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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CallRail

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ACallRail offers phone call tracking, recording and analytics.

    $50

    per month

    Close CRM

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AClose.io is a customer relationship management (CRM) software with call management and sales workflow automation capabilities.

    $19

    per month includes 1 user

    Pricing
    CallRailClose CRM
    Editions & Modules
    Call Tracking
    $50
    per month
    Call Tracking + Conversation Intelligence®
    $100
    per month
    Call Tracking + Form Tracking
    $100
    per month
    Call Tracking Complete
    $150
    per month
    Solo
    $9
    per month (paid annually) per user
    Essentials
    $35
    per month (paid annually) per user
    Growth
    $99
    per month (paid annually) per user
    Scale
    $139
    per month (paid annually) per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CallRailClose CRM
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—The pricing listed here reflects up to a 35% discount for paying annually. Monthly billing is available at of $19 per user for the Solo plan (only 1 user allowed), $49 per user for the Essentials plan, $109 per user for the Growth plan, and $149 per user for the Scale plan.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    CallRailClose CRM
    Considered Both Products
    CallRail
    No answer on this topic
    Close
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    82%
    Would buy again
    18 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    84%
    Delivers good value for the price
    16 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    17 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    CallRailClose CRM
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of CallRail and Close CRM
    Feature
    CallRail
    -
    Ratings
    Close CRM
    8.9
    8 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings7.78 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings9.38 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings8.38 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of CallRail and Close CRM
    Feature
    CallRail
    -
    Ratings
    Close CRM
    8.5
    6 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Case management00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings7.45 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of CallRail and Close CRM
    Feature
    CallRail
    -
    Ratings
    Close CRM
    9.0
    6 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Lead management00 Ratings8.76 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings9.35 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of CallRail and Close CRM
    Feature
    CallRail
    -
    Ratings
    Close CRM
    7.9
    6 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Task management00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings5.45 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of CallRail and Close CRM
    Feature
    CallRail
    -
    Ratings
    Close CRM
    7.5
    6 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings4.44 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of CallRail and Close CRM
    Feature
    CallRail
    -
    Ratings
    Close CRM
    8.6
    8 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Custom fields00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings6.47 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of CallRail and Close CRM
    Feature
    CallRail
    -
    Ratings
    Close CRM
    8.0
    8 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of CallRail and Close CRM
    Feature
    CallRail
    -
    Ratings
    Close CRM
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    28% above category average
    Social data00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of CallRail and Close CRM
    Feature
    CallRail
    -
    Ratings
    Close CRM
    6.4
    4 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings6.44 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of CallRail and Close CRM
    Feature
    CallRail
    -
    Ratings
    Close CRM
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    27% above category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    CallRailClose CRM
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    Invoca
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Invoca
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CallRailClose CRM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (35 ratings)
    9.3
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (7 ratings)
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.5
    (7 ratings)
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CallRailClose CRM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CallRail
    This is great software for differentiating where phone traffic is coming from. Whether it's paid/organic search, you can see exactly where the calls are coming in from. I'd love to see them add text/SMS features in the future, but it does what it claims. I'd also like to see more CRM integrations, but not sure that other users share the same sentiment
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    Close
    Excellent software to increase sales and follow up with existing and new customers. Email and SMS handling are really easy for the sales team, managing leads is really great, and Close merges duplicate leads to help our Data Leads avoid repetitive and unnecessary calls. As mentioned in some comments before, must improve in reports, Close is not appropriate to handle or track agents' hours making it necessary to implement additional software to cover this area.
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    Pros
    CallRail
    • Tracking phone calls first & foremost! Being able to have a running tally of the phone calls made and listening to the recorded calls throughout the month and providing that information back to our clients is vital!
