Close versus Salesforce

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)
• Salesforce From $25/mo per user
  • Free Suite: no subscription charge
  • Starter Suite: $25.00 monthly per seat
  • Starter Suite: $300.00 annual per seat ($25/mo equivalent)
  • Pro Suite: $1,200.00 annual per seat ($100/mo equivalent)
  • Core: $2,340.00 annual per seat ($195/mo equivalent)
  • Advanced: $4,740.00 annual per seat ($395/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

Salesforce Priced per user per month for each user who needs access.

Record limits

Close 250 custom fields on every plan.Solo: 10,000 leadsEssentials: Unlimited contacts and leads.

Salesforce Free Suite, Starter Suite and Pro Suite: 10 GB data storage per org; Core: 10 GB per org plus 20 MB per user; Advanced and Max: 1 GB per user

Pipelines

Close Up to 300 opportunities per lead, tracked across multiple opportunity pipelines.Essentials: Essentials adds pipelines and team-level visibility.

Salesforce Core: Advanced pipeline management and forecasting start at Core.

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.

Salesforce Core: 500,000 Flex Credits per org a year; Advanced: 1 million; Max: 2.75 millionStarter Suite: Starter Suite includes built-in sales flows and lead routing.Pro Suite: Flow Builder is limited to 5 flows per org.

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

Salesforce Agentforce for Sales starts at USD 125 per user a month.Pro Suite: Web Services API access costs an extra USD 25 per user a month.Core: AI can be added from Core upward.

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

Salesforce Gmail and Outlook email integration is listed in the edition comparison.Core: Core includes APIs, opportunity scoring and conversation intelligence.

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.
• Salesforce Most Salesforce products use annual contracts, and terms vary by agreement with sales.

Not verified yet

No reviewed evidence for either product on minimum seats.

Documented for one product only, shown in the table below: Close: roles and permissions and 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 Salesforce about minimum seats, roles and permissions and calling, SMS and email charges; our sources do not establish them yet.

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