Documentation-based comparison
Close versus Insightly
Compare documented scope and conditions. Unknowns remain unknown; different billing units do not establish a cost winner.
What the evidence answers
A reading of reviewed official documentation for Close and Insightly. It is not a hands-on test, a ranking or a recommendation of one product.
Price
- Close From $19/mo per user
- Solo: $19.00 monthly per seat
- Solo: $108.00 annual per seat ($9/mo equivalent)
- Essentials: $49.00 monthly per seat
- Essentials: $420.00 annual per seat ($35/mo equivalent)
- Growth: $109.00 monthly per seat
- Growth: $1,188.00 annual per seat ($99/mo equivalent)
- Insightly From $348/yr per user
- Plus: $348.00 annual per seat ($29/mo equivalent)
- Professional: $588.00 annual per seat ($49/mo equivalent)
- Enterprise: $1,188.00 annual per seat ($99/mo equivalent)
Both list prices on the same basis. Compare what each plan includes; the lower amount alone does not make the better choice.
Documented for both
- Seats
- Close Paid plans charge per user.Solo: 1 user
- Insightly CRM plans are priced per user and billed annually.
- Record limits
- Close 250 custom fields on every plan.Solo: 10,000 leadsEssentials: Unlimited contacts and leads.
- Insightly Plus: 50 custom fields, Professional: 100, Enterprise: 200Plus: 100,000 recordsProfessional: 250,000 recordsEnterprise: 500,000 records
- Pipelines
- Close Up to 300 opportunities per lead, tracked across multiple opportunity pipelines.Essentials: Essentials adds pipelines and team-level visibility.
- Insightly Custom pipelines can be set up per line of business and product attributes.
- Roles and permissions
- Close Every plan assigns users to four predefined roles; only Scale can create custom roles.
- Insightly Plus: 2 configurable profiles/page layouts, Professional and Enterprise: unlimitedPlus: 2 role-based permission roles.
- Automation limits
- Close Solo: No workflows; 500 AI credits per user a month.Essentials: No workflows; 1,000 AI credits per user in a shared pool, up to 10,000 a month.Growth: Automated workflows; 1,500 AI credits per user in a shared pool, up to 15,000 a month.Scale: 2,000 AI credits per user in a shared pool, up to 20,000 a month.
- Insightly Plus: no AI Copilot, Professional: 75 AI Copilot queries, Enterprise: 100 queriesProfessional: Workflow automation and lead assignment and routing start at Professional.
- Calling, SMS and email charges
- Close Call recordings kept 30 days on Solo and Essentials, 90 days on Growth, unlimited on Scale; Calling is charged by usage; the free trial includes USD 5 of calling and enrichment credits; SMS to US numbers requires A2P 10DLC registration; Rented phone lines from USD 1 per line a month, or bring your own lineGrowth: The power dialer starts at Growth.
- Insightly Plus: 2,500 mass emails a day; Professional: 5,000; Enterprise: 10,000
- Add-ons
- Close Call Assistant: USD 50 a month per organization plus USD 0.02 a minute, Extra organizations: USD 50 a month each; Growth and Scale include one free secondary organization
- Insightly AppConnect integration starts at USD 249 a month, billed annually, for 25,000 tasks a month, plus a required USD 3,000 technical setup.
- Integrations
- Close Over 100 apps integrate with Close, including Claude, ChatGPT, Zoom, Segment, Zapier and Calendly.Solo: 3 connected email accountsEssentials: 3 connected email accountsGrowth: 10 connected email accountsScale: 10 connected email accounts
- Insightly Google and Microsoft 365 calendar and contact sync, and PandaDoc, QuickBooks and Xero integrations are listed in the CRM plan comparison.
Limits to check
- Close Calling and SMS are charged by usage at cost on top of seats; most outbound calls cost about USD 0.02 a minute and numbers start at about USD 1 a month.
- Insightly Records are capped at 100,000 on Plus, 250,000 on Professional and 500,000 on Enterprise.
Not verified yet
No reviewed evidence for either product on minimum seats.
Not verified means our reviewed sources do not establish it. It does not mean a product lacks the capability or that it costs nothing.
Next steps
- Ask Close about minimum seats; our sources do not establish it yet.
