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Freshsales vs HootSuite comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Freshsales
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
CRM Customer Engagement Centers (7th), CRM (9th), Opportunity Management (8th), Sales Force Automation (4th)
HootSuite
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Social CRM (3rd), Social Media Management Solutions (4th), Social Media Analytics Software (2nd)
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Tom Wondra - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Leonard and Sons
Social campaigns have been scheduled efficiently and posting now saves a full staff position
The best features HootSuite offers are that it connects to the social platforms that I'm interested in and it's easy to use and to understand. HootSuite is easy to use for me because it's intuitive in the way that you need to set up posting campaigns and to load the particular posts so that they show up the way you'd like them to and in the timing that you'd like them to. HootSuite has positively impacted my organization by making it easy for us to post our socials without having to add staff.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Email integration is easy."
"Freshsales has impacted us positively; it has saved time, increased sales, and improved customer relationships."
"Freshsales is user-friendly, scalable and 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."
"I like Freshsales because it's integrated with Shopify which we use to host our website."
"Freshsales is very simple to use, but it's fairly limited in its functionalities, and it's very cheap."
"One of the most valuable features is the ability to divert deals based on the potential revenue or specific market to certain sales teams."
"Freshsales is a much reliable and much useful software for any business that wants to convert leads to customers to revenue."
"One of the best things about HootSuite is their clear UX design that is easy to navigate around the platform, and also to see the social media calendar of the clients, so we can see on which channel which post is going when and how the posts look."
"HootSuite has an AI engine to suggest trending topics related to our business. The engine works really well and comes up with excellent suggestions for more posts."
"The main improvement HootSuite offers is allowing my organization to run social media campaigns."
"HootSuite has been truly useful and helpful in my organization because impressions have increased, there has been an increase in traffic, scheduling has become simpler, and approvals have been excellent."
"Hootsuite feels like an all-in-one tool; I can publish content on Hootsuite and then answer comments, which is what I do for my customers."
"HootSuite has positively impacted my organization by making it easy for us to post our socials without having to add staff."
"I love the usability of HootSuite, and it is easy to learn; that is one of the great things."
"If you are into social media marketing or any other digital media, then you should have knowledge of HootSuite because it is the industry standard that has been helping industry professionals."
 

Cons

"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."
"We have a problem with the time to delivery for our customers, although this is not specific to this solution. Time to delivery can be 90 days."
"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."
"The solution needs to improve the user experience and leads capture."
"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."
"The price of this solution could be improved as well as the reporting functionality."
"We can use only one domain in the basic package."
"Sometimes we received emails that due to some reasons, posts were not shared automatically. This was also one of the reasons why we left HootSuite."
"The company should reduce the pricing to make it easier for companies to deploy to larger social teams."
"There are a few issues with it being somewhat glitchy and the timeline not showing up consistently as of recently, but overall, it is a great product."
"Before choosing HootSuite, I evaluated the sales team, which is acceptable, but I need the legal team, the finance team, and integration about the pipeline, which is not very good."
"Bulk scheduling."
"Sometimes the suggestions or the content suggestions that the OwlyWriter AI gives are not up to the mark that we want."
"Last I checked, you can't schedule Twitter threads where each tweet is a reply to a previous tweet."
"The pricing would be great if it were free. It costs $99 per month, which is quite expensive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool is not that expensive."
"If one is a very low price and ten is expensive, I rate the product price as a three."
"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."
"Freshsales is an economical product."
"​I have only used the free versions.​"
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
18%
Comms Service Provider
17%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Media Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
University
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise3
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise8
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Freshsales?
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 de...
What is your primary use case for Freshsales?
My main use case for Freshsales is the Sales Sequence feature, which automates the time-consuming process of sending out outreach emails, conducting calls, and reminding me when to follow up with c...
What advice do you have for others considering Freshsales?
For startups or mid-sized companies considering Freshsales, I would highly recommend its ease of setup, accessibility, and overall user-friendliness, particularly praising the team's global presenc...
What needs improvement with HootSuite?
HootSuite can connect better with more social media platforms, maybe additional email platforms as well. As companies such as Instagram and LinkedIn are offering scheduling also in their platform, ...
What is your primary use case for HootSuite?
We have been using HootSuite to manage our clients' social media channels, ranging from Instagram to X to TikTok to LinkedIn and other social media channels. We have been scheduling posts for these...
What advice do you have for others considering HootSuite?
The features that I suggested are the ones that would be better to see in terms of scheduling and the price. I gave a high rating because it was very easy to understand the UX and navigate around. ...
 

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