Documentation-based comparison
Close versus Pipedrive
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 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.
| Requirement | Close | Pipedrive |
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| Pricing | From $19/mo per user | From €168/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 | 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
| 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
| 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
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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
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| 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 |
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| Automation limits |
| 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
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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
| 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
| 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
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| 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