Salesloft alternatives: where to go and how to switch without losing anything
Eight destinations in detail, one per reason to leave, and an eight-step migration plan.
The short answer: Apollo.io if you pay for contact data on the side, HubSpot Sales Hub if HubSpot is your CRM, Outreach for the same depth elsewhere, Gong Engage if you want your cadences imported instead of rebuilt, Mixmax if your reps live in Gmail, lemlist for email plus LinkedIn on a small team, Reply.io to drop annual contracts, Instantly for cold email at volume. We compared these eight and checked their prices on vendor pages in 2026. One thing first: Groove and Clari belong to the same group as Salesloft, so they aren't alternatives.
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Why teams leave Salesloft
Salesloft is still pleasant for reps day to day, and plenty of reviews say so. What drives teams out is everything else: price, contract terms, and a roadmap being rewritten after the Clari merger.
Nobody shows you a price
Salesloft's pricing page lists no amounts and no plans, just a "Talk to Sales" button. Salesloft publishes no prices at all: everything is quoted based on team size and modules, so you can't compare without a sales call.
The Clari merger changes the deal
Salesloft and Clari merged in late 2025 under a new CEO. The pricing page now sells Clari Forecast next to Cadence and Rhythm, and Groove logins run through the same portal. Three overlapping products and one roadmap to merge: at renewal, expect the bundle to be the main offer.
Annual contracts, long notice
No public price, no trial, annual terms. The cancellation notice period sits in your master agreement, not on the website. Miss the window and you're in for another year. Read your contract now, not the month of renewal.
No contact data
Salesloft runs your cadences; it doesn't give you prospects. Most teams pay a second vendor for data. That second invoice is often what starts the search for an all-in-one tool.
Dialer and reporting complaints
User reviews keep returning to the same two issues: calls with audio lag or drops, and reporting too thin to use without exporting. For call-heavy teams, that adds up.
Clari data lives in the US
The Salesloft platform is hosted in the US and EU (Frankfurt for EU-based customers). But the security page says the Clari platform is hosted in the US. If your legal team cares about data residency, the bundle needs a real review.
You're leaving because… go to…
Start with what's pushing you out. One line usually fits, and each card links to the full write-up below.
Data and sequences in one tool, free to start.
Your CRM is HubSpot and the sync wears you outHubSpot Sales HubSequences live in the CRM, nothing to sync.
You want the same depth somewhere elseOutreachThe only full equivalent, quote-only too.
You want your cadences moved, not rebuiltGong EngageA documented Salesloft cadence import.
Your reps live in GmailMixmaxSequences in the inbox, priced by recipients.
You do email and LinkedIn with a small teamlemlistAutomated LinkedIn steps, public pricing.
You never want an annual contract againReply.ioMultichannel you can pay monthly.
You mostly send cold email at volumeInstantlyFlat fee per workspace, unlimited inboxes.
You have fewer than five repsApollo.io or lemlistA quote-only platform rarely pays off at that size.
Salesloft alternatives, tool by tool
Each card covers why to switch, who it fits, the catch, how to migrate and the price. Scores come from our full reviews where we have one.
Apollo.io: contact data and sequences in one tool
Best valueWhy switch to Apollo. Salesloft doesn't sell contact data. You pay for seats, then you pay ZoomInfo, Cognism or someone else to fill your cadences (the multi-step email, call and task sequences). Apollo bundles both: search its database, drop prospects into a sequence, send from your own inbox. For a team of three to fifteen reps, that's usually one less invoice.
Who it's for. Startups and SMBs doing cold outbound who buy data somewhere else today. The free plan lets you start without a contract.
Who it's not for. Teams that live in Rhythm and Clari Forecast. Apollo has a dialer and sequences, not the same depth of pipeline inspection.
The catch. Data quality varies by country and industry, so verify emails before a big send. Credits burn fast on phone numbers.
How to migrate. Apollo runs a sequence migration service for Outreach, not for Salesloft. On the Salesloft side there's only an integration that pushes Apollo contacts into cadences. Plan to rebuild your cadences by hand, and export steps and templates first.
Plans and limits are in our full Apollo review.
- Our score
- 4.1 / 5
- Price
- Basic $49/seat/mo, billed yearly
- Free plan
- yes, no time limit
- Catch
- Salesloft cadences rebuilt by hand
HubSpot Sales Hub: when your CRM is already HubSpot
For HubSpot teamsWhy switch to HubSpot. Salesloft is at its best on Salesforce. On HubSpot, a flaky sync is one of the complaints that keeps showing up. If HubSpot is your CRM, its sequences remove the sync problem entirely: emails, calls and tasks sit on the contact record.
