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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    PlanPlus

    Score10 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    PlanPlus Online is planning and organization software that integrates productivity tools into a complete customer relationship management solution.

    $34.99

    Per User per Month

    Zoho Creator

    Score7.7 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Zoho Creator is a low-code application development platform for building enterprise-class applications that run on mobile, tablet, and web. It is designed to allow users to create custom forms, configure workflows, build pages, and deploy apps quickly.

    $12

    per month per user

    Pricing
    PlanPlusZoho Creator
    Editions & Modules
    PlanPlus Online Professional Edition
    $34.99
    Per User per Month
    PlanPlus Online Planner Edition
    $69.99
    Per/Year
    PlanPlus Online Business Edition
    $199.99
    per 5 users/per month
    Standard
    $12
    per month per user
    Professional
    $30
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $37
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PlanPlusZoho Creator
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup Fee$1,500 Up to 12 hours of Account Configuration Assistance Setup Include: Provision accounts and licenses (1hr), Kick-off Call (1 hr), and 10 additional hours of account configuration assistance to be used toward the following items, as needed by customers internal administrator: User Setup, Record Access, & Personal Preferences; Data Migration; Custom Fields & Page Layouts; Web-forms & Surveys; Views & Reports; Standard Sales Processes; Project Templates. Exact accomplishments may vary from this list based on Administrator's skills and requirements.Optional
    Additional Details—Add-ons: Customer Portal: $100/month onwards Premium Support : 20% of license fees Enterprise support: 25% of license fees
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    PlanPlusZoho Creator
    Considered Both Products
    PlanPlusOnline
    No answer on this topic
    Zoho
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    19 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    18 Answers
    Features
    PlanPlusZoho Creator
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of PlanPlus Online and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    PlanPlus Online
    8.6
    3 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Customer data management / contact management10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Territory management7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Opportunity management10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract management7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quote & order management5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interaction tracking10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of PlanPlus Online and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    PlanPlus Online
    9.0
    3 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Case management9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call center management9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help desk management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of PlanPlus Online and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    PlanPlus Online
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Lead management10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email marketing10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of PlanPlus Online and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    PlanPlus Online
    9.7
    3 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Task management10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of PlanPlus Online and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    PlanPlus Online
    9.7
    3 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Forecasting10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of PlanPlus Online and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    PlanPlus Online
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Custom fields10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom objects9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scripting environment8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    API for custom integration7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of PlanPlus Online and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    PlanPlus Online
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Single sign-on capability6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of PlanPlus Online and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    PlanPlus Online
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Social data8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social engagement8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of PlanPlus Online and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    PlanPlus Online
    9.5
    3 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Marketing automation10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compensation management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of PlanPlus Online and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    PlanPlus Online
    8.0
    3 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile access8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of PlanPlus Online and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    PlanPlus Online
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Creator
    7.9
    18 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Visual Modeling00 Ratings7.717 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces00 Ratings8.917 Ratings
    Platform Security00 Ratings7.918 Ratings
    Platform User Management00 Ratings7.818 Ratings
    Reusability00 Ratings7.018 Ratings
    Platform Scalability00 Ratings7.918 Ratings
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    Score10 out of 10
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    Score9.7 out of 10
    AppSheet
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Oracle APEX
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PlanPlusZoho Creator
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.8
    (24 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (18 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.8
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PlanPlusZoho Creator
    Likelihood to Recommend
    PlanPlusOnline
    I would recommend this for businesses that have the time to invest in doing things the right way. Garbage in equals garbage out. If you can get over the somewhat steep learning curve and adopting their process this product would be a good fit. If you are short on time (and maybe cash) you may want to look for a simpler and less expensive solution.
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    Zoho
    If you are using some application of Zoho and want some more functionality into it, Use Zoho creator to develop a separate app as per requirement and integrate it with your Zoho App. Small organization can use creator to make apps but it can be used for small range of storage, For Large organization , it may be not feasible.
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    Pros
