Pipedrive vs. Zoho One

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Pipedrive
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Pipedrive is a customer relationship management (CRM) software built to help small teams to drive sales.
$24
per month per seat
Zoho One
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
Zoho One is a suite product from Zoho Corporation, that combines their sales and marketing application, and also gives organizations a comprehensive set of tools to organize finances, track payables, and manage bills and expenses.
$444
per year per employee (Must purchase license for ALL employees)
Pricing
PipedriveZoho One
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
All Employee Pricing
$444
per year per employee (Must purchase license for ALL employees)
Flexible User Pricing
$1080
per year Licenses for any no. of users
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PipedriveZoho One
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.Month-to-month plans available.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
PipedriveZoho One
Considered Both Products
Pipedrive
Chose Pipedrive
Salesforce is more complex, visually Pipedrive is easier to look at at a glance to see where your opportunities fall in the stages in your funnel; whereas salesforce is not as visually appealing. Pipedrive is better for smaller businesses and more price effective than some of …
Chose Pipedrive
Hubspot is more complex with more functionality, Pipedrive is easier and more straightforward to use.
Chose Pipedrive
Much easier setup and use on basic level.
Chose Pipedrive
The reporting tools with Pipedrive are immensely more advanced and customizable than Clio Grow. We are able to adjust and tweak the reports to make sense for our firm specifically whereas with Clio Grow, you were sort of stuck with the default reports. Pipedrive beats Clio Grow …
Chose Pipedrive
Asana is much better for task management and to-do lists. Also, it has a great calendar feature.
Chose Pipedrive
Overall compared to SFDC and other CRM tools Pipedrive stacks up very well when it comes to ease of use and usability. It needs a bit better more robust reporting compared to some of the other tools. But for the cost and value provides I'd rank Pipedrive very highly in …
Chose Pipedrive
Pipedrive has a simpler interface and focuses on sales initiatives rather than digital marketing efforts which is something that our sales team needs. Pipedrive offers a good level of flexibility when it comes to customizations and they are always open to adding new features.
Chose Pipedrive
Pipedrive has an excellent UI, email tracking features, and the ability to display contact information and notes about each individual. It allows us to integrate other systems with a high degree of automation, which is crucial to our workflow. Easy to pick up and use, with …
Chose Pipedrive
We switched from Microsoft Dynamics to Pipedrive because Pipedrive was more cost effective and gave us more control over the custom fields we could make that applied directly to our company. It also was a much easier software to navigate and the sales team was using it a lot …
Chose Pipedrive
Pipedrive's integrations are so much better. Pipedrive has a much better user interface, the email tracking functionality is very handy, Pipedrive has a better interface in displaying people's contact details and our notes on them, and most importantly, Pipedrive allows us to …
Chose Pipedrive
It is easier to use and more specific. I think HubSpot has a lot and can be overwhelming or confusing at the start. It is cheaper, and the automation is easier to configure. I think it is a better option to start with Pipedrive software. Try it and check for yourself.
Chose Pipedrive
Pipedrive is less complex and far more affordable. It is missing some of the marketing tools (email marketing, adspend tracking, etc.) But for a small team this tool is far superior. It cuts out the fluff and focuses on helping you manage a pipeline. And the cost is a million …
Chose Pipedrive
Better integrations, dashboards, reporting, and tasks
Chose Pipedrive
The difference between this CMR software and similar ones is that Pipedrive is much more complete in terms of features that can be exercised in different job roles such as consulting, human resources management and marketing.
Chose Pipedrive
Pipeline Deals - prior to Pipedrive we tested Pipeline Deals. these two products are similar as in they are made for small/mid-sized businesses. We felt that Pipedrive was more intuitive and easier for our companies needs. The deal tracking was a real decision-maker for us. …
Chose Pipedrive
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 …
Chose Pipedrive
Pipedrive is much more intuitive, fast, easy to understand and to keep tracking, BUT, it's not as customizable, as good for marketing automation, it doesn't use AI. Salesforce was the most customizable CRM I ever used, that was amazing, we could adapt to every business, but the …
Chose Pipedrive
I have not used products similar to Pipedrive.
