Do you work with AFAS? Then your back office stands like a house. AFAS is the perfect software to keep your processes running smoothly, your administration in order and your data centralized. But as soon as it comes to growth through marketing and sales, many organizations run into the limits of the system. After all, AFAS was not built for CRM purposes. To reach new customers, efficiently follow up on leads and see exactly which actions produce results, you need a state-of-the-art CRM system. That's where HubSpot helps. The real benefit comes when AFAS and HubSpot work together as one system.
The challenge: data islands inhibit growth
When sales, marketing and service work in separate systems, noise is created. Data is sometimes duplicated, in other situations certain data or context is actually missing, and as a result the optimal result is not achieved from your data.
Some real-life examples:
Marketing starts a campaign in HubSpot without buying history from AFAS. Sales calls a prospect without insight into outstanding service questions. The result: manual work, errors and missed opportunities.
You immediately recognize the symptoms of separate systems that do not communicate with each other:
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Duplicate and erroneous data as data is transferred manually.
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No 360-degree customer view, making personalization difficult.
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Inefficient processes and a lot of search time.
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Missed up and cross sell because buying behavior is not visible.
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Reduced job satisfaction because systems work against each other and data is polluted.
The solution: link AFAS and HubSpot
With a good link, relevant AFAS data flows into HubSpot and vice versa. Think of order history, financial status and contract data that are directly visible on the customer card in HubSpot CRM. This way, marketing, sales and service work on the same truth and manual transfer disappears from your daily work.
What does this deliver?
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One customer view for all teams, always up to date.
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Better conversations because sales sees financial status and purchase history instantly.
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Targeted campaigns because marketing segments on a combination of AFAS and HubSpot data.
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Faster service because employees have the right context at hand in HubSpot.
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Less management and more time for customer value.
Tip: Choose a certified connector or proven integration platform, set up the field mapping together, and monitor data quality with clear owners.
How the AFAS and HubSpot link helps your organization
One consistent truth
Bring all relevant sources together and agree on definitions. Each system contributes to the same customer view, without separate exports.
Insight and action in HubSpot.
Teams work in HubSpot with complete context. Marketing builds segments based on revenue, product category or contract status. Sales sees previous purchases and payment status and can advise accordingly. Service responds faster thanks to visibility into warranties, contracts and SLA agreements.
Smart data exchange
Synchronization continues automatically, even if something changes in AFAS or HubSpot. With field mapping, you choose which data to link, including custom fields.
Less database management, more focus on the customer
Automations take over recurring tasks. Employees spend their time on relationships and results instead of imports and exports.
Proven approach.
Work with parties and solutions that have proven experience with AFAS and HubSpot. That's safer, faster and more predictable.
Getting started in four steps
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Inventory what AFAS data you need in HubSpot and why.
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Define fields, owners and data quality rules.
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Choose and configure the link, set up mapping and synchronization, and test scenarios.
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Activate and adjust with dashboards, alerts and a set improvement rhythm.
Use cases that deliver immediate value
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Marketing: campaigns towards existing customers with a specific product or contract status.
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Sales: advice calls based on margin, order frequency and open quotations.
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Service: faster resolution with visibility into warranty, contract and previous tickets.
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Management: one dashboard with revenue, retention and pipeline based on the same data.
Want AFAS and HubSpot to work together as one system?
Schedule a quick exploration via our contact page. We'll show you where the fastest gains are, what data you should or shouldn't synchronize, and how to get immediate value from your AFAS data in HubSpot.
