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Blackbaud CRM vs Freshsales comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Blackbaud CRM
Ranking in CRM
32nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Freshsales
Ranking in CRM
11th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
CRM Customer Engagement Centers (7th), Opportunity Management (8th), Sales Force Automation (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the CRM category, the mindshare of Blackbaud CRM is 0.6%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Freshsales is 1.0%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
CRM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Freshsales1.0%
Blackbaud CRM0.6%
Other98.4%
CRM
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2596560 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Specialist at a educational organization with 1-10 employees
Integrated profiles increase centralization and streamline donor management
We were using it for managing our donor database The solution provided an integrated profile, which was helpful for having everything together available in one place. One area of improvement is the UI and UX, which could be more upgraded. It looks a little dated compared to modern UI and UX, and…
Sumesh Gansar - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Marketing Manager at Samsung
Centralized CRM has given me a 360-degree view and helps me run smarter, AI-driven sales campaigns
One thing that Freshsales can improve is making it much easier because it is not quite easy for everybody to get a grasp of the entire CRM software. It is quite vast and quite complex. Perhaps more knowledge-based documents can be introduced. Apart from that, I do not have any major complaints. The integration in Freshsales is quite good because it is easily integratable with many other Freshworks software as well as with third-party solutions. The integration is quite good. Perhaps in the reporting feature, it takes some time to process the reports due to the amount of data that it handles. Apart from that, I do not have any major complaints with Freshsales so far.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It was stable."
"Almost everything has been automated through a process-driven approach, such as sending purchase orders, responding to customer emails, or adding values to emails."
"Freshsales is user-friendly, scalable and stable."
"I like Freshsales because it's integrated with Shopify which we use to host our website."
"Email integration is easy."
"Freshsales is very simple to use, but it's fairly limited in its functionalities, and it's very cheap."
"Freshsales is a much reliable and much useful software for any business that wants to convert leads to customers to revenue."
"Freshsales is a very comfortable type of CRM with easy customization and user-friendliness, allowing even non-techie individuals to manage their internal pipelines effectively, as it is a highly customizable CRM that suits our business needs, whether for selling products or services."
"The solution is a low-cost CRM product compared to other CRM alternatives."
 

Cons

"One area of improvement is the UI and UX, which could be more upgraded."
"The reporting for this solution across all their products could be improved."
"The price of this solution could be improved as well as the reporting functionality."
"However, the support provided by the service team or fresh service team and the customer team of the company is very poor."
"It lacks customizability for complex and larger use cases."
"However, from my experience, I feel that templates should have more options and customizable template features, especially when it comes to importing images into email templates."
"What I dislike about Freshsales is that it is a bit complicated and the initial setup is very difficult."
"I believe the customization options in Freshsales could be improved, particularly regarding themes; the ability to implement our logo into the dashboard would enhance our professional image when dealing with external partners compared to larger MNCs using their internal software."
"The licensing costs should be based on the amount of data and number of clients that one can insert into the application."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"If one is a very low price and ten is expensive, I rate the product price as a three."
"The tool is not that expensive."
"Freshsales is an economical product."
"The basic price is affordable. The add ons are expensive."
"The price for this solution is good in general, but in Brazil we do pay additional taxes."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
16%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
University
9%
Comms Service Provider
17%
Construction Company
14%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Blackbaud CRM?
One area of improvement is the UI and UX, which could be more upgraded. It looks a little dated compared to modern UI and UX, and there's potential for it to be more intuitive. Also, the ability to...
What is your primary use case for Blackbaud CRM?
We were using it for managing our donor database.
What needs improvement with Freshsales?
What I dislike about Freshsales is that it is a bit complicated and the initial setup is very difficult. It takes a lot more time to customize it according to your stages and use cases. I also requ...
What is your primary use case for Freshsales?
I use Freshsales to manage leads for a company that has customers. I handle customer relationships in one place where I mark them under bucketing, bucketing them under different stages to check how...
What advice do you have for others considering Freshsales?
I use some AI-driven insights with Freshsales. It shows some predictions based on scoring, but I do not rely on that much at the moment. Regarding the predictive scoring in Freshsales, because I do...
 

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