Rebecca Fernyhough - PeerSpot reviewer
Account Manager at Epic Network Support
Real User
An easy-to-setup solution with a helpful technical support team
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution is always stable."
  • "The solution's feature for forecast has limitations."

What is most valuable?

The solution's most valuable feature is the ease of navigation.

What needs improvement?

The solution's feature for forecast has limitations. It could be better. Also, there need to be more features similar to its on-premise version.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for nine months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is always stable. I rate its stability a nine out of ten.

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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate the solution's scalability an eight or nine.

How are customer service and support?

The solution's technical team is very helpful.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The solution's setup process is simple and cost-effective.

What about the implementation team?

The solution's technical team helped us implement it.

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

The solution is cost-effective. I rate its pricing a four out of ten.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I have evaluated SAP and Salesforce solutions. In comparison, Zoho meets all our business requirements and provides simple navigation.

What other advice do I have?

I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Tarik Altunok - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Development Manager at headtechnology
Real User
Top 10
It has an effective emailing feature that lets you send emails to customers directly, but its UI needs to be more user-friendly
Pros and Cons
  • "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."
  • "What needs improvement in Zoho CRM is the UI. It needs to be more user-friendly. I like Salesforce better than Zoho CRM in terms of the UI, so if Zoho CRM can make some UI changes, that would make the tool better."

What is our primary use case?

We use Zoho CRM for pipeline follow-ups. Our customer database is on the tool, so we use Zoho CRM to record customer data, the dates of client meetings, and when we did the POCs. All data we have on Zoho CRM are also shared with our customers. We also use Zoho CRM to predict how many sales we can do per quarter and year. These are our use cases for the tool.

What is most valuable?

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.

What needs improvement?

What needs improvement in Zoho CRM is the UI. It needs to be more user-friendly. I like Salesforce better than Zoho CRM in terms of the UI, so if Zoho CRM can make some UI changes, that would make the tool better.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using Zoho CRM for a long time, more than five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I didn't have issues with Zoho CRM stability-wise. It has good stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Zoho CRM is a scalable tool.

How are customer service and support?

As we never had any problems with Zoho CRM, we never had the chance to open a ticket with the technical support team.

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

We only used Zoho CRM within our company.

How was the initial setup?

I'm unsure of how straightforward or complex the setup of Zoho CRM is because I'm just a user. It's the technical team who deployed the tool within my company.

What about the implementation team?

Zoho CRM was deployed in-house by the technical team.

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

I have no information about the pricing for Zoho CRM because the finance department handles that.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I'm using Salesforce at times. Some of my customers use Salesforce as well.

What other advice do I have?

My company uses Zoho CRM internally.

My company is a customer rather than a seller or distributor of Zoho CRM.

I'm using the latest version of Zoho CRM because the tool has regular updates, so my company has the newest version.

Around forty-five to fifty people use Zoho CRM within the company. My company has a team that handles the maintenance of the tool.

I'm rating Zoho CRM as seven out of ten because its UI needs improvement.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Head Of Information Security (CISO) at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Versatile cloud-based CRM with many integrations and customizations
Pros and Cons
  • "One of the most important features is that it's a cloud base and, it's also quite cheaper when compared to other solutions. Zoho CRM is customizable as per your requirement and, the Zoho team is able to help you to customize the CRM based on your requirements, and you can integrate to any third-party solution."
  • "I would like to see more integrations and customization options in the next release."

What is our primary use case?

This solution can be used for a lot of things. They have a number of modules for you to enter for your customer contact. You are also able to use it for analytics and monitoring. 

There are also many modules on the business side. You can integrate your database for different sales and marketing pitches, and you can integrate it with your call center which makes it easy to log complete details of your customers - you can even contact your customers for relationship management!

What is most valuable?

One of the most important features is that it's a cloud base and, it's also quite cheaper when compared to other solutions. Zoho CRM is customizable as per your requirement and, the Zoho team is able to help you to customize the CRM based on your requirements, and you can integrate to any third-party solution.

What needs improvement?

I would like to see more integrations and customization options in the next release.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Zoho CRM for about two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's a stable product. Initially, not so much. There were a lot of hiccups and failures when they were first starting out, but they have made improvements and are now quite stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This is a scalable product, especially since it is a cloud-based product. We currently have around two hundred to two fifty users working in the CRM.

How are customer service and support?

There were issues with the tech support, we were not able to get through to them in order to get the issues resolved. But, over a period of time, maybe a year and so, it's become better for the most part, though sometimes we still have trouble getting through to them.

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

We used an in-house CRM initially but switched to Zoho CRM because it had much more features.

How was the initial setup?

The initial integration was pretty straightforward so we were able to the start using the CRM pretty quickly. However, the integrations and customizations took some time to set up.

What about the implementation team?

We implemented the solution in-house and have two administrators and one manager in there for maintenance. We need three guys because we have made a lot of customizations and integrations.

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

There is an annual license.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We evaluated Salesforce CRM, though I am unsure why we went with Zoho.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend Zoho CRM to any business that requires a lot of integration, customization, and reconstruction on the core side.

I would rate this product an eight out of ten overall.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Suzan Demir - PeerSpot reviewer
Sales Operations Specialist at ADEO IT Consulting Services
Real User
Top 5
Stable and secure solution with great reporting
Pros and Cons
  • "Zoho CRM's best feature is its reporting."
  • "The process of creating reports is not very user-friendly - it takes time, and it's confusing."

What is our primary use case?

I primarily use Zoho CRM for downloading documents, managing customers and managers, and reporting.

What is most valuable?

Zoho CRM's best feature is its reporting.

What needs improvement?

The process of creating reports is not very user-friendly - it takes time, and it's confusing.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been working with Zoho CRM for a year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Zoho CRM is stable and secure.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Zoho CRM is scalable.

