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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)

    Zendesk Sell

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AZendesk Sell (formerly Base CRM) is a CRM that aims to give reps access to integrated tools that provide the full context of a customer account. This keeps them in the loop and allows them to capitalize on opportunities. Zendesk Sell can be extended with Reach, a lead generation and engagement tool that automates the process of finding and keeping leads interested, so reps can focus more on building relationships and crushing their quotas. Base CRM was founded in 2009, and acquired by Zendesk…

    $19

    per seat/month billed annually

    Pricing
    KintoneZendesk Sell
    Editions & Modules
    Professional Subscription
    $24
    per month per user
    Sell Team
    $19.00
    per seat/month billed annually
    Reach prospecting enrichment add-on (requires a Sell Subscription)
    $27.00
    Per User Per Month (billed annually)
    Sell Professional
    $49.00
    per seat/month billed annually
    Sell Enterprise
    $99.00
    per seat/month billed annually
    Sell Elite
    $199.00
    per seat/month billed annually
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    KintoneZendesk Sell
    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
    KintoneZendesk Sell
    Considered Both Products
    Kintone
    No answer on this topic
    Zendesk
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    56 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    54 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    53 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    47 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    50 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    KintoneZendesk Sell
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Kintone and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.3
    9 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Zendesk Sell
    6.6
    15 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Customer data management / contact management9.76 Ratings8.914 Ratings
    Workflow management9.29 Ratings6.115 Ratings
    Territory management8.54 Ratings4.98 Ratings
    Opportunity management8.54 Ratings7.913 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)7.04 Ratings6.915 Ratings
    Contract management7.03 Ratings5.410 Ratings
    Quote & order management7.54 Ratings3.97 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management9.33 Ratings7.811 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings7.915 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Kintone and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Kintone
    9.0
    7 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Zendesk Sell
    9.0
    12 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Case management9.67 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Help desk management8.56 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Kintone and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Zendesk Sell
    6.9
    12 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Lead management8.02 Ratings6.012 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings7.89 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Kintone and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.9
    9 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Zendesk Sell
    5.3
    13 Ratings
    37% below category average
    Task management9.06 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Reporting8.89 Ratings7.013 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings1.05 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Kintone and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.1
    8 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Zendesk Sell
    8.2
    15 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Pipeline visualization8.34 Ratings7.914 Ratings
    Customizable reports8.08 Ratings9.014 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings7.812 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Kintone and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.9
    11 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Zendesk Sell
    4.2
    15 Ratings
    58% below category average
    Custom fields9.211 Ratings7.815 Ratings
    Custom objects9.09 Ratings4.910 Ratings
    API for custom integration8.65 Ratings3.08 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings1.16 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Kintone and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Zendesk Sell
    5.4
    7 Ratings
    33% below category average
    Marketing automation8.52 Ratings9.87 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings1.03 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Kintone and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Kintone
    9.3
    6 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Zendesk Sell
    8.0
    13 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Mobile access9.36 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Kintone and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Kintone
    9.5
    10 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Zendesk Sell
    9.5
    14 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Role-based user permissions9.510 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.912 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Kintone and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Kintone
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Sell
    4.0
    5 Ratings
    61% below category average
    Social data00 Ratings1.04 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings6.95 Ratings
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    Salesflare
    Score10 out of 10
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    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    SAP Sales Cloud
    Score8.6 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
    KintoneZendesk Sell
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (58 ratings)
    10.0
    (15 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (16 ratings)
    8.9
    (4 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)
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.8
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 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
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KintoneZendesk Sell
    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.
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    Zendesk
    Zendesk sell is best for organizations that want a clean and simple, yet powerfully effective CRM tool. It's intuitive, extremely user-friendly, supplies lots of video tutorials and access to the California team for FAQ's, and has all the features other, more complicated, expensive CRM's have. Great for institutions that have a need to tailor their database to fit your needs; and track sales, tasks, and pipeline projects in graphic form. It's affordable and has a great app for mobile phones that allows access to contacts, notes, tasks, and a workable platform while on the go in real time. It's simple to teach new users how to navigate and utilize. Adding or deleting users is simple, and access to the CRM information can be limited/private or made public for the entire team to access. Not as costly as some of the competing products, so if you are on a tight budget this may be the tool for you.
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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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    Zendesk
    • My favorite piece is the Tasks connected to the Clients OR the Deals themselves that keep the process moving with the right steps, and helps our team from doubling our work, or missing a piece that is crucial for the completion of the sale.
    • The email integration helps to keep all things housed in one place also, so that you're not bouncing back and forth in multiple platforms to stay on top of the orders.
    • Customizations are a HUGE part of why we use Base CRM right now. We can make sure we are recording all of the right information, and not wasting time by having to fill in or skip over content that doesn't apply to our business model.
    • I also like the ability to tied Deals to multiple people, especially as Referrals come across, so we don't forget how we got in touch with different clients.
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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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    Zendesk
    • There was no ability to add prospects from a company domain or email to auto-fill any data.
    • You had to type in all of the data you gathered about that prospect.
    • The default only gave you two phone numbers for the company, too few.
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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.
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    Zendesk
    The integration with the other Zendesk products is key. Allows other people in the company, such as support, to be involved in the sales process.
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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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    Zendesk
    I received about two hours worth of training on Zendesk Sell (formerly Base CRM). I will say it's a clean look and the ability to change views is extremely helpful. I do wish there were other features that allowed the views to be more simplistic. Some views can be overwhelming to look at. Nevertheless with the minimum training, I am still able to navigate through Zendesk Sell (formerly Base CRM) successfully due to the ease of usability.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Kintone
    Never had an issue with this.
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    Zendesk
    Always available and easy connection from Zendesk Support
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    Performance
    Kintone
    Pages load quickly, no issues with response time
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    Zendesk
    Never any latency issues
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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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    Zendesk
    Due to the ease of the product, I have not had the chance to reach out to support yet. I’ve had no reason. The resources provided to clients are extremely helpful and detailed. So far my questions have been pretty basic and I generally just ask my colleague or teammate. They're able to assist with the answer.
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    Online Training
    Kintone
    The training was seamless and easy to follow
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    Zendesk
    This product has a great backing of users, but needs more options direct from Base CRM on all operations of the software. YouTube videos do a great job of helping implement, and the back end support is a great help as well. The CRM is a great free option, and should be treated as such.
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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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    Zendesk
    Simple, and straight forward.
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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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    Zendesk
    Simpler than most CRMs, which can be good if your sales team is not very tech savvy. We switched to HubSpot which provides a lot more value than Base did, but it isn't right for everyone. HubSpot is focused on capturing in-bound leads and has its own flaws and limitations, but overall it's a better fit for our needs.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Kintone
    Should be multiple pricing packages.
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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Kintone
    I could see this work for all departments if implemented correctly.
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    Zendesk
    Always on, always available.
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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.
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    Zendesk
    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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    Zendesk
    • Using Base has allowed us to double the number of active sales and partner engagements that we can keep track of and make progress on.
    • This has led to us being able to follow up on many smaller deals that were falling through the cracks.
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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