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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Freshsales

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AFreshsales is a sales force automation solution for sales teams. It provides features that help salespeople to attract quality leads, engage in contextual conversations, drive deals with AI-powered insights, and nurture customer relationships. With built-in email, phone, chat, and telephony, Freshsales gives sales teams more time for selling by automating the sales process. It includes Freddy AI, salespeople can get insights into the best deals to go after and what actions to take and predict…

    $11

    per month per user

    Pipedrive

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/APipedrive is a customer relationship management (CRM) software built to help small teams to drive sales.

    $24

    per month per seat

    Pricing
    FreshsalesPipedrive
    Editions & Modules
    Growth
    $11
    per month per user
    Pro
    $47
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $71
    per month per user
    Essential
    $24
    per month per seat
    Advanced
    $49
    per month per seat
    Professional
    $69
    per month per seat
    Power
    $79
    per month per seat
    Enterprise
    $129
    per month per seat
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FreshsalesPipedrive
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing.Monthly plans are available. The Essentials monthly plan at $24 per month.
    More Pricing Information
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    FreshsalesPipedrive
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
    Chose Freshsales
    Freshsales had more features, especially the ability to do email campaigns, which was a key feature for me. That was a deal-breaker. Pipedrive had a nice UI and was easy to use, but it was mostly focused on pipeline management, so overall it lacked many of the features found in …
    Incentivized
    Chose Freshsales
    • Better reporting on Pipedrive.
    • A better dashboard on Pipedrive.
    • Freshsales yielded the better experience.
    Incentivized
    Chose Freshsales
    Freshsales is a much better platform than Insighlty. It works better, has better features, it has a simpler user experience, it is more complete and it is suited for the same thing. Therefore, if you are looking for an outbound CRM you should take Freshsales.
    Between Freshsales …
    Incentivized
    Chose Freshsales
    What sold me was the ability to integrated the sales engagement with the CRM to have everything in one place.
    Incentivized
    Chose Freshsales
    Price, special offers
    Support in our local place via partners
    Simplicity of use
    Incentivized
    Chose Freshsales
    Freshsales was better than all the above for us but tied with Zoho. Zoho won because of its countless add-on apps, not because of price. However, price-wise, it was better than all the rest for what you get with Freshsales. For us, the main benefit of Freshsales was …
    Incentivized
    Chose Freshsales
    Better nurturing of leads, better tracking of leads, sales visualization, communication tools, better integration, workflow automation, better mobile application.
    Incentivized
    Pipedrive Inc.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    22 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    22 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    17 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    16 Answers
    Features
    FreshsalesPipedrive
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Freshsales and Pipedrive
    Feature
    Freshsales
    9.6
    54 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Pipedrive
    7.9
    68 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Customer data management / contact management10.054 Ratings8.724 Ratings
    Workflow management8.752 Ratings7.821 Ratings
    Territory management10.041 Ratings6.514 Ratings
    Opportunity management10.046 Ratings8.365 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)10.053 Ratings8.864 Ratings
    Quote & order management8.72 Ratings7.314 Ratings
    Interaction tracking9.353 Ratings8.521 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management10.039 Ratings7.116 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings8.317 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Freshsales and Pipedrive
    Feature
    Freshsales
    10.0
    51 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Pipedrive
    7.5
    49 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Lead management10.049 Ratings7.549 Ratings
    Email marketing10.050 Ratings7.613 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Freshsales and Pipedrive
    Feature
    Freshsales
    8.3
    52 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Pipedrive
    6.7
    67 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Task management8.749 Ratings7.964 Ratings
    Reporting8.051 Ratings8.263 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings4.15 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Freshsales and Pipedrive
    Feature
    Freshsales
    8.2
    53 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Pipedrive
    7.8
    68 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Forecasting8.045 Ratings7.719 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization8.753 Ratings8.268 Ratings
    Customizable reports8.047 Ratings7.516 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Freshsales and Pipedrive
    Feature
    Freshsales
    9.0
    51 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Pipedrive
    6.4
    64 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Custom fields8.751 Ratings8.664 Ratings
    Custom objects8.341 Ratings8.554 Ratings
    API for custom integration10.038 Ratings7.646 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings1.04 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Freshsales and Pipedrive
    Feature
    Freshsales
    10.0
    47 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Pipedrive
    6.7
    62 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Single sign-on capability10.040 Ratings6.112 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions10.047 Ratings7.360 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Freshsales and Pipedrive
    Feature
    Freshsales
    9.0
    47 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Pipedrive
    8.2
    61 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Mobile access9.047 Ratings8.261 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Freshsales and Pipedrive
    Feature
    Freshsales
    -
    Ratings
    Pipedrive
    2.9
    7 Ratings
    91% below category average
    Case management00 Ratings4.76 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings1.15 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings3.16 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Freshsales and Pipedrive
    Feature
    Freshsales
    -
    Ratings
    Pipedrive
    1.1
