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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Kintone

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AKintone is a customizable digital workplace platform used to manage data, tasks, and communication. The no-code drag-and-drop interface can be used to create custom applications.

    $120

    per month for 5 users (minimum)

    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
    KintoneSugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Editions & Modules
    Professional Subscription
    $24
    per month per user
    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
    KintoneSugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsMinimum requirement of 5 users. Kintone offers a free prototype to build with using existing process.—
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    KintoneSugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Considered Both Products
    Kintone
    No answer on this topic
    SugarCRM
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    56 Answers
    70%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    54 Answers
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    53 Answers
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    47 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    50 Answers
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    KintoneSugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Kintone and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.3
    9 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    4.8
    33 Ratings
    48% below category average
    Customer data management / contact management9.76 Ratings5.032 Ratings
    Workflow management9.29 Ratings6.028 Ratings
    Territory management8.54 Ratings6.026 Ratings
    Opportunity management8.54 Ratings7.026 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)7.04 Ratings7.029 Ratings
    Contract management7.03 Ratings3.026 Ratings
    Quote & order management7.54 Ratings4.024 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management9.33 Ratings2.025 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings3.030 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Kintone and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Kintone
    9.0
    7 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    2.3
    24 Ratings
    108% below category average
    Case management9.67 Ratings3.024 Ratings
    Help desk management8.56 Ratings2.017 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings2.019 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Kintone and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    5.5
    25 Ratings
    34% below category average
    Lead management8.02 Ratings6.022 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings5.023 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Kintone and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.9
    9 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    3.0
    28 Ratings
    88% below category average
    Task management9.06 Ratings4.026 Ratings
    Reporting8.89 Ratings2.024 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings3.018 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Kintone and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.1
    8 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    3.3
    28 Ratings
    79% below category average
    Pipeline visualization8.34 Ratings2.025 Ratings
    Customizable reports8.08 Ratings5.027 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings3.024 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Kintone and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.9
    11 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    5.5
    29 Ratings
    33% below category average
    Custom fields9.211 Ratings6.029 Ratings
    Custom objects9.09 Ratings5.026 Ratings
    API for custom integration8.65 Ratings5.025 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings6.019 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Kintone and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    4.5
    19 Ratings
    50% below category average
    Marketing automation8.52 Ratings5.019 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings4.013 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Kintone and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Kintone
    9.3
    6 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    4.0
    20 Ratings
    62% below category average
    Mobile access9.36 Ratings4.020 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Kintone and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Kintone
    9.5
    10 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    5.5
    27 Ratings
    42% below category average
    Role-based user permissions9.510 Ratings6.026 Ratings
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings5.021 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Kintone and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Kintone
    -
    Ratings
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    3.0
    19 Ratings
    86% below category average
    Social data00 Ratings3.019 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings3.016 Ratings
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    Salesflare
    Score10 out of 10
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    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Coevera
    Score8 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
    KintoneSugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (58 ratings)
    2.0
    (59 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.2
    (26 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (16 ratings)
    3.0
    (10 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.4
    (46 ratings)
    9.1
    (12 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.8
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (43 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KintoneSugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Kintone
    I recommend Kintone for companies that need the ability to customize standalone applications or to provide a 'hub' to employees as a jumping-off point. I also recommend Kintone for any company that is drowning in spreadsheets, or is using 10 apps for 10 different purposes - you can consolidate everything into one place. Kintone, I think, needs a larger team for customization as your company grows. If you are a small office of 20 people, using it out of the box will likely be just fine for your needs. If you're working with 200 people out of an office, it'd likely be good to have someone with a bit of CSS, Java, and API experience in order to maximize what you get out of it - though you won't need that if you're keeping it simple.
    Incentivized
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    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.
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    Pros
    Kintone
    • Flexibility. You can build apps (without coding) to serve a wide range of processes and projects.
    • Ease of use. The interface is intuitive.
    • Training. There are resources readily available to train new users. Even starting from scratch, I felt like I was up to speed in just a few hours.
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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
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    Cons
    Kintone
    • Sometimes it's a little challenging to know which fields to enter and where. There is a little bit of a learning curve with creating your own apps.
    • More visuals would be great! I love seeing the data visually, and so does my board.
    • That's all I can think of - I really do enjoy the program.
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    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.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Kintone
    We have been quite happy with our use of Kintone thus far. We looked at several options before choosing Kintone and believe it had the best value and best features, while allowing for complete customization, rather than being locked into preformatted apps that may not address exactly what we need or be more than 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.
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    Usability
    Kintone
    I love everything bout it. I love that if there is something I don't feel is working well enough, we are able to change it. The ONLY thing I would say is that if you were able to make it so every time I click on anything in the website/app it stayed in the same page, that would be great, but I don' think it is possible and I think this is due to using so many external APIs
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    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.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Kintone
    Never had an issue with this.
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    SugarCRM
    SugarCRM has never been down for us.
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    Performance
    Kintone
    Pages load quickly, no issues with response time
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    SugarCRM
    No response time issues ever. Very productive due to its ease of use.
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    Support Rating
    Kintone
    I am very happy with Kintone and support it fully. I think that it is a great place for any company that wants to create a platform for better management. It is easy to use and pretty affordable. It is straightforward and has many tools that can be used by anyone. There are many helpful tutorials available too to guide users
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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.
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    In-Person Training
    Kintone
    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
    Kintone
    The training was seamless and easy to follow
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    SugarCRM
    Only part of an implemementation as noted previously.
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    Implementation Rating
    Kintone
    Everyone has their own tastes of things and way they want to work. Asking them to adapt to the changes with the new tools or apps is always difficult. We would want to start with a very small but best example within the organization, which in our case was that the employees will not be bothered by the bosses by being asked to find the documents, status of the progresses, or major things/requests/projects.
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    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.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Kintone
    Kintone is the easiest product to create from and the cost is the lowest I believe. In addition, reconfigurability and extendability are great. If you look for a low code tool, you can try Kintone. But as same as another low code tool, don't expect too much.
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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.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Kintone
    Should be multiple pricing packages.
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    SugarCRM
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Kintone
    I could see this work for all departments if implemented correctly.
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    SugarCRM
    Works from 2-300 Users in our experience.
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    Professional Services
    Kintone
    We have nothing but positive things to say about the kintone professional services we utilized during the install and after we went live.
    Incentivized
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    SugarCRM
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Kintone
    • It used to take us 15-20 minutes to create a quote for a client. It now takes less than 3.
    • It allows a few of our employees to work remotely, which was essentially impossible prior.
    • We can see raw data for success/failure rates, which we actively use in our employee review process.
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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
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    ScreenShots

    Kintone Screenshots

    Screenshot of a view of apps from the portalScreenshot of 4 ways to build an appScreenshot of the drag and drop interfaceScreenshot of business app viewsScreenshot of Kintone appearing across desktop, and mobile

    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) Screenshots

    Screenshot of a view of Sugar Sell's contacts listScreenshot of Sugar Sell's analyticsScreenshot of a Sugar Sell dashboard