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Cloze vs Verint

Cloze logo

Cloze

CRM

Relationship management for professionals

From
$50/month
Free plan
No
Verint logo

Verint

Customer Support

Enterprise customer engagement and workforce optimisation, taken private by Thoma Bravo and merged with Calabrio

From
On request
Free plan
No

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Cloze four paid tiers run from $17 to $42 per user per month, and each withholds a different set of features rather than simply adding capacity; Verint thoma Bravo took Verint private in November 2025 and is combining it with the directly competing Calabrio, so buyers signing multi-year agreements now cannot know which of the two overlapping product lines survives as the strategic one.
  • They diverge on capability: Cloze covers Contact management, Verint covers Workforce management.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Cloze and Verint actually diverge.

Attributes where Cloze and Verint differ
AttributeClozeVerint
Starting price$50/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb, Windows
CategoryCRMCustomer Support
Founded2012Unknown

Identical on both: 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 Cloze

  • Contact management
  • Communication history
  • Relationship insights
  • Task management
  • Integration aggregation
  • Gmail
  • Outlook
  • LinkedIn

Only in Verint

  • Workforce management
  • Interaction recording
  • Speech and text analytics
  • Quality management
  • CX automation bots
  • Voice of the customer
  • Knowledge management
  • Open platform connectors

What people use each for

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

Cloze

  • CRM that builds contact records automatically from email and calendarnot Verint
  • Tracking relationships and follow ups without manual data entrynot Verint

Verint

  • A retail bank with 4,000 agents that must record and retain every advised sale under regulatory obligation and evidence retention on demandnot Cloze
  • A government service centre running an inherited Avaya estate that needs modern analytics without replacing the telephonynot Cloze
  • A multinational insurer forecasting across six sites and three languages where a spreadsheet-based rota has stopped scalingnot Cloze
  • An enterprise wanting analytics over one hundred per cent of interactions because sampled quality scoring keeps missing the failure modes that generate complaintsnot Cloze

Where each one falls short

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

Cloze

  • Four paid tiers run from $17 to $42 per user per month, and each withholds a different set of features rather than simply adding capacity
  • Campaign automation, marketing mail and generative AI require the Business Platinum plan at $42 per user per month
  • Lead routing, sub team hierarchies and enterprise controls are Platinum only
  • Even the Business Gold plan at $29 per user excludes the matching engine and lead capture
  • The concierge service is an add on at $20 per user per month with a $500 monthly minimum
  • Every published rate assumes annual billing

Verint

  • Thoma Bravo took Verint private in November 2025 and is combining it with the directly competing Calabrio, so buyers signing multi-year agreements now cannot know which of the two overlapping product lines survives as the strategic one.
  • The catalogue is licensed piece by piece, including individually priced automation bots, so the quoted platform figure is rarely the figure you end up paying once the analytics, recording and bot modules are all in scope.
  • Implementations routinely run six to twelve months and effectively require a partner, which means the first year of a contract is spent paying for software that is not yet delivering.
  • The interface reflects two decades of accumulated enterprise features, and new supervisors need formal training to do things that a mid-market tool exposes in one screen.
  • It is priced and scoped for thousands of agents, so a 300-seat operation gets an enterprise contract, an enterprise implementation and enterprise complexity for a problem a lighter product would solve in weeks.

Pricing, plan by plan

Cloze

$50/month
  • Professional$50/month
    • Contact management
    • Communication history
    • Insights
  • Team$100/month
    • Everything in Professional
    • Team collaboration
    • Advanced analytics

Verint

On request
  • Verint Open Platform$undefined/year
    • Workforce management and forecasting
    • Compliance recording and quality management
    • Speech and text analytics

Which should you pick?

Choose Cloze if

  • You need contact management.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want communication history.

Choose Verint if

  • You need workforce management.
  • You work on Web, Windows.
  • You also want interaction recording.

Questions people ask

Is Cloze or Verint better?
Neither clearly leads. Cloze starts at $50/month and Verint at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Cloze or Verint?
Cloze starts at $50/month and Verint at On request.
Does Cloze or Verint run on more platforms?
Cloze runs on Web, Ios, Android. Verint runs on Web, Windows.
What is Cloze best used for?
Cloze is most often used for crm that builds contact records automatically from email and calendar, tracking relationships and follow ups without manual data entry. Of those, crm that builds contact records automatically from email and calendar and tracking relationships and follow ups without manual data entry are not what Verint is typically brought in for.
What can Cloze do that Verint cannot?
Cloze covers Contact management, Communication history, Relationship insights, Task management. Verint covers Workforce management, Interaction recording, Speech and text analytics, Quality management.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Cloze: Does Cloze offer a free trial?

Yes. Cloze offers a 14-day free trial for all plans with no credit card required. This applies to Pro, Business Silver, Business Gold, and Business Platinum tiers.

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Verint: Who owns Verint now?

Thoma Bravo, which completed a 2 billion US dollar take-private in November 2025 and is combining Verint with its existing portfolio company Calabrio.

Cloze: What is the difference between monthly and annual billing at Cloze?

Cloze offers both month-to-month and annual subscription options. Annual billing provides a discount. For example, Cloze Pro is $17/month annually but $19.99/month on month-to-month billing.

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Verint: Does that affect an existing contract?

Existing contracts continue, but roadmap and product overlap with Calabrio is unresolved. Ask for written commitments on support horizon and migration terms before renewing.

Cloze: What does Cloze's Business Platinum plan cost?

Cloze Business Platinum (their most popular plan) costs $42/user/month on annual billing or $49.99/user/month on month-to-month billing. It includes matching engine, smart templates, lead capture, campaign automation, and enterprise controls.

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Verint: Do I have to replace my telephony?

No. Verint is deliberately platform-agnostic and is commonly deployed over Avaya, Cisco, Genesys and Amazon Connect estates.

Cloze: Does Cloze offer team collaboration features?

Yes, starting with Business Silver ($21/user/month annual). Team features include collaborative work, responsibility assignment, privacy settings management, and team analytics. Higher tiers unlock more advanced team controls and custom fields.

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Verint: Is pricing published?

No. Verint sells multi-year enterprise agreements quoted per module and per agent, with professional services costed separately.

Cloze: Does Cloze offer additional services beyond standard plans?

Yes. Cloze offers a Concierge Service at $20/user/month (minimum $500/month) that includes personalized training, a dedicated customer success manager, and data import assistance.

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