Dragan Hanc - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Development Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
A cost-effective, highly customizable, and scalable solution providing a wealth of pre-built features and integration possibilities
Pros and Cons
  • "It also provides robust reporting capabilities to analyze and report on these key aspects of customer relationship management."
  • "Custom development is often necessary to make such extensive changes, and it does come with associated costs."

What is our primary use case?

It serves as a centralized system for capturing and managing client information, tracking sales opportunities, and monitoring the sales pipeline. It also provides robust reporting capabilities to analyze and report on these key aspects of customer relationship management.

What is most valuable?

I appreciate how adding customer information and tracking progress is a straightforward process. The super user can access the central information hub, and reports can be shared with business leaders.

What needs improvement?

The level of customization required can be quite extensive, especially considering it is a compact product, which can lead to spending a significant amount of time on fine-tuning. Custom development is often necessary to make such extensive changes, and it does come with associated costs.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using it for eight months now.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

When it comes to stability, it stands out as one of the most reliable options. It's close to perfect in this regard, and we have experienced no issues at all.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is highly scalable because it's designed with the potential for expansion, and with the right APIs, it can be seamlessly integrated with various other systems and applications. It's not limited to a single version; rather, it's adaptable and customizable to suit the needs of any organization. This scalability often requires additional financial investments and time to achieve your desired level of customization and integration.

How are customer service and support?

To the best of my knowledge, many of the issues have already been addressed. While the solutions may not have been immediate, they were eventually resolved successfully.

How was the initial setup?

While the initial setup is not overly complex, attempting to make these adjustments alone may not be the best approach. It's advisable to seek assistance to avoid potential mistakes, such as selecting the wrong base revenue or adjusting the conversion rate.

What about the implementation team?

It's beneficial to consider a deployment service, even for just a few hours, to receive guidance and customization support. Having an expert who understands your specific business requirements can make a substantial difference in optimizing your CRM system.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We consider it a good value and found it to be cost-effective.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

After evaluating both Salesforce and Zoho, we found Zoho to be the superior choice. It offers a rich set of ready-made features and is highly scalable, providing more opportunities. In contrast, Salesforce, despite its long history, can be seen as overpriced and underutilized, particularly by smaller companies. While Salesforce has greater functionality and power, it may not always be the most cost-effective or efficient solution for all businesses.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I would rate it eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
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Zoho Solution Architect / Zoho Senior Developer / Zoho Administrator at a outsourcing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
A customizable solution that can be deployed very easily
Pros and Cons
  • "The product is customizable."
  • "The support is not quite good."

What is our primary use case?

I use the product for customer relationship management.

What is most valuable?

The product is customizable. Its features are better than products like Salesforce and HubSpot. It is the best solution.

What needs improvement?

The solution should add more customizing options to Canvas.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the product’s stability a nine out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate the solution’s scalability a nine out of ten.

How are customer service and support?

The support is not quite good. The support team is available only Monday to Friday.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is very easy.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The product costs $35 per user per year. We pay separately for premium support.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I rate the product a nine out of ten.

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Alok Kumar Bhuwan - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Secretary at Manovikas Charitable Society
Real User
Top 5
Stable, with a good web form feature, and has many videos that help you solve issues without contacting support, but its pricing is expensive
Pros and Cons
  • "What I like best about Zoho CRM is the web form feature. I find Zoho CRM forms excellent."
  • "Pricing for Zoho CRM could be improved because it is expensive. My company also needs some analytics, so it would be good if Zoho CRM had built-in analytics."

What is our primary use case?

We use Zoho CRM as our CRM and also for collecting data when clients come to us. We also use the solution to create appointments and manage information.

What is most valuable?

What I like best about Zoho CRM is the web form feature. I find Zoho CRM forms excellent.

What needs improvement?

Pricing for Zoho CRM could be improved because it is expensive.

