Lightfield alternative

A better alternative than Lightfield

Lightfield turns your Gmail into a CRM that fills itself in, and that part is genuinely good. It is also a single product priced from $89 a seat from the first user, with no quoting, invoicing, support, scheduling, or Outlook yet. Laureo gives you the same effortless logging plus the rest of the revenue stack and five AI agents in one plan.

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Verified June 2026In May 2026, Lightfield rolled out email conversations and previewed a visual workflow builder, per its changelog. Lightfield entry pricing climbed steeply through 2026, with the Startup tier listed at $89 a seat as of June 2026, up from the roughly $36 to $40 a seat range at its late-2025 launch.

At a glance

Laureo vs Lightfield, in short

A CRM core vs a revenue systemLightfield ships the sales core, one agent, a meeting recorder, and a workflow builder, and bets you will layer everything else on top. Laureo bundles pipeline, marketing, support, quotes, invoices, payments, scheduling, surveys, team chat, and five agents in one plan.
Per workspace vs per seat from user oneLightfield charges $89 a seat from the first user, so the bill scales linearly with headcount, $445 a month at five seats. Laureo includes users in the plan, so a small team starts well below that and the gap widens as you grow.
Gmail only vs Gmail and OutlookLightfield connects Gmail and Calendar and lists Outlook as coming soon, which blocks any Microsoft 365 team today. Laureo syncs both Gmail and Outlook two ways right now.
A young single product vs a generally available bundleLightfield launched in late 2025 and is iterating fast, with email conversations and a workflow builder added in mid-2026. Laureo is generally available with a documented feature set, mature reporting, and 30+ integrations.

Pricing

What you actually pay

One Laureo plan covers the whole stack. Here is how the entry price lines up against Lightfield.

Laureo

$58.33/mo

Pro, billed annually ($69.99 month-to-month)

One plan covers the CRM plus quoting, invoicing, payments, support tickets, marketing campaigns, scheduling, team chat, and five AI agents, with a per-workspace price at entry instead of per seat.

Lightfield

$89/user/moto start

That is the Startup tier, priced per seat from the very first user, with hard caps of 30,000 records and 1,000 workflow events a month. The next tier, Pro, jumps to $249/user/mo to unlock custom objects, advanced permissions, and 20,000 workflow events, and HIPAA support and sequences are gated higher still, to Pro and to a custom Growth quote.

Feature comparison

What is included, side by side

A check means it is on the plan. “Add-on” means it costs extra or lives on a higher tier. A line means it is not available.

Feature	Laureo	Lightfield
Autonomous AI agents on the base planLaureo runs five named agents on a schedule; Lightfield runs one unified agent you direct in chat	Included	Included
AI included, no separate add-onBoth include AI; Lightfield includes unlimited agent queries on paid tiers	Included	Included
Predictable AI pricing (fixed monthly budget)Different models: Laureo includes a fixed monthly AI budget, Lightfield includes unlimited agent queries	Included	Included
Built-in team chatLightfield ingests Slack one way; it has no internal direct messages or channels	Included	Not available
Deal Rooms (internal chat on the deal)	Included	Not available
Contact and company management	Included	Included
Pipeline management	Included	Included
Auto-capture from email and calendarLightfield captures inbound and outbound; Laureo auto-logs outbound, and inbound mail surfaces in the contact context pane	Included	Included
Two-way email sync with Outlook and Microsoft 365Lightfield lists Outlook as coming soon; it is Gmail only today	Included	Not available
Native meeting recorder and transcriptionLaureo pulls meeting notes through connected Google Meet and Zoom rather than a built-in recorder	Add-onAvailable as an add-on	Included
Email campaigns and marketing	Included	Not available
Follow-up sequences and cadencesLightfield gates sequences to its custom-priced Growth tier	Included	Add-onAvailable as an add-on
Support tickets with SLALightfield ingests tickets as a data source but does not ship a ticket system	Included	Not available
Knowledge base for your customers	Included	Not available
Quotes and CPQ	Included	Not available
Invoicing and payments	Included	Not available
Booking pages and schedulerLightfield has no booking links or round-robin scheduling	Included	Not available
Surveys (NPS and CSAT)	Included	Not available
Custom objects without a tier upgradeLightfield gates custom objects to its $249/user Pro tier	Included	Add-onAvailable as an add-on
Roles and permissions on every paid planLightfield gates advanced permissions to its $249/user Pro tier	Included	Add-onAvailable as an add-on
No hard cap on records or workflow runsLightfield caps records and meters workflow events, 1,000 a month on Startup and 20,000 on Pro	Included	Not available
MCP server for external AI agentsLightfield exposes an MCP server in beta; Laureo offers a public API and outgoing webhooks instead	Not available	Included
SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA BAALightfield holds a SOC 2 Type II report and offers a HIPAA BAA on paid tiers; Laureo protects data without holding those	Not available	Included

