Sales engagement

Best AI-native Gong alternatives (2026)

Ranked by the live quiz for teams leaving Gong. The same engine as the quiz: 0–100 against a perfect match, hard filters, no affiliate weight. Facts below are catalog fields and those scores.

Start the quiz Who should switch

This list does not repeat the switch narrative on /replace/gong. Default answers on this ranking: What are you replacing? — Gong; How big is the team that will live in it? — 11–50 people; What is the job this system has to do? — Call recording, coaching, and deal intel; Which motion has to work on day one? — Phone is non-negotiable; How should email connect? — Either is fine — just sync it; How much should AI do in outbound? — Important — it should write and prioritize; When does it need to be live? — This month; What is the monthly budget, roughly? — $20–60 per user; Do you need a free plan to start? — A free trial is enough; What does this have to talk to? — Must write back to the CRM via API; Where does the data need to live? — Cloud SaaS is fine; Any single feature that is a dealbreaker? — None — just rank the best fit.

1 · score 76
Chorus
ZoomInfo’s conversation intelligence — Gong’s long-time peer.
Catalog best for: ZoomInfo campuses.
Custom pricing — Usually packaged with ZoomInfo; confirm current Chorus SKUs.
Product page Plan Gong → Chorus Check fit
Who it fits. Teams comparing Gong with another conversation product that also refuses a list price will find that refusal on the ZoomInfo Chorus page.
Who should skip it. Skip Chorus if you needed a number to beat Gong's missing number. There isn't one on the page that was fetched.
Pros. The product page is a ZoomInfo Chorus page. No dollar, seat, or platform fee was printed.
Cons. No public pricing on 2026-10-08. No export article for Chorus was opened either, so recordings are not described as portable.
Trade-off. Chorus and Gong can both be evaluated only by quote. The page does not say they are the same product. It says both withhold the fee.
Pricing checked 2026-10-08. No public pricing. ZoomInfo's Chorus page showed no dollar. Checked 2026-10-08. Vendor pricing page.
2 · score 66
Nooks
AI dialer and virtual salesfloor — the phone channel, automated.
Catalog best for: Phone-first outbound.
Custom pricing — Sales-led AI dialer; confirm current Nooks packaging.
Product page Plan Gong → Nooks Check fit
Who it fits. Teams shopping a dialer, sequencer, and coaching product on a quote, rather than a Gong license, match Nooks's pricing page.
Who should skip it. Skip Nooks if you expected a per-user card. The page asks for a custom quote and prints no dollar.
Pros. Named products on the site include an AI dialer, AI sequencing, signals, and AI coaching. The pricing URL does not list a fee.
Cons. No public price on 2026-10-08. Coaching here is Nooks's word on its page. It is not evidence that Gong's library moves.
Trade-off. Nooks is closer to a live-selling workspace than to a recording archive. The quote is the similarity with Gong. The product description is not.
Pricing checked 2026-10-08. No public pricing. Custom quote. No dollar on the pricing page. Checked 2026-10-08. Vendor pricing page.
3 · score 66
11x
Digital workers for outbound — AI-native substitute for an SDR pod.
Catalog best for: Teams that wanted an SDR workforce, not a sequencer UI.
From $3750/mo — Alice Growth from $3,750/mo, billed annually (up to 5 end users and 2,000 new prospects/mo). Pro and Enterprise are custom. No published self-serve trial. Julian is priced separately: voice Growth from $5,333/mo, chat Growth from $2,417/mo. Checked 2026-10-19. https://docs.11x.ai/help-center/overview/11x-pricing-overview
Product page Plan Gong → 11x Check fit
Who it fits. A Gong buyer willing to price an AI phone agent against a conversation-platform quote can read 11x's published Growth tiers.
Who should skip it. Skip 11x if the requirement is a library of human calls. The overview prices Alice prospects and Julian calls, not a recording seat.
Pros. Julian voice Growth is from $5,333 a month. Chat Growth is from $2,417 a month. Alice outbound is a separate Growth price, from $3,750 a month billed annually.
Cons. No minutes bundle and no platform fee are printed next to those Growth figures. There is no basis on this page to call 11x cheaper than a Gong quote.
Trade-off. 11x publishes Growth dollars. Gong still sells a custom proposal for users plus a platform fee. The catalog stores Alice's $3,750 start, not a Gong comparison.
Pricing checked 2026-10-19. Alice Growth from $3,750/mo billed annually. Julian voice from $5,333/mo and chat from $2,417/mo. No published trial. Catalog stores the Alice start. Checked 2026-10-19. Vendor pricing page.
4 · score 65
Reply.io
Multichannel sequences plus an AI SDR option on a modern engagement stack.
Catalog best for: Multichannel outbound teams.
From $60/user/mo — Seat plans plus optional AI SDR; confirm current bundles.
Product page Plan Gong → Reply.io Check fit
Who it fits. Teams adding or replacing outbound email, not the Gong library, can read Reply.io's annual slider.
Who should skip it. Skip Reply.io if the purchase is conversation intelligence. The slider is email volume.
Pros. Annual steps run $49, $59, $69, $89, $159, $259, $459, and $899. A separate AI SDR page lists $500, $800, and $1,000 per month billed annually. Those are not the email-volume steps.
Cons. Catalog $60 does not match the $49 step. Multichannel starting price is inconsistent on the page: $89 and $99 both appear. Calls and SMS are $29 per account. LinkedIn is $69 per account.
