Slack vs. Zoho CRM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Slack
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Slack is a group messaging or team collaboration app that aims to simplify communication for businesses. Features include open discussions, private groups, and direct messaging, as well as deep contextual search and message archiving, and file sharing. Slack integrates with a number of other tools, such as MailChimp, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Slack was acquired by Salesforce in December 2020. The product is free to use, and also has paid plans with more features and greater controls. The…
$8.75
per month per user
Zoho CRM
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Zoho CRM is a simple, very low-cost CRM option for the smaller end of the SMB segment. The product has several useful integrations with other products, including QuickBooks, and Google Apps and Google Docs. The product also has an integrated project management module.
$14
per month
Pricing
SlackZoho CRM
Editions & Modules
Free
$0
Pro
$7.25*
per month per user
Business+
$12.50*
per month per user
Enterprise
Contact Sales
Standard
$14.00
Per User/Per Month
Professional
$23.00
Per User/Per Month
Enterprise
$40.00
Per User/Per Month
Ultimate
$52.00
Per User/Per Month
Plus
$57.00
Per User/Per Month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SlackZoho CRM
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$14 /user/month
Additional Details*Per active user, per month, when paying once a year. Pro is $8.75 USD per active user when paying month to month. Business+ is $15.00 USD per active user when paying month to month.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
SlackZoho CRM
Considered Both Products
Slack

No answer on this topic

Zoho CRM
Chose Zoho CRM
Zoho has an all-in-one solution called Zoho One which combines most of the solutions a company of our size requires. Thanks to this, we were able to consolidate our solutions into a single ecosystem while saving money. Zoho also has sales and marketing automation features that …
Chose Zoho CRM
Sugar was great when we first got started. Zoho CRM allowed us to take things to the next level and get the support that we needed along with that transition. Zoho CRM's customization was mush easier to setup and use without having to rely on developers to create custom code …
Chose Zoho CRM
Zoho CRM has the main features of major tools in the market, but more cost effective and with better pricing. And compared with most of other platforms, Zoho CRM needs less technical knowledge and skills for module customizations and simple integrations.
Chose Zoho CRM
The Zoho CRM seemed to stack up great against the other software products we looked at from a price and functionality perspective. We really liked the fact that Zoho was simple and easy. A lot of the other CRM products we encountered had a ton of additional features which were …
Chose Zoho CRM
We selected Zoho based on an exploratory phase with a 3rd party tech vendor who sought out recommendations for CRM software based on our criteria. We're mostly happy with the software, but also have felt misled by the claim that there's so many apps you can plug into with Zoho …
Chose Zoho CRM
I have not used any other CRM other than Zoho so I'm not the best person to compare it to another CRM but overall Zoho is highly customizable so it does allow you to build in functions that are very specific to your company's needs. It also allows you to create tasks and set up …
Chose Zoho CRM
Zoho CRM is cheap compared to other CRM. Provides best services and support. Faster and better UI compare to others. And it is Indian CRM, can trust it.
Chose Zoho CRM
Much easier to use! Much more organized and the customer support is like night and day! Zoho CRM rocks!
Chose Zoho CRM
We had previously used NetSuite prior to Zoho. It was expensive, very complicated, and difficult to manage. Zoho is considerably less costly, and easier to run out of the box, but also easier to customize.
Chose Zoho CRM
Zoho is a much more matured product, ready to be deployed with no intensive initial customization needed.
Its favorable pricing model makes it faster to reach a positive ROI (HubSpot is free, but every advanced feature needs an upgrade).
