Bigin by Zoho CRM vs. IRIS CRM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bigin by Zoho CRM
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Bigin by Zoho CRM is a simplified customer relationship management (CRM) software designed specifically for small businesses, startups and teams. Bigin helps small businesses unify customer-facing operations— marketing, sales, onboarding, delivery, and support, and it offers features that help to manage these customer relationships effectively.
$9
per month
IRIS CRM
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
IRIS CRM is a customer relationship management (CRM) software focused on lead management, marketing automation, and business process automation.N/A
Pricing
Bigin by Zoho CRMIRIS CRM
Editions & Modules
Express
$9.00
per month per user
Premier
$15.00
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Bigin by Zoho CRMIRIS CRM
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details20% discount for annual pricing.—
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Features
Bigin by Zoho CRMIRIS CRM
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
8.4
27 Ratings
9% above category average
IRIS CRM
9.2
2 Ratings
18% above category average
Customer data management / contact management8.824 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Workflow management8.425 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Opportunity management8.825 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)7.923 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Contract management7.72 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Interaction tracking8.925 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Territory management00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Quote & order management00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
8.3
22 Ratings
9% above category average
IRIS CRM
9.5
2 Ratings
23% above category average
Lead management9.121 Ratings9.92 Ratings
Email marketing7.520 Ratings9.01 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
7.9
23 Ratings
4% above category average
IRIS CRM
9.0
2 Ratings
17% above category average
Task management8.523 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Reporting7.31 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
8.3
26 Ratings
9% above category average
IRIS CRM
8.7
2 Ratings
13% above category average
Pipeline visualization8.626 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Customizable reports7.924 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Forecasting00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
8.7
26 Ratings
14% above category average
IRIS CRM
9.2
2 Ratings
19% above category average
Custom fields8.726 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Custom objects00 Ratings9.92 Ratings
Scripting environment00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
API for custom integration00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
8.5
25 Ratings
2% above category average
IRIS CRM
9.5
2 Ratings
13% above category average
Single sign-on capability8.620 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.425 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
6.9
14 Ratings
5% below category average
IRIS CRM
9.5
1 Ratings
27% above category average
Social data6.713 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Social engagement7.213 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
8.2
18 Ratings
13% above category average
IRIS CRM
9.5
1 Ratings
28% above category average
Marketing automation8.218 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Compensation management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
8.9
25 Ratings
17% above category average
IRIS CRM
8.0
2 Ratings
6% above category average
Mobile access8.925 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
-
Ratings
IRIS CRM
9.3
2 Ratings
21% above category average
Case management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Call center management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Help desk management00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
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User Ratings
Bigin by Zoho CRMIRIS CRM
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(27 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.3
(7 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
5.9
(7 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Bigin by Zoho CRMIRIS CRM
Likelihood to Recommend
Zoho
Bigin by Zoho CRM is suitable for medium-size or small-size companies. In our case, being a small company, all the functions that Bigin by Zoho CRM offers are more than enough. If in the future we need features that are not currently covered by the platform, we will evaluate the possibility of migrating to Zoho CRM. But for the moment (until now we had never used a CRM), everything that Bigin by Zoho CRM offers us fits our needs perfectly. Perhaps for other very large companies, Bigin by Zoho CRM surely does not cover all needs, although I couldn't give examples.
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Integrated Reporting Is Simple, LLC.
It’s been 2 years since IRIS CRM is supporting me by supporting my business and I have seen enormous progress in my business so far which is a really good sign and is enough for me to be satisfied with it. According to me and as I have observed it is fully loaded with many useful tools that can help in uplifting a business. Removes the manual cycle from me entering every people's hours exclusively. We really evaluated Bullhorn cover and tab it was not awful by any means.
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Pros
Zoho
  • Bigin by Zoho CRM has embedded the marketing automation feature in its operations.
  • Also, Bigin supports CRM, through social media engagement and other working platforms.
  • Bigin provides the management team with customizable reports, after extensive analysis from the entire market segment.
