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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

    Pipedrive

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/APipedrive is a customer relationship management (CRM) software built to help small teams to drive sales.

    $24

    per month per seat

    Pricing
    M1Pipedrive
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Essential
    $24
    per month per seat
    Advanced
    $49
    per month per seat
    Professional
    $69
    per month per seat
    Power
    $79
    per month per seat
    Enterprise
    $129
    per month per seat
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    M1Pipedrive
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Monthly plans are available. The Essentials monthly plan at $24 per month.
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    Community Pulse
    M1Pipedrive
    Considered Both Products
    ECI Software Solutions
    No answer on this topic
    Pipedrive Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    24 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    22 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    24 Answers
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    87%
    Happy with the feature set
    26 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    22 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    62%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    17 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    50%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    16 Answers
    Features
    M1Pipedrive
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of M1 and Pipedrive
    Feature
    M1
    6.3
    8 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Pipedrive
    -
    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 Pipedrive
    Feature
    M1
    7.3
    18 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Pipedrive
    6.4
    64 Ratings
    18% below category average
    API for custom integration7.415 Ratings7.646 Ratings
    Plug-ins7.111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom fields00 Ratings8.664 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings8.554 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings1.04 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of M1 and Pipedrive
    Feature
    M1
    8.1
    27 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Pipedrive
    6.7
    62 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Single sign-on capability8.615 Ratings6.112 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions7.727 Ratings7.360 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of M1 and Pipedrive
    Feature
    M1
    7.2
    28 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Pipedrive
    -
    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 Pipedrive
    Feature
    M1
    7.5
    26 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Pipedrive
    -
    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 Pipedrive
    Feature
    M1
    8.2
    26 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Pipedrive
    -
    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 Pipedrive
    Feature
    M1
    7.8
    26 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Pipedrive
    -
    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 Pipedrive
    Feature
    M1
    7.4
    21 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Pipedrive
    -
    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 Pipedrive
    Feature
    M1
    6.3
    16 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Pipedrive
    -
    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 Pipedrive
    Feature
    M1
    2.7
    2 Ratings
    94% below category average
    Pipedrive
    -
    Ratings
    Award Lifecycle Management2.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of M1 and Pipedrive
    Feature
    M1
    7.1
    18 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Pipedrive
    -
    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 Pipedrive
    Feature
    M1
    5.2
    4 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Pipedrive
    -
    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 Pipedrive
    Feature
    M1
    4.0
    10 Ratings
    54% below category average
    Pipedrive
    -
    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 Pipedrive
    Feature
    M1
    7.1
    27 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Pipedrive
    -
    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 Pipedrive
    Feature
    M1
    8.1
    20 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Pipedrive
    -
    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 Pipedrive
    Feature
    M1
    5.9
    9 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Pipedrive
    -
    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 Pipedrive
    Feature
    M1
    -
    Ratings
    Pipedrive
    7.9
    68 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings8.724 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings7.821 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings6.514 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings8.365 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings8.864 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings8.317 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings7.314 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings8.521 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings7.116 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of M1 and Pipedrive
    Feature
    M1
    -
    Ratings
    Pipedrive
    2.9
    7 Ratings
    91% below category average
    Case management00 Ratings4.76 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings1.15 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings3.16 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of M1 and Pipedrive
    Feature
    M1
    -
    Ratings
    Pipedrive
    7.5
    49 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Lead management00 Ratings7.549 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings7.613 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of M1 and Pipedrive
    Feature
    M1
    -
    Ratings
    Pipedrive
    6.7
    67 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Task management00 Ratings7.964 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings4.15 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings8.263 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of M1 and Pipedrive
    Feature
    M1
    -
    Ratings
    Pipedrive
    7.8
    68 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings7.719 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.268 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings7.516 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of M1 and Pipedrive
    Feature
    M1
    -
    Ratings
    Pipedrive
    1.1
    5 Ratings
    149% below category average
    Social data00 Ratings1.15 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings1.15 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of M1 and Pipedrive
    Feature
    M1
    -
    Ratings
    Pipedrive
    3.6
    7 Ratings
    71% below category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings3.67 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings3.54 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of M1 and Pipedrive
    Feature
    M1
    -
    Ratings
    Pipedrive
    8.2
    61 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings8.261 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    M1Pipedrive
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (30 ratings)
    8.0
    (72 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
    (30 ratings)
    9.0
    (25 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (15 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    M1Pipedrive
    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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    Pipedrive Inc.
    Pipedrive is a fantastic tool to help monitor and track lead generation and referral sources. It helps maintain accountability with the sales team and helps ensure that we are doing appropriate marketing to maintain a steady influx of cases. The weekly and quarterly sales reports that it can generate are incredibly helpful and insightful. They help inform us of what we need to focus on each quarter/year.
    Incentivized
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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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    Pipedrive Inc.
    • Great visual visibility of the funnel plus easy to drag the deals across the stages
    • The email integration that collects all relevant communication (also through the possibility of adding a deal-specific Pipedrive address on BCC)
    • The integration with Pandadoc, which we use a lot, so that Pipedrive keeps a really handy overview of the documents we have sent out / which have been signed
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Pipedrive Inc.
    • Showing the customers name on the pipeline page. Right now I can only get it to show the brand name twice. I wish it would replace the second brand name with the main point of contact.
    • Better reporting tools. Their reporting tools are not easy to pick up. I've spent time trying to figure it out and it isn't something I can pick up on quickly.
    • Better training options. I wish I had a personal trainer to walk me through the best way to use Pipedrive so I can get the most out of it.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ECI Software Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Pipedrive Inc.
    -2 for Its cost and +8 for the need of tracking of leads and monitoring of team.
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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
    Incentivized
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    Pipedrive Inc.
    Pipedrive is easy to use and has a clean interface so we can follow up accurately. Its custom features help manage leads and evaluate team performance. It saves time and improves efficiency. Pipedrive is stable and supports integrations and automation.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    ECI Software Solutions
    Support has been great and timely
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    Pipedrive Inc.
    Between quick video tutorials and having very quick feedback from their support teams, it is one of the main reasons I would recommend Pipedrive. It is critical, especially when setting up the platform to meet your companies needs, that a solid support team like Pipedrive has is there to make the transition easier.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    ECI Software Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Pipedrive Inc.
    Experiment is the only way to start
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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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    Pipedrive Inc.
    I much prefer the interface of Pipedive when compared to Zoho. Much more user friendly and the team is always readily available when we need them. Pipedrive allowed for many custom integrations to be added, as Zoho was a tad more complicated to manipulate. We would not go back to Zoho in any case.
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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
    Incentivized
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    Pipedrive Inc.
    • Great on setup which made our work easier and less technically equipped people can manage a lot of things(compared to SalesForce where you need to hire a developer to set it up)
    • We were able to integrate our calling system easily and get things going on the lead calling aspect.
    • Great multipipeline option where we were able to manage both organisations under one roof.
    Incentivized
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