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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Agile CRM

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AAgile CRM is a customer relationship management (CRM) software built to make the entire marketing and sales lifecycles more efficient, built around features like sales enablement, marketing automation, social suite, and web engagement.

    $14.99

    per month per user

    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASugar Sell from SugarCRM is a collaborative CRM, allowing users to track and monitor activities, map each customer’s journey. Sugar Sell replaces former editions of the SugarCRM product, including the SugarCRM Community Edition, the open source edition, which is discontinued.

    $19

    per month per user (3 users minimum, billed annually)

    Pricing
    Agile CRMSugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $14.99
    per month per user
    Regular
    $49.99
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $79.99
    per month per user
    Essentials
    $19
    per month (billed annually) per user (3 user minimum, 9 user maximum)
    Standard
    $59
    per month (billed annually) per user (10 User Minimum)
    Advanced
    $85
    per month (billed annually) per user (10 user minimum)
    Premier
    $135
    per month (billed annually) per user (10 user minimum)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Agile CRMSugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing (34%), and additional discounts available for 2-year plans (40%).—
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    Community Pulse
    Agile CRMSugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Considered Both Products
    Agile CRM
    Chose Agile CRM
    Saleforce - Too expensive.
    SugarCRM - Versatile. Free. But Slow.
    Filemaker - Originally designed my own CRMWhich gave me full control of all functionality. But having an online system that is hosted in the cloud provides considerable advantages particularly when allowing access …
    Incentivized
    SugarCRM
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    38%
    Would buy again
    3 Answers
    70%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    57%
    Delivers good value for the price
    4 Answers
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    50%
    Happy with the feature set
    4 Answers
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    50%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    3 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    71%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    Agile CRMSugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Agile CRM and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Agile CRM
    3.2
    19 Ratings
    84% below category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    4.8
    33 Ratings
    48% below category average
    Customer data management / contact management3.619 Ratings5.032 Ratings
    Workflow management5.516 Ratings6.028 Ratings
    Territory management2.311 Ratings6.026 Ratings
    Opportunity management3.416 Ratings7.026 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)1.118 Ratings7.029 Ratings
    Contract management4.211 Ratings3.026 Ratings
    Quote & order management3.512 Ratings4.024 Ratings
    Interaction tracking3.718 Ratings3.030 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management1.79 Ratings2.025 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Agile CRM and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Agile CRM
    1.8
    16 Ratings
    124% below category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    2.3
    24 Ratings
    108% below category average
    Case management1.814 Ratings3.024 Ratings
    Call center management1.814 Ratings2.019 Ratings
    Help desk management1.816 Ratings2.017 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Agile CRM and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Agile CRM
    3.3
    19 Ratings
    80% below category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    5.5
    25 Ratings
    34% below category average
    Lead management5.518 Ratings6.022 Ratings
    Email marketing1.119 Ratings5.023 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Agile CRM and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Agile CRM
    3.6
    17 Ratings
    73% below category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    3.0
    28 Ratings
    88% below category average
    Task management4.915 Ratings4.026 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management1.410 Ratings3.018 Ratings
    Reporting4.417 Ratings2.024 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Agile CRM and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Agile CRM
    1.4
    18 Ratings
    138% below category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    3.3
    28 Ratings
    79% below category average
    Forecasting1.314 Ratings3.024 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization1.916 Ratings2.025 Ratings
    Customizable reports1.117 Ratings5.027 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Agile CRM and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Agile CRM
    4.1
    19 Ratings
    60% below category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    5.5
    29 Ratings
    33% below category average
    Custom fields3.919 Ratings6.029 Ratings
    Custom objects6.013 Ratings5.026 Ratings
    Scripting environment1.49 Ratings6.019 Ratings
    API for custom integration5.011 Ratings5.025 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Agile CRM and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Agile CRM
    5.9
    16 Ratings
    35% below category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    5.5
    27 Ratings
    42% below category average
    Single sign-on capability5.915 Ratings5.021 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions5.916 Ratings6.026 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Agile CRM and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Agile CRM
    3.0
    12 Ratings
    86% below category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    3.0
    19 Ratings
    86% below category average
