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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Bigin by Zoho CRM

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ABigin 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 per user

    Pipedrive

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/APipedrive is a customer relationship management (CRM) software built to help small teams to drive sales.

    $24

    per month per seat

    Pricing
    Bigin by Zoho CRMPipedrive
    Editions & Modules
    Express
    $9.00
    per month per user
    Premier
    $15.00
    per month
    Bigin 360
    $21
    per month per user
    Essential
    $24
    per month per seat
    Advanced
    $49
    per month per seat
    Professional
    $69
    per month per seat
    Power
    $79
    per month per seat
    Enterprise
    $129
    per month per seat
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Bigin by Zoho CRMPipedrive
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details20% discount for annual pricing.Monthly plans are available. The Essentials monthly plan at $24 per month.
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    Community Pulse
    Bigin by Zoho CRMPipedrive
    Considered Both Products
    Zoho
    Chose Bigin by Zoho CRM
    For Pipedrive, the setup is very similar and lets users start serious work right away. For Copper, I'm sure it's a good product for a certain market, but it's not serious enough for our needs.
    Incentivized
    Chose Bigin by Zoho CRM
    Compared to HubSpot, I found Bigin by Zoho much more straightforward and less cumbersome for the needs of a small business. Compared to Pipedrive, Bigin by Zoho offers unbeatable value for money, including automation features. Why I chose Bigin: I chose Bigin primarily for its …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bigin by Zoho CRM
    Pipedrive was used but it was [...] expensive. Plus it was not physible when the team grows up. If their is a gap on usage it would make big hot on the monthly budget. Bigin by Zoho CRM is good. Bitrix is [...] complex. Odoo is good, but takes a toll on setup.
    Incentivized
    Chose Bigin by Zoho CRM
    Bigin by Zoho CRM is similar to Pipedrive but more affordable. monday.com and ClickUp are task managements more so than CRMs, so not as suitabable for Sales/Lead management.
    Incentivized
    Chose Bigin by Zoho CRM
    Its Simple, Easy To Use!
    Time Saming
    Boosts Productivity
    Incentivized
    Chose Bigin by Zoho CRM
    Bigin by Zoho CRM had the best value proposition in terms of simplicity, cost, and features. We ran free trials with several competitors and Bigin by Zoho CRM stood out as the one most likely to be widely adopted by our sales team. It boils down to the product's look and feel, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bigin by Zoho CRM
    Ease of setup, customization, multi pipeline management
    Incentivized
    Chose Bigin by Zoho CRM
    Its cheaper, offers a good set of CRM tools and its easy to use
    Incentivized
    Chose Bigin by Zoho CRM
    more CRM features than one we previously trialled
    Incentivized
    Chose Bigin by Zoho CRM
    It is easier to set up and use than other systems on the market. I do not have advanced experience in configuring CRMs. And I managed to set up three pipelines and even automations on my own. In other CRMs I needed to ask the support team for help and even then I still had …
    Incentivized
    Chose Bigin by Zoho CRM
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Pipedrive Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    99%
    Would buy again
    165 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    22 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    162 Answers
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    161 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    22 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    148 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    17 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    147 Answers
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    16 Answers
    Features
    Bigin by Zoho CRMPipedrive
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Pipedrive
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    8.4
    165 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Pipedrive
    7.9
    68 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Customer data management / contact management8.8151 Ratings8.724 Ratings
    Workflow management8.3155 Ratings7.821 Ratings
    Opportunity management8.6155 Ratings8.365 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)8.4150 Ratings8.864 Ratings
    Contract management8.0102 Ratings8.317 Ratings
    Interaction tracking8.2141 Ratings8.521 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings6.514 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings7.314 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings7.116 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Pipedrive
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    8.1
    138 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Pipedrive
    7.5
    49 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Lead management8.4132 Ratings7.549 Ratings
    Email marketing7.8123 Ratings7.613 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Pipedrive
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    8.1
    142 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Pipedrive
    6.7
    67 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Task management8.3139 Ratings7.964 Ratings
    Reporting8.0113 Ratings8.263 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings4.15 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Pipedrive
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    8.2
    146 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Pipedrive
    7.8
    68 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Pipeline visualization8.4145 Ratings8.268 Ratings
    Customizable reports8.0131 Ratings7.516 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings7.719 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Pipedrive
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    8.3
    150 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Pipedrive
    6.4
    64 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Custom fields8.3150 Ratings8.664 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings8.554 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings1.04 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings7.646 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Pipedrive
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    9.0
    144 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Pipedrive
    6.7
    62 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Single sign-on capability9.0125 Ratings6.112 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.9140 Ratings7.360 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Pipedrive
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    7.6
    88 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Pipedrive
    1.1
    5 Ratings
    149% below category average
    Social data7.786 Ratings1.15 Ratings
    Social engagement7.584 Ratings1.15 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Pipedrive
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    8.0
    111 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Pipedrive
    3.6
    7 Ratings
    71% below category average
    Marketing automation8.0111 Ratings3.67 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings3.54 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Pipedrive
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    8.7
    135 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Pipedrive
    8.2
