Salesforce alternatives

Tools that do what Salesforce does, found by what they say they do rather than by shelf. Among the equally alike, the most used come first. Each line says how it differs from Salesforce.

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With a free plan or free to use: Apollo.io, Text, Inc., Salesmate, Clarify, AutomateNexus CRM, Appmint.

10 alternativesUnlike Salesforce

#1
Zoho Sales
Suite of 50+ cloud applications for sales, accounting, customer service, email, and custom app building.
More widely usedAround longer, since 1996
1.2M
1996
#2
Apollo.io Sales MCP · sign-in
Unifies prospect data and runs background agents to automate outreach, research, and meeting booking across sales tools.
Also: Workflow automation, Data extractionNewer, since 2015
108k
Active
From $49/mo
2015
#3
ZoomInfo Sales MCP · sign-in
Sales intelligence platform with a database of companies and contacts, buying signals and prospecting tools.
Same job
7.3M
Active
Contact sales
2000
#4
Text, Inc.Support
AI agent handles customer conversations, recommends products, and qualifies leads for sales and support teams.
Newer, since 2011
80.5k
Active
From $19/user/mo
2011
#5
Salesmate Sales
Unified platform combining CRM, marketing automation, customer support, and AI agents for sales and customer teams.
Also: Workflow automationNewer, since 2016
23.1k
Active
From $23/user/mo
2016
#6
Clarify Sales
Autonomous CRM with agents that handle prospecting, follow-ups, call recording, and deal management tasks.
Also: Workflow automationNewer, since 2014
24.6k
Active
From $40/mo
2014
#7
AutomateNexus CRM Sales
CRM with eight AI agents that manage pipeline, customer research, scheduling, support, and forecasting.
Also: Workflow automation, Analytics
833
Active
From $49/mo
#8
Gong Sales
Records and analyzes sales conversations to predict pipeline risk and automate revenue workflows.
Also: Analytics, Workflow automationNewer, since 2015
52.5k
Active
Contact sales
2015
#9
Appmint Sales
AI-staffed business platform handling CRM, phone reception, scheduling, and workflows across sales, service, and commerce.
Same job
2
Active
From $39/mo
#10
Operate Sales
Connects to sales data and CRM to surface deal status and coordinate team actions with AI agents.
Also: Workflow automation
1k
Active

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How this list is made: the words Salesforce is described with (what it does, for whom, what it is used for) are matched against every tool in the Atlas. A tool on the same shelf, or doing the same kind of work, counts for a little more. Nothing here is paid for.