# Whats the difference between workflows and journeys

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-workflows-and-journeys/145537>\
**Category:** Lists, Lead Scoring & Workflows\
**Tags:** workflows\
**Created:** [January 29, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-workflows-and-journeys/145537 "2026-01-29T15:45:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![BFrancis9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/34f0e0/32.png) [@BFrancis9](https://community.hubspot.com/u/BFrancis9)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-workflows-and-journeys/145537/1 "2026-01-29T15:45:59Z")

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I have been using Hubspot for a few months, and I’ve gotten to grips with setting up workflows for various things including email automations, etc..

I was just exploring Hubspot and was looking into Journeys, I don’t really understand a scenario that you’d use a journey for that you couldn’t build in a workflow - what is the difference, and which should I be using for different scenarios?

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**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-workflows-and-journeys/145537/2 "2026-01-29T15:47:28Z")

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Hi @BFrancis9,

This HubSpot admin HUG does a great job of explaining when to use it 🙂 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL5YuSz0MH8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL5YuSz0MH8)

Best regards