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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CCH® SureTax®

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ACCH SureTax is designed by tax experts to help businesses comply even with the most complex sale and use tax requirements. Always up-to-date on 100,000+ annual tax legislation changes, this cloud-based sales tax automation platform aims to ensure customers accurately calculate, collect, and remit taxes to the correct authorities every time.N/A

    Insightly

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AInsightly is presented as a modern, affordable CRM that is easy to use, simple to customize, and that scales with companies as they grow, designed to solve common pain points that legacy CRMs can't. Available in any vertical, Insightly CRM customers can add companion products for marketing automation, customer service, and integrations in the same platform. Insightly has more than a million users worldwide.

    $348

    per year per user

    Pricing
    CCH® SureTax®Insightly
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Plus
    $29
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Professional
    $49
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Enterprise
    $99
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CCH® SureTax®Insightly
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
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    Community Pulse
    CCH® SureTax®Insightly
    Considered Both Products
    Wolters Kluwer
    No answer on this topic
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    85%
    Would buy again
    53 Answers
    88%
    Would buy again
    117 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    46 Answers
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    103 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    55 Answers
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    117 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    84%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    37 Answers
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    72 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    45 Answers
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    86 Answers
    Features
    CCH® SureTax®Insightly
    Type of tax
    Comparison of Type of tax features of CCH® SureTax® and Insightly
    Feature
    CCH® SureTax®
    7.4
    62 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Insightly
    -
    Ratings
    Sales and Use Taxes7.962 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cross-border Taxes9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    VAT / GST Taxes5.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Energy and Fuel Taxes7.66 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tax Reporting & Compliance
    Comparison of Tax Reporting & Compliance features of CCH® SureTax® and Insightly
    Feature
    CCH® SureTax®
    6.8
    61 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Insightly
    -
    Ratings
    Geolocation for Tax Assessment8.945 Ratings00 Ratings
    3rd-Party Software Integrations6.243 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tax Data Reporting6.755 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compliance Administration Management6.641 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tax Exemption Processing7.643 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tax Document Management6.633 Ratings00 Ratings
    Complex Tax Scenario Management5.242 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of CCH® SureTax® and Insightly
    Feature
    CCH® SureTax®
    -
    Ratings
    Insightly
    7.4
    423 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings8.2405 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings7.2372 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings7.390 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings8.2368 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings7.3379 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings6.521 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings7.275 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings7.2333 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings7.724 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of CCH® SureTax® and Insightly
    Feature
    CCH® SureTax®
    -
    Ratings
    Insightly
    7.1
    13 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Case management00 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings7.28 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings7.19 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of CCH® SureTax® and Insightly
    Feature
    CCH® SureTax®
    -
    Ratings
    Insightly
    7.2
    330 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Lead management00 Ratings6.8314 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings7.7263 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of CCH® SureTax® and Insightly
    Feature
    CCH® SureTax®
    -
    Ratings
    Insightly
    6.8
    406 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Task management00 Ratings7.1392 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings6.039 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings7.3342 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of CCH® SureTax® and Insightly
    Feature
    CCH® SureTax®
    -
    Ratings
    Insightly
    7.6
    367 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings7.092 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings7.9344 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings7.8331 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of CCH® SureTax® and Insightly
    Feature
    CCH® SureTax®
    -
    Ratings
    Insightly
    7.5
    369 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Custom fields00 Ratings8.4368 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings7.7126 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings6.86 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings7.3195 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of CCH® SureTax® and Insightly
    Feature
    CCH® SureTax®
    -
    Ratings
    Insightly
    7.6
    316 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings7.8282 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.4217 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of CCH® SureTax® and Insightly
    Feature
    CCH® SureTax®
    -
    Ratings
    Insightly
    7.4
    90 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Social data00 Ratings6.825 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings8.078 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of CCH® SureTax® and Insightly
    Feature
    CCH® SureTax®
    -
    Ratings
    Insightly
    6.4
    159 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings7.7159 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings5.14 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of CCH® SureTax® and Insightly
