Close — strengths
- Power dialer
- Sales cadences
- Pipeline view
Head-to-head review
Close vs Salesforce
Salesforce and Close both serve crm teams — Salesforce rates 4.3/5 (19,500 reviews), Close rates 4.6/5. Pick Salesforce for Mid-market & enterprise; Close for High-velocity inside sales teams.
Salesforce and Close both serve crm teams — Salesforce rates 4.3/5 (19,500 reviews), Close rates 4.6/5. Pick Salesforce for Mid-market & enterprise; 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 Salesforce and other stacks.
Pricing at a glance
Compared
Close
CRM
Salesforce
CRM
Starting price
$49/mo
$25/mo
Free tier
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—
Trial
14 days
30 days
G2 rating
4.6 (1,200)
4.3 (19,500)
Best for
High-velocity inside sales teams, Outbound SDR teams
Mid-market & enterprise, Complex sales orgs
Top pros
- + Best-in-class power dialer
- + Built-in SMS/email cadences
- + Fast UI
- + Limitless customization
- + Massive AppExchange ecosystem
- + Industry-specific clouds
Top cons
- − No free tier
- − Higher per-seat price
- − Less ecosystem
- − Steep learning curve
- − Implementation cost is significant
- − Per-seat pricing adds up fast
Strengths by product
Salesforce — strengths
- Sales Cloud (pipeline, forecasting)
- Service Cloud (cases, omnichannel)
- Einstein AI