Why Airspeed
Why teams switch to Airspeed
Intelligence
See which deals are real
Airspeed reads the whole conversation, not just keywords, and turns it into structured deal and revenue intelligence. You see which deals are real and which are quietly slipping.
Agents
Agents do the busywork
The recap, the CRM update, the follow-up draft: Airspeed agents run the post-call work in minutes, so reps stay in the deal instead of the data entry.
Coaching
Coaching on every call
Every rep scored on every call, automatically, against the moments that actually win deals. No manager staying late to review recordings.
CRM automation
Your CRM fills itself
Fields, notes, and next steps written back to Salesforce or HubSpot after every call, with dynamic mapping to your own fields.
Forecasting
Forecasts built on what buyers said
Every deal gets an AI close probability grounded in the calls themselves, rolled up into team forecasts you can defend. Commit, best case, and pipeline in one live view.
Where Gong starts to hold teams back
Most web calls process in minutes, but Gong's own docs note it can take 1-2 hours when volume is high, and everything downstream waits on it (Gong Help Center, August 2026)
Bundling the Engage and Forecast modules pushed per-seat cost from roughly ~$1,920/user/yr in 2023 to a publicly reported ~$2,400-3,000/user/yr in 2026
Implementation runs $15,000-$65,000 before your team logs a single call, hard to justify for a 10-50 rep team
How did we choose and rank these tools?
We tested each platform hands-on and checked it against public pricing, vendor documentation, and verified user reviews. We scored them on what mid-market revenue teams care about, not the enterprise dashboards that win demos.
- Call processing speed and follow-up velocity
- Depth of CRM automation (field writes vs. activity logging)
- AI quality and transparency of insights
- AI coaching and deal intelligence
- Total cost of ownership, including platform and implementation fees
- Time to value and adoption friction for frontline reps
Sources: Vendor pricing pages and public reporting, reviewed June 2026; G2 and Capterra reviews; Hands-on product testing by the Airspeed team; Publicly reported funding and valuation data (Gong secondary sale, November 2025).
8 alternatives, ranked
Airspeed
AI that executes on the call, not just records it
- 5-minute call processing, so you follow up while the deal is still warm
- Automatic CRM sync with dynamic custom field mapping
- Multi-LLM AI (Claude, GPT-5, Gemini) for higher accuracy
Chorus (ZoomInfo)
Legacy conversation intelligence bundled with ZoomInfo data
- ZoomInfo contact and company data built in
- Established brand with large enterprise customer base
- Easy to use with great summary features
The catchAI accuracy can be inconsistent
Attention
AI sales tool with a custom workflow builder
- Flexible custom AI flow builder for tailored automations
- Modern tech stack with fast product iteration
- Automates entire post-call workflow and populates CRM fields
The catchAI misses key information that competitors catch reliably
Clari
Revenue platform focused on forecasting and pipeline management
- Best-in-class revenue forecasting with AI-driven accuracy
- Strong pipeline visibility and deal inspection tools
- Deep revenue analytics across the full funnel
The catchNot primarily focused on conversation intelligence; call analysis is secondary (Copilot is an add-on)
Avoma
AI meeting assistant with robust conversation intelligence
- Affordable pricing compared to Gong or Chorus
- High transcription quality and accuracy
- AI meeting notes, summaries, and action item capture
The catchLess depth than dedicated conversation intelligence platforms (depending on plan)
Fireflies.ai
AI meeting transcription and notes for any team
- Free tier available for individuals and small teams
- Easy setup with broad meeting platform integrations (Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams)
- Solid transcription accuracy (90-96% for standard English calls)
The catchFree plan has limitations on storage and advanced AI summaries
Fathom
Free AI meeting recorder for individual sales reps and small teams
- Completely free for individual users with unlimited recording, transcription, and storage
- Simple, clean UI with fast transcription turnaround
- Accurate notes, summaries, and auto-generated action items
The catchNo shared team features or manager-level visibility on the free plan
Oliv AI
Oliv is the Agent OS for revenue teams.
- Modular pricing from $19/user/month with no platform fee, against Gong's bundled per-seat cost plus a platform fee.
- Free view-only seats let managers and execs follow deals without another paid license.
- Call recording, AI transcription, and CRM auto-sync are in the core product rather than separate modules.
The catchOliv won't feel like Gong. Gong finds keywords, flags them, and leaves the rep to act. Oliv reads what the buyer actually said, using over 100 AI models, and links it to everything already known about the account. Then the Deal Driver agent writes the follow-up, sends it, and watches for a reply. Your team moves from reviewing flags to checking agent work, though your Gong call history comes with you.
Feature by feature
| Feature | Airspeed | Chorus (ZoomInfo) | Attention | Clari | Avoma | Fireflies.ai | Fathom | Oliv AI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Call Recording | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI Transcription | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CRM Auto-Sync | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Deal Intelligence | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
| AI Coaching | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Forecasting | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ |
Compared on public pricing, vendor documentation, and verified G2 and Capterra reviews by the Airspeed team. Pricing as of June 2026; confirm current pricing with each vendor. Last verified August 2026.
Airspeed by the numbers
When Gong is still the better pick
- Brand recognition decides your procurement, and you want the name with the largest install base in the category
- You want conversation intelligence and outbound engagement (Gong Engage) from one vendor
- You have the RevOps capacity to configure Gong's agents and field mapping, and a tier that includes them
Frequently asked questions
What is the best alternative to Gong?
For mid-market teams that want execution automation, Airspeed is the strongest alternative. For enterprise forecasting, Clari fits better. For budget-conscious teams, Avoma or Fireflies cover the basics at lower price points.
Why has Gong gotten more expensive?
Gong is quote-only, and procurement and market data (August 2026) put its base tier at ~$1,300-1,600/user/yr plus platform fees, on a 15-seat minimum, so about $21,000-28,500/year to start. It now bundles its Engage (sales engagement) and Forecast modules into higher tiers, which pushed effective per-seat pricing from roughly ~$1,920/user/yr in 2023 to a publicly reported ~$2,400-3,000/user/yr on bundled tiers in 2026. On top of that, implementation commonly runs $15,000-$65,000. A November 2025 secondary sale reportedly valued Gong at about $4.5B, down from a $7.25B primary valuation: a sign of broader repricing across the category.
When is Gong still the better choice?
Gong is the stronger pick in a few cases: when brand recognition decides your procurement, when you want conversation intelligence and outbound engagement (Gong Engage) from one vendor, or when you only need keyword spotting, a yes/no flag for whether a phrase came up, rather than LLMs that read the whole conversation and turn it into structured deal data. For most mid-market teams that want faster execution and automatic CRM action, Airspeed fits better.
Can I switch from Gong to Airspeed?
Yes. The migration takes days. Airspeed can ingest historical call recordings and your team can run both platforms in parallel during the transition.
What does Gong do that alternatives do not?
Gong has a long-established forecasting suite (Revenue Graph), the largest proprietary call benchmark database (Gong Labs), and built-in sales engagement via Gong Engage. These are genuine differentiators for enterprise revenue operations.
Which Gong alternative has the best CRM integration?
Airspeed offers the deepest CRM integration with dynamic custom field mapping that automatically writes qualification data, summaries, and action items to your HubSpot or Salesforce fields after every call, with integrations for all other major CRMs.
Are there free Gong alternatives?
Fathom offers free call recording for individuals, and Fireflies has a free tier with basic transcription. Neither gives you the deal intelligence, coaching, or CRM automation that paid platforms like Airspeed do.
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