NetSuite ERP vs. Zoho CRM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
NetSuite ERP
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
NetSuite is a suite of ERP and accounting modules which is sold in various editions aimed at different size customers. The multi-country, multi-currency version is an additional module called OneWorld. Netsuite is a SaaS system and is not offered in an on-premise edition.N/A
Zoho CRM
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Zoho CRM is a simple, very low-cost CRM option for the smaller end of the SMB segment. The product has several useful integrations with other products, including QuickBooks, and Google Apps and Google Docs. The product also has an integrated project management module.
$14
per month
Pricing
NetSuite ERPZoho CRM
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Standard
$14.00
Per User/Per Month
Professional
$23.00
Per User/Per Month
Enterprise
$40.00
Per User/Per Month
Ultimate
$52.00
Per User/Per Month
Plus
$57.00
Per User/Per Month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
NetSuite ERPZoho CRM
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$14 /user/month
Additional DetailsUsers subscribe to NetSuite for an annual license fee. The license is made up of three main components: core platform, optional modules and the number of users. There is also a one-time implementation fee for initial setup. New modules and users and can be added as a business grows.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
NetSuite ERPZoho CRM
Considered Both Products
NetSuite ERP
Chose NetSuite ERP
Happy with the switch from QB to NetSuite, way better experience, NetSuite was selected by our compAny prior to starting so I didn't have a say in that. NetSuite is a much better solution than fish bowl which we have had a bad experience with. Zoho CRM hasn't been replaced yet …
Chose NetSuite ERP
Better support for API connectivity, as well as a more holistic sales order process for our business. It has allowed us to create more custom sales order entry processes that trigger fulfillment processes. This has allowed us to scale out product offerings and capture a more …
Chose NetSuite ERP
far more superior when it comes to ERP netsute is best compared to the competator
Zoho CRM
Chose Zoho CRM
Hubspot and NetSuite are much better solutions in my mind, I've used both and enjoyed both.
Chose Zoho CRM
We had previously used NetSuite prior to Zoho. It was expensive, very complicated, and difficult to manage. Zoho is considerably less costly, and easier to run out of the box, but also easier to customize.
Chose Zoho CRM
After using Salesforce, interacting with Zoho CRM was not intuitive and a frustrating experience; and, ultimately it's limitations spurred the decision to seek an alternative that will help us lay the foundation for our expected growth over the next 3-5 years.
Chose Zoho CRM
Zoho CRM is very similar to Salesforce, but without all the bloat. Salesforce does have better reports and pretty colors, but it is overloaded with unnecessary tools.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM is the worst CRM I have used. It is very difficult to navigate, and wasted hours of my …
Features
NetSuite ERPZoho CRM
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
1.1
15 Ratings
148% below category average
Zoho CRM
-
Ratings
Pay calculation1.013 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration1.010 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files1.39 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
9.2
74 Ratings
20% above category average
Zoho CRM
7.9
277 Ratings
4% above category average
API for custom integration9.264 Ratings8.0203 Ratings
Plug-ins9.947 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom fields00 Ratings8.3275 Ratings
Custom objects00 Ratings7.9222 Ratings
Scripting environment00 Ratings7.5178 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
9.7
81 Ratings
15% above category average
Zoho CRM
8.2
266 Ratings
1% below category average
Single sign-on capability9.662 Ratings8.3231 Ratings
Role-based user permissions9.880 Ratings8.2261 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
9.9
72 Ratings
30% above category average
Zoho CRM
-
Ratings
Dashboards9.971 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports9.970 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports9.970 Ratings00 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
7.9
292 Ratings
3% above category average
Zoho CRM
-
Ratings
Accounts payable8.3286 Ratings00 Ratings
Accounts receivable8.2264 Ratings00 Ratings
Global Financial Support9.926 Ratings00 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers9.928 Ratings00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations9.341 Ratings00 Ratings
Configurable Accounting9.935 Ratings00 Ratings
Standardized Processes9.937 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
9.1
48 Ratings
14% above category average
Zoho CRM
-
Ratings
Inventory tracking10.047 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic reordering8.928 Ratings00 Ratings
Location management9.535 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
9.4
234 Ratings
18% above category average
Zoho CRM
-
Ratings
Pricing9.953 Ratings00 Ratings
Order entry7.8230 Ratings00 Ratings
Credit card processing8.937 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost of goods sold9.448 Ratings00 Ratings
Order Orchestration9.921 Ratings00 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
7.9
231 Ratings
6% above category average
Zoho CRM
-
Ratings
Billing Management8.4220 Ratings00 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management9.927 Ratings00 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management9.831 Ratings00 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting8.927 Ratings00 Ratings
Period Close9.935 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
6.6
32 Ratings
14% below category average
Zoho CRM
-
Ratings
Budgeting and Forecasting6.026 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Costing6.023 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost Capture6.022 Ratings00 Ratings
Capital Project Management4.014 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance9.913 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition6.922 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
