Close vs Resend
Side-by-side plans, pricing, and feature gates for Close and Resend, verified . Close is primarily crm; Resend is primarily transactional email.
Plans side by side
Every published plan from each vendor, with the headline monthly anchor price. Some prices scale with subscriber count or seats; full detail lives on each tool's page.
Close
- Solo
Single user, 10,000 lead cap
$9/mo - Essentials
Core CRM with unlimited contacts and leads
$35/mo - Growth
Adds Chloe AI agent, workflows, and Power Dialer
$99/mo - Scale
Adds Predictive Dialer, role-based access, unlimited call recording
$139/mo - Enterprise
Custom pricing for 10+ users or complex needs
Custom
Resend
- Free
Hobby tier with 3,000 emails per month and a 100/day cap
Free - Pro 50k
Entry paid Pro tier with 50,000 emails per month included
$20/mo - Pro 100k
Pro tier with 100,000 emails per month included
$35/mo - Scale
Volume tier with Slack support, 1,000 domains, and dedicated IP add-on
$90/mo - Enterprise
Custom contracting for high-volume senders with SLA guarantees
Custom
Limits at the entry paid tier
Compares Solo (Close) against Pro 50k (Resend). Both are the lowest-priced non-free, non-custom plan on each side.
| Limit | Close | Resend |
|---|---|---|
| Emails / month | · | 50,000 |
| Team seats | 1 user (Solo plan limit) | · |
When Close wins
- Outbound-heavy SDR teams that live in the dialer all day
- B2B sales teams of 1 to 20 reps that want one tool for calls, email, and CRM
- Founders running their own outbound and wanting calling, email, and CRM in one place
Where Close is the wrong fit
- Marketing-heavy teams that need a broader hub (use HubSpot CRM)
- Service-business CRMs needing ticketing (use Pipedrive or Zoho)
- Enterprise sales orgs with complex territory structures (use Salesforce)
When Resend wins
- Developers shipping a transactional flow such as signup confirmations, password resets, and receipts
- Teams using React for email templates
- Startups wanting a clean modern API without legacy ESP weight
Where Resend is the wrong fit
- Marketing teams running newsletters (use Kit or beehiiv)
- Enterprises with strict legacy integration requirements
- Teams that need deep dedicated-IP warmup tooling (Mailgun and SendGrid are more mature here)
Common questions
- Is Close cheaper than Resend?
- At the entry tier, Resend starts at Free versus Close at $9/mo. Resend is cheaper at the entry. Pricing scales differently above that, so check the full plan grid.
- Does Close or Resend have a free plan?
- Only Resend has a permanent free plan. Close only offers a free trial.
Close: https://www.close.com/pricing · Resend: https://resend.com/pricing
Last verified . Pricing changes between refreshes; confirm at the vendor before purchasing.