Real Estate · head to head
Chime vs Lofty
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Chime waiving the setup fee and contract deposit requires paying the annual plan in one lump sum rather than monthly; Lofty add-on products like the Home Evaluation Page carry a separate $70 per month charge on top of the core CRM subscription
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Chime and Lofty actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Real Estate).
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Chime
- Waiving the setup fee and contract deposit requires paying the annual plan in one lump sum rather than monthly
- Exceeding the monthly outgoing email limit costs $1 per additional 5,000 emails
- Lead generation ads carry a 20 percent ad management fee, and branding ads carry a 15 percent fee and require the CRM Professional plan or above
Lofty
- Add-on products like the Home Evaluation Page carry a separate $70 per month charge on top of the core CRM subscription
Pricing, plan by plan
Chime
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Chime review.
Lofty
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Lofty review.
Which should you pick?
Choose Chime if
Nothing in the data separates Chime from Lofty on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Choose Lofty if
Nothing in the data separates Lofty from Chime on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Questions people ask
- Is Chime or Lofty better?
- Neither clearly leads. Chime starts at On request and Lofty at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Chime or Lofty?
- Chime starts at On request and Lofty at On request.
- Does Chime or Lofty run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.