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Side-by-side comparison · Sales & Customer Support

Attio vs Close vs Decagon

Everything that matters when choosing between them, in one place: our rating, what each can do, what they cost, and the trade-offs.

Attio

4.1

From $35/seat/mo

Close

4.1

From $9/user/mo

Decagon

3.9

Free to start

Comparing 3 tools, the maximum.

At a glance

Pick it if: Startups, small teams and founders who want a CRM that keeps itself up to date and bends to how they work.

Pick it if: Small sales teams and solo sellers who call and email a lot of leads and want it all in one tool.

Pick it if: Large companies with big support teams that want AI to handle most customer chats, emails and calls.

Overview

AttributeAttioCloseDecagon
In one lineCRM that fills itself in from your email and calendar, with AI agents that research leads.Sales CRM with calling, texting and email built in, plus an AI agent that calls leads.AI agents that answer customer chats, emails and phone calls for large companies.
Pricing modelFreemiumPaidPaid
Starting price$35/seat/mo$9/user/moSee website
Free plan Yes No No
Works with Claude Code Yes Yes No

Rating breakdown

Our scores out of 5. The higher bar in each row is highlighted.

AttributeAttioCloseDecagon
Overall rating4.14.13.9
Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it.
4.0
4.0
3.0
FeaturesHow completely it covers its own job, and how well the pieces fit together.
4.5
4.5
4.5
Output qualityHow good the results are before you fix them.
4.0
4.0
4.5
Value for moneyWhat you get for the price, including the free plan.
4.0
4.0
3.0
Speed & reliabilityHow fast it is and how often it falls over.
4.0
4.0
4.5

Feature comparison

A tick means it does this today. A dash means we haven't checked.

AttributeAttioCloseDecagon
Access & platform
Free plan Yes No No
Mobile app Yes Yes No
Desktop app– Yes No
Browser extension Yes No No
API access Yes Yes–
Teams & business
Team workspace Yes Yes Yes
Enterprise plan or SSO Yes No Yes
Connects to other apps Yes Yes Yes
Open source or self-hosted No No No
AI abilities
Works with your files– Yes Yes
Understands images–––
Makes images No No No
Makes video No No No
Writes code No No No
Runs agents or automations Yes Yes Yes
Learns your brand or style– No Yes
Works in many languages– No Yes
Capabilities score8/ 177/ 177/ 17

Pricing

Plans as listed on each vendor's site when we last checked. Confirm before you buy.

AttributeAttioCloseDecagon
Plans

Free

Free

Founders and tiny teams getting started.

Solo

$9/user/mo billed yearly, or $19 monthly

One person selling on their own.

EnterpriseOur pick

Custom

Large companies with high support volume.

Plus

$35/seat/mo billed yearly, or $44 monthly

Small teams that need private lists and more email.

Essentials

$35/user/mo billed yearly, or $49 monthly

Small teams sharing leads.

ProOur pick

$79/seat/mo billed yearly, or $99 monthly

Sales teams that call, sequence and report.

GrowthOur pick

$99/user/mo billed yearly, or $109 monthly

Teams that want follow-ups and AI on autopilot.

Enterprise

Custom, billed yearly

Larger companies with security and admin needs.

Scale

$139/user/mo billed yearly, or $149 monthly

High-volume calling teams.

Which plan to pickStart free: it's good enough for a founder or a team of three to run their contacts and deals. Plus suits a small team that just needs more room. Go Pro once you want call recording, sequences or proper reporting, and use the 14-day Pro trial to check it's worth it.Take the 14-day trial, which needs no card. Solo is a bargain if you sell alone and follow up by hand. Growth is where Close earns its price, because that's where automated follow-ups, the power dialer and Chloe in workflows start. Budget a little extra each month for call minutes.There's only one way to buy it: book a demo and get a custom quote. It only makes sense once you handle tens of thousands of support conversations a month.

Key features

AttributeAttioCloseDecagon
Standout features
  • Builds itself
  • Ask Attio
  • AI agents
  • Shape it your way
  • Workflows and sequences
  • Call Intelligence
  • Built-in calling and texting
  • Chloe AI agent
  • Power and predictive dialers
  • Email and text sequences
  • Two-way email sync
  • AI summaries
  • Chat, email and voice
  • Agent Operating Procedures
  • Real actions
  • Testing and A/B tests
  • Quality checks
  • Customer insights

Pros and cons

AttributeAttioCloseDecagon
Pros
  • Fills itself in from email and calendar, so it stays up to date
  • A real free plan for up to 3 people
  • Flexible enough to track deals, investors, partners or hiring
  • Clean, quick interface that people actually like using
  • Official Claude connector
  • Calling, texting and email built in, with everything logged
  • Solo plan is one of the cheapest proper CRMs around
  • Chloe can call and qualify leads without hiring a rep
  • Fast to learn compared with Salesforce or HubSpot
  • Official MCP connector for Claude
  • Takes real actions in customer accounts, not only answers
  • Support teams can change how the agent behaves without engineers
  • Strong testing and quality tools before changes go live
  • Handles chat, email and phone in one agent
  • Big-name customers report high resolution rates
Cons
  • AI features run on credits, and heavy users need to buy more
  • Call recording and sequences only on Pro
  • The free and Plus plans cap how many emails you can send
  • The flexibility means some setup thinking before it fits
  • Calls and texts are billed on top of the plan
  • Automations and the power dialer need Growth, which is a big jump from Essentials
  • Chloe launched for US and Canadian numbers in English only
  • Less suited to marketing or businesses that rarely pick up the phone
  • Large companies only, with no public pricing, trial or self-serve plan
  • Contracts are reported to start well above $100,000 a year
  • Setup takes weeks and needs your systems connected
  • Most performance figures come from Decagon and its customers

Who each one is for

AttributeAttioCloseDecagon
Best for
  • A CRM that fills itself in from email and calendar
  • Startups tracking customers, investors and partners in one place
  • Researching and scoring leads with AI
  • Teams that want to design their own CRM
  • Calling and texting leads straight from the CRM
  • Following up leads automatically by email and text
  • Having AI call and qualify new leads
  • Small inside sales teams and solo sellers
  • Automating support at a large consumer brand
  • AI agents that take real actions in customer accounts
  • Answering phone calls with AI in many languages
  • Support teams that want to change the AI without engineers
You'll find it used by
  • Startups
  • Founders
  • Sales teams
  • Investors
  • Agencies
  • Small sales teams
  • Solo founders
  • Agencies
  • Inside sales reps
  • Large consumer brands
  • Fintech companies
  • Travel companies
  • Enterprise support teams

Questions people ask

Which is better, Attio, Close or Decagon?

They tie on our overall rating (Attio 4.1/5, Close 4.1/5 and Decagon 3.9/5). Attio is best for A CRM that fills itself in from email and calendar and startups tracking customers, investors and partners in one place. Close is best for calling and texting leads straight from the CRM and following up leads automatically by email and text. Decagon is best for automating support at a large consumer brand and AI agents that take real actions in customer accounts.

Which is cheaper, Attio, Close or Decagon?

Attio: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $35/seat/mo. Close: There's no free plan. Paid plans start at $9/user/mo. Decagon: Pricing isn't published; check the vendor's site for a quote.

How we compare

Ratings are our own, from using each tool, across ease of use, features, output quality, value for money, speed & reliability.

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