My company also needs some analytics, so it would be good if Zoho CRM had built-in analytics. The company is now looking into a different solution for analytics, such as Google Analytics or Zoho Analytics. Whichever is better, my company will use.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using Zoho CRM for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Zoho CRM is a stable platform.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I have yet to experience scaling Zoho CRM.

How are customer service and support?

We have yet to use any technical support for Zoho CRM because companies nowadays, Zoho included, have so many videos that let us solve issues without contacting support.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

My company also uses Google but has more users in Google than Zoho CRM because Google has many free solutions, while Zoho CRM is a paid solution.

How was the initial setup?

Setting up Zoho CRM was easy, so it didn't take so much time. The setup process took hardly a day or so to complete.

What about the implementation team?

We didn't use consultants to implement Zoho CRM for the company. We had volunteers trained in IT, who had good knowledge, so if we found difficulty, we asked the volunteers to help us.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Zoho CRM is an expensive tool.

What other advice do I have?

My company uses a CRM solution, Zoho CRM.

Only a few users access Zoho CRM in the company, just two or three. My company has no plan to increase the platform users because Zoho CRM is a paid tool, and my company has limited funds.

Based on what I'm using Zoho CRM for, my rating for it is five out of ten.

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Sr. Zoho Developer at Absoft IT Solutions Pvt Ltd
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Helps to patch leads from client sources
Pros and Cons
  • "We use the solution for different projects. We use it to patch lead details from clients' sources."
  • "I have issues with the tool's scalability."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution for different projects. We use it to patch lead details from clients' sources. 

What needs improvement?

I have issues with the tool's scalability. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with the product since 2018. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the solution's stability between seven to six out of ten. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I would rate the product's scalability between eight to seven out of ten. We have a lot of users for the product in our organization. 

How was the initial setup?

The solution's setup is easy.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate the product a seven out of ten. 

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CEO at Monkey Solutions Agencia
Real User
Provides a database of information on customers, costs, prospects, and proposals
Pros and Cons
  • "I am impressed with the product's information on customers."
  • "It is hard to modify information around a customer. You need to pay for the features and the tool needs to improve it."

What is our primary use case?

The solution helps us to identify how customers expect to work with us. It helps us to know the funnel process where the prospect is through. It also serves as a database of information on customers, costs, prospects, and proposals. 

What is most valuable?

I am impressed with the product's information on customers. 

What needs improvement?

It is hard to modify information around a customer. You need to pay for the features and the tool needs to improve it. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for five to six years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the solution's stability a seven out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I would rate the solution's scalability a seven out of ten. 

How was the initial setup?

The solution's setup is complex. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate the product an eight out of ten. You need to first think about the version that you need for the company. You need to seek out a person who knows the product very well to help you modify the charts, it could be an associate of Zoho. Think about what information you need to receive from the CRM since you can receive something that you don't need. 

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President/Founder at Interbit
Real User
Scales well, and it is easy to get data in and out of it, but I would like more ability to reorganize the data and share data fields
Pros and Cons
  • "I like that it is easy to get data in and out of it. We can export and import CSV files. I also like that the database is hierarchical, which allows me to be able to look at a parent and multiple children."
  • "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."

What is our primary use case?

It is used as a database for customers, contacts, and prospects for sales and marketing.

It is a SaaS product. I am using the most recent version of it. 

How has it helped my organization?

It is a central place to store information to use for marketing, tracking activity, and developing sales pipelines and stuff.

What is most valuable?

I like that it is easy to get data in and out of it. We can export and import CSV files.

I also like that the database is hierarchical, which allows me to be able to look at a parent and multiple children.

What needs 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.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for probably six years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is stable. It is fine in terms of stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It scales well. We have about a dozen users, and it is being used extensively. Any increase in usage would just come naturally with time.

How are customer service and support?

They are medium in terms of wait time and the response itself. From one to five, I would rate them a three.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I can't remember the name, but we had been using a CRM for a long time. We made the switch because of the ability to do more. The old system was too customized. We were looking for something that was more accessible and easy to maintain and that had more standard features.

