Copper vs Shared Contacts for Gmail

Likelihood to Recommend

Positives for [Copper (formerly ProsperWorks)]:-G Suite Compatibility: An industry problem Copper CRM is focused on solving is the lack of integration with current software systems like G Suite. Copper CRM is fully compatible with G Suite, and it is the only sales automation solution endorsed by Google.-Copper CRM is focused on the time-to-value ratio. It aims to provide the maximum value possible while limiting the time it takes for its users to input data manually. Some of its features include workflow and task automation for users who sign up for the two higher tiers.-Simplicity: Copper CRM is designed to be simple. The software has a handy sidebar where users can search for tasks, tracked emails, opportunities, and companies. A link to contact the Support team is also included. If users have issues, they can simply reach out to this team.-Quick Onboarding: Setting up or switching to Copper is a quick and painless experience. Copper focuses on getting new users set up within days, not weeks or months like some of its competitors.Negatives:-Lack of Features: The biggest drawback of Copper CRM is the lack of features it provides its users. It is designed for simplicity. Therefore, it is missing many of the advanced features offered by its competitors. For example, it doesn’t offer users a dedicated account manager, and click-to-call requires third-party software.-Lack of Flexibility Outside G Suite

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Ben J. Varghese

Manager, Sales Readiness

NytroComputer Software, 51-200 employees

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It's well-designed to address a major issue with Google contacts. It has helped us save a significant amount of time. Our greatest problem has been getting a single address book for all of our internal and external connections that everyone on our team could use. This app quickly fixed the problem without requiring us to make any changes to our existing setup. They've taken a very simple, missed element in Google contact, namely messages sharing, and taken it to a whole new stage.

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Rafeeq Ahmed (Ali)

Salesperson

Mehran Spice & Food IndustriesFood & Beverages, 1001-5000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Copper

Shared Contacts for Gmail

Customer data management / contact management

Workflow management

Territory management

Opportunity management

Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)

Contract management

Quote & order management

Interaction tracking

Channel / partner relationship management

Copper

Shared Contacts for Gmail

Case management

Call center management

Help desk management

Copper

Shared Contacts for Gmail

Lead management

Email marketing

Copper

Marketing automation

Copper

Shared Contacts for Gmail

Mobile access

Pros

The Google integration and Chrome extension automatically tracks and updates prospect and lead activity in the CRM. Data entry is simplified.
Copper is a very user-friendly CRM with the ability to create custom fields, multiple pipelines, sales stages, etc. It is truly customizable and far less complex than other CRMs I have used in the past.
Copper makes it simple to add leads manually, through Gmail or using a template and uploading a large list.
Great support. We are very happy with our account management team and they strive to make sure we are getting the most out of the platform.
Pricing is very competitive.

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Erik Viager

Manager, Business Development

Manifest LLCMarketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

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You can easily create a group i.e. Maintenance and share that with anyone that you would like to have access to the maintenance groups contact information.
You can give permissions to some people or not which will allow them to make changes to the contacts. This can help to keep the information up-to-date for everyone.
This has made sharing contacts and organizing our information so much easier!

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Tiffany Consalvo

Practice Administrator

Gilbertsville Veterinary HospitalVeterinary, 11-50 employees

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Cons

I wish they allowed you to email from within the CRM and create calendar invites from within the app instead of just kicking you out to a Gmail window.
I wish they included more custom fields and email tracking in their basic plan.

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Scott Entwistle

Founder

Predictable HireHuman Resources, 1-10 employees

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The security system can be frustrating at times.
At times, it can be little slow.
Duplicate records issue.

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Rafeeq Ahmed (Ali)

Salesperson

Mehran Spice & Food IndustriesFood & Beverages, 1001-5000 employees

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Usability

Copper 6.1

Based on 4 answers

It's funny. In all other processes EXCEPT for cancellation, the UX & UI is straightforward and friendly, gives you an adequate notification, and works as expected. Wonder why a company would have the opposite design principles in place for their cancellation process. It's almost as if they are intentionally trying to prevent people to cancel their accounts successfully. Beware.

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Nathan Young

Managing Director

Aux CreativeMarketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees

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No score

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Support Rating

Copper 4.2

Based on 6 answers

Overall the support for ProsperWorks CRM is OK. When I get hold of my reps they are pretty knowledgeable and usually solve my problems. When I first started using the software they were a lot harder to get hold of so this has improved. My biggest complaint though is that my feature requests seem to go into a black hole, I never hear the status of them and I have no idea if they have even been passed on.

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Verified User

Manager in Sales

Education Management Company, 11-50 employees

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No score

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Alternatives Considered

I selected Copper because of its interface with all things Google, specifically the sync feature for calendar and capture of email correspondence. It made sense to use Copper because our corporate communications is built on the Google platform. Bloomerang is an excellent tool for tracking donor contributions, but not as facile as a CRM. I didn't work extensively in Zoho or Salesforce.

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Jay Werth

Partner / Campaign Manager

Convergent Nonprofit SolutionsNon-profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees

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This product is much better because we can share more precisely within our team. Cornerstone permissions were difficult to share vendors with all of our team members. It's all or none and not categories of information. For example, I may want our technicians to have access to vendor information about our outside laboratory and our client service team doesn't need that. With Cornerstone and QuickBooks it was all or none.

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Tiffany Consalvo

Practice Administrator

Gilbertsville Veterinary HospitalVeterinary, 11-50 employees

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Return on Investment

Speed to call leads has increased for us over 32%.
Opportunities have not fallen through the cracks with collaboration efforts from CS and Sales.
Saves us time inputting information into just Copper vs. multiple clicks and crappy integrations with other CRMs.

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Kelly Wasden

Sr. Account Executive

MotivosityHuman Resources, 11-50 employees

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Time saver.
Customer support.
Flexible.
Sharing contact securely.

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Rafeeq Ahmed (Ali)

Salesperson

Mehran Spice & Food IndustriesFood & Beverages, 1001-5000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Copper Editions & Modules

Edition

Basic	$25¹
Professional	$59¹
Business	$119¹

per user per month

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

$0.99*

* per user per month

Shared Contacts for Gmail Editions & Modules

Edition

Lite	$0.99¹
Team	$1.79¹
Business	$2.59¹

per user per month

Additional Pricing Details

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Rating Summary

Copper

Shared Contacts for Gmail

Copper

Shared Contacts for Gmail

Copper

Shared Contacts for Gmail

Likelihood to Recommend

Copper

Shared Contacts for Gmail

Feature Rating Comparison

Customer data management / contact management

Workflow management

Territory management

Opportunity management

Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)

Contract management

Quote & order management

Interaction tracking

Channel / partner relationship management

Case management

Call center management

Help desk management

Lead management

Email marketing

Task management

Billing and invoicing management

Reporting

Forecasting

Pipeline visualization

Customizable reports

Custom fields

Custom objects

Scripting environment

API for custom integration

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

Social data

Social engagement

Marketing automation

Mobile access

Pros

Copper

Shared Contacts for Gmail

Cons

Copper

Shared Contacts for Gmail

Usability

Copper

Shared Contacts for Gmail

Support Rating

Copper

Shared Contacts for Gmail

Alternatives Considered

Copper

Shared Contacts for Gmail

Return on Investment

Copper

Shared Contacts for Gmail

Screenshots

Copper

Shared Contacts for Gmail

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Copper Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Shared Contacts for Gmail Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

Rating Summary

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