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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Insightly

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AInsightly is presented as a modern, affordable CRM that is easy to use, simple to customize, and that scales with companies as they grow, designed to solve common pain points that legacy CRMs can't. Available in any vertical, Insightly CRM customers can add companion products for marketing automation, customer service, and integrations in the same platform. Insightly has more than a million users worldwide.

    $348

    per year per user

    Pricing
    Close CRMInsightly
    Editions & Modules
    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
    Plus
    $29
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Professional
    $49
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Enterprise
    $99
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Close CRMInsightly
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThe 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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    Community Pulse
    Close CRMInsightly
    Considered Both Products
    Close
    No answer on this topic
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Would buy again
    117 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    103 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    117 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    72 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    86 Answers
    Features
    Close CRMInsightly
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Close CRM and Insightly
    Feature
    Close CRM
    8.9
    8 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Insightly
    7.4
    423 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Customer data management / contact management8.08 Ratings8.2405 Ratings
    Workflow management7.78 Ratings7.2372 Ratings
    Territory management8.01 Ratings7.390 Ratings
    Opportunity management10.06 Ratings8.2368 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)9.38 Ratings7.3379 Ratings
    Contract management10.01 Ratings6.521 Ratings
    Interaction tracking8.38 Ratings7.2333 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management9.73 Ratings7.724 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings7.275 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Close CRM and Insightly
    Feature
    Close CRM
    8.5
    6 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Insightly
    7.1
    13 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Case management8.03 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Call center management7.45 Ratings7.28 Ratings
    Help desk management10.02 Ratings7.19 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Close CRM and Insightly
    Feature
    Close CRM
    9.0
    6 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Insightly
    7.2
    330 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Lead management8.76 Ratings6.8314 Ratings
    Email marketing9.35 Ratings7.7263 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Close CRM and Insightly
    Feature
    Close CRM
    7.9
    6 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Insightly
    6.8
    406 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Task management8.35 Ratings7.1392 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management10.01 Ratings6.039 Ratings
    Reporting5.45 Ratings7.3342 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Close CRM and Insightly
    Feature
    Close CRM
    7.5
    6 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Insightly
    7.6
    367 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Forecasting10.01 Ratings7.092 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization8.06 Ratings7.9344 Ratings
    Customizable reports4.44 Ratings7.8331 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Close CRM and Insightly
    Feature
    Close CRM
    8.6
    8 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Insightly
    7.5
    369 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Custom fields10.07 Ratings8.4368 Ratings
    Custom objects10.02 Ratings7.7126 Ratings
    Scripting environment8.03 Ratings6.86 Ratings
    API for custom integration6.47 Ratings7.3195 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Close CRM and Insightly
    Feature
    Close CRM
    8.0
    8 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Insightly
    7.6
    316 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Single sign-on capability8.03 Ratings7.8282 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.06 Ratings7.4217 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Close CRM and Insightly
    Feature
    Close CRM
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    28% above category average
    Insightly
    7.4
    90 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Social data10.01 Ratings6.825 Ratings
    Social engagement10.01 Ratings8.078 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Close CRM and Insightly
    Feature
    Close CRM
    6.4
    4 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Insightly
    6.4
    159 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Marketing automation6.44 Ratings7.7159 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings5.14 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Close CRM and Insightly
    Feature
    Close CRM
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    27% above category average
    Insightly
    5.9
    328 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Mobile access10.01 Ratings5.9328 Ratings
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    Score9.7 out of 10
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    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Close CRMInsightly
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (8 ratings)
    7.8
    (444 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (36 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    7.5
    (180 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (25 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    8.9
    (34 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (26 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (18 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Close CRMInsightly
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    There are a lot of things Insightly is great with for Career Services but much of my job is updating things manually because Insightly doesn't have a way to help me manage the database the way we need to. We have multiple academic records per students but needed to have fields that are multiselect on our contacts. These are all manually updated which are very tedious and not the best for what we need it to be able to do
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    Pros
    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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    • The ability to set up filters to generate lists based on just the categories I am interested in.
    • It's integration with our sales data so we can see customer spending trends across multiple years and seasons.
    • The ability to circle back to previous email correspondence to refresh on past conversations with individual clients.
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    Cons
    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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    • Once you are immersed in the platform, for all of its integration kudos, the platform became "intuitive" if that is the right word for it. There was some push back from staff on deployment.