    Feature
    CCH® SureTax®
    -
    Ratings
    Insightly
    5.9
    328 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings5.9328 Ratings
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    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CCH® SureTax®Insightly
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (63 ratings)
    7.8
    (444 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    8.7
    (36 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    7.5
    (180 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (25 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (34 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (26 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.6
    (5 ratings)
    9.9
    (18 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CCH® SureTax®Insightly
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Wolters Kluwer
    I would put CCH® SureTax® at the top of the scale for any Telecom business or anyone with a known tax scenario that will be similarly sketchy. This software, while not always user friendly, can do amazing things to help you navigate the tax issues facing us all today. This would not be appropriate for a company just needing help gathering their sales tax information. There are plenty of other, friendlier solutions, possibly what they are already using for their accounting that will do it cleaner, easier and cheaper. You just have to ask an expert in that software.
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    There are a lot of things Insightly is great with for Career Services but much of my job is updating things manually because Insightly doesn't have a way to help me manage the database the way we need to. We have multiple academic records per students but needed to have fields that are multiselect on our contacts. These are all manually updated which are very tedious and not the best for what we need it to be able to do
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    Pros
    Wolters Kluwer
    • Maintains Nexus nationwide.
    • Implements all of the various sales tax rates nationwide automatically.
    • Clean website that is very user friendly.
    • Support is very quick to respond and always fixes any issues you may be having.
    • We have had this since 2013, and not one time has a sales tax rate been wrong. We used to have Avalara, where we had 12 different overrides in their system just to calculate the correct tax. It is nice not having to maintain those.
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    • The ability to set up filters to generate lists based on just the categories I am interested in.
    • It's integration with our sales data so we can see customer spending trends across multiple years and seasons.
    • The ability to circle back to previous email correspondence to refresh on past conversations with individual clients.
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    Cons
    Wolters Kluwer
    • We have participated in some prepayment testing so we know that functionality is being built out and what we saw looked really good. We're anxious to have that rolled out.
    • We'd like a cleaner way to export documentation of what was paid and EXACTLY what was paid. Currently web fees and some small balances are not shown by the website and that means making journal entries is a more manual process than hoped.
    • We've been working with folks at SureTax about discrepancies between CCH RADAR rates vs the rates which get used in SureTax. We have learned the 2 systems do not utilize the same data and we often find RADAR is more accurate.
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    • Once you are immersed in the platform, for all of its integration kudos, the platform became "intuitive" if that is the right word for it. There was some push back from staff on deployment.
    • The service and support team at Insightly was very responsive, but it seemed as if they had fielded similar complaints, and slower learning curves than we expected.
    • Unfortunately, while all has worked out nicely now and we are very happy with the platform, we had to have additional instruction time for all the staff during onboarding as workflows, dashboards, and pipelines were more time intensive than expected on the demo.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Wolters Kluwer
    We switched our tax service from Avalara to SureTax years ago. Prior to this, we manually prepared the data and ran a report uploading and then got the tax result every time. With Suretax providing enough and flexable APIs, we redesigned and implemented our new application to communicate with SureTax seamlessly and automatically. This greatly reduced our workload, improves the system efficiency, and increased the data accuracy.
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    Insightly offers a great product; it's the right fit for our company at this time. We were, however, considering moving to Contactually due to their cost effective automation features. However, they lacked the project management capabilities of Insightly. As our company grows, we would love to stay with Insightly - and if they can nail the automation and add the ability to customize a little bit more, it would be the perfect solution for us. For a larger company with a more involved sales team, you might find the metrics/reporting to be a bit basic. Insightly offers great customer service even to free customers
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    Usability
    Wolters Kluwer
    SureTax is very reliable in with the integration with Microsoft Dynamics GP. It provides accurate tax calculations in accordance with tax updates. SureTax also has a user-friendly interface that makes it easy to navigate. It is easy to add customers and also run reports on the website. The overall manageability of it is great!
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    Anyone with any experience with a working knowledge of Facebook or using a Windows computer will be able to quickly adapt to Insightly and use it to suit their needs. It can become more difficult to use as a company might have custom workflows or Insightly customer service might need to customize the program to better suit a company's need. A slow introduction to the system is better than having to learn the program quickly. Parts and knowledge build on each other so it hard to grasp all at once. The learning curve for Insightly is 2-3 weeks while mastery comes with time and exposure to the program
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    Reliability and Availability
    Wolters Kluwer
    No answers on this topic
