CRM & Sales · head to head
Affinity vs Salesloft

Affinity
CRM & Sales
Relationship intelligence platform for professionals
- From
- $49/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Affinity built specifically for private capital firms, so it is not a general purpose CRM; Salesloft the Internet Archive's capture of SalesLoft's pricing page on 3 December 2020 named four distinct packages, Prospect (lead generation), Sell (opportunity management), Engage (post-sale customer experience), and Enterprise (full revenue lifecycle), with no figures published, only 'Request a Quote'.
- They diverge on capability: Affinity covers Contact management, Salesloft covers Cadences.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Affinity and Salesloft actually diverge.
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Affinity
- Contact management
- Deal tracking
- Intelligence engine
- Relationship mapping
- Integration aggregation
- Gmail
- Outlook
- Crunchbase
Only in Salesloft
- Cadences
- Email tracking
- Dialer
- Deals management
- Conversation intelligence
- Salesforce
- HubSpot
- Microsoft Dynamics
Both cover
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Affinity
- Deal sourcing and pipeline management for venture capital and private equitynot Salesloft
- Automatic capture of email and meeting activity into relationship recordsnot Salesloft
- Finding warm introductions through existing relationship networksnot Salesloft
- Investor relations and fundraising trackingnot Salesloft
- Portfolio company support and reportingnot Salesloft
Salesloft
- Prospectingnot Affinity
- Deal managementnot Affinity
- Sales coachingnot Affinity
- Revenue forecastingnot Affinity
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Affinity
- Built specifically for private capital firms, so it is not a general purpose CRM
- Pricing is not published and requires a demo
Salesloft
- The Internet Archive's capture of SalesLoft's pricing page on 3 December 2020 named four distinct packages, Prospect (lead generation), Sell (opportunity management), Engage (post-sale customer experience), and Enterprise (full revenue lifecycle), with no figures published, only 'Request a Quote'.
Pricing, plan by plan
Affinity
$49/month- Pro$49/month
- Contact management
- Deal tracking
- Intelligence
- Enterprise$undefined/month
- Everything in Pro
- Advanced customization
- Dedicated support
Salesloft
$75/month- Essentials$75/month
- Cadences
- Email tracking
- Dialer
- Advanced$125/month
- All Essentials features
- Deals
- Conversations
- PremierFree
- All Advanced features
- Forecasting
- Pipeline analytics
Which should you pick?
Choose Salesloft if
- You need cadences.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want email tracking.
Questions people ask
- Is Affinity or Salesloft better?
- Neither clearly leads. Affinity starts at $49/month and Salesloft at $75/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Affinity or Salesloft?
- Affinity starts at $49/month and Salesloft at $75/month.
- Does Affinity or Salesloft run on more platforms?
- Affinity runs on Web. Salesloft runs on Web, Ios, Android.
- What is Affinity best used for?
- Affinity is most often used for deal sourcing and pipeline management for venture capital and private equity, automatic capture of email and meeting activity into relationship records, finding warm introductions through existing relationship networks, investor relations and fundraising tracking. Of those, deal sourcing and pipeline management for venture capital and private equity and automatic capture of email and meeting activity into relationship records are not what Salesloft is typically brought in for.
- What can Affinity do that Salesloft cannot?
- Affinity covers Contact management, Deal tracking, Intelligence engine, Relationship mapping. Salesloft covers Cadences, Email tracking, Dialer, Deals management. Both handle LinkedIn, Web support.
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