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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Highrise CRM (discontinued)

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AHighrise is a simple CRM, allowing the user to track leads and manage follow ups with zero learning curve. Highrise is only available and supported for existing customers. As of August 2018 Highrise is no longer available to new customers. Existing customers may still take advantage of Highrise.

    $4

    Per User Per Month

    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASugar Sell from SugarCRM is a collaborative CRM, allowing users to track and monitor activities, map each customer’s journey. Sugar Sell replaces former editions of the SugarCRM product, including the SugarCRM Community Edition, the open source edition, which is discontinued.

    $19

    per month per user (3 users minimum, billed annually)

    Pricing
    Highrise CRM (discontinued)Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Editions & Modules
    Highrise
    $4.00
    Per User Per Month
    Essentials
    $19
    per month (billed annually) per user (3 user minimum, 9 user maximum)
    Standard
    $59
    per month (billed annually) per user (10 User Minimum)
    Advanced
    $85
    per month (billed annually) per user (10 user minimum)
    Premier
    $135
    per month (billed annually) per user (10 user minimum)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Highrise CRM (discontinued)Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Highrise CRM (discontinued)Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    SugarCRM
    Chose Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    In comparing against the above, the primary motivation we had in selecting SugarCRM was cost. With the Community Edition, we could easily host the site ourselves (we had ample infrastructure available already). Vtiger appeared to be a fork of Sugar that was not as well regarded …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    70%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    Highrise CRM (discontinued)Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Highrise CRM (discontinued) and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Highrise CRM (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    4.8
    33 Ratings
    48% below category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings5.032 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings6.028 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings6.026 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings7.026 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings7.029 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings3.026 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings4.024 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings3.030 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings2.025 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Highrise CRM (discontinued) and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Highrise CRM (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    2.3
    24 Ratings
    108% below category average
    Case management00 Ratings3.024 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings2.019 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings2.017 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Highrise CRM (discontinued) and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Highrise CRM (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    5.5
    25 Ratings
    34% below category average
    Lead management00 Ratings6.022 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings5.023 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Highrise CRM (discontinued) and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Highrise CRM (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    3.0
    28 Ratings
    88% below category average
    Task management00 Ratings4.026 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings3.018 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings2.024 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Highrise CRM (discontinued) and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Highrise CRM (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    3.3
    28 Ratings
    79% below category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings3.024 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings2.025 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings5.027 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Highrise CRM (discontinued) and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Highrise CRM (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    5.5
    29 Ratings
    33% below category average
    Custom fields00 Ratings6.029 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings5.026 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings6.019 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings5.025 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Highrise CRM (discontinued) and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Highrise CRM (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    5.5
    27 Ratings
    42% below category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings5.021 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings6.026 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Highrise CRM (discontinued) and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Highrise CRM (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    3.0
    19 Ratings
    86% below category average
    Social data00 Ratings3.019 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings3.016 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Highrise CRM (discontinued) and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Highrise CRM (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    4.5
    19 Ratings
    50% below category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings5.019 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings4.013 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Highrise CRM (discontinued) and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Highrise CRM (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    4.0
    20 Ratings
    62% below category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings4.020 Ratings
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    Salesflare
    Score10 out of 10
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    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Highrise CRM (discontinued)Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    2.0
    (59 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    8.2
    (26 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    3.0
    (10 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (12 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Highrise CRM (discontinued)Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    We chose to work with the Basecamp product and along with it came Highrise. They're a great 37 signals package together. So we chose to work with Highrise because of Basecamp
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    SugarCRM
    Sugar CRM is a good tool, but it's complex to customize. It often requires expensive 3rd partners to implement more complex scenarios that SugarCRM struggles to support; coming back with explanations was usually time-consuming and unsupported. The back end is overly complex in terms of what it needs to be, with many redundant database tables and columns.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Easy batch upload of new contacts - if you gathered names and contact info for a bunch of people at an event or conference or what have you, put it in a spreadsheet and upload it for easy and efficient adding to the database.
    • Simple communication and outreach tracking - each user has an individualized dropbox email address; you can BCC:, CC:, or forward an email to or from a client or contact, and Highrise automatically associates and records that email with the contact in the database.
    • Task assignments - users can create and task assignments associated with specific contacts (ie - Send Suzy J. a gift box on Oct 1; Follow Marla K. and Billy Z. on Twitter & Facebook; Get an updated address from Nathan R.)
    • Tags - easily create lists of contacts who fit certain needs (I need a: food blogger, in TX, who has a Facebook page - we have "food blogger", "TX," and "Facebook" tags in our system) that is then exportable; also useful for knowing the important associations of a particular contact.
    Incentivized
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    SugarCRM
    • Great way to keep myself organized. I do not miss appointments with clients since within the system I can input my appointment time and also send out a reminder to my clients.
    • It has a nice layout [that] does not seem to be cluttered. I find it to be very user friendly.
    • It has customizable dashboards which I find beneficial
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Im actually pretty happy with the system as it is. The best aspect of Highrise is that it is very easy to work with - no need to struggle with manuals and lengthy training.
    • Not really a problem I suppose but I pay for Highrise as part of a suite which includes other products - Basecamp, Backpack and Campfire. It would be nice to see more integration between these products.
    Read full review
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    Highrise is easy to use, has a nice UI overall, quick to load, and does most of what we need.
    Incentivized
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    SugarCRM
    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.
    Read full review
    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    It's quick and easy to setup and use. There isn't any feature "bloat". Nothing to struggle with
    Read full review
    SugarCRM
    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.
    Read full review
    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    SugarCRM
    SugarCRM has never been down for us.
    Read full review
    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    SugarCRM
    No response time issues ever. Very productive due to its ease of use.
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    They are quick and SO nice. They are very friendly and are eager to help.
    Incentivized
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    SugarCRM
    The support overall at least for us has been phenomenal. Anytime that the system has any Issues at all IT gets in contact from someone from support to get the system back up and running. Have never gone more than 30 minutes with the system not working. So overall I will be definetely recommending this system in any other company that I may work for in the future.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    SugarCRM
    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
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    SugarCRM
    Only part of an implemementation as noted previously.
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    SugarCRM
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Highrise is simple to use and is run by the same folks who build Basecamp and 37Signals. We wanted something that would do the essentials without the cumbersome bells and whistles. Salesforce is almost too complicated if you don't have a whole sales operation and analytics division. One day we will probably outgrow Highrise, but not yet.
    Incentivized
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    SugarCRM
    SugarCRM is a lot better in many ways then LogicsCRM which I started using when I started as a sales rep at Community Tax. Yet there is still room for a lot of improvements to accommodate a steady workflow. They integration of old CRM files seems to have worked great from Logics to Sugar.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    SugarCRM
    Works from 2-300 Users in our experience.
    Read full review
    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Better customer service, I am able to look up client info in a more organized way
    • I feel that our efficiency has really increased. Highrise is a lot faster than our old program
    • Highrise keeps us very organized. but it would be helpful if there was a project management section we could implement
    Incentivized
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    SugarCRM
    • Overall seems to be more expensive than other subscription based CRMs.
    • Has positively impact our sales team to make more efficient and accountability among sales teams. Also allows for high level aggregated reporting
    • Has been impactful for all teams, not only sales to track individual activity on a daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis
    Incentivized
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