    • The service and support team at Insightly was very responsive, but it seemed as if they had fielded similar complaints, and slower learning curves than we expected.
    • Unfortunately, while all has worked out nicely now and we are very happy with the platform, we had to have additional instruction time for all the staff during onboarding as workflows, dashboards, and pipelines were more time intensive than expected on the demo.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Close
    No answers on this topic
    Unbounce
    Insightly offers a great product; it's the right fit for our company at this time. We were, however, considering moving to Contactually due to their cost effective automation features. However, they lacked the project management capabilities of Insightly. As our company grows, we would love to stay with Insightly - and if they can nail the automation and add the ability to customize a little bit more, it would be the perfect solution for us. For a larger company with a more involved sales team, you might find the metrics/reporting to be a bit basic. Insightly offers great customer service even to free customers
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    Usability
    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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    Anyone with any experience with a working knowledge of Facebook or using a Windows computer will be able to quickly adapt to Insightly and use it to suit their needs. It can become more difficult to use as a company might have custom workflows or Insightly customer service might need to customize the program to better suit a company's need. A slow introduction to the system is better than having to learn the program quickly. Parts and knowledge build on each other so it hard to grasp all at once. The learning curve for Insightly is 2-3 weeks while mastery comes with time and exposure to the program
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    Reliability and Availability
    Close
    No answers on this topic
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    The provider is 100% available, with no downtime, maintenance, or unexpected outages. We have been able to perform solid continuous services for 12 months without any interruptions. We have backups as well, unlike the in-house backup that they keep on their end. I believe they have a very good redundancy and backup infrastructure in case they get any outages.
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    Performance
    Close
    No answers on this topic
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    Pages normally load quickly, but every now and then, as entering updates to fields, it take a while to update. Sometimes even after refreshing the screen, we have to exit and go back in to get the fields or queries to update.
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    Support Rating
    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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    We have used Insightly for almost 2 years now. We have always been able to get in touch with support for a variety of reasons and they have never disappointed us. The support staff have always been very understanding. They have assisted with answers to our questions and have provided great tech support. We would highly recommend them.
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    In-Person Training
    Close
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    Well, we didn’t get the chance to do this in-person training but rather one-on-one online training with HR in-house. There were PowerPoints to discuss as well as video instructions on how to use the app, so it was okay. We were able to play around with it during the training or onboarding session.
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    Online Training
    Close
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    I've used Insightly's online training &/ or learned as I went. I've found the blogs and online written material helpful. I've also attended a few webinars, which can be useful if you use a J-I-T approach so as not to overwhelm you (or your staff) with functionality that you are using just yet. The fact that it's all available on their website and you can learn at your own pace is invaluable
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    Implementation Rating
    Close
    No answers on this topic
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Insightly is significantly better than Zendesk. It is easy to use, pleasant to look at, and makes sense. However, I don't think Insightly is fair now compared to Salesforce. Insightly can do many of the same things as Salesforce, but I've only started on some of these features. Insightly has excellent potential, and its support team drives me to make it what I believe it can be. For the price, I believe Insightly is worth it.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Close
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    I don’t have the exact answers for this, but our accounting or finance department negotiates this. They always handle this kind of stuff and negotiate yearly licenses. Usually, they purchase 10 licenses in bulk and ask for a discount in bulk. Other than that, if there are any issues encountered on the app, they account for that. If it’s broken, that’s also taken into consideration when renewing the contract.
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    Scalability
    Close
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    (+) Being able to download my LinkedIn connections was a huge benefit. (+) I use the task function to stay on top of my follow-up activity which is another positive feature. (+) The sorting capabilities also help me pinpoint the contacts that I need to stay on top of. (-) When I add a new lead from an existing organization, I would like the organization's information to automatically populate the fields like address, website, description. I enter all that information manually. (-) My mass mailing experience has been tedious due to the email function being interrupted and crashing due to bad email addresses in some of my records. (-) Many of my leads do not have current email addresses. I wish Insightly offered a tool to help find email addresses. I spend too much time researching to find email addresses.
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    Professional Services
    Close
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    Our Customer Success Manager was great. A real professional and knowledgeable about the features and how they worked with our requirements
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    Return on Investment
    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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    • Positive Impact>Visibility is critical when it comes to taking proactive measures within the organization. The Insightly Tool has helped use with that which minimizes costs when it comes to rework. We can proactively plan for upcoming growth and identify areas of improvement.
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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.

    Insightly Screenshots

    Screenshot of Insightly's lead status and activity tracking, available so that nothing falls through the cracks.Screenshot of the reporting feature, which provides insight into sales and productivity performance.Screenshot of the Insightly Opportunities dashboard.Screenshot of Insightly on mobile.Product screenshotProduct screenshot