17hats vs. GoldMine CRM (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
17hats
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
17hats from the company of the same name in Pasadena is a small business management solution presenting an all-in-one solution for contacts, projects, leads, quotes and invoicing.
$45
per month
GoldMine CRM (discontinued)
Score 4.7 out of 10
N/A
GoldMine CRM was is a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions for small businesses boasting at its peak over 1 millions users across verticals, a CRM solution for businesses running Windows, available for the Cloud, Mobile and on premise. The product was acquired by Ivanti, and currently is no longer available as a standalone application.
$65
per month per user
Pricing
17hatsGoldMine CRM (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
Starting Price
$45.00
per month
Cloud Based
$65
per month per user
On-Premise - multi-user
$1,992
one-time fee 3 shared users (includes 1 year of support)
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
17hatsGoldMine CRM (discontinued)
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
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Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
17hats
9.5
2 Ratings
21% above category average
GoldMine CRM (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Customer data management / contact management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Quote & order management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Interaction tracking8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
17hats
8.0
1 Ratings
6% above category average
GoldMine CRM (discontinued)
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Ratings
Case management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
17hats
8.0
1 Ratings
5% above category average
GoldMine CRM (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Lead management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
17hats
9.5
2 Ratings
22% above category average
GoldMine CRM (discontinued)
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Ratings
Task management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
17hats
10.0
2 Ratings
28% above category average
GoldMine CRM (discontinued)
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Ratings
Custom fields9.92 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom objects10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
17hats
9.5
1 Ratings
13% above category average
GoldMine CRM (discontinued)
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Ratings
Single sign-on capability10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
17hats
8.0
1 Ratings
10% above category average
GoldMine CRM (discontinued)
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Ratings
Marketing automation8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
17hats
8.0
1 Ratings
7% above category average
GoldMine CRM (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Mobile access8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
17hatsGoldMine CRM (discontinued)
Small Businesses
Salesmate
Salesmate
Score 9.8 out of 10
Salesmate
Salesmate
Score 9.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Creatio
Creatio
Score 9.3 out of 10
Creatio
Creatio
Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprises
Creatio
Creatio
Score 9.3 out of 10
Creatio
Creatio
Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
17hatsGoldMine CRM (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(2 ratings)
3.3
(14 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
4.6
(3 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(2 ratings)
7.8
(4 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
17hatsGoldMine CRM (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
17hats
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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I believe GoldMine is well suited to keep track of customer contact automatically, so your customers needs are met. I also like keeping track of my emails and customer contact notes, this way I always know what they need quickly. I like to keep reminders on certain customer request or pricing for certain items. We use GoldMine in unison with Traverse for placing orders . I would love GoldMine more if they had the abilities to place orders through the app , rather than using an additional tool.
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Pros
17hats
  • Invoicing
  • Creating online questionnaire
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  • Flexibility to use different views of the data very easily and establish functional views by user or department requirement.
  • Ability to categorize contacts by group(s) or actually have them in separate databases.
  • As much or as little automation as you wish to implement.
  • We implemented Goldmine ourselves after making sure the Server Operating System was configured appropriately.
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Cons
17hats
  • 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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  • Of course, there are always areas that could be improved, in my view the Report generation tool, hasn't really changed in the last 10 years at least, whilst other CRM products have more powerful and easy to use and customise Reporting tools, although there are plenty of Reports to choose from
  • The Database schema has stood the test of time but is quite restrictive in certain areas and what you can do with it
  • Integration with other system unless you are a developer is not easy as there are only one or two areas to show/bring in information
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Likelihood to Renew
17hats
No answers on this topic
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If there were a product that would mean less on-site support/maintenance with comparable or not much more cost, I would seriously consider switching. Furthermore, going to a more mobile, paper-less application process would tip the scales in the favor of a competitor. I'd also like something that integrates web forms so that data entry is more stream-lined as is response time
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Usability
17hats
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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Personally, perhaps I should give it a higher rating, but I do genuinely think it was very easy to pick up and run with, but I did have a full training session and of course was keen on using it. In my previous marketing role many years ago, I 'd tried to create an MS Access database and this has taken ages, so being introduced to the power of GoldMine really impressed. People have comments on it, but my opinion is its still fast and a great workhorse
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Reliability and Availability
17hats
No answers on this topic
Discontinued Products
For me, its always been there, no worries here about downtime or the internet being down or switched off. Having it on a laptop as well with Goldsync means I'm always able to updated my notes and then synchronise. This to me is one of the benefits of purchased on-premise software, it cant simply be turned off!.
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Performance
17hats
No answers on this topic
Discontinued Products
Pretty good, Yes, there are occasions when i may think there should be an easier way to do things, but over the years, I've always found a way to get the information out that i want, sometimes just needing a bit of help from the technical team. Day to day,. it works for me very well.
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Support Rating
17hats
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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Their customer support is spot on! We never feel like we're being made to wait, and when we email, they respond and offer assistance very quickly. It's the same response I'd expect from an in-house IT team down the corridor. Some support teams you know you're talking to the first line support chap who probably doesn't know how to resolve your issue, and you have to wait until they give up and pass it, but GM support people seem very knowledgable
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In-Person Training
17hats
No answers on this topic
Discontinued Products
I was originally trained by the UK distributor and then subsequently trained my self and had access to GoldMine consultants. In the long run, this saved me a lot of time really since I knew the product on an advanced/administrator basis and able to perform day to day tasks. Some things, still needed the consultants. The trick was with the training, I knew when I was out of my depth
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Implementation Rating
17hats
No answers on this topic
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As I said earlier, to me now with all this experience, it is ensuring that you focus on two things:- 1/ Ensure core customisations only are required until you get users started and embedded in using the system. 2/ Ensuring users get some good level of dedicated training time, internal or external, but I feel this is best done in a group rather than at your own speed. Afterall, no one really customises their MS Word or MS Excel each time, they just ignore the bits they don't need or ask if they do need them
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Alternatives Considered
17hats
No answers on this topic
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GoldMine is a better overall product based on scalability, ease of use and cost effectiveness. All of the customization in GoldMine was beyond the other applications we tested and considered. Overall we believe we made the right choice based on how quickly we saw results. Our sales staff has used this tool extensively to become more agile.
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Scalability
17hats
No answers on this topic
Discontinued Products
GoldMine, when maintained well has always been pretty reliable and in over 10 years, I don't think we've ever lost a day or more than an hour or so when we cant use it. Occasional a 'blip' will happen and you will have to log out, the only thing to bear in mind, which I'm not good at is ensuring you keep the mailbox to less than 2000 mails in your inbound box, I hover around 1800 and need to streamline this to get rid of my junk or notifications from LinkedIn groups for example when i mean to read, but never get round to it
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Return on Investment
17hats
  • ROI - Saves me time on creating invoices and questionnaires.
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  • Our company prides itself on its responsiveness to customer requests. As a consequence of that, we need to be able to follow up consistently on issues until they are solved and goldmine helps us do that.
  • Because of its ease of use and wealth of information, it allows us to react to customer queries quickly and with a familiarity that instills confidence in our customers.
  • The lag on the other hand, since we have kind of choked it with too much information, slows us down. I understand we're using it for more than it was designed for, but as businesses grow and customer demands increase we need our technology to improve at the same rate.
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