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Freshsales vs Salesloft

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Freshsales

Software

Smart CRM for growing businesses

From
$19/month
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
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Salesloft

Software

The Modern Revenue Workspace

From
$75/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Freshsales contact scoring, sales sequences and territory management require the Pro plan at $39 per user per month, more than four times the Growth price; Salesloft the Internet Archive's capture of SalesLoft's pricing page on 3 December 2020 named four distinct packages, Prospect (lead generation), Sell (opportunity management), Engage (post-sale customer experience), and Enterprise (full revenue lifecycle), with no figures published, only 'Request a Quote'.
  • They diverge on capability: Freshsales covers Contact management, Salesloft covers Cadences.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Freshsales and Salesloft actually diverge.

Attributes where Freshsales and Salesloft differ
AttributeFreshsalesSalesloft
Starting price$19/month$75/month
Founded20102011

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Web, Ios, Android), 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 Freshsales

  • Contact management
  • Lead scoring
  • Sales pipeline
  • Activity tracking
  • Email sync
  • AI insights
  • Workflow automation
  • Gmail

Only in Salesloft

  • Cadences
  • Email tracking
  • Dialer
  • Deals management
  • Conversation intelligence
  • Salesforce
  • HubSpot
  • Microsoft Dynamics

Both cover

  • Web support
  • Ios support
  • Android support

What people use each for

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

Freshsales

  • Sales CRM with built in email, phone and chatnot Salesloft
  • Managing deals, pipelines and sales sequencesnot Salesloft

Salesloft

  • Prospectingnot Freshsales
  • Deal managementnot Freshsales
  • Sales coachingnot Freshsales
  • Revenue forecastingnot Freshsales

Where each one falls short

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

Freshsales

  • Contact scoring, sales sequences and territory management require the Pro plan at $39 per user per month, more than four times the Growth price
  • Forecasting insights, custom modules, sandbox and audit logs are Enterprise only at $59 per user per month
  • Every published price requires annual billing
  • The Freddy AI agent is billed separately at $49 per 100 sessions
  • Branded documents are a further $19 per user add on
  • No contact limits are stated for any tier on the pricing page

Salesloft

  • The Internet Archive's capture of SalesLoft's pricing page on 3 December 2020 named four distinct packages, Prospect (lead generation), Sell (opportunity management), Engage (post-sale customer experience), and Enterprise (full revenue lifecycle), with no figures published, only 'Request a Quote'.

Pricing, plan by plan

Freshsales

$19/month
  • Starter$19/month
    • Contact & account management
    • Pipeline management
  • Growth$39/month
    • Everything in Starter
    • Sales automation
    • Territory management
  • Pro$65/month
    • Everything in Growth
    • Forecasting
    • Advanced customization

Salesloft

$75/month
  • Essentials$75/month
    • Cadences
    • Email tracking
    • Dialer
  • Advanced$125/month
    • All Essentials features
    • Deals
    • Conversations
  • PremierFree
    • All Advanced features
    • Forecasting
    • Pipeline analytics

Which should you pick?

Choose Freshsales if

  • You need contact management.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want lead scoring.
Freshsales review

Choose Salesloft if

  • You need cadences.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want email tracking.
Salesloft review

Questions people ask

Is Freshsales or Salesloft better?
Neither clearly leads. Freshsales starts at $19/month and Salesloft at $75/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Freshsales or Salesloft?
Freshsales starts at $19/month and Salesloft at $75/month.
Does Freshsales or Salesloft run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Freshsales best used for?
Freshsales is most often used for sales crm with built in email, phone and chat, managing deals, pipelines and sales sequences. Of those, sales crm with built in email, phone and chat and managing deals, pipelines and sales sequences are not what Salesloft is typically brought in for.
What can Freshsales do that Salesloft cannot?
Freshsales covers Contact management, Lead scoring, Sales pipeline, Activity tracking. Salesloft covers Cadences, Email tracking, Dialer, Deals management. Both handle Web support, Ios support, Android support.
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