Close vs SmartTalk vs Pipedrive vs CustomerIQ

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

Your tool
Close
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Competitor 1
SmartTalk
Competitor 2
Pipedrive
Competitor 3
CustomerIQ
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Close
close.com
Close is a sales CRM for teams that sell by phone, email and text.
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Competitor SmartTalk
smarttalk.chat
The free plan caps you at 100 messages monthly
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Competitor Pipedrive
pipedrive.com
Pipedrive is a sales CRM built around a visual pipeline.
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Competitor CustomerIQ
getcustomeriq.com
Sales and service teams lose deals because they cannot keep up with the volume of client communications flooding their inboxes and phone lines
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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2.4Kvisits/mo
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1.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 285.1%
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▼ 70.1%
6-month growth
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+51.0%
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-50.5%
Global rank web
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#7,651,877
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#2,761,550
Avg. last 3 months
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1K
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2.4K
Bounce rate lower is better
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38%
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18%
Pages / visit
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1.5
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6.4
Visit duration
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2s
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2m 35s
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CloseSmartTalkPipedriveCustomerIQ
01.1K2.2K3.2K4.3KSmartTalk · 450SmartTalk · 976SmartTalk · 4KSmartTalk · 1.6KSmartTalk · 1.6KSmartTalk · 424SmartTalk · 27SmartTalk · 618SmartTalk · 2.4KCustomerIQ · 3.3KCustomerIQ · 4.3KCustomerIQ · 3.2KCustomerIQ · 2.5KCustomerIQ · 3KCustomerIQ · 2.4KCustomerIQ · 1.9KCustomerIQ · 4.2KCustomerIQ · 1.2K101001K10KSmartTalk · 450SmartTalk · 976SmartTalk · 4KSmartTalk · 1.6KSmartTalk · 1.6KSmartTalk · 424SmartTalk · 27SmartTalk · 618SmartTalk · 2.4KCustomerIQ · 3.3KCustomerIQ · 4.3KCustomerIQ · 3.2KCustomerIQ · 2.5KCustomerIQ · 3KCustomerIQ · 2.4KCustomerIQ · 1.9KCustomerIQ · 4.2KCustomerIQ · 1.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Paid
Freemium
Free Trial
Freemium
Starting price
$9per month
$19.99per month · free tier available
€14per month
$50per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free trial
API access
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Plans
Solo $9/moEssentials $35/moGrowth $99/moScale $139/mo
Free FreeBasic $19.99/moPremium $29.99/moCustom $0
Lite €14/moGrowth €39/moPremium €59/moUltimate €79/mo
Free FreePlus $50/moPro $75/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioData
Text
AudioData
AudioText
Output
AudioText
AppsText
DataText
DataText
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Business & MarketingAI CRMAI Sales
Business & MarketingAI Customer Service
Business & MarketingAI CRMAI Sales
Business & MarketingProductivity & OfficeAI CRMAI Email Assistant+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Sales
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Lead generation
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Customer support
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WhatsApp customer engagement
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Agents
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Customer support chatbot
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Email follow-ups
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Email management
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FAQ chatbot
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Lead management
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Sales management
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Voice agents
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Call summaries
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Call transcriptions
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Customer calls
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Customer retention
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Customer service emails
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Customer success
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Email automation
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Forecasting
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Meeting preparation
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Meeting scheduling
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Meeting transcription
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Sales call assistance
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Sales optimization
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.