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Default vs Harvest Forecast

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Default

Sales Enablement

Inbound lead routing, enrichment and scheduling in one workflow layer

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Harvest Forecast

Calendars

Simple visual resource planning

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Harvest Forecast has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Default pricing is not published and the reported structure is a monthly platform fee before any seats, so a small team pays a meaningful minimum regardless of volume and the tool only makes economic sense at some scale.; Harvest Forecast the free plan allows a single seat and 2 projects
  • They diverge on capability: Default covers Inbound routing, Harvest Forecast covers Visual scheduling.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Default and Harvest Forecast differ
AttributeDefaultHarvest Forecast
Starting priceOn requestFree
Pricing modelquotesubscription
Free tierNoYes
CategorySales EnablementCalendars
FoundedUnknown2006

Identical on both: platforms (Web), 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 Default

  • Inbound routing
  • Native scheduling
  • Waterfall enrichment
  • Lead scoring
  • CRM hygiene
  • Outbound signals
  • MCP endpoint

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.

Default

  • A B2B software company losing inbound leads between form submission and a booked meeting because routing and scheduling are separate toolsnot Harvest Forecast
  • A revenue operations team consolidating a scheduler, a routing tool, an enrichment vendor and an automation layer into one contractnot Harvest Forecast
  • A sales organisation with complex territory rules that needs routing decisions to be auditable when a representative disputes an assignmentnot Harvest Forecast
  • A team that wants enrichment and ideal customer profile scoring applied before a lead reaches a representative, rather than cleaned up afterwardsnot Harvest Forecast

Harvest Forecast

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

Where each one falls short

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

Default

  • Pricing is not published and the reported structure is a monthly platform fee before any seats, so a small team pays a meaningful minimum regardless of volume and the tool only makes economic sense at some scale.
  • Seats are split into user seats and routing seats at different prices, which makes headcount planning awkward and means an organisation can be surprised by which roles turn out to need the expensive kind.
  • Enrichment is credit metered, so cost rises with inbound volume exactly when the business is doing well, and a spike in form fills is also a spike in the bill.
  • Consolidating routing, enrichment, scoring and scheduling into one vendor puts a single point of failure between a demo request and a sales representative, which is the highest value path in the business.
  • The vendor offers budget to buy out incumbent contracts, which is effective marketing but tells you switching costs in this category are high in both directions, including out of Default later.

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

Default

On request
  • Default$undefined/month
    • Nothing published, quoted through a demo
    • Third party accounts describe a monthly platform fee before any seats are added
    • Separate user seats and routing seats rather than one seat type

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 Default if

  • You need inbound routing.
  • You also want native scheduling.
Default review

Choose Harvest Forecast if

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

Questions people ask

Is Default or Harvest Forecast better?
Neither clearly leads. Default starts at On request and Harvest Forecast at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Default or Harvest Forecast?
Harvest Forecast has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Default and Free for Harvest Forecast.
Does Default or Harvest Forecast run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
Can I use Harvest Forecast for free?
Yes. Harvest Forecast has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Default starts at On request.
What is Default best used for?
Default is most often used for a b2b software company losing inbound leads between form submission and a booked meeting because routing and scheduling are separate tools, a revenue operations team consolidating a scheduler, a routing tool, an enrichment vendor and an automation layer into one contract, a sales organisation with complex territory rules that needs routing decisions to be auditable when a representative disputes an assignment, a team that wants enrichment and ideal customer profile scoring applied before a lead reaches a representative, rather than cleaned up afterwards. Of those, a b2b software company losing inbound leads between form submission and a booked meeting because routing and scheduling are separate tools and a revenue operations team consolidating a scheduler, a routing tool, an enrichment vendor and an automation layer into one contract are not what Harvest Forecast is typically brought in for.
What can Default do that Harvest Forecast cannot?
Default covers Inbound routing, Native scheduling, Waterfall enrichment, Lead scoring. Harvest Forecast covers Visual scheduling, Capacity planning, Project assignments, Utilization reports.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Default: What does Default replace?

Typically a scheduler, a lead routing tool, an enrichment provider and part of a workflow automation layer.

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
Default: Is pricing published?

No. It is quoted, and reported structures involve a monthly platform fee plus separate user and routing seats plus metered enrichment credits.

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
Default: Does it replace the CRM?

No. It sits in front of the CRM, routing and enriching records and keeping them clean, and it writes to Salesforce or HubSpot.

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
Default: Is it worth it for a small team?

Rarely. The platform fee before seats means the economics work when you are retiring several existing subscriptions.

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