QuickBooks is great for accounting needs, but Nutshell is a better CRM. It's more customizable allowing us to ensure our sales process is smooth and the same each time a customer uses our services.
CEO - Strategy, Product Management, and Business Development
Chose Nutshell CRM
Nutshell is just as good as these others (for small-medium companies), is much easier to use, and offers more easy-to-use flexibility, and customization that would require an FT admin on these other tools.
Well, my team had trials for these others and they all prefer Nutshell for different reasons. I prefer it as I need a user-friendly software to help me out as I am not a big tech guy. I have heard others in the office say things like they like the way activities are scheduled …
We came from using Big Contacts, which was a simpler CRM program that we just simply outgrew. We entertained a few other CRM programs before deciding on Nutshell back in 2017. We did a demo with SalesForce and it was more advanced than what we needed. I honestly can't quite …
When I first started with BCI, they were using ACT!. It was hard to navigate and there were a lot of spots for duplicate information that made it hard to know if you were in the right spot or not. Then if you had trouble, you would spend 3 hours on the phone with customer …
We used Salesforce trial, but that was way too costly. We started using Nutshell CRM out of necessity, just to get organized and it seemed easy to use. We now use InfoFlo, simply because it is computer-based, unlimited installs, and a one-time cost.
We transitioned from GoldMine to Nutshell about 4 years ago, and in fairness to GoldMine, we were using an older version of their software. It was installed locally and didn't have any remote accessibility, so doing anything from the road was a challenge, to say the least. We …
We have used Dynamics CRM for many years. While the tool was indeed powerful, we found ourselves longing for something that has a lower "friction" to just getting things done.
I did not select Nutshell CRM. My employer has that information, but as far as I feel, Nutshell has better uses than Zoho CRM and can be used just as effectively in B2B relations. We only use Nutshell for candidate data, so business contacts are not mixed.
Features
Nutshell CRM
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Nutshell CRM
5.6
12 Ratings
33% below category average
Customer data management / contact management
6.011 Ratings
Workflow management
10.010 Ratings
Territory management
6.06 Ratings
Opportunity management
10.08 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)
1.012 Ratings
Quote & order management
8.07 Ratings
Interaction tracking
1.010 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management
3.01 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
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Nutshell CRM
8.8
6 Ratings
14% above category average
Case management
9.75 Ratings
Call center management
8.04 Ratings
Marketing Automation
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Nutshell CRM
5.0
11 Ratings
43% below category average
Lead management
9.010 Ratings
Email marketing
1.09 Ratings
CRM Project Management
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Nutshell CRM
8.9
10 Ratings
15% above category average
Task management
9.09 Ratings
Reporting
8.87 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
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Nutshell CRM
8.1
11 Ratings
6% above category average
Forecasting
8.08 Ratings
Pipeline visualization
7.810 Ratings
Customizable reports
8.610 Ratings
Customization
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Nutshell CRM
8.3
9 Ratings
8% above category average
Custom fields
8.09 Ratings
Custom objects
9.05 Ratings
Scripting environment
9.01 Ratings
API for custom integration
7.04 Ratings
Security
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Nutshell CRM
7.5
2 Ratings
11% below category average
Single sign-on capability
9.01 Ratings
Role-based user permissions
6.01 Ratings
Social CRM
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Nutshell CRM
7.5
8 Ratings
1% above category average
Social data
7.08 Ratings
Social engagement
8.01 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
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Nutshell CRM
8.0
1 Ratings
7% above category average
Marketing automation
8.01 Ratings
Compensation management
8.01 Ratings
Platform
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This can be used for different industries, healthcare, IT, retail or any company with a customer service line, big or small. if i had to ask, i would say "Do you have any type of filing system that you use?" "anything where you are keeping track of personal/ business information." Do you need access to information on a day to day basis? If they do , then this can be used , especially if you need to keep track of the numbers; we like how we can see if are things going up or down.
This is perfect for a small business / Home based business with SaaS. Nutshell constantly adds new features and the price is much better than more robust software like Salesforce.
Nutshell's support team has always been great and they tend to go above and beyond. They are polite, friendly, personable and great listeners. They are also great about sending follow up emails too.
When I first started with BCI, they were using ACT!. It was hard to navigate and there were a lot of spots for duplicate information that made it hard to know if you were in the right spot or not. Then if you had trouble, you would spend 3 hours on the phone with customer service and often they would not even be able to find a solution. I would not recommend ACT! to anyone. Since getting nutshell, I have learned a bit about Cosential and I know that it is more catered to the construction industry and can help with proposal creation, so I think that may be something we consider in the not-too-near future.
Nutshell CRM has had a major impact on ROI. The last program we used cost more and had fewer features and accessibility.
One negative impact is its email functions. As stated before in this review I need to be able to send large attachments and pics through email and Nutshell is very limited when it comes to that.