17hats vs Cosential | TrustRadius

Likelihood to Recommend

It's great if you want to set up all of your client management so that you don't have to keep manually going through every step. It's so nice for me and my clients to have all of their forms streamlined and automated.

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Erika Tebbens

Business Strategist, Owner

Erika Tebbens ConsultingMarketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Great for medium and large construction companies that have a specific salesforce.

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Kevin Shaw

Vice-President - Marketing

WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

17hats

Cosential

Customer data management / contact management

Workflow management

Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)

Contract management

Quote & order management

Interaction tracking

Territory management

Opportunity management

Channel / partner relationship management

17hats

Cosential

Case management

17hats

Cosential

Lead management

Email marketing

17hats

Cosential

Task management

Billing and invoicing management

Reporting

17hats

Cosential

Custom fields

Custom objects

17hats

Cosential

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

17hats

Cosential

Marketing automation

17hats

Cosential

Mobile access

17hats

Cosential

Forecasting

Pipeline visualization

Customizable reports

17hats

Cosential

Social data

Social engagement

Pros

Invoicing
Creating online questionnaire

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Marli Espinales

Internet Marketing Director and Consultant

Clicc Media IncMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Inputting of companies and leads who may become prospects.
Creating specific opportunities for construction projects.
Tracking opportunities through the entire sales cycle.
Inputting detailed notes and activity by the Sales team.

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Kevin Shaw

Vice-President - Marketing

WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees

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Cons

Prior to this I was using only Stripe for my invoices and I loved that I could see all of my recurring client payments under "subscriptions." There might be a way to do this in 17Hats, but I'm just not sure. I like to be able to quickly see all of my current clients at a glance.

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Erika Tebbens

Business Strategist, Owner

Erika Tebbens ConsultingMarketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees

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The open software is somewhat difficult to master as an administrator.
Report writing could be more intuitive.
The company seems to cater to larger users.

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Kevin Shaw

Vice-President - Marketing

WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees

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Usability

17hats 9.0

Based on 1 answer

It's been really great to use with my clients, but I cannot speak to setting it up as my VA handled all of that for me. I anticipate using it for a long time.

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Erika Tebbens

Business Strategist, Owner

Erika Tebbens ConsultingMarketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Cosential 8.0

Based on 1 answer

Cosential is very intuitive for the AEC industry and has the ability to be customized for your specific needs. The reports are especially helpful, with good visual dashboards.

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Kevin Shaw

Vice-President - Marketing

WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

17hats 8.0

Based on 3 answers

It's chat based so you have to wait a bit to hear back from them but they have gotten quicker with their responses which I appreciate.

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Marli Espinales

Internet Marketing Director and Consultant

Clicc Media IncMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Cosential 8.0

Based on 1 answer

My original trainer / implementation specialist was fantastic. That relationship has continued, even though I have been officially handed off to the customer service side. The customer service side seems to have higher turnover than normal, but in general they are also very supportive, although not as responsive as I might like.

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Kevin Shaw

Vice-President - Marketing

WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

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Cosential is specific to the A/E industry and is the most intuitive software we found for construction.

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Kevin Shaw

Vice-President - Marketing

WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

ROI - Saves me time on creating invoices and questionnaires.

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Marli Espinales

Internet Marketing Director and Consultant

Clicc Media IncMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Allowed for common tracking by business developers in different regions.
Helped us quantify effort.
Provides great reports for management.

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Kevin Shaw

Vice-President - Marketing

WIELANDConstruction, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

17hats Editions & Modules

Edition

Starting Price	$45.00¹

Per Month

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Cosential Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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Rating Summary

17hats

Cosential

17hats

Cosential

17hats

Cosential

Likelihood to Recommend

17hats

Cosential

Feature Rating Comparison

Customer data management / contact management

Workflow management

Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)

Contract management

Quote & order management

Interaction tracking

Territory management

Opportunity management

Channel / partner relationship management

Case management

Lead management

Email marketing

Task management

Billing and invoicing management

Reporting

Custom fields

Custom objects

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

Marketing automation

Mobile access

Forecasting

Pipeline visualization

Customizable reports

Social data

Social engagement

Pros

17hats

Cosential

Cons

17hats

Cosential

Usability

17hats

Cosential

Support Rating

17hats

Cosential

Alternatives Considered

17hats

Cosential

Return on Investment

17hats

Cosential

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

17hats Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Cosential Editions & Modules

Additional Pricing Details

Rating Summary

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