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SAP CRM vs Zoho CRM comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 20, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

SAP CRM
Ranking in CRM
3rd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
43
Ranking in other categories
Local Government CRM (2nd), Marketing Management (3rd)
Zoho CRM
Ranking in CRM
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
52
Ranking in other categories
Opportunity Management (3rd), Sales Force Automation (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the CRM category, the mindshare of SAP CRM is 10.7%, up from 10.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zoho CRM is 3.0%, down from 4.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
CRM
 

Featured Reviews

GodfreyNoel - PeerSpot reviewer
Excellent user experience with ease of use and reliable technical support
When SAP CRM does the maintenance, it can take a long time, which can impact business continuity because we have to wait for the maintenance team to finish their work. Maybe if SAP could establish how you can access the tool using a cloud-based environment that would be virtualization, that would be better.
AmerKhan - PeerSpot reviewer
Diverse integrations assist in seamlessly aligning marketing efforts with sales tracking
Zoho CRM is flexible due to its integrations, like with Zoho Campaign, helping integrate marketing efforts with CRM processes. It offers a no-cost entry with the ability for three users to use it at no charge, which is beneficial for startups to explore the platform without financial strain. This enables me to start using the platform, handle opportunities, and get a feel before committing financially.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Once the lead is matured, you can convert it into an opportunity and you can track it by the opportunity based on the product segment."
"When we are using SAP CRM we receive more accurate results than using any other CRM system."
"The platform is highly scalable."
"The solution's contract management and product hierarchy features of SAP CRM are the most beneficial for our business operations."
"We like that this solution has made our whole accounting function paperless."
"I have found the sales reporting feature specifically useful as it provides reporting and visualization which helps in decision-making. I use this to understand where to improve, which in-turn, helps generate sales."
"The most valuable feature for me is the flexibility to consolidate the products."
"SAP CRM integrates well with SAP ERP which is useful."
"The most valuable feature of Zoho CRM is emailing. You can send emails to customers directly from Zoho CRM. The marketing team in my company uses this feature, and it's effective."
"For the most part, the solution is stable."
"We use the solution for different projects. We use it to patch lead details from clients' sources."
"The product is customizable."
"The dashboards and visualizations help us see how different markets perform. I find the dashboard feature most valuable because it's easy to visualize data. I've been trying to use the built-in quotations feature, which could reduce turnaround time. We're not using many automation features for record management and opportunity tracking. I'm trying to integrate Zoho CRM with Zoho Flow for quotation submission workflow."
"The solution is always stable."
"The login and logout times of each employee of our company are recorded by Zoho CRM for productivity calculations"
"The most valuable solution of Zoho CRM is lead management and analytics. It has a powerful analytics tool."
 

Cons

"The interface could be improved."
"The solution needs more flexible customization, tender request, and they need to think about some of the localization aspects."
"I think what needs to be improved is the solution for Brazil's organization."
"When features do get added, we would like the product to notify us in a timely way."
"There could be some specific configurable options on the UI level to improve visibility."
"The implementation and integrations could be better. After we went into the production environment, we had some issues. Most of them were with the ERP integration. Many other issues were around the client's integrations between the ERP and CRM platforms. It could be more user-friendly. It wasn't very user-friendly initially, but now it's easier for them to use. Now, the users can use that platform better than at the beginning. We would like to see reports with more analytic features and artificial intelligence in the next release. For example, show more metrics and KPIs and more dynamic dashboards. Because the platform has some models, but it's not easy to use. It's a little complex."
"In terms of visibility of the data, there's a very limited set that we have access to and sometimes it's very difficult and not user-friendly to analyze from front end to back end. It's the biggest challenge, even if I'm working with an organization where we've implemented SAP."
"The solution is expensive."
"The support is not quite good."
"The login process could be improved as some users find it unfriendly. The documentation could also be more user-friendly and better organized."
"Certain functions have occasional performance issues."
"The analytics and AI suggestion features need improvement."
"There are at least two big pieces. One is just the ability to reorganize the data and clean it up to eliminate duplicates and things like that. It is very manual at the moment. It only gives us certain fields that we can check on. Because of our particular database, it creates a problem. We deal with hospitals, and there are 50 hospitals. It is tough to figure out which one is which. Is it this one or the other one? So, trying to clean things up is very difficult. I'd like to have more ability to share data fields. The data is structured into different buckets, and I frequently have to create the same field in two different buckets. It would be nice if I could just do a view-only field in another bucket. In my contact bucket, I would like to be able to have just a view-only of the account information so that I don't need to enter it again, which is what I have to do currently."
"Custom development is often necessary to make such extensive changes, and it does come with associated costs."
"The mobile application is a little complicated and could be simplified."
"Sometimes, there are technical glitches. When we add product details, the information disappears. It can be improved from this aspect. Some of the bugs also need to be resolved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a license required for the solution and most of my clients purchase an annual license."
"They should reduce the price to target small businesses."
"We have to pay a yearly licensing fee for SAP CRM, which is expensive."
"SAP CRM costs approximately a couple of thousand a month."
"The solution is expensive."
"The licensing model for SAP CRM is customer-based."
"SAP CRM is an expensive solution and is the most challenging aspect of the solution."
"The product is costly."
"I have no information about the pricing for Zoho CRM because the finance department handles that."
"Zoho CRM is an expensive tool."
"The solution has standard pricing plans."
"Compared to other solutions, I would say Zoho CRM is very, very affordable because we can use different applications with one license."
"Zoho CRM is available at a fairly average price"
"We have an annual license fee that costs $12,000."
"Zoho CRM has a subscription-based license, which is not too expensive."
"The licensing is the subscription, where we pay $50 per month per user."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
8%
Educational Organization
77%
Computer Software Company
3%
Financial Services Firm
2%
Government
2%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about SAP CRM?
Getting the right information at the right time across different programs is important. These programs lack interaction between them. IPA is a good option to bring them together.
What needs improvement with SAP CRM?
One area for improvement is the security model, especially regarding records management retention and the audit and legal holds. Since we're in the middle of a cloud digital transformation, it's es...
What do you like most about Zoho CRM?
Zoho CRM integrates easily with customer service workflows.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zoho CRM?
I rate the pricing as a five out of ten, as it offers good value for money.
What needs improvement with Zoho CRM?
The analytics and AI suggestion features need improvement.
 

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Sample Customers

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