Who it's for. Teams of five to fifty reps already on HubSpot who want one tool and one contract.
Who it's not for. Salesforce shops. You'd be adding a second CRM.
The catch. Sequences start on Professional: $90 per seat per month billed yearly ($100 monthly), plus a required one-time $1,500 onboarding. The cap is 500 sequence emails per user per day, 1,000 on Enterprise ($150 per seat, $3,500 onboarding). Plenty for an account exec, tight for a high-volume SDR pod.
How to migrate. No cadence import. You rebuild sequences and paste templates; contacts are already in the CRM. Our HubSpot review covers the rest of the suite.
- Our score
- 4.2 / 5
- Price
- Pro $90/seat/mo, billed yearly
- Onboarding
- $1,500 one-time
- Catch
- 500 sequence sends per user per day
Outreach: the like-for-like swap, not a saving
Large teamsWhy switch to Outreach. It's the only platform covering the same ground for the same buyers: multichannel sequences, conversation intelligence, forecasting, deal management. If what's pushing you out is the roadmap after the Clari merger, Outreach is the lowest-risk move for your reps.
Who it's for. Teams of twenty reps or more on Salesforce who want the same level of control.
Who it's not for. Anyone switching to save money. Outreach is quote-only too, on annual contracts.
The catch. Four Amplify packages (Essentials, Core, Plus, Pro), all "Request pricing", billed per seat plus AI credits (10,000 to 100,000 depending on the package). Sequences start at Core. Like Salesloft, no contact data included.
How to migrate. Put migration help in the order form. Vendors often add onboarding services for teams coming from a competitor. And if you ever leave Outreach too, our Outreach switching guide covers it.
- Price
- quote only, per seat plus AI credits
- Packages
- Amplify Essentials, Core, Plus, Pro
- Best for
- 20+ reps on Salesforce
- Catch
- same contract model as Salesloft
Gong Engage: the only documented Salesloft cadence import
Easiest migrationWhy switch to Gong. Plenty of Salesloft teams already pay for call recording. Gong Engage adds sequences (called flows), a dialer and AI-written emails grounded in your call history. It's also the only vendor we found with a written procedure for importing Salesloft cadences.
Who it's for. Mid-market and enterprise teams already on Gong, or teams that want call intelligence and sequencing from one vendor.
Who it's not for. Small teams. Gong prices per seat plus a platform fee based on user count, quote only.
The catch. The import is a paid service started through your account manager. Only active content moves. A personal cadence transfers only if its owner has a Gong user with the same email. Conditional variables need a manual pass after import.
How to migrate. In Salesloft, create the tag "migrate for company availability" and apply it to the team cadences and templates you want to keep, then give Gong API keys or temporary admin access. Our Gong switching guide shows the other side.
- Price
- quote only, per seat plus platform fee
- Migration
- active cadences imported, paid service
- Best for
- teams already on Gong
- Catch
- inactive content not imported
Mixmax: sequences inside Gmail, with public pricing
Gmail-firstWhy switch to Mixmax. Many Salesloft users spend their whole day in Gmail anyway. Mixmax puts sequences, open tracking and meeting booking right in the inbox, with Salesforce or HubSpot sync. And the prices are on the website.
Who it's for. Account executives and full-cycle reps who write their own emails in Gmail.
Who it's not for. Outlook teams, or call-heavy SDR floors (the dialer is an add-on).
The catch. Pricing follows recipients per month: free up to 50, $29 per user per month for 100, $89 for 1,500, billed yearly. Dialer, custom branding and the Salesforce Insights Package are $9 per member per month each.
How to migrate. The 14-day trial needs no payment details and runs at 1,500 recipients, enough to run a real cadence in parallel before you cancel.
- Price
- from $29/user/mo, billed yearly
- Free plan
- 50 recipients per month
- Trial
- 14 days, no payment details
- Catch
- Gmail-first, paid add-ons
lemlist: email plus LinkedIn for small teams, month to month
Multichannel SMBWhy switch to lemlist. Paying Salesloft prices for email sequences and a few LinkedIn tasks? lemlist runs those with automated LinkedIn steps (profile visit, invite, message) and no forced annual contract. Prices are public: $69 per month for the whole team on the Email plan, $109 per user per month for multichannel ($87 billed yearly).
Who it's for. Startups and agencies with two to fifteen reps doing cold email and LinkedIn.
Who it's not for. Teams that run forecasts and analyze calls: lemlist does neither.
The catch. Multichannel is billed per user, and LinkedIn automation needs a light touch because LinkedIn caps weekly invites.
How to migrate. CSV import for contacts, then rebuild sequences. Copy your best Salesloft templates before the contract ends. To pick between lemlist and Reply.io, see our lemlist vs Reply.io comparison.