How are customer service and support?

Zoho's technical support could be faster and better at solving issues.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was really easy, and the deployment was fast.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend Zoho CRM to other users and rate it eight out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Harshal Kansara - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager - Sales & NBO at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Top 20
CRM that improves the visibility of all marketing campaigns and related sales
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features include the dashboards, deal tracking, email tracking, notes, managing notes and the ability to manage databases in one place."
  • "It would be useful to have some way of mapping organizations that could add more value. If I have X company's database and am trying to create multiple contexts for different entities of the same company, I should be able to map it in such a way that I can see the organization chart."

What is our primary use case?

We are not using the fully-fledged solution yet as we are still in the process of a full migration. We tested the solution for a year first and found it more user friendly compared to other solutions on the market. 

We use Zoho for our outbound and inbound channels to run marketing campaigns and to manage and track leads coming from those campaigns. We plan to adopt it for our entire sales cycle for customer relationship management. 

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features include the dashboards, deal tracking, email tracking, notes, managing notes and maintaining databases in one place.

It is a value-addition tool. It gives us the visibility of all the deals which are in place, and allows us to manage and track activities against those deals. 

What needs improvement?

It would be useful to have some way of mapping organizations that could add more value. If I have X company's database and am trying to create multiple contexts for different entities of the same company, I should be able to map it in such a way that I can see the organization chart.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have used this solution for one year. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This is a scalable solution. 

How are customer service and support?

The customer service and support for this solution is great. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward. Deployment took two months.

What other advice do I have?

For smaller organizations looking for a CRM solution, it comes at an affordable cost. The sales cycle or marketing cycle can be a bit complex. 

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Presales Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
MSP
Reasonably priced, perfect for SMEs, and offers good performance
Pros and Cons
  • "For the most part, the solution is stable."
  • "I'm not sure that there is scalability potential for enterprises."

What is our primary use case?

We are the product more on the sales leads side of it, for the sales cycle, for creating our customers' contract details and any deals where there are rules involved. We also use it for projections. 

What is most valuable?

The product is very price-competitive. For startups, it's an absolutely brilliant product to start with. For any small companies of less than a hundred or so people, for SMEs, they are a really good option in the market.

For the most part, the solution is stable. 

What needs improvement?

I'm not sure that there is scalability potential for enterprises.

For how long have I used the solution?

We've been using the solution for the last four or five years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable for a smaller organization.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability may not be up to the level that an enterprise-level company would need. It's more suited for SMEs.

Our entire sales force, which is more than 300 people, is on the solution at this time. 

We do not have plans to increase usage.

How are customer service and support?

We've never had to deal with technical support. I can't speak to how helpful or responsive they are. 

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

We previously used Microsoft Dynamics 365.

How was the initial setup?

It's a cloud-based solution. There is no setup required, per se. I just need to go and log in. That's it.

There is no technical team needed for deployment and maintenance. 

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

We don't pay for an individual license. It's part of a complete bundle. 

The pricing is very reasonable. It's not overly expensive. 

What other advice do I have?

I'm a customer and an end-user.

I would recommend it to other users and organizations. 

I'd rate the product at an eight out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Technical support at Foresight Software Solutions Pvt Ltd
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Customizable, quick to set up, and easy to manage
Pros and Cons
  • "The initial setup is pretty fast."
  • "I'd like the solution to offer more integrations with other products."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution for prioritizing projects.

What is most valuable?

We're able to easily track messages and notes. 

For management, it's easy to view what is going on. 

The initial setup is pretty fast.

It is stable.

We can scale the product.

It's very customizable and user-friendly.

What needs improvement?

I'd like the solution to offer more integrations with other products. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I joined my company about one year ago and have used Zoho since then.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable and reliable. There aren't any bugs, and it isn't glitchy. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's pretty reliable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We can scale the solution so that it meets our needs. 

Our company is pretty small, so we only have 18 users on Zoho.

At this time, we do not have plans to increase usage. 

How are customer service and support?

I can't speak to how helpful or responsive support is. I've never used them. There is one person that can help us deliver answers to our customers, and they have been fine, as far as I know. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

I'm not sure if the company used any other similar product previously.

How was the initial setup?

It does not take too long to set up the solution. As long as your bandwidth is good and you are using it out of the box, you can deploy it in a few minutes. 

I'm only a beginner in terms of having knowledge of the product, and therefore I'm not sure what maintenance, if any, is needed. 

What about the implementation team?

I can handle the deployment myself. 

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

I can't speak to the cost of the solution. I don't handle licensing. 

What other advice do I have?

I'm not sure which version of the solution I'm using. 

I would recommend the solution to other users. 

At this time, I'd rate it nine out of ten. 

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Ganesh-Iyer - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at SSA Techknowlogies (P) Ltd
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Scalability stands out, years of reliability, with straightforward implementation
Pros and Cons
  • "I think the whole pipeline tracking is most useful for us."
  • "The integration should be more user-friendly."

What is most valuable?

The whole pipeline tracking is most useful for us. Our whole pipeline management is where we look for prospects, leads, and conversion processes.

What needs improvement?

The integration should be more user-friendly. I think the architecture currently is pretty modularized within the Zoho system. We have a CRM and we have projects, and the integration part in previous modules can be better and made easier for end users. That is where we had to use third-party vendor support to help us build those integrations.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Zoho CRM for the past two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I have not had issues for years, so I would say it is reliable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

One of their strong points is that it can very easily scale up.

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is highly responsive and I have not had any issues.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The setup of Zoho CRM is straightforward.

What other advice do I have?

As with any other solution, try to go out of the box to implement the best practices and use all the features. These are the two things which I would recommend. I would rate Zoho CRM 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?

Other
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Implementer
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