What the evidence answers

A reading of reviewed official documentation for Close and Pipedrive. 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)
  • Pipedrive From €168/yr per user
    • Lite: €168.00 annual per seat (€14/mo equivalent)
    • Growth: €468.00 annual per seat (€39/mo equivalent)
    • Premium: €708.00 annual per seat (€59/mo equivalent)
    • Ultimate: €948.00 annual per seat (€79/mo equivalent)

These prices use different currencies and different billing periods. Read each with its own unit and conditions; they do not add up to one total or a cheaper product.

Documented for both

Seats
Close Paid plans charge per user.Solo: 1 user
Pipedrive Every plan is priced per seat.
Record limits
Close 250 custom fields on every plan.Solo: 10,000 leadsEssentials: Unlimited contacts and leads.
Pipedrive Contacts have no usage limit.Lite: 2,500 leads and deals per seatGrowth: 5,000 leads and deals per seatPremium: 15,000 leads and deals per seatUltimate: 20,000 leads and deals per seat
Pipelines
Close Up to 300 opportunities per lead, tracked across multiple opportunity pipelines.Essentials: Essentials adds pipelines and team-level visibility.
Pipedrive Lite: Pipeline management is included from Lite.
Roles and permissions
Close Every plan assigns users to four predefined roles; only Scale can create custom roles.
Pipedrive Premium: 15 custom permission sets and 15 custom visibility groups per company.Ultimate: 25 custom permission sets and 25 custom visibility groups per company.
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.
Pipedrive Each automation path allows 10 actions and 10 delay steps (3 delays on Growth) and runs for at most 90 days.Growth: 50 automations per companyPremium: 150 automations per companyUltimate: 250 automations per company
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
Pipedrive LeadBooster from €32.50, Projects from €16, Campaigns from €13.33, Web Visitors from €41, Smart Docs from €32.50
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
Pipedrive More than 500 app integrations, including Zapier, Zoom and Lemlist.Growth: 1 synced email account per userPremium: 3 synced email accounts per userUltimate: 5 synced email accounts per user

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.
  • Pipedrive At the leads-and-deals limit, deals created by automations, LeadBooster, the API or imports go to a waitlist instead of the account.

Not verified yet

No reviewed evidence for either product on minimum seats.

Documented for one product only, shown in the table below: Close: calling, SMS and email charges.

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 Pipedrive about minimum seats and calling, SMS and email charges; our sources do not establish them yet.
Documented scope and limits; unverified dimensions remain unknown.
RequirementClosePipedrive
Pricing
From $19/mo per user

Compare all 4 plans

From €168/yr per user

Compare all 4 plans

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

Sales CRM for managing leads, deals, contacts and calendar events in pipelines.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Pipedrive pricing page (euros, annual view) with add-ons and VAT note

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

At the leads-and-deals limit, deals created by automations, LeadBooster, the API or imports go to a waitlist instead of the account.

Manual additions are blocked until space is freed, a top-up is bought or the plan is upgraded; automatically created leads are discarded.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Pipedrive knowledge base: usage limits per plan

Seats
Paid plans charge per user.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Close: official product and plan documentation

  • Solo 1 user
Every plan is priced per seat.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Pipedrive pricing page (euros, annual view) with add-ons and VAT note

Record limits
250 custom fields on every plan.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Close pricing page with plan comparison, usage charges and FAQ

  • Solo 10,000 leads
  • Essentials Unlimited contacts and leads.
Contacts have no usage limit.

Contact-sync providers such as Google Contacts may impose their own limits.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Pipedrive knowledge base: usage limits per plan

  • Lite 2,500 leads and deals per seat
  • Growth 5,000 leads and deals per seat
  • Premium 15,000 leads and deals per seat
  • Ultimate 20,000 leads and deals per seat
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

  • Essentials Essentials adds pipelines and team-level visibility.
  • Lite Pipeline management is included from Lite.
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

  • Premium 15 custom permission sets and 15 custom visibility groups per company.
  • Ultimate 25 custom permission sets and 25 custom visibility groups per company.
Automation limits
  • 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.
Each automation path allows 10 actions and 10 delay steps (3 delays on Growth) and runs for at most 90 days.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Pipedrive knowledge base: usage limits per plan

  • Growth 50 automations per company
  • Premium 150 automations per company
  • Ultimate 250 automations per company
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

  • Growth The power dialer starts at Growth.
Not verified
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

LeadBooster from €32.50, Projects from €16, Campaigns from €13.33, Web Visitors from €41, Smart Docs from €32.50

Starting prices only; the billing period and unit are not stated. Premium already lists LeadBooster lead generation and routing.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Pipedrive pricing page (euros, annual view) with add-ons and VAT note

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

  • Solo 3 connected email accounts
  • Essentials 3 connected email accounts
  • Growth 10 connected email accounts
  • Scale 10 connected email accounts
More than 500 app integrations, including Zapier, Zoom and Lemlist.

Verified Oct 11, 2026 · Pipedrive pricing page (euros, annual view) with add-ons and VAT note

  • Growth 1 synced email account per user
  • Premium 3 synced email accounts per user
  • Ultimate 5 synced email accounts per user
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.

Leads and deals are counted together; no company can exceed 300,000.

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 · Pipedrive: not verified

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