4.1
17 Ratings
51% below category average
Zoho CRM
-
Ratings
Project Planning and Scheduling8.914 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers3.311 Ratings00 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality3.010 Ratings00 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools3.68 Ratings00 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
3.1
12 Ratings
81% below category average
Zoho CRM
-
Ratings
Award Lifecycle Management3.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
3.3
19 Ratings
72% below category average
Zoho CRM
-
Ratings
Bids Analyzed and Compared3.58 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Authoring1.910 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Repository3.58 Ratings00 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated3.613 Ratings00 Ratings
Supplier Management9.913 Ratings00 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
3.1
11 Ratings
73% below category average
Zoho CRM
-
Ratings
Risk Repository3.58 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Management1.911 Ratings00 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments3.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Issue Detection3.58 Ratings00 Ratings
Remediation and Certification3.58 Ratings00 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
3.1
17 Ratings
75% below category average
Zoho CRM
-
Ratings
Transportation Planning and Optimization2.89 Ratings00 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management2.88 Ratings00 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management2.88 Ratings00 Ratings
Fulfillment Management9.914 Ratings00 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management2.511 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
9.4
16 Ratings
24% above category average
Zoho CRM
-
Ratings
Production Process Design8.912 Ratings00 Ratings
Production Management8.914 Ratings00 Ratings
Configuration Management9.910 Ratings00 Ratings
Work Execution9.912 Ratings00 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs8.914 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
8.3
153 Ratings
14% above category average
Zoho CRM
-
Ratings
Forecasting8.817 Ratings00 Ratings
Inventory Planning7.4150 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Monitoring8.914 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
3.9
13 Ratings
60% below category average
Zoho CRM
-
Ratings
Proposal Management2.610 Ratings00 Ratings
Product Master Data Management3.29 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Zoho CRM
8.1
288 Ratings
5% above category average
Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings8.4279 Ratings
Workflow management00 Ratings8.1266 Ratings
Territory management00 Ratings8.1196 Ratings
Opportunity management00 Ratings8.4253 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings8.0248 Ratings
Contract management00 Ratings8.2203 Ratings
Quote & order management00 Ratings7.9203 Ratings
Interaction tracking00 Ratings7.8249 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings7.7192 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Zoho CRM
7.8
221 Ratings
3% above category average
Case management00 Ratings8.0213 Ratings
Call center management00 Ratings7.4172 Ratings
Help desk management00 Ratings8.1189 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Zoho CRM
8.1
266 Ratings
6% above category average
Lead management00 Ratings8.2261 Ratings
Email marketing00 Ratings8.1219 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Zoho CRM
8.2
263 Ratings
7% above category average
Task management00 Ratings8.3248 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings8.0180 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings8.1242 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Zoho CRM
8.1
258 Ratings
7% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings8.0216 Ratings
Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.0235 Ratings
Customizable reports00 Ratings8.3249 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Zoho CRM
8.0
165 Ratings
9% above category average
Social data00 Ratings8.0164 Ratings
Social engagement00 Ratings7.9156 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Zoho CRM
8.2
210 Ratings
12% above category average
Marketing automation00 Ratings8.4207 Ratings
Compensation management00 Ratings8.0138 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
NetSuite ERP
-
Ratings
Zoho CRM
8.2
230 Ratings
10% above category average
Mobile access00 Ratings8.2230 Ratings
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User Ratings
NetSuite ERPZoho CRM
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(392 ratings)
8.3
(312 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(50 ratings)
7.6
(42 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(251 ratings)
8.0
(172 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(16 ratings)
8.9
(7 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(15 ratings)
8.3
(8 ratings)
Support Rating
6.9
(217 ratings)
6.5
(69 ratings)
In-Person Training
7.3
(2 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
6.4
(10 ratings)
5.8
(8 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.6
(17 ratings)
5.4
(16 ratings)
Configurability
8.7
(5 ratings)
5.2
(114 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(21 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.3
(3 ratings)
7.1
(5 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.0
(8 ratings)
6.3
(6 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(7 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
4.8
(2 ratings)
8.1
(13 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
5.0
(1 ratings)
8.2
(13 ratings)
User Testimonials
NetSuite ERPZoho CRM
Likelihood to Recommend
NetSuite
NetSuite ERP is well suited for many things including: Revenue recognition and billing management, inventory-linked sales fulfillment, cross functional/multi-department coordination Not that well suited for CRM and sales activities or highly customized workflows, reports, interfaces etc. The customizability of NS as a whole leave a lot to be desired. We have a third party that does most of our customizations because it's extremely time consuming and needlessly difficult.
