Gong Charges $49,500/Year for a 10-Person Team.
Clozo Charges $23,880.
That is $25,620 back in your pocket every year. Same conversation intelligence. Same deal scoring. Same revenue forecasting. Plus a full CRM, power dialer with real-time AI coaching, and 13-channel engagement that Gong does not have — and will never build.
free trial. No sales call. No multi-year contract. Setup in under 1 hour.
The Real Cost of Gong They Won't Show You
Gong does not publish pricing on their website. You have to "contact sales" and sit through a demo just to learn what it costs. Here is what they do not want you to find out until you are already on a call with their rep.
Gong: 10-Person Team
Annual cost breakdown (verified from Vendr & G2 data)
Platform fee varies by team size. Uses $5K minimum. Salesforce Enterprise at $175/user/mo. Gong has no native CRM, dialer, or social outreach.
Clozo Scaler: 10-Person Team
Everything included — CRM, dialer, AI, outreach
No hidden fees. No extra tools needed. CRM, power dialer, email sequences, 13-channel outreach, 9 AI engines, AI pipeline intelligence — all included.
Clozo vs Gong: The Full Comparison
25 features compared. Green means it is included. Red means it is missing or costs extra. Every claim is verified.
13 Things Gong Cannot Do That Clozo Does
Gong is a conversation intelligence tool. That is all it is. Everything else — CRM, dialer, outreach, social, invoicing — you have to buy separately and stitch together yourself. Here is what is missing.
No Native CRM
You need Salesforce ($100–$175/user/mo) or HubSpot ($90–$150/user/mo) on top of Gong. That is $12,000–$21,000/year for a 10-person team.
No Real-Time Coaching
Gong only reviews calls after they end. Your reps fumble through objections live, then find out what they should have said hours later.
No Power Dialer
Gong has basic click-to-dial. No auto-dialing, no call queues, no intelligent routing. They reference Nooks and Orum as "coming soon" integrations.
No SMS or WhatsApp
In 2026, your prospects live on their phones. Gong has zero native messaging capability. No SMS. No WhatsApp. No Telegram.
No Social Media Outreach
No LinkedIn prospecting. No Twitter/X engagement. No Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, or YouTube integration. Zero social selling.
No Live Chat or Chatbot
Website visitors? They are on their own. Gong has no live chat, no chatbot, no way to capture and convert site traffic in real time.
No Lead Generation
Gong does not give you leads. You need ZoomInfo ($30K+/yr), Apollo, or another provider just to fill your pipeline.
No Video Conferencing
Gong records calls on other platforms. It does not host meetings. You still need Zoom, Google Meet, or Teams licenses.
No Proposals or Quotes
Deal closed verbally? Good luck getting a proposal out. Gong has zero document generation capability.
No Invoicing
Won the deal? Now switch to another tool to invoice. Gong stops at the handshake.
No Calendar / Scheduling
No native calendar, no scheduling links, no booking page. You need Calendly or another tool on top.
No Free Trial
You cannot try Gong before buying. You must contact sales, sit through demos, and commit to a multi-year contract. Blind.
Confusing Implementation
Gong requires $7,500 professional onboarding and users report a steep learning curve and complex setup.
Top 5 Gong Complaints
From Real Users
These are the most common complaints from verified Gong users on G2, TrustRadius, and Gartner Peer Insights. Not our words — theirs.
Opaque, Expensive Pricing
No public pricing. Must contact sales. Sticker shock when the platform fee and per-user costs are finally revealed. Multi-year lock-in makes it impossible to leave without eating the contract.
Transcription Accuracy Issues
The #1 complaint on TrustRadius. Gong's transcription struggles with accents, industry jargon, and overlapping speakers. When the AI analysis is built on flawed transcriptions, everything downstream suffers.
Post-Mortem Only, No Real-Time Help
Reps only see what went wrong after the call is over. No live coaching, no real-time objection handling, no in-the-moment guidance. The deal is already lost by the time Gong tells you what happened.