    61 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Mobile access8.7135 Ratings8.261 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Pipedrive
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    -
    Ratings
    Pipedrive
    2.9
    7 Ratings
    91% below category average
    Case management00 Ratings4.76 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings1.15 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings3.16 Ratings
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    Score9.7 out of 10
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    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Bigin by Zoho CRMPipedrive
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (167 ratings)
    8.0
    (72 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.3
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (138 ratings)
    9.0
    (25 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.0
    (10 ratings)
    8.5
    (15 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Bigin by Zoho CRMPipedrive
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Zoho
    - Multiple pipelines let me organize processes like sales, marketing, customer support, and assets clearly. - The forms builder allows me to gather leads, sign-ups, and customer requests from my website directly into the Bigin by Zoho CRM. - Integrations with Zapier and Make connect website orders and data from other sources smoothly. - Email templates make it easy to send professional, branded communications. - Automations handle repetitive tasks like managing customers, orders, and team tasks, saving me time.
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    Pipedrive Inc.
    Pipedrive is a fantastic tool to help monitor and track lead generation and referral sources. It helps maintain accountability with the sales team and helps ensure that we are doing appropriate marketing to maintain a steady influx of cases. The weekly and quarterly sales reports that it can generate are incredibly helpful and insightful. They help inform us of what we need to focus on each quarter/year.
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    Pros
    Zoho
    • Manage big databases. We have a large database of contacts and partners (more than 5,000 contacts), which are updated day by day, as a result of our participation in conferences, webinars, etc. For this reason, we needed a platform that would allow us to always have our database up to date, and accessible and editable by any member of the company.
    • Pipelines. Pipelines are very necessary in our daily lives, since we present many service proposals to different clients, and until now we control the status very manually. With Bigin by Zoho CRM, we can have all this information centralized in a single place, and know at all times the status of the service proposals we present (sent, pending decision, lost, won...).
    • Product definition. The product definition block has allowed us to further structure our typologies of products and services. At least, it has allowed us to reflect on them and what is the best way to package the service offered.
    • Control panel. The control panel has been very useful for us to be able to quickly see the main indicators (offers presented, next actions to be taken, etc.).
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    Pipedrive Inc.
    • Great visual visibility of the funnel plus easy to drag the deals across the stages
    • The email integration that collects all relevant communication (also through the possibility of adding a deal-specific Pipedrive address on BCC)
    • The integration with Pandadoc, which we use a lot, so that Pipedrive keeps a really handy overview of the documents we have sent out / which have been signed
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    Cons
    Zoho
    • The interface is clean, but I can see how, as we get into more complex workflows, it may be limited, whereas a heavier CRM may be necessary at that point.
    • Mobile app works pretty well, it isn't quite as smooth as the web app.
    • Reporting could be a little more robust, but it does what we need.
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    Pipedrive Inc.
    • Showing the customers name on the pipeline page. Right now I can only get it to show the brand name twice. I wish it would replace the second brand name with the main point of contact.
    • Better reporting tools. Their reporting tools are not easy to pick up. I've spent time trying to figure it out and it isn't something I can pick up on quickly.
    • Better training options. I wish I had a personal trainer to walk me through the best way to use Pipedrive so I can get the most out of it.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Zoho
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    Pipedrive Inc.
    -2 for Its cost and +8 for the need of tracking of leads and monitoring of team.
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    Usability
    Zoho
    Zoho Bigin has been almost perfect in almost every sense of the word. It has been very easy for us to use. Onboarding new staff has been a breeze, and we have never had to retrain them on how to use it, as they get the hang of it on the very first attempt. It has also saved us a lot of money compared to what it would have cost if we had used other CRM tools.
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    Pipedrive Inc.
    Pipedrive is easy to use and has a clean interface so we can follow up accurately. Its custom features help manage leads and evaluate team performance. It saves time and improves efficiency. Pipedrive is stable and supports integrations and automation.
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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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    Pipedrive Inc.
    Between quick video tutorials and having very quick feedback from their support teams, it is one of the main reasons I would recommend Pipedrive. It is critical, especially when setting up the platform to meet your companies needs, that a solid support team like Pipedrive has is there to make the transition easier.
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    Implementation Rating
    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Pipedrive Inc.
    Experiment is the only way to start
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    Alternatives Considered
    Zoho
    Simplicity Without Sacrificing Core Features
    Unlike full-scale CRMs that often feel overwhelming, Bigin by Zoho CRM provides a focused set of features that are perfect for managing deals, contacts, and activities. It’s not bloated, and that was exactly what we needed for a lean, fast-moving team.
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    Pipedrive Inc.
    I much prefer the interface of Pipedive when compared to Zoho. Much more user friendly and the team is always readily available when we need them. Pipedrive allowed for many custom integrations to be added, as Zoho was a tad more complicated to manipulate. We would not go back to Zoho in any case.
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    Return on Investment
    Zoho
    • Zero deals closed yet – earliest expected close is +6 weeks away.
    • No marketing-source conversion data – will need 2-3 months of traffic to quote real CAC or ROMI
    • No paid automation – manual follow-ups still dominate, so time-saving metrics are anecdotal, not measured.
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    Pipedrive Inc.
    • Great on setup which made our work easier and less technically equipped people can manage a lot of things(compared to SalesForce where you need to hire a developer to set it up)
    • We were able to integrate our calling system easily and get things going on the lead calling aspect.
    • Great multipipeline option where we were able to manage both organisations under one roof.
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