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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    VanillaSoft

    Score3.7 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    VanillaSoft is a lead optimization platform designed to assist fast-response sales teams in maximizing their conversion rates. By providing a structured and efficient approach to lead management, VanillaSoft aims to ensure that every potential customer receives the attention they deserve. This platform is beneficial for sales teams that operate in high-pressure environments where timely follow-ups can significantly impact sales outcomes. The primary audience for VanillaSoft…N/A
    Pricing
    NimbleVanillaSoft
    Editions & Modules
    Business
    $19.00
    Per User Per Month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    NimbleVanillaSoft
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—VanillaSoft offers several add-ons to use in conjunction with our base platforms including: Auto Dialing Call Recording VoIP SmartCaller ID SMS
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    Features
    NimbleVanillaSoft
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Nimble and VanillaSoft
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.5
    30 Ratings
    8% above category average
    VanillaSoft
    -
    Ratings
    Customer data management / contact management9.529 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management8.428 Ratings00 Ratings
    Territory management8.724 Ratings00 Ratings
    Opportunity management8.128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)9.429 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract management8.523 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quote & order management6.621 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interaction tracking9.227 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management8.126 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Nimble and VanillaSoft
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.1
    22 Ratings
    5% above category average
    VanillaSoft
    -
    Ratings
    Case management7.922 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call center management8.220 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help desk management8.321 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Nimble and VanillaSoft
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.7
    27 Ratings
    12% above category average
    VanillaSoft
    -
    Ratings
    Lead management8.426 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email marketing9.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Nimble and VanillaSoft
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.2
    29 Ratings
    6% above category average
    VanillaSoft
    -
    Ratings
    Task management8.529 Ratings00 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management8.418 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting7.725 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Nimble and VanillaSoft
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.9
    27 Ratings
    15% above category average
    VanillaSoft
    -
    Ratings
    Forecasting8.923 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization8.827 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports9.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Nimble and VanillaSoft
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.6
    29 Ratings
    12% above category average
    VanillaSoft
    -
    Ratings
    Custom fields9.029 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom objects8.322 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scripting environment8.518 Ratings00 Ratings
    API for custom integration8.820 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Nimble and VanillaSoft
    Feature
    Nimble
    9.3
    26 Ratings
    10% above category average
    VanillaSoft
    -
    Ratings
    Single sign-on capability9.424 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions9.324 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Nimble and VanillaSoft
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.4
    29 Ratings
    11% above category average
    VanillaSoft
    -
    Ratings
    Social data8.429 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social engagement8.429 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Nimble and VanillaSoft
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.8
    25 Ratings
    15% above category average
    VanillaSoft
    -
    Ratings
    Marketing automation8.725 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compensation management8.919 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Nimble and VanillaSoft
    Feature
    Nimble
    8.3
    27 Ratings
    9% above category average
    VanillaSoft
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile access8.327 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score10 out of 10
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    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Mixmax
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Score7.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    NimbleVanillaSoft
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (33 ratings)
    8.3
    (88 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (19 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (19 ratings)
    8.9
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    NimbleVanillaSoft
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    VanillaSoft
    VanillaSoft is well suited for any marketing operations or sales operations team looking for a tool to help them efficiently reach prospects and engage with them through a streamlined method. This can be a great way to manage that engagement, measure it, and keep track of various aspects of prospects.
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    Pros
    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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    VanillaSoft
    • Our employees love it - very user friendly, easy to grasp, very little down time to learn it. They feel very confident immediately.
    • Great technical support - I can get solutions to customer problems that make our company look more responsive to our clients. Our clients appreciate our solving their problems immediately.
    • Because of the real time analytics - we can address immediate issues with marketing campaigns to make our client's personnel look great to their superiors.
    • Because of all the functionality - we can provide a turnkey approach from a small company with big company capabilities.
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    Cons
    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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    VanillaSoft
    • It really needs an "undo" button. I can't tell you how many times I was typing notes etc and hit a wrong button and all was gone so I had to start over.
    • This may be the way we have it set up....we have term codes which are how the callers terminate a call they were on. They finish the call, then type notes in the notepad section of what happened, then they terminate the call. But there are times that I need to go onto a record and just leave a note but don't need to terminate it as anything. If there is a way to do that, it would make my life a lot easier.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    VanillaSoft
    We have no reason not to renew. VanillaSoft has been the best CRM (for us) that we have ever used. The value is great, we love the system, and it's easy to get assistance from VanillaSoft team when needed. Our team is so used to the calling and admin functions there is no desire to change.
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    Usability
    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.
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    VanillaSoft
    The entire system is set up so perfectly. It makes training callers much quicker, and admin tools are so easy to navigate when you get used to using it. Also, if there is ever something I cannot figure out, I can get support from VanillaSoft very quickly to resolve and get my task accomplished.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Nimble
    No answers on this topic
    VanillaSoft
    It is very rare that we have system issues. Maybe a handful of times over the years, we had to contact support about being unable to access. It was always a quick response from the VanillaSoft team, and they would clearly explain the issue and usually give time frame on fixing, or have it fixed immediately.
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    Performance
    Nimble
    No answers on this topic
    VanillaSoft
    I work on all aspects for VanillaSoft for our company. The pages overall do load very quickly. Reports are amazing, I can get quick report, customized reports, and anything I may need to present to client in very little time. It has made my job so much simpler. As far as I know, integration goes smoothly as well.
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    Support Rating
    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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    VanillaSoft
    Response time was acceptable for the relatively few problems any of our users may have encountered. Fortunately, such occasions were rare.
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    In-Person Training
    Nimble
    No answers on this topic
    VanillaSoft
    It was very helpful and informative. The learning of the tool is something anyone can do, as the setup is so well thought out.
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    Online Training
    Nimble
    No answers on this topic
    VanillaSoft
    It was very thorough. VanillaSoft team did not rush us. They explained the various functions clearly and were open to any and all questions we had as we began to learn the system. Also, once training completed, if we encountered anything we could not figure out, the support team was fantastic in helping us out.
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    Implementation Rating
    Nimble
    No answers on this topic
    VanillaSoft
    Our implementation was very easy.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    VanillaSoft
    VanillaSoft stacks up against Microsoft Power BI very well by allowing the data visualization in a more effective way, Power BI has positioned itself as one of the more robust and intuitive tools for business intelligence and data presentation. VanillaSoft and Microsoft Power BI are a great bundle for the report and analytics team.
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    Scalability
    Nimble
    No answers on this topic
    VanillaSoft
    VanillaSoft has been great. The flexibility of the system is wonderful. The scalable software options are impressive as well. I would strongly support VanillaSoft's capabilities in this area. You really can do just about anything to get the setup and or integrations you may desire for your company needs.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    VanillaSoft
    • Ability to contact more clients each day.
    • The ability to save my correspondence and notes on each interaction allowing for the appearance to the customer that I am very engaged when we are speaking.
    • Increased sales from the calendar setting and saving my notes.
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    ScreenShots

    VanillaSoft Screenshots

    Screenshot of the VanillaSoft Call Activity Dashboard, used to to monitor sales campaigns.Screenshot of where to build reports using the VanillaSoft Web Reports Wizard.Screenshot of where VanillaSoft offers the ability to arrange modules into four panels for access to almost everything in one screen.Screenshot of VanillaSoft's caller screens, which can be displayed in three panels.