Freshsales vs. Pobuca

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Freshsales
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Freshsales 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
Pobuca
Score 8.7 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Pobuca Connect is a cloud app that turns multiple, overlapping and non-connected business contact lists into one unified company address book that’s easy to access from everywhere and ready to share with co-workers or business associates. It also includes the built-in Pobuca Bot, a virtual assistant to help keep business contacts up to date.
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Pricing
FreshsalesPobuca
Editions & Modules
Growth
$11
per month per user
Pro
$47
per month per user
Enterprise
$71
per month per user
Free
$0.00
Pro
$3.00
per user/per month
Enterprise
$5.00
per user/per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FreshsalesPobuca
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing.
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Community Pulse
FreshsalesPobuca
Considered Both Products
Freshsales
Chose Freshsales
There is a bit of learning curve required for SugarCRM and Microsoft Dynamics.
Also, admin activities are not easy to navigate and understood, wherein it is very simplified, easy to learn in the case of Freshsales.
Chose Freshsales
Freshworks CRM provides more user tools, whereas Zoho CRM is more of a database. Freshworks CRM is more interactive with reporting, task reminders, deal stage flow charts and more to keep clients better organized and moving through the sales process. Zoho CRM did not meet all …
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It's Was Quite easy to implement accross the organization which was not the Case with Microsoft dynamics.
It is used Much efficiently with the Mobile and Transparency among the different departments was Clear.
Chose Freshsales
Freshworks CRM looks fresh (No pun intended) and feels 3 dimensional. Zoho CRM is good too, but I'd recommend Freshworks for its pricing and how customizable it is. You get immediate assistance from the Freshworks team and is just a click away. You also get faster response on …
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What sold me was the ability to integrated the sales engagement with the CRM to have everything in one place.
Chose Freshsales
We are a smaller company and simply were not seeing the value in what we were paying Salesforce. We needed a robust opportunity and lead management system that was affordable and [Freshworks CRM (formerly Freshsales)] has provided us with that. We are now able to track leads, …
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I haven't used Hubspot or Salesforce myself, but I compared the pricing and as you scale up both of those other services are overpriced compared to Freshsales. Once you get started with a CRM it's very difficult to switch, so I recommend starting with Freshsales so you can …
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For what we needed, Microsoft's product wasn't even close. Terribly expensive, difficult to set up and maintain.
Chose Freshsales
Price, special offers
Support in our local place via partners
Simplicity of use
Chose Freshsales
Zoho CRM: very very slow and cumbersome to use
Salesforce: It is a giant with a lot of features, but very complicated for an SMB
HubSpot: Lacks lots of advanced features that Freshsales has
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Freshsales stacks up almost at the same pricing and feature set but does fall short in 3rd party API integration as compared to several of the above listed software, but is still the only one available free of cost entirely if a small firm or a startup requires itself not to …
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 …
Chose Freshsales
Definitely, with Salesforce, you can obtain a lot more integrations, reports, customizations, but Freshsales can assure the control of your sales targets perfectly for one-third of the SalesForce price.
Chose Freshsales
Freshsales is more cost-effective and easier to navigate than salesforce. It also doesn’t punish you for growing from a startup to SME (salesforce prices quadruple when you go into the next bracket of users). On top of this, the support from Freshsales is brilliant, and you can …
Chose Freshsales
I think there isn't really a comparison. Freshsales was the clear winner when it came to choosing our CRM. From a cost to benefit ratio, it just wasn't an option to go with anything else. It is the most used application within our company. We do a Freshsales clean up every …
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 …
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I haven't used other products. We are currently very happy with FreshSales.
Chose Freshsales
It's definitely a good platform for companies with a manageable sales team size.
Chose Freshsales
We chose Freshsales for the Email campaign and tracking feature, the ease of product managing, and pricing.
Chose Freshsales
Freshsales is easier to use and cheaper.
Pobuca
Chose Pobuca
BizConnect’s customer service was not good and was a bit slow in searching contacts. But Pobuca is the best choice in this regard--from customer service to the ease with which we can add contact into it is amazing. Its flexibility is another major factor in choosing Pobuca. …
Chose Pobuca
We've used Outlook contacts and Office 365, but we couldn't dial from within the app, so Pobuca is a better option all around.
Features
FreshsalesPobuca
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Freshsales
9.6
Ratings
20% above category average
Pobuca
-
Ratings
