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Pick Ken if you want email and LinkedIn steps in one campaign: Platform is $200 a month with unlimited seats. Pick Salesloft if you want cadences, a dialer, call intelligence and forecasting from one vendor and you buy through sales.
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Ken or Salesloft: Which Should You Pick?
In short Ken wins on email and LinkedIn steps in one campaign; Salesloft wins when you want cadences, a dialer, call intelligence and forecasting from one vendor and you buy through sales.
Ken vs Salesloft
Ken's view: Ken publishes its prices, includes unlimited seats and a contact database, and runs LinkedIn steps in the same sequence as email. Ken has no phone dialer, so a team built around call volume needs another tool.
Pick Ken if
- You want email and LinkedIn steps in one campaign
- You want one price for the whole team: Platform is $200 a month with unlimited seats and workspaces
- You want prices you can check: credits cost $0.02 each on a public rate card
Pick Salesloft if
- You want cadences, a dialer, call intelligence and forecasting from one vendor and you buy through sales
- You run Salesforce and want a bidirectional CRM sync, with LinkedIn steps through Sales Navigator
At a Glance
In short Ken and Salesloft on the 10 features buyers of sales engagement platforms compare, checked Oct 17, 2026.
| Feature | Ken(ours) | Salesloft |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes - 1,000 credits once, no card | No - no free plan or trial listed, book a demo |
| Prices published on the website | Yes - Platform $200 a month, credits at $0.02 each | No - contact sales |
| Unlimited users without per-seat fees | Yes - unlimited seats and workspaces on Platform | No - not listed on its site |
| Email and LinkedIn steps in one sequence | Yes - 1,500 credits ($30) per LinkedIn account a month | Partial - LinkedIn Sales Navigator steps: research, InMail, connection request |
| Built-in phone dialer | No | Yes - built-in dialer, or connect a third-party dialer |
| Built-in meeting scheduler | Coming - Ken Scheduler | Yes - Salesloft Meetings |
| Meeting recording and AI notes | Coming - Ken Notetaker | Yes - Conversation Intelligence records, transcribes and summarizes calls |
| Built-in B2B contact database | Yes - 250M people and 24M companies | No - not listed on its site |
| Native CRM sync | Partial - email events one way to HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Attio, Close and GoHighLevel through OutboundSync; native two-way sync coming | Yes - bidirectional Salesforce sync |
| Deal pipeline and opportunity tracking | Coming - Ken CRM | Yes - Deals product |
Salesloft facts come from its own website on Oct 17, 2026. Ken facts come from Ken's product pages.
How Much Does Each Cost?
In short Salesloft is priced by quote (checked Oct 17, 2026). Ken has a Free plan, then Platform at $200 a month with unlimited seats.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 1,000 credits once, no card |
| Platform | $200 a month ($180 a month quarterly, $160 a month annual) | 200,000 sends and 5,000 credits a month, unlimited seats and workspaces; 1 credit = $0.02 |
| Managed (VIP done-for-you) | $4,597 a month | Done-for-you: the Ken team runs it |
Ken prices from /pricing. Data, AI, Ken inboxes and LinkedIn accounts are credits on a public rate card.
| Plan | Monthly billing | Annual billing | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Custom quote | Contact sales | Contact sales | Cadence, Conversation Intelligence, Deals and Rhythm; Clari Forecast, Inspect, Revenue Cadences and Analytics; AI Agents and Signals |
Source: Salesloft pricing page (https://www.salesloft.com/pricing), checked Oct 17, 2026. Annual prices are per month, billed yearly.
- Salesloft lists no free plan.
- Contact sales: the pricing page shows no plans or prices, only a call to book with sales and a self-guided tour.
- Implementation, onboarding and optimization are sold as consulting services, by quote.
Where Is Salesloft Stronger?
In short Ken's view: Salesloft does more than Ken on the 5 points below, each from its own website on Oct 17, 2026.
- Cadence runs email and call steps, plus LinkedIn Sales Navigator steps for research, InMail and connection requests.
- Built-in dialer that lets reps call or text buyers, or connect a third-party dialer.
- Salesloft Meetings lets buyers book time straight from an email.
- Conversation Intelligence records, transcribes and analyzes calls, with AI call summaries and action items.
- The same platform adds Deals, Rhythm, Clari Forecast and Inspect for pipeline and forecast reviews.
Switching From Salesloft
In short Move your lists first, then rebuild what you run in Salesloft and run both side by side before you cancel.
- Open a Ken workspace on Free: 1,000 credits once, no card.
- Export your contacts from Salesloft as a CSV and upload them to Ken; emails you upload or find with your own provider key cost nothing.
- Connect your own inboxes and domains free, with unlimited basic warmup.
- Rebuild each sequence as a Ken campaign: one campaign can mix email and LinkedIn steps.
- Run both side by side for a few weeks before you cancel Salesloft.
FAQ
Is Ken a Salesloft alternative?
For sales engagement platforms, it can be. Ken's view: Ken publishes its prices, includes unlimited seats and a contact database, and runs LinkedIn steps in the same sequence as email. Ken has no phone dialer, so a team built around call volume needs another tool.
How much does Salesloft cost?
Salesloft is priced by quote, per its pricing page on Oct 17, 2026. It lists no free plan.
How much does Ken cost?
Free: 1,000 credits once, no card. Platform: $200 a month with 200,000 sends, 5,000 credits a month and unlimited seats. Managed (VIP done-for-you): $4,597 a month. 1 credit = $0.02.
Can I use Salesloft and Ken together?
Yes, side by side. Ken lists no integration with Salesloft today, so each keeps its own data.
When is Salesloft the better choice?
Pick Salesloft if you want cadences, a dialer, call intelligence and forecasting from one vendor and you buy through sales; or if you run Salesforce and want a bidirectional CRM sync, with LinkedIn steps through Sales Navigator.
Do This in Ken
Build a Campaign in Ken
Ken builds a campaign from a chat. One campaign can mix email and LinkedIn steps. Every email gets a spam and quality check before it sends.
- Connect your own inboxes and domains.
- Upload your list or search Ken's database.
- Describe the campaign in a chat, review the steps and launch.
- Module
- Campaigns
- Open in Ken
- /waitlist
- Cost
- AI qualification 50 credits ($1) per 1,000 rows; AI personalization 300 credits ($6) per 1,000 rows
The new Ken opens to the waiting list in batches.
Related
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| Source | Checked |
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| Salesloft pricing page | |
| Salesloft platform overview | |
| Salesloft cadence automation | |
| Salesloft conversation intelligence | |
| Salesloft LinkedIn Sales Navigator | |
| Salesloft marketplace | |
| Ken pricing |
Changelog
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