Key takeaways
- Close is a sales CRM with built-in calling and SMS, and a power dialler from its Growth plan.
- Pebbles Ai has no calling, dialler or SMS.
- Pebbles Ai finds leads, writes outreach from Company Intel and adds Socialbox for social chats.
- Close contacts move into the Pebbles Ai CRM, labelled Beta, by CSV.
What is each product built for
Close is built for sellers who work the phone and email from a CRM, and Pebbles Ai is built for teams whose go-to-market work is research, writing and messaging. Close's pricing page lists built-in calling and SMS, a power dialler from Growth, pipelines and an AI assistant named Chloe, across Solo, Essentials, Growth and Scale plans priced per seat.
Pebbles Ai brings the Marketing and Strategy assistants, a CRM labelled Beta, Smartbox for Gmail and Outlook and Socialbox for LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram and Telegram chats into one workspace, with the assistants writing from your Company Intel.
Where Close is stronger
Close is stronger for any team whose day is built around calls. Built-in calling, power dialling and SMS sit inside a mature, sales-focused CRM, and Pebbles Ai has none of the calling side.
An inside sales team making many calls a day, logging outcomes and moving deals along a pipeline will be better served by a tool designed around that loop.
- Built-in calling, power dialling and SMS.
- A mature, sales-focused CRM.
Where Pebbles Ai differs
Pebbles Ai differs by putting finding, researching and writing first. Find fresh leads takes the companies you name, up to ten a run, and the roles and locations you want; each lead found uses one lead from your wallet and lands in a CRM segment with a work email where one is found.
The assistants write from Company Intel, which turns your website, company information and files into business knowledge and brand voice. Socialbox brings LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram and Telegram chats into the same workspace, and the assistants work in Auto, Plan or Manual mode, with the web app starting in Manual, where actions wait for your approval.
Which should your team pick
Pick Close if the phone is your main channel and Pebbles Ai if email, LinkedIn and research carry most of the work. The quickest test is to count how many of last week's conversations started with a call.
As an illustration, a team selling software to small retailers by phone needs a dialler and call logging close to the pipeline, which is Close's ground. A team selling consulting services to a short list of manufacturers, mostly by email and LinkedIn, needs account research, the right contacts and well-written first messages, which is where Pebbles Ai helps.
What to check before switching
Check your reliance on calling first, because Pebbles Ai has no dialler. Contacts move from Close into the Pebbles Ai CRM by CSV export.
- Whether calls and SMS are a daily part of your process.
- Which deal data you need to carry over, and who will re-create it.
- Whether your reps would use LinkedIn and other chats in Socialbox, where they write every message themselves.
Pebbles Ai and Close side by side
How the two compare on channels, CRM and AI help.
| Pebbles Ai | Close | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary job | A workspace of AI assistants for research, leads, outreach drafting, CRM and inboxes. | A sales CRM with built-in calling for small teams. |
| Free plan | No; Pro and Team start with a 1-month free trial. | No. |
| Pricing model | Per seat, with monthly AI credits and leads included. | Solo, Essentials, Growth and Scale, per seat, monthly or annual. |
| Calling and SMS | No calling, dialler or SMS. | Built-in calling and SMS; a power dialler from Growth. |
| CRM | Built-in CRM, labelled Beta: deals, Kanban, saved views, ICPs, tasks and notes; no forecasting. | Pipelines in a sales-focused CRM. |
| AI | Auto, Plan and Manual modes; the web app starts in Manual, where actions wait for approval. | An AI assistant named Chloe. |
| Finding prospects | Describe your ideal customer to find companies, then find people by role and location at 1 to 10 named companies. | See their site |
| Social chats | Socialbox for LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram and Telegram chats. | See their site |
Checked 2 November 2026 on each vendor's public pages and the Pebbles Ai product records. Where their pages say nothing on a row, the cell reads See their site.
About Close
Sales CRM with built-in calling
A sales CRM for small teams with built-in calling, a power dialler on higher plans, SMS, pipelines and an AI sales agent named Chloe, priced per seat with a free trial.
Best for: Small inside sales teams that live on the phone and email.
What its own pages say
- Built-in calling and SMS; power dialler from Growth. Source: Close
- Pipelines, and Chloe, which Close calls an AI sales agent, on every plan. Source: Close
- Solo, Essentials, Growth and Scale, per seat, monthly or annual. Source: Close
Where Close is stronger
- Built-in calling, power dialling and SMS.
- A mature, sales-focused CRM.
Where Pebbles Ai differs
- Finds fresh leads inside 1 to 10 named target companies by role and location, 1 to 100 per run, landing as CRM contacts with a work email where one is found, a confidence score and a catch-all flag.
- Company Intel holds business knowledge and brand voice built from your website, files and pasted text, and the assistants write from it.
- Socialbox brings LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram and Telegram chats into the same workspace, with LinkedIn network tools, LinkedIn and Instagram posts, LinkedIn search and pacing guards.
- Marketing and Strategy assistants plus the Guider, with Auto, Plan and Manual execution modes; the web app starts in Manual, where actions wait for your approval.
Before you switch
- CSV export into the Pebbles Ai CRM;
- Pebbles Ai has no dialler.
We make Pebbles Ai. Facts about other products come from their own public pages, checked on .
Where Pebbles Ai fits
- CapabilityProspecting & customer recordsFind fresh leads searches 1 to 10 named companies by role and location and fills a CRM segment with the results.
- CapabilitySocialboxSocialbox brings LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram and Telegram chats into one inbox, with LinkedIn network tools, posts and search.
- FoundationCompany IntelCompany Intel holds your business knowledge and brand voice, and the assistants write from it.
Common questions
Does Pebbles Ai have a dialler like Close?
No. Pebbles Ai has no calling, dialler or SMS. Its channels are email in Smartbox and LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Instagram and Telegram chats in Socialbox.
Can I bring my Close contacts into Pebbles Ai?
Yes. Export them from Close as a CSV and import the file into the Pebbles Ai CRM.
How do the AI assistants compare?
Close names an AI assistant, Chloe, inside its CRM. Pebbles Ai has the Marketing and Strategy assistants plus the Guider, working from your Company Intel, with Auto, Plan and Manual modes that set how much they do without asking.
About this page. Written by the Pebbles Ai team for people who run sales, marketing and growth. Last updated .
