Sales Enablement · head to head
Gainsight vs Salesloft
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Gainsight limited customization options; teams resort to exports and scripts when platform lacks required fields; Salesloft no transparent pricing published, all pricing inquiries require sales contact
- They diverge on capability: Gainsight covers Health scores, Salesloft covers Cadences.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 30 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Gainsight and Salesloft actually diverge.
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Sales Enablement), founded (2011).
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 Gainsight
- Health scores
- Churn prediction
- Playbook automation
- Customer 360 view
- Journey orchestration
- Slack
- Zendesk
Only in Salesloft
- Cadences
- Email tracking
- Dialer
- Deals management
- Conversation intelligence
- Microsoft Dynamics
- Zoom
Both cover
- Salesforce
- HubSpot
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Gainsight
- Customer Successnot Salesloft
- Retentionnot Salesloft
- Health Scoringnot Salesloft
Salesloft
- Prospectingnot Gainsight
- Deal managementnot Gainsight
- Sales coachingnot Gainsight
- Revenue forecastingnot Gainsight
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Gainsight
- Limited customization options; teams resort to exports and scripts when platform lacks required fields
- Integration reliability issues; broken connectors and schema changes create stale health scores
- Cannot automatically track emails within the platform; requires manual logging or third-party solutions
- Long implementation and setup; typically requires 12-24 weeks and mandatory implementation services
- High total cost of ownership; Year 1 costs often exceed $200K including required professional services
Salesloft
- No transparent pricing published, all pricing inquiries require sales contact
- Appears to offer only enterprise B2B sales engagement, no self-serve options
Pricing, plan by plan
Gainsight
$2500/month- Essentials$2500/month
- Health scores
- Customer 360
- Playbooks
- Enterprise$5000/month
- Advanced analytics
- AI predictions
- Custom integrations
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 Salesloft if
- You need cadences.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want email tracking.
Questions people ask
- Is Gainsight or Salesloft better?
- Neither clearly leads. Gainsight starts at $2500/month and Salesloft at $75/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Gainsight or Salesloft?
- Gainsight starts at $2500/month and Salesloft at $75/month.
- Does Gainsight or Salesloft run on more platforms?
- Gainsight runs on Web. Salesloft runs on Web, Ios, Android.
- What is Gainsight best used for?
- Gainsight is most often used for customer success, retention, health scoring. Of those, customer success and retention are not what Salesloft is typically brought in for.
- What can Gainsight do that Salesloft cannot?
- Gainsight covers Health scores, Churn prediction, Playbook automation, Customer 360 view. Salesloft covers Cadences, Email tracking, Dialer, Deals management. Both handle Salesforce, HubSpot, Web support, Ios support.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Gainsight: Does Gainsight offer a free tier?
Gainsight does not offer a free trial for the main Customer Success Cloud platform. Gainsight PX (product analytics) offers a free Starter tier supporting up to 100 monthly active users.
SourceSalesloft: How much does Salesloft cost?
Salesloft does not publish pricing on their website. All pricing inquiries require contacting the sales team. Call +1 (770) 756-8022 or fill out their contact form to request pricing and a 15-minute intro call.
SourceGainsight: How is Gainsight priced?
Gainsight prices at $150-$300 per user/month for tier plans, but the main CS Cloud pricing is based on customer records managed. Initial deployments managing 500-1,500 customer records typically cost $60,000-$120,000 annually, with Year 1 costs often exceeding $200K including mandatory implementation.
SourceSalesloft: Does Salesloft pricing vary by team size?
Yes, Salesloft pricing varies based on team size, features needed, and implementation requirements. Contact sales to discuss your specific needs and receive a custom pricing quote.
SourceGainsight: What are Gainsight's core features?
Gainsight offers health scoring, customer journey orchestration, playbooks, in-app engagement, reporting, customer data consolidation via Customer 360, and Staircase AI for real-time engagement insights. It also includes Skilljar for customer education and Communities for self-service support.
SourceSalesloft: Does Salesloft offer a free trial?
No free trial is mentioned on their pricing page. Customers must contact sales to schedule a consultation and learn about available options.
SourceGainsight: What CRM integrations are available?
Gainsight integrates with Salesforce, HubSpot, and Slack. The Salesforce connector syncs account data, the HubSpot connector ingests engagement data, and Slack automation sends Gainsight notifications and alerts to channels.
Salesloft: How do I get a Salesloft pricing quote?
Contact Salesloft sales at +1 (770) 756-8022 or fill out the contact form on their pricing page to request a pricing quote and schedule a 15-minute intro call with the sales team.
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