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    The provider is 100% available, with no downtime, maintenance, or unexpected outages. We have been able to perform solid continuous services for 12 months without any interruptions. We have backups as well, unlike the in-house backup that they keep on their end. I believe they have a very good redundancy and backup infrastructure in case they get any outages.
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    Performance
    Wolters Kluwer
    No answers on this topic
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    Pages normally load quickly, but every now and then, as entering updates to fields, it take a while to update. Sometimes even after refreshing the screen, we have to exit and go back in to get the fields or queries to update.
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    Support Rating
    Wolters Kluwer
    It has taken much longer than we would like to get certain issues - and problems - resolved. And the initial product support as we designed the implementation left much to be desired
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    We have used Insightly for almost 2 years now. We have always been able to get in touch with support for a variety of reasons and they have never disappointed us. The support staff have always been very understanding. They have assisted with answers to our questions and have provided great tech support. We would highly recommend them.
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    In-Person Training
    Wolters Kluwer
    No answers on this topic
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    Well, we didn’t get the chance to do this in-person training but rather one-on-one online training with HR in-house. There were PowerPoints to discuss as well as video instructions on how to use the app, so it was okay. We were able to play around with it during the training or onboarding session.
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    Online Training
    Wolters Kluwer
    No answers on this topic
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    I've used Insightly's online training &/ or learned as I went. I've found the blogs and online written material helpful. I've also attended a few webinars, which can be useful if you use a J-I-T approach so as not to overwhelm you (or your staff) with functionality that you are using just yet. The fact that it's all available on their website and you can learn at your own pace is invaluable
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    Implementation Rating
    Wolters Kluwer
    No answers on this topic
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    Alternatives Considered
    Wolters Kluwer
    100% better. Avalara is a self-starter kit where businesses are forced to create and develop their own bundles and product types. The support that you get from the AvaTax is not as user-friendly. SureTax is full of seasoned experts and full of industry leaders. Law firms that I have worked with in the past, as well as other CPAs, only recommend SureTax.
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    Insightly is significantly better than Zendesk. It is easy to use, pleasant to look at, and makes sense. However, I don't think Insightly is fair now compared to Salesforce. Insightly can do many of the same things as Salesforce, but I've only started on some of these features. Insightly has excellent potential, and its support team drives me to make it what I believe it can be. For the price, I believe Insightly is worth it.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Wolters Kluwer
    No answers on this topic
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    I don’t have the exact answers for this, but our accounting or finance department negotiates this. They always handle this kind of stuff and negotiate yearly licenses. Usually, they purchase 10 licenses in bulk and ask for a discount in bulk. Other than that, if there are any issues encountered on the app, they account for that. If it’s broken, that’s also taken into consideration when renewing the contract.
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    Scalability
    Wolters Kluwer
    No answers on this topic
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    (+) Being able to download my LinkedIn connections was a huge benefit. (+) I use the task function to stay on top of my follow-up activity which is another positive feature. (+) The sorting capabilities also help me pinpoint the contacts that I need to stay on top of. (-) When I add a new lead from an existing organization, I would like the organization's information to automatically populate the fields like address, website, description. I enter all that information manually. (-) My mass mailing experience has been tedious due to the email function being interrupted and crashing due to bad email addresses in some of my records. (-) Many of my leads do not have current email addresses. I wish Insightly offered a tool to help find email addresses. I spend too much time researching to find email addresses.
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    Professional Services
    Wolters Kluwer
    No answers on this topic
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    Our Customer Success Manager was great. A real professional and knowledgeable about the features and how they worked with our requirements
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    Return on Investment
    Wolters Kluwer
    • Previously we paid $5,200 per year for a standalone telecom tax calculation program. The overall cost of the combined solution that we have is just about the same as the cost of everything that we have before adding that cost in.
    • Once you add in the additional benefit of the API integration and the automation that's freed up employee time, I think it's fairly safe to say that as we've grown, the combined efficiencies have allowed us to operate with two fewer employees than we would have otherwise needed.
    • Over past 4 years we have yet to be notified of any errors in our submitted regulatory taxes.
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    • Positive Impact>Visibility is critical when it comes to taking proactive measures within the organization. The Insightly Tool has helped use with that which minimizes costs when it comes to rework. We can proactively plan for upcoming growth and identify areas of improvement.
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    ScreenShots

    CCH® SureTax® Screenshots

    Screenshot of Transaction level viewScreenshot of Nexus dashboardScreenshot of Exempt Certificate ManagerScreenshot of Reporting viewScreenshot of Returns dashboardScreenshot of A return screenshot

    Insightly Screenshots

    Screenshot of Insightly's lead status and activity tracking, available so that nothing falls through the cracks.Screenshot of the reporting feature, which provides insight into sales and productivity performance.Screenshot of the Insightly Opportunities dashboard.Screenshot of Insightly on mobile.Product screenshotProduct screenshot