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  • Grouping is done very effectively. For a company with a wide product portfolio, it is greatly beneficial to customize product families.
  • Streamlines the life cycle of merchant services very well. E-signatures, workflows, and help tickets are well integrated to maximize efficiency.
  • Processing stats and reporting tools are intuitive, useful, and aesthetically pleasing. The software allows you to quickly generate sales reports for specific product families and time periods.
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Cons
Zoho
  • The CRM is majorly for small teams and does not have use cases for bigger organizations
  • It needs to add some add-on features like email automation and journey creation from CRM itself.
  • There is room for improvement in some specific use cases, like adding enrichment to leads manually or API integrated.
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  • It needs a solid visual invigorate to stay aware of the occasions.
  • I have found it as a little pricey.
  • The execution timetable took longer than we had arranged.
  • The framework has a solid utility and usefulness, yet it looks somewhat dated.
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Likelihood to Renew
Zoho
Because it is good.
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Integrated Reporting Is Simple, LLC.
No answers on this topic
Usability
Zoho
It has some great functions that are very easy to use and user-friendly, however overall it is not a very robust system and the fact that it only does sales and not the rest of the cycle for an organization makes it very limiting. There are a lot of functions that are very basic, but for the price it does offer a lot of value for a smaller company that just needs basic functions to track.
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Integrated Reporting Is Simple, LLC.
It is a wonderful software with an automated messaging service. It has helped us in having a better knowledge of our customer’s needs, preferences, and habits, and by knowing all these we have improved our business. Security is my basic concern and the fact that it has a disabled human element from the business equation are the things that I don’t really like in it.
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Support Rating
Zoho
The support is all international and it takes a while to get support as you have to go through chats and set up times, not as easy to just call and get the support you need. They are very nice when you do finally connect with someone and they are knowledgeable, just challenging being international sometimes.
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Integrated Reporting Is Simple, LLC.
It has enabled us to keep a record of the demographics of our clients and eventually we can develop a better understanding of our clients that will lead us to uplift our business. With its amazing sales tool, we have developed a strong relationship with our clients, and helped us in creating a good brand image. We really adore the convenience of managing and reporting data. It is quite easy to handle and all our business is depended on it and it helped us in gaining more loyal customers.
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Alternatives Considered
Zoho
The price is much more attractive than equivalent tools. Pipe drive is as good, but the cost is a big factor when you are a small company, especially at the beginning. So that is why we chose BIgin, and we are delighted with it. With five members, it saves a few hundreds of euros a year.
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Integrated Reporting Is Simple, LLC.
By using IRIS CRM we had a wonderful experience with the automated workflow process as compare to other alternatives. Now we are better able to keep a track of the performance and hence we can enhance productivity and eventually can get more profit.it has made automated messaging so convenient and simple. We believe that by understanding our customers we can make our business better and IRIS helped us in having a better knowledge of our customer’s needs, preferences, and habits, and by knowing all these we have improved our business a lot. We have found it very convenient to navigate and now we can better spread our business database. It helped us in having active and strong customer service and now we can better manage our relationship with our customers.
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Return on Investment
Zoho
  • Reaching more possible customers quickly and with less effort. The fact of being able to automate sending to our contact database, which has previously been tagged and categorized, has allowed us to send information in a more agile way (previously we simply used Outlook, without any type of automation).
  • Automatically consulting all the email history you have with any of the contacts has allowed us to be more efficient and avoid duplication in communications.
  • The process of implementing and integrating Bigin in our company, although it was not difficult, we found some difficulties to synchronize the database loaded in Bigin by Zoho CRM with our Office365 account.
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Integrated Reporting Is Simple, LLC.
  • The cost is a bit higher than other options (~$1300/mo), which can be seen as a negative in an absolute sense.
  • The improvement in workflow management has been significant, and has saved at least 50 man-hours per week across our organization.
  • Accurate rolling sales data reporting has been critical in defining quality metrics. This benefit is more indirect, but it has allowed us to better respond to changes in customer complaint trending.
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