Close is a strong sales CRM, but it is priced and built for inside-sales teams, not one person working a list. Orbit gives a solo seller a simple, all-in-one CRM with one AI assistant, Hiro, that drafts follow-ups, nudges quiet deals, and chases unsigned proposals for your approval. The CRM is free to start with no credit card.
Close is an inside-sales CRM built around outbound: sequences, coaching, and reporting for teams of reps. That is its public identity, and for a sales floor it works. The pricing follows the same logic, per seat and aimed at teams. Check their site for current numbers.
The mismatch shows up when you are one person. You do not need coaching features for reps you do not have, and team-grade pricing is hard to justify for a single seat. But the need that brought you to Close has not gone away: leads must be followed up fast, lists must be worked, quiet deals must be revived.
So the alternative search is specific. Keep the follow-up muscle, lose the team overhead.
Orbit is a simple, all-in-one CRM with one AI assistant, Hiro, on top. Everything Hiro drafts lands as a suggestion you approve, edit, or dismiss.
Close is purpose-built for team selling at volume: outbound sequences across reps, coaching and call review for managers, and reporting that rolls a whole floor into one view. Orbit does not try to be that. It is one person's CRM: a clean pipeline, a built-in inbox, sequences on paid plans, and one assistant to draft the busywork.
Orbit also does not make phone calls. It is not a dialer or a calling platform. If you manage reps, run team sequences at scale, or live on call coaching and floor reporting, stay with Close. Pick Orbit when the whole floor is one desk and the bottleneck is follow-through.
You do not need five seats of sales software. You need follow-up that happens on your say-so.
No. Orbit does not make phone calls and is not a dialer or calling platform. It is a simple, all-in-one CRM with a built-in email inbox, sequences on paid plans, and one AI assistant, Hiro, that drafts follow-ups and nudges quiet deals for your approval. If phone dialing is your core need, Close is the better fit.
Yes, over email. On any paid plan, Orbit adds campaigns, sequences, and drips with open and click tracking, and Hiro can draft the follow-ups and bumps. Everything Hiro writes lands as a suggestion you approve, edit, or dismiss, so nothing sends on its own.
The free CRM plan costs nothing and needs no credit card. Lite is $8/mo for the full CRM with sequences and tracking, and Pro is $14/mo or $112/yr and adds the MCP server. AI is included on every plan: every workspace gets free monthly credits with no API key to paste, and you can top up with a credit pack if you need more.
Sales teams that call. If you run multiple reps and depend on team dialing, outbound sequences at scale, call coaching, or floor-level reporting, Close is built for exactly that. Orbit is built for one person who needs a simple CRM and follow-up that happens.
No. Orbit has one assistant, Hiro, and everything it writes is a draft you approve, edit, or dismiss. Nothing sends on its own. Hiro can draft follow-ups, replies, and proposal nudges, and update contacts and deals, but you decide what goes out.
Free to start, no credit card. Import your contacts, then let Hiro draft your follow-ups.
Free forever plan. No credit card. No spam.