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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Claritysoft

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ACloudSoft is a simple, cloud-based CRM system for SMBs.

    $39

    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
    ClaritysoftClose CRM
    Editions & Modules
    Claritysoft
    $39.00
    Per Month Per User
    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
    ClaritysoftClose CRM
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    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.
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    Features
    ClaritysoftClose CRM
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Claritysoft and Close CRM
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    6.6
    7 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Close CRM
    8.9
    8 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Customer data management / contact management8.07 Ratings8.08 Ratings
    Workflow management4.56 Ratings7.78 Ratings
    Territory management7.56 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Opportunity management6.06 Ratings10.06 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)5.57 Ratings9.38 Ratings
    Quote & order management7.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interaction tracking7.07 Ratings8.38 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management7.05 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Claritysoft and Close CRM
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Close CRM
    8.5
    6 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Help desk management8.05 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Case management00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings7.45 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Claritysoft and Close CRM
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    6.4
    5 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Close CRM
    9.0
    6 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Lead management8.84 Ratings8.76 Ratings
    Email marketing4.05 Ratings9.35 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Claritysoft and Close CRM
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    7.5
    7 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Close CRM
    7.9
    6 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Task management8.06 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management7.04 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Reporting7.57 Ratings5.45 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Claritysoft and Close CRM
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    7.2
    7 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Close CRM
    7.5
    6 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Forecasting6.05 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization8.05 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Customizable reports7.56 Ratings4.44 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Claritysoft and Close CRM
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    7.3
    7 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Close CRM
    8.6
    8 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Custom fields9.07 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Custom objects8.56 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    API for custom integration4.56 Ratings6.47 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Claritysoft and Close CRM
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    6.7
    7 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Close CRM
    8.0
    8 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Single sign-on capability6.57 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions7.07 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Claritysoft and Close CRM
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    7.0
    5 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Close CRM
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    27% above category average
    Mobile access7.05 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Claritysoft and Close CRM
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    -
    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 Claritysoft and Close CRM
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    -
    Ratings
    Close CRM
    6.4
    4 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings6.44 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    ClaritysoftClose CRM
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    Salesflare
    Score10 out of 10
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    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ClaritysoftClose CRM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.6
    (7 ratings)
    9.3
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ClaritysoftClose CRM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Claritysoft
    Claritysoft is well suited if you need more of an address book as your CRM. Situations where sales are more passive and based on increasing awareness instead of hard, closing sales. In my previous role selling medical equipment, this would NOT work. However, in my current role where awareness is the key factor that drive smaller sales amounts, it does it's job. I've just been in a lot more roles where I need to upload contracts with signatures and track sales Opportunities, and Claritysoft doesn't seem able to do that.
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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
    Claritysoft
    • Claritysoft provides great software for keeping track of all the activities you've completed for a customer or lead.
    • Claritysoft also has a great setup with creating new activities that need to be completed in the future so you do not forget.
    • Claritysoft also has a very good support team. When we have questions or problems, Claritysoft is very prompt to address them.
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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
    Claritysoft
    • There is no spell-check function to use when you are sending emails.
    • Some of the functions you need when deleting records and the like are not always available on every page when you are working in the application.
    • When moving quotes to opportunities, the attachments go with the move so when you go back to the quote, it is not there. Also, when you move a quote it does not automatically fill in the quote number as it was on the quote, it creates a new number. This should be fixed.
    • When you convert a lead it does not move the lead to archives or get rid of it. It leaves it in the Leads area and so you have to manually get rid of it.
    • There is no auto-dial feature built into Claritysoft.
    • The mobile app needs to look and feel just like the online version.
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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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    Likelihood to Renew
    Claritysoft
    It works for us and the support is excellent
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    Close
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Claritysoft
    It is VERY, VERY, simple and easy to use and learn. All I needed was a super brief 30 minute overview to understand how to use it, and their Customer Support is pretty good. I was raised on Salesforce, which is much more complicated, but allows you to do so much more.
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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
    Claritysoft
    They are very helpful and quick whenever I have a question about Claritysoft CRM. I think the guy I've spoken with is named Evan, and he's been very helpful. Claritysoft, give the man a raise if you know who I'm talking about. He responds super quick with truly helpful insights.
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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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    Implementation Rating
    Claritysoft
    So easy to do - you control the process, supported by the Claritysoft
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    Close
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Claritysoft
    Claritysoft's emails are much easier to use since Salesforce is in the middle of switching from Classic to Lightning. Also, Salesforce does not have a native group edit option. Claritysoft is much more data driven and you can use all functions of Excel to customize reports. However, Claritysoft does not have as many third-party add-on options compared to Salesforce's app exchange.
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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
    Claritysoft
    • It has made it easier to see our overall sales for each sales rep.
    • The only negative is that we cannot change over the account, contacts, leads, and opportunities with one ownership field. You have to do each one separate and when you are transferring 1000 clients this takes much too long to do. No reason for it.
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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

    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.