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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Nutshell

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ANutshell offers a CRM with contact management, calendar sync, click-to-call, and collaboration features.

    $19

    per month per user

    InsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/APredictive Pipeline kept track of every change in the sales pipeline and predicts quota attainment boasting 80% accuracy, with Neuralytics, the XANT predictive engine. The product was based on C9 Predictive Sales, owned and supported by XANT (formerly InsideSales.com) since May 2015, and no longer available for sale.N/A
    Pricing
    NutshellInsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Foundation
    $19
    per month per user
    Growth
    $32
    per month per user
    Pro
    $49
    per month per user
    Business
    $67
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $89
    per month per user
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    NutshellInsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional Details15% discount for annual pricing.—
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    Features
    NutshellInsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Nutshell CRM and InsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
    Feature
    Nutshell CRM
    9.2
    15 Ratings
    16% above category average
    InsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Customer data management / contact management9.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management10.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Territory management10.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Opportunity management10.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)7.914 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quote & order management9.59 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interaction tracking7.912 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Nutshell CRM and InsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
    Feature
    Nutshell CRM
    10.0
    7 Ratings
    26% above category average
    InsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Case management10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call center management10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help desk management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Nutshell CRM and InsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
    Feature
    Nutshell CRM
    8.8
    14 Ratings
    13% above category average
    InsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Lead management9.713 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email marketing7.912 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Nutshell CRM and InsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
    Feature
    Nutshell CRM
    9.3
    13 Ratings
    19% above category average
    InsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Task management9.712 Ratings00 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management8.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting10.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Nutshell CRM and InsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
    Feature
    Nutshell CRM
    10.0
    13 Ratings
    27% above category average
    InsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Forecasting10.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization10.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports10.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Nutshell CRM and InsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
    Feature
    Nutshell CRM
    9.9
    11 Ratings
    26% above category average
    InsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Custom fields9.511 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom objects10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scripting environment10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    API for custom integration9.96 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Nutshell CRM and InsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
    Feature
    Nutshell CRM
    9.6
    4 Ratings
    13% above category average
    InsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
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    Single sign-on capability9.63 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions9.63 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Nutshell CRM and InsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
    Feature
    Nutshell CRM
    9.6
    9 Ratings
    24% above category average
    InsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Social data9.39 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social engagement10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Nutshell CRM and InsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
    Feature
    Nutshell CRM
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    28% above category average
    InsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Marketing automation10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compensation management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Nutshell CRM and InsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
    Feature
    Nutshell CRM
    9.1
    13 Ratings
    18% above category average
    InsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile access9.113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    NutshellInsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Salesflare
    Score10 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    NutshellInsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (15 ratings)
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.4
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.8
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.8
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.8
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.8
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    NutshellInsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Nutshell Inc.
    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.
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    Discontinued Products
    C9 is a good and economical solution for what it does. If evaluating them today, I would want to clearly understand their product roadmap and their ability to execute against it.
    Read full review
    Pros
    Nutshell Inc.
    • Customization - we are able to make Nutshell make the most sense for our company and processes
    • Scheduling - the ability to set tasks allows us to never forget a follow-up call or email
    • Tags - allow us to prioritize leads and segment our customers and potential customers
    • Communication - the ability to tag colleagues in notes for callbacks or updates to accounts is very helpful to keep everyone on the same page
    • Email History - being able to blind copy all our email communication to Nutshell, allows us to have email threads and notes all in one place
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • It gives you the ability to see where your pipeline was in the past and compare to how it is now. You can set queries that will allow you to show at risk deals, committed deals, etc.
    • This gives much better visibility for management to coach.
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    Cons
    Nutshell Inc.
    • integration with email doesn't work as advertised
    • would like integration with quickbooks
    • If there is a misspelling in any one email address, you can not send a mass email. You must go back and correct each error before it can send.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • We had uptime issues, weird error messages, sluggish performance, and bad data. I hope that some of this can be attributed to growing pains as the company was relatively new when we signed our initial contract.
    • It was not dependable enough to trust the data and to count on accessing the app when we needed it.
    • It actually was unavailable at EOQ one time.
    • I also did not care for the lack of real-time pipeline information. If someone was doing a pipeline review, there was no instant gratification i.e. to see changes in pipeline occur as an AE made a change to an opportunity.
    • You couldn’t do any configuration at all. Even if you just wanted to change a field or add a filter, you had to go through their services team. It was a recognized challenge and I saw roadmap addressing it.
    • The query tool is a little hard to use and we have found that queries are very slow and lock up.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Nutshell Inc.
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    C9 is now part of the sales management culture here at IPC. There is no longer any guesswork about the funnel or the forecast. C9 does something that SFDC does not...it increases significantly the value of the information in SFDC by unlocking the meta data that we all need to run the business
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    Usability
    Nutshell Inc.
    Extremely easy to use and they help you throughout the process. I find it not challenging, an effective utility to help us prioritize and engage efficiently at a reasonable price point. We enjoy working with the team there and they're easy to access. I've already recommended it to two colleagues
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    From a sales manager’s perspective it was fairly easy to use the base
    functionality (just viewing current pipeline) and much harder to look at
    analytics (pipeline changes over time). C9 made this easier by allowing sales ops to publish views to sales managers. The query tool was harder to use than it had to be. For example, there were no out of the box relationships set up between Salesforce.com tables (e.g. accounts to opportunities), so I had to create those relationships myself.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Nutshell Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    In 2 years we have only had 1 uptime issue for around 45 min.
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    Performance
    Nutshell Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    We have experienced sluggish performance.

    We have found that queries are very slow and lock up.
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    Support Rating
    Nutshell Inc.
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    C9 cares about their customers and responds quickly. However, the ticketing system could be better and there is no easy way to track the status of your requests.
    Read full review
    In-Person Training
    Nutshell Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Good assistance on set up and detailed training
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    Online Training
    Nutshell Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Online information and training was done reasonably well compared to other vendors, but would benefit from being more polished and rounded out.
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    Implementation Rating
    Nutshell Inc.
    Implementation is difficult everytime but this was relatively simple due to the small amount of data we moved
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Very simple implementation. They basically set up the imports and then they configure the tool per customer requests.

    I wish there had been more consultation during the implementation, but it wasn’t bad given the effort expended. We ended up re-implementing after about a year and a half.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Nutshell Inc.
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Zoho CRM is less up to speed and much more out of date. The support at InsideSales.com Predictive Pipeline have been very helpful during the initial roll out face. Overall I was very happy!
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Nutshell Inc.
    • 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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • The product provides a single source for pipeline and forecast data and has scaled well with our organization. We have grown from 10 sales reps to 100 reps and we really needed a tool to to manage data and do roll-ups etc.
    • It's also important to provide senior management visibility into the pipeline, and the tool works well for this.
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    ScreenShots

    Nutshell Screenshots

    Screenshot of Nutshell's dashboard, mobile app, and sales metrics.Screenshot of the interface to build custom pipelines.Screenshot of where to measure contact engagement with Nutshell Marketing emails, forms, website traffic, and landing pages.Screenshot of the interface to engage with website visitors and leads throughout the buying journey via multiple channels using Nutshell Engagement. Channels include SMS, AI webchat, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Instagram DMs.Screenshot of Quotes & Invoices, where users can create, send, and monitor custom quotes and invoices without leaving Nutshell.

    InsideSales.com / XANT Predictive Pipeline (discontinued) Screenshots

    Product screenshot