to Business at $99 per seat per month, billed annually. Custom fields climb the same ladder, 25 on Basic, 50 on Professional and unlimited on Business.

Copper’s project pipelines are on every plan, so delivery gets its own board even on Basic.

Workflow Automation and Email Outreach

Copper unlocks workflow automation, bulk email and open tracking on Professional and email series on Business; Streak puts mail merge on every paid plan but automations only on Pro+.

Copper’s pipeline automations send emails or reminders when an opportunity changes stage. Streak’s automations create tasks, update boxes or email customers, triggered by Calendly, Typeform, Google Forms or a webhook.

Streak’s mail merge sends templated emails with automatic follow-ups, up to 1,500 a day on Google Workspace accounts and 400 on a gmail.com account. Copper does not publish a daily cap for bulk email.

Reporting and Permissions: Who Sees Which Deals

Streak gives each pipeline a reports dashboard and six access roles from Pro, while Copper adds pipeline and activity reports and team permissions on Professional, and custom reports on Business.

Streak’s Assignee role sees and edits only assigned boxes, and a pipeline can be closed to new team members by default. Its reports include Time in Stage, Stage Flow and Close Rate, with Standard dashboards on Pro and Advanced on Pro+.

Copper Basic has no reports, and Copper does not publish what its team permissions restrict. A sales lead whose reps guard their own clients should ask Copper’s live chat before buying Professional.

Integrations and API

Copper includes Zapier and LinkedIn on every plan and adds native integrations and its API on Professional; Streak has a REST API and LinkedIn on Pro, but Zapier, direct integrations and webhooks only on Pro+.

Copper Professional adds Mailchimp, DocuSign, QuickBooks, PandaDoc, JustCall, RingCentral, Slack and Zendesk. Streak Pro covers Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Sheets, Chat and dialers; Calendly, Typeform and Slack arrive with Pro+.

Copper’s AI email template generator and re-writer start on Professional. Streak includes 20, 150 or 500 AI credits per user per month on Pro, Pro+ and Enterprise, and extra packs start at 1,000 credits for $100 a month.

Copper vs Streak Pricing

Copper Professional costs $59 per seat per month billed annually ($69 billed monthly), against $69 per user per month billed annually ($89 billed monthly) for Streak Pro+.

Sources: Copper pricing page, Streak pricing page, checked October 2026.

Copper prices each seat in USD, before taxes and fees where they apply. Streak prices each user in USD, requires everyone on a team to be on the same plan, and has no view-only pricing.

Copper’s upgrade triggers are contacts and features: reports, team permissions and workflow automation need Professional. Streak’s are features only: automations, Zapier and scheduled exports need Pro+.

Copper Basic is the cheapest seat here, but its gates matter more than its price; Copper’s plans and fees in detail covers each one.

Cost for a 5- and 10-Person Team

A 5-person team pays $3,540 a year on Copper Professional ($59 x 5 x 12) and $4,140 a year on Streak Pro+ ($69 x 5 x 12), both billed annually.

Sources: Copper pricing page, Streak pricing page, checked October 2026. Assumptions: list prices in USD; every user is a paid seat; tax, Streak AI credit packs and Streak’s advanced implementation fee excluded.

Under 15,000 contacts, Copper Professional is the cheaper automation plan at both team sizes, though billed monthly it costs the same $4,140 for 5 seats as Streak Pro+ billed annually.

Past 15,000 contacts the answer flips. The entry row is not like for like either: Copper Basic is cheaper but lacks Streak Pro’s reports, roles and mail merge.

Free Plan and Trials

Streak’s free plan still exists, but it holds only Gmail email tools (tracking, snippets, 50 mail merges a day) and no CRM pipelines.

Both paid CRMs have a 14-day trial: Streak’s covers Pro+ with 1,000 AI credits, and Copper’s needs no credit card and runs on Business. Copper’s pricing page lists no free plan.

A team that needs pipelines at no cost should start with free CRMs that include pipelines instead.

Support, Onboarding and Data Security

Streak includes onboarding and training on every paid plan, while Copper lists personal onboarding as Not included on all three plans. On security, Copper runs outside vulnerability scans and penetration tests, while Streak goes through Google’s yearly OAuth review and keeps its own safeguards.

