Founded in 2006, Pipeline CRM (formerly PipelineDeals) is a CRM for small and midsize businesses, empowering sales teams across a breadth of industries to build game changing relationships. Pipeline is built around a customizable user experience, sales focused features, and customer support and service. The vendor, headquartered in Seattle, boasts 18,000 users in 60 countries who use Pipeline to gain visibility into their sales, accelerate opportunities, and close more deals.
$29
per month
Square Customers
Score8.7 out of 10
N/A
Square's Customer Engagement Suite, or Square Customers, is a suite of solutions that enables Square users to connect with existing customers, reach new ones, and grow relationships using tools that integrate with Square Point of Sale and Square Online.
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Pricing
Pipeline CRM
Square Customers
Editions & Modules
Start
$300
per year per user
Develop
$396
per year per user
Develop
$588
per year per user
Customer Directory
$0
Gift Card Starter Pack
$2
per card (plus 2.6% + 10¢ processing fee)
Email Marketing
starting $15
per month
Text Message Marketing
starting at $10
per month
Loyalty
starting at $45
per month
Quick Cards
from 99c
per card (plus 2.6% + 10¢ processing fee)
Custom Cards
from 81c
per card (plus 2.6% + 10¢ processing fee)
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Pipeline CRM
Square Customers
Free Trial
Yes
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
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Features
Pipeline CRM
Square Customers
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Pipeline CRM and Square Customers
Feature
Pipeline CRM
6.9
5 Ratings
13% below category average
Square Customers
7.1
4 Ratings
10% below category average
Customer data management / contact management
8.05 Ratings
9.04 Ratings
Workflow management
8.05 Ratings
8.13 Ratings
Territory management
7.04 Ratings
5.33 Ratings
Opportunity management
8.05 Ratings
4.02 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)
4.05 Ratings
9.53 Ratings
Contract management
5.05 Ratings
8.04 Ratings
Quote & order management
6.03 Ratings
6.94 Ratings
Interaction tracking
9.05 Ratings
7.74 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management
7.04 Ratings
5.83 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Pipeline CRM and Square Customers
Feature
Pipeline CRM
7.8
3 Ratings
1% above category average
Square Customers
6.8
2 Ratings
12% below category average
Case management
7.03 Ratings
7.32 Ratings
Call center management
8.21 Ratings
6.82 Ratings
Help desk management
8.21 Ratings
6.32 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Pipeline CRM and Square Customers
Feature
Pipeline CRM
5.0
4 Ratings
43% below category average
Square Customers
8.9
2 Ratings
14% above category average
Lead management
8.04 Ratings
8.92 Ratings
Email marketing
2.02 Ratings
8.92 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Pipeline CRM and Square Customers
Feature
Pipeline CRM
4.5
5 Ratings
52% below category average
Square Customers
7.9
3 Ratings
3% above category average
Task management
3.04 Ratings
5.73 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management
5.53 Ratings
9.53 Ratings
Reporting
5.03 Ratings
8.43 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Pipeline CRM and Square Customers
Feature
Pipeline CRM
6.7
5 Ratings
13% below category average
Square Customers
8.7
2 Ratings
13% above category average
Forecasting
8.03 Ratings
8.02 Ratings
Pipeline visualization
5.05 Ratings
9.02 Ratings
Customizable reports
7.05 Ratings
9.02 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Pipeline CRM and Square Customers
Feature
Pipeline CRM
9.5
5 Ratings
22% above category average
Square Customers
6.9
2 Ratings
10% below category average
Custom fields
10.05 Ratings
3.72 Ratings
Custom objects
10.05 Ratings
00 Ratings
Scripting environment
8.21 Ratings
7.01 Ratings
API for custom integration
10.05 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Pipeline CRM and Square Customers
Feature
Pipeline CRM
6.0
3 Ratings
33% below category average
Square Customers
9.5
3 Ratings
12% above category average
Single sign-on capability
6.02 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Role-based user permissions
6.02 Ratings
9.03 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Pipeline CRM and Square Customers
Feature
Pipeline CRM
8.1
2 Ratings
8% above category average
Square Customers
6.6
2 Ratings
13% below category average
Social data
8.12 Ratings
6.32 Ratings
Social engagement
8.21 Ratings
6.82 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Pipeline CRM and Square Customers
Feature
Pipeline CRM
4.6
3 Ratings
48% below category average
Square Customers
6.0
1 Ratings
23% below category average
Marketing automation
2.03 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Compensation management
7.31 Ratings
2.01 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Pipeline CRM and Square Customers
If you have a small business where you are trying to keep things simple, then PipelineDeals is a perfect fit. Once you get to where you are wanting to tie your marketing efforts and create marketing campaigns that are tied to leads, it starts to miss the mark
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Square is absolutely brilliant if you are just starting out and your business has both an in-person and an online component to it, as Square will solve both in-person POS and online booking/billing. Square also offers the option to create a free website for your company, though it is a very basic site, if you don't have a website yet, this is a VERY helpful option, as it takes away a huge cost. Square allowed us to be up and running in no time, taking away the need to worry about an expensive appointment-setting add-on from our current website provider (Square integrates quite nicely with our current site). Square is probably less ideal for more advanced users or companies with a need for more detailed inventory/service management. But even then, Square will more than likely be able to get the job done!
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
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I wouldn't say no areas for improvement exist, but I will say that PipelineDeals takes customer input, shared product roadmap, and supports what they have very nicely. What they provide works out-of-the-box. Improvements can always be made with respect to pre-packaged integration with 3rd party services/solutions, and with extended attributes, but you also want to avoid something that attempts to boil the ocean.
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If we can integrate and easily export and clean all of our data such that it can be used for multiple purposes, i.e. outreach to guests, sending out newsletters to subscribers, doing research and tracking progress, we will definitely renew
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The user interface is simple and easy to navigate. Anyone who is overwhelmed with some of the more complicated CRM systems will definitely enjoy the simplicity of what PipelineDeals has to offer
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The user interface is easy to navigate - that's not always the case for some software! I look for something that is intuitive, easy to use, and doesn't take a ton of training to get up and running quickly.
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Square is mostly focused on FAQs and online support, and they do a very good job creating a rich knowledge base. But, if you are not very tech savvy, it could be easy to feel a bit overwhelmed. I would recommend that they add a direct line or chat feature to call, rather than email or Knowledge base first. This might be due to staffing issues at Square, so perhaps it is the best they can do for now.
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The cost is much better and it is much easier to use. Salesforce was way too robust and I never want to hire a consultant to set up a CRM. PipelineDeals CRM has the best visibility of our sales efforts.
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
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This has allowed me to accept credit / debit transactions without having to have a monthly subscription to a service and lose money on times of no to little use, allowing me to have a broader customer range as checks are risky.
All of my initial equipment was free and there were no startup costs so my return was immediate.
The small fee taken out of the transaction is very much worth the ability to accept nearly all plastic transactions.
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