Athean vs. Close

Athean is the OS for modern sales teams. From automated account research and relationship summaries, to multi-step workflows and hyper-personalized outreach, Athean is the all-in-one solution designed to improve engagement rates and build the most competitive sales teams. Over 10M call scripts, personalized emails, and LinkedIn messages have been delivered with Athean. Go to athean.com to walk through the product and schedule a demo.

Close is a sales CRM with built-in calling, SMS, email, automation, and AI, designed for founders, startups, agencies, and growing sales teams. The platform helps businesses manage leads, communicate with prospects, track opportunities, and automate follow-up from a single system. Close is commonly used by teams that want their CRM to support sales execution, not just store customer data. Users can call, email, text, manage pipelines, assign tasks, create workflows, run outreach sequences, and track sales activity directly inside the platform.