Changepoint, a discontinued product, began as a professional services automation and portfolio management product, was acquired by Compuware in 2004, and was later divested to Marlin Equity Partners in 2014. Under Changepoint, the company acquired Daptiv that same year, combining its professional services automation capabilities with SaaS project portfolio management. Planview acquired Changepoint in 2021 and offered it as Planview ChangePoint. It is no longer available to new customers.
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Pepper Cloud
Score9 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Pepper Cloud CRM is a cloud-based customer relationship management software solution for SMBs that use WhatsApp, that when integrated adds lead management capabilities, scheduled messaging, and other outreach features.
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
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Features
ChangePoint (discontinued)
Pepper Cloud
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of ChangePoint (discontinued) and Pepper Cloud
Feature
ChangePoint (discontinued)
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Ratings
Pepper Cloud
9.2
1 Ratings
16% above category average
Customer data management / contact management
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10.01 Ratings
Workflow management
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9.01 Ratings
Territory management
00 Ratings
9.01 Ratings
Opportunity management
00 Ratings
9.01 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)
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8.01 Ratings
Contract management
00 Ratings
9.01 Ratings
Quote & order management
00 Ratings
9.01 Ratings
Interaction tracking
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10.01 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management
00 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of ChangePoint (discontinued) and Pepper Cloud
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ChangePoint (discontinued)
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Ratings
Pepper Cloud
9.5
1 Ratings
21% above category average
Case management
00 Ratings
9.01 Ratings
Call center management
00 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of ChangePoint (discontinued) and Pepper Cloud
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ChangePoint (discontinued)
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Ratings
Pepper Cloud
8.5
1 Ratings
9% above category average
Lead management
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10.01 Ratings
Email marketing
00 Ratings
7.01 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of ChangePoint (discontinued) and Pepper Cloud
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ChangePoint (discontinued)
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Ratings
Pepper Cloud
8.7
1 Ratings
12% above category average
Task management
00 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management
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8.01 Ratings
Reporting
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8.01 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of ChangePoint (discontinued) and Pepper Cloud
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ChangePoint (discontinued)
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Ratings
Pepper Cloud
8.7
1 Ratings
13% above category average
Forecasting
00 Ratings
9.01 Ratings
Pipeline visualization
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9.01 Ratings
Customizable reports
00 Ratings
8.01 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of ChangePoint (discontinued) and Pepper Cloud
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ChangePoint (discontinued)
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Ratings
Pepper Cloud
9.7
1 Ratings
24% above category average
Custom fields
00 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Custom objects
00 Ratings
9.01 Ratings
API for custom integration
00 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of ChangePoint (discontinued) and Pepper Cloud
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ChangePoint (discontinued)
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Ratings
Pepper Cloud
8.5
1 Ratings
1% above category average
Single sign-on capability
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9.01 Ratings
Role-based user permissions
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8.01 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of ChangePoint (discontinued) and Pepper Cloud
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ChangePoint (discontinued)
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Ratings
Pepper Cloud
10.0
1 Ratings
28% above category average
Social data
00 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Social engagement
00 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of ChangePoint (discontinued) and Pepper Cloud
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ChangePoint (discontinued)
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Ratings
Pepper Cloud
9.5
1 Ratings
23% above category average
Marketing automation
00 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Compensation management
00 Ratings
9.01 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of ChangePoint (discontinued) and Pepper Cloud
Changepoint is basic and would, therefore, work for businesses with uncomplicated requests, pretty straightforward workflows and willingness to work with an unsightly solution. It is basic, from the UI to the search option and the way the information is captured, which can be frustrating and counter-intuitive at times. It is relatively robust (i.e. I have been using it for almost 2 years and have not seen it crash once) but it does log me out when the system has been inactive for about 30 minutes - and I am only notified about being logged out upon clicking the Submit button, meaning many a line of text have been typed more than once!
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
I use to interact with many clients on a daily basis on different platforms like WhatsApp, facebook, gmail, Outlook, etc. In that term Pepper Cloud helped me alot as I dont need to keep eyes on different platforms now. I can manage everything from CRM dashboard itself. Also it's mobile app make it more convenient to use
Changepoint has significant reporting capabilities, though of course, the data that comes out is only as good as the data that goes in. I enjoy being able to use the standard reports to understand exactly how much a project has cost us and to compare it to how much we are charging. This allows us to more accurately set our prices. Though we have not used the report designer capability, I understand that custom reports can be designed with relative ease.
Changepoint has a versioning capability for changes made to user profiles in the system manager, which I find particularly helpful. As a non-power user, it is valuable to be able to see what changes I have made to various profiles so that I can troubleshoot a problem down the line.
Changepoint has significant functionality well beyond the features that we are currently using, and for this reason, I think it is affordable and a good deal. Particularly if your organization is interested in dedicating the time and resources into using all of the features around project planning, resource allocation, etc., the price is well worth the value.
We use Changepoint to manage the IS organization. I would like to see more advancement in order to do benefits management.
I would like to see a capability where a project manager can build a very detailed work breakdown structure, but only require project resources to charge time and provide a task status at a higher level.
Sometimes the decision to renew boils down to an old adage "if it isn't broken don't fix it". Previous to moving to Changepoint, it was obvious that we needed a better project management tool. Projects we completed on time but the time zone difference between the teams and several iterations of back and forth caused a number of communication issues with projects. The difference is night and day.
Because it made me day to day work easy. I don't need to look after multiple apps to keep track of client's requirements. Everything can we handled from its dashboard only.
Planview Changepoint helps us to understand our key customers enabling us to capitalize on every financial opportunity and helps us to forecast demand against the capacities required for new opportunities, and also it automates and monitors contractual terms and conditions. It gives us visibility into our employees' skills and helps to optimize resource allocation.
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
Employee efficiency has decreased significantly within our Project MAnagement team. The main causes are lack of logical steps/not user-friendly and the slowness of the entire program.
Changepoint PSA has greatly improved being able to track budgets for all projects. Before this software, budgets were done manually by hand and cross-referenced with Accounting. Now, we can pull a report out of the system, as long as all parties entered their time and data correctly.
Being a social CRM, it provided a unified platfrom for managing multiple conversations at place.
It's integration capabilities makes it good option
Helped us to provide omnichannel support to our clients. We can now provide support to our clients via voice/video calls, email, social media, whatsapp, etc.