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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Front

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AFront is a communication hub that helps businesses keep the human touch in every interaction.

    $29

    per month per user

    Salesboom

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASalesboom is a cloud-deployed customer relationship management (CRM) software with integrations into Microsoft Outlook and QuickBooks.N/A
    Pricing
    FrontSalesboom
    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)
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FrontSalesboom
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    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.—
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    Community Pulse
    FrontSalesboom
    Considered Both Products
    Front
    No answer on this topic
    Salesboom.com
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    27 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    23 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    27 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    FrontSalesboom
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Front and Salesboom
    Feature
    Front
    7.6
    6 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Salesboom
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets8.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications6.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket response7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Front and Salesboom
    Feature
    Front
    7.0
    6 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Salesboom
    -
    Ratings
    External knowledge base7.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Front and Salesboom
    Feature
    Front
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Salesboom
    -
    Ratings
    Customer portal8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social integration9.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email support9.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration8.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Front and Salesboom
    Feature
    Front
    -
    Ratings
    Salesboom
    8.4
    2 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings7.62 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Front and Salesboom
    Feature
    Front
    -
    Ratings
    Salesboom
    7.5
    2 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Case management00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Front and Salesboom
    Feature
    Front
    -
    Ratings
    Salesboom
    9.1
    2 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Lead management00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Front and Salesboom
    Feature
    Front
    -
    Ratings
    Salesboom
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Task management00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings8.82 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Front and Salesboom
    Feature
    Front
    -
    Ratings
    Salesboom
    8.9
    2 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.82 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings8.82 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Front and Salesboom
    Feature
    Front
    -
    Ratings
    Salesboom
    8.6
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Custom fields00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings8.82 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Front and Salesboom
    Feature
    Front
    -
    Ratings
    Salesboom
    8.2
    1 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Front and Salesboom
    Feature
    Front
    -
    Ratings
    Salesboom
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Social data00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Front and Salesboom
    Feature
    Front
    -
    Ratings
    Salesboom
    8.6
    1 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Front and Salesboom
    Feature
    Front
    -
    Ratings
    Salesboom
    7.3
    2 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    FrontSalesboom
    Small Businesses
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Salesflare
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Kustomer
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FrontSalesboom
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (35 ratings)
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (5 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FrontSalesboom
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Salesboom.com
    Make sure you give them a good idea about your sales process and discuss with them how your data will be imported.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Salesboom.com
    • As a customer of Salesboom we get a dedicated CRM consultant that helps out with customizations, data importing, etc.
    • Customer support is great.
    • The CRM gets updated quarterly without user intervention.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Salesboom.com
    • The billing and invoicing needs a bit of improvement.
    • We would like to see more ERP-like features.
    • The customer self service portal needs improvement.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Front
    We are very happy with Front and don't anticipate changing
    Incentivized
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    Salesboom.com
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Salesboom.com
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Salesboom.com
    We have a dedicated account manager and support. Whenever we need help we get it.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Salesboom.com
    Salesboom worked with us from day one before purchasing our requirements. Once we rolled out the CRM implementation, their customer support is very helpful. The system is very user friendly, feature rich and the prices are very competitive.

    Another Important advantage for Salesboom.com CRM is that they have a service level agreement, with an up time guarantee.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Salesboom.com
    • Less sales opportunities slip through the cracks.
    • Reduces sales redundant tasks and saves time.
    • Makes customers.
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