- Our score
- 4.1 / 5
- Price
- Email $69/mo per team
- Multichannel
- $109/user/mo ($87 yearly)
- Catch
- no forecasting or call analysis
Reply.io: multichannel without an annual lock-in
No annual lock-inWhy switch to Reply.io. Email, LinkedIn, calls and SMS in one sequence, at a public price you can pay monthly. Coming off an annual Salesloft contract, that's real breathing room for cash flow.
Who it's for. SMBs and agencies that want multichannel plus an optional AI SDR.
Who it's not for. A fifty-rep Salesforce org expecting Salesloft-level governance.
The catch. Multichannel starts from $99 per month and Email Volume from $59 per month. Check what each tier covers before stacking add-ons.
How to migrate. CSV import, then rebuild sequences. Prices and limits are in our Reply.io review.
- Our score
- 3.8 / 5
- Price
- Multichannel from $99/mo
- Email only
- Email Volume from $59/mo
- Catch
- add-ons stack up
Instantly: cold email at volume for a flat fee
Cold email at volumeWhy switch to Instantly. If your Salesloft seats mostly send cold email, Instantly does that one job for a flat monthly price per workspace, with unlimited sending inboxes and built-in warm-up (the gradual ramp that protects deliverability).
Who it's for. Outbound agencies and SDR teams sending high email volume from many domains.
Who it's not for. Teams that need calls, LinkedIn steps and CRM-grade logging in the same cadence.
The catch. It's email first and little else. Plans start at $37.60 per month billed yearly ($47 monthly), Hypergrowth at $85.58 billed yearly ($107 monthly).
How to migrate. CSV import, connect inboxes, warm them up for a couple of weeks before moving real volume. Details in our Instantly review.
- Our score
- 4.2 / 5
- Price
- from $37.60/mo, billed yearly
- Billing
- per workspace, not per seat
- Catch
- email first, little else
The 8 alternatives compared
Entry price, what each tool covers, and how your cadences get there.
| Entry price | Coverage and migration | |
|---|---|---|
| SalesloftWhere you start | Quote only, annual contract, no trial shown | Cadences, calls, conversation intelligence, Rhythm, Clari Forecast |
| Apollo.io | Free, then Basic $49/seat/mo yearly ($65 monthly) | Contact data, sequences, calls; cadences rebuilt by hand |
| HubSpot Sales Hub | Pro $90/seat/mo yearly ($100 monthly), $1,500 onboarding | Sequences in the CRM, 500 sends per user per day |
| Outreach | Quote only, per seat plus AI credits | Sequences from Core, call analysis, forecasting |
| Gong Engage | Quote only, per seat plus platform fee | Flows, dialer; documented Salesloft cadence import (paid) |
| Mixmax | From $29/user/mo yearly, free up to 50 recipients | Sequences in Gmail, Salesforce and HubSpot sync |
| lemlist | Email $69/mo per team; Multichannel $109/user/mo | Email, automated LinkedIn, calls; CSV import |
| Reply.io | Multichannel from $99/mo, Email Volume from $59/mo | Email, LinkedIn, calls, SMS; CSV import |
| Instantly | From $37.60/mo yearly ($47 monthly) | Cold email, unlimited inboxes; CSV import |
Prices before tax, read on vendor pages in 2026 and subject to change. Quote-only pricing depends on team size.
Leaving Salesloft in eight steps
Order matters. Each step protects something: budget, cadences, prospects, deliverability.
Read the contract first
Day 1Pull your order form and master agreement. Find three things: the end date, the cancellation notice period and the required format (usually written). Put the deadline in your calendar with two weeks of slack.
If you signed a Clari bundle, check whether each product has its own term. Single-product contracts generally run unchanged to the end of their term.
- Time
- one hour
- Risk if rushed
- another year billed
Inventory every cadence
Week 1List each active cadence: steps, delays, templates, owner. Add snippets, exit rules (replied, meeting booked) and the Salesforce or HubSpot fields they update. One row per cadence in a spreadsheet is enough.
Triage while you're at it. A handful of cadences usually books most of the meetings, and those are the ones worth rebuilding carefully.
- Time
- half a day
- Output
- a cadence spreadsheet
Export what you can
Week 1Export people and accounts, then Analytics reports as CSV: reply rates by cadence, step and template. Paste every email template into a doc. If your team codes, the Salesloft API also returns people and cadences.
Do it early. Once the contract ends, access closes and the history goes with it.
- Time
- one day
- Keep
- templates, stats, do-not-contact lists
Move do-not-contact lists first
Week 1Anyone who opted out must be in the new tool before the first send. Export them separately and import them first. Emailing someone who already said no is a compliance risk and a spam complaint waiting to happen.
