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Clari Forecast vs Gong

Clari Forecast is now a Salesloft module reading CRM and activity data; Gong builds its forecast from recorded call and email transcripts instead.

Side by side

	Clari Forecast	Gong
Vendor	Salesloft	Gong.io Ltd.
Pricing model	Quote only	Quote only
Free tier	No	No
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Open source	No	No
Best for	Revenue leaders who already run Salesloft and want forecasting built on the same activity data.	Enterprise and mid-market sales organizations standardizing call coaching and forecasting on recorded conversations.
Pricing	Sold as part of the Salesloft platform; no public price list, quoted per seat by sales. Checked on the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026: no prices are published. Expect to be quoted.	Per-user licensing plus a platform fee based on the number of users supported; no public price list. Checked on the vendor's own page on September 21, 2026: no prices are published. Expect to be quoted.
Features	AI-validated revenue forecasts built from CRM deal history and rep activity At-risk deal and pipeline-change detection Week-over-week pipeline momentum tracking Forecast filtering by bookings, renewals, region, segment, and account size Automated next-best-action triggers inside seller workflows Shared login and data with Salesloft Cadence, Conversations, and Deals	Automatic call and video meeting recording, transcription, and CRM logging Deal Board showing at-risk opportunities based on conversation and activity signals Gong Forecast for rep, manager, and org-level revenue roll-ups Talk-track and competitor-mention tracking across recorded calls AI-generated call summaries and follow-up email drafts (Gong Engage) Scorecards for coaching reps against a defined sales methodology Gong Revenue Graph linking calls, emails, and CRM activity into one deal timeline

Verdict

Clari Forecast and Gong both promise the same outcome — an AI-validated revenue forecast and at-risk-deal flags — but start from different raw material. Clari began as an independent forecasting platform and is now sold as a module of Salesloft's revenue platform, reading historical CRM deal data together with rep activity and engagement signals captured across Salesloft's Cadence, Conversations and Deals modules. Gong treats the recorded call and email transcript itself as the primary data source: it transcribes conversations, links them to CRM opportunity records, and builds forecasts, coaching scorecards and deal-risk flags from what was actually said, not only from logged CRM fields.

Choose Clari if

You already run, or are evaluating, Salesloft for outbound sequencing and want forecasting built on the same activity data and login rather than a separate tool.
Your forecast needs to filter by bookings, renewals, region, segment or account size out of the box.
You'd rather buy forecasting as part of a broader sales-engagement platform than as a standalone product.

Choose Gong if

Conversation intelligence and call coaching — not just forecasting — are a primary requirement, and you want scorecards graded against a defined methodology.
You want the transcript treated as a first-class data source, with talk-track and competitor-mention tracking across recorded calls feeding the forecast.
You need a platform sold and supported as a dedicated revenue-intelligence product rather than a module inside a sequencing suite.

The honest caveat

Because Clari is no longer sold as a standalone product, choosing it today means buying into the Salesloft platform and its billing, even if forecasting is the only module you want. Gong, by contrast, is purchased and priced on its own. Neither publishes a price list; both are quoted per seat. See how to choose a revenue intelligence platform for where sequencing-first tools and conversation-first tools diverge more broadly, and sales forecasting for what "AI-validated" forecasting is actually doing under the hood.

Last reviewed September 22, 2026

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