Yes, both Close and Salesforce Essentials offer a Free Trial.
Close is designed for Individuals, Freelancers, Medium Business and Small Business.
Salesforce Essentials is designed for and Small Business.
Pricing for Close Starts at $19/user/month when monthly whereas for Salesforce Essentials Starts at $25/User/Month when Billed Yearly.
Some top alternatives to Close includes Salesforce Sales Cloud, Pipedrive, Thryv, Vendasta, ClickUp, Zoho CRM, Freshsales, GoCRM, SimpleCRM, FIVE CRM, webCRM, Cratio CRM, DigitalCRM.com, Alore CRM, Truly, Pipeline CRM and CRM.io by 500apps.
Some top alternatives to Salesforce Essentials includes Salesforce Sales Cloud, Pipedrive, Thryv, Vendasta, ClickUp, Zoho CRM, Freshsales, HubSpot CRM, SalesCRM, SimpleCRM, Efficy CRM, FreeCRM, Client Book CRM, Second CRM, Snapforce CRM, iEnterprise CRM and SalesPro CRM.