Bigin by Zoho CRM vs. Pipeline 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
Pipeline CRM
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Founded in 2006, Pipeline CRM (formerly PipelineDeals) is a CRM for small and midsize businesses, empowering sales teams across a breadth of industries to build game changing relationships. Pipeline is built around a customizable user experience, sales focused features, and customer support and service. The vendor, headquartered in Seattle, boasts 18,000 users in 60 countries who use Pipeline to gain visibility into their sales, accelerate opportunities, and close more deals.
$29
per month
Pricing
Bigin by Zoho CRMPipeline CRM
Editions & Modules
Express
$9.00
per month per user
Premier
$15.00
per month
Start
$300
per year per user
Develop
$396
per year per user
Develop
$588
per year per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Bigin by Zoho CRMPipeline CRM
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.
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Community Pulse
Bigin by Zoho CRMPipeline CRM
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Bigin by Zoho CRMPipeline 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
Pipeline CRM
6.9
5 Ratings
11% below category average
Customer data management / contact management8.824 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Workflow management8.425 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Opportunity management8.825 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)7.923 Ratings4.05 Ratings
Contract management7.72 Ratings5.05 Ratings
Interaction tracking8.925 Ratings9.05 Ratings
Territory management00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
Quote & order management00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings7.04 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
Pipeline CRM
5.0
4 Ratings
41% below category average
Lead management9.121 Ratings8.04 Ratings
Email marketing7.520 Ratings2.02 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
Pipeline CRM
4.5
5 Ratings
51% below category average
Task management8.523 Ratings3.04 Ratings
Reporting7.31 Ratings5.03 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings5.53 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
Pipeline CRM
6.7
5 Ratings
13% below category average
Pipeline visualization8.626 Ratings5.05 Ratings
Customizable reports7.924 Ratings7.05 Ratings
Forecasting00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
8.7
26 Ratings
14% above category average
Pipeline CRM
9.5
5 Ratings
23% above category average
Custom fields8.726 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Custom objects00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Scripting environment00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
API for custom integration00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
8.5
25 Ratings
2% above category average
Pipeline CRM
6.0
3 Ratings
32% below category average
Single sign-on capability8.620 Ratings6.02 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.425 Ratings6.02 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
Pipeline CRM
8.1
2 Ratings
11% above category average
Social data6.713 Ratings8.12 Ratings
Social engagement7.213 Ratings8.21 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
14% above category average
Pipeline CRM
4.6
3 Ratings
43% below category average
Marketing automation8.218 Ratings2.03 Ratings
Compensation management00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
8.9
25 Ratings
17% above category average
Pipeline CRM
8.0
5 Ratings
6% above category average
Mobile access8.925 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
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Ratings
Pipeline CRM
7.8
3 Ratings
4% above category average
Case management00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Call center management00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Help desk management00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
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User Ratings
Bigin by Zoho CRMPipeline CRM
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(27 ratings)
7.0
(6 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(1 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
7.3
(7 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
5.9
(7 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Bigin by Zoho CRMPipeline 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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PipelineDeals
If you have a small business where you are trying to keep things simple, then PipelineDeals is a perfect fit. Once you get to where you are wanting to tie your marketing efforts and create marketing campaigns that are tied to leads, it starts to miss the mark
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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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PipelineDeals
  • Flexibility: It provides the flexibility to set it up how you want to use it. Customization is beyond what you probably want or need.
  • Reporting: We were able to setup all types of reporting and tracking.
  • Ease of Use: While the platform was powerful, it was always easy to use.
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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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PipelineDeals
  • I wouldn't say no areas for improvement exist, but I will say that PipelineDeals takes customer input, shared product roadmap, and supports what they have very nicely. What they provide works out-of-the-box. Improvements can always be made with respect to pre-packaged integration with 3rd party services/solutions, and with extended attributes, but you also want to avoid something that attempts to boil the ocean.
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Likelihood to Renew
Zoho
Because it is good.
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PipelineDeals
If we can integrate and easily export and clean all of our data such that it can be used for multiple purposes, i.e. outreach to guests, sending out newsletters to subscribers, doing research and tracking progress, we will definitely renew
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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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PipelineDeals
The user interface is simple and easy to navigate. Anyone who is overwhelmed with some of the more complicated CRM systems will definitely enjoy the simplicity of what PipelineDeals has to offer
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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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PipelineDeals
Any time I have had questions or issues that have come up I've always been able to get a quick response and a resolution to what I was needing.
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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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PipelineDeals
The cost is much better and it is much easier to use. Salesforce was way too robust and I never want to hire a consultant to set up a CRM. PipelineDeals CRM has the best visibility of our sales efforts.
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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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PipelineDeals
  • Has made us understand sales tactics that are working
  • Easily create forecasting on growth in multiple categories
  • Understand our process and what we need to improve on in closing deals
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