One of our critical requirements was the …
Features
SlackZoho CRM
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Slack
7.9
625 Ratings
2% above category average
Zoho CRM
-
Ratings
Task Management7.7428 Ratings00 Ratings
Gantt Charts6.961 Ratings00 Ratings
Scheduling7.8361 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow Automation8.1394 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access9.4598 Ratings00 Ratings
Search8.3605 Ratings00 Ratings
Visual planning tools7.4273 Ratings00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Slack
8.8
633 Ratings
10% above category average
Zoho CRM
-
Ratings
Chat9.6632 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications8.8629 Ratings00 Ratings
Discussions9.2617 Ratings00 Ratings
Surveys8.1410 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase7.8409 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting8.9110 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts8.7182 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook8.9120 Ratings00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Slack
8.4
600 Ratings
5% above category average
Zoho CRM
-
Ratings
Versioning8.2324 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files8.3538 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files8.5525 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration8.0426 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control8.3409 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced security features8.3360 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive9.0211 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync9.0452 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Slack
-
Ratings
Zoho CRM
8.4
287 Ratings
7% above category average
Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings8.4278 Ratings
Workflow management00 Ratings8.2265 Ratings
Territory management00 Ratings8.6195 Ratings
Opportunity management00 Ratings8.6252 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings8.6247 Ratings
Contract management00 Ratings8.6202 Ratings
Quote & order management00 Ratings8.0202 Ratings
Interaction tracking00 Ratings8.0248 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings8.2191 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
Slack
-
Ratings
Zoho CRM
8.2
220 Ratings
7% above category average
Case management00 Ratings8.3212 Ratings
Call center management00 Ratings7.8171 Ratings
Help desk management00 Ratings8.4188 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Slack
-
Ratings
Zoho CRM
8.4
265 Ratings
8% above category average
Lead management00 Ratings8.4260 Ratings
Email marketing00 Ratings8.3218 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Slack
-
Ratings
Zoho CRM
8.3
262 Ratings
8% above category average
Task management00 Ratings8.4247 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings8.2179 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings8.4241 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Slack
-
Ratings
Zoho CRM
8.3
257 Ratings
8% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings8.3215 Ratings
Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.2234 Ratings
Customizable reports00 Ratings8.5248 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Slack
-
Ratings
Zoho CRM
8.1
276 Ratings
5% above category average
Custom fields00 Ratings8.3274 Ratings
Custom objects00 Ratings8.1221 Ratings
Scripting environment00 Ratings7.9177 Ratings
API for custom integration00 Ratings8.2202 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Slack
-
Ratings
Zoho CRM
8.3
265 Ratings
1% below category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.3230 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.3260 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Slack
-
Ratings
Zoho CRM
8.1
164 Ratings
8% above category average
Social data00 Ratings8.1163 Ratings
Social engagement00 Ratings8.1156 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Slack
-
Ratings
Zoho CRM
8.5
209 Ratings
13% above category average
Marketing automation00 Ratings8.6206 Ratings
Compensation management00 Ratings8.3137 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Slack
-
Ratings
Zoho CRM
8.5
229 Ratings
11% above category average
Mobile access00 Ratings8.5229 Ratings
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User Ratings
SlackZoho CRM
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(628 ratings)
8.5
(310 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(25 ratings)
7.6
(42 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(248 ratings)
7.8
(172 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(2 ratings)
8.9
(7 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(2 ratings)
8.5
(8 ratings)
Support Rating
9.9
(68 ratings)
6.2
(69 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
5.6
(8 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.7
(5 ratings)
5.5
(16 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(2 ratings)
5.1
(114 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.5
(21 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.2
(2 ratings)
7.1
(5 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
5.8
(6 ratings)
Professional Services
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.3
(7 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.8
(13 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.9
(13 ratings)
User Testimonials
SlackZoho CRM
Likelihood to Recommend
Salesforce
Slack is great for tracking commits to new coding projects. You can take parts of code that still need to be implemented later and easily search through the history of comments if there is something that goes wrong with a code commitment. It can be difficult for people that only like Teams to adjust to a new platform if you are using both to communicate.
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Zoho
Interfacing with our target clients at the correct minute is crucial in today's society. Another valuable include is its capacity to coordinated with other programs. It helps me in keeping track of the every day work emails I send to my colleagues or get. Zoho CRM makes it straightforward to consequence or send out information agreeing to our needs. Zoho makes a difference keep in mind individuals by means of e-mail and pop-ups, which dispenses with the issue of overlooking follow-ups and reminders. This not as it were helps within the organization of this incredible instrument but moreover within the execution of data.
