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    Octopus CRM

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $9.99

    per month

    Scratchpad

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AScratchpad is a productivity tool for account executives, built for sales to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and daily todos. The software can be installed as a Google Chrome plugin or as a web application. It connects to Salesforce and provides an interface where sales professionals can keep all their notes, process workflows, spreadsheets, and tasks. Co-founders Pouyan Salehi and Cyrus Karbassiyoon started the company in San Francisco, California in 2019.

    $0

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    Pricing
    Octopus CRMScratchpad
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $9.99
    per month
    Professional
    $14.99
    per month
    Advanced
    $21.99
    per month
    Unlimited
    $39.99
    per month
    Free
    $0
    user / month *up to five users per company
    Premium
    $19
    per user / month (billed annually)
    Team
    $39
    user / month (billed annually)
    Business
    Custom pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Octopus CRMScratchpad
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Octopus CRMScratchpad
    Considered Both Products
    Octopus CRM
    No answer on this topic
    Scratchpad, Inc.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    97%
    Would buy again
    30 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Octopus CRMScratchpad
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Octopus CRM and Scratchpad
    Feature
    Octopus CRM
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Scratchpad
    -
    Ratings
    Lead nurturing automation8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead segmentation and distribution8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form Building
    Comparison of Form Building features of Octopus CRM and Scratchpad
    Feature
    Octopus CRM
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Scratchpad
    -
    Ratings
    Form templates10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Octopus CRMScratchpad
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    Dealfront
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Dealfront
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Paperflite
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Paperflite
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Octopus CRMScratchpad
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.5
    (31 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    9.5
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    User Testimonials
    Octopus CRMScratchpad
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Octopus CRM
    Automating connection requests is well-suited for those working who work in sales and need to connect with a large volume of people. Not sure of suitability for other professions
    Incentivized
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    Scratchpad, Inc.
    Frankly, if I can do something in Scratchpad instead of Salesforce, I prefer Scratchpad because it's faster, easier, simpler, with a much more readable and useable interface. Salesforce has been getting requests to allow font size modification for over a decade and hasn't even done that. That's what sent me looking for something like Scratchpad. I sort of view it as a much more user-friendly UI to layover SF. It's faster and less frustrating than SF for frequent daily activities. It's great for creating notes and tracking tasks at a basic level in a much more user friendly environment than Salesforce. But it interacts w/ SF, which is great!
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Octopus CRM
    • Automates connection requests
    • Allows you to work while connection requests are being sent
    • Tells you when you've already connected with someone
    Incentivized
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    Scratchpad, Inc.
    • Scratchpad notes are super easy to use and link to Salesforce Opportunities.
    • Allows you to update all the necessary Salesforce opportunity fields without going into Salesforce.
    • Easy to use Task manager that helps you stay on track through the day.
    • Extremely easy to use and their CS team is always willing to provide training and help.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Octopus CRM
    • Could make functionality of LinkedIn Sales Nav to Octopus easier
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    Scratchpad, Inc.
    • When pulling in Salesforce reports, it doesn't have full ability to do grouping/sorting.
    • When looking at pipeline view there's not an ability to expand the default view to see more than 5 people per group.
    • It'd be nice if comments would go as a task rather than a buzz.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Octopus CRM
    No answers on this topic
    Scratchpad, Inc.
    So intuitive and user friendly
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Octopus CRM
    Octopus works hand in hand with LinkedIn Sales Nav. I will save people from leads from Sales Nav and then import those leads into Octopus to automate connection requests
    Incentivized
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    Scratchpad, Inc.
    It doesn't. Scratchpad is more agile and much easier to use as a seller managing a large patch with lots of opportunities. SAP is robust but is far more complicated and involves a lot more inputs to get the same outputs that you can get with Scratchpad in half the time and effort.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Octopus CRM
    • I've been able to book some meetings from people I've connected with on Octopus, positively impacting my sales metrics and my companies bottom line.
    • Also good to grow my LinkedIn connections to show people I am a face in my industry.
    Incentivized
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    Scratchpad, Inc.
    • I save many hours a week using Scratchpad to simply manage my tasks.
    • I no longer waste time waiting for SFDC to load.
    • I can easily create opps, adjust the pipeline, and check to see if someone is already prospecting into an account.
    Incentivized
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