Insightly vs. Less Annoying CRM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Insightly
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
Insightly is presented as a modern, affordable CRM that is easy to use, simple to customize, and that scales with companies as they grow, designed to solve common pain points that legacy CRMs can't. Available in any vertical, Insightly CRM customers can add companion products for marketing automation, customer service, and integrations in the same platform. Insightly has more than a million users worldwide.
$348
per year per user
Less Annoying CRM
Score 9.6 out of 10
N/A
Less Annoying CRM is a customer relationship management (CRM) solution built specifically for small businesses to help clients manage contacts and track leads.
$15
per month per user
Pricing
InsightlyLess Annoying CRM
Editions & Modules
Plus
$29
per month (billed annually) per user
Professional
$49
per month (billed annually) per user
Enterprise
$99
per month (billed annually) per user
Always
$15
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
InsightlyLess Annoying CRM
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsThe system is $15 per user per month. No hidden costs or fees, or paying unused functionality. No long-term contracts. The first 30 days with the product are free, and the vendor won’t ask for payment information until that trial period ends.
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Community Pulse
InsightlyLess Annoying CRM
Considered Both Products
Insightly

No answer on this topic

Less Annoying CRM
Chose Less Annoying CRM
Insightly turned out to be so rigid, it did not meet our needs. They were very hard to get in contact with, never by placing a call. And they have questionable business practices, forced us into paying for another year of service we had no intention of using. Their product …
Chose Less Annoying CRM
Less Annoying CRM is easier to use than all of the CRMs that I listed here, but I’m sure all those other ones have a place for those companies and I’m sure that they optimize the data flow and all that other good stuff. Frankly, Less Annoying CRM is just so much easier and …
Chose Less Annoying CRM
We used Insightly for a while and it is a great product but way too robust for us. The customization of LACRM can't be beat.
Features
InsightlyLess Annoying CRM
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Insightly
7.4
413 Ratings
5% below category average
Less Annoying CRM
9.1
60 Ratings
16% above category average
Customer data management / contact management8.5395 Ratings9.959 Ratings
Workflow management7.2364 Ratings9.351 Ratings
Territory management7.783 Ratings8.822 Ratings
Opportunity management8.1361 Ratings9.944 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)6.8369 Ratings9.249 Ratings
Contract management6.521 Ratings8.423 Ratings
Quote & order management7.471 Ratings7.721 Ratings
Interaction tracking7.0324 Ratings9.942 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management7.724 Ratings8.724 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
Insightly
7.1
13 Ratings
7% below category average
Less Annoying CRM
10.0
51 Ratings
27% above category average
Case management7.011 Ratings10.044 Ratings
Call center management7.28 Ratings00 Ratings
Help desk management7.19 Ratings10.045 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Insightly
6.6
322 Ratings
16% below category average
Less Annoying CRM
8.6
37 Ratings
11% above category average
Lead management6.3308 Ratings8.936 Ratings
Email marketing7.0255 Ratings8.320 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Insightly
6.6
397 Ratings
15% below category average
Less Annoying CRM
9.6
48 Ratings
22% above category average
Task management6.9385 Ratings9.947 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management6.039 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting7.0333 Ratings9.234 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Insightly
7.5
356 Ratings
2% below category average
Less Annoying CRM
9.0
33 Ratings
17% above category average
Forecasting7.092 Ratings8.316 Ratings
Pipeline visualization8.1334 Ratings8.929 Ratings
Customizable reports7.5320 Ratings9.924 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Insightly
7.3
358 Ratings
5% below category average
Less Annoying CRM
9.0
49 Ratings
16% above category average
Custom fields8.0357 Ratings9.648 Ratings
Custom objects7.2116 Ratings00 Ratings
Scripting environment6.86 Ratings8.210 Ratings
API for custom integration7.3187 Ratings9.19 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Insightly
7.3
306 Ratings
14% below category average
Less Annoying CRM
10.0
30 Ratings
18% above category average
Single sign-on capability7.4273 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions7.3207 Ratings10.030 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Insightly
7.4
90 Ratings
0% below category average
Less Annoying CRM
-
Ratings
Social data6.825 Ratings00 Ratings
Social engagement8.078 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Insightly
6.3
154 Ratings
17% below category average
Less Annoying CRM
8.1
9 Ratings
8% above category average
Marketing automation7.5154 Ratings8.29 Ratings
Compensation management5.14 Ratings8.13 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Insightly
5.6
320 Ratings
29% below category average
Less Annoying CRM
9.9
32 Ratings
27% above category average
Mobile access5.6320 Ratings9.932 Ratings
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Creatio
Score 9.1 out of 10
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Creatio
Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
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Creatio
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
InsightlyLess Annoying CRM
Likelihood to Recommend
7.7
(433 ratings)
9.9
(60 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(34 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Usability
7.6
(169 ratings)
9.9
(46 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
7.9
(25 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.9
(34 ratings)
9.4
(29 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
(26 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(18 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.5
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.0
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.0
