Small teams don't need an enterprise CRM. They need three things: a place to remember who they've talked to, a way to move deals through a pipeline, and a nudge when something goes cold. That's it.
The problem with the enterprise tools is that they price for a use case you don't have — a hundred reps, a compliance team, a marketing ops function — and then charge you for it anyway. Meanwhile the actual friction sits somewhere else.
All three can be assembled from Notion, a shared inbox, and one automation tool. Under an hour of setup. No seat licences. You own the data.