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# Raven vs Gong

> Conversation intelligence without the enterprise contract - a free, open-source, local alternative to Gong for the individual seller, not the RevOps org.

Gong is the enterprise **revenue-intelligence** standard: deal boards, forecasting, org-wide coaching. It's also an enterprise **purchase** - no public price, no free tier, a mandatory platform fee, and multi-year contracts. Raven doesn't pretend to be a RevOps platform. It's the answer to a different question: **can I get live help and honest call insight as an individual, without a five-figure contract?** Yes - free, open source, and local.

## At a glance

|                       | Raven                             | Gong                                                                                   |
| --------------------- | --------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Built for             | The **individual seller** / IC    | Enterprise revenue teams                                                               |
| Live in-call assist   | **Yes**                           | No - post-call revenue intelligence                                                    |
| Free tier             | **Yes**                           | No                                                                                     |
| Commitment            | None - download and go            | Annual/multi-year + platform fee + onboarding                                          |
| Price                 | Free, open source (your own keys) | No public price: \~\$1,300-\$1,920/seat/yr **plus** a \$5,000-\$50,000/yr platform fee |
| Where your data lives | Local SQLite                      | Gong's cloud                                                                           |
| Open source           | Yes                               | No                                                                                     |

## Price

Gong doesn't publish pricing. Third-party buyer data puts the Foundations tier around **\$1,300-\$1,920 per seat per year**, on top of a **mandatory platform fee of \$5,000-\$50,000/year** and one-time onboarding (often \$7,500+). Effective cost lands near **\$2,100+/seat/year**, on 2-3 year contracts, with no free tier.

Raven is free; you pay your own AI/transcription usage (a few dollars a month) - no contract, no platform fee.

## What Gong does better (honestly)

* **Enterprise revenue intelligence**: pipeline/deal analytics, forecasting, org-wide coaching and analytics at team scale.
* A mature platform with deep CRM and enterprise controls.

If you're equipping a sales org with revenue intelligence and forecasting, Gong is a category leader - Raven is **not** a replacement for that deployment, and won't pretend to be.

## When Raven wins

* You're an **individual or small team** who wants **live help + private notes + talk ratio** without a five-figure annual contract.
* You want meetings kept **local**, no bot, and a tool you can **audit**.
* You want it **free** - conversation intelligence without the enterprise procurement.

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<Note>Gong does not publish pricing; figures are third-party buyer-data estimates verified August 2026 (Vendr and others). Confirm any number directly.</Note>