The HubSpot plugin in for Outlook is inferior to Gmail.

Hello HubSpot Community,

Recently, our company made a transition from Gmail to Outlook. It was not ideal, but for various reasons, we had to do it.

Anyway, since the transition, we have had various problems with the HubSpot extension. Just to mention, we sometimes can have multiple people on the same email for covering or when assistants are helping the account managers.

  • The HubSpot plugin simply does not show up on shared or delegated emails. It only shows up for the main email. In Gmail, that was not an issue. The extension was everywhere.
  • In Gmail, you could hover over emails that are copied and the extension would give you their information that exists in HubSpot. You can create deals, edit properties from there. With the extension in Outlook, that is not possible. It shows only the information from the sender.
  • Some information was showing up immediately in Gmail. With Outlook it takes a couple of additional clicks. I know it sounds like nitpicking but when you are going through hundreds of emails a day, it is a bother.
  • In Outlook, the extension can also disappear for a time and just randomly show up again.
  • When adding snippets or templates in Outlook, you always have to search for the one you need. In Gmail, it would show you the three most recently used ones, which was great when doing multiple follow-ups that have the same topic. It was more efficient.
  • When turning on the plugin (which you have to do every time, unfortunately), the cursor randomly moves to the bottom of the email below the signature. Also, adding snippets and templates are added below the signature for some reason.

I know it might sound like nitpicking overall, but these are some serious issues that multiple people from the Sales team have reported to me. It causes various inefficiencies that were simply not there when using Gmail.

Does anybody have any suggestions for workarounds or possible fixes for any of this?

Thank you so much!

Hey @ANikolic2, thank you for posting in our Community!

I understand your frustrations with the HubSpot plugin for Outlook. You might want to check with your IT team about shared mailbox permissions, as that could improve functionality. If you’re using Outlook on the web, the HubSpot Sales Chrome extension may provide more features similar to Gmail. Consider creating a personal library of frequently used snippets for quicker access.

Kindly,

Pam

I’m also experiencing the same issue. In December 2024, I migrated from Google Workspace to Microsoft Business, and while drafting emails, I noticed that HubSpot moves the cursor below the signature or sometimes modifies the original email that I’m replying to. More info here - Request to Fix HubSpot Plugin Bugs for Outlook and Add Dark Mode - HubSpot Community

It is very annoying and frustrating. For now, I’ve decided to turn off HubSpot until this bug is fixed. HubSpot should be improving productivity, but it seems to be slowing things down instead.

It works perfectly on Gmail, but on Outlook Web, it’s a mess.

Hi @ANikolic2

Totallz understand the frustration but would lay the blame here squarely at MSFT, see this article:

Frank