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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    M1

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AM1, from ECI Software Solutions headquartered in Ft. Worth, is an all-in-one manufacturing ERP software solution, built for small and medium-sized discrete manufacturers.N/A

    Nimble

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ANimble is a social customer relationship management (CRM) system with features such as contact management and data-driven analytics.

    $15

    per month

    Pricing
    M1Nimble
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Business
    $19.00
    Per User Per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    M1Nimble
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    M1Nimble
    Considered Both Products
    ECI Software Solutions
    No answer on this topic
    Nimble
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    24 Answers
    89%
    Would buy again
    16 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    24 Answers
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    87%
    Happy with the feature set
    26 Answers
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    16 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    62%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    50%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    Features
    M1Nimble
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of M1 and Nimble
    Feature
    M1
    6.3
    8 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Nimble
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation6.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration4.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files7.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of M1 and Nimble
    Feature
    M1
    7.3
    18 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Nimble
    8.6
    29 Ratings
    12% above category average
    API for custom integration7.415 Ratings8.820 Ratings
    Plug-ins7.111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom fields00 Ratings9.029 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings8.322 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings8.518 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of M1 and Nimble
    Feature
    M1
    8.1
    27 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Nimble
    9.3
    26 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Single sign-on capability8.615 Ratings9.424 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions7.727 Ratings9.324 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of M1 and Nimble
    Feature
    M1
    7.2
    28 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Nimble
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards7.326 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports7.228 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports7.127 Ratings00 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of M1 and Nimble
    Feature
    M1
    7.5
    26 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Nimble
    -
    Ratings
    Accounts payable7.825 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts receivable7.526 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global Financial Support7.59 Ratings00 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers7.716 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations6.821 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting7.618 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standardized Processes7.819 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of M1 and Nimble
    Feature
    M1
    8.2
    26 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Nimble
    -
    Ratings
    Inventory tracking8.326 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic reordering8.715 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location management7.521 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of M1 and Nimble
    Feature
    M1
    7.8
    26 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Nimble
    -
    Ratings
    Pricing7.726 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order entry8.326 Ratings00 Ratings
    Credit card processing7.310 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold7.917 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Orchestration7.913 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of M1 and Nimble
    Feature
    M1
    7.4
    21 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Nimble
    -
    Ratings
    Billing Management8.420 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management8.217 Ratings00 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management5.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting7.213 Ratings00 Ratings
    Period Close7.921 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of M1 and Nimble
    Feature
    M1
    6.3
    16 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Nimble
    -
    Ratings
    Project Planning and Scheduling7.916 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers7.810 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality4.67 Ratings00 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools4.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of M1 and Nimble
    Feature
    M1
    2.7
    2 Ratings
    93% below category average
    Nimble
    -
    Ratings
    Award Lifecycle Management2.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of M1 and Nimble
    Feature
    M1
    7.1
    18 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Nimble
    -
    Ratings
    Bids Analyzed and Compared6.27 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Authoring7.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Repository6.46 Ratings00 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated7.710 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supplier Management7.518 Ratings00 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of M1 and Nimble
    Feature
    M1
    5.2
    4 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Nimble
    -
    Ratings
    Risk Repository6.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Management6.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments4.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue Detection4.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification4.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of M1 and Nimble
    Feature
    M1
    4.0
    10 Ratings
    55% below category average
    Nimble
    -
    Ratings
    Transportation Planning and Optimization2.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management2.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management4.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management4.98 Ratings00 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management5.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of M1 and Nimble
    Feature
    M1
    7.1
    27 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Nimble
    -
    Ratings
    Production Process Design5.519 Ratings00 Ratings
    Production Management7.422 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configuration Management7.119 Ratings00 Ratings
    Work Execution7.720 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs7.626 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of M1 and Nimble
    Feature
    M1
    8.1
    20 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Nimble
    -
    Ratings
    Forecasting7.814 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Planning7.720 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring8.715 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of M1 and Nimble
    Feature
    M1
    5.9
    9 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Nimble
    -
    Ratings
    Proposal Management4.96 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management7.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of M1 and Nimble
    Feature
    M1
    -
    Ratings
    Nimble
    8.5
    30 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings9.529 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.428 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings8.724 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings8.128 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings9.429 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings8.523 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings6.621 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings9.227 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings8.126 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of M1 and Nimble
    Feature
    M1
    -
    Ratings
    Nimble
    8.1
