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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Pipedrive

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/APipedrive is a customer relationship management (CRM) software built to help small teams to drive sales.

    $24

    per month per seat

    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
    PipedriveVanillaSoft
    Editions & Modules
    Essential
    $24
    per month per seat
    Advanced
    $49
    per month per seat
    Professional
    $69
    per month per seat
    Power
    $79
    per month per seat
    Enterprise
    $129
    per month per seat
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PipedriveVanillaSoft
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsMonthly plans are available. The Essentials monthly plan at $24 per month.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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    Community Pulse
    PipedriveVanillaSoft
    Considered Both Products
    Pipedrive Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    VanillaSoft
    Chose VanillaSoft
    I had used Salesforce before and VanillaSoft is better. Zoho looks obscenely amateur by comparison. The cadence structure is by far my #1 favorite feature. We have built it over 20 email templates deep at times.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    22 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    82 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    65 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    22 Answers
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    81 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    17 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    55 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    16 Answers
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    55 Answers
    Features
    PipedriveVanillaSoft
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Pipedrive and VanillaSoft
    Feature
    Pipedrive
    7.9
    68 Ratings
    1% above category average
    VanillaSoft
    -
    Ratings
    Customer data management / contact management8.724 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management7.821 Ratings00 Ratings
    Territory management6.514 Ratings00 Ratings
    Opportunity management8.365 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)8.864 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract management8.317 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quote & order management7.314 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interaction tracking8.521 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management7.116 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Pipedrive and VanillaSoft
    Feature
    Pipedrive
    2.9
    7 Ratings
    91% below category average
    VanillaSoft
    -
    Ratings
    Case management4.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call center management1.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help desk management3.16 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Pipedrive and VanillaSoft
    Feature
    Pipedrive
    7.5
    49 Ratings
    3% below category average
    VanillaSoft
    -
    Ratings
    Lead management7.549 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email marketing7.613 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Pipedrive and VanillaSoft
    Feature
    Pipedrive
    6.7
    67 Ratings
    14% below category average
    VanillaSoft
    -
    Ratings
    Task management7.964 Ratings00 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management4.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting8.263 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Pipedrive and VanillaSoft
    Feature
    Pipedrive
    7.8
    68 Ratings
    2% above category average
    VanillaSoft
    -
    Ratings
    Forecasting7.719 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization8.268 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports7.516 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Pipedrive and VanillaSoft
    Feature
    Pipedrive
    6.4
    64 Ratings
    18% below category average
    VanillaSoft
    -
    Ratings
    Custom fields8.664 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom objects8.554 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scripting environment1.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    API for custom integration7.646 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Pipedrive and VanillaSoft
    Feature
    Pipedrive
    6.7
    62 Ratings
    23% below category average
    VanillaSoft
    -
    Ratings
    Single sign-on capability6.112 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions7.360 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Pipedrive and VanillaSoft
    Feature
    Pipedrive
    1.1
    5 Ratings
    149% below category average
    VanillaSoft
    -
    Ratings
    Social data1.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social engagement1.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Pipedrive and VanillaSoft
    Feature
    Pipedrive
    3.6
    7 Ratings
    71% below category average
    VanillaSoft
    -
    Ratings
    Marketing automation3.67 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compensation management3.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Pipedrive and VanillaSoft
    Feature
    Pipedrive
    8.2
    61 Ratings
    7% above category average
    VanillaSoft
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile access8.261 Ratings00 Ratings
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    PipedriveVanillaSoft
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    Score10 out of 10
    HubSpot Sales Hub
    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
    Groove (legacy product)
    Score7.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PipedriveVanillaSoft
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (72 ratings)
    8.3
    (88 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (25 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.5
    (15 ratings)
    8.9
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (1 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
    PipedriveVanillaSoft
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Pipedrive Inc.
    Pipedrive is a fantastic tool to help monitor and track lead generation and referral sources. It helps maintain accountability with the sales team and helps ensure that we are doing appropriate marketing to maintain a steady influx of cases. The weekly and quarterly sales reports that it can generate are incredibly helpful and insightful. They help inform us of what we need to focus on each quarter/year.
    Incentivized
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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
    Pipedrive Inc.
    • Great visual visibility of the funnel plus easy to drag the deals across the stages
    • The email integration that collects all relevant communication (also through the possibility of adding a deal-specific Pipedrive address on BCC)
    • The integration with Pandadoc, which we use a lot, so that Pipedrive keeps a really handy overview of the documents we have sent out / which have been signed
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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
    Pipedrive Inc.
    • Showing the customers name on the pipeline page. Right now I can only get it to show the brand name twice. I wish it would replace the second brand name with the main point of contact.
    • Better reporting tools. Their reporting tools are not easy to pick up. I've spent time trying to figure it out and it isn't something I can pick up on quickly.
    • Better training options. I wish I had a personal trainer to walk me through the best way to use Pipedrive so I can get the most out of it.
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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
    Pipedrive Inc.
    -2 for Its cost and +8 for the need of tracking of leads and monitoring of team.
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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
    Pipedrive Inc.
    Pipedrive is easy to use and has a clean interface so we can follow up accurately. Its custom features help manage leads and evaluate team performance. It saves time and improves efficiency. Pipedrive is stable and supports integrations and automation.
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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
    Pipedrive Inc.
    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
    Pipedrive Inc.
    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
    Pipedrive Inc.
    Between quick video tutorials and having very quick feedback from their support teams, it is one of the main reasons I would recommend Pipedrive. It is critical, especially when setting up the platform to meet your companies needs, that a solid support team like Pipedrive has is there to make the transition easier.
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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
    Pipedrive Inc.
    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
    Pipedrive Inc.
    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
    Pipedrive Inc.
    Experiment is the only way to start
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    VanillaSoft
    Our implementation was very easy.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Pipedrive Inc.
    I much prefer the interface of Pipedive when compared to Zoho. Much more user friendly and the team is always readily available when we need them. Pipedrive allowed for many custom integrations to be added, as Zoho was a tad more complicated to manipulate. We would not go back to Zoho in any case.
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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
    Pipedrive Inc.
    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
    Pipedrive Inc.
    • Great on setup which made our work easier and less technically equipped people can manage a lot of things(compared to SalesForce where you need to hire a developer to set it up)
    • We were able to integrate our calling system easily and get things going on the lead calling aspect.
    • Great multipipeline option where we were able to manage both organisations under one roof.
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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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    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.