Chose Pipedrive
Pipedrive stands ahead of SugarCRM in its ease of use, its simplicity and zero overhead information that is not needed in order to manage your leads. Pipedrive is our preferred tool since it has everything you would really need is a pretty simple, clean, and easy to use and …
Chose Pipedrive
Pipedrive was being used by a sister company and recommended. Not sure how a one on one trial would go. I like Outlook for email and Pipedrive is weak when synching with Outlook
Chose Pipedrive
Pipedrive is extremely lightweight, but extremely powerful as you get deeper into it. My 61 year old father will use it, when he won't even use email on desktop. Pipedrive is inexpensive and easy to adopt. It's also easy to adapt, adding custom fields, deal stages, and other …
Chose Pipedrive
Pipedrive is extremely simple with the pipeline management, but more time-consuming than necessary for even simpler tasks like browsing through contacts or organizations, and especially making changes to those contacts or organizations. If they were able to make it so that you …
Chose Pipedrive
Pipedrive is nowhere near as capable as Salesforce, but it's also much easier to manage. I think of Pipedrive as a simple version CRM that is good for managing inbound lead's interests in an organized way. When you have a larger sales structure with different components and …
Chose Pipedrive
Pipedrive was the best option for our company because the price is right for a small company! Before Pipedrive, we were just tracking sales in excel spreadsheets, and Pipedrive I believe is the next best step if you want to graduate from spreadsheets, but not take your company …
Zoho One
Chose Zoho One
There is nothing quite close to what Zoho offers with Zoho One in terms of breadth and depth of applications integrated together as a single product.
Also, you get to manage a single license and user management on Zoho One, whereas you would need to work with multiple vendors …
Chose Zoho One
Once again I think that Zoho One does above almost everyone because of its ease of use easy integration and again the money savings at the long run is what really sells us on this plus I think that live customer service is one of the best in the industry. I only use others if …
Chose Zoho One
All the similar products I mentioned are available in One ssubscription of Zoho One.
Chose Zoho One
The primary reason we switched from Daylite is when we started using Virtual Assistants and wanted a cloud based alternative which Daylite didn't provide. We left MYOB when I think it stopped supporting Apple computers. We left AccountEdge when it stopped supporting payroll tax …
Chose Zoho One
ZOHO was cost-friendly compared to the above tools. This is the biggest pro ZOHO has. Using the above tools requires a manager who works and sets everything up in one place so that others can easily access the data, but in ZOHO, it is very easy to segregate data and use it …
Chose Zoho One
I wasn’t part of the decision-making process, but I will say that coming into using Zoho One, I was really skeptical. Based on my use of it about 10 years ago, but I have seen massive improvement. It is really quite functional and allows us to do a lot of different things that …
Chose Zoho One
Zoho One is the upgraded version of CRM Plus, with added features and apps.
I can't recommend it enough.
Chose Zoho One
5 years ago, we decided to use Odoo. At that time, the enterprise version of Odoo was not competitive enough for a small company with minor integration needs when it comes to the pricing per user.

Nowadays, pricing is almost equal. The effort of integration processes with Odoo …
Chose Zoho One
During the Demo, Zoho One performed well; however, post-implementation - the product has fallen short on all fronts.
Features
PipedriveZoho One
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
7.9
Ratings
0% above category average
Zoho One
-
Ratings
Customer data management / contact management8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow management7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Territory management6.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Opportunity management8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract management8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Quote & order management7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Interaction tracking8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
2.9
Ratings
91% below category average
Zoho One
-
Ratings
Case management4.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Call center management1.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Help desk management3.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
7.5
Ratings
4% below category average
Zoho One
-
Ratings
Lead management7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Email marketing7.60 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
6.7
Ratings
14% below category average
Zoho One
-
Ratings
Task management7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management4.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
7.8
Ratings
1% above category average
Zoho One
-
Ratings
Forecasting7.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Pipeline visualization8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable reports7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
6.4
Ratings
19% below category average
Zoho One
8.5
Ratings
12% above category average
Custom fields8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom objects8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Scripting environment1.00 Ratings00 Ratings
API for custom integration7.60 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Plug-ins00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
6.7
Ratings
23% below category average
Zoho One
9.1
Ratings
8% above category average
Single sign-on capability6.10 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Role-based user permissions7.20 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
1.1
Ratings
149% below category average
Zoho One
-
Ratings
Social data1.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Social engagement1.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
3.6
Ratings
71% below category average
Zoho One
-
Ratings
Marketing automation3.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Compensation management3.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
8.2
Ratings
7% above category average
Zoho One
-
Ratings
Mobile access8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
-
Ratings
Zoho One
9.5
Ratings
25% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
-
Ratings
Zoho One
8.5
Ratings
14% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
-
Ratings
Zoho One
7.5
Ratings
3% below category average
Accounts payable00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Global Financial Support00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Configurable Accounting00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Standardized Processes00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
-
Ratings
Zoho One
9.5
Ratings
17% above category average
Inventory tracking00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Automatic reordering00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Location management00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
-
Ratings
Zoho One
9.0
Ratings
13% above category average
