Bigin by Zoho CRM vs. Shared Contacts for Gmail

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bigin by Zoho CRM
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Bigin is a pipeline-centric CRM that is built and priced for small and micro businesses. Coming from the family of Zoho's customer relationship platform, Bigin is designed to help small businesses move away from spreadsheets and legacy sales tools to manage their customer relationships. The vendor presents its simple interface as easy to use even if for users who don't have a lot of CRM experience, with a feature set is flexible enough to fit any business model, priced for small business.
$9
per month
Shared Contacts for Gmail
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Shared Contacts for Gmail enables Google Workspace (G-Suite) & Gmail users to create, manage, share team address books (labels) from anywhere (Gmail, Google Contacts, Mobile phones etc.). Define access permissions exactly like you would do with a Google Doc: View Only Edit Delete permission Re-share Transfer of ownership Access contacts shared from anywhere in a workspace (Gmail, Google Contacts, Calendar, Mobile phones etc.).…
$0.99
per user per month
Pricing
Bigin by Zoho CRMShared Contacts for Gmail
Editions & Modules
Express
$9.00
per month per user
Premier
$15.00
per month
Lite
$0.99
per user per month
Team
$1.79
per user per month
Business
$2.59
per user per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Bigin by Zoho CRMShared Contacts for Gmail
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$0.99 per user per month
Additional Details20% discount for annual pricing.
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Top Pros
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Features
Bigin by Zoho CRMShared Contacts for Gmail
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
8.1
7 Ratings
2% above category average
Shared Contacts for Gmail
-
Ratings
Customer data management / contact management8.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow management7.67 Ratings00 Ratings
Opportunity management8.66 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)7.87 Ratings00 Ratings
Interaction tracking7.97 Ratings00 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
7.1
7 Ratings
10% below category average
Shared Contacts for Gmail
-
Ratings
Lead management7.87 Ratings00 Ratings
Email marketing6.37 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
6.9
7 Ratings
12% below category average
Shared Contacts for Gmail
-
Ratings
Task management6.97 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
7.4
7 Ratings
4% below category average
Shared Contacts for Gmail
-
Ratings
Pipeline visualization7.97 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable reports7.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
7.1
7 Ratings
10% below category average
Shared Contacts for Gmail
-
Ratings
Custom fields7.17 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
8.3
7 Ratings
2% below category average
Shared Contacts for Gmail
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability8.75 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
6.6
7 Ratings
12% below category average
Shared Contacts for Gmail
-
Ratings
Social data6.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Social engagement6.77 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
8.0
6 Ratings
8% above category average
Shared Contacts for Gmail
-
Ratings
Marketing automation8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Bigin by Zoho CRM
9.0
7 Ratings
17% above category average
Shared Contacts for Gmail
-
Ratings
Mobile access9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Bigin by Zoho CRMShared Contacts for Gmail
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
(7 ratings)
8.9
(6 ratings)
Usability
7.9
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.1
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Bigin by Zoho CRMShared Contacts for Gmail
Likelihood to Recommend
Zoho Corporation
Because Bigin by Zoho CRM focuses more on individualized customer interactions and join that result in relationship prospect growth and sales, it is a good fit for smaller companies of all stripes. It provides you with a taste of Zoho's mass CRM as well. The beginning of your CRM journey
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Shared Contacts for Gmail
Shared Contacts for Gmail is well suited for organizations that generate and coordinate long term partnerships and that have a big remote working component as a main form or working. It is less appropriate with organizations dedicated to sales and performance based ways of working. I would recommend it for medium size organizations.
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Pros
Zoho Corporation
  • Easy to use and operate as there are not "23 million" options, but still powerful.
  • Integrates with other Zoho products like Zoho Social, Campaigns and Forms.
  • Allows deals pipelines with fully customisable stages.
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Shared Contacts for Gmail
  • Helps manage contact lists and distribution lists.
  • Eliminates the need for the use of an additional platform, like a CRM, to manage contacts.
  • Makes it easier to share contacts with a targeted audience with the flexibility to be selective about who the data is being shared with.
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Cons
Zoho Corporation
  • Making adjustments to some of the templates or template options are tough.
  • The ability to reach customer service can be challenging at time as it is mostly international support.
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Shared Contacts for Gmail
  • I have been looking for a way to share our contacts within our organization for a while now. This process really improves how we were doing it within Google Sheets.
  • My only negative is that it has taken so long for it to be functional within Google.
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Usability
Zoho Corporation
A solid 8 from my perspective, a tool all small businesses should try out before venturing into the world of larger CRM solutions as this gives you the best entry point into the CRM solution world with ideas about all the modules that are required the most. It can be made a bit more intermediate user friendly by adding a bit more mass approach style features
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Shared Contacts for Gmail
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Zoho Corporation
Support team is much knowledgeable and was user friendly. Every querry put before them was resolved in the required time frame.
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Shared Contacts for Gmail
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Zoho Corporation
Bigin by Zoho CRM captures opportunities, and gives the company ways to tap and work towards making them more effective. Also, Bigin integrates/connect with the customers emails, making it friendly or simple to communicate with them immediately. Bigin introduced the single sign on procedure, which boosts the security of the entire system and ensure no attacks in any form.
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Shared Contacts for Gmail
My company used Zendesk Sell for a while, but the profiles weren't as manageable and easy accessed as Shared Contacts [for Gmail.] It resulted easier to update the contact information within Shared Contacts [for Gmail] and maintain the contact flow, than updating in Zendesk, and then manually go into gmail and continue the conversation. As well we don't use Shared Contacts [for Gmail] alone. We do accompany it with an internal operations system, were we manage the clients profile, but the combination between the two is perfect.
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Return on Investment
Zoho Corporation
  • The lead conversion right from prospects to revenue generation has increased in our organization.
  • Previously the conversion rate was around 40%, now the efficiency has increased.
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Shared Contacts for Gmail
  • More contact with clients
  • Keeping track of contact information no matter the places
  • Clients like the familiarity that is created by the constant check on them
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