    5 Ratings
    149% below category average
    Social data00 Ratings1.15 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings1.15 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Freshsales and Pipedrive
    Feature
    Freshsales
    -
    Ratings
    Pipedrive
    3.6
    7 Ratings
    71% below category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings3.67 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings3.54 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    FreshsalesPipedrive
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (54 ratings)
    8.0
    (72 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    9.0
    (25 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.5
    (15 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FreshsalesPipedrive
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Freshworks Inc
    Generally speaking for small to mid sized team I really cannot recommend it enough. It has an excellent feature set, good amount of integrations, fairly customisable and backed by solid support. And the pricing is very competitive too. I feel like if your team is larger than that, you might want to look at other alternatives but for teams that size, its really perfect.
    Incentivized
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    Pipedrive Inc.
    Pipedrive is a fantastic tool to help monitor and track lead generation and referral sources. It helps maintain accountability with the sales team and helps ensure that we are doing appropriate marketing to maintain a steady influx of cases. The weekly and quarterly sales reports that it can generate are incredibly helpful and insightful. They help inform us of what we need to focus on each quarter/year.
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    Pros
    Freshworks Inc
    • It helps you automate your onboarding process for new leads.
    • It has lots of integrations with other apps, so you can interact with other things like calendars and calls.
    • It's pretty easy to set sequences so the platform automatically follows up with people for you. This is not only helpful for your sales pipeline, but also for client communication when working on a project that requires their input.
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    Pipedrive Inc.
    • Great visual visibility of the funnel plus easy to drag the deals across the stages
    • The email integration that collects all relevant communication (also through the possibility of adding a deal-specific Pipedrive address on BCC)
    • The integration with Pandadoc, which we use a lot, so that Pipedrive keeps a really handy overview of the documents we have sent out / which have been signed
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    Cons
    Freshworks Inc
    • Leads and Contacts do not seem to be adequately defined.
    • Reporting is not as robust as we would like it to be
    • Integration with FreshDesk is one way - we can see information from FreshDesk to FreshSales but not vice versa
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    Pipedrive Inc.
    • Showing the customers name on the pipeline page. Right now I can only get it to show the brand name twice. I wish it would replace the second brand name with the main point of contact.
    • Better reporting tools. Their reporting tools are not easy to pick up. I've spent time trying to figure it out and it isn't something I can pick up on quickly.
    • Better training options. I wish I had a personal trainer to walk me through the best way to use Pipedrive so I can get the most out of it.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Pipedrive Inc.
    -2 for Its cost and +8 for the need of tracking of leads and monitoring of team.
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    Usability
    Freshworks Inc
    I would give Freshworks CRM's overall usability a 7 out of 10. Although the software has improved since we first obtained it, it still could use improvements to make functionality more intuitive and easier for the average user. It is not that challenging but there is definitely a learning curve
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    Pipedrive Inc.
    Pipedrive is easy to use and has a clean interface so we can follow up accurately. Its custom features help manage leads and evaluate team performance. It saves time and improves efficiency. Pipedrive is stable and supports integrations and automation.
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    Support Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    When you initially log in to Freshworks, you get snippets to guide you on how to set up. You have a chat option on every page so you can reach out to the support agent and get your issues resolved in real time. The agents are fast, responsive, and experienced in handling even a person who introduced CRM to the world...
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    Pipedrive Inc.
    Between quick video tutorials and having very quick feedback from their support teams, it is one of the main reasons I would recommend Pipedrive. It is critical, especially when setting up the platform to meet your companies needs, that a solid support team like Pipedrive has is there to make the transition easier.
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    Implementation Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Pipedrive Inc.
    Experiment is the only way to start
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    Alternatives Considered
    Freshworks Inc
    We selected FreshSales because we needed something cheaper and more user-friendly than Salesforce, but we're now in the process of switching to HubSpot because it gives you the best of both worlds - ease of use + scale and reliability
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    Pipedrive Inc.
    I much prefer the interface of Pipedive when compared to Zoho. Much more user friendly and the team is always readily available when we need them. Pipedrive allowed for many custom integrations to be added, as Zoho was a tad more complicated to manipulate. We would not go back to Zoho in any case.
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    Return on Investment
    Freshworks Inc
    • Increased visibility of open deals, as well as encouraging 'clean' data
    • Faster data updating (if Freshsales is used as our sole source of data)
    • Some follow-ups are missed, as sales staff forget to create new tasks after each follow up, depending on if the call was answered or not (for example)
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    Pipedrive Inc.
    • Great on setup which made our work easier and less technically equipped people can manage a lot of things(compared to SalesForce where you need to hire a developer to set it up)
    • We were able to integrate our calling system easily and get things going on the lead calling aspect.
    • Great multipipeline option where we were able to manage both organisations under one roof.
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