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Avoma vs Harvest Forecast

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Avoma

Sales Enablement

Meeting assistant, scheduler and conversation intelligence sold as separate priced layers

From
$19/month
Rated
-
Harvest Forecast logo

Harvest Forecast

Calendars

Simple visual resource planning

From
Free
Rated
-

The short version

  • Only Harvest Forecast has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Avoma conversation Intelligence, the capability most buyers actually want, is a 29 US dollar per seat add-on rather than part of the plan, so the real cost of a working sales configuration is at least 53 per user per month against a 19 headline.; Harvest Forecast the free plan allows a single seat and 2 projects
  • They diverge on capability: Avoma covers AI meeting assistant, Harvest Forecast covers Visual scheduling.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Avoma and Harvest Forecast actually diverge.

Attributes where Avoma and Harvest Forecast differ
AttributeAvomaHarvest Forecast
Starting price$19/monthFree
Pricing modelPer user per monthsubscription
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, Chrome extensionWeb
CategorySales EnablementCalendars
FoundedUnknown2006

Identical on both: 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 Avoma

  • AI meeting assistant
  • Custom note templates
  • Scheduling
  • CRM sync
  • Conversation intelligence
  • Revenue intelligence
  • Ask Avoma
  • Lead router

Only in Harvest Forecast

  • Visual scheduling
  • Capacity planning
  • Project assignments
  • Utilization reports
  • Harvest integration
  • Harvest
  • Google Calendar
  • iCal

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Avoma

  • A ten-person sales team that wants CRM-ready call notes and booking links without buying a note-taker and a scheduler separatelynot Harvest Forecast
  • A customer success group that needs every renewal conversation summarised against a fixed template so handovers stop losing contextnot Harvest Forecast
  • A founder-led sales motion where the founder wants to review call recordings for coaching but cannot justify an enterprise conversation intelligence contractnot Harvest Forecast
  • A team with many internal attendees who only need a few people recording, since viewers and collaborators do not consume paid seatsnot Harvest Forecast

Harvest Forecast

  • Team scheduling and capacity planningnot Avoma
  • Project utilization optimizationnot Avoma

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Avoma

  • Conversation Intelligence, the capability most buyers actually want, is a 29 US dollar per seat add-on rather than part of the plan, so the real cost of a working sales configuration is at least 53 per user per month against a 19 headline.
  • Seat ceilings are baked into tiers, with Startup capped at 25 seats and Organization at 100, so growth forces a plan change for headcount reasons alone rather than feature reasons.
  • Conversation intelligence on the Organization tier is explicitly limited, meaning teams discover which parts are missing after they have committed to an annual contract.
  • Deal and forecast analytics are considerably shallower than dedicated revenue intelligence platforms, so an organisation that grows into serious pipeline inspection will replace the add-on rather than expand it.
  • Summary quality depends on the note template being maintained, and teams that never configure templates get generic recaps that nobody reads, which quietly turns the subscription into an expensive transcript archive.

Harvest Forecast

  • The free plan allows a single seat and 2 projects
  • Paid plans bill per seat with usage charged beyond the base rate rather than being purely flat
  • The Enterprise plan is $14 per seat per month against $9 on Teams
  • The 20% saving requires annual payment
  • Enterprise Plus is custom priced

Pricing, plan by plan

Avoma

$19/month
  • Startup$19/month
    • Up to 25 paid seats
    • Unlimited AI meeting assistant
    • Automatic recording and transcription
  • Organization$24/month
    • Up to 100 paid seats
    • Everything in Startup
    • Custom AI topics and templates
  • Enterprise$39/month
    • Minimum 10 paid seats
    • Everything in Organization
    • Org-wide Ask Avoma
  • Conversation Intelligence add-on$29/month
    • Per seat, on top of a base plan
    • Talk ratios and topic tracking
    • Keyword alerts and coaching

Harvest Forecast

Free
  • Monthly$6.25/month
    • Per-person billing
    • Team scheduling
    • Shift assignments and timelines
  • Annual$5/month
    • Per-person billing
    • 20% discount vs monthly

Which should you pick?

Choose Avoma if

  • You need ai meeting assistant.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android, Chrome extension.
  • You also want custom note templates.

Choose Harvest Forecast if

  • You need visual scheduling.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You also want capacity planning.

Questions people ask

Is Avoma or Harvest Forecast better?
Neither clearly leads. Avoma starts at $19/month and Harvest Forecast at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Avoma or Harvest Forecast?
Harvest Forecast has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $19/month for Avoma and Free for Harvest Forecast.
Does Avoma or Harvest Forecast run on more platforms?
Avoma runs on Web, iOS, Android, Chrome extension. Harvest Forecast runs on Web.
Can I use Harvest Forecast for free?
Yes. Harvest Forecast has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Avoma starts at $19/month.
What is Avoma best used for?
Avoma is most often used for a ten-person sales team that wants crm-ready call notes and booking links without buying a note-taker and a scheduler separately, a customer success group that needs every renewal conversation summarised against a fixed template so handovers stop losing context, a founder-led sales motion where the founder wants to review call recordings for coaching but cannot justify an enterprise conversation intelligence contract, a team with many internal attendees who only need a few people recording, since viewers and collaborators do not consume paid seats. Of those, a ten-person sales team that wants crm-ready call notes and booking links without buying a note-taker and a scheduler separately and a customer success group that needs every renewal conversation summarised against a fixed template so handovers stop losing context are not what Harvest Forecast is typically brought in for.
What can Avoma do that Harvest Forecast cannot?
Avoma covers AI meeting assistant, Custom note templates, Scheduling, CRM sync. Harvest Forecast covers Visual scheduling, Capacity planning, Project assignments, Utilization reports.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Avoma: Is 19 US dollars the real price?

Only for the base meeting assistant on annual billing. Adding Conversation Intelligence takes it to 53 per user per month, and Revenue Intelligence takes it to 82.

Harvest Forecast: How much does Harvest Forecast cost?

Harvest Forecast costs $6.25/person/month with monthly billing or $5/person/month with annual billing (20% discount).

Source
Avoma: Do I pay for people who only watch recordings?

No. Viewers and collaborators are free. Paid seats are only required for users whose own meetings are recorded.

Harvest Forecast: Is Harvest Forecast free?

Harvest Forecast offers a 30-day free trial with no credit card required, but there is no permanent free plan.

Source
Avoma: Does it replace my scheduling tool?

For most teams, yes. Group and round-robin booking arrive on the Organization tier; Startup includes 1:1 links only.

Harvest Forecast: Do nonprofits and educational institutions get discounts on Forecast?

Yes, Harvest Forecast offers special pricing for nonprofits, educational institutions, and classroom use.

Source
Avoma: Is it a Gong replacement?

Not at the enterprise end. Avoma covers the common conversation intelligence use cases at a fraction of the price but does not match Gong on deal analytics or coaching depth.

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