Honest comparison

Hiveku vs GoHighLevel

GoHighLevel is a flat-priced marketing CRM built for agencies, strongest at funnels, texting and reselling under your own brand. Hiveku covers the same daily work from $39 a month, and adds rank tracking, AI-search audits, visitor identification, a helpdesk and the books without add-ons.

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Facts and prices checked October 12, 2026. Sources are listed at the end.

The short answer

Which one is right for you?

Choose Hiveku if

You want rank tracking, keyword research and AI-search audits in the plan, not as an add-on.
You need a helpdesk with tickets, real project management and bookkeeping next to your CRM.
You want AI teammates for sales, marketing, support and the books included in your plan.
You want to know which companies and people visit your website.

Choose GoHighLevel if

You are an agency that wants to resell the platform under your own brand and prices (SaaS mode).
You want unlimited contacts and users for one flat fee, however big your lists get.
You sell courses or run membership communities.

At a glanceHivekuGoHighLevel

Starting priceHiveku: $39 a month, every featureGoHighLevel: $97 a month (Starter), $297 (Unlimited), $497 (Agency Pro)

SEO research and rank trackingHiveku: IncludedGoHighLevel: $79 a month SEO add-on per account

AIHiveku: AI departments in every plan; more capable AI on Standard and PremiumGoHighLevel: Pay per use, or AI Employee at $50 or $97 a month per account

Usage on topHiveku: $1 a number, $0.05 a minute past your included minutes, $0.01 a text; 2,500 or more emails a month includedGoHighLevel: $1.15 a number, about 1.7 cents a minute, 0.75 cents a text and $0.675 per 1,000 emails, drawn from a wallet that recharges your card

Feature by feature

What you get with each

Both platforms put marketing and sales in one place. The differences are in SEO, the helpdesk, the back office, AI and how each one bills.

Your website

Website and hosting

Build, edit and host your site on your own domain

Hiveku

Build with AI or the visual editor, edit the code when you want to, and host on a global CDN with development, staging and production. 3 sites on Starter, 10 on Standard, 50 on Premium.

GoHighLevel

Drag-and-drop funnels and websites with hosting, plus AI site generation.

Get found

SEO research and rank tracking

Keyword research, rankings, backlinks and site audits

Hiveku

Keyword research, competitor and backlink data, site audits, and rank tracking in Google and AI Overviews: 10 keywords weekly on Starter, 25 daily on Standard, 100 daily on Premium.

GoHighLevel

An SEO add-on, $79 a month per account, adds keyword research (100 lookups a month), rank tracking for up to 1,000 keywords, backlinks and site audits.

AI search visibility

How ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI answers mention you

Hiveku

Scores how ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews describe and cite your brand, re-checks it on a schedule, and recommends fixes.

GoHighLevel

Not in GoHighLevel's plans or its SEO add-on; tracking how AI answers mention you takes a separate tool.

Ads management

Run and optimize paid campaigns

Hiveku

Manage campaigns, budgets, keywords and creatives on Google, Microsoft, Meta, LinkedIn and TikTok, and send leads and sales back as conversions. 3 active campaigns on Starter, 15 on Standard, 50 on Premium.

GoHighLevel

Ad Manager creates and manages Meta, Google and LinkedIn campaigns, with no platform fee.

Social media

Plan, schedule and publish posts

Hiveku

Schedule and publish to Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X and Google Business Profile, and answer comments from one inbox. 3 profiles on Starter, 10 on Standard, 25 on Premium.

GoHighLevel

Social media management is in every plan.

Win customers

CRM and sales pipeline

Contacts, companies, deals and follow-ups

Hiveku

Contacts and companies, deal pipelines, sales sequences from your own Gmail or Outlook, and sales reports. 1,000 contacts on Starter, 5,000 on Standard, 50,000 on Premium.

GoHighLevel

CRM and pipelines with unlimited contacts and users on every plan.

Email marketing

Newsletters, campaigns and drip sequences

Hiveku

Campaigns, newsletters and drips from your own sending domain. 2,500 sends a month on Starter, 5,000 on Standard and 25,000 on Premium, then $0.80 per 1,000 on Standard and Premium.

GoHighLevel

Email campaigns on every plan, billed at $0.675 per 1,000 emails, with no included sends.

Business phone and call tracking

Numbers, texting, call tracking and an AI receptionist

Hiveku

Local and toll-free numbers, call menus, a shared texting inbox, call tracking that ties each call to its ad or keyword, and an AI receptionist. 1 number on Starter, 10 on Standard, 50 on Premium, at $1 a number a month; calls past your included minutes, and texts, are billed by use.

GoHighLevel

Numbers ($1.15 a month), calls (about 1.7 cents a minute out), texts and call tracking with number pools, all billed by use, plus texting registration fees.

Know who visits your site

Identify the companies and people behind visits

Hiveku

Identifies the companies and people behind anonymous visits and adds them to your CRM: 10 a month on Starter, 25 on Standard, 100 on Premium, plus packs of 100 for $49.

