Nutshell is 73% cheaper
than Close
$65/mo (Foundation) vs Close Essentials at $245/mo for 5 seats ($49/seat) — covering 50% of the 8 compared capabilities.
Same job. Way less money.
Comparison scenario
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5 seats, monthly billing · USD · prices as observed on official pricing pages.
Essentials plan at $245/mo ($49/seat × 5 seats), the cheapest paid plan.
Foundation: 156 USD/yearly; 4 extra seat(s) × 156 USD.
Close costs $245/mo on the Essentials plan at 5 seats, monthly billing. We found 1 assessed alternative that is cheaper in this scenario; 0 of them cover at least 75% of the 8 compared capabilities.
Capability comparison
Nutshell covers 50% of the 8 capabilities compared against Close. ✓ native · ◐ via integration · ✗ not found.
| Capability | Nutshell | Close |
|---|---|---|
| Contact management | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sales pipeline management | ↑ Pro | ✓ |
| Lead management | ↑ Growth | ✓ |
| Email sync & tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI sales assistant | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reports & forecasting | ↑ Growth | ✓ |
| Custom fields | ↑ Enterprise | ✓ |
| Mobile CRM app | ✓ | ✓ |
What you give up
Capabilities Close has that Nutshell lacks.
- Sales pipeline management — Track deals through customizable pipeline stages.Missing from Nutshell.
- Lead management — Capture, score, and organize incoming leads.Missing from Nutshell.
- Reports & forecasting — View reports and forecasts on pipeline and sales performance.Missing from Nutshell.
- Custom fields — Add custom fields to records to track your own data.Missing from Nutshell.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
| Usage | Close | Nutshell |
|---|---|---|
| 3 seats | $147/moEssentials | $39/mocheaperFoundation |
| 10 seats | $490/moEssentials | $130/mocheaperFoundation |
| 25 seats | $1225/moEssentials | $325/mocheaperFoundation |
Plans & pricing, side by side
Advertised prices in USD as observed on the official pricing pages — per-seat and transaction-fee plans are marked.
| Foundation | $13/seat/mo (billed yearly) |
| Growth | $25/seat/mo (billed yearly) |
| Pro | $42/seat/mo (billed yearly) |
| Business | $59/seat/mo (billed yearly) |
| Enterprise | $79/seat/mo (billed yearly) |
| Solo | $19/seat/mo |
| Essentials | $49/seat/mo |
| Growth | $109/seat/mo |
| Scale | $149/seat/mo |
| Custom | Contact sales |
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Frequently asked
How much cheaper is Nutshell than Close?
73% cheaper in our scenario (5 seats, monthly billing): $65/mo on Foundation vs $245/mo on Essentials. That is $2160 a year.
What does Nutshell lack compared with Close?
Sales pipeline management, Lead management, Reports & forecasting, Custom fields — 4 of the 8 compared capabilities.
When were these prices checked?
Close: 2026-10-26; Nutshell: 2026-10-26 — on the official pricing pages.
Who switched
Anonymous: no account, no email, no IP stored. Reports are shown once a switch has 3 or more and never change ranking or order — alternatives are computed from prices and capabilities only.
Sources & freshness
- https://www.close.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
- Nutshell data last verified 2026-10-26