Leadey vs Close

Close is a great calling CRM. Leadey matches its power dialer and adds built-in lead data, LinkedIn and WhatsApp steps, and AI call summaries without a separate add-on.

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At a glance

Leadey

Best for

Teams that find, reach and call leads from one place

Inside sales teams that live on the phone

Pricing model

Per seat, plus a shared credit wallet

Per seat, tiered

Starting price

£49 / seat / month, or £40.83 billed annually

≈ £26.36 / seat / month billed annually (Essentials)

Lead data

Built-in search and enrichment

No contact database

Channels

Email, LinkedIn, SMS, WhatsApp and calls

Email, calls and SMS; no LinkedIn or WhatsApp

Power dialer

Included, with recording and AI summaries on Growth

Power dialer on Growth, predictive on Scale

Unified inbox

Every channel in one inbox

Inbox for every channel it supports

Workflows

Visual workflow builder

Workflows on Growth and above

Pipeline

Deals, stages and weighted pipeline

Pipelines and opportunities

AI assistant / MCP

Leadey MCP on every plan

Official MCP server

Included Paid add-on or separate tool Not available Prices from official pricing pages, checked 23 Sep 2026

The honest version

Where Close is strong, and where we’re different.

Where Close is strong

Close has a fast, well-loved calling experience with SMS built in, clear self-serve pricing and a 14-day trial with no card. Teams that already have their leads and mostly dial love it.

Excellent built-in calling and SMS

A predictive dialer on the Scale plan

Transparent pricing and a no-card trial

Where Leadey is different

Find and enrich leads inside Leadey, with no separate data tool

LinkedIn and WhatsApp steps in the same sequence as calls and email

Recording, transcripts and AI summaries included on Growth, not a paid add-on

A work queue that ranks each rep’s day by replies, no-shows and other signals

A direct migration from Close that brings your full history

Which one fits

Pick the right tool for your team.

Choose

Close if…

You already have a steady supply of leads

You need predictive dialing

Your motion is phone, email and SMS only

Your team is settled and happy

Choose

Leadey if…

You need to find new leads as well as call them

LinkedIn and WhatsApp matter to your buyers

You pay separately for a data tool today

You want AI call summaries without an add-on

Cost comparison

What a 10-rep team really pays.

Close Growth with the Call Assistant add-on and a data tool for finding leads, against Leadey Growth. Both billed annually.

Team size10 reps

Currency

List prices per month, billed annually, excluding tax and usage such as calling minutes and extra credits. Prices from official pricing pages, checked 23 Sep 2026. “≈” marks a price converted at £1 = $1.3276 (ECB reference rate, 23 Sep 2026).

Sources:Close pricing Close usage costs Close MCP server Apollo pricing

Close stack

Close GrowthCRM, power dialer, SMS and workflows≈ £74.57 × 10

Close Call AssistantTranscripts and AI summaries, plus $0.02 / min≈ £37.66 / team

Apollo BasicLead search and enrichment≈ £36.91 × 10

Not included, even with these tools: LinkedIn steps · WhatsApp steps

Per month£1,152

Leadey Growth

Leadey GrowthData, every channel, dialer, inbox, pipeline£57.50 × 10

Leadey MCPClaude, ChatGPT, any MCP clientIncluded

Per month£575

Save £577 a month · £6,929 a year

Switching

Move from Close in a day.

012 minutes

Connect Close

Paste a Close API key in Settings → Migration. Leadey checks it and reads your account; nothing changes in Close.

025 minutes

Choose what to bring

Pick the records to import and how much history: the last 24 months by default, or everything.

03Runs in the background

Import with history

Users, statuses, pipelines, custom fields, leads, opportunities, calls, emails, SMS, notes, meetings and tasks come across on the right records.

04Same day

Go live

Run it again whenever you like: re-runs update what changed instead of duplicating, so the team can switch when it suits.

What comes across Leads and contacts Opportunities and pipelines Calls, emails and SMS Notes, meetings and tasks Custom fields and statuses Users

FAQ

Leadey vs Close, answered.

All comparisons

Paste a Close API key in Settings → Migration. Leadey imports your users, custom fields, statuses, pipelines, leads, opportunities, activity history and tasks. It brings the last 24 months of activity by default, and you can widen that to everything.

Switch to Leadey. Keep your history.

We’ll help you move your data, and your team can be calling on day one.

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