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Chili Piper


Chili Piper: The established alternative for inbound routing and scheduling, if you do not want enrichment and workflow in the same contract

Inbound lead routing, enrichment and scheduling in one workflow layer
As of 31 August 2026, Default's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. A go to market workflow tool that captures a demo request, enriches it, scores it, routes it and books the meeting in one pass, replacing a stack of separate point tools. Softwr lists it under Sales Enablement. Default is available on Web.
Overview
Default sits between a website form and a CRM. It captures inbound demo requests, enriches the record from multiple data providers, scores it against an ideal customer profile, routes it to the right representative under auditable territory rules, and presents a branded scheduler so the meeting is booked in the same session. It also handles outbound signal triggers, CRM hygiene work such as deduplication, merging and field backfill, and exposes an MCP endpoint so agents can query go to market data directly. The commercial argument is consolidation. The functions Default performs are normally bought as four subscriptions: a scheduler, a routing tool, an enrichment provider and a workflow automation layer, each with its own contract and its own failure point between form submit and booked meeting. Default replaces them with one, which is why it publicly offers to buy out legacy go to market contracts to remove the switching obstacle. Buyers are B2B software companies with meaningful inbound volume and a revenue operations function to run it. The trade-off is the pricing shape. Pricing is not published, and third party accounts describe a monthly platform fee in the hundreds before any seats are added, with separate user seats, routing seats and metered enrichment credits on top. That structure punishes small teams and rewards teams that are genuinely retiring several tools.
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Cross-shopped
Each pairing was judged by two reviewers asking whether a buyer would genuinely weigh the two against each other. The ones that failed were deleted rather than published.


Chili Piper: The established alternative for inbound routing and scheduling, if you do not want enrichment and workflow in the same contract


Clay: Better if enrichment and data waterfalls are the actual problem and routing is already handled


HubSpot: Worth comparing if you are already on HubSpot and its native routing and meetings tools cover enough of the workflow
Pricing
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Default
On request
Capabilities
Inbound routing
Auditable rules and territory management that assign a lead to an owner on submission
Native scheduling
Branded calendars and group events so the meeting is booked before the visitor leaves
Waterfall enrichment
Multiple data providers queried in sequence, with field coverage and completion tracking
Lead scoring
Ideal customer profile matching applied at the point of capture
CRM hygiene
Automatic deduplication, record merging and field backfill against the CRM
Outbound signals
Triggering research and sequenced outreach from website intent and buying signals
MCP endpoint
Agent accessible access to go to market data from a terminal or assistant
Answered, with sources
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Typically a scheduler, a lead routing tool, an enrichment provider and part of a workflow automation layer.
No. It is quoted, and reported structures involve a monthly platform fee plus separate user and routing seats plus metered enrichment credits.
No. It sits in front of the CRM, routing and enriching records and keeping them clean, and it writes to Salesforce or HubSpot.
Rarely. The platform fee before seats means the economics work when you are retiring several existing subscriptions.
Keep looking
Inbound lead routing and instant meeting booking on the demo request form
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Four separate diallers, including agent-assisted calling, for outbound teams that live on the phone
AI agents that run a deal playbook and keep quiet pipeline moving, integrated with HubSpot and Salesforce
AI video prospecting that generates one personalised video per prospect from a single recording
AI sales agents that research, write and send outbound, with published per-seat pricing
Digital sales rooms with mutual action plans, e-signature and a free tier that is genuinely usable
A go-to-market research agent that writes signal-based outreach, priced per lead researched
Account-based intent data and revenue intelligence platform for B2B sales and marketing
Call recording that writes back to the CRM and scores reps against your own qualification framework
B2B contact data that notifies European contacts and screens do-not-call lists as a product feature
Revenue enablement with interactive value selling calculators and forecasting from the InsightSquared acquisition
AI parallel dialler and virtual sales floor for outbound teams making high call volume
Parallel dialler that connects sales reps only when a human answers
AI video prospecting that generates one personalised video per prospect from a single recording
AI sales agents that research, write and send outbound, with published per-seat pricing
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What people switch to, and what they give up
Every tier, and where the cost actually lands
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AI video prospecting that generates one personalised video per prospect from a single recording
Per workspace per monthMeeting recorder and AI notetaker that writes back to the CRM and gives free seats to people who only need to watch
Per contributor licence per monthCall recording that writes back to the CRM and scores reps against your own qualification framework
quoteMeeting assistant, scheduler and conversation intelligence sold as separate priced layers
Per user per monthAI agents that run a deal playbook and keep quiet pipeline moving, integrated with HubSpot and Salesforce
quoteCustomer and community intelligence that stitches scattered person identities into one go-to-market signal feed
Per month by contact volumeClient-facing workspaces for deal rooms, onboarding plans and customer portals
Per month by plan with additional seats charged