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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Claritysoft

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ACloudSoft is a simple, cloud-based CRM system for SMBs.

    $39

    per month

    Progress ShareFile

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AShareFile is a cloud-based file sharing and storage service built for business. The product was acquired by Citrix Systems in 2011, and is now offered by Progress Software.

    $54.45

    per month 3 users (minimum)

    Pricing
    ClaritysoftProgress ShareFile
    Editions & Modules
    Claritysoft
    $39.00
    Per Month Per User
    Advanced
    $18.15
    per month per user (minimum 3 users)
    Premium
    $28.59
    per month per user (minimum 3 users)
    Industry Advantage
    $45.83
    per month per user (minimum 3 users)
    Virtual Data Room
    $77.00
    per month per user (minimum 5 users)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ClaritysoftProgress ShareFile
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Discount available for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    ClaritysoftProgress ShareFile
    Considered Both Products
    Claritysoft
    No answer on this topic
    Progress ShareFile
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Would buy again
    59 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    41 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    59 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    40 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    43 Answers
    Features
    ClaritysoftProgress ShareFile
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Claritysoft and Progress ShareFile
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    6.6
    7 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Progress ShareFile
    -
    Ratings
    Customer data management / contact management8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management4.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    Territory management7.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    Opportunity management6.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)5.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quote & order management7.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interaction tracking7.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Claritysoft and Progress ShareFile
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Progress ShareFile
    -
    Ratings
    Help desk management8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Claritysoft and Progress ShareFile
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    6.4
    5 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Progress ShareFile
    -
    Ratings
    Lead management8.84 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email marketing4.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Claritysoft and Progress ShareFile
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    7.5
    7 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Progress ShareFile
    -
    Ratings
    Task management8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting7.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Claritysoft and Progress ShareFile
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    7.2
    7 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Progress ShareFile
    -
    Ratings
    Forecasting6.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports7.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Claritysoft and Progress ShareFile
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    7.3
    7 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Progress ShareFile
    -
    Ratings
    Custom fields9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom objects8.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    API for custom integration4.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Claritysoft and Progress ShareFile
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    6.7
    7 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Progress ShareFile
    -
    Ratings
    Single sign-on capability6.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions7.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Claritysoft and Progress ShareFile
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    7.0
    5 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Progress ShareFile
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile access7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Claritysoft and Progress ShareFile
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    -
    Ratings
    Progress ShareFile
    9.0
    94 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Versioning00 Ratings9.077 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings8.857 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings9.153 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings9.082 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings9.589 Ratings
    File search00 Ratings8.090 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings9.575 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Claritysoft and Progress ShareFile
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    -
    Ratings
    Progress ShareFile
    9.4
    89 Ratings
    8% above category average
    User and role management00 Ratings9.484 Ratings
    File organization00 Ratings9.490 Ratings
    Device management00 Ratings9.571 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Claritysoft and Progress ShareFile
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    -
    Ratings
    Progress ShareFile
    8.8
    90 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Performance00 Ratings9.287 Ratings
    Reliability00 Ratings8.990 Ratings
    Storage Reports00 Ratings8.373 Ratings
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    Score9.7 out of 10
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    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ClaritysoftProgress ShareFile
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.6
    (7 ratings)
    8.8
    (119 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.6
    (33 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    1.0
    (14 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.6
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ClaritysoftProgress ShareFile
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Claritysoft
    Claritysoft is well suited if you need more of an address book as your CRM. Situations where sales are more passive and based on increasing awareness instead of hard, closing sales. In my previous role selling medical equipment, this would NOT work. However, in my current role where awareness is the key factor that drive smaller sales amounts, it does it's job. I've just been in a lot more roles where I need to upload contracts with signatures and track sales Opportunities, and Claritysoft doesn't seem able to do that.
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    Progress ShareFile
    When we have a particularly large ad or job printing file that would "clog up" the email process, using ShareFile is very helpful. It's also useful for particular photographers we work with to upload a batch of photos all at once. Where it doesn't work as well for us is when trying to get clients to make use of a login to access folders. We find them reluctant to take on the learning curve. It works best for us when we just send them a clickable download link, and at most just require a tracking name and email address.
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    Pros
