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Laban Kipngeno - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security and Data Specialist at JW Seagon
Real User
Top 20
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. 

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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. 

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Business Consultant and Developer at Consigliere
Real User
A stable and scalable cloud-based solution for process sales
Pros and Cons
  • "It has helped to manage, move forward, and also customize my processes. It has helped me with my sales pipeline, sales process, and performance."
  • "I would like to see better integration with Zoho Creator."

What is our primary use case?

The tool is being used to process sales, and it is basic software to hold the database of clients and all actions regarding sales perspective.

How has it helped my organization?

It has helped to manage, move forward, and also customize my processes. It has helped me with my sales pipeline, sales process, and performance.

What is most valuable?

I am impressed with the tool's integrations, system reliability, blueprints, and sales are the most valuable features. Also, the Pipeline, License, Collaboration features, and then custom code. Having my database, connecting with other systems, and making calls, emails, and meetings in the same place is an important feature. Finally, communicating through a click is a good feature as well.

What needs improvement?

I would like to see better  integration with Zoho Creator.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for more than three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a stable solution. I rate it nine out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable solution if you want to scale with multiple devices.

How was the initial setup?

It is easy to work on and initiate by yourself, but you will get only ten percent of the features. So if you want to get a hundred percent for your money, you need a developer because all of the details of the work we have is ready. So there's a need to customize your tool and your workflow.

What was our ROI?

With all of the automation that we have done, there's a return on investment.

What other advice do I have?

I rate the solution a nine-point five out of ten.I would definitely recommend getting the tool for any business that has intense sales.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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SHEHBAZ HUSSAIN - PeerSpot reviewer
Certified Consultant/self employed at FAIRCHANCE FOR CRM
Real User
Top 20
I like the automated workflows
Pros and Cons
  • "I like Zoho CRM's automatic lead assignment and automated workflows."
  • "The MCR capabilities have some limitations."

What is our primary use case?

We use Zoho CRM for sales management.

How has it helped my organization?

It curtails our internal staff time on account workflow automation.

What is most valuable?

I like Zoho CRM's automatic lead assignment and automated workflows. 

What needs improvement?

The MCR capabilities have some limitations. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate Zoho CRM nine out of 10 for stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate Zoho CRM nine out of 10 for scalability.

How are customer service and support?

The customer service is excellent.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

It is user friendly and cost effective

How was the initial setup?

Zoho CRM is easy to setup. The deployment time depends on your requirements. 

What about the implementation team?

We deployed the solution in-house; if anyone needs our help regarding customization, development, and setting up Zoho CRM or Zoho One feel free to contact us. zohoexperts@gmail.com.

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

There are different prices for different versions, i.e. for Zoho One $37/user/month if pay annually.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We previously evaluated Salesforce.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Zoho CRM a nine out of 10. It's user-friendly and cheaper than Salesforce or most other CRM solutions. 

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
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Alok Kumar Bhuwan - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Secretary at Manovikas Charitable Society
Real User
Top 10
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.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Tarik Altunok - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Development Manager at headtechnology
Real User
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
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Iftekhar Shaikh - PeerSpot reviewer
Regional Area Manager at EPI UPS
Reseller
Leaderboard
Great for customer tracking and easy to get started by needs to be less expensive
Pros and Cons
  • "There's no installation required."
  • "We'd like the solution to be less expensive."

What is our primary use case?

We're using multiple Zoho products. We use it a lot for Google Sheets. 

We are actually using it for the database, for the customers, so that we know what should we do and what we are supposed to do, what are the current status is for sales, et cetera. We can define the strategy and figure out what we should do with the Zoho CRM. If we need to add some description to the customer we can just pop it in.

What is most valuable?

In general, the solution works well. It's great for keeping track of customers and adding in details. 

There's no installation required. 

What needs improvement?

We'd like the solution to be less expensive. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for about one year. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I haven't been using the solution for very long. That said, I've never had any problems with stability just yet. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable. It's easy to buy modules. 

We might increase usage in the future. We might get more licenses. 

I'd rate the ability to scale a six out of ten. 

How are customer service and support?

We have an IT tech team that takes care of troubleshooting or reaches out to support. That's not an aspect of the product I can handle. 

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

We did not previously use a different solution. 

How was the initial setup?

It's very easy to get going with the product. There is nothing to deploy. Everything is in the cloud. You go to the website and get a username and password. 

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

I'm not sure what the licensing costs of the product are. I don't deal with payments. 

What other advice do I have?

I'd rate the solution five out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Muljo Witono - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO and Owner at PT Solusindo Total Teknikatama
Real User
Top 5
Great features and fast and easy to set up
Pros and Cons
  • "There are many features that capture customer data."
  • "Support could be more knowledgeable."

What is our primary use case?

We are using CRM to help the sales team to capture their leads and process the leads, converting them to customers.

What is most valuable?

There are many features that capture customer data. It's great that we can start with new customers and create leads. By capturing customer data, we can also do some segmentation and provide various kinds of service to our customers.

It is easy to set up.

What needs improvement?

While Zoho products have been updated and they have introduced many features, sometimes the information about new features is not there. Sometimes we have to try it ourselves and discover by trial and error to get to know what the new features are as well as the function or benefit.

Support could be more knowledgeable. 

We want to integrate the product with WhatsApp or social media or chat, WeChat. We'd like something like ChatBox as people are no longer using email to communicate. They are now using direct messages. Zoho needs to get involved with this.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for four years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's quite stable. I haven't seen any problem within the last four years. It's reliable and the performance is good. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution scales well. We can expand it as needed. 

At the moment, we have six people in our company using it. 

It's quite extensively used as it helps sales and it has integration with finance. If the customer has settled the payment, the system will know. 

How are customer service and support?

Support is okay. Sometimes you can email or chat with them. However, sometimes they are not quite as knowledgeable as we would like them to be.

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

We did not previously use a different solution. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is pretty straightforward. We don't need to do customization very much. We can just use it pretty much straight away, and it's very easy to get going with it.

We were able to deploy within three days. 

We only need one or two people for deployment and maintenance. 

What about the implementation team?

We can do it in-house. However, if your company needs to have certain customizations, they have many consultants that are able to help.

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

You do not need a license. They have a subscription model for payments. 

What other advice do I have?

I'd recommend the solution to other users and companies. It's very convenient as this product can be used on your mobile phone. It's not only the web apps. It's the mobile apps as well that also help the sales on the field to do their work with ease.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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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.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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