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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

    Zendesk Sell

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AZendesk Sell (formerly Base CRM) is a CRM that aims to give reps access to integrated tools that provide the full context of a customer account. This keeps them in the loop and allows them to capitalize on opportunities. Zendesk Sell can be extended with Reach, a lead generation and engagement tool that automates the process of finding and keeping leads interested, so reps can focus more on building relationships and crushing their quotas. Base CRM was founded in 2009, and acquired by Zendesk…

    $19

    per seat/month billed annually

    Pricing
    ClaritysoftZendesk Sell
    Editions & Modules
    Claritysoft
    $39.00
    Per Month Per User
    Sell Team
    $19.00
    per seat/month billed annually
    Reach prospecting enrichment add-on (requires a Sell Subscription)
    $27.00
    Per User Per Month (billed annually)
    Sell Professional
    $49.00
    per seat/month billed annually
    Sell Enterprise
    $99.00
    per seat/month billed annually
    Sell Elite
    $199.00
    per seat/month billed annually
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ClaritysoftZendesk Sell
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Features
    ClaritysoftZendesk Sell
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Claritysoft and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    6.6
    7 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Zendesk Sell
    6.6
    15 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Customer data management / contact management8.07 Ratings8.914 Ratings
    Workflow management4.56 Ratings6.115 Ratings
    Territory management7.56 Ratings4.98 Ratings
    Opportunity management6.06 Ratings7.913 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)5.57 Ratings6.915 Ratings
    Quote & order management7.55 Ratings3.97 Ratings
    Interaction tracking7.07 Ratings7.915 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management7.05 Ratings7.811 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings5.410 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Claritysoft and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Zendesk Sell
    9.0
    12 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Help desk management8.05 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Case management00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Claritysoft and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    6.4
    5 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Zendesk Sell
    6.9
    12 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Lead management8.84 Ratings6.012 Ratings
    Email marketing4.05 Ratings7.89 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Claritysoft and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    7.5
    7 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Zendesk Sell
    5.3
    13 Ratings
    37% below category average
    Task management8.06 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management7.04 Ratings1.05 Ratings
    Reporting7.57 Ratings7.013 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Claritysoft and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    7.2
    7 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Zendesk Sell
    8.2
    15 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Forecasting6.05 Ratings7.812 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization8.05 Ratings7.914 Ratings
    Customizable reports7.56 Ratings9.014 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Claritysoft and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    7.3
    7 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Zendesk Sell
    4.2
    15 Ratings
    58% below category average
    Custom fields9.07 Ratings7.815 Ratings
    Custom objects8.56 Ratings4.910 Ratings
    API for custom integration4.56 Ratings3.08 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings1.16 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Claritysoft and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    6.7
    7 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Zendesk Sell
    9.5
    14 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Single sign-on capability6.57 Ratings9.912 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions7.07 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Claritysoft and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    7.0
    5 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Zendesk Sell
    8.0
    13 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Mobile access7.05 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Claritysoft and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Sell
    4.0
    5 Ratings
    61% below category average
    Social data00 Ratings1.04 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings6.95 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Claritysoft and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Sell
    5.4
    7 Ratings
    33% below category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings9.87 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings1.03 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ClaritysoftZendesk Sell
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.6
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (15 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ClaritysoftZendesk Sell
    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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    Zendesk
    Zendesk sell is best for organizations that want a clean and simple, yet powerfully effective CRM tool. It's intuitive, extremely user-friendly, supplies lots of video tutorials and access to the California team for FAQ's, and has all the features other, more complicated, expensive CRM's have. Great for institutions that have a need to tailor their database to fit your needs; and track sales, tasks, and pipeline projects in graphic form. It's affordable and has a great app for mobile phones that allows access to contacts, notes, tasks, and a workable platform while on the go in real time. It's simple to teach new users how to navigate and utilize. Adding or deleting users is simple, and access to the CRM information can be limited/private or made public for the entire team to access. Not as costly as some of the competing products, so if you are on a tight budget this may be the tool for you.
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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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    Zendesk
    • My favorite piece is the Tasks connected to the Clients OR the Deals themselves that keep the process moving with the right steps, and helps our team from doubling our work, or missing a piece that is crucial for the completion of the sale.
    • The email integration helps to keep all things housed in one place also, so that you're not bouncing back and forth in multiple platforms to stay on top of the orders.
    • Customizations are a HUGE part of why we use Base CRM right now. We can make sure we are recording all of the right information, and not wasting time by having to fill in or skip over content that doesn't apply to our business model.
    • I also like the ability to tied Deals to multiple people, especially as Referrals come across, so we don't forget how we got in touch with different clients.
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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.
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    Zendesk
    • There was no ability to add prospects from a company domain or email to auto-fill any data.
    • You had to type in all of the data you gathered about that prospect.
    • The default only gave you two phone numbers for the company, too few.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Claritysoft
    It works for us and the support is excellent
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    Zendesk
    The integration with the other Zendesk products is key. Allows other people in the company, such as support, to be involved in the sales process.
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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.
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    Zendesk
    I received about two hours worth of training on Zendesk Sell (formerly Base CRM). I will say it's a clean look and the ability to change views is extremely helpful. I do wish there were other features that allowed the views to be more simplistic. Some views can be overwhelming to look at. Nevertheless with the minimum training, I am still able to navigate through Zendesk Sell (formerly Base CRM) successfully due to the ease of usability.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Claritysoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    Always available and easy connection from Zendesk Support
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    Performance
    Claritysoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    Never any latency issues
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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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    Zendesk
    Due to the ease of the product, I have not had the chance to reach out to support yet. I’ve had no reason. The resources provided to clients are extremely helpful and detailed. So far my questions have been pretty basic and I generally just ask my colleague or teammate. They're able to assist with the answer.
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    Online Training
    Claritysoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    This product has a great backing of users, but needs more options direct from Base CRM on all operations of the software. YouTube videos do a great job of helping implement, and the back end support is a great help as well. The CRM is a great free option, and should be treated as such.
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    Implementation Rating
    Claritysoft
    So easy to do - you control the process, supported by the Claritysoft
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    Zendesk
    Simple, and straight forward.
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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.
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    Zendesk
    Simpler than most CRMs, which can be good if your sales team is not very tech savvy. We switched to HubSpot which provides a lot more value than Base did, but it isn't right for everyone. HubSpot is focused on capturing in-bound leads and has its own flaws and limitations, but overall it's a better fit for our needs.
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    Scalability
    Claritysoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    Always on, always available.
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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.
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    Zendesk
    • Using Base has allowed us to double the number of active sales and partner engagements that we can keep track of and make progress on.
    • This has led to us being able to follow up on many smaller deals that were falling through the cracks.
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