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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Copper

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ACopper is a customer relationship management (CRM) built as an integration into Google Apps.

    $12

    per month per user

    Podium

    Score7 out of 10
    N/APodium, formerly Repdrive, is a ratings and review management platform from the company of the same name in Provo, Utah.N/A
    Pricing
    CopperPodium
    Editions & Modules
    Starter - Paid Annually
    $9.00
    per month per user
    Basic - Paid Annually
    $23.00
    per month per user
    Professional - Paid Annually
    $59.00
    per month per user
    Business - Paid Annually
    $99.00
    per month per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CopperPodium
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsUp to 15% discount for annual pricing.—
    More Pricing Information
    Features
    CopperPodium
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Copper CRM and Podium
    Feature
    Copper CRM
    5.5
    61 Ratings
    35% below category average
    Podium
    -
    Ratings
    Customer data management / contact management7.359 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management7.357 Ratings00 Ratings
    Territory management5.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Opportunity management8.456 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)7.261 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract management5.29 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quote & order management2.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interaction tracking6.057 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management1.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Copper CRM and Podium
    Feature
    Copper CRM
    1.4
    10 Ratings
    138% below category average
    Podium
    -
    Ratings
    Case management1.29 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call center management1.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help desk management1.67 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Copper CRM and Podium
    Feature
    Copper CRM
    5.7
    47 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Podium
    -
    Ratings
    Lead management6.944 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email marketing4.537 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Copper CRM and Podium
    Feature
    Copper CRM
    5.9
    58 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Podium
    -
    Ratings
    Task management8.656 Ratings00 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management1.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting7.452 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Copper CRM and Podium
    Feature
    Copper CRM
    7.7
    54 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Podium
    -
    Ratings
    Forecasting7.337 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization8.551 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports7.346 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Copper CRM and Podium
    Feature
    Copper CRM
    4.4
    57 Ratings
    54% below category average
    Podium
    -
    Ratings
    Custom fields7.356 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom objects3.412 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scripting environment4.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    API for custom integration3.036 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Copper CRM and Podium
    Feature
    Copper CRM
    8.3
    49 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Podium
    -
    Ratings
    Single sign-on capability8.712 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions7.948 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Copper CRM and Podium
    Feature
    Copper CRM
    2.0
    12 Ratings
    116% below category average
    Podium
    -
    Ratings
    Social data2.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social engagement2.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Copper CRM and Podium
    Feature
    Copper CRM
    2.6
    39 Ratings
    97% below category average
    Podium
    -
    Ratings
    Marketing automation4.239 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compensation management1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Copper CRM and Podium
    Feature
    Copper CRM
    8.3
    49 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Podium
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile access8.349 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    CopperPodium
    Small Businesses
    Salesflare
    Score10 out of 10
    Affinity CRM
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Hunter
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CopperPodium
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (64 ratings)
    6.9
    (43 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (54 ratings)
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (12 ratings)
    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CopperPodium
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Copper
    If you need to track contract expiration dates of your clients or your prospects that you're trying to sell - Copper is your tool. If you want to track specific products, solutions, vendors, etc. Copper can do it. I use it to track many brands of IT products and services with the use of custom fields to track which prospects/clients have any number of these items. Rather than taking notes, I can select the product from a drop down list that I created VERY EASILY within Copper.
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    Podium
    Podium is well suited for several types of businesses. If you are an entrepreneur or small business owner, Podium would be a great way for you to ask that customers leave you a review online sharing their awesome experience. For medium to large businesses, Podium review invites can be automated through the company's customer management system, allowing the use of Podium to be simple and not timely, even with a large customer base. It may not be appropriate for a large company to manually send out individual review invites
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Copper
    • Allows for contacts to be synced and organized directly from Gmail.
    • Gives a flexible style and customizable settings to match our company's specific needs.
