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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    kvCORE

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AThe kvCORE platform is described by the vendor, Inside Real Estate in Draper, as a next-gen solution for modern brokerages and enterprises to run their entire business on one platform.N/A

    Maximizer CRM

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AMaximizer CRM is a customer relationship management (CRM) software built to maximize sales leads and calls.

    $29

    Per User / Month

    Pricing
    kvCOREMaximizer CRM
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Small Office
    $29
    Per User / Month
    Business Plus
    $49
    Per User / Month
    Business Plus
    $49
    Per User / Month
    Insights
    $89
    Per User / Month
    Insights
    $89
    Per User / Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    kvCOREMaximizer CRM
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptional$29 per user/Month
    Additional Details—All pricing in USD. Monthly no contract subscription option available.
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    Community Pulse
    kvCOREMaximizer CRM
    Considered Both Products
    Inside Real Estate
    No answer on this topic
    Maximizer Services, Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    56%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    58%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    68%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    50%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    54%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    kvCOREMaximizer CRM
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of kvCORE and Maximizer CRM
    Feature
    kvCORE
    -
    Ratings
    Maximizer CRM
    1.8
    5 Ratings
    125% below category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings1.15 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings1.14 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings1.14 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings1.15 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings1.14 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings3.14 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings1.13 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings4.05 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings2.15 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of kvCORE and Maximizer CRM
    Feature
    kvCORE
    -
    Ratings
    Maximizer CRM
    1.1
    4 Ratings
    150% below category average
    Case management00 Ratings1.14 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings1.13 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings1.13 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of kvCORE and Maximizer CRM
    Feature
    kvCORE
    -
    Ratings
    Maximizer CRM
    1.1
    5 Ratings
    150% below category average
    Lead management00 Ratings1.15 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings1.15 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of kvCORE and Maximizer CRM
    Feature
    kvCORE
    -
    Ratings
    Maximizer CRM
    1.1
    5 Ratings
    150% below category average
    Task management00 Ratings1.15 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings1.13 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings1.14 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of kvCORE and Maximizer CRM
    Feature
    kvCORE
    -
    Ratings
    Maximizer CRM
    1.1
    5 Ratings
    150% below category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings1.15 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings1.15 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings1.15 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of kvCORE and Maximizer CRM
    Feature
    kvCORE
    -
    Ratings
    Maximizer CRM
    1.1
    5 Ratings
    150% below category average
    Custom fields00 Ratings1.15 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings1.04 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings1.15 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings1.15 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of kvCORE and Maximizer CRM
    Feature
    kvCORE
    -
    Ratings
    Maximizer CRM
    1.1
    5 Ratings
    154% below category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings1.13 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings1.14 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of kvCORE and Maximizer CRM
    Feature
    kvCORE
    -
    Ratings
    Maximizer CRM
    1.1
    3 Ratings
    149% below category average
    Social data00 Ratings1.13 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings1.13 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of kvCORE and Maximizer CRM
    Feature
    kvCORE
    -
    Ratings
    Maximizer CRM
    1.0
    5 Ratings
    153% below category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings1.05 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings1.04 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of kvCORE and Maximizer CRM
    Feature
    kvCORE
    -
    Ratings
    Maximizer CRM
    1.1
    5 Ratings
    150% below category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings1.15 Ratings
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    kvCOREMaximizer CRM
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    Salesflare
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    kvCOREMaximizer CRM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.9
    (25 ratings)
    1.1
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    2.0
    (3 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.0
    (9 ratings)
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    kvCOREMaximizer CRM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Inside Real Estate
    I think if you have a very large brokerage and can afford to pay for a fully customized set up then it may be worthwhile. I would make sure you have a dedicated support team, not an account manager. In my opinion, the account managers are worthless and will not respond most of the time. We are on our second account manager in 9 months of using the system and cannot get in touch with him. In my experience, the account managers have no knowledge of how the system works or how anyone in real estate would want it to work. Obviously, I can only say this for the two managers we have had so far. I would steer clear of this system unless you want to spend a few thousand a month for a system that, I feel, will impede your business rather than improve it.
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    Maximizer Services, Inc.
