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A CRM stores contacts. Rolo helps you act with context.
The difference is not aesthetic. It is whether the product helps you remember people, prepare well, and follow through on trust-building details.
| Feature | Rolo | Dex | Clay | Spreadsheets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relationship timeline depth | 30 days free, 90 days paid | Basic recent history | Not relationship-native | Manual only |
| Natural-language people search | Best-in-class search with premium rank mode | Limited keyword search | Prospecting-first search | |
| Meeting prep | Paid tier includes people analysis and rich prep | Light notes review | No dedicated prep workflow | |
| Relationship housing notes | Included across free and paid | Included | Not built for this | Possible but fragmented |
| Personal network organization | Lists, tags, fields, and timelines built for people | Basic organization | Lead and company workflows | Manual structure |
| Operator-grade UI | Designed for fast recall and action | Simple contact manager | Data workflow UI | Generic grid |
Rolo
Relationship timeline depth
30 days free, 90 days paid
Natural-language people search
Best-in-class search with premium rank mode
Meeting prep
Paid tier includes people analysis and rich prep
Relationship housing notes
Included across free and paid
Personal network organization
Lists, tags, fields, and timelines built for people
Operator-grade UI
Designed for fast recall and action
Dex
Relationship timeline depth
Basic recent history
Natural-language people search
Limited keyword search
Meeting prep
Light notes review
Relationship housing notes
Included
Personal network organization
Basic organization
Operator-grade UI
Simple contact manager
Clay
Relationship timeline depth
Not relationship-native
Natural-language people search
Prospecting-first search
Meeting prep
No dedicated prep workflow
Relationship housing notes
Not built for this
Personal network organization
Lead and company workflows
Operator-grade UI
Data workflow UI
Spreadsheets
Relationship timeline depth
Manual only
Natural-language people search
None
Meeting prep
None
Relationship housing notes
Possible but fragmented
Personal network organization
Manual structure
Operator-grade UI
Generic grid
Differentiators
Why high-context teams choose Rolo.
Ask a real question. Get the right person.
Most tools make you remember an exact name. Rolo lets you ask who offered help recently, who knows the right investor, or who should make this intro - and ranks results by trust, recency, and network proximity.
Marcus Chen
Partner, Early-Stage Investments · Andreessen Horowitz
Coffee at Blue Bottle. Offered Stripe intro via Amy Park. Wants retention deck by Apr 10.
Maya Chen
Design Advisor · Stripe alumni
Intro call re: design feedback on onboarding flow. Offered to review wireframes async.
Jordan Lee
VP Design · Series B fintech
Lunch in NYC. Shared interest in AI-assisted design workflows. Connected on Figma plugin roadmap.
Memory that doesn't disappear after 30 days.
Every note, promise, and touchpoint stays attached to the person in a scrollable timeline. On Personal you get 90 days of depth - enough to remember the arc of the relationship, not just the last message.
Coffee at Blue Bottle, SF
YC Demo Day follow-up
Video call - initial partner meeting
YC Demo Day - first encounter
Walk in knowing the open loops and the real context.
Free gives you the memory. Personal turns it into a proper briefing - open promises, shared context, strategic talk tracks, and network adjacency - assembled before the call starts.
Brief - Marcus Chen · call in 45 min
Share retention cohort data Marcus requested
From: Mar 15 partner meeting
Follow up on Amy Park / Stripe intro opportunity
From: Mar 28 coffee voice memo
Sarah exploring AI-native tooling - aligns with Sequoia thesis
From: Feb 28 Demo Day
Marcus has mentioned LP interest in data-moat companies twice across your last three meetings. Lead with your retention ...
Post-meeting capture in ten seconds.
Speak naturally after a meeting. Rolo extracts people, companies, and action items automatically - and updates the relevant profiles without manual data entry.
Just left coffee with Marcus Chen from a16z. Really positive - he's going to intro me to Amy Park at Stripe. He wants the deck with retention numbers by April 10th. Their fund is actively looking at AI-native productivity deals. Should also follow up with their associate David Kim.