Cloze vs. Salesforce Essentials

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cloze
Score 6.9 out of 10
N/A
Cloze is a contact automation and meeting log tool that pulls from apps to automatically create one view of every person and company - all their contact details, their complete history - every email back and forth, phone calls, meetings, notes on Evernote, documents exchanged and interactions on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Cloze even grabs email signatures so contact data is always up-to-date.
$17
per month billed annually
Salesforce Essentials
Score 8.2 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Salesforce Essentials is a small business CRM that replaces the former SalesforceIQ product. It is priced at $35 per user, on a monthly basis, or at $25 per month for if billed annually ($300) and can be tried free for 14 days on a trial.
$35
per month per user
Pricing
ClozeSalesforce Essentials
Editions & Modules
Pro
$17
per month billed annually
Silver
$21
per month billed annually
Gold
$29
per month billed annually
Platinum
$42
per month billed annually
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ClozeSalesforce Essentials
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
ClozeSalesforce Essentials
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Cloze
-
Ratings
Salesforce Essentials
9.1
2 Ratings
14% above category average
Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Territory management00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Opportunity management00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Quote & order management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Interaction tracking00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Cloze
-
Ratings
Salesforce Essentials
7.4
2 Ratings
6% below category average
Lead management00 Ratings7.42 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Cloze
-
Ratings
Salesforce Essentials
9.0
1 Ratings
15% above category average
Task management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Cloze
-
Ratings
Salesforce Essentials
9.0
1 Ratings
15% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Pipeline visualization00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Customizable reports00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Cloze
-
Ratings
Salesforce Essentials
9.1
2 Ratings
15% above category average
Custom fields00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Custom objects00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Scripting environment00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
API for custom integration00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Cloze
-
Ratings
Salesforce Essentials
9.3
2 Ratings
10% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Cloze
-
Ratings
Salesforce Essentials
9.0
1 Ratings
19% above category average
Social engagement00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Cloze
-
Ratings
Salesforce Essentials
9.0
1 Ratings
20% above category average
Marketing automation00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Compensation management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Cloze
-
Ratings
Salesforce Essentials
9.5
2 Ratings
22% above category average
Mobile access00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
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User Ratings
ClozeSalesforce Essentials
Likelihood to Recommend
3.9
(4 ratings)
9.5
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ClozeSalesforce Essentials
Likelihood to Recommend
Cloze, Inc.
It's ok for personal use but for business use, it is begging to become a terrible system. We used it for 5 years and after that, we have decided to move to a different system, upon export of the information we started looking at and our database of contacts was so messed up with contacts merged together that don't belong together. So as our database was so corrupted we had to start over with new contact lists and rebuild everything again. I would not recommend this software unless you have your own IT department that can fix things themselves.
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Salesforce
SalesforceIQ is a perfect CRM to start with and get your organization used to tracking customer contact. It was an easy setup and well adopted. It allowed us to rollout completely in just 30 days. We have seen a large increase in our ability to communicate. It may be lacking in some items if you already have a tracking method but was the perfect starting point for us.
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Pros
Cloze, Inc.
  • Contact management
  • Contact enrichment
  • Email management
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Salesforce
  • CRM Managment
  • Streamlining Sales Funnel
  • Providing data sets and analytics
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Cons
Cloze, Inc.
  • Not good as a comprehensive project management tool.
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Salesforce
  • SalesforceIQ has some reporting items that are a little harder to easily uncover but I have found work arounds or manually created reporting to get that information, such as number of times a salesperson was at a location.
  • Some of the upgrade items I would like to see are available in salesforce sales cloud that allow easier automation for marketing.
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Support Rating
Cloze, Inc.
The ONLY issue that I have is there is ZERO phone customer service or training. Everything is done online or via email, which sucks in my opinion, but they always do get back to you.
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Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Cloze, Inc.
They don't, they say they are a personal contact manager but I believe they are wanting large companies that have their own IT Departments as they don't really offer that good of support in my opinion and they do not have phone support. I wouldn't recommend this software to anyone for personal or business.
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Salesforce
We selected SalesforceIQ over Insightly because of the email automation they offered. Their app also seemed to be a little more robust. I highly recommend a trial before you make a decision. The trial with SalesforceIQ is what sold us on the product
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Return on Investment
Cloze, Inc.
  • Easy to enrich the information related to a specific contact in an automated way
  • Knowing when recipients receive and read their emails
  • Save time building the CRM
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Salesforce
  • Not budget friendly for smaller start-ups.
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