Yes, both Salesforce Essentials and Pipedrive offer a Free Trial.
Salesforce Essentials is designed for and Small Business.
Pipedrive is designed for Large Enterprises, Medium Business and Small Business.
Pricing for Salesforce Essentials Starts at $25/User/Month when Billed Yearly whereas for Pipedrive Starts at $9.90/User/Month when Billed Yearly.
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.
Some top alternatives to Pipedrive includes Salesforce Sales Cloud, Thryv, Vendasta, Freshsales, Salesforce, HubSpot CRM, Onpipeline, Pipeliner CRM, SalesCRM, Salesdash CRM, Pipeline CRM, CRM.io by 500apps and Pype Intelligent CRM.