- Ask Insightly about minimum seats; our sources do not establish it yet.
| Requirement | Close | Insightly |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | From $19/mo per user | From $348/yr per user |
| Who it is for | Sales CRM with built-in calling, email, SMS and workflows, plus an AI sales agent. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Close pricing page with plan comparison, usage charges and FAQ | CRM that moves won opportunities into post-sale project delivery while keeping the record data. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Insightly pricing page, static text with plan comparison and AppConnect |
| Coverage limits | Calling and SMS are charged by usage at cost on top of seats; most outbound calls cost about USD 0.02 a minute and numbers start at about USD 1 a month. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Close pricing page with plan comparison, usage charges and FAQ | Records are capped at 100,000 on Plus, 250,000 on Professional and 500,000 on Enterprise. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Insightly pricing page, static text with plan comparison and AppConnect |
| Seats | Paid plans charge per user. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Close: official product and plan documentation
| CRM plans are priced per user and billed annually. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Insightly CRM pricing cards, rendered (USD, billed annually) |
| Record limits | 250 custom fields on every plan. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Close pricing page with plan comparison, usage charges and FAQ
| Plus: 50 custom fields, Professional: 100, Enterprise: 200 Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Insightly pricing page, static text with plan comparison and AppConnect
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| Pipelines | Up to 300 opportunities per lead, tracked across multiple opportunity pipelines. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Close pricing page with plan comparison, usage charges and FAQ
| Custom pipelines can be set up per line of business and product attributes. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Insightly pricing page, static text with plan comparison and AppConnect |
| Roles and permissions | Every plan assigns users to four predefined roles; only Scale can create custom roles. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Close pricing page with plan comparison, usage charges and FAQ | Plus: 2 configurable profiles/page layouts, Professional and Enterprise: unlimited Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Insightly pricing page, static text with plan comparison and AppConnect
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| Automation limits |
| Plus: no AI Copilot, Professional: 75 AI Copilot queries, Enterprise: 100 queries The period for the query allowance is not stated. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Insightly pricing page, static text with plan comparison and AppConnect
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| Calling, SMS and email charges | Call recordings kept 30 days on Solo and Essentials, 90 days on Growth, unlimited on Scale; Calling is charged by usage; the free trial includes USD 5 of calling and enrichment credits; SMS to US numbers requires A2P 10DLC registration; Rented phone lines from USD 1 per line a month, or bring your own line Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Close pricing page with plan comparison, usage charges and FAQ
| Plus: 2,500 mass emails a day; Professional: 5,000; Enterprise: 10,000 Sending limit; no per-email charge is stated. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Insightly pricing page, static text with plan comparison and AppConnect |
| Add-ons | Call Assistant: USD 50 a month per organization plus USD 0.02 a minute, Extra organizations: USD 50 a month each; Growth and Scale include one free secondary organization Call Assistant records, summarizes and transcribes calls. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Close pricing page with plan comparison, usage charges and FAQ | AppConnect integration starts at USD 249 a month, billed annually, for 25,000 tasks a month, plus a required USD 3,000 technical setup. Additional 25,000-task blocks cost USD 249 a month. Marketing automation and support and ticketing are also priced as separate products, or together with CRM and AppConnect as Insightly All-in-One. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Insightly pricing page, static text with plan comparison and AppConnect |
| Integrations | Over 100 apps integrate with Close, including Claude, ChatGPT, Zoom, Segment, Zapier and Calendly. Zapier connects 2,000+ further apps. API access uses API keys or OAuth, with an event log. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Close pricing page with plan comparison, usage charges and FAQ
| Google and Microsoft 365 calendar and contact sync, and PandaDoc, QuickBooks and Xero integrations are listed in the CRM plan comparison. The comparison also lists REST API access. Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Insightly pricing page, static text with plan comparison and AppConnect |
| Coverage note | Monthly billing per user; can be upgraded, downgraded or cancelled at any time. 30-day money-back guarantee; 14-day free trial without a credit card. Credits refresh monthly with no rollover; additional credits can be bought. |
1 requirement without reviewed evidence here
Not verified means the reviewed sources do not establish it; it does not mean a product lacks it or that it costs nothing.
- Minimum seats Close: not verified · Insightly: not verified