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Zoho
Interfacing with our target clients at the correct minute is crucial in today's society. Another valuable include is its capacity to coordinated with other programs. It helps me in keeping track of the every day work emails I send to my colleagues or get. Zoho CRM makes it straightforward to consequence or send out information agreeing to our needs. Zoho makes a difference keep in mind individuals by means of e-mail and pop-ups, which dispenses with the issue of overlooking follow-ups and reminders. This not as it were helps within the organization of this incredible instrument but moreover within the execution of data.
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Pros
NetSuite
  • Revenue recognition. We get information from Salesforce and we build the revenue recognition engine that I'm really pleased. We avoid a lot of manual work by doing this.
  • We send out invoices electronically from the system. We use it for the fixed asset now with the new lease opinion that we just adopted in January 2022. We leveraged technology, specifically the features in NetSuite to help us account for that.
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Zoho
  • Hooks into our website and can import data from forms.
  • Has great automation tools built in.
  • Reporting features are great.
  • Easy to learn, makes it easy for us to onboard new users onto it.
  • Fairly customizable. We have fine tuned it to work the way we need it to.
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Cons
NetSuite
  • Certain exports out of the system. There are some pages that you can export to Excel and some pages you can't, I don't know why. So it seems like it should be all functionalities there.
  • Some of the bank feeds have broken quite a bit and I'm not sure why. So we have to constantly go in there and readjust that on the reconciliation tab. I know that's new and robust and it's going well. It's more of taking out GL data instead of what's remaining in that account. As far as if I'm looking at a rec for a particular asset, I know there's GL data that goes through there. What I want to know is what's the balance in that account made up of as far as what's remaining there. So that's the kind of stuff I would buy with advice.
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Zoho
  • Need some way to switch a field type without losing the pre-existing data.
  • The settings controls should be broken out differently - I don't like that I can't keep some users from exporting all contact records (i.e., the entire Contacts module) because if the export function is turned off, the export function of Reports for those same modules is also blocked.
  • Frustrating that only 3 custom lookup fields are allowed per module in our license.
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Likelihood to Renew
NetSuite
NetSuite is able to cover all of our needs, spanning multiple departments and managerial levels. We use it daily for a multitude of functions, including creating promotions, estimating inventory, pulling historical reports, forecasting sales, and more. Overall, we're very satisfied with NetSuite as an ERP solution and recommend it to medium to large businesses.
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Zoho
i have already renewed my subscription twice. I am in the 3rd Year now. I have been using it for a while and have been recommending to my friends as well.. have attended ZOHOLICs the annual program of zoho and it gave me new insights of managing the crm solutoin.
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Usability
NetSuite
Provides a good platform for all needs, and businesses have realized many benefits. It has lots of features and can be highly customized, but it is not the easiest or most user-friendly for users. Additionally, the time and cost required to implement the system are substantial.
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Zoho
The methodology of the 'out of the box' user interface is fairly easy to learn. In some cases however, the interface is not consistent throughout the software. Upgrades to the interface has certainly improved some of this--- but now we are seeing the same kinds of inconsistencies across Zoho apps, particularly those more recently added to their platform. This issue is not major in that everybody on staff seems able to learn how to work the programs--- it's just annoying and less than efficient when inconsistent user interfaces or inconsistent terms are used in the programs and/or the requisite documentation.
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Reliability and Availability
NetSuite
It has been very reliable. I can only think of 1-2 times in 4.5 years that we have had issues getting in, and in each case were able to get back in within 1 hour. There has not been a major downtime
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Zoho
In my many years using Zoho, I think there were only 1 or 2 days when there was something happening and I was not able to log in. Sure, it wasn't fun and we all panicked a bit, but right after that, all was well and work-life continued. Being cloud based, I'm never worried about losing my iPhone, iPad or Laptop as I know I can log in anywhere on any device and workflow won't stop.
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Performance
NetSuite
Most of the time the performance is very good. Pages load in a few seconds; financial reports take less than 5 seconds; basic searches take a few seconds. But performance can be sporadic throughout the day and cause the run time to triple.
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Zoho
I don't recall every having any issues with a page not loading due to it being a Zoho issue. Anytime I've had any issues with something being wonky, I clear cache and that has always solved the problem. Or a simply computer reboot and we're back, hard at work. Look, I don't expect any product to delivery 100%, 100% of the time but if I had any consistent ongoing issues, I would have left many years ago. I still keep my eyes open to what is new but after a quick evaluation, I know Zoho will long be my home.
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Support Rating
NetSuite
I would like to give 8 rating for NetSuite support and reason for that is below: Whenever we faced any technical or functional issues we tried to reach out to NEtSuite support but response was not immediate. We told them about the urgency of the issue but still we were not getting response on time. Then, we have to reach out to AE to get things resolved.