Why teams switch

Why teams move from Lightfield to Laureo

Effortless logging, plus the restEmail syncs both ways, your calendar syncs on its own, and meeting notes attach to the right record, so there is almost nothing to type. On top of that you get quoting, invoicing, payments, support, scheduling, and marketing, which Lightfield leaves to other tools.
Five agents, not oneOne flags stale deals, one finds leads that have gone quiet, one cleans duplicates, one watches for churn risk, and one triages your inbox. Lightfield ships a single agent you direct in chat, which is a different design.
One plan, not a stackCRM, email campaigns, sequences, support tickets, a knowledge base, quotes, invoices, scheduling, surveys, and team chat come in one subscription. With Lightfield, every one of those is a separate vendor with its own seat cost and contract.
A price per workspace, not per seatLaureo includes users in the plan, so a small team is not billed from the first head. Lightfield charges $89 a seat from user one, so a five-person team pays $445 a month before any surrounding tools.
Nothing gated behind a tier jumpCustom objects, roles and permissions, sequences, and account scoring are on every paid Laureo plan. Lightfield gates custom objects and permissions to its $249-per-seat Pro tier, and sequences and scoring higher still.
Works with Outlook todayLaureo syncs email and calendar both ways with Microsoft 365 right now. Lightfield lists Outlook as coming soon, so a Microsoft shop cannot use it yet.

What Lightfield does well

Where Lightfield is a strong choice

Lightfield is the right call if you are a one-to-three-person team that lives entirely in Gmail and Calendar, wants zero data entry as the headline value, and needs only the CRM core today.

Lightfield auto-captures everything from my inbox, so the CRM fills itself in.That is genuinely its strongest card, and the experience is excellent. Laureo captures activity automatically too, syncing email both ways, syncing your calendar, and attaching meeting notes to the right record, so your reps sell instead of typing. The difference is that Laureo also ships quoting, invoicing, support, scheduling, and marketing in the same workspace.
Lightfield was built by the team behind Tome and has raised around $81 million.True, the founder pedigree and capital base are real and they fund a fast roadmap. The trade is product breadth: Lightfield is six months old and ships a single CRM core, while Laureo is generally available and bundles the whole revenue stack today. For a team that needs more than the core, the breadth matters more than the cap table.
Lightfield has a SOC 2 Type II report and offers a HIPAA BAA.Those are real and they carry weight in an enterprise or healthcare procurement review, so it is fair to give Lightfield the edge there. Laureo protects data with per-organization encryption, a tamper-evident audit trail, virus scanning on uploads, and an AI setup that does not retain your prompts, and is the better fit for a team that wants the full revenue stack in one plan.
Lightfield gives me one flexible agent with a huge context window, code execution, and an MCP server.For a solo power user who wants one all-purpose tool, that is a real advantage. Laureo runs five named agents that work on a schedule and create tasks on their own, with per-agent budgets, approval modes, and a visual builder. Laureo offers a public API and outgoing webhooks rather than an MCP server, which covers most integration needs.

