Pipedrive vs. Zendesk Sell

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Pipedrive
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Pipedrive is a customer relationship management (CRM) software built to help small teams to drive sales.
$24
per month
Zendesk Sell
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
Zendesk Sell (formerly Base CRM) is a CRM that aims to give reps access to integrated tools that provide the full context of a customer account. This keeps them in the loop and allows them to capitalize on opportunities. Zendesk Sell can be extended with Reach, a lead generation and engagement tool that automates the process of finding and keeping leads interested, so reps can focus more on building relationships and crushing their quotas. Base CRM was founded in 2009, and acquired by Zendesk…
$19
per seat/month billed annually
Pricing
PipedriveZendesk Sell
Editions & Modules
Essential
$14
per month (billed annually)
Advanced
$29
per month (billed annually)
Professional
$49
per month (billed annually)
Power
$64
per month (billed annually)
Enterprise
$99
per month (billed annually)
Sell Team
$19.00
per seat/month billed annually
Reach prospecting enrichment add-on (requires a Sell Subscription)
$27.00
Per User Per Month (billed annually)
Sell Professional
$49.00
per seat/month billed annually
Sell Enterprise
$99.00
per seat/month billed annually
Sell Elite
$199.00
per seat/month billed annually
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PipedriveZendesk Sell
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsMonthly plans are available. The Essentials monthly plan at $24 per month.
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Community Pulse
PipedriveZendesk Sell
Considered Both Products
Pipedrive
Chose Pipedrive
Once we found Pipedrive we stopped looking. Much more intuitive and user friendly than anything else we saw out there. Also, a very reasonable price for the technology.
Zendesk Sell