Confusing UI and Painful Onboarding
$7,500 professional services just to get started. Users report a steep learning curve and cluttered interface.
Engagement Features Lag Behind
Gong Engage is weaker than dedicated tools like Outreach and Salesloft. Basic email sequences, basic dialer. Teams still end up buying additional outreach tools.
9 AI Engines. Zero Surprises.
Every Gong pain point is a Clozo feature. Here are the 9 AI engines built into every Clozo plan.
Transparent pricing on our website. You can see every plan, every feature, every price at clozo.ai/pricing right now. No contact form. No demo required. No surprises.
Real-time coaching, not post-mortem. AI scripts appear on-screen during live calls. Your reps handle objections in the moment — not after the prospect already hung up.
Self-serve setup in under 1 hour. No $7,500 professional services. No weeks-long implementation. Sign up, import your data, start closing.
The Math Does Not Lie: See Your Savings
Real numbers for real team sizes. Gong costs include their platform fee plus per-user pricing. Gong + CRM adds Salesforce Enterprise. Clozo includes everything.
10-User Sales Team
The most common comparison scenario
Salesforce: ~$21,000/yr
(platform fee + $1,400/user/yr + CRM)
CRM, dialer, AI, outreach: included
Platform fee: $0
Enough to hire another SDR
or fund 3 months of ad spend
Gong per-user pricing based on verified range of $1,360–$1,600/user/year. Platform fee conservatively estimated at $5,000 for smaller teams, scaling up for larger deployments. Salesforce Enterprise at $175/user/month. Clozo Scaler plan at $199/user/month, annual billing available at $166/user/month for additional savings.
Your Data. Your Rules. Forever.
Your data is yours. Not ours. Not held hostage behind a contract renewal. Not deleted when you cancel. Yours. Forever. Here is what that actually means.
Export Everything
CSV. JSON. API. Every lead, every call recording, every AI insight, every deal score, every forecast — downloadable anytime. No export fees. No restrictions. No "please contact support to request your data." One click.
Data Lives Forever
Cancel your Clozo subscription? Your data stays. Every lead, every pipeline stage, every AI analysis — persisted indefinitely. Come back in 6 months, come back in 2 years. Everything is exactly where you left it.
Zero Lock-In
No multi-year contracts. No exit fees. No penalties for leaving. No "minimum commitment" buried in the fine print. Month-to-month is available from day one. Annual billing saves 17% but is never required.
What Gong Does Well
We are not going to pretend Gong has no strengths. They built a great conversation intelligence engine. Here is what they do well — and why Clozo matches it while giving you more.
250+ Integrations
Gong connects with Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, and hundreds of tools. Their integration ecosystem is mature and well-documented.
Clozo: You need fewer integrations when CRM, dialer, and outreach are already built in.
Enterprise-Grade Security
SOC 2 Type II certified. GDPR and CCPA compliant. Gong takes data security seriously and has the certifications to prove it.
Clozo: GDPR compliant, SOC 2 standards, SSO/SAML (Scaler+), RBAC, data encryption at rest and in transit.
16+ AI Agents
Ask Anything, Deal Reviewer, Call Reviewer, and more. Gong has invested heavily in AI agents that analyze and surface insights from conversation data.
Clozo: 9 AI engines including real-time coaching that Gong lacks. Quality over quantity.
Frequently Asked Questions
Straight answers to the questions you are actually asking before making this decision.
Stop Overpaying for Gong.
Save $25,620/Year.
Start your 30-day risk-free start today. free trial. No sales call. No multi-year lock-in. Get conversation intelligence, a full CRM, a power dialer, and 13-channel outreach in one platform — for 52% less than what you are paying now.
Your data stays forever. Export anytime. Cancel anytime. Zero risk.
free trial charge • Self-serve setup in under 1 hour • Month-to-month available • Data persisted forever