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
InsightlyLess Annoying CRM
Likelihood to Recommend
Unbounce
If a business has a simple workflow for purchasing a product or service for a customer and they want to keep track of this workflow then Insightly is very useful. The more complex a business operation is then Insightly starts to become difficult to use. I would recommend Insightly for small and medium sized businesses. Large businesses might have issues delegating tasks across many different users in a large company
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Less Annoying CRM
Less Annoying CRM is an excellent system for us as we log everything we do with a customer and has easy access to the imfromation later. May sound "of course" but this is by far the easiest CRM I've ever worked with during my 30 years in sales. Follow-up and scheduling is easy managable as well as designing forms and fields our selves. Less Annoying CRM has a good list of plug'ins to other software for integrational puposes. Most important to us is support when needed. Less Annoying CRM excels in its support. Don't hesitate, it doesn't do everything, but get started and get surprised
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Pros
Unbounce
  • The ability to set up filters to generate lists based on just the categories I am interested in.
  • It's integration with our sales data so we can see customer spending trends across multiple years and seasons.
  • The ability to circle back to previous email correspondence to refresh on past conversations with individual clients.
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Less Annoying CRM
  • Simple, intuitive usage
  • Daily agenda emails
  • Ease of moving calendar / action items around, closing out
  • Customer service is extremely responsive, they don't hide behind a "contact us" form on their website as so many companies seem to do. You can readily reach them by phone!
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Cons
Unbounce
  • Once you are immersed in the platform, for all of its integration kudos, the platform became "intuitive" if that is the right word for it. There was some push back from staff on deployment.
  • The service and support team at Insightly was very responsive, but it seemed as if they had fielded similar complaints, and slower learning curves than we expected.
  • Unfortunately, while all has worked out nicely now and we are very happy with the platform, we had to have additional instruction time for all the staff during onboarding as workflows, dashboards, and pipelines were more time intensive than expected on the demo.
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Less Annoying CRM
  • The one thing I was looking for is a place to manage multiple businesses with one project. Like if I am selling a "summer camp guide," I would like to have info for sales in one place with multiple contacts and businesses. LACRM customer service provided a workaround for me by suggesting I set up a specific pipeline for each project and them put each business in there. It is working great and, actually, a much better way to manage the project than I have originally intended.
  • I really don't have anything else to add. LACRM is perfect for us.
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Likelihood to Renew
Unbounce
Insightly offers a great product; it's the right fit for our company at this time. We were, however, considering moving to Contactually due to their cost effective automation features. However, they lacked the project management capabilities of Insightly. As our company grows, we would love to stay with Insightly - and if they can nail the automation and add the ability to customize a little bit more, it would be the perfect solution for us. For a larger company with a more involved sales team, you might find the metrics/reporting to be a bit basic. Insightly offers great customer service even to free customers
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Less Annoying CRM
Excellent product which meets my needs of a complex industry
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Usability
Unbounce
Some items are not easily accessible as an admin, and the number of available resources is outdated (video from 2017). For basic tasks such as updating prospects or contacts, it is fine. However, when you change the screen size, the system becomes less responsive, with tables often being difficult to read.
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Less Annoying CRM
The biggest reason I came to Less Annoying CRM was how simple it was to use and how powerful it is. The learning curve is very small, and I was able to start using it in a productive way right from the beginning. When I had questions or asked for suggestions the CRM Coaches at the company responded immediately and made sure my questions were answered.
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Reliability and Availability
Unbounce
The provider is 100% available, with no downtime, maintenance, or unexpected outages. We have been able to perform solid continuous services for 12 months without any interruptions. We have backups as well, unlike the in-house backup that they keep on their end. I believe they have a very good redundancy and backup infrastructure in case they get any outages.
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Less Annoying CRM
No answers on this topic
Performance
Unbounce
Pages normally load quickly, but every now and then, as entering updates to fields, it take a while to update. Sometimes even after refreshing the screen, we have to exit and go back in to get the fields or queries to update.
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Less Annoying CRM
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Unbounce
We have used Insightly for almost 2 years now. We have always been able to get in touch with support for a variety of reasons and they have never disappointed us. The support staff have always been very understanding. They have assisted with answers to our questions and have provided great tech support. We would highly recommend them.
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Less Annoying CRM