How was the initial setup?

It was straightforward but nonetheless difficult. It took weeks.

It is lightweight in terms of maintenance. Its maintenance is taken care of pretty much by me. I also have a consultant.

What about the implementation team?

We used an external consultant.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It is around $1000 a month.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate it a seven out of 10.

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Regional Director at AMBIT SOFTWARE LLC
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
An affordable CRM solution that integrates easily with customer service workflows
Pros and Cons
  • "Zoho CRM integrates easily with customer service workflows."
  • "The reporting for developers should be improved."

What is our primary use case?

Zoho CRM provides flexibility. Most Indian customers choose Zoho because of its pricing. Also, HRMS is user-friendly.

We use Zoho CRM to manage all leads, from lead generation to converting them into prospects and then providing services.

How has it helped my organization?

Zoho CRM integrates easily with customer service workflows. Many people are working with Zoho CRM due to the existing migration. It offers a hassle-free integration experience, and the time frame to complete the integration varies depending on complexity but generally does not exceed APAS standards.

What is most valuable?

The lead management, build management, and workflow management are valuable features. We have loading sites. The database and lead management are high-speed, based on analytics. You will understand the leads, the years it takes, the type, and the conversion rate. B management also seems to be readily configured with a work log, which is also very helpful.

Zoho CRM integrates directly with teams. For instance, when you receive leads through Zoho Support, you can seamlessly integrate and maintain those leads within Zoho CRM. This makes it a hassle-free and efficient process tool for managing leads in the market.

Zoho CRM mobile app mobile application is on the fly. Wherever you go, it follows you. It can be accessed everywhere. This increased the productivity from eight to twenty percent.

What needs improvement?

The reporting for developers should be improved.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Zoho CRM for six months. We are using both CRM and HRMS modules.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The product is stable.

I rate the solution’s stability a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable. The role has been separated into management and media, starting from one user to 1000 users. 8% of users are using Zoho.

We cater the solution to all types of businesses.

I rate the solution’s scalability a ten out of ten.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is complex. It depends on the nature of the business. This involves managing business processes with varying degrees of customization. The customer needs to deal with customization to create a tailored solution.

Deployment depending on the complexity of the business takes from seven to eight weeks.

I rate the initial setup an eight out of ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The product is affordable.

I rate the product’s pricing a three out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.

What other advice do I have?

Zoho CRM is a good solution. We use its features, particularly for the more technical aspects. Since it is a low-priced platform, it tends to be the best option.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Laban Kipngeno - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security and Data Specialist at JW Seagon
Real User
Top 5
An easy to implement solution that is good for mid-sized enterprises
Pros and Cons
  • "I like the solution's reminder feature which is helpful for big projects. There are many tasks that run at the same time. The reminder feature makes things easy for me since I use Zoho's mobile version as well."
  • "The tool is hard for people who have worked with Microsoft Office for a long time."

What is most valuable?

I like the solution's reminder feature which is helpful for big projects. There are many tasks that run at the same time. The reminder feature makes things easy for me since I use Zoho's mobile version as well. 

What needs improvement?

The tool is hard for people who have worked with Microsoft Office for a long time. 

For how long have I used the solution?

We first activated the license last year around April. I have been using the product for about a year and a quarter. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We had opted for a US server which was a mistake. We have asked to move our data setup to EU. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

My company has 60 users for the product. 

How are customer service and support?

The solution's support is based on the plan that you have. The gold plan gets support from Monday to Friday for 24 hours. There is no assistance on weekends. You get 24/7/365 support for platinum plans. 

How was the initial setup?

We use the solution's cloud license. The tool's setup is straightforward if you have your business requirements defined. We have only done a couple of sprints. We are yet to have to go live for the entire module. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate the product a six out of ten. The solution makes more sense to a mid-sized company since it is cheaper than Freshworks. Freshworks is enormous, big, full-fledged, and suited for large enterprises. The product is also easy to implement since it is less technical. 

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