GoHighLevel

Not in GoHighLevel's plans or listed add-ons; identifying website visitors takes a separate tool.

Run the business

Automations

Workflows that run when something happens

Hiveku

Workflows started by forms, CRM changes, calls, payments, schedules or webhooks that send email and texts, update records and run AI steps. 10 active on Starter, 25 on Standard, 100 on Premium.

GoHighLevel

Workflows on every plan; premium triggers and actions cost $0.01 each time they run.

Helpdesk and website chat

Support tickets, a shared inbox and chat on your site

Hiveku

Turns emails, chats, texts and social messages into tickets with queues, SLAs and saved replies, and puts an AI assistant on your website that answers from your own pages.

GoHighLevel

Live chat and an AI chat bot, but no ticketing system. A helpdesk is an open request on GoHighLevel's ideas board.

Invoices, payments and books

Quotes, invoices, online payments and bookkeeping

Hiveku

Estimates, contracts with e-signature, invoices and online payments, recurring billing, bills, bank reconciliation and profit and loss. Card processing fees apply.

GoHighLevel

Payments and invoicing on every plan; bookkeeping goes through a QuickBooks integration.

Projects and tasks

Plan work and share it with clients

Hiveku

Projects with tasks, subtasks, dependencies and milestones that you can share with clients, plus time tracking.

GoHighLevel

Tasks on contacts and deals, but no projects module. A project manager is an open request.

AI agents that do the work

AI teammates that act, not just write

Hiveku

AI teammates for sales, marketing, support, phones, projects and bookkeeping that work from your business memory and wait for your approval on anything risky. Hiveku Mini AI on Starter; Standard and Premium add stronger AI and $10 or $30 of AI credit a month.

GoHighLevel

Conversation, voice, review and content AI, either pay per use or AI Employee at $50 or $97 a month per account. Phone charges still apply to AI calls.

Hiveku vs GoHighLevel, feature by feature
What you need	Hiveku	GoHighLevel
Your website
Website and hostingBuild, edit and host your site on your own domain	Included.Build with AI or the visual editor, edit the code when you want to, and host on a global CDN with development, staging and production. 3 sites on Starter, 10 on Standard, 50 on Premium.	Included.Drag-and-drop funnels and websites with hosting, plus AI site generation.
Get found
SEO research and rank trackingKeyword research, rankings, backlinks and site audits	Included.Keyword research, competitor and backlink data, site audits, and rank tracking in Google and AI Overviews: 10 keywords weekly on Starter, 25 daily on Standard, 100 daily on Premium.	Paid add-on.An SEO add-on, $79 a month per account, adds keyword research (100 lookups a month), rank tracking for up to 1,000 keywords, backlinks and site audits.
AI search visibilityHow ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI answers mention you	Included.Scores how ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews describe and cite your brand, re-checks it on a schedule, and recommends fixes.	Third-party app or plugin.Not in GoHighLevel's plans or its SEO add-on; tracking how AI answers mention you takes a separate tool.
Ads managementRun and optimize paid campaigns	Included.Manage campaigns, budgets, keywords and creatives on Google, Microsoft, Meta, LinkedIn and TikTok, and send leads and sales back as conversions. 3 active campaigns on Starter, 15 on Standard, 50 on Premium.	Included.Ad Manager creates and manages Meta, Google and LinkedIn campaigns, with no platform fee.
Social mediaPlan, schedule and publish posts	Included.Schedule and publish to Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X and Google Business Profile, and answer comments from one inbox. 3 profiles on Starter, 10 on Standard, 25 on Premium.	Included.Social media management is in every plan.
Win customers
CRM and sales pipelineContacts, companies, deals and follow-ups	Included.Contacts and companies, deal pipelines, sales sequences from your own Gmail or Outlook, and sales reports. 1,000 contacts on Starter, 5,000 on Standard, 50,000 on Premium.	Included.CRM and pipelines with unlimited contacts and users on every plan.
Email marketingNewsletters, campaigns and drip sequences	Included.Campaigns, newsletters and drips from your own sending domain. 2,500 sends a month on Starter, 5,000 on Standard and 25,000 on Premium, then $0.80 per 1,000 on Standard and Premium.	Included.Email campaigns on every plan, billed at $0.675 per 1,000 emails, with no included sends.
Business phone and call trackingNumbers, texting, call tracking and an AI receptionist	Included.Local and toll-free numbers, call menus, a shared texting inbox, call tracking that ties each call to its ad or keyword, and an AI receptionist. 1 number on Starter, 10 on Standard, 50 on Premium, at $1 a number a month; calls past your included minutes, and texts, are billed by use.	Included.Numbers ($1.15 a month), calls (about 1.7 cents a minute out), texts and call tracking with number pools, all billed by use, plus texting registration fees.
Know who visits your siteIdentify the companies and people behind visits	Included.Identifies the companies and people behind anonymous visits and adds them to your CRM: 10 a month on Starter, 25 on Standard, 100 on Premium, plus packs of 100 for $49.	Third-party app or plugin.Not in GoHighLevel's plans or listed add-ons; identifying website visitors takes a separate tool.
Run the business
AutomationsWorkflows that run when something happens	Included.Workflows started by forms, CRM changes, calls, payments, schedules or webhooks that send email and texts, update records and run AI steps. 10 active on Starter, 25 on Standard, 100 on Premium.	Included.Workflows on every plan; premium triggers and actions cost $0.01 each time they run.
Helpdesk and website chatSupport tickets, a shared inbox and chat on your site	Included.Turns emails, chats, texts and social messages into tickets with queues, SLAs and saved replies, and puts an AI assistant on your website that answers from your own pages.	Basic version.Live chat and an AI chat bot, but no ticketing system. A helpdesk is an open request on GoHighLevel's ideas board.
Invoices, payments and booksQuotes, invoices, online payments and bookkeeping	Included.Estimates, contracts with e-signature, invoices and online payments, recurring billing, bills, bank reconciliation and profit and loss. Card processing fees apply.	Basic version.Payments and invoicing on every plan; bookkeeping goes through a QuickBooks integration.
Projects and tasksPlan work and share it with clients	Included.Projects with tasks, subtasks, dependencies and milestones that you can share with clients, plus time tracking.	Basic version.Tasks on contacts and deals, but no projects module. A project manager is an open request.
AI agents that do the workAI teammates that act, not just write	Included.AI teammates for sales, marketing, support, phones, projects and bookkeeping that work from your business memory and wait for your approval on anything risky. Hiveku Mini AI on Starter; Standard and Premium add stronger AI and $10 or $30 of AI credit a month.	Paid add-on.Conversation, voice, review and content AI, either pay per use or AI Employee at $50 or $97 a month per account. Phone charges still apply to AI calls.