    Social data3.012 Ratings3.019 Ratings
    Social engagement3.012 Ratings3.016 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Agile CRM and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Agile CRM
    5.2
    14 Ratings
    37% below category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    4.5
    19 Ratings
    50% below category average
    Marketing automation6.514 Ratings5.019 Ratings
    Compensation management3.89 Ratings4.013 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Agile CRM and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Agile CRM
    8.3
    14 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    4.0
    20 Ratings
    62% below category average
    Mobile access8.314 Ratings4.020 Ratings
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    Agile CRMSugar Sell (SugarCRM)
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    Salesflare
    Score10 out of 10
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    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Agile CRMSugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    4.1
    (20 ratings)
    2.0
    (59 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (26 ratings)
    Usability
    2.1
    (10 ratings)
    3.0
    (10 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.1
    (10 ratings)
    9.1
    (12 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Agile CRMSugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Agile CRM
    Agile CRM is well suited if an existing customer business process is defined or drafted thoroughly. Agile allowed automating workflows and marketing to improve lead management and suppress tedious tasks so users can focus on more important matters. However, Agile CRM costs can increase significantly if you want additional features and customizations. If you know what you're doing with CRMs and marketing automation or customer contracts and management then AgileCRM is worth a try.
    Incentivized
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    SugarCRM
    Sugar CRM is a good tool, but it's complex to customize. It often requires expensive 3rd partners to implement more complex scenarios that SugarCRM struggles to support; coming back with explanations was usually time-consuming and unsupported. The back end is overly complex in terms of what it needs to be, with many redundant database tables and columns.
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    Pros
    Agile CRM
    • The set-up was simple. We ran into a snag with my domain verification, but Agile support worked with me to get it resolved.
    • I love being able to create several scripts based on persona. You can easily use a rule to display the appropriate script for each contact.
    • Even team members new to CRM were able to grasp it and be efficient within a few hours - it's simple to navigate.
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    SugarCRM
    • Great way to keep myself organized. I do not miss appointments with clients since within the system I can input my appointment time and also send out a reminder to my clients.
    • It has a nice layout [that] does not seem to be cluttered. I find it to be very user friendly.
    • It has customizable dashboards which I find beneficial
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    Cons
    Agile CRM
    • The email template building tool is inflexible although it is simple to use and looks nice if you can work within its parameters.
    • Customer Support is not committed to finding answers and providing the best solutions. Many times each support person has a different answer or fixing a bug will take up to 2 weeks to address. They do not seem to understand that they are an online marketing platform that requires solutions within hours (or maybe days) and not weeks.
    • At some point in mid-2021, the process for sending out emails to 10s of thousands of contacts stopped functioning as simply and effectively as it had in the past. My staff (which I use as test cases) was no longer receiving emails, even though it showed in the system that they had received it (and no, it wasn't in spam). The bandaids that they provided me would work for one or two mailings and then stop working again. I was regularly trying to get customer support to find my answers but they were never able to solve my problem. The basic functionality that I appreciated - sending out nicely formatted email newsletters - is now completely gone and the platform is useless for our needs.
    • The reporting tools are awful and poorly configured. Querying on groups of people is inconsistent and inaccurate. There is no segmentation feature that I found that was actually effective.
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    SugarCRM
    • The back-end programming (logical hooks) for advanced customizations could benefit from a more user-friendly interface
    • General layout could be improved by the addition of modern templates to customize the standard look and feel
    • Support communities could be further improved with the addition of videos on how to do specific configuration, modules.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Agile CRM
    There was a little bit of a learning curve and some bumps along the way to managing this platform, but AgileCRM appears to be responsive to any challenges that arise, which I consider to be of vital importance.
    Incentivized
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    SugarCRM
    Our organization will continue to use Sugar as long as it remains cost effective and it addresses the majority of our needs. I will, however, recommend looking into other options once our needs increase and there is additional budget for some bigger named and more robust platform options. I feel if the application was friendlier to end users we would get better productivity as well.
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    Usability
    Agile CRM
    Until the email issues are resolved I cannot recommend agile for any function. The email delivery rate has halved in the last six months and halved again in the last two with no resolution in sight. The customer service discussions start from zero information anytime suggesting agile are not writing notes or using a ticketing system to track customers' complaints. This results in our staff having to send emails manually and defeating the purpose of the system.