Trade-off. Reply.io will put a dollar where Gong will not, for a different product. The AI SDR tiers at $500, $800, and $1,000 are still not a Gong platform fee.
Pricing checked 2026-10-08. Email volume billed annually from $49 to $899. AI SDR tiers $500, $800, and $1,000 per month billed annually. Multichannel from $89 and from $99. Vendor pricing page.
5 · score 64
Apollo
Data plus engagement in one seat — the volume outbound incumbent for SMBs.
Catalog best for: SMB outbound that wants data and sequences together.
Free plan — Free tier with credits; paid seats unlock sequences, dialer, and data volume.
Product page Plan Gong → Apollo Check fit
Who it fits. Gong shoppers who also buy data and sequences will find Apollo's plan names and still no dollars.
Who should skip it. Skip Apollo if you wanted a recording platform price. Apollo's page is credits and campaigns.
Pros. Plans named: Free, Basic, Professional, Custom. Credits do not roll over. The free plan connects Gmail only. Email campaigns are on every account.
Cons. No dollar, so Apollo cannot undercut Gong's unpublished license. A free Starter plan can continue after the trial. Duration of the trial was not stated.
Trade-off. Apollo's free plan is a data product with a Gmail limit. Gong's page is a per-user license plus a platform fee. Ranking them together does not merge the invoices.
Pricing checked 2026-10-08. No public dollar. Free, Basic, Professional, Custom. Credits do not roll over. Free connects Gmail only. Vendor pricing page.
6 · score 64
Groove
Salesforce-native sales engagement that lives in the inbox.
Catalog best for: Salesforce shops that want sequences in the inbox.
Custom pricing — Sales-led Salesforce engagement; confirm current Groove packaging.
Product page Plan Gong → Groove Check fit
Who it fits. A Groove URL is not currently a priced way off Gong. The fetch was a Salesloft-branded page.
Who should skip it. Skip Groove if you need any public fee. None was listed.
Pros. No plan price on the pricing URL. The page carried Salesloft branding.
Cons. The sole dollar was a sample opportunity ACV of $240,000. That figure is not a seat and not a platform fee.
Trade-off. Groove does not clarify Gong's missing numbers. It also does not clarify Salesloft's. It loads Salesloft's commercial page.
Pricing checked 2026-10-08. No public software price. Groove's pricing URL was Salesloft-branded. Sample ACV $240,000 is not a plan fee. Checked 2026-10-08. Vendor pricing page.
7 · score 63
Klenty
Sales cadence software for teams that want Outreach-shaped sequences on an SMB bill.
Catalog best for: Mid-market cadence teams.
From $50/user/mo — Starter is $50/month billed annually and is not labeled per user. Growth is $70/user/month and Plus is $99/user/month, both billed annually. 14-day trial.
Product page Plan Gong → Klenty Check fit
Who it fits. Teams that want a printed outreach seat beside Gong's blank proposal can read Klenty's annual figures.
Who should skip it. Skip Klenty if you need conversation intelligence. Klenty's page is outreach plans plus a dialer add-on.
Pros. Starter is $50 per month billed annually. The page does not clearly say that Starter fee is per user. Growth is $70 per user per month. Plus is $99 per user per month. The dialer add-on is $45 per user per month. A 14-day trial is listed.
Cons. The catalog's $50 matches Starter and should not be described as per seat unless the page says so. It says so for Growth and Plus. The catalog note that Starter and Growth are both per seat overstates what this fetch could confirm.
Trade-off. Klenty Growth at $70 per user per month billed annually is a real public fee. Gong's per-user license is not public. They are different products, and only one of them can be multiplied on a whiteboard today.
Pricing checked 2026-10-08. Starter $50 per month billed annually, per-user status unclear. Growth $70 per user per month. Plus $99 per user per month. Dialer add-on $45 per user per month. 14-day trial. Vendor pricing page.
8 · score 63
Orum
Parallel dialer with AI coaching — live conversations, not more sequences.
Catalog best for: SDR phone teams.
Custom pricing — No public dollar. Minimum 9 seats. Named plans are Ascend and Ascend Limited. Power Dialer and Parallel Dialer are included features.
Product page Plan Gong → Orum Check fit
Who it fits. Teams buying a dialer with a published seat minimum and an unpublished fee match Orum's page.
Who should skip it. Skip Orum if nine seats is already too large, or if you needed the fee. The minimum is stated. The price is not.
Pros. The pricing page prints no dollar. The homepage says pricing is per user, billed annually. The page says the minimum is 9 seats. Power Dialer and Parallel Dialer are listed as included. Ascend and Ascend Limited are named. Ascend Launch is not on the page.
Cons. No public dollar on 2026-10-08, so Orum cannot be ranked as cheaper than Gong. A nine-seat floor is a commercial constraint Gong's page does not state in the sentences that were read.
Trade-off. Orum tells you the minimum team size and the billing shape. Gong tells you there is a per-user license and a platform fee. Neither tells you the amount.
Pricing checked 2026-10-08. No public dollar. Per user, billed annually, on the homepage. Minimum 9 seats. Plan names include Power Dialer, Parallel Dialer, and Ascend. Checked 2026-10-08. Vendor pricing page.