Included
Paid add-on
Third-party app or plugin
Basic version
Not offered

What it costs

The same jobs, priced both ways

A team of five wants a website on its own domain, a CRM, email marketing to 1,000 contacts, rank tracking for 25 keywords plus backlink research, one business phone number with call tracking, and automations between them.

GoHighLevel, with its SEO add-on

GoHighLevel StarterUnlimited users and contacts$97
SEO add-onKeyword research and rank tracking$79
1 phone numberA local number; call tracking pools add more$1.15
Emails, calls and texts$0.675 per 1,000 emails, about 1.7 cents a minute, 0.75 cents a textUsage

Per month$177.15 + usage

One-time setupNone

First year$2,125.80 + usage

Hiveku Standard

Hiveku Standard5 team members, 5,000 contacts, 5,000 marketing emails, 25 keywords tracked daily, 25 automations and 500 call minutes$149
1 phone numberCall tracking included$1
Calls past 500 minutes, and texts$0.05 a minute, $0.01 a textUsage

Per month$150 + usage

One-time setupNone

First year$1,800 + usage

List prices billed monthly, read on gohighlevel.com and its help center on October 12, 2026. GoHighLevel's texting registration fees (from $22.50 one-time, plus a monthly campaign fee) are extra.

Where GoHighLevel is stronger

No platform wins everything. If these matter most to you, GoHighLevel may be the better fit.

Built for agencies to resell

Unlimited sub-accounts from $297 a month, and SaaS mode on Agency Pro lets an agency sell the platform under its own brand and mark up usage.

Unlimited contacts and users

Every plan has unlimited contacts and users, so a growing list never raises the base price.

Carrier-level phone prices

Texts cost 0.75 cents and calls about 1.7 cents a minute, with number pools for call tracking.

Courses and communities

Reputation management, booking calendars, social planning, courses and communities come in every plan.

Where Hiveku is stronger

What changes when the website, marketing, sales and AI share one system.

SEO and AI search included

Keyword research, rank tracking, backlinks, audits and AI-search brand audits are in every plan. GoHighLevel's SEO is a $79-a-month add-on, and we found no AI-search tracking.

A real helpdesk

Tickets with queues, SLAs and saved replies, from email, chat, texts and social messages. GoHighLevel has chat but no ticketing.

Projects and the books

Projects with tasks and milestones, plus bills, bank reconciliation and profit and loss. GoHighLevel has tasks and a QuickBooks sync.

Know who visits

Identify the companies and people behind anonymous visits and add them to your CRM.

AI teammates in every plan

Department agents for sales, marketing, support, phones, projects and the books, without a per-account AI subscription.

More ad platforms

Manage Google, Microsoft, Meta, LinkedIn and TikTok ads, where GoHighLevel covers Meta, Google and LinkedIn.

Switching

Moving from GoHighLevel

You can switch without downtime: sync your CRM first, port your numbers, then move funnels and sites.

1
Import or sync your CRM
Connect GoHighLevel and Hiveku copies your contacts, companies and opportunities, once or on a schedule, so both stay current while you switch.
2
Port your phone numbers
Move your numbers into Hiveku Phone with a shareable authorization link for the number owner, so calls keep ringing.
3
Rebuild funnels and sites
GoHighLevel documents no code export for funnel pages, so site import copies each page from its live URL and rebuilds it as a Hiveku page you can edit with AI.

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