AI agents

AI that works while you sleep

Five AI agents work in the background every day, so your team sells instead of typing. They come with every plan, with a monthly usage budget and no per-conversation fees.

Sales Agent flags stale deals and queues the next follow-up.
Outreach Agent surfaces leads that have gone quiet.
Data Steward cleans duplicates and fills missing fields.
Customer Success Agent watches accounts for churn risk.
Inbox Reviewer triages your inbox and drafts replies.

Hey Laureo, which deals went quiet this week, and what should I send?

Found 3 deals with no reply in 7+ days. Drafted a nudge for each.
Imported your pipeline from Lightfield. Mapped every field.
Cleaned 12 duplicate contacts overnight. Nothing to log.

Your data stays encrypted, isolated per organization, and backed by a tamper-evident audit trail, hosted in US data centers.

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Laureo vs Lightfield FAQs

Common questions about choosing between Laureo and Lightfield

For most teams, yes. Both auto-capture activity so there is little to log by hand. Laureo goes further by bundling quoting, invoicing, payments, support tickets, a knowledge base, scheduling, marketing campaigns, sequences, team chat, and five AI agents in one plan. Lightfield ships the CRM core and leaves the rest to other tools. If you only need the core and live in Gmail, Lightfield is a fine pick.

Laureo syncs email and calendar both ways with Microsoft 365 today. Lightfield lists Outlook as coming soon and is Gmail only right now, so a team on Microsoft 365 can use Laureo immediately but not Lightfield yet.

Lightfield charges $89 a seat from the first user on Startup, with hard caps on records and workflow runs, and jumps to $249 a seat on Pro for custom objects and advanced permissions. Laureo includes users in the plan, so a small team starts below that, and custom objects, roles, sequences, and scoring are on every paid plan rather than gated behind a tier jump.

Yes. Laureo syncs email both ways, syncs your calendar on its own, and attaches meeting notes to the right record, so there is almost nothing to log. Outbound messages auto-create activities, and inbound mail surfaces in the contact context pane. Lightfield also captures inbound automatically, which is the part it is best known for.

Yes. Laureo imports contacts, companies, deals, and activities from a CSV with smart field mapping, and there are presets for common CRMs. Most migrations finish in under an hour. Lightfield supports exporting your data through its open API, since it positions data portability as a core commitment.

Laureo is an AI-first CRM that cuts manual data entry. Email syncs both ways, calendar events sync on their own, and meeting notes attach to the right record, so there is almost nothing to log. On top of that, five agents work in the background every day to flag stale deals, surface leads that have gone quiet, clean up duplicate data, watch for churn risk, and triage your inbox. It all comes with the CRM, email campaigns, automation, support, invoicing, and team chat in one plan from $58.33/mo billed annually.

Pro starts at $58.33/mo billed annually ($69.99 month-to-month) for one user. Business is $108.33/mo billed annually for two users, and Ultra is $166.66/mo billed annually for advanced needs. Every plan includes the full toolset, the five AI agents, and a monthly AI usage budget. No per-contact email billing and no per-conversation AI fees.

Yes. Every plan comes with a 14-day free trial with full access to every feature, including the AI agents, email campaigns, support tickets, and invoicing.

Yes. Laureo imports from a CSV with smart field mapping for contacts, companies, deals, and activities, with presets for 25+ common CRMs. Most migrations finish in under an hour, and there are step-by-step guides for HubSpot, Salesforce, and Pipedrive.

Laureo is built for teams of 1 to 50. Pro fits freelancers and solo operators, while Business and Ultra add seats, shared pipelines, role-based permissions, and team chat as you grow.

Yes. Laureo syncs email both ways with Gmail and Outlook, so messages log to the right contact and deal automatically. Calendar events and meeting notes sync too, with no manual entry.

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