    Claritysoft
    • Claritysoft provides great software for keeping track of all the activities you've completed for a customer or lead.
    • Claritysoft also has a great setup with creating new activities that need to be completed in the future so you do not forget.
    • Claritysoft also has a very good support team. When we have questions or problems, Claritysoft is very prompt to address them.
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    Progress ShareFile
    • Secure File Storage and Sharing.
    • Workflows to get customer/affiliate responses to comments on documents.
    • I used to have the signature feature initially, but it was removed from the original plan, so I could only use it if I chose to select the higher plan price.
    • I love the upload notifications and reports on user activity.
    • The document storage versions are fantastic. I am the only user with Delete privileges, and I love that I can make those selections.
    • Integrations with Microsoft 365 - FANTASTIC - thank you.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Claritysoft
    • There is no spell-check function to use when you are sending emails.
    • Some of the functions you need when deleting records and the like are not always available on every page when you are working in the application.
    • When moving quotes to opportunities, the attachments go with the move so when you go back to the quote, it is not there. Also, when you move a quote it does not automatically fill in the quote number as it was on the quote, it creates a new number. This should be fixed.
    • When you convert a lead it does not move the lead to archives or get rid of it. It leaves it in the Leads area and so you have to manually get rid of it.
    • There is no auto-dial feature built into Claritysoft.
    • The mobile app needs to look and feel just like the online version.
    Incentivized
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    Progress ShareFile
    • The web console is not the most user friendly site to use to get to, and send my files.
    • We have had users that have not liked the change in workflow to get files from Progress ShareFile when they were used to just clicking on files on an email.
    • That management of the tools are not the most user friendly. There have been some improvements but keeping up with certs and setting up new users can be more work than expected.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Claritysoft
    It works for us and the support is excellent
    Incentivized
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    Progress ShareFile
    It's a highly effective and secure storage system, has robust workarounds for serving the various equipment limits of our users, meets high security requirements of HIPAA standards, significantly reduces our needs for producing paper trails.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Claritysoft
    It is VERY, VERY, simple and easy to use and learn. All I needed was a super brief 30 minute overview to understand how to use it, and their Customer Support is pretty good. I was raised on Salesforce, which is much more complicated, but allows you to do so much more.
    Incentivized
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    Progress ShareFile
    ShareFile is so easy to use I was able to download all of my projects files and have them set up to sync before my supervisor could even come over to explain the process to me. It is a neatly organized and intuitive software that allows even the less tech-savvy to become power users.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Claritysoft
    No answers on this topic
    Progress ShareFile
    The software has never been down when I needed to use it.
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    Performance
    Claritysoft
    No answers on this topic
    Progress ShareFile
    Easy to use, easy to integrate with Outlook. I only gave it a 9 because I have found that sometimes it does not play nicely with Outlook and can slow it down. But, when that happens (not frequent), I restart Outlook and all is well again
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    Support Rating
    Claritysoft
    They are very helpful and quick whenever I have a question about Claritysoft CRM. I think the guy I've spoken with is named Evan, and he's been very helpful. Claritysoft, give the man a raise if you know who I'm talking about. He responds super quick with truly helpful insights.
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    Progress ShareFile
    Citrix was generally responsive and helpful in solving technical issues. Like any cloud based SaaS product there is a danger that it may go down. This was a rare occurrence over my three years of using the product. The more common issue we encountered was clients forgetting their login which was easily managed through a forgot password functionality.
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    Implementation Rating
    Claritysoft
    So easy to do - you control the process, supported by the Claritysoft
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    Progress ShareFile
    Good documentation for the API. With a little help from RS tech staff, any competent programmer should be able to integrate RightSignature with an existing system in a week or three. That help is easy to get as well
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    Alternatives Considered
    Claritysoft
    Claritysoft's emails are much easier to use since Salesforce is in the middle of switching from Classic to Lightning. Also, Salesforce does not have a native group edit option. Claritysoft is much more data driven and you can use all functions of Excel to customize reports. However, Claritysoft does not have as many third-party add-on options compared to Salesforce's app exchange.
    Incentivized
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    Progress ShareFile
    ShareFile is easier and does what you need. I have moved a few organizations from SharePoint to ShareFile. Just easier. You can setup different areas for different departments, setup their permissions and it is easy enough for them to do what they want in their zones. The mobile app works great as well. So you can all the features you really use from SP, but just easier to setup and use.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Claritysoft
    No answers on this topic
    Progress ShareFile
    I am a one person office. I have no idea how this software would scale to a larger office.
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    Return on Investment
    Claritysoft
    • It has made it easier to see our overall sales for each sales rep.
    • The only negative is that we cannot change over the account, contacts, leads, and opportunities with one ownership field. You have to do each one separate and when you are transferring 1000 clients this takes much too long to do. No reason for it.
    Incentivized
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    Progress ShareFile
    • All of our clients and consulting engineers find ShareFile easy to use, thus complementing our business.
    • Our staff also find ShareFile intuitive, accessible, and easy to use, making it an ideal, everyday indispensable desktop tool for everyone in our company.
    • ShareFile can be linked to our firm's primary website as a placed for private use. We haven't found need for this yet, but might in the future.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Progress ShareFile Screenshots

    Screenshot of the ShareFile dashboardScreenshot of ShareFile's Outlook PluginScreenshot of the Projects interfaceScreenshot of ShareFile's link sharing optionsScreenshot of ShareFile's e-signature