What does Salesloft do?
- Runs Cadences: multi-step sequences of emails, calls and tasks that each rep, or a team cadence owner, enrols people into.
- Sells Cadence, Conversation Intelligence, Deals and Rhythm for account teams, plus Clari Forecast, Inspect and Analytics for RevOps, all priced through sales.
- Exposes a REST API with a rate limit of 600 cost points per minute, shared across the whole team rather than per integration; deep pagination (page 501+) costs 30 points a request.
- Lets the API add a person to a cadence with a person_id and cadence_id, optionally on behalf of another user if it is a team cadence or they have Personal Cadence Admin.
- Supports webhook subscriptions to Salesloft events for event-driven workflows.
- Logs calls and emails as CRM activities through Salesloft's own CRM Sync for Salesforce and for HubSpot.
Where does Salesloft fit in a GTM engineering stack?
Salesloft is the sequencing and activity layer for enterprise reps in a GTM engineering stack: Clay finds and qualifies the people, and Salesloft Cadence delivers the touches from each rep's mailbox and phone.
- 1Clay builds a target list from a signal, such as a new VP hire at an open Salesforce account
- 2Lookup Person checks Salesloft for an existing record, then Upsert Account and Upsert Person write clean data
- 3Lookup User(s) matches the account owner, and Add Person to Cadence enrols them in that rep's team cadence
- 4Salesloft CRM Sync logs every email and call back to Salesforce or HubSpot
See how every layer connects in Clay integrations: how the GTM engineering stack fits together.
How do you use Salesloft?
Salesloft's official walkthrough, from the Salesloft YouTube channel.
How much does Salesloft cost?
Prices as shown on Salesloft's pricing page on 17 October 2026 (USD). Free plan: No free plan.
Cadence
Contact sales
Not published
"Build & nurture sales pipeline". Sequencing for account teams.
Conversation Intelligence, Deals, Rhythm
Contact sales
Not published
Call insight, opportunity management and seller prioritisation for account teams.
Clari Forecast, Inspect, Analytics
Contact sales
Not published
Forecasting, pipeline inspection and reporting for executive and RevOps teams.
The pricing page lists products rather than plans and offers only "Talk to Sales", a booked walkthrough and a self-guided platform tour. No free trial is mentioned.
Who is Salesloft best for?
A good fit if you
- Enterprise sales teams already licensed on Salesloft who want Clay-built lists landing in rep cadences, using Clay's Upsert Person and Add Person to Cadence actions.
- RevOps teams on Salesforce or HubSpot, since Salesloft runs its own CRM Sync for both and logs calls and emails automatically.
- Organisations that want sequencing, call recording and forecasting from one vendor; the pricing page lists Clari Forecast next to Cadence.
Look elsewhere if you
- Small teams that want transparent, self-serve pricing; there is no published price, plan list or free trial.
- Heavy API workloads from several tools at once: the 600-points-a-minute limit is shared by every integration on the team, so Clay, n8n and a CRM sync all draw from one budget.
- Agencies sending cold email from many rotated mailboxes; Salesloft is seat-based software for in-house reps.
Does Salesloft integrate with Clay and your CRM?
- Clay
- Native Clay integration. Clay lists Salesloft as a Clay-built integration on Launch and above, with eight actions: Add Person to Cadence, Create Account, Create Person, Lookup Account, Lookup Person (by email or custom field), Lookup User(s), Upsert Account and Upsert Person. Every action needs your own Salesloft account. (source)
- Integrations
- Salesloft-run CRM Sync for Salesforce and HubSpot (activities logged automatically; HubSpot opportunities sync one way into Salesloft), Gmail and Outlook via Salesloft Connect, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Drift, a partner marketplace, plus REST API, webhooks and MCP. (source)
- GDPR
- Salesloft's Master Subscription Agreement incorporates a Data Processing Addendum that includes Standard Contractual Clauses. The platform runs in US and EU data centres on AWS and Google Cloud (Drift and Clari are US-hosted). Salesloft reports annual SOC 2 Type 2 examinations, ISO 27001 certification and ISO 27701 certification, with reports in its Trust Portal. (source)
What are the best Salesloft alternatives?
Other cold email tools that do the same job in a GTM engineering stack, with their own trade-offs.
Enterprise sales engagement and AI agent platform: sequences, dialer, conversation intelligence, deals and forecasting.
- Pricing
- Contact sales
- Free trial
- None listed
B2B contact database with built-in sequencing, dialler, CRM enrichment and AI research, priced per seat with pooled credits.
- Pricing
- Free; paid from $49/seat/mo (annual)
- Free trial
- 14-day trial on Basic and Professional; Apollo's FAQ says the trial includes 75 credits and access to most features of the selected plan.
Multichannel sequencing for email, LinkedIn, calls and SMS, priced by active contacts, with an AI SDR tier and agency workspaces.
- Pricing
- $49/mo (annual, 1,000 contacts)
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial with core features: B2B database and email finder extension, multichannel sequences, reports, API and all integrations, and AI features.
CRM platform with a free tier and per-seat paid plans covering sales, marketing and service, plus a large app marketplace.
- Pricing
- Free plan; paid from £7/seat/mo (annual)
- Free trial
- HubSpot's knowledge base describes 14-day free trials started from an account's Pricing & Features settings, with no automatic charge when the trial ends; some features may be restricted during a trial.
Which GTM stacks use Salesloft?
Salesloft FAQs
How much does Salesloft cost?
Salesloft does not publish prices. Its pricing page lists Cadence, Conversation Intelligence, Deals, Rhythm, Clari Forecast, Inspect and Analytics, each sold through "Talk to Sales". Expect a quote based on seats and products.
Can Clay push people into a Salesloft cadence?
Yes. Clay's Clay-built Salesloft integration includes Add Person to Cadence, plus Upsert Person and Upsert Account so you avoid duplicates first. It needs your own Salesloft account and Clay's Launch plan or higher.
What is the Salesloft API rate limit?
Salesloft's API allows 600 cost points per minute, and the limit applies to the whole team, not to each integration. Requests for deep pages cost more, up to 30 points for page 501 and above. Response headers report each call's cost and the remaining budget.
Why can't I add a person to a teammate's cadence through the API?
Salesloft only allows it when the cadence is a team cadence, is owned by that teammate, or the teammate has the Personal Cadence Admin permission. Both the person and the cadence must also be visible to the authenticated user.
Is Salesloft now part of Clari?
Salesloft's pricing page sells Clari Forecast alongside Cadence, and its security page covers Clari's hosting next to Salesloft's. Check with Salesloft for how products and contracts are packaged today.
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Sources
Checked on 17 October 2026.
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