- Time
- one hour
- Risk if rushed
- complaints and deliverability
Pilot with two reps
Weeks 2 to 3Rebuild your three best cadences in the new tool and hand them to two volunteer reps. After two weeks, compare reply rate, meetings and time spent. Use free trials where they exist (Mixmax, Apollo's free plan).
On Gong, ask for the import on those cadences first, so you see what transfers and what breaks.
- Time
- two weeks
- Measure
- replies and meetings
Prepare sending inboxes
Week 3Connect rep inboxes, check SPF, DKIM and DMARC (the DNS records that prove your mail is really yours), then ramp volume gradually. A new tool that sends everything Salesloft used to send on day one can tank deliverability.
- Time
- one to two weeks
- Rule
- ramp in steps
Cut over team by team
Week 4Stop adding new people to Salesloft. Let in-flight cadences finish and enroll new prospects in the new tool. Nobody should sit in two sequences at once.
- Time
- two to three weeks
- Trap
- double enrollment
Shut Salesloft down cleanly
End of termSend written notice in time, keep proof of receipt, and revoke API and OAuth access granted to Salesloft in your CRM and mail system.
- Time
- one hour
- Don't forget
- revoke access tokens
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What makes a Salesloft exit go wrong
Six mistakes show up again and again when teams change sales engagement tools. They cost more than picking the wrong tool.
Missing the notice window
The most expensive mistake. Cancellation is written and due weeks before the renewal date. Block the date now and don't count on a reminder from the vendor.
Migrating every cadence
Moving forty cadences when thirty are dead costs a week. Keep the ones that book meetings and archive the rest in a doc.
Forgetting the data bill
Moving to HubSpot, lemlist or Mixmax doesn't remove your data vendor. Budget for it, or pick Apollo, which includes data.
Sending too much, too soon
New or quiet inboxes need a gradual ramp. A huge send on day one lands in spam, and the new tool takes the blame.
Ignoring the reps
Salesloft has a reputation for being easy day to day. A rougher tool will dip activity for a few weeks. The two-rep pilot also gives you internal champions.
Signing the bundle on autopilot
At renewal, the combined Salesloft and Clari offer will be front and center. If you stay, ask for each product's price separately and get the per-seat rate lock in writing.
- End date and notice period logged, with two weeks of slack
- Inventory of active cadences, templates and snippets
- People, accounts and reports exported to CSV
- Do-not-contact lists imported before the first send
- Two-week pilot on your three best cadences
- SPF, DKIM and DMARC checked on every inbox
- Volume ramped in steps
- Nobody enrolled in two sequences at once
- Written notice sent, proof kept
- Salesloft API and OAuth access revoked
Salesloft alternatives: frequently asked questions
How much does Salesloft cost in 2026?
Salesloft doesn't publish prices; everything is quoted. Price depends on team size and modules (cadences, conversation intelligence, Clari Forecast). When you compare, always ask for total cost over the contract, onboarding and annual uplifts included.
Does Salesloft have a free trial or free plan?
No. The pricing page offers neither, just a booking form. Among the alternatives, Apollo has a free plan with no time limit, Mixmax a free tier at 50 recipients plus a 14-day trial, and lemlist and Instantly publish monthly plans.
What does the Clari merger change for Salesloft customers?
Nothing right away on a single-product contract, which runs to the end of its term. The change comes at renewal, when the combined offer (cadences, Clari Forecast, Groove) gets pushed. Also check data residency: the Clari platform is hosted in the US.
Salesloft or Outreach: which one?
Same buyers, same terms (quote-only, annual, no contact data). Moving between them makes sense for usability or roadmap reasons, rarely for price. Our Outreach switching guide gives the reverse view.
Can I take my Salesloft cadences with me?
Yes with Gong Engage, through a paid service that imports active cadences and templates. Elsewhere you rebuild by hand, so export templates and reports first. Apollo offers an import for Outreach, not Salesloft.
Is Groove a real Salesloft alternative?
Not anymore. Groove belongs to Clari, which merged with Salesloft, and Groove logins now sit on Salesloft's site. Switching to it doesn't change your vendor or your contract owner.
What's the best Salesloft alternative for a small team?
Under ten reps, a quote-only platform rarely pays off. Apollo if you need data, lemlist or Reply.io if you already have it, Instantly if it's all cold email. Our sales engagement ranking goes further.
How long does a migration off Salesloft take?
Four to six weeks for a ten-rep team: one week of inventory and export, two weeks of pilot, then two to three weeks of cutover while in-flight cadences finish. Start at least three months before your notice deadline.
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