Outfield vs. Rishi Lite.
Outfield is a field sales CRM with real cannabis traction — dispensary check-ins, vendor days, territory routing, and a 30-day free trial. Rishi Lite is not a CRM. It is the activation layer: schedule the door, prove the visit happened, tie the proof to the SKU — $99/mo flat for up to 10 agents.
Category by category
A CRM for reps, and an activation system for brands.
Outfield is a credible product with real cannabis customers. The rows below say where it wins and where a cannabis-native activation app wins — including the two categories where Outfield is the better answer.
| Category | Outfield | Rishi Lite |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A mobile field sales CRM. Accounts, pipeline, territory management, route planning, visit logging — the rep’s book of business, organized. | A field activation app. Schedule an activation at a specific door, dispatch the agent, capture the proof, approve the expense. |
| Pricing model | Per user, per month across tiered plans (Upstart, Champion, Dynasty) plus a performance-based option; per-seat rates are quoted, not published. Cost scales with headcount. | $99/mo flat, up to 10 agents, published on /pricing. The tenth agent costs the same as the second: nothing extra. |
| Cannabis focus | Real, and worth crediting. Outfield markets a cannabis CRM for brands with reps in dispensaries — vendor days, PADs, merchandising compliance — and cites 30+ cannabis clients. | Cannabis is the only market. Scheduling by door, kit logistics, state-by-state compliance fields, budtender education as the objective — not a vertical page on a horizontal product. |
| Trial | 30 days free, no credit card. Longer than ours — if you want a long runway to evaluate, that is a genuine point for Outfield. | 14 days free, no credit card, self-serve. Most teams have scheduled and proved a real activation inside the first week. |
| Proof of work | Check-ins, visit notes, and photos logged by the rep, with manager visibility into who visited which account and how often. | GPS-verified check-in with time-stamped, door-tagged photos, tied to the SKU and the activation — proof you can forward to the brand, not just a visit log. |
| Routing & territory | A strength. Optimized travel routes, mileage tracking, live traffic, and account mapping across territories. | No route optimizer. Rishi Lite schedules by door and by date; if windshield time is your core problem, Outfield solves it more directly. |
| Renewal | Tiered plans with quoted seat rates; upgrades and enterprise add-ons run through sales. | Flat $99/mo, no auto-renewal escalator, cancel any time. Your data leaves with you. |
| Best fit | Field sales orgs whose problem is pipeline and territory coverage across many industries — beverage, consumer goods, cannabis, insurance. | Cannabis and hemp brand teams whose problem is proving that activations happened at specific dispensaries and moved specific products. |
The proof
The difference is who built it.
Rishi Lite came out of a working cannabis field operation —15,000+ in-store demosand1.6M field observationsacross 100+ cannabis and hemp brands. Every field on the activation form is there because a budtender, a compliance rule, or a brand manager asked for it.
100+
cannabis & hemp brands on the Rishi stack
1.6M
field observations behind the software
15,000+
in-store demos run on the same system
The verdict
If the deliverable is proof, buy the proof tool.
A CRM tells you which accounts your reps touched. A brand paying for an activation wants a GPS-verified check-in, a door-tagged photo, and a line item. That is the whole thesis ofRishi Lite, and it is why the price is$99/mo flatinstead of a per-seat quote that grows with the season.
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FAQ
Outfield vs. Rishi Lite, answered.
Is Outfield better than Rishi Lite for cannabis?
They answer different questions. Outfield is a CRM — it organizes accounts, territories, and rep visits, and it has genuine cannabis adoption. Rishi Lite is an activation system — it schedules a demo at a specific door, verifies the agent showed up, and ties the photo proof to the SKU. If your gap is pipeline management, Outfield. If your gap is proving field execution to a brand or a boss, Rishi Lite.
How does Outfield pricing compare to Rishi Lite?
Outfield prices per user per month across tiered plans with quoted rates, so the bill grows with every rep you add. Rishi Lite is $99/mo flat for up to 10 agents, published on the pricing page. A three-person team may land close; a ten-person team will not.
Can I migrate from Outfield to Rishi Lite?
Yes. Export your accounts and visit history from Outfield, then load your dispensary doors and agents into Rishi Lite during the 14-day trial. Teams commonly run the two side by side for a couple of weeks before cutting over.
Do I need both Outfield and Rishi Lite?
Some teams do run a CRM alongside an activation tool, but for a brand team under ten agents it is usually one or the other. Start the Rishi Lite trial and see whether the activation record covers what you were using the CRM for.
The cannabis-native alternative
$99/mo flat. Up to 10 agents. Proof of work at the door, not a visit log.