Pricing00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Order entry00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Credit card processing00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Cost of goods sold00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Order Orchestration00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
-
Ratings
Zoho One
7.6
Ratings
1% above category average
Billing Management00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Period Close00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
-
Ratings
Zoho One
7.9
Ratings
12% above category average
Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Definable Resource Pools00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Grants Management
Comparison of Grants Management features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
-
Ratings
Zoho One
9.5
Ratings
24% above category average
Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
-
Ratings
Zoho One
8.0
Ratings
13% above category average
Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Contract Authoring00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Contract Repository00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Supplier Management00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Risk Management
Comparison of Risk Management features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
-
Ratings
Zoho One
9.1
Ratings
30% above category average
Risk Repository00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Control Management00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Issue Detection00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Remediation and Certification00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Logistics
Comparison of Logistics features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
-
Ratings
Zoho One
8.4
Ratings
19% above category average
Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Fulfillment Management00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Manufacturing
Comparison of Manufacturing features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
-
Ratings
Zoho One
8.4
Ratings
12% above category average
Production Process Design00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Production Management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Configuration Management00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Work Execution00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
-
Ratings
Zoho One
8.5
Ratings
16% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Inventory Planning00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Performance Monitoring00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Product Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
Pipedrive
-
Ratings
Zoho One
8.5
Ratings
15% above category average
Proposal Management00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Product Master Data Management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
PipedriveZoho One
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(0 ratings)
9.4
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(0 ratings)
8.9
(0 ratings)
Availability
8.2
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.5
(0 ratings)
5.5
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.2
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PipedriveZoho One
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Zoho One helps me to create and document each of my closures by creating deals. Zoho One helps me to generate reports, which helps me to track my contact. Zoho One helps me on creating tasks and reminds me to get it done on time. Zoho One keeps each steps and actions I took from lead to a deal.
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Pros
  • 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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  • Customized dashboards
  • Easy to see the kpis for different aspects of my business
  • And offers a consolidation of CRM campaign and other applications without having to use other technologies from other companies so it's great to consulate consolidated
  • The analytics is great what else
  • Collaboration tools are excellent
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Cons
  • 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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  • In my opinion, SUPPORT IS AWFUL!!!
  • If you want to get in touch with a support representative, your best bet is to call the sales number and demand to speak with an agent.
  • Each of the tools operates in a silo, from a support perspective. Some applications, like books, have chat-based support and others require an e-mail.
  • In my experience, expect any e-mail to the main support e-mail to go unanswered.
  • The first year of support was great, but after we renewed for the second year, it has become terrible.
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Likelihood to Renew
Unless I find something better...
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No answers on this topic
Usability
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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ZOHO is very easy to use. All you need to do is follow the steps and features aligned in it. ZOHO doesn't need complex coding or training; anyone can easily access and use it. You may feel a bit of difficulty initially, but show me an easy tool when you are using it for the first time.
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Support Rating
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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Support is great as a customer, as a partner I get moved to that team more often and find issues in the support being provided. It also appears that the support agents do not take into account all the information provided and default back to the "step 1 of the playbook" instead of taking into account the business reason the support is being requested and understanding the steps already taken.
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Implementation Rating
Experiment is the only way to start
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Alternatives Considered
The reporting tools with Pipedrive are immensely more advanced and customizable than Clio Grow. We are able to adjust and tweak the reports to make sense for our firm specifically whereas with Clio Grow, you were sort of stuck with the default reports. Pipedrive beats Clio Grow hands down.
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The primary reason we switched from Daylite is when we started using Virtual Assistants and wanted a cloud based alternative which Daylite didn't provide. We left MYOB when I think it stopped supporting Apple computers. We left AccountEdge when it stopped supporting payroll tax tables for Apple computers. Thankfully, each time we left one software company we were led to Zoho and have remained ever since.
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Return on Investment
  • 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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  • Projects is a lifeline for the onboarding team, as it does the major heavy lifting in onboarding project management
  • Data flow between apps is a must have for contextual information to pass on between teams
  • In terms of ROI, it happens much quicker compared to having multiple apps to do the job, as Zoho One is a lot cheaper than having many tools.
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