    PlanPlusOnline
    • Weekly and Monthly Planner is very productive.
    • Task Delegation and Pipeline Tracker are easy to use and efficient.
    • Goal Planning helped us as well to identify our chances.
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    Zoho
    • Accountability for each employee work which is very vital for any organization
    • Making operations very simple even that a simple lay man would be able to perform detailed work like a pro
    • Data tracking in live was made possible
    • Using proper Manpower for the work they are apt.
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    Cons
    PlanPlusOnline
    • When it came time to move on due to larger issues the friendliness was not there from the account reps. We did not leave due to them, but due to our growth and need for more.
    • The inability to make personalized the labels for our insurance terms.
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    Zoho
    • In C6, the new setup of permissions is not logical. Admins now have access to every application rather than specific applications, which impacts data confidentiality.
    • In C6, the new feature for having multiple environments is very limited as it does not work for ZOHO Creator applications that are linked to other Zoho Creator applications in the same workspace - which is not logical at all.
    • In C6, the revised permissions for Developers do not allow the developer to assign permissions to users or to publish forms, reports, pages, etc....which again is not logical.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    PlanPlusOnline
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    Today Zoho Creator is included in our current plan from Zoho One, but if it was needed to pay apart it should be done because the software we created became very important for our team. The use of Zoho Creator contributes to endorse the Zoho One subscription year after year.
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    Usability
    PlanPlusOnline
    It's great once you get the hang of it. I feel like it could be cleaned up a little. Some elements could be moved around or hidden. Overall it's a solid UI
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    Zoho
    Its quite easy if one has the need, interest and passion to build applications and solutions through low-code. One example would be, that my finance head who has absolutely nothing to do with tech and apps, is now able to create apps and manage Zoho Creator all by himself. So its all about the interest and how much time we put to learn the tool. Having said that, its quite easy to learn the tool and create anything that's within our scope of knowledge.
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    Reliability and Availability
    PlanPlusOnline
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    In an earlier comment, I mentioned Zoho's excellent uptime. I have been using the system for over 6 years, and have experienced only momentary outages, and of those, only a hand full over the years. It is extremely reliable
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    Performance
    PlanPlusOnline
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    We do not integrate Zoho with other systems at this time, but rarely are searches, database exports, record edits or creation tasks ever slow enough to notice. It is quite usable
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    Support Rating
    PlanPlusOnline
    There are some cases where we just need something simple to get the job done. In our case, we needed a solution with a lot features for our complex setup. A lot of CRMs fell short. PlanPlus Online didn't. They had everything we needed. We didn't have to rely on multiple disparate solutions, and it was within our budget.
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    Zoho
    I recommend Zoho Creator very often. A lot of companies go big earlier than they need to and spend way too much on SalesForce & Marketo. I worked for a small company with some limited budget that pivoted to sell it's product to the Enterprise. Zoho Creator was incredibly easy to set up, intuitive to use, and contains all the most essential features that most users need and seek in SalesForce. We integrated with MailChimp & Unbounce and were able to be incredibly useful in acquiring leads, nurturing them, and tracking pipeline in Zoho Creator. Our small sales team found it very easy to use and loved it.
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    Implementation Rating
    PlanPlusOnline
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    Even if it is a easy to use platform, it got some issues on the implementation that could easily handle by IT teams. In our scenario this team don't exist anymore, and the business/marketing team had their expectations that it was quickier to be implemented. So, consider a professional help on this implementation could be cost more (of cource) but it would be helpful to manage the issues and expectations.
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    Alternatives Considered
    PlanPlusOnline
    PlanPlus Online is much nicer than Salesforce and also much faster.
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    Zoho
    Zoho Creator stands out for its balance of affordability, ease of use, and powerful customization options. While it may not offer the same level of enterprise-scale features as platforms like OutSystems or Mendix, it provides a robust solution that meets the needs of many businesses, especially those looking for an integrated, cost-effective low-code platform with strong support for both simple and complex applications.
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    Scalability
    PlanPlusOnline
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    Zoho is incredibly versatile. Much thought was put in to the way the platform functions. I've yet to face a situation where Zoho would not be able to do what I needed. That being said, because of its power, it can also be a bit intimidating technically. Simple needs are simple. More complex needs are ... more complex! Overall, it's a powerful, robust platform
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    Return on Investment
    PlanPlusOnline
    • Better lead management
    • Increased lead efficiencies with drip programs
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    Zoho
    • With using Zoho Creator we are able to build apps that we may otherwise pay a pretty penny for. We may risk some features we could get from a 3rd party app but the fact that the data we do collect can easily syn with our CRM and Accounting systems makes up for this.
    • Negatively speaking, it takes time to fine tune and really craft your application. I am not a coder, nor do I have a coding background, so patience is key as you design and build out your application.
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    ScreenShots

    PlanPlus Screenshots

    Screenshot of Mobile interface on iPadScreenshot of Mobile interface on iPhoneScreenshot of Desktop browser interfaceScreenshot of Another screenshot of desktop browser interface

    Zoho Creator Screenshots

    Screenshot of Multi-Platform App builderScreenshot of Dashboards created using Zoho CreatorScreenshot of An overview of Hotel management dashboardScreenshot of Schedule and manage eventsScreenshot of BI and AnalyticsScreenshot of Help Desk overview