Plantel vs Salesforce + Agentforce
$24.95/seat vs a Sales Cloud + Agentforce bundle that commonly runs $180+/seat (list price as of June 2026). Plantel agents do the work; Agentforce meters the idea.
Salesforce is the most successful CRM ever sold. We're not going to take their enterprise base — we're going to be the right call for the next thousand mid-market companies. Plantel's $24.95/seat already includes the CRM, a configurable AI workforce sized per customer, real outbound sales agents on carrier-routed voice and SMS, Plantel Vault, unlimited Signature envelopes, your first dedicated phone number, Plantel Translate across 12 languages, a hash-chained Ed25519 audit log with 7-year retention, and a pooled 100 GB of storage per seat — where Salesforce charges for Sales Cloud, then meters Agentforce actions on top, and bills DocuSign, Service Cloud Voice and Shield as separate add-ons.
Honest feature matrix
| Feature | Plantel | Salesforce + Agentforce |
|---|---|---|
| Per-seat price (list) | $24.95/mo | ~$180+/mo (Sales Cloud + Agentforce add-on)* |
| CRM | Plantel CRM in the seat | Yes — the category standard |
| AI agents with identities | Configurable workforce — sized per customer | Agentforce (metered actions, add-on) |
| Sales agent (real outbound) | Real carrier-routed voice + SMS | Limited |
| Vault / password manager | Plantel Vault in the seat (9 categories) | No |
| E-signature | Plantel Signature — unlimited envelopes, built in | DocuSign add-on |
| Telephony | Carrier voice in seat (first number free) | Service Cloud Voice (separate) |
| Audit log per action (signed) | Hash-chained Ed25519, 7-year retention | Shield event monitoring (add-on) |
| Meeting translation | Plantel Translate — 12 languages, bundled | No |
| Storage | Pooled — 100 GB/seat into one tenant pool | Per-org data + file caps |
| The Plantel AI model family | Yes | No |
| BYO API keys | Yes | No |
| Enterprise install base | N/A | Massive |
| Apps / AppExchange ecosystem | Built-in suite, no marketplace | Vast |
When to pick Salesforce + Agentforce instead
If your sales team has been on Salesforce for a decade and your VP of Revenue lives in Salesforce reports, the switching cost outweighs the savings. Plantel is for the next mid-market company that wants AI sellers without the Salesforce tax. * Salesforce figure is an approximate list price as of June 2026 (US, per user / month): Sales Cloud plus the Agentforce add-on commonly run $180+/seat, and packaging is metered per agent action. Verify current pricing on Salesforce's site — Salesforce prices and packaging change independently of Plantel. Plantel's $24.95 list price is internally sourced and current as of June 2026.