    22 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Case management00 Ratings7.922 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings8.220 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings8.321 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of M1 and Nimble
    Feature
    M1
    -
    Ratings
    Nimble
    8.7
    27 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Lead management00 Ratings8.426 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings9.026 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of M1 and Nimble
    Feature
    M1
    -
    Ratings
    Nimble
    8.2
    29 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Task management00 Ratings8.529 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings8.418 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings7.725 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of M1 and Nimble
    Feature
    M1
    -
    Ratings
    Nimble
    8.9
    27 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings8.923 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.827 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings9.023 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of M1 and Nimble
    Feature
    M1
    -
    Ratings
    Nimble
    8.4
    29 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Social data00 Ratings8.429 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings8.429 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of M1 and Nimble
    Feature
    M1
    -
    Ratings
    Nimble
    8.8
    25 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings8.725 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings8.919 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of M1 and Nimble
    Feature
    M1
    -
    Ratings
    Nimble
    8.3
    27 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings8.327 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    M1Nimble
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (30 ratings)
    7.0
    (33 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
    (30 ratings)
    8.0
    (19 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.8
    (19 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    M1Nimble
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ECI Software Solutions
    The M1 ERP is tailored for small to medium organizations, offering good features at least in the components utilized by my organization such as customizable workflows, user-friendly dashboards, ability to process orders, and track the entire orders lifecycle. It also has good customer interaction features in the CRM part. It provides robust data security, and offers scalable modules to grow with your business. Implementation is not challenging if you don't have so many customizations in the software.
    Incentivized
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    Nimble
    This tool is suitable for all sizes of organizations since it has the capacity to manage customer relations in the best possible way. Its features like task management, reports, social collaboration, and forecasting are always considered important for CRM and they all work without causing any trouble. But its Reports need to be more elaborate and its interface should be made easier and less tricky.
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    Pros
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Allows for component parts to be scheduled independently through the plant
    • Once parts are built, it is easy to duplicate/reuse parts across they quoting and ordering modules and customers
    • If used properly and consistently, M1 will provide accurate job cost analysis to determine estimating, training, efficiency and other issues.
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    Nimble
    • Importing contacts in the CRM is very much consist of easy steps.
    • It allows me to create, edit and view contacts records anywhere from the web.
    • It is helping me to stay organized in terms of marketing needs and providing real-time information automatically.
    • it is playing an excellent role in managing our all relations.
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    Cons
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Some of the functions are pretty detailed - and so they take a while to generate screens and pages in reports.
    • We actually use it for 2 companies we own - and it would be nice if the inter company communication was a little smoother. It's hard to share some data, and not everything is possible to be shared.
    • Customized reports need to backed up before any updates to M1 or they're lost. It seems M1 overwrites the report folders everytime you run an update - so you have to keep track of what you've changed in Crystal Reports and restore it.
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    Nimble
    • Nimble's storage space is very sparse, but we have found that it can be expanded at an additional cost.
    • Their mobile application is not as good as some of us expected, and we strongly recommend improving it to make it work effectively.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ECI Software Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Nimble
    It's truly a great system if you get it for the right reasons. Don't expect it to do everything a mid market organization would require but for any small business or mid to large organizations which would like to integrate to it for the social insights capabilities this is a leading solution which can add value immediately
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    Usability
    ECI Software Solutions
    Because it would be helpful if ECI would provide better documentation, communication and workflows to understand how each field interacts within the system and how each of those touch other areas within M1. It would also be useful if ECI would provide prescheduled training for how to customize things with M1 through Design Studio
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    Nimble
    The platform has more advantages and positives as compared to challenges or negatives in comparison to other comparable products and platforms available in the marketplace. It was extremely easy to get started with the initial deployment which makes the choice much clearer. Finally its tight integration not just with Microsoft O365 suite, but also with [the] most popular social media platforms available makes it a very favorable platform in its domain.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    ECI Software Solutions
    Support has been great and timely
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    Nimble
    It was productive to be able to access remote support sessions from nimble employees, whom we decided to contact to have one of the features mentioned above explained to us. They were methodical and easy to explain solutions, so we recommend them for any kind of doubt.
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    Alternatives Considered
    ECI Software Solutions
    M1 is light years ahead in overall cost and proficiency. It allows so much more control and flexibility as compared to its competitors. When choosing M1 we went through many demos and M1 was the only ERP that met our needs and still does. We also control our own data which is a big plus for us.
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    Nimble
    Nimble has proven to be a positive and well-respected application within our company for setting us up for success at building personal and meaningful associations with decision makers. It has been a significant reason why we have gained acceptance and trust from those who we have introduced ourselves to over time. The ability to feel a true understanding of our prospects and customers as real human beings with unique interests and common aspirations opens up doors of valuable conversation. The other options that were reviewed and considered provided many of the common ways from the past that stored CRM information. This method was much more of a static representation of the real interactions made between a company or salesperson with the prospects and customers. Nimble has brought back what should never have been lost - being like neighbors who spoke to each other about more things than just business.
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    Return on Investment
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Time savings having to only enter certain information once and have it follow through the entire order process from quote to cash
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    Nimble
    • Time-Saving is one of the biggest ROIs for me. 30-60 minutes a day means I can focus on more marketing, sales, or client work.
    • A soft ROI is in better contact relationships. People are often impressed that I follow-up after meetings, and especially when they say to contact them in 6 months or next year.
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