    It was not a good experience. Nothing was as advertised, from the user experience to the security of purchase. The address book was not able to be converted from the Leads module and the maps feature wasn’t able to connect from Leads. The mobile version has a lot of bugs and isn’t very functional. They have a tutorial, yet [I think they] aren’t proactive in distributing it to new users. Their focus is on sales. And it’s not a very salable product in my opinion. The worst aspect of this company is that they aren’t risk free. If you purchase a year software and decide after a few weeks it simply isn’t for your company, there are no refunds. I had to initiate a chargeback with my bank after being told that “unfortunately, due to the terms and conditions...” No customer wants to hear that. [I feel] they tried to bully me into keeping their software. There are far too many options in 2021 for CRM to be forced into one, especially one so difficult to use. When I asked about a feature that I needed, I was told, “Perhaps later this year...” Not what I need if I’m paying good money for a software. Their sales VP wouldn’t call me when I requested a call after being denied a refund. When I went through their main website again after my experience with Maximizer, I [felt] that everything they advertise is not in line with the product they put out. They say that there’s a free trial available. Not the truth [in my experience]. This maybe would have been a good CRM in say, 1999. [I think] it’s antiquated and didn’t serve the needs of my business. I used well-known CRM previously and didn’t find Maximizer to be better than the free version of that one. There was a disconnect in usage that wasn’t able to be overcome by myself or my employees in several weeks of trials.
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    Pros
    Inside Real Estate
    • Not one thing!
    • It sends unwanted canned responses to potential clients that you haven't approved. You must figure out how to use it to make them stop. This was day 1.
    • If you like to learn using many many different videos to learn a product, then this maybe for you.
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    Maximizer Services, Inc.
    • Shared Calendar
    • Customer Service cases
    • Common database of customer information
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Inside Real Estate
    • Their support is good, but wait times can be long. They want you to use their chat, but then when you ask your question, it can be a several hour wait time between responses. The people are nice and resolve your issue. But I think chat is for quick back and forth communication, not something with a long delay. Also, you can only really do it effectively on your computer, not on your phone.
    • It's proving very tough to track leads from campaigns we are running ourselves. If your website converts a lead, it really just gives you the website source, and even that only some of the time. It would be great to create custom sources and have kvCORE track that traffic and lead via some sort of UTM tag or URL parameter.
    • Some of the load times aren't great. When I load up my database, it takes a while to actually display. Also, when a lead is claimed in a pond, you have to refresh to be able to contact them. Then once you add a campaign, you have to refresh again to see the tasks that fire. This is a bit clunky.
    • The app is great, but there is still some limited functionality. It would be great to access and claim leads from a pond on the mobile app. Also if you could get push notifications when new leads are added. Our time to lead sucks, and that's because kvCORE doesn't alert you super quickly.
    Incentivized
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    Maximizer Services, Inc.
    • Handling large data. Maximizer needs to improve on this.
    • Add additional user-friendly shortcuts for the most frequently used functions in the web version.
    • There is no mark for deletion option. They need to provide a way to delete without physically deleting records.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Inside Real Estate
    No answers on this topic
    Maximizer Services, Inc.
    We are heavily entrenched in Maximizer and trying to pull our data out and into another CRM, with the same amount of customization and workflow would take a lot of effort.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Inside Real Estate
    It doesn't deserve a zero because you can access contacts and get reminders to contact them. In my experience, you can not use the system for proper communication with both prospects and their spouses.
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    Maximizer Services, Inc.
    The CRM didn’t have the capability I expected
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    Support Rating
    Inside Real Estate
    I love kvCORE's support. Having the little chat feature in the bottom right of my screen the whole time I'm working takes away any stress or worry about using it. When I first started using it, I learned its features by clicking and trying things, and more than once I had to go into the chat support and ask how to undo or fix what I had done. I don't think I've ever waited more than 5 minutes to get a reply back and it being almost instant and right there on my screen allowed me to continue working and know immediately when my question had been answered.
    Incentivized
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    Maximizer Services, Inc.
    The support staff are very knowledgeable and competent. Never really had an issue with them not knowing what they are doing.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Inside Real Estate
    Konversion and BoomTown are the only two I have used. Both have their things to recommend. Since I used Konversion, using kvCORE was simpler and I was able to upload my contacts seamlessly. This made adopting a new system easier and less likely to have a gap in contacting customers.
    Incentivized
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    Maximizer Services, Inc.
    We chose to go with Microsoft Dynamics CRM over Maximizer because of the customization and marketing options that were associated with Dynamics. The ease of use with Maximizer, however, was far better than that of Microsoft Dynamics.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Inside Real Estate
    • Because I am an EXP agent, I receive kvCore for $50/month so I have a $1550/month positive over any non-EXP agent.
    • Great new lead follow up with automatic and realistic contact for a higher conversion rate that I couldn't do by myself.
    Incentivized
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    Maximizer Services, Inc.
    • It allows us to maximize our service billing
    • It is easy to generate service quotes
    • It is easy to follow up on leads.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    kvCORE Screenshots

    Screenshot of IDX websites for all agents - with behavioral intelligence & chat.Screenshot of Smart CRM bubbles up top priorities each day in 1 dashboard.Screenshot of Agents wake up to warm leads right on their phone.Screenshot of Mass Email + Text, Video Messaging, Power Dialer, Pond Accounts + MoreScreenshot of Drive listing exposure with seamless social media sharing.Screenshot of Tight transaction and business analytics integration.

    Maximizer CRM Screenshots

    Screenshot of Maximizer CRM Logo