One question keeps coming up whenever someone asks me about Gong Engage. "Do I actually need everything Gong Engage offers?" For some teams, the answer is yes. If you want conversation intelligence, AI coaching, and sales engagement in one platform, Gong Engage is a strong choice. But many sales teams are trying to solve a different problem. They need better outbound, built-in prospecting, email and LinkedIn outreach, and a platform that helps them book more meetings without paying for features they may never use.
That's why I compared the best Gong Engage alternatives. I looked at seven platforms to see which one delivers the best mix of outbound capabilities, AI, prospecting, pricing, CRM integrations, and overall value.
If you're short on time, these are my top recommendations:
Gong Engage is a strong choice for sales teams that want sales engagement, conversation intelligence, and AI coaching in one platform. But it isn't the right fit for everyone.
You might want to consider an alternative if you:
Depending on why you're considering a switch, one of the alternatives below may be a better fit for your sales team.
To make this comparison useful, I evaluated each platform on the factors that matter most when choosing a Gong Engage alternative. Here's what I looked at:
Factor
Salesforge
Apollo.io
Outreach
Salesloft
ZoomInfo Engage
HubSpot Sales Hub
Revenue.io
Starting price
$48/month
Free
Custom
Custom
Custom
Free ($10/user/month paid)
Custom
LinkedIn outreach
Native
Native
No
No
No
No
No
Conversation intelligence
No
Basic
Advanced
Advanced
Basic
Advanced
Advanced
CRM
Integrates
Built-in
Integrates
Integrates
Integrates
Native HubSpot
Native Salesforce
AI focus
Personalization
Prospecting
Seller guidance
Coaching
Outreach automation
Prospecting
Real-time coaching
Multichannel outreach
Email + LinkedIn
Email + LinkedIn
Email + Calls
Email + Calls
Email + Calls
Email + Calls
Email + Calls + SMS
Best for: AI-powered multichannel outbound with email and LinkedIn.
G2 Rating: 4.6/5
Alt text: Salesforge homepage
Salesforge is my top pick if your main goal is outbound. Unlike Gong Engage, which combines sales engagement with conversation intelligence and revenue insights, Salesforge is built to help sales teams generate more pipeline through email and LinkedIn outreach.
It includes API, MCP Server, and CLI support, making it a good choice for teams building AI-powered outbound workflows. You can run multichannel sequences, connect unlimited mailboxes and LinkedIn accounts, and improve deliverability with built-in warm-up and smart mailbox rotation.
Alt text: Salesforge Multichannel allows you to reach out to your leads on LinkedIn and Email.
Factor
Salesforge
Gong Engage
Best for
AI-powered outbound and multichannel outreach
Sales engagement with conversation intelligence
LinkedIn outreach
Native LinkedIn + email sequences
No native LinkedIn outreach
Deliverability
Built-in warm-up, mailbox rotation, and dynamic IPs
Basic email deliverability features
AI focus
AI personalization and AI SDR
AI coaching, conversation intelligence, and deal insights
Pricing
Starts at $48/month
Custom pricing
Choose if...
You want to scale outbound and book more meetings
You want AI-driven coaching and revenue insights
Pros
Cons
Unlimited mailboxes and LinkedIn senders
No built-in B2B contact database (requires Leadsforge or another data source)
Multichannel email and LinkedIn sequences
Native calling and conversation intelligence aren't its primary focus
Excellent deliverability with Warmforge included
Advanced AI features like Agent Frank require a separate plan
Alt text: Salesforge pricing
Salesforge offers transparent pricing with a free 14-day trial.
Best for: Enterprise sales engagement, revenue workflows, and AI-powered sales execution.
G2 Rating: 4.3/5
Alt text: Outreach homepage
Outreach is a strong Gong Engage alternative for sales teams that want more than a sales engagement platform. It combines sales engagement, conversation intelligence, AI agents, pipeline management, forecasting, deal management, rep coaching, and mutual action plans in one platform.
What I like about Outreach is that it covers the entire revenue workflow instead of focusing only on outreach. Sales reps can engage prospects across multiple channels, while managers get AI-powered insights, coaching, forecasting, and pipeline visibility from the same platform.
I wouldn't recommend Outreach if you're only looking for a simple outbound tool. It may be more than smaller teams need. But for mid-market and enterprise sales organizations that want one platform to manage the full sales process, Outreach is one of the strongest Gong Engage alternatives.
Alt text: Multichannel sequence by Outreach
Alt text: Connect Outreach MCP server
Factor
Outreach
Gong Engage
Best for
End-to-end sales execution and revenue workflows
AI-powered sales engagement and conversation intelligence
AI capabilities
AI Agents, rep coaching, forecasting, and pipeline insights
AI Composer, AI Tasker, and conversation intelligence
Revenue workflows
Pipeline management, deal management, forecasting, and mutual action plans
Sales engagement with Revenue AI insights
Integrations
90+ integrations and Outreach MCP
CRM and Revenue AI integrations
Pricing
Custom pricing
Custom pricing
Pros
Cons
Comprehensive revenue platform beyond sales engagement
Custom pricing with no public plans
Strong AI Agents, coaching, forecasting, and pipeline management
Can be more complex than standalone engagement tools
Supports email, calls, LinkedIn, SMS, meetings, and CRM workflows
Better suited for mid-market and enterprise teams than small businesses
Alt text: Outreach pricing
Outreach uses custom pricing based on seats, AI usage, and platform capabilities instead of fixed monthly plans. Its current packages include:
Best for: Prospecting, data enrichment, and sales engagement in one platform.
G2 Rating: 4.7/5
Alt text: Apollo homepage
Apollo takes a different approach than Gong Engage. Instead of starting with sales engagement, it starts with finding the right people to contact. You get access to a large B2B database, built-in enrichment, multichannel outreach, AI prospecting, and basic deal management in one platform.
If your team is paying separately for lead data and an engagement tool, Apollo can simplify your stack. You can search for prospects, enrich contact data, launch email and call sequences, monitor deliverability, and track deals without switching between multiple tools. It doesn't match Gong's depth in conversation intelligence or sales coaching. But for teams that care more about generating pipeline than analyzing calls, I think Apollo offers better overall value.
Alt text: An example of outbound sequence at Apollo
Alt text: AI assistant by Apollo
Factor
Apollo
Gong Engage
Best for
Prospecting + outbound engagement
AI-powered sales engagement
Lead database
230M+ verified contacts
No native B2B database
Outreach
Email, calls, LinkedIn tasks, sequences
Email, calls, flows, AI guidance
AI focus
AI research, lead scoring, enrichment, MCP
AI Composer, AI Tasker, conversation insights
Deliverability
Warmup, scoring, mailbox health tools
Basic email deliverability guidance
Pricing
Free plan, paid plans from $65/user/month
Custom pricing
Pros
Cons
Large B2B database with enrichment
Conversation intelligence is not as deep as Gong
Combines prospecting, outreach, enrichment, and basic deal workflows
Credits apply to emails, phone numbers, enrichment, AI research, and dialer usage
Free plan and transparent paid pricing
Some important features sit on higher-tier plans
Includes deliverability tools and mailbox warmup
Can feel heavy if you only need simple sequencing
Alt text: Apollo pricing
Apollo has a free plan and three paid plans:
Apollo also offers Inbound and Advanced Dialer add-ons at $149/team/month each.
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