Tool
Close
Sales CRM with built-in calling, SMS, and email
About Close
- Free option
- API
- MCP
Ultimate guide
Close is built for salespeople who spend more time selling than clicking. It strips away CRM cruft, putting your pipeline front and centre so your team moves deals forward without friction. Integrated calling and email mean you reach prospects in seconds without context-switching.
Description
Close is a sales-focused CRM that builds calling, SMS, and email directly into the platform alongside pipeline management, automation, and an AI agent. It targets inside-sales teams and SMBs that run high-volume outbound and want communication tools native to the CRM rather than bolted on. Plans scale from a single-seat Solo tier up to a Scale tier with predictive dialing and custom objects.
Ideal for
Inside-sales teams and SMBs running high-volume outbound calling and email
Considerations
Most CRMs feel designed by engineers for engineers, burying the actual work of selling under layers of configuration and data entry. Close inverts this, every feature is built around a single question: "Does this help my reps close deals faster?" If it doesn't, it's not there. The result is a CRM that feels frictionless. Dialler and email integration mean your team makes calls and sends follow-ups from within Close, eliminating the context loss that comes with switching tools. Lead routing automatically distributes inbound prospects, ensuring no lead ever falls between the cracks. Customisable pipelines mean teams set up stages that match their actual sales process, not the other way around. For sales operations, detailed reporting and activity logs give you visibility into individual rep performance without requiring exhausting log-ins or complex queries. The platform's philosophy of "less is more" appeals particularly to high-velocity sales teams and early-stage companies that need to move fast.
Review
Most CRMs feel designed by engineers for engineers, burying the actual work of selling under layers of configuration and data entry. Close inverts this—every feature is built around a single question: "Does this help my reps close deals faster?" If it doesn't, it's not there. The result is a CRM that feels frictionless. Dialler and email integration mean your team makes calls and sends follow-ups from within Close, eliminating the context loss that comes with switching tools. Lead routing automatically distributes inbound prospects, ensuring no lead ever falls between the cracks. Customisable pipelines mean teams set up stages that match their actual sales process, not the other way around. For sales operations, detailed reporting and activity logs give you visibility into individual rep performance without requiring exhausting log-ins or complex queries. The platform's philosophy of "less is more" appeals particularly to high-velocity sales teams and early-stage companies that need to move fast.




