What HubSpot's default sidebar costs you in friction
HubSpot's sidebar is built for a generic portal that uses every Hub - Marketing, Sales, Service, Commerce, Operations - in their default configuration. Your portal isn't that. Your reps don't use half those menus, your team calls Contacts something else, and the link you click forty times a day is buried three items deep.
Sales reps scroll past Marketing menus they'll never open
Support reps see Deal pipelines they don't have permission to touch
Custom terminology gets retrained on every new starter because the sidebar fights it
The two or three high-frequency tools live below the fold and get clicked the slow way
Admins can't change the sidebar globally without filing a HubSpot product request
PERSONALISE PER USER
Every user customises their own view, no admin needed
Custom NavBar runs locally in your browser. Each user installs the extension and tweaks the sidebar to match how they work - hide menus, rename items, reorder by drag and drop, swap icons. Nothing changes for anyone else, nothing leaves your machine, and no portal-wide settings are touched.
Hide any menu or item with the eye-icon toggle
Double-click an item to give it a custom name
Drag and drop to reorder menus and the items inside them
Pick from 50+ Phosphor icons or copy an icon from another menu to make it visually distinct
If you live across multiple HubSpot portals (agency life, multi-brand setups, sandbox + prod), Custom NavBar saves your customisations per portal. Switch accounts and the sidebar adapts to whichever workspace you're in - no manual reconfiguration, no settings bleeding across.
Settings keyed to portal ID so each account remembers its own layout
All preferences stored locally in your browser - nothing sent to external servers
Reset to default any time from the extension popup
Free forever on the Chrome Web Store, no account or sign-in required
Excellent support and perfectly fills Service Hub gaps - excited to see future development
A great app that bridges some gaps for Service Hub
What do you like?
Excellent and personal support
What do you dislike?
Nothing in particular, happy to see how it develops
Amazing Workflow Queue System makes my api limit issues GONE!
great app, i've only used the workflow queue at this point, but it is amazing
What do you like?
workflow queues are top notch
What do you dislike?
I see no cons here
Control how quickly records reach your API calls, messages and other workflow actions. Share one rate cap across workflows, and prioritise the records that matter most.
A Game-Changer for Managing HubSpot Workflow Limitations
I discovered it while searching through community forums for a solution to limit the number of contacts added in workflow, basically to function like a drip. The Throttle action has been a lifesaver. It allows us to control how many workflows execute simultaneously, preventing errors and keeping everything running smoothly. Jack the creator of this app was very helpful and is always an email away and ready to get on a call if necessary, he also made relevant updates to the app that made sense for the long term based on our teams feedback.
What do you like?
Throttle Action: Solves rate-limit issues effortlessly by controlling workflow execution. Easy Integration: Works seamlessly with HubSpot workflows. Support: Very responsive
What do you dislike?
Didn't find any considering that they are always adapting and ready to change
Control how quickly records reach your API calls, messages and other workflow actions. Share one rate cap across workflows, and prioritise the records that matter most.
I purchased this app from Daeda Technologies and it works amazing for exporting my snippets and templates out of Hubspot. I did not test the import functionality and will not need it for my purposes. My contact at Daeda, Jack Tolley, was extremely responsive to my emails when I had questions or needed him to tweak the formatting for the export. There have been many posts in the Hubspot community looking for export functionality around Templates and Snippets. Look no further!! I highly recommend!
Must-Have Workflow Tools with Outstanding Developer Support
As a HubSpot Architect and automation specialist, I have integrated Daeda Essentials into multiple high-volume, high-complexity workflow environments. The suite delivers exactly what power users and operations leaders need to move faster and automate more with less friction. I've implemented several of Daeda Essentials’ custom-coded workflow actions - specifically Pause for Meetings v1, Throttle V2, Unselect Dropdown Values, and the OpenRouter AI actions - to streamline processes that simply aren’t possible with native HubSpot features. These actions are thoughtfully designed, reliable, and flexible enough to handle real-world business logic at scale. Where Daeda Essentials truly stands out is the quality of developer support and customer service. The Daeda team is responsive, knowledgeable, and genuinely committed to user success. Every time I’ve had a technical question or needed help with an edge case, they’ve gone above and beyond - including offering personalized guidance that helped us deliver mission-critical automations on tight deadlines. For anyone serious about scaling automation and operational excellence in HubSpot, I can’t recommend Daeda Essentials highly enough. Early adopters will especially appreciate the level of partnership and investment you get from the team behind this app.
What do you like?
Lets you do things in HubSpot workflows that just aren’t possible natively Super easy to set up and start using The custom actions (like Pause, Throttle, Unselect Dropdown, OpenRouter AI) are game changers Everything works reliably, even with lots of data Developer support is fast, helpful, and genuinely cares about your success
Control how quickly records reach your API calls, messages and other workflow actions. Share one rate cap across workflows, and prioritise the records that matter most.
Must-Have HubSpot Workflow Enhancement with Great Developer Support
A must have app for anyone that uses HubSpot Workflows seriously
What do you like?
Includes a lot of the little things that you get used to in workflow software that makes HubSpot workflow feel more complete. Plus a few things you dont realise you need. Jack is also a super responsive developer!!!
What do you dislike?
That I have multiple Daeda apps to install.. but hey I'd rather have the functionality.
Control how quickly records reach your API calls, messages and other workflow actions. Share one rate cap across workflows, and prioritise the records that matter most.
Essential Tool for HubSpot Optimization with Amazing Features
This is the #1 app to download if you are serious about optimizing HubSpot. Easy to use, high impact & great value for money if you upgrade to the paid versions.
What do you like?
A single app that solves multiple problems. I personally use the 'throttle' function the most to throttle my workflows calling external API's. I also love the 'approval gate' functionality that allows me to approve certain workflow progress. Such as automating postal deliveries etc. The team is also always working to add more and improve the app, it is a delight to watch the progress.
What do you dislike?
That more people don't know about this app.
Control how quickly records reach your API calls, messages and other workflow actions. Share one rate cap across workflows, and prioritise the records that matter most.
Pricing
Pricing
Free
Free
Free Chrome extension. No account, no data sent off-device.
Yes - it's a free Chrome extension with no account or sign-in required. Install it from the Chrome Web Store and start customising the sidebar immediately.
No. Custom NavBar runs locally in your browser and only changes what you see. Each user installs and configures the extension for themselves, so different reps can have completely different sidebar layouts on the same HubSpot portal.
No - because the customisation lives in your browser, not in HubSpot. You don't need admin permissions, you don't need an admin to enable anything portal-wide, and the changes never touch the underlying HubSpot configuration.
Settings are saved per portal ID, so each HubSpot account you log into remembers its own sidebar layout. Switching portals automatically loads that portal's customisations - useful for agencies, multi-brand teams, or anyone with a sandbox + production setup.
All your sidebar customisations are stored locally in your browser using Chrome's storage API. Nothing is sent to Daeda or any external server - the extension only runs on HubSpot pages and never collects your CRM data.
Built by Jack & Tikita
Small team, deep HubSpot context.
Hubspot Custom Navbar is built by the same small team writing the docs, answering the support threads, and shipping the HubSpot apps behind Daeda.