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Cosential vs Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

Cosential
9 Ratings
Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
233 Ratings

Cosential

9 Ratings
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Score 8.8 out of 100

Based on 9 reviews and ratings

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

233 Ratings
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Score 7.5 out of 100

Based on 233 reviews and ratings

Feature Set Ratings

  • Cosential ranks higher in 2 feature sets: Sales Force Automation, Security
  • Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) ranks higher in 7 feature sets: Marketing Automation, CRM Project Management, CRM Reporting & Analytics, Customization, Social CRM, Integrations with 3rd-party Software, Platform

Sales Force Automation

8.7

Cosential

87%
8.6

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

86%
Cosential ranks higher in 5/9 features
Cosential ranks higher in 5/9 features

Customer data management / contact management

10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.9
89%
32 Ratings

Workflow management

6.0
60%
1 Rating
8.6
86%
28 Ratings

Territory management

9.0
90%
1 Rating
8.8
88%
26 Ratings

Opportunity management

10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.8
88%
26 Ratings

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

10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.9
89%
29 Ratings

Interaction tracking

9.0
90%
1 Rating
8.0
80%
30 Ratings

Channel / partner relationship management

7.0
70%
1 Rating
8.6
86%
25 Ratings

Contract management

N/A
0 Ratings
8.7
87%
26 Ratings

Quote & order management

N/A
0 Ratings
8.1
81%
24 Ratings

Marketing Automation

7.5

Cosential

75%
8.3

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

83%
Cosential ranks higher in 1/2 features
Cosential ranks higher in 1/2 features

Lead management

10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.9
89%
22 Ratings

Email marketing

5.0
50%
1 Rating
7.7
77%
23 Ratings

CRM Project Management

8.0

Cosential

80%
9.0

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

90%
Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) ranks higher in 2/3 features
Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) ranks higher in 2/3 features

Task management

7.0
70%
1 Rating
9.1
91%
26 Ratings

Reporting

9.0
90%
1 Rating
8.9
89%
24 Ratings

Billing and invoicing management

N/A
0 Ratings
8.9
89%
18 Ratings

CRM Reporting & Analytics

8.7

Cosential

87%
9.0

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

90%
Cosential ranks higher in 2/3 features
Cosential ranks higher in 2/3 features

Forecasting

6.0
60%
1 Rating
8.9
89%
24 Ratings

Pipeline visualization

10.0
100%
1 Rating
9.1
91%
25 Ratings

Customizable reports

10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.9
89%
27 Ratings

Customization

7.5

Cosential

75%
8.8

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

88%
Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) ranks higher in 3/4 features
Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) ranks higher in 3/4 features

Custom fields

9.0
90%
1 Rating
8.9
89%
29 Ratings

Custom objects

6.0
60%
1 Rating
9.1
91%
26 Ratings

Scripting environment

N/A
0 Ratings
8.9
89%
19 Ratings

API for custom integration

N/A
0 Ratings
8.4
84%
25 Ratings

Security

10.0

Cosential

100%
8.7

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

87%
Cosential ranks higher in 2/2 features
Cosential ranks higher in 2/2 features

Single sign-on capability

10.0
100%
1 Rating
9.1
91%
21 Ratings

Role-based user permissions

10.0
100%
1 Rating
8.2
82%
26 Ratings

Social CRM

5.0

Cosential

50%
8.6

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

86%
Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) ranks higher in 2/2 features
Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) ranks higher in 2/2 features

Social data

5.0
50%
1 Rating
8.8
88%
19 Ratings

Social engagement

5.0
50%
1 Rating
8.5
85%
16 Ratings

Integrations with 3rd-party Software

5.0

Cosential

50%
8.7

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

87%
Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) ranks higher in 2/2 features
Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) ranks higher in 2/2 features

Marketing automation

5.0
50%
1 Rating
8.9
89%
19 Ratings

Compensation management

N/A
0 Ratings
8.5
85%
13 Ratings

Platform

7.0

Cosential

70%
8.3

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

83%
Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) ranks higher in 1/1 features
Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) ranks higher in 1/1 features

Mobile access

7.0
70%
1 Rating
8.3
83%
20 Ratings

Customer Service & Support

Cosential

Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
8.9

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

89%
Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) ranks higher in 3/3 features
Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) ranks higher in 3/3 features

Case management

N/A
0 Ratings
9.1
91%
24 Ratings

Call center management

N/A
0 Ratings
8.8
88%
19 Ratings

Help desk management

N/A
0 Ratings
8.7
87%
17 Ratings

Attribute Ratings

  • Cosential is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
  • Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) is rated higher in 2 areas: Usability, Support Rating

Likelihood to Recommend

10.0

Cosential

100%
1 Rating
8.3

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

83%
57 Ratings

Likelihood to Renew

Cosential

N/A
0 Ratings
8.2

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

82%
26 Ratings

Usability

8.0

Cosential

80%
1 Rating
8.7

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

87%
10 Ratings

Availability

Cosential

N/A
0 Ratings
10.0

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

100%
2 Ratings

Performance

Cosential

N/A
0 Ratings
10.0

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

100%
2 Ratings

Support Rating

8.0

Cosential

80%
1 Rating
9.2

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

92%
18 Ratings

In-Person Training

Cosential

N/A
0 Ratings
9.0

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

90%
1 Rating

Online Training

Cosential

N/A
0 Ratings
8.0

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

80%
1 Rating

Implementation Rating

Cosential

N/A
0 Ratings
9.0

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

90%
9 Ratings

Product Scalability

Cosential

N/A
0 Ratings
9.0

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

90%
1 Rating

Likelihood to Recommend

Cosential

Great for medium and large construction companies that have a specific salesforce.