No answer on this topic

Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
PipedriveZendesk Sell
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
6.3
59 Ratings
20% below category average
Zendesk Sell
6.6
15 Ratings
15% below category average
Customer data management / contact management6.515 Ratings8.914 Ratings
Workflow management7.812 Ratings6.115 Ratings
Territory management6.68 Ratings4.98 Ratings
Opportunity management8.857 Ratings7.813 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)7.355 Ratings6.915 Ratings
Contract management3.09 Ratings5.410 Ratings
Quote & order management5.17 Ratings3.97 Ratings
Interaction tracking7.113 Ratings7.915 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management4.39 Ratings7.811 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
2.9
7 Ratings
89% below category average
Zendesk Sell
9.0
12 Ratings
18% above category average
Case management4.76 Ratings9.07 Ratings
Call center management1.15 Ratings9.08 Ratings
Help desk management3.16 Ratings9.011 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
8.5
40 Ratings
12% above category average
Zendesk Sell
6.9
12 Ratings
9% below category average
Lead management8.440 Ratings6.012 Ratings
Email marketing8.74 Ratings7.89 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
7.1
58 Ratings
7% below category average
Zendesk Sell
5.3
13 Ratings
35% below category average
Task management9.055 Ratings8.013 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management4.15 Ratings1.05 Ratings
Reporting8.254 Ratings7.013 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
5.1
60 Ratings
40% below category average
Zendesk Sell
8.2
15 Ratings
7% above category average
Forecasting5.111 Ratings7.812 Ratings
Pipeline visualization8.660 Ratings7.814 Ratings
Customizable reports1.78 Ratings9.014 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
6.1
56 Ratings
22% below category average
Zendesk Sell
4.2
15 Ratings
57% below category average
Custom fields7.256 Ratings7.815 Ratings
Custom objects7.746 Ratings4.910 Ratings
Scripting environment1.04 Ratings1.16 Ratings
API for custom integration8.539 Ratings3.08 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
7.3
54 Ratings
13% below category average
Zendesk Sell
9.5
14 Ratings
13% above category average
Single sign-on capability6.112 Ratings9.912 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.552 Ratings9.011 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
1.1
5 Ratings
147% below category average
Zendesk Sell
4.0
5 Ratings
58% below category average
Social data1.15 Ratings1.04 Ratings
Social engagement1.15 Ratings6.95 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
3.6
7 Ratings
66% below category average
Zendesk Sell
5.4
7 Ratings
28% below category average
Marketing automation3.67 Ratings9.87 Ratings
Compensation management3.54 Ratings1.03 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
8.2
53 Ratings
9% above category average
Zendesk Sell
8.0
13 Ratings
6% above category average
Mobile access8.253 Ratings8.013 Ratings
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PipedriveZendesk Sell
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Score 9.8 out of 10
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
PipedriveZendesk Sell
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(63 ratings)
8.9
(15 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(3 ratings)
3.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.9
(16 ratings)
8.9
(4 ratings)
Availability
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.4
(15 ratings)
8.8
(4 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
PipedriveZendesk Sell
Likelihood to Recommend
Pipedrive Inc.
Pipedrive's lead management features are top-notch, particularly the ability to automate email correspondence and receive alerts when necessary. It has an excellent pipeline, opportunity management, and sales automation without coding: —Exceptional cost-effectiveness. —User-friendliness. —Usability. —Top-notch search filter. However, its speed could be increased because adding new actions requires numerous taps and swipes.
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Zendesk
Zendesk sell is best for organizations that want a clean and simple, yet powerfully effective CRM tool. It's intuitive, extremely user-friendly, supplies lots of video tutorials and access to the California team for FAQ's, and has all the features other, more complicated, expensive CRM's have. Great for institutions that have a need to tailor their database to fit your needs; and track sales, tasks, and pipeline projects in graphic form. It's affordable and has a great app for mobile phones that allows access to contacts, notes, tasks, and a workable platform while on the go in real time. It's simple to teach new users how to navigate and utilize. Adding or deleting users is simple, and access to the CRM information can be limited/private or made public for the entire team to access. Not as costly as some of the competing products, so if you are on a tight budget this may be the tool for you.
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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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Zendesk
  • My favorite piece is the Tasks connected to the Clients OR the Deals themselves that keep the process moving with the right steps, and helps our team from doubling our work, or missing a piece that is crucial for the completion of the sale.
  • The email integration helps to keep all things housed in one place also, so that you're not bouncing back and forth in multiple platforms to stay on top of the orders.
  • Customizations are a HUGE part of why we use Base CRM right now. We can make sure we are recording all of the right information, and not wasting time by having to fill in or skip over content that doesn't apply to our business model.
  • I also like the ability to tied Deals to multiple people, especially as Referrals come across, so we don't forget how we got in touch with different clients.
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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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Zendesk
  • There was no ability to add prospects from a company domain or email to auto-fill any data.
  • You had to type in all of the data you gathered about that prospect.
  • The default only gave you two phone numbers for the company, too few.
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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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Zendesk
We have moved on to a more robust option of CMS.
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Usability
Pipedrive Inc.
There is a learning curve that caused a slow adoption but overall the UI looks great and the support is helpful when there is an issue that you need to be addressed. The marketplace integrations (developed by Pipedrive) could definitely use some work as they're not as seamless as we'd hoped for!
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Zendesk
I received about two hours worth of training on Zendesk Sell (formerly Base CRM). I will say it's a clean look and the ability to change views is extremely helpful. I do wish there were other features that allowed the views to be more simplistic. Some views can be overwhelming to look at. Nevertheless with the minimum training, I am still able to navigate through Zendesk Sell (formerly Base CRM) successfully due to the ease of usability.
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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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Zendesk
Due to the ease of the product, I have not had the chance to reach out to support yet. I’ve had no reason. The resources provided to clients are extremely helpful and detailed. So far my questions have been pretty basic and I generally just ask my colleague or teammate. They're able to assist with the answer.
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Online Training
Pipedrive Inc.
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
This product has a great backing of users, but needs more options direct from Base CRM on all operations of the software. YouTube videos do a great job of helping implement, and the back end support is a great help as well. The CRM is a great free option, and should be treated as such.
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Implementation Rating
Pipedrive Inc.
Experiment is the only way to start
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Zendesk
Simple, and straight forward.
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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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Zendesk
Simpler than most CRMs, which can be good if your sales team is not very tech savvy. We switched to HubSpot which provides a lot more value than Base did, but it isn't right for everyone. HubSpot is focused on capturing in-bound leads and has its own flaws and limitations, but overall it's a better fit for our needs.
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Return on Investment
Pipedrive Inc.
  • Pipedrive has had an extremely positive impact on our overall business objectives. More specifically, the return on investment has been magnified by the fact that it is fairly inexpensive.
  • I can recall 2-3 conversations which prompted my boss and myself to note how convenient Pipedrive is.
  • Like most companies, it can often feel like we are spinning many plates at once. Even when our team is not able to connect in person every day, our projects are capable of progressing. Pipedrive has allowed us to press forward where we (normally) would have lacked the communication necessary in doing so.
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Zendesk
  • Using Base has allowed us to double the number of active sales and partner engagements that we can keep track of and make progress on.
  • This has led to us being able to follow up on many smaller deals that were falling through the cracks.
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