I can't stress enough, how Less Annoying CRM's Customer Service is the absolute best thing. You're never going to be waiting weeks for a response. You're always going to know someone will call you back. They don't forget you or lose your ticket. And If you don't THINK something can be done with Less Annoying CRM, write or call Customer Service, and they are sure to have a wealth of information and ideas to offer you. They really are about helping you find simple solutions that work! They are SMART about workflows and productivity!
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In-Person Training
Unbounce
Well, we didn’t get the chance to do this in-person training but rather one-on-one online training with HR in-house. There were PowerPoints to discuss as well as video instructions on how to use the app, so it was okay. We were able to play around with it during the training or onboarding session.
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Less Annoying CRM
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Unbounce
I've used Insightly's online training &/ or learned as I went. I've found the blogs and online written material helpful. I've also attended a few webinars, which can be useful if you use a J-I-T approach so as not to overwhelm you (or your staff) with functionality that you are using just yet. The fact that it's all available on their website and you can learn at your own pace is invaluable
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Less Annoying CRM
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Unbounce
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Less Annoying CRM
After explaining that I was moving from Salesforce and the problems I was encountering, they took over and implemented the data in such a quick and efficient way, I was looking for the other shoe to drop but they did an amazing job so very impressed
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Alternatives Considered
Unbounce
Insightly is significantly better than Zendesk. It is easy to use, pleasant to look at, and makes sense. However, I don't think Insightly is fair now compared to Salesforce. Insightly can do many of the same things as Salesforce, but I've only started on some of these features. Insightly has excellent potential, and its support team drives me to make it what I believe it can be. For the price, I believe Insightly is worth it.
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Less Annoying CRM
HubSpot has a huge selection of tools, reports, integrations and supports that Less Annoying does not have. It is not comparable in price or functionality - but I am comparing it because it was the last CRM I used before I used Less Annoying, and it made me realize that if you don't need all the bells and whistles, but you just need to track your Customers and manage your leads and you don't want to spend a lot of money, Less Annoying CRM is the way to go.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Unbounce
I don’t have the exact answers for this, but our accounting or finance department negotiates this. They always handle this kind of stuff and negotiate yearly licenses. Usually, they purchase 10 licenses in bulk and ask for a discount in bulk. Other than that, if there are any issues encountered on the app, they account for that. If it’s broken, that’s also taken into consideration when renewing the contract.
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Less Annoying CRM
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Scalability
Unbounce
(+) Being able to download my LinkedIn connections was a huge benefit. (+) I use the task function to stay on top of my follow-up activity which is another positive feature. (+) The sorting capabilities also help me pinpoint the contacts that I need to stay on top of. (-) When I add a new lead from an existing organization, I would like the organization's information to automatically populate the fields like address, website, description. I enter all that information manually. (-) My mass mailing experience has been tedious due to the email function being interrupted and crashing due to bad email addresses in some of my records. (-) Many of my leads do not have current email addresses. I wish Insightly offered a tool to help find email addresses. I spend too much time researching to find email addresses.
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Less Annoying CRM
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
Unbounce
Our Customer Success Manager was great. A real professional and knowledgeable about the features and how they worked with our requirements
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Less Annoying CRM
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Return on Investment
Unbounce
  • Positive Impact>Visibility is critical when it comes to taking proactive measures within the organization. The Insightly Tool has helped use with that which minimizes costs when it comes to rework. We can proactively plan for upcoming growth and identify areas of improvement.
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Less Annoying CRM
  • Not just storage of information, but utilizing that information to build stronger relationships with clients
  • Because it's web-based, we can be at our desk or on the road and still have the full functionality of the CRM at our fingertips, which helps us keep focusing on sales!
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ScreenShots

Insightly Screenshots

Screenshot of Insightly's lead status and activity tracking, available so that nothing falls through the cracks.Screenshot of the reporting feature, which provides insight into sales and productivity performance.Screenshot of the Insightly Opportunities dashboard.Screenshot of Insightly on mobile.Screenshot of Screenshot of

Less Annoying CRM Screenshots

Screenshot of The full-customizable Lead Report keeps you updated on every opportunity in your pipeline.Screenshot of Every contact and company has a profile that shows your entire history, along with any leads, files, events, to-dos, and more.Screenshot of Your Workspace is your homepage for your CRM. It give you a quick overview of everything that's going on.Screenshot of The full-customizable Lead Report keeps you updated on every opportunity in your pipeline.Screenshot of Our powerful web calendar allows you to stay on top of your events and to-dos and those of your co-workers.Screenshot of Our fully-featured mobile site means you can access your CRM from anywhere you have an internet connection.