Sales engagement category

Gong's pricing page on 2026-10-08 offers a custom proposal. It says licenses are per user and that a platform fee depends on user count. It does not print either number. The catalog's empty price, and the note that the commercial shape is seats plus a platform fee, matches that description and adds no figure the page withheld.

The ranked list is not eight conversation-intelligence tools. Chorus, on a ZoomInfo page, also shows no dollar. Nooks asks for a custom quote. 11x has no dollar. Reply.io, Apollo, Groove, Klenty, and Orum are engagement or dialing products with very different disclosures. Orum names a nine-seat minimum and still prints no fee. Klenty does print fees. This page keeps those categories separate.

No Gong recording-export or transcript-export article was opened. Migration notes do not pretend a CSV of calls was documented.

Why teams leave Gong

Two fees, zero figures

A per-user license plus a platform fee that scales with headcount is a shape, not a quote. A 20-person team and a 200-person team cannot both be described with one public number, because no public number exists. Teams leave when finance will not start a project without one. The website will not supply it.

The alternative set is mixed

Replacing Gong with a sequencer because the sequencer prints $49 does not replace call libraries, scorecards, or the platform fee. The quiz ranked those products. The notes under them say what they actually sell.

Export of the library is unverified here

Recordings and transcripts are the asset. This check did not open the article that would say whether they download, expire, or stay in the tenant. Leaving without that article is a gamble this page will not dress up as a plan.

When to stay on Gong

Stay when the recording library and the forecast workflow are the product you use, and the custom proposal is already understood by procurement. A dialer with a public minute rate is a different line item.

Stay if the platform fee is the annoying part and you have not seen a written alternative that covers the same library. Chorus also withholds the price. Switching blanks does not create a savings.

The list above is the live quiz order for teams leaving Gong. Notes under each name are editorial comparisons. They do not add, remove, or reorder products, and they do not change the score.

Migration notes

What usually moves

No Gong export article was opened for calls, transcripts, or deals. Do not describe a file format. Chorus and Nooks pricing pages do not document a Gong import.

What usually does not

Scorecards, trackers, and the platform subscription are not listed as rows in any doc this page opened. General guidance: a contact export from a sequencer is not a call library.

Official docs opened for this note: Gong pricing.

Compare, then decide whether to switch

This page answers which tool, compared with Gong. The replace page is the switch narrative. Links below are routes that exist in the catalog.

What should replace Gong? — Switch narrative. This page is the comparison.
Sales engagement category — Full catalog for this category

Questions teams actually ask

How much does Gong cost?+

The pricing page does not give a dollar. It says licenses are per user and a platform fee depends on how many users you have, and that the proposal is custom.

Does Chorus publish a price?+

No. The ZoomInfo Chorus page checked on 2026-10-08 showed no dollar.

What does Klenty publish that Gong does not?+

Starter at $50 per month billed annually, Growth at $70 per user per month, Plus at $99 per user per month, and a dialer at $45 per user per month. Starter is not clearly labeled per user. A 14-day trial is listed.

What is Orum's minimum?+

Nine seats. The homepage says the price is per user billed annually. No dollar amount was on the pricing page. Plan names include Power Dialer, Parallel Dialer, and Ascend.

Can I download Gong recordings?+

This check did not open a Gong export article. No format, retention, or limit is stated.

Last reviewed: 2026-10-08

Sources

Gong pricing — as of 2026-10-08
Chorus product page — as of 2026-10-08
Nooks pricing — as of 2026-10-08
11x homepage — as of 2026-10-08
Reply.io pricing — as of 2026-10-08
Apollo pricing — as of 2026-10-08
Groove pricing URL — as of 2026-10-08
Klenty pricing — as of 2026-10-08
Orum pricing — as of 2026-10-08