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Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

If your organization has needs or requirements that it seems cannot be met by the industry leaders in CRM, I would urge you to talk to Sugar Sell (SugarCRM). They bent over backwards to work with different groups of people within our company to prove to them how committed they were to making the product work for us. It seamlessly integrates with our email and other applications we use frequently. And they helped us configure detailed reporting for our very complex sales territories and organizational structure.If you are looking for a very basic CRM tool that doesn't require much configuration, Sugar will still work for you, but you certainly have other options.

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Pros

Cosential

  • Inputting of companies and leads who may become prospects.
  • Creating specific opportunities for construction projects.
  • Tracking opportunities through the entire sales cycle.
  • Inputting detailed notes and activity by the Sales team.

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Kevin Shaw | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

  • Very easy to set up and configure reports among teams. Very customizable and allows me to build reports that illustrate how the team is performing.
  • Exporting granular reports into excel for in depth analysis and actionable measures.
  • Ability to mass upload lots of information and leads. Important for our team to import lots of information on prospecting clients.

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Cons

Cosential

  • The open software is somewhat difficult to master as an administrator.
  • Report writing could be more intuitive.
  • The company seems to cater to larger users.

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Kevin Shaw | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

  • The back-end programming (logical hooks) for advanced customizations could benefit from a more user-friendly interface
  • General layout could be improved by the addition of modern templates to customize the standard look and feel
  • Support communities could be further improved with the addition of videos on how to do specific configuration, modules.

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Pricing Details

Cosential

General

Free Trial
—
Free/Freemium Version
—
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—
Entry-level set up fee?
No

Starting Price

—

Cosential Editions & Modules

—
Additional Pricing Details
—

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

General

Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—
Entry-level set up fee?
No

Starting Price

$52 per month

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) Editions & Modules

Edition
Sugar Sell$80.001
Sugar Professional$52.001
Sugar Enterprise$85.001
  1. Per User/Per Month (billed annually)
Additional Pricing Details
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Likelihood to Renew

Cosential

No score
No answers yet
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Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) 8.2
Based on 26 answers
Our organization will continue to use Sugar as long as it remains cost effective and it addresses the majority of our needs. I will, however, recommend looking into other options once our needs increase and there is additional budget for some bigger named and more robust platform options. I feel if the application was friendlier to end users we would get better productivity as well.

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Usability

Cosential

Cosential 8.0
Based on 1 answer
Cosential is very intuitive for the AEC industry and has the ability to be customized for your specific needs. The reports are especially helpful, with good visual dashboards.

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Kevin Shaw | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) 8.7
Based on 10 answers
There's a learning curve associated with Sugar. Right away, it's not as easy as an out-of-the-box CRM. Once you learn how to use Sugar, the system fits what your needs are. With any other CRM, you'd be trying to figure out how your company can best fit the CRM. You don't want to change your business cycle for your CRM, the CRM should fit your business cycle.

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Reliability and Availability

Cosential

No score
No answers yet
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Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) 10.0
Based on 2 answers
SugarCRM has never been down for us.

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Performance

Cosential

No score
No answers yet
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Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) 10.0
Based on 2 answers
No response time issues ever. Very productive due to its ease of use.

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Support Rating

Cosential

Cosential 8.0
Based on 1 answer
My original trainer / implementation specialist was fantastic. That relationship has continued, even though I have been officially handed off to the customer service side. The customer service side seems to have higher turnover than normal, but in general they are also very supportive, although not as responsive as I might like.

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Kevin Shaw | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) 9.2
Based on 18 answers
Sugar Sell's support team is great, they helped us during the implementation process when we were new to the Sugar Sell CRM. They explained to us the essential feature sets that we can explore and implement tailored to our use case, requirements, and expectation of the platform. They are also super responsive and are available on multiple channels like call, mobile support, chat apart from email which makes them very much reachable in case of any mission-critical issue.

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In-Person Training

Cosential

No score
No answers yet
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Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) 9.0
Based on 1 answer
We feel clasroom training is essential to ensure user adoption and buy-in. Video and on-line training courses gave their place but being in a classroom setting enables the Team to make any potential CRM issues visble right up front.

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Online Training

Cosential

No score
No answers yet
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Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) 8.0
Based on 1 answer
Only part of an implemementation as noted previously.

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Implementation Rating

Cosential

No score
No answers yet
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Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) 9.0
Based on 9 answers
Study, study, and study. Be prepared to train everyday until all processes are flowing nicely. The CRM is the elephant and figuring out where to take the first bite can be a challenge. But there is only one way to eat this elephant, one bite at a time. Systematic planning is very important.

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Alternatives Considered

Cosential

Cosential is specific to the A/E industry and is the most intuitive software we found for construction.

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Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

GoldMine was an archaic platform. Adding custom fields was difficult. Reporting was horrible. Sugar CRM blows it out of the water. It's also easier to use and navigate. Having all of the data available from any browser is also a tremendous advantage compared to our private installation of GoldMine which required their software and a VPN connection.

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Scalability

Cosential

No score
No answers yet
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Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) 9.0
Based on 1 answer
Works from 2-300 Users in our experience.

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Return on Investment

Cosential

  • Allowed for common tracking by business developers in different regions.
  • Helped us quantify effort.
  • Provides great reports for management.

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Kevin Shaw | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

  • Just one of our customized modules allowed us to automate multiple processes and saves us on average 500 man hours a year.
  • It allows each user to have a 360-degree view point of our databases at any given point.
  • Incorporating some of our onsite operational pieces within SugarCRM has given us the opportunity to reduce the number of places information is stored to one.

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