Streak’s onboarding covers pipeline setup, data import help and team training, and support rises from live chat on Pro to dedicated support on Enterprise. Copper gives every plan live chat, office hours and webinars; its homepage says eligible annual plans get personal onboarding.

Is Streak safe? Streak stores data on Google Cloud Platform in the United States, does not store email bodies, and goes through Google’s OAuth API review every year. Copper encrypts data in transit and at rest and runs outside penetration tests.

Copper vs Streak: Pros and Cons

Copper’s edge is seat price and typed records, Streak’s is the inbox; their weak spots are contact caps and Pro+ gates.

Copper pros and cons

Streak pros and cons

Which Is Better for Your Needs?

Pick by your top priority: the matrix names the better fit for each and the trade-off you accept with it.

Sources: Copper pricing page, Streak pricing page, checked October 2026.

A service business that sells and then delivers should pick Copper, unless its contact list nears 15,000. An inbox-first team should pick Streak, unless it needs Zapier without paying for Pro+.

If Copper stays on your shortlist but Streak does not, open Nimble vs Copper for a different match-up.

Who Should Skip Each One

Skip Copper if you have more than 15,000 contacts and no budget for Business, want to work only inside the inbox, or need personal onboarding included.

Skip Streak if you need Zapier or automations at the Pro price of $49 per user per month, billed annually, want cheaper seats for view-only members, or track client work as projects with their own records.

Switching Between Copper and Streak

Both directions run through a spreadsheet: Streak exports to Google Sheets and imports Sheets, CSV or Excel files, while Copper imports Excel or CSV files and exports Excel files.

Neither help center lists the other product among its importers: Copper’s import page names Salesforce, Pipedrive and Zendesk Sell, and Streak’s takes Google Sheets, CSV and Excel files. I would therefore plan either move as a spreadsheet migration, with a CRM implementation guide for the rollout.

A reader still unsure that Copper is the right destination can compare Insightly vs Copper first.

Moving from Streak to Copper

• Export boxes, contacts and organizations to a Google Sheet; email threads, files and comments stay behind, since Gmail stores the email.
• Import companies first, then people, then opportunities, in files up to 3MB; Copper can revert an import.

Moving from Copper to Streak

• Export people, companies, opportunities, projects, tasks and leads as Excel files; activities need a one-time export from Copper Support.
• Import each file into a Streak pipeline, where each row becomes a box.

Neither export guide lists automations, reports or permissions among the data it moves, so plan to rebuild those by hand.

How I Compared Copper and Streak

I built the comparison from both vendors’ pricing pages, plan comparisons, help centers and security pages, read on October 21, 2026. I paired the plans that do the same job: Copper Professional with Streak Pro+, then the entry and top plans.

Costs are list prices multiplied by seats and months. The vendors do not publish Copper’s bulk-email cap, the scope of Copper’s team permissions, or what Streak’s Advanced reports add. For security, I rely on the checks each vendor names, which are the outside tests and the OAuth review above.

FAQ

Is Copper CRM good?

Yes, for a Google Workspace team that wants leads, opportunities and projects as separate records and stays under 15,000 contacts on Professional, at $59 per seat per month billed annually. Teams past that limit pay $99 per seat per month, billed annually, for Business.

A sales team should skip Basic, which marks Leads and Sales opportunities Not included. The Copper CRM review gives the full verdict.

Can I use Streak with a personal Gmail account?

Yes, but mail merge drops to 400 emails a day on a gmail.com account, against 1,500 a day on Google Workspace accounts, because Google sets a lower limit for personal accounts. Streak’s quota also runs separately from Gmail’s own sending limit, so watch both before a large send.

Final Verdict: Copper or Streak?

Copper is the pick for a service team under 15,000 contacts that wants typed records, projects and automation at $59 per seat per month, billed annually. Streak is the pick for an inbox-first team, a team past that contact limit, or one that runs non-sales pipelines.

Copper’s lower seat price comes with contact caps and a thin Basic plan; Streak holds automations and Zapier back until Pro+ and bills every member on the same plan.

When Neither Fits

A team that does not run on Google Workspace should look past both. Start with Copper alternatives if Copper’s record model appeals but its caps do not.

For a wider shortlist, the guide to the best CRM software for small teams compares the field.

If Copper is still the product you want, see Zoho CRM vs Copper to set it against another rival.