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Freshsales vs Textline

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Freshsales

Software

Smart CRM for growing businesses

From
$19/month
Rated
-
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Textline

Software

Business texting for teams

From
On request
Rated
-

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; Textline outbound messages beyond the plan allowance are billed per message at $0.03 to $0.04 each, plus a separate campaign registration fee

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Freshsales and Textline actually diverge.

Attributes where Freshsales and Textline differ
AttributeFreshsalesTextline
Starting price$19/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionusage-based
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb
Founded2010Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), 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 Textline

Nothing recorded that Freshsales does not also cover.

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 Textline
  • Managing deals, pipelines and sales sequencesnot Textline

Textline

No use cases recorded yet. See the Textline review.

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

Textline

  • Outbound messages beyond the plan allowance are billed per message at $0.03 to $0.04 each, plus a separate campaign registration fee

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

Textline

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Textline review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Freshsales if

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

Choose Textline if

Nothing in the data separates Textline from Freshsales on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Questions people ask

Is Freshsales or Textline better?
Neither clearly leads. Freshsales starts at $19/month and Textline at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Freshsales or Textline?
Freshsales starts at $19/month and Textline at On request.
Does Freshsales or Textline run on more platforms?
Freshsales runs on Web, Ios, Android. Textline runs on Web.
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 Textline is typically brought in for.
What can Freshsales do that Textline cannot?
Freshsales covers Contact management, Lead scoring, Sales pipeline, Activity tracking.

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