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Zoho
We did the training and that was a huge waste of money. The information provided was basic and the instructor was sloppy (he even forgot to turn off his mic when he used the restroom - no one should ever hear what we heard). I offered up a 9 because we were able to find what we needed on your website.
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In-Person Training
NetSuite
I had in person training for a day when first got the software. The training was good. The challenge was that there was a large gap between training and when we went live so we forgot quite a lot
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Zoho
I attended a Zoho-Holics event in Austin, TX, several years ago, and it blew my mind. So many industries were represented using Zoho in so many different ways. It was unbelievable all that I learned from that experience, as there were features that I wasn't aware of that I immediately started using. Best of all, the trainers were patient and knowledgeable
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Online Training
NetSuite
Online training is quite strong. I have used for specific pieces of functionality.However it is not sufficient in all areas.
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Zoho
There is an endless supply of YouTube videos from Zoho and the many Zoho partners/consultants. Plus, Zoho has it's own library of training videos and webinars to learn from plus an entire community at the ready to answer any questions. While Zoho has been available for many years, there are constantly new training videos and webinars available for the novice and the experienced users.
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Implementation Rating
NetSuite
I felt NetSuite Professional Services did an excellent job of guiding us in the implementation. I also felt our internal teams were a little resistant to the change and engagement of new software. Had we performed better engaging and buying into the new software, I would be able to rate the implementation better. Therefore, the lower number should not be viewed as a deficiency with the software or the professional services teams, but as an reminder of how important complete buy-in from the local users is.
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Zoho
When you switch CRMs, you can automatically assume everything isn’t going to match up correctly. We had used Salesforce for 10+ years and had a ton of data and customizations. It was not a clean transfer, but we were able to sort it all out. The only issue that really bothered me was Zoho support. Even simple questions couldn’t be answered over chat, and we would have some team members try for hours to find the right answer
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Alternatives Considered
NetSuite
I was not the selector of the vendor for NetSuite ERP, and it is now the interface I am most used to. I would recommend SAP and their full suite of products, currently only using Concur, as I think it has a slightly cleaner and less cluttered interface, however I do not know if it has all the many features that we use in NetSuite ERP as a global organisation of many individuals.
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Zoho
Free user access was one reason to use it more than any other software. Also, for a mid-size organization, the Salesforce cost was a little higher, and Pipedrive was almost similar to Zoho. As we were already using Zoho, we found no urgency to switch.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
NetSuite
No answers on this topic
Zoho
I think Zoho CRM is priced at a reasonable amount. Simply put, you get what you pay for and Zoho does not disappoint. My organization is comfortable with what we pay and pleased with continually renewing the software. The billing frequency is just right. There are no complaints on our end
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Scalability
NetSuite
We have been able to scale our business 25X without any major overhaul with Netsuite. Its dashboard setup makes onboarding new employees very easy and allows data to be shared across multiple offices. Its cloud setup does not put any pressure on IT to scale servers or other infrastructure. We have been able to become much more efficient in all aspects of the business.
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Zoho
We're still in the early stages of scaling this across departments. We have high aspirations of doing this, but it takes time to migrate to the new system and to help people get acquainted of doing their work in a different way thru Zoho.
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Professional Services
NetSuite
No answers on this topic
Zoho
In addition to being a user of Zoho CRM, we are a reseller as well. Often, at times our Partners request for on-boarding the platform configuration for them. During such requirements, we have utilized the Professional services team directly from the Zoho CRM team. Our partner feedback was quite positive, throughout.
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Return on Investment
NetSuite
  • I would say it has been a great ROI. I'm fairly new to Titan, but I will say especially at my last company, which is a retail company, the ROI was almost immediate because the systems that they were using were really suffering and it was affecting the bottom line. So NetSuite was a savior for them, really in the most literal sense. They would not have survived very much longer on the systems that they had. So to go to something like NetSuite where everything was all together in one platform was a huge advantage. And it didn't take long for us to realize that investment was well worth it.
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Zoho
  • because we are new to the CRM world, we wanted a product that was reasonably priced, yet had the features we were looking for
  • we have found a much higher customer engagement rate and ROI
  • we used to "lose" customers in our makeshift process. Now, all customers are being attended to.
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ScreenShots

NetSuite ERP Screenshots

Screenshot of one view into the most critical business processes.Screenshot of Netsuite's mobile-friendly design

Zoho CRM Screenshots

Screenshot of Deals - Cash in on all opportunities. Close more deals. Great sales management is all about prioritizing, tracking, and monitoring the deals in your pipeline. Zoho CRM gives you everything you need to manage deals across territories and sales structures.Screenshot of Activities - Keep track of all the tasks, meetings, calls, events, or activity records. Neatly organize the numerous records along with the activities associated to them such as follow-up, pre sales and post sales activities, phone conversations etc.