Looking for a Close alternative?
Close is a strong calling CRM, but it is priced and built for inside-sales teams, not one person working a list. Orbit gives a solo seller the same core moves: a cold caller, a follow-up caller, and a voice SDR that rings new leads back in about 90 seconds. It is free to start with no credit card, and every call runs on your own number.
Why do people look for a Close alternative?
Close is an inside-sales CRM built around calling: dialers, 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 call coaching 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 called fast, lists must be worked, quiet deals must be revived.
So the alternative search is specific. Keep the calling muscle, lose the team overhead.
What do you get when you switch to Orbit?
Orbit ships three calling agents with a CRM under them. Voice is off by default, and every non-voice agent's work lands as a card you approve first.
- Remy, the voice SDR, calls new form leads back in about 90 seconds, answers your inbound line, recognizes repeat callers, books meetings from your real calendar with invites sent, and transfers hot calls to your cell.
- Dex, the cold caller, works a tagged list at a steady pace with a daily cap, 25 calls by default.
- Piper calls deals that went quiet, carrying your brief so the call has a real reason behind it.
- Calls run on your own Vapi account and number, never shared, and each call is logged on the contact with a recording, a transcript, and what was learned.
- Guardrails you control: calling hours, daily caps, limited retries, do-not-call lists, recorded-line disclosure, and honest AI disclosure if asked.
- The CRM underneath: a pipeline with custom stages, tasks, a full contact timeline, invoices, and proposals, with Wes nudging unsigned proposals on day 3 and day 7.
What do you give up when you leave Close?
Close is purpose-built for team calling at volume: high-volume dialing across reps, built-in sequences, coaching and call review for managers, and reporting that rolls a whole floor into one view. Orbit does not try to be that. Its calling is one person's calling: steady, capped, and supervised by you.
Close also includes its calling infrastructure as part of the product, while Orbit asks you to bring your own Vapi account, which providers bill at cost. If you manage reps, run team sequences, or live on call coaching, stay with Close. Pick Orbit when the whole floor is one desk.
How do you switch from Close to Orbit in an afternoon?
- Export your leads, contacts, and opportunities from Close as CSV files and import the contacts into Orbit.
- Recreate your pipeline stages and tag your calling lists. Tags are what Dex works from.
- Connect your own Vapi account and number, then set calling hours and a daily cap you are comfortable with.
- Turn on Remy for inbound and speed to lead, Dex for the cold list, and Piper for quiet deals. All voice agents stay off until you flip them on.
- Add your AI model key for the rest of the team, like Wes on proposals and Ava's Monday numbers.
You do not need five seats of calling software. You need calls made on your number, your hours, your rules.
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Frequently asked questions
Does Orbit have a dialer like Close?+
Orbit has three calling agents instead of a classic dialer screen. Remy calls new leads back in about 90 seconds, Dex works a tagged cold list at a steady pace with a default cap of 25 calls a day, and Piper calls deals that went quiet. All calls run on your own Vapi account and number.
Are Orbit's AI calls recorded and disclosed?+
Yes. Orbit's voice agents follow recorded-line disclosure, give an honest AI disclosure if asked, respect do-not-call lists, and only dial inside hours you set. Every call is logged on the contact with the recording, the transcript, and a summary of what was learned.
What does calling cost with Orbit?+
Orbit adds no markup. You connect your own Vapi account for voice and your own AI model key for the agents, and those providers bill you directly at cost. Typical solo usage on the AI side runs cents to a few dollars a month, and voice costs depend on your call volume with Vapi.
Who should stay on Close?+
Sales teams. If you run multiple reps and depend on team dialing, shared sequences, call coaching, or floor-level reporting, Close is built for exactly that. Orbit is built for one person who needs calls made and a pipeline kept honest.
Will Orbit call people without me knowing?+
No. Voice agents are off by default and only run after you turn them on, inside calling hours you set, with daily caps that default to 25 calls, limited retries, and do-not-call lists. Agents that write emails or follow-ups only produce drafts that you approve, edit, or dismiss.
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