Close — strengths
- Power dialer
- Sales cadences
- Pipeline view
Head-to-head review
Close vs Pipedrive
Pipedrive and Close both serve crm teams — Pipedrive rates 4.5/5 (8,200 reviews), Close rates 4.6/5. Pick Pipedrive for Sales-led SMBs; Close for High-velocity inside sales teams.
Pipedrive and Close both serve crm teams — Pipedrive rates 4.5/5 (8,200 reviews), Close rates 4.6/5. Pick Pipedrive for Sales-led SMBs; Close for High-velocity inside sales teams.
CRM
When to pick each
Close is ranked in our CRM category hub with pipeline diagnostics, TCO scenarios, and head-to-head matrices for Pipedrive and other stacks.
Pricing at a glance
Compared
Close
CRM
Pipedrive
CRM
Starting price
$49/mo
$14/mo
Free tier
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Trial
14 days
14 days
G2 rating
4.6 (1,200)
4.5 (8,200)
Best for
High-velocity inside sales teams, Outbound SDR teams
Sales-led SMBs, Outbound teams
Top pros
- + Best-in-class power dialer
- + Built-in SMS/email cadences
- + Fast UI
- + Best-in-class pipeline UX
- + Fast onboarding (<1 day)
- + Honest, transparent pricing
Top cons
- − No free tier
- − Higher per-seat price
- − Less ecosystem
- − Marketing automation is bolt-on
- − Reporting is shallower than HubSpot/Salesforce
- − Custom fields hit a wall at enterprise scale
Strengths by product
Pipedrive — strengths
- Drag-and-drop pipeline
- Activity-based selling
- Smart Docs