Agentic Index
Closely vs Kakiyo (2026)
Closely and Kakiyo both work LinkedIn, at different levels of autonomy. Closely is outreach automation: campaigns, contact collection and verification, email alongside LinkedIn, from 49 dollars a month with an aggressive annual discount. Kakiyo is an autonomous LinkedIn SDR that runs entire conversations, connection request through objection handling to a booked meeting, from 115 dollars a month with every feature on every plan.
| At a glance | Closely | Kakiyo |
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| Category | GTM / revenue agent | GTM / revenue agent |
| Entry price | Starter $49/mo ($29 annual) · Growth $127 · Essential $205 · Custom from $350 · Agency $999 (unlimited) · ~40% off annual | Pioneer $115/mo · Hunter $259/mo · Conqueror $399/mo · Agency/custom (white-label) · all features on every plan; differ by volume |
| Free / trial | — | Free trial available, no credit card required. Monthly or yearly billing (yearly saves 20%). |
| Pricing confidence | public partial | public exact |
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| Action & orchestration | ||
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Integrations & Tool Calling Ability to connect agents to real systems through native integrations, OAuth-authenticated actions, custom tools, APIs, webhooks, or MCP-compatible tools. |
Full / Explicit | No / Not documented |
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Workflow Orchestration Ability to sequence, branch, retry, route, and combine deterministic workflow nodes with autonomous agent steps. |
Partial | Partial |
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Triggers & Channel Coverage How agents wake up and where they work: schedules, webhooks, message events, CRM events, inbox events, chat, email, voice, and collaboration tools. |
Full / Explicit | Partial |
| Knowledge & context | ||
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Knowledge Grounding & RAG Ability to ground agent behavior in company data through document ingestion, retrieval, external knowledge APIs, semantic search, or RAG layers. |
Partial | Partial |
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Memory & State Persistence Ability to persist context across a run, conversation, workflow, user, team, or longer-term memory layer. |
Partial | No / Not documented |
| Control & trust | ||
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Human Oversight & Guardrails Approval steps, consent checkpoints, escalation rules, structured guardrails, policy constraints, and pause/resume controls. |
Full / Explicit | Partial |
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Security, Identity & Governance RBAC, SSO, auditability, encryption, least-privilege tool access, compliance posture, and data handling policy. |
Partial | No / Not documented |
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Observability & Auditability Traces, logs, execution histories, metrics, audit events, and debugging detail for production agent behavior. |
Partial | Partial |
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Deployment & Data Residency Deployment modes and options, including SaaS, dedicated cloud, VPC, on-prem, hybrid, local runtime, and self-hosting. |
Partial | No / Not documented |
| Solution readiness | ||
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Prebuilt Agents, Templates & Packs Ready-made workflows, packaged employees, templates, blueprints, industry solutions, and role-specific agents that reduce time-to-value. |
Partial | No / Not documented |
| Platform extensibility | ||
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Model Flexibility & Routing Ability to work across multiple foundation models, route tasks to different models, or let buyers bring their own providers and keys. |
Partial | No / Not documented |
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APIs, SDKs & MCP Extensibility Composability layer: stable APIs, SDKs, MCP tool consumption/serving, custom tools, and integration into internal systems. |
Partial | Partial |
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Testing, Debugging & Optimization Testing, debugging, scoring, retries, fallbacks, quality gates, and optimization loops for improving agent workflows before and after deployment. |
Partial | Partial |
| Specialist automation | ||
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Browser & Computer Use Browser, desktop, or remote/local computer control for workflows that cannot be handled through stable APIs alone. |
No / Not documented | Partial |
Pricing snapshot
Sourced from the Index pricing dataset · open each vendor's profile for full detail.
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Entry price Lowest public entry point |
Starter $49/mo ($29 annual) · Growth $127 · Essential $205 · Custom from $350 · Agency $999 (unlimited) · ~40% off annual | Pioneer $115/mo · Hunter $259/mo · Conqueror $399/mo · Agency/custom (white-label) · all features on every plan; differ by volume |
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Pricing confidence How public the numbers are |
Public — partial | Public — exact |
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Billing Primary billing axis |
hybrid | Tiered monthly (or yearly) subscription by volume (AI credits, LinkedIn accounts, campaigns); all features on every plan; credit-based usage |
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Variable cost Workload / overage exposure |
Medium variable cost | Medium variable cost |
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Free tier / trial Try before you buy |
No free tierTrial
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No free tierTrial
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Buying motion Self-serve vs sales call |
Mixed | Self-serve |
Choose Closely if
- You want automation you drive, sequences and campaigns, not conversations run for you.
- Email plus LinkedIn in one tool covers your two channel motion cheaply.
- The 29 dollar annual entry is the lowest cost of anything in this lane.
Choose Kakiyo if
- Conversation handling is the bottleneck: replies and objections sitting unanswered.
- Full autonomy through booking means the calendar fills without your attention.
- Volume based tiers with identical features keep the upgrade decision honest.