    • Their UI is exceptionally easy to use & navigate. This is important when we have many clients running at the same time and we are able to always determine what report is for which client.
    • The ease of setting up a brand new client & their tracking phone number is fantastic! Saves a lot of time when it walks you through everything you need to know & do step by step.
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    Close
    • Email sequences. Create and send a sequence of emails until the sequence finishes or the contact replies to your email. You can also pause the sequence manually.
    • Email sync. Syncs in real time with your email account, which is huge.
    • Zapier integration. We've automated a lot of our pipeline management through the Zapier integration. This saves us soooo much time.
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    Cons
    CallRail
    • The integration with Hubspot is not as seemless as I would have liked. We had an issue where a person who was already in Hubspot called in, and their contact information was not matched to the caller ID correctly which created some duplicate entries. A little bit of a bummer, but from what I understand they may have fixed this. We had to stop using them for a little while because our outsourced sales team was more confused by adding CallRail, so we'll be re-implementing this once our new sales team is fully trained. Hopefully the record miss-match issue gets fixed.
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    Close
    • Make it so one can set the time at which the emails go out.
    • Make it easier to set up my workflow.
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    Usability
    CallRail
    The platform is easy to use and we really don't have any complaints with using it so far. The information is invaluable for clients that rely on phone calls to drive more business. Not much negative to say about it at this point. We're actually really happy with it so far and the cost is manageable.
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    Close
    It's my favorite CRM to recommend to sales organizations. Robust Telephony options including a Power Dialer, SMS, and Voice Drop, are completely integrated into the CRM. The kicker is you can have "Unlimited" contacts where many platforms charge based on the number of users. This can make a huge difference in monthly billing.
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    Support Rating
    CallRail
    CallRail support normally gets back to us pretty quickly when we submit a ticket and they have a good knowledge base for common questions. I've heard mixed reviews from other local marketing agencies that use this tool, but overall in my experience, support has been knowledgeable and quick working through our problems.
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    Close
    I haven't really had the need to use their support, but the only time I had an issue with the platform, the Close team was very attentive and responded in a short span of time. Also they take minimal time to solve issues. The only con here is there is no way to reach out to them apart from email.
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    Alternatives Considered
    CallRail
    Callrail has a very seamless and easy to use Dynamic Number Swap function. In other call tracking that we looked into the integration was either not as easy to use or required much more work to implement. Setting up CallRail has been so easy even our entry-level employees need very little training to master the platform.
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    Close
    Pipedrive was great for us for a long time. We used it for over 4 years. Our product and process was simple. When things got more complex, we needed something that could handle our growing needs and Pipedrive kept falling short. We built our own custom solution in Airtable and though it worked, we spend a lot of time managing it. Close was able to solve all our issues and save us hours per week in admin work.
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    Return on Investment
    CallRail
    • It is useful to monitor our calls weekly. We can give our employees feedback on the quality of the calls which helps our overall sales and conversions.
    • By knowing which campaigns perform best, we can shift our budget to target those campaigns specifically which saves us revenue and increases sales.
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    Close
    • Positive - It's much easier now with Close.io to make sure that no deal falls through the cracks. Therefore helping us recover lost revenue.
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    ScreenShots

    CallRail Screenshots

    Screenshot of Activity DashboardScreenshot of Integrations PageScreenshot of Call LogScreenshot of Lead CenterScreenshot of Call Attribution ReportScreenshot of Activity Dashboard

    Close CRM Screenshots

    Screenshot of Close's Inbox, which keeps sales team's emails, calls, and follow-ups in one unified view, so nothing slips through the cracks and every lead gets the attention it deserves.Screenshot of Close's Sales Pipeline, which offers a visual overview of every deal in progress, so your team can track opportunities, forecast revenue, and stay focused on moving deals forward.Screenshot of Close's Predictive Dialer. This automatically connects sales reps to live answers back-to-back, eliminating manual dialing and maximizing talk time to reach more prospects in less time.Screenshot of Close's Lead Profiles, which gives team a complete, centralized view of every contact, communication, and activity.Screenshot of Close's Smart Views, which prioritize leads with dynamic, customizable filters that keep sales teams focused.Screenshot of Close's Workflows, which automate repetitive sales tasks and follow-up sequences.