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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Dynamics 365

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Dynamics 365 is a CRM providing sales, marketing, and service functionality. It is offered as SaaS and on-premise. Dynamics 365 is part of the larger Dynamics suite of business intelligence and ERP products.

    $44

    per month

    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
    Microsoft Dynamics 365Zendesk Sell
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Microsoft Dynamics 365Zendesk Sell
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Microsoft Dynamics 365Zendesk Sell
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Zendesk
    Chose Zendesk Sell
    We moved away from the platform above because integrations and reporting through Zendesk Sell (formerly Base CRM) are far better. Zendesk Sell (formerly Base CRM) is definitely a more modern approach to our ever-changing company. We needed a system that provided accurate and …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    23 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    87%
    Delivers good value for the price
    20 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    23 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    82%
    Implementation went as expected
    18 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Microsoft Dynamics 365Zendesk Sell
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    7.7
    84 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Zendesk Sell
    6.6
    15 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Customer data management / contact management7.981 Ratings8.914 Ratings
    Workflow management7.980 Ratings6.115 Ratings
    Territory management7.160 Ratings4.98 Ratings
    Opportunity management7.672 Ratings7.913 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)7.879 Ratings6.915 Ratings
    Contract management7.961 Ratings5.410 Ratings
    Quote & order management7.258 Ratings3.97 Ratings
    Interaction tracking8.171 Ratings7.915 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management7.362 Ratings7.811 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    8.0
    68 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Zendesk Sell
    9.0
    12 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Case management7.863 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Call center management7.950 Ratings9.08 Ratings
    Help desk management8.557 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    7.9
    78 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Zendesk Sell
    6.9
    12 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Lead management7.672 Ratings6.012 Ratings
    Email marketing8.171 Ratings7.89 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    8.0
    76 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Zendesk Sell
    5.3
    13 Ratings
    37% below category average
    Task management8.171 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management8.054 Ratings1.05 Ratings
    Reporting8.065 Ratings7.013 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    7.6
    77 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Zendesk Sell
    8.2
    15 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Forecasting7.667 Ratings7.812 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization7.773 Ratings7.914 Ratings
    Customizable reports7.476 Ratings9.014 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    7.7
    80 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Zendesk Sell
    4.2
    15 Ratings
    58% below category average
    Custom fields7.678 Ratings7.815 Ratings
    Custom objects7.572 Ratings4.910 Ratings
    Scripting environment7.956 Ratings1.16 Ratings
    API for custom integration7.861 Ratings3.08 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    8.8
    75 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Zendesk Sell
    9.5
    14 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Single sign-on capability8.869 Ratings9.912 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.770 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    7.7
    44 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Zendesk Sell
    4.0
    5 Ratings
    61% below category average
    Social data7.843 Ratings1.04 Ratings
    Social engagement7.643 Ratings6.95 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    7.2
    65 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Zendesk Sell
    5.4
    7 Ratings
    33% below category average
    Marketing automation7.665 Ratings9.87 Ratings
    Compensation management6.834 Ratings1.03 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Zendesk Sell
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics 365
    6.8
    56 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Zendesk Sell
    8.0
    13 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Mobile access6.856 Ratings8.013 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365Zendesk Sell
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.9
    (104 ratings)
    10.0
    (15 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (20 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (34 ratings)
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (11 ratings)
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.2
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    3.8
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Dynamics 365Zendesk Sell
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Provides our company access to manage and customize the folds tailored to our needs. We needed to have certain paragraphs on certain paperwork per customer. MD 365 has those options to customize where needed and remove when not. The system is easy to navigate, and training can be done in a matter of days, even without prior knowledge of the system or similar systems.
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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
    Microsoft
    • Best to use for AP - like in our organization, there are plenty of AP bills, so with Dynamics, we can quickly enter the same into the Excel utility, which means CSV-based upload, and then we can easily upload the same to the software. It's a time saver.
    • Best for Bank reconciliation - MS Dynamics makes Bank reconciliation easy. Banks can easily sync with software and easily get reconciled.
    • Generating invoices to customers and directly sending them to their inbox is easy with this software.
