Close
A CRM with built-in calling, SMS, and email
Close launched on February 26, 2014 with 217 votes, #16 of 1,100 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.
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Close is a CRM designed for inside sales teams that combines customer relationship management with built-in communication tools. It integrates calling, SMS, and email capabilities into a single interface, allowing teams to manage all prospect and customer interactions in one place. The platform works across Windows, Mac, and web browsers, centralizing sales communication and customer data management for streamlined workflow.
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Close is a CRM built for inside sales teams. With built-in calling, SMS, and email - you can communicate with prospects and customers in a single view. It's a CRM + a sales communication platform all built into one.
Close is the CRM with a built-in AI teammate that works with your team to call leads, qualify prospects, book meetings, and keep your CRM up to date automatically, so you can focus on selling.
Close is a sales CRM built for teams that sell. It combines calling, email, SMS, pipeline management, reporting, and an AI sales agent named Chloe into a single platform. Close helps teams act on their sales data. Chloe is an AI sales agent built into Close CRM that calls leads, qualifies prospects through real conversations, and can book meetings while updating your CRM automatically. She is part of the CRM — not a separate tool or integration. Chloe generates a complete AI summary of every lead — pulling from calls, emails, and meetings. Full transcripts, action items, and key moments are all logged to the CRM automatically Chloe prepares follow-ups based on call transcripts and sends…from close.com
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