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Crossbeam vs People.ai

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Crossbeam

Software

Partner ecosystem platform for revenue teams

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
People.ai logo

People.ai

Software

AI Revenue Intelligence

From
$50/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Crossbeam has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Crossbeam the first paid plan is $4,800 a year and includes a single full access seat, with additional seats at $1,800 a year each; People.ai pricing per user adds up quickly for large sales teams
  • They diverge on capability: Crossbeam covers Account mapping, People.ai covers Activity capture.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Crossbeam and People.ai actually diverge.

Attributes where Crossbeam and People.ai differ
AttributeCrossbeamPeople.ai
Starting priceFree$50/month
Pricing modelsubscriptionUnknown
Free tierYesNo
Founded20182016

Identical on both: platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

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 Crossbeam

  • Account mapping
  • Secure data sharing
  • Co-selling workflows
  • Partner scoring
  • Revenue attribution
  • HubSpot
  • Snowflake

Only in People.ai

  • Activity capture
  • Contact management
  • Deal intelligence
  • AI coaching
  • Revenue analytics
  • Microsoft Dynamics
  • Zoom

Both cover

  • Salesforce
  • Slack
  • Web support

What people use each for

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

Crossbeam

  • Mapping overlapping accounts and pipeline with partner companiesnot People.ai
  • Running a partner ecosystem programme with shared datanot People.ai

People.ai

  • Customer Successnot Crossbeam
  • Ai Intelligencenot Crossbeam
  • Activity Capturenot Crossbeam

Where each one falls short

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

Crossbeam

  • The first paid plan is $4,800 a year and includes a single full access seat, with additional seats at $1,800 a year each
  • The free plan caps Deal Navigator and Pipeline Generation at 10 records each and offers no record exports at all
  • Record exports are the ladder, at 5,000 on Connector, 25,000 on Supernode and 100,000 on Enterprise
  • Sales seats are a separate $40 per user per month on top of the plan
  • SAML SSO and advanced access controls are excluded from the Connector plan
  • Both upper tiers are custom priced

People.ai

  • Pricing per user adds up quickly for large sales teams
  • Setup requires deep CRM configuration and change management
  • Activity capture can generate noise without proper filtering and customization
  • Forecasting accuracy depends on data quality and proper configuration

Pricing, plan by plan

Crossbeam

Free
  • FreeFree
    • Unlimited partners
    • Account mapping
    • Basic analytics

People.ai

$50/month

No published plan breakdown. See the People.ai review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Crossbeam if

  • You need account mapping.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You also want secure data sharing.
Crossbeam review

Choose People.ai if

  • You need activity capture.
  • You also want contact management.
People.ai review

Questions people ask

Is Crossbeam or People.ai better?
Neither clearly leads. Crossbeam starts at Free and People.ai at $50/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Crossbeam or People.ai?
Crossbeam has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Crossbeam and $50/month for People.ai.
Does Crossbeam or People.ai run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
Can I use Crossbeam for free?
Yes. Crossbeam has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. People.ai starts at $50/month.
What is Crossbeam best used for?
Crossbeam is most often used for mapping overlapping accounts and pipeline with partner companies, running a partner ecosystem programme with shared data. Of those, mapping overlapping accounts and pipeline with partner companies and running a partner ecosystem programme with shared data are not what People.ai is typically brought in for.
What can Crossbeam do that People.ai cannot?
Crossbeam covers Account mapping, Secure data sharing, Co-selling workflows, Partner scoring. People.ai covers Activity capture, Contact management, Deal intelligence, AI coaching. Both handle Salesforce, Slack, Web support.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

People.ai: What is People.ai's core functionality?

People.ai automates activity capture from emails, calls, and meetings, then uses AI to provide pipeline visibility, forecasting insights, and engagement analytics.

Source
People.ai: What is the starting price for People.ai?

People.ai pricing starts at 50 USD per user per month, with free PeopleGlass tier available for Salesforce users.

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