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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
    Microsoft
    • Small learning curve, obviously. You won't figure this out in a day, a week, or even a month. But given time, you can learn to be an expert. Or you can always get a consultant or hire in somebody. But learning the tool isn't out of the questions by any means.
    • Licensing can be confusing at times and isn't cheap, but it is cheaper than Salesforce. Plus no additional fees for data calls to better integrate your D365 CE data with other systems.
    • The Classic user interface left a bit to be desired, but now with the much-improved Unified Interface, the web client and the mobile client look the same, much more modern, and have more flexibility and power behind them for customizers as well.
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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
    Microsoft
    CRM has allowed us to keep all of our data in one place that is easy for all users within the company to view. I came into the company after they had been using CRM for about 4 years. They have all said that since we have used this it has helped us control work processes better, it has allowed us to be able to track things so much better, and has been something that has helped unite many processes that used to be all over the place. We are currently using CRM 4.0 and are planning on upgrading in the next 18 months to the 2011 version. Support for 4.0 is almost all but dried up. Understandably so. Some of the customization we have done, and a plugins we use, are now contained within the 2011 version so we are looking forward to that upgrade. We use an email marketing company as well, and they primarily support the 2011 version, but their product connects and is integrated within CRM. This is a great benefit as well so that all of our marketing information can be contained in one location.
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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
    Microsoft
    The usability is easily adopted for users familiar with other Microsoft products. Dynamics 365 has several interfaces that cross over browsers and tablets. These multiple interfaces will be phased out and updated to a single unified interface eventually to provide the same usability across all devices. The backend configurations is slowly improving with the introduction of PowerApps compared to pre-D365 Online versions
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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
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    Always available and easy connection from Zendesk Support
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    Never any latency issues
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    Our partner, Ledgeview Partners has been FANTASTIC to work with. They are always timely in their response and have taken time to understand our business and our specific needs. We've made a lot of advanced customizations and they have been a great help in making those updates.
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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
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Microsoft
    We used a data warehouse to house our data, and our IT team and implementation vendor worked diligently ahead of time to construct idea implementation plans. Out of millions of records- we had less than a dozen errors, which is remarkable. My major insight is simply having a group of completely devoted individuals working towards your goal who fully understand the desired outcome. Focused resources for implementation season are critical to success.
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    Zendesk
    Simple, and straight forward.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Dynamics was part of a system overhaul for a local school, and we looked at many products. If we had used it for a company with low turnover, then it might have been more feasible. They needed something a new person could learn quickly, someone who might also be learning marketing terms at the same time - especially if there is nobody to train the individual now expected to know the system. Similar issues occurred with all of these programs (we called it being too big for their britches), and one of the bigger things we liked was that it is more compatible with MS Office products in both technical and visual appeal. If you have a steady employees who use a CRM consistently, low turnover, and those who are very familiar with Office products, Dynamics would be the smartest option for you. Unfortunately, this was just not true for the school environment
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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
    Microsoft
    On our purchase, I'd been interrogated about our usage. Our needs are met by Microsoft Dynamics 365, which is simple to use. With so much data and information available, we must ensure that it is presented correctly to managers. Due to a lack of use, we don't have to spend as much money on Salesforce.
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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    Always on, always available.
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    Professional Services
    Microsoft
    My company's preferred program right now is Microsoft Dynamics 365. We use it to keep track of customers and important sales metrics in a streamlined manner. Anyone familiar with CRMs will find the tool extremely useful. Considering that we have a good turnover, this product will be used for its basic segments. As a result, there are few chances of error with Microsoft dynamics because it is so easy to use. Many options for recording data on these leads are available. It meets our needs and pays off.
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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • For those without a centralized, all in one solution for major HR, Finance and other departments, Microsoft Dynamics 365 has vastly improved employee time utilization and profit.
    • Migrating clients from on-premise to the cloud has reaped benefits including better security, no unscheduled downtime and frequent updates to functionality.
    • Those transferring from cheaper solutions have lost money in the aim to be better integrated with other Microsoft products and AI they don't really utilize.
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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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