Front vs. Pipedrive

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Front
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Front is a communication hub that helps businesses keep the human touch in every interaction.
$29
per month per user
Pipedrive
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Pipedrive is a customer relationship management (CRM) software built to help small teams to drive sales.
$24
per month per seat
Pricing
FrontPipedrive
Editions & Modules
Starter
$29
per month per user
Growth
$79
per month per user
Scale
$99
per month (billed annually) per user
Premier
$229
per month (billed annually) per seat (50 seat minimum)
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
FrontPipedrive
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount for annual pricing on Starter and Growth plans. Scale and Premier plans are annual price only.Monthly plans are available. The Essentials monthly plan at $24 per month.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
FrontPipedrive
Considered Both Products
Front
Chose Front
Front is honestly an amazing blend of an email server and Slack, as it allows for nimble, efficient, and immediate communication between team members without needing to forward a single email back-and-forth before finally responding to a client. Front also saves time when …
Pipedrive

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Features
FrontPipedrive
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Front
7.8
6 Ratings
5% below category average
Pipedrive
-
Ratings
Organize and prioritize service tickets8.46 Ratings00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications6.94 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission7.94 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket response7.94 Ratings00 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Front
7.2
6 Ratings
11% below category average
Pipedrive
-
Ratings
External knowledge base7.26 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Front
8.8
4 Ratings
10% above category average
Pipedrive
-
Ratings
Customer portal8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
Social integration9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Email support9.14 Ratings00 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Front
-
Ratings
Pipedrive
7.9
68 Ratings
1% above category average
Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings8.724 Ratings
Workflow management00 Ratings7.721 Ratings
Territory management00 Ratings6.514 Ratings
Opportunity management00 Ratings8.365 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings8.764 Ratings
Contract management00 Ratings8.217 Ratings
Quote & order management00 Ratings7.214 Ratings
Interaction tracking00 Ratings8.521 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings7.116 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
Front
-
Ratings
Pipedrive
2.9
7 Ratings
90% below category average
Case management00 Ratings4.76 Ratings
Call center management00 Ratings1.15 Ratings
Help desk management00 Ratings3.16 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Front
-
Ratings
Pipedrive
7.5
49 Ratings
4% below category average
Lead management00 Ratings7.449 Ratings
Email marketing00 Ratings7.513 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Front
-
Ratings
Pipedrive
6.7
67 Ratings
14% below category average
Task management00 Ratings7.964 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings4.15 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings8.163 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Front
-
Ratings
Pipedrive
7.7
68 Ratings
0% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings7.619 Ratings
Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.268 Ratings
Customizable reports00 Ratings7.516 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Front
-
Ratings
Pipedrive
6.3
64 Ratings
20% below category average
Custom fields00 Ratings8.464 Ratings
Custom objects00 Ratings8.454 Ratings
Scripting environment00 Ratings1.04 Ratings
API for custom integration00 Ratings7.646 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Front
-
Ratings
Pipedrive
6.7
62 Ratings
23% below category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings6.112 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.260 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Front
-
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 Product A and Product B
Front
-
Ratings
Pipedrive
3.6
7 Ratings
70% below category average
Marketing automation00 Ratings3.67 Ratings
Compensation management00 Ratings3.54 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Front
-
Ratings
Pipedrive
8.2
61 Ratings
8% above category average
Mobile access00 Ratings8.261 Ratings
Best Alternatives
FrontPipedrive
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Salesmate
Salesmate
Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Creatio
Creatio
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
SysAid
SysAid
Score 8.9 out of 10
Creatio
Creatio
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
FrontPipedrive
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(35 ratings)
8.0
(71 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Usability
9.4
(9 ratings)
9.0
(25 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.8
(5 ratings)
8.5
(15 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
FrontPipedrive
Likelihood to Recommend
Front
I think Front is very useful for every company with multiple teams working together on different emails from clients. Not so useful if a lot of different teams need to work on a request at the same time, because when an email is sitting in multiple shared inboxes things can get messy. Also would not recommend for teams that work is individualized, as team work is the main point of Front.
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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
Front
  • Even if you are just trying to compose a single email, Front gives a smart system that has options such [as] organized templates, tags, alerts, [and] changing your outbound dpt email.
  • Tasks- with Front you will not miss any interaction. When you are required to get assistance from a coworker, you only need to mention him/her and that notification will appear automatically in their inboxes.
  • Smart Notifications- sometimes we are just overwhelmed about the several notifications on our devices that we tend to miss some of them, but Front offers a new way to notify every email, discussion, mentioning, or tag that you really would not want to miss.
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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
Front
  • Their integration to Salesforce is lacking. As the owner of our productivity tools and how they are used, I have very little control over what things to enforce, or even change what objects are available. For example, we don't use Cases in Salesforce but with the Salesforce integration the Cases object shows up. There's no need to have that there. I've heard there is a roadmap improvement forthcoming.
  • One of our uses is for our sales development reps to prospect with visitors. Because of the high volume of inquiries it's difficult for our reps to efficiently manage all their follow ups. It would be nice if we could run a "scheduled campaign" where a predesigned cadence of email follow ups can be sent automatically. To be clear, they do have a scheduling capability, but it just can't be used as a prebuilt option.
  • Integrations to other systems require you have a user account to those systems. We have SSO and therefore we don't always have a user account. For example, out integration to Jira uses SSO so we don't each have individual Jira logins. This is an outage for us.
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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
Front
We are very happy with Front and don't anticipate changing
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Pipedrive Inc.
-2 for Its cost and +8 for the need of tracking of leads and monitoring of team.
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Usability
Front
It's very easy to understand and use by new customer support agents as well. Be it a technology, product, or marketing person, we have trained most of the company folks to read and respond to customer conversations in their free time with the help of the Front app. It is also easy to set up for an admin and manage his/her team with communication rules.
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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
Front
The support is good, and it's definitely prompt, but still lags when it comes to technical requirements, as I guess they are slow in developing newer features fast. So no complaints in terms of responsiveness, but yeah, at times it's not very helpful when you need certain features or are blocked on things which can't be unblocked.
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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
Front
No answers on this topic
Pipedrive Inc.
Experiment is the only way to start
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Alternatives Considered
Front
This is something I am not familiar but it seems like it is [available] in Gmail. Thus I cannot give any feedback about it. What I am sure about is Front works for our team and I see Zoom using the service in the Customer Success Organization in a long run.
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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
Front
  • Saved our executive team considerable amount of time chasing support questions through different channels.
  • Gave our team clear accountability for who was lead on a support issue and how to escalate.
  • Customer regularly say our support is the best in the industry.
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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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