Real Estate · head to head
Lofty vs Chime
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Lofty add-on products like the Home Evaluation Page carry a separate $70 per month charge on top of the core CRM subscription; Chime waiving the setup fee and contract deposit requires paying the annual plan in one lump sum rather than monthly
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Lofty and Chime actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Real Estate).
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Lofty
- Add-on products like the Home Evaluation Page carry a separate $70 per month charge on top of the core CRM subscription
Chime
- Waiving the setup fee and contract deposit requires paying the annual plan in one lump sum rather than monthly
- Exceeding the monthly outgoing email limit costs $1 per additional 5,000 emails
- Lead generation ads carry a 20 percent ad management fee, and branding ads carry a 15 percent fee and require the CRM Professional plan or above
Pricing, plan by plan
Lofty
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Lofty review.
Chime
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Chime review.
Which should you pick?
Choose Lofty if
Nothing in the data separates Lofty from Chime on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Choose Chime if
Nothing in the data separates Chime from Lofty on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.
Questions people ask
- Is Lofty or Chime better?
- Neither clearly leads. Lofty starts at On request and Chime at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Lofty or Chime?
- Lofty starts at On request and Chime at On request.
- Does Lofty or Chime run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.