Comparison
HubSpot MCP server vs Lumenbase for Claude
Both CRMs offer a remote MCP server that Claude can sign in to. Here is what each one reads, writes and sends, according to its own documentation.
How does HubSpot's MCP server compare with Lumenbase's?
Both are remote MCP servers with OAuth sign-in that act with the signed-in user's permissions. HubSpot's covers the wider HubSpot platform, including marketing content, pages and campaigns. Lumenbase's is built for relationship-led sales: it reads synced email, meetings and LinkedIn intro paths, and it can send one-to-one email and LinkedIn messages from your own accounts. If your team already runs on HubSpot, its server works with the data you have there.
Side by side
HubSpot's column quotes its developer documentation as read on 13 November 2026. Where the documentation is silent, we say so.
| Question | HubSpot MCP server | Lumenbase MCP server |
|---|---|---|
| Server and sign-in | HubSpot MCP server: https://mcp.hubspot.com with OAuth and PKCE. HubSpot's own Claude and ChatGPT connectors use it; other clients need an MCP connector created in HubSpot under Development, MCP Connectors. | Lumenbase MCP server: https://lumenbase.io/api/mcp with OAuth. Add it as a custom connector and sign in; there is no app to create first. |
| What it reads | HubSpot MCP server: CRM records, activities, content and marketing data, conversations, marketing email analytics and social data. Revenue objects are in beta. | Lumenbase MCP server: Contacts, companies, deals, invoices, tasks, activities, synced email threads, recent and upcoming meetings, LinkedIn intro paths, lists and workspace knowledge. |
| What it writes | HubSpot MCP server: Creates and edits CRM records and activities, pages and blog posts, campaigns, marketing email drafts, pipelines, custom properties and static segments. | Lumenbase MCP server: Creates and edits records, tasks, notes, lists and pages, records job changes, files duplicate merge proposals and drafts Routines. |
| Sending messages | HubSpot MCP server: The documentation covers marketing email drafts and social post scheduling. It does not describe sending one-to-one email. | Lumenbase MCP server: Sends email from your connected mailbox, LinkedIn and WhatsApp messages, and meeting time proposals. |
| Deleting records | HubSpot MCP server: Not described in the documentation. | Lumenbase MCP server: Separate delete tools for contacts, companies, deals, invoices, tasks, activities and lists. |
| Permissions | HubSpot MCP server: The documentation says all actions respect your existing HubSpot user permissions. | Lumenbase MCP server: Acts as you: record visibility, workspace role, approved access and Lumo Operations controls all apply. |
| Rate limits | HubSpot MCP server: Not stated in the documentation. | Lumenbase MCP server: 60 requests a minute and 5,000 a day per connection. |
Which fits your team
Stay with HubSpot's server
Your team already runs marketing, service and sales in HubSpot, and you want Claude to work on that data, including pages and campaigns.
Choose Lumenbase
You sell through relationships and want Claude to read email, meetings and LinkedIn context, then send the follow-up from your own accounts.
Common questions
Sources and scope
HubSpot facts come only from HubSpot's developer documentation, read 13 November 2026; availability varies by HubSpot subscription and permissions. HubSpot is a trademark of HubSpot, Inc. Lumenbase is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by HubSpot.
Claude is a trademark of Anthropic. ChatGPT is a trademark of OpenAI. Cursor is a trademark of Anysphere. Lumenbase is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by these companies.