Close CRM vs. Follow Up Boss

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Close CRM
Score 9.9 out of 10
N/A
Close.io is a customer relationship management (CRM) software with call management and sales workflow automation capabilities.
$9
per month (paid annually) per user
Follow Up Boss
Score 6.8 out of 10
N/A
Follow Up Boss is a real estate CRM and lead management solution from the company of the same name headquartered in British Columbia.
$58
per month per user
Pricing
Close CRMFollow Up Boss
Editions & Modules
Solo
$9
per month (paid annually) per user
Essentials
$35
per month (paid annually) per user
Growth
$99
per month (paid annually) per user
Scale
$139
per month (paid annually) per user
Grow - Pay Annually
$58.00
per month per user
Grow - Pay Monthly
$69.00
per month per user
Pro - Pay Annually
$416.00
per month 10 users included
Pro - Pay Monthly
$499.00
per month 10 users included
Platform - Pay Annually
$833.00
per month 30 users included
Platform - Pay Monthly
$1000.00
per month 30 users included
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Close CRMFollow Up Boss
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsThe pricing listed here reflects up to a 35% discount for paying annually. Monthly billing is available at of $19 per user for the Solo plan (only 1 user allowed), $49 per user for the Essentials plan, $109 per user for the Growth plan, and $149 per user for the Scale plan.
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Features
Close CRMFollow Up Boss
Sales Force Automation
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Close CRM
8.9
Ratings
14% above category average
Follow Up Boss
-
Ratings
Customer data management / contact management8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow management7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Territory management8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Opportunity management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Interaction tracking8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management9.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
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Close CRM
8.5
Ratings
12% above category average
Follow Up Boss
-
Ratings
Case management8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Call center management7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Help desk management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Close CRM
9.0
Ratings
17% above category average
Follow Up Boss
-
Ratings
Lead management8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Email marketing9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Close CRM
7.9
Ratings
4% above category average
Follow Up Boss
-
Ratings
Task management8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting5.40 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
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Close CRM
7.5
Ratings
1% below category average
Follow Up Boss
-
Ratings
Forecasting10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Pipeline visualization8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable reports4.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Close CRM
8.6
Ratings
14% above category average
Follow Up Boss
-
Ratings
Custom fields10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom objects10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Scripting environment8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
API for custom integration6.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
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Close CRM
8.0
Ratings
4% below category average
Follow Up Boss
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Close CRM
10.0
Ratings
31% above category average
Follow Up Boss
-
Ratings
Social data10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Social engagement10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Close CRM
6.4
Ratings
14% below category average
Follow Up Boss
-
Ratings
Marketing automation6.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Close CRM
10.0
Ratings
31% above category average
Follow Up Boss
-
Ratings
Mobile access10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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Score 10.0 out of 10

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User Ratings
Close CRMFollow Up Boss
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.3
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Close CRMFollow Up Boss
Likelihood to Recommend
Close is my #1 choice for sales teams, both inbound and outbound. The telephony features in Close are exceptional and they lead the Industry in features and innovation. The power dialer increases productivity by cutting down the manual time of physically dialing calls. All calls and interactions including SMS messages are automatically logged to the client's account within the CRM.
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For CRM and real estate companies and realtors, it is very good for lead generation.
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Pros
  • You can search for prospects by your activity & notes.
  • It helps automate the follow up process.
  • It ties cold emailing into a powerful CRM all in one portal.
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  • Classifying different types of leads depending on our necessities.
  • The facilities of calling customer, emailing them, and texting them in the same app.
  • The website doesn't lag and is very fluid.
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Cons
  • Minor bugs? - Sometime when I'm replying to an account it attempts to send the email as a different user. Thankfully I've only missed it when sending internal emails!
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  • Sometimes, the automatic actions don't activate themselves.
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Usability
Close is a simpler platform to use when it comes to initiating email campaigns and managing leads. It has great visibility on opportunities and can be shared with specified users or can also be kept confidential. Close is not for someone who is very new to tools of its kind.
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Support Rating
Close's support team offers a really good service, they are always willing to help with whatever is needed or arises, they investigate everything they need to find a solution and give an answer as quickly as possible, their attitude is better and their optimism really helps in times of stress, they do a great job in record time.
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Alternatives Considered
For a specific sales team, Close performs better sales tracking and email and SMS management, with a fresh and modern interface, making the team's work more comfortable, with a holistic (but not complete) tracking and reporting of the data. Helping to improve the performance of each agent and obtain better results. For all other campaigns we use the predictive dialers mentioned above, Close is better for tracking current customers and for warm leads.
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I have used Guru. They are different since one is a CRM and the other is a knowledge base. Guru definitely has a lot of good features for finding good information, but it doesn't have the CRM features of Follow Up Boss, like calling, chatting, emailing, and classifying customers.
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Return on Investment
  • Has allowed us to have full visibility into our pipeline
  • Has allowed us to automate lead entry and follow up, saving us tons of time and helping us to make sure we're not letting people slip through the cracks. This is done through the Zapier integration and new email sequences feature
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  • A positive impact to finding the important leads at the moment to call.
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ScreenShots

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