Close is built to dial more numbers and book more meetings. It does not quote, invoice, collect payments, run support, or send marketing. Laureo bundles all of that plus a library of AI agents and a co-pilot in one plan, with the full toolset on every tier.
Laureo is a strong Close alternative for teams whose work does not end when the call does. Close is built to dial numbers and book meetings, and its dialer is genuinely good, but it does not quote, invoice, collect payment, run support, or send marketing. Laureo covers the whole sales process on one plan: pipeline, quoting, invoicing, payments, support, marketing, a scheduler, team chat, and 6 built-in scheduled agents.
One Laureo plan covers the whole stack. Here is how the entry price lines up against Close.
Pro, billed annually ($99.99 month-to-month)
One platform runs your whole sales process and operations: pipeline, quoting, invoicing, payments, support, marketing, a scheduler, team chat, and a library of AI agents plus a co-pilot, with a generous monthly AI budget instead of per-minute fees.
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.
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| Feature | Laureo | Close |
|---|---|---|
| AI agents that run on a scheduleLaureo ships built-in scheduled agents plus a library of agent templates and a co-pilot that act on your real records through an approval queue; Close ships Chloe, one AI agent on the phone that calls and qualifies leads | Included | Not available |
| AI included, no separate add-onChloe runs on AI credits that meter per plan, and workflows unlock on the Growth tier | Included | Add-onAvailable as an add-on |
| Predictable AI pricing (generous monthly budget)Laureo includes a generous monthly AI budget with no per-action fees, and you can raise it if you need more headroom; Close runs AI on metered credits and bills calling by the minute on top of the plan | Included | Not available |
| Contact management | Included | Included |
| Pipeline managementClose offers multiple pipelines from the Essentials tier | Included | Included |
| Two-way email sync (Gmail and Outlook) | Included | Included |
| Broadcast email campaigns (A/B and segmentation)Close bulk-sends from Smart Views; it has no campaign designer, A/B testing, or audience segmentation | Included | Not available |
| Outbound sequencesLaureo runs sequences on its campaign follow-up engine; Close builds multi-step sequences in Workflows | Included | Included |
| Dedicated cold-outbound engineOn Ultra, Laureo ships a dedicated cold-outbound engine with its own sending mailboxes, managed ramp, per-mailbox pacing, and enforced send caps, and cold replies land in your normal inbox under a Cold filter; Close sends sequences from your own mailbox with no dedicated cold-sending infrastructure | Add-onAvailable as an add-on | Not available |
| Workflow automationClose workflows start on the Growth tier | Included | Add-onAvailable as an add-on |
| Support ticketsClose has no ticket object; teams add Zendesk or Intercom | Included | Not available |
| Knowledge base for your customers | Included | Not available |
| Quotes and CPQClose has no native quoting or CPQ | Included | Not available |
| Invoicing and paymentsClose has no native invoicing or payment collection | Included | Not available |
| Surveys (NPS and CSAT)Close teams add Typeform or SurveyMonkey | Included | Not available |
| Public booking pages and schedulerClose is integration-only for scheduling, usually Calendly | Included | Not available |
| Multi-currency billingLaureo quotes and invoices in 48 currencies; Close does not support multiple currencies | Included | Not available |
| Contact enrichmentIncluded on every Laureo plan; Close AI Enrich is pay-as-you-go on credits | Included | Add-onAvailable as an add-on |
| Public API and outbound webhooksBoth ship a public REST API and webhooks | Included | Included |
| Built-in team chat and Deal RoomsLaureo has native in-app chat plus internal chat on each deal; Close has notes and @mentions on records | Included | Not available |
| Phone, SMS, and WhatsAppPhone and SMS are a paid add-on on Laureo; Close bundles a native dialer and SMS | Add-onAvailable as an add-on | Included |
| Bundled native Power and Predictive dialerClose ships a native Power Dialer (Growth) and Predictive Dialer (Scale); on Laureo, phone and SMS are a paid add-on | Add-onAvailable as an add-on | Included |
| Native mobile app (iOS and Android)Close has native iOS and Android apps; Laureo is an installable web app that works offline | Not available | Included |
Close ships one AI agent, Chloe, that lives on the phone: it calls and qualifies leads, books meetings, follows up, and answers questions in chat, with native email and SMS still on its roadmap. Laureo runs a library of agent templates plus a co-pilot that act across the whole funnel and on real records, with every write held in an approval queue.
Laureo runs six named agents instead. They work in the background, come with every plan, and share one monthly usage budget with no per-conversation fees.
Every record is isolated to your workspace, there is a full history of who changed what, files are scanned for viruses before they are stored, the AI never trains on or keeps your data, and the platform is independently security tested and verified.
Common questions about choosing between Laureo and Close
Move your Close data over, switch on your AI agents, and watch the busywork disappear.
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