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SharpSpring vs Outreach

SharpSpring logo

SharpSpring

CRM & Sales

Marketing automation for agencies

From
$50/month
Rated
-
Outreach logo

Outreach

CRM & Sales

Sales execution platform for revenue teams

From
$100/month
Rated
-

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: SharpSpring still operates under the SharpSpring brand name (footer copyright SharpSpring 2026) as a Constant Contact product, serving over 2000 agencies and 10000 businesses per the vendor site; Outreach pricing not transparent, requiring custom quotes for most implementations
  • They diverge on capability: SharpSpring covers Contact management, Outreach covers Sales engagement.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which SharpSpring and Outreach actually diverge.

Attributes where SharpSpring and Outreach differ
AttributeSharpSpringOutreach
Starting price$50/month$100/month

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (CRM & Sales), founded (2014).

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 SharpSpring

  • Contact management
  • Email marketing
  • Landing pages
  • Marketing automation
  • CRM
  • Reporting
  • White labeling
  • Zapier

Only in Outreach

  • Sales engagement
  • Conversation intelligence
  • Revenue intelligence
  • Pipeline management
  • Analytics & reporting
  • Microsoft Dynamics
  • LinkedIn
  • Zoom

Both cover

  • Slack
  • Salesforce
  • Web support

What people use each for

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

SharpSpring

  • Marketing automationnot Outreach
  • Lead generationnot Outreach
  • Client managementnot Outreach

Outreach

  • Sales outreachnot SharpSpring
  • Pipeline managementnot SharpSpring
  • Revenue forecastingnot SharpSpring
  • Team performancenot SharpSpring

Where each one falls short

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

SharpSpring

  • Still operates under the SharpSpring brand name (footer copyright SharpSpring 2026) as a Constant Contact product, serving over 2000 agencies and 10000 businesses per the vendor site

Outreach

  • Pricing not transparent, requiring custom quotes for most implementations
  • Complex setup requiring deep Salesforce configuration and customization
  • Primarily designed for enterprise SDR and sales teams, less suitable for small businesses

Pricing, plan by plan

SharpSpring

$50/month
  • Professional$50/month
    • Contact management
    • Email marketing
    • Landing pages
  • Agency$100/month
    • Everything in Professional
    • Client management
    • White labeling
  • Enterprise$undefined/month
    • Everything in Agency
    • Custom integration
    • Dedicated support

Outreach

$100/month
  • Standard$100/month
    • Email sequencing
    • Task management
    • Basic analytics
  • ProfessionalFree
    • All Standard features
    • Conversation intelligence
    • Advanced analytics
  • EnterpriseFree
    • All Professional features
    • Revenue intelligence
    • Custom integrations

Which should you pick?

Choose SharpSpring if

  • You need contact management.
  • You also want email marketing.

Choose Outreach if

  • You need sales engagement.
  • You also want conversation intelligence.

Questions people ask

Is SharpSpring or Outreach better?
Neither clearly leads. SharpSpring starts at $50/month and Outreach at $100/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, SharpSpring or Outreach?
SharpSpring starts at $50/month and Outreach at $100/month.
Does SharpSpring or Outreach run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is SharpSpring best used for?
SharpSpring is most often used for marketing automation, lead generation, client management. Of those, marketing automation and lead generation are not what Outreach is typically brought in for.
What can SharpSpring do that Outreach cannot?
SharpSpring covers Contact management, Email marketing, Landing pages, Marketing automation. Outreach covers Sales engagement, Conversation intelligence, Revenue intelligence, Pipeline management. Both handle Slack, Salesforce, Web support.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Outreach: What channels does Outreach support for sales engagement?

Outreach enables outreach across email, phone calls, SMS, and social media with multi-channel sequencing and automated cadences.

Source
Outreach: Does Outreach integrate with Salesforce?

Yes, Outreach deeply integrates with Salesforce to automatically log emails, calls, and tasks back to CRM records, keeping both platforms synchronized.

Source
Outreach: Can Outreach sync with calendar systems?

Yes, Outreach syncs calendar events to Salesforce as Events records, supporting two-way synchronization between Outreach meetings and Salesforce Events.

Source

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