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    SugarCRM
    There's a learning curve associated with Sugar. Right away, it's not as easy as an out-of-the-box CRM. Once you learn how to use Sugar, the system fits what your needs are. With any other CRM, you'd be trying to figure out how your company can best fit the CRM. You don't want to change your business cycle for your CRM, the CRM should fit your business cycle.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Agile CRM
    The training sessions are very helpful, because you have specialist that is available to answer any questions, guide you and coach you on how to dominate a certain feature of the platform. That being said,Whenever I have an issue that needs to be resolved, I can send email or call a support line. I usually use the support line.
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    SugarCRM
    SugarCRM has never been down for us.
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    Performance
    Agile CRM
    The performance of AgileCRM has been acceptable to date. I'm pleased with the ability to modify leads in the system and search for them and add groups to campaigns.
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    SugarCRM
    No response time issues ever. Very productive due to its ease of use.
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    Support Rating
    Agile CRM
    The technical support of this software I liked a lot because whenever we need help to solve any problem or even to answer any questions about the software, Agile CRM's support was quick and efficient and guided us on the best solution to solve the problem. I admire and respect that a lot.
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    SugarCRM
    The support overall at least for us has been phenomenal. Anytime that the system has any Issues at all IT gets in contact from someone from support to get the system back up and running. Have never gone more than 30 minutes with the system not working. So overall I will be definetely recommending this system in any other company that I may work for in the future.
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    In-Person Training
    Agile CRM
    No answers on this topic
    SugarCRM
    We feel clasroom training is essential to ensure user adoption and buy-in. Video and on-line training courses gave their place but being in a classroom setting enables the Team to make any potential CRM issues visble right up front.
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    Online Training
    Agile CRM
    Each section of the AgileCRM platform has an instructional video that describes in detail all of the features of that section. I found this to be very instructional way to learn about each section. Whenever I had more questions, I could always schedule a conference call with a tutor..
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    SugarCRM
    Only part of an implemementation as noted previously.
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    Implementation Rating
    Agile CRM
    Once I get everything set up, everything started to flow and I can see the major benefit of this platform to my business
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    SugarCRM
    Study, study, and study. Be prepared to train everyday until all processes are flowing nicely. The CRM is the elephant and figuring out where to take the first bite can be a challenge. But there is only one way to eat this elephant, one bite at a time. Systematic planning is very important.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Agile CRM
    It was able to do most of the functions needed but was the most cost-effective to get us started. If you are a new company and looking to get started with a CRM start here for a year or two and when you have the money you can pay for one of the bigger players. This platform will give you all you need to be successful. We have been using it for 2 years and we profited more each year.
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    SugarCRM
    SugarCRM is a lot better in many ways then LogicsCRM which I started using when I started as a sales rep at Community Tax. Yet there is still room for a lot of improvements to accommodate a steady workflow. They integration of old CRM files seems to have worked great from Logics to Sugar.
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    Scalability
    Agile CRM
    This products Starts with a free Limited version. You can upgradeTo an affordable paid version with minimal features. There's also an enterprise version which is what I have. It's much more expensive, however it allows me to access the full range of features available.
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    SugarCRM
    Works from 2-300 Users in our experience.
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    Return on Investment
    Agile CRM
    • It may be me but I spent a disproportionate amount of time figuring out how to derive more ROI from Agile CRM. The functionality and facilities were there but I eventually gave up as it was taking too much time and attention.
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    SugarCRM
    • Overall seems to be more expensive than other subscription based CRMs.
    • Has positively impact our sales team to make more efficient and accountability among sales teams. Also allows for high level aggregated reporting
    • Has been impactful for all teams, not only sales to track individual activity on a daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis
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    ScreenShots

    Agile CRM Screenshots

    Screenshot of a contact in Agile CRMScreenshot of the Agile CRM dashboardScreenshot of tasks, in Agile CRMScreenshot of Agile CRM reportingScreenshot of stages of a campaign, presented in Agile CRM

    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) Screenshots

    Screenshot of a view of Sugar Sell's contacts listScreenshot of Sugar Sell's analyticsScreenshot of a Sugar Sell dashboard