Customer data management / contact management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow management8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Territory management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Opportunity management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Quote & order management8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Interaction tracking9.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Freshsales
10.0
Ratings
25% above category average
Pobuca
-
Ratings
Lead management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Email marketing10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Freshsales
8.4
Ratings
8% above category average
Pobuca
-
Ratings
Task management8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Freshsales
8.3
Ratings
8% above category average
Pobuca
-
Ratings
Forecasting8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Pipeline visualization8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable reports8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Freshsales
8.9
Ratings
15% above category average
Pobuca
-
Ratings
Custom fields8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom objects8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
API for custom integration10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Freshsales
10.0
Ratings
17% above category average
Pobuca
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Freshsales
9.0
Ratings
16% above category average
Pobuca
-
Ratings
Mobile access9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
FreshsalesPobuca
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(0 ratings)
8.9
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
FreshsalesPobuca
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
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Pobuca works well with small businesses. Your whole company can have access to contacts and can easily share contacts. It's easy to use and input information. It's simple to set up for all your employees. Having access to business cards with simply taking a picture is a nice feature. It's overall ease of use and simple interface makes it an effective program
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Pros
  • Leads: organization, capture, integration
  • Sales: organization, intelligent data about metrics, forecast
  • APIs are very simple and stable to use, Zapier and 3ªpart integrations provided
  • User experience, almost no training is needed to use the solution, more over, a great app for iOS and Android
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  • We can add any contact into it easily.
  • It has the option to edit any contact.
  • It allows us to manage our contacts in any order of our choice--either alphabetically or any other way according to our ease.
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Cons
  • Persistent and pervasive down time
  • Lack of scalable integrations with data source (e.g., their Segment integration is barely functional and they won't improve it)
  • Slow and unhelpful customer service
  • Account management doesn't understand our business or what we're trying to accomplish
  • Email campaign feature is barely functional and only allows you to have 10 campaigns, even with the most expensive plan
  • Lead and contact records have gone missing and FreshSales is unable to recover data
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  • It forces you to fill out information when you may not have it.
  • It separates by organization and person which isn't useful.
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Usability
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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Support Rating
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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Alternatives Considered
We are a smaller company and simply were not seeing the value in what we were paying Salesforce. We needed a robust opportunity and lead management system that was affordable and [Freshworks CRM (formerly Freshsales)] has provided us with that. We are now able to track leads, opportunities and funnels easily and quickly report on these to senior staff who rely on this information for their board meetings.
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BizConnect’s customer service was not good and was a bit slow in searching contacts. But Pobuca is the best choice in this regard--from customer service to the ease with which we can add contact into it is amazing. Its flexibility is another major factor in choosing Pobuca. Finding any contact through this software is very simple, but its scanning feature is a bit slow and takes time.
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Return on Investment
  • Freshsales has definitely had a positive impact on our sales. It's difficult to nail down the ROI it has generated, but it's well worth the cost.
  • The savings is mostly in time spent on lead and client follow up, so we can handle more leads and projects with a smaller team.
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  • Shortened time looking for leads
  • Practicality in dialing direct from the app
  • Our custom fields help us a lot job-wise
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ScreenShots

Freshsales Screenshots

Screenshot of Contact viewScreenshot of DashboardsScreenshot of WorkflowsScreenshot of Lead Sc

Pobuca Screenshots

Screenshot of Pobuca-where teams share contactsScreenshot of Import business contacts in one placeScreenshot of Link contacts to related organizationsScreenshot of Smart search finds  the user is looking forScreenshot of Capture email signaturesScreenshot of Access contacts everywhere with Pobuca mobile app