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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
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
CRM Customer Engagement Centers (7th), CRM (12th), Opportunity Management (8th), Sales Force Automation (5th)
HootSuite
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Social CRM (2nd), Social Media Management Solutions (2nd), 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.
Calin Balaita - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Engineer at Wärtsilä
Consistent scheduling has amplified our global branding and simplified weekly content sharing
HootSuite does a good job at what it does, and I didn't have any issues with it. If I had to think about one thing that could make my experience even better, the interface on the iOS version could be a bit smoother and things could be more visible, but other than that, it works fine.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Freshsales is a much reliable and much useful software for any business that wants to convert leads to customers to revenue."
"The solution is a low-cost CRM product compared to other CRM alternatives."
"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."
"From a user point of view, I use Freshsales for my day-to-day sales activities, and as a basic system for the sales team, it is very user-friendly."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its well-organized sales cycle, which is important to us."
"Freshsales has impacted us positively; it has saved time, increased sales, and improved customer relationships."
"Freshsales is user-friendly, scalable and stable."
"What I like most about Freshsales is that it gives clarity."
"HootSuite has positively impacted my organization by helping us manage our content in a central location rather than having everything scattered everywhere."
"HootSuite has positively impacted my organization by reducing the man-hours needed for maintenance, our load to do a campaign has become shorter, so all our tasks resolve faster and can be done more efficiently."
"I love the usability of HootSuite, and it is easy to learn; that is one of the great things."
"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."
"With the centralized place for us to manage all our customer conversations and all of our social media engagement, HootSuite has helped us save a lot of time."
"HootSuite has positively impacted my organization by offering the possibility to connect everything in one platform, all the social channels, import the assets, and create the copies."
"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."
"The main improvement HootSuite offers is allowing my organization to run social media campaigns."
 

Cons

"However, the support provided by the service team or fresh service team and the customer team of the company is very poor."
"What I dislike about Freshsales is that it is a bit complicated and the initial setup is very difficult."
"The reporting for this solution across all their products could be improved."
"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 lacks customizability for complex and larger use cases."
"The solution needs to improve the user experience and leads capture."
"The licensing costs should be based on the amount of data and number of clients that one can insert into the application."
"The reporting for this solution across all their products could be improved. Currently, we have clients who export their data from Freshservices to third party solutions such Power BI to create more comprehensive reports."
"Bulk scheduling."
"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."
"However, sometimes the admin dashboard and the backend panel can be a bit slow and clunky, so it could improve in terms of speed and managing its load."
"The company should reduce the pricing to make it easier for companies to deploy to larger social teams."
"Sometimes the suggestions or the content suggestions that the OwlyWriter AI gives are not up to the mark that we want."
"If I had to think about one thing that could make my experience even better, the interface on the iOS version could be a bit smoother and things could be more visible, but other than that, it works fine."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
16%
Comms Service Provider
16%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
20%
Outsourcing Company
10%
University
9%
Media Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise10
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Freshsales?
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...
What is your primary use case for Freshsales?
I primarily use Freshsales as a sales CRM software. It is very easy to use, and it provides me with all the information I need about a contact. That is, it gives me a 360-degree view of my accounts...
What advice do you have for others considering Freshsales?
One thing that made it stand out for me is the inbuilt templates that it has for email generation, and I get an AI-powered score for the contact. I call it contact scoring. It gives me a score for ...
What needs improvement with HootSuite?
I think HootSuite can be improved with a better user interface. I believe it could be a little clearer on the instructions.
What is your primary use case for HootSuite?
My main use case for HootSuite is marketing towards social media. A specific example of how I used HootSuite for my marketing is that I posted social media content for my law firm. HootSuite helped...
What advice do you have for others considering HootSuite?
My advice to others looking into using HootSuite is to check it out, try it out, and see if it works for you. I gave this product a rating of 8.
 

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