    • Does a great job of helping us keep track of projects. We easily created a customized "Status" field with several status options that help us update the many phases of our project.
    Incentivized
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    Podium
    • Maintains conversations indefinitely, so we are able to go back to confirm details from conversations.
    • Provides the ability for our company to have a 'team' messaging platform where we can communicate with one another via single person to a single person, groups where we can add/subtract members of the group... this is invaluable to our organization.
    • Until today(!), we could 'share' or forward a message to one another; oddly, that feature disappeared just today, so I'm hoping it's a glitch!
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    Cons
    Copper
    • Window change: for mobile - when you tap on a card from a pipeline it takes you to the lead’s basic info. I wish it would immediately just open all activities so I can quick see notes
    • I usually use Copper on the go. When you open the Copper app, it immediately opens a collab window. I wish it had some sort of easy dashboard….plus a notes area. I open Copper on mobile to quickly search for someone’s name or to take quick notes from a sales meeting
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    Podium
    • Account manager communications: I had been asking my Podium account manager for integration with our CRM tool for over 8 months before my account manager fell silent. After another 6 months, I proactively reached out only to find out that the integration had been in Beta for months and 8 other companies had already integrated. It was frustrating that my account manager did not remember a key request and make the Beta available to me the minute that it was open.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Copper
    It is good value for money
    Incentivized
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    Podium
    Again, Podium has been so wonderful in the year and a half we have been using it, we are able to integrate it with our CRM and use alot of the available features. The most helpful has been getting TONS of reviews on MULTIPLE sites through Podium!
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Copper
    Copper is simple to use and it's simple to figure out the additional functionality you may need or want to use. There are a lot of support articles and the support itself is great. But it's also fairly simple to figure out on your own. It integrates easily with Google Workspace as well.
    Incentivized
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    Podium
    While giving our clients the ability to leave a review was there, we had much worse results and got fewer reviews through the Podium portal than we did by sending our clients simple email requests, or simply having our service staff ask for a review while still on the clients' job sites.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Copper
    No answers on this topic
    Podium
    We haven't had any outages or issues whenever we need it over the last few years of use
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Copper
    No answers on this topic
    Podium
    It moves quickly and has no issues with delays. Performance is good as it is a web-based tool
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Copper
    There have been a few times when I contacted the "help desk" or "support team" and they just told me to watch a video or join a seminar to learn what I am looking to do. I would have expected someone to take a few minutes and literally walk me through the steps one by one until either I figured it out or accomplished the goal of my request.
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    Podium
    I have to send an email to get information. They have a chat system but I end up having to go through my rep for account questions. It was a little frustrating to not have a direct phone number to call with questions. I would like to see a helpline added.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Copper
    No answers on this topic
    Podium
    We only had a hard time getting our technicians to remember to send the review invites.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Copper
    We selected Copper over these other CRMs mainly because of its ability to integrate with Google Workspace. Members of our team have used Salesforce in the past and found it to be a nightmare to work with/on. Candidly, Copper doesn't fill all of our needs so we supplement that with the use of Asana.
    Incentivized
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    Podium
    We use Digital Air Strike at our two GM dealerships because it is one of a small list of reputation management companies authorized by GM as part of their SFE program. Digital Air Strike surveys our customers and invites them to write a review about our dealership. It is not as effective or flexible as Podium so we have been using Podium at those dealerships alongside Digital Air Strike. We also recently started a trial use of ReplyPro which is a service that monitors review sites and writes customized responses to positive reviews and suggested responses to negative reviews. I'd like to see Podium add this as part of their service so we can consolidate 3rd party vendors and manage every aspect of online reputation management from one place.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Copper
    No answers on this topic
    Podium
    Its easy to scale to different departments as needed. We initially began using it to solve one problem and as new features became available it was easy to scale this and include other departments who could benefit from its tools
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Copper
    • Copper has simplified our CRM and makes it easy for the sales team to keep track of leads and opportunities.
    • Copper has allowed us to save money as it is a fairly competitively priced platform.
    • Copper has simplified our workflow, allowing us to work more efficiently and save time from tedious data entry.
    Incentivized
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    Podium
    • I am glad there are card readers now, sales team members too often try to just send a request instead of taking payment onsite.
    • It's made capturing messaging leads much easier.
    • It's worth the cost but if it did a few more things it would be worth a lot more to us. Document signatures, surveying after jobs, even geotagging of photos/reviews for SEO
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