What is a good Close CRM alternative for a small sales team?

Laureo keeps CRM and cold outreach in one seat and adds email marketing, scheduling, quoting, and invoicing, so a small team runs the whole sales process on one plan rather than adding tools around a dialer.

Does Laureo have cold outreach sequences like Close?

Yes. Cold outreach with sequences is built in and shares the same record as the CRM, so prospecting and the pipeline stay together. The monthly AI budget is a share of your plan rather than metered credits.

Does Laureo include email marketing that Close does not?

Yes. Laureo includes email campaigns and marketing automation alongside one-to-one outreach, so nurture and prospecting run from the same contacts.

Is there a Close alternative with a built in scheduler?

Laureo includes a native scheduler with booking pages and calendar sync, so you can send a booking link without a separate scheduling tool.

How does Laureo pricing compare to Close?

Close tiers add calling and AI credits on top, and unlock the Power Dialer and workflows on the higher plan. Laureo bundles outreach, marketing, scheduling, and AI agents into a per seat plan with a monthly AI budget.

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Why teams look elsewhere

Why teams look for a Close alternative

Reason 1Close is dialer-first, so quoting, invoicing, support, and a scheduler are not part of it.
Reason 2Close meters calling and AI credits on top of every plan, and the Power Dialer plus workflows unlock only on the higher Growth tier.
Reason 3Laureo keeps CRM and cold outreach in one seat and adds email marketing, scheduling, quoting, invoicing, and a library of AI agents on a generous monthly AI budget.

Feature by feature

Laureo vs Close, feature by feature

Cold outreach and sequencesSequences and cold outreach share the same seat as the CRM, so every touch lands on one record with the pipeline. By comparison, Close is built around the dialer and sequences, with calling and AI credits metered on top of each plan.
CRM and pipelinePipelines, weighted forecasting, and lead scoring are included, so the outreach and the deal live in one place. By comparison, Close covers pipeline well, but workflows unlock on the Growth tier.
Email marketingEmail campaigns and marketing automation are part of the platform, so nurture and outreach run from the same records. By comparison, Close focuses on one-to-one sales email rather than marketing campaigns.
SchedulingA built-in scheduler with booking pages and calendar sync is included. By comparison, Close does not include a native meeting scheduler.
AI that takes actionA co-pilot plus scheduled agents draft work and wait for approval, on a monthly AI budget instead of per-minute or per-credit fees. By comparison, Close runs AI on a monthly credit base per tier, and calling meters separately.

AI that takes action

AI that drafts real work and waits for approval

Laureo runs built-in scheduled agents that draft real work and hold it for your approval, on a monthly AI budget that is a share of your plan. Ask it in plain language, for example Hey Laureo, draft follow-ups for every deal that went quiet this week, and review the queue before anything is sent.

Approvals

3 pending

Sales PipelineNeeds review

Send follow-up to Priya Nair about the Q3 pilot scope

Drafted reply confirms station coverage and proposes a Tuesday check-in.

ApproveEdit

Inbox ReviewerNeeds review

File 3 vendor invoices to Billing

Queued

Nothing leaves your workspace until you approve it.

SPSales PipelineNeeds review

Send follow-up to Priya Nair about the Q3 pilot scope

Drafted reply confirms station coverage and proposes a Tuesday check-in.

ApproveEdit

Nothing leaves your workspace until you approve it.

SPSales PipelineNeeds review

Send follow-up to Priya Nair about the Q3 pilot scope

Drafted reply confirms station coverage and proposes a Tuesday check-in.

ApproveEdit

Nothing leaves your workspace until you approve it.

Pricing side by side

What it costs

Close starts at $9/user/mo. That is the annual Solo tier: one user, capped at 10k leads, no Power Dialer, no workflows. Both unlock on the $99 Growth tier, and calling plus AI credits meter on top of every plan.

Laureo bundles the CRM, email marketing, cold outreach, scheduling, and AI agents into one per seat plan. Every plan starts with a 14-day trial for $2.99, credited to your first month.

Last verified 2026-06-17. Source: As of June 2026, Close annual plans are Solo ($9), Essentials ($35), Growth ($99), and Scale ($139) per user; monthly list prices are $19, $49, $109, and $149, and each tier includes a monthly AI-credit base (500, 1,000, 1,500, 2,000) that refreshes without rollover (source: close.com/pricing, accessed 2026-06-17).

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Why teams look for a Close alternative

Reason 1Close is dialer-first, so quoting, invoicing, support, and a scheduler are not part of it.
Reason 2Close meters calling and AI credits on top of every plan, and the Power Dialer plus workflows unlock only on the higher Growth tier.
Reason 3Laureo keeps CRM and cold outreach in one seat and adds email marketing, scheduling, quoting, invoicing, and a library of AI agents on a generous monthly AI budget.

Laureo vs Close, feature by feature

Cold outreach and sequencesSequences and cold outreach share the same seat as the CRM, so every touch lands on one record with the pipeline. By comparison, Close is built around the dialer and sequences, with calling and AI credits metered on top of each plan.
CRM and pipelinePipelines, weighted forecasting, and lead scoring are included, so the outreach and the deal live in one place. By comparison, Close covers pipeline well, but workflows unlock on the Growth tier.
Email marketingEmail campaigns and marketing automation are part of the platform, so nurture and outreach run from the same records. By comparison, Close focuses on one-to-one sales email rather than marketing campaigns.
SchedulingA built-in scheduler with booking pages and calendar sync is included. By comparison, Close does not include a native meeting scheduler.
AI that takes actionA co-pilot plus scheduled agents draft work and wait for approval, on a monthly AI budget instead of per-minute or per-credit fees. By comparison, Close runs AI on a monthly credit base per tier, and calling meters separately.

What it costs

Laureo bundles the CRM, email marketing, cold outreach, scheduling, and AI agents into one per seat plan. Every plan starts with a 14-day trial for $2.99, credited to your first month.