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Pros
Salesforce
  • Huddles Run smoothly without any interferences.
  • Smooth individual calls quick and easy without any interruptions.
  • seamless notifications across multiple devices
  • The ability to easily tag a team member to urgently attend to a specific escalation.
  • Slack being user friendly and able to integrate easily with other platforms and apps.
  • How to easily open up different channels for different escalations and needs.
  • a safe direct messaging option.
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Zoho
  • Hooks into our website and can import data from forms.
  • Has great automation tools built in.
  • Reporting features are great.
  • Easy to learn, makes it easy for us to onboard new users onto it.
  • Fairly customizable. We have fine tuned it to work the way we need it to.
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Cons
Salesforce
  • Would love a better integration with GitHub. For example, notifications when your PR is updated, when review is requested, @-mention in comments, etc.
  • Improved "Later" tab, for example the ability to create to-do lists or making the "Later" tab into a more powerful to-do list (annotate items with notes)
  • More powerful integrations, e.g. Google Calendar could render a calendar view within Slack, rather than sending the daily schedule
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Zoho
  • Need some way to switch a field type without losing the pre-existing data.
  • The settings controls should be broken out differently - I don't like that I can't keep some users from exporting all contact records (i.e., the entire Contacts module) because if the export function is turned off, the export function of Reports for those same modules is also blocked.
  • Frustrating that only 3 custom lookup fields are allowed per module in our license.
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Likelihood to Renew
Salesforce
To be more transparent, I give 10 because Slack serves our collaboration needs. It provide us a good platform for team communication relaying important update within the company, it has even mobile app where you can install in your phone to monitor any updates within that team that needs your immediate attention and intervention.
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Zoho
i have already renewed my subscription twice. I am in the 3rd Year now. I have been using it for a while and have been recommending to my friends as well.. have attended ZOHOLICs the annual program of zoho and it gave me new insights of managing the crm solutoin.
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Usability
Salesforce
My rating was 7. Its intuitive interface and user-friendly features like channels, threads, and integrations make it excellent for team communication and onboarding. However, its usability is held back by the resource-intensive desktop app and cluttered feeling in large workspaces. The mobile app's performance and unreliable notifications have also been noted as weaknesses.
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Zoho
The methodology of the 'out of the box' user interface is fairly easy to learn. In some cases however, the interface is not consistent throughout the software. Upgrades to the interface has certainly improved some of this--- but now we are seeing the same kinds of inconsistencies across Zoho apps, particularly those more recently added to their platform. This issue is not major in that everybody on staff seems able to learn how to work the programs--- it's just annoying and less than efficient when inconsistent user interfaces or inconsistent terms are used in the programs and/or the requisite documentation.
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Reliability and Availability
Salesforce
Yes, the app works 24/7. I don't even recall having any period that we could not use since the implementation. Even the maintenance periods are barely noticeable and our work is not impacted by it when it happens.
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Zoho
In my many years using Zoho, I think there were only 1 or 2 days when there was something happening and I was not able to log in. Sure, it wasn't fun and we all panicked a bit, but right after that, all was well and work-life continued. Being cloud based, I'm never worried about losing my iPhone, iPad or Laptop as I know I can log in anywhere on any device and workflow won't stop.
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Performance
Salesforce
Slack is a soft app, we don't have many issues with it. I recall one or two people complaining about something during our usage period, but I didn't have a bad experience. When the app is slow, usually the problem is with my computer or my internet. The app works just fine.
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Zoho
I don't recall every having any issues with a page not loading due to it being a Zoho issue. Anytime I've had any issues with something being wonky, I clear cache and that has always solved the problem. Or a simply computer reboot and we're back, hard at work. Look, I don't expect any product to delivery 100%, 100% of the time but if I had any consistent ongoing issues, I would have left many years ago. I still keep my eyes open to what is new but after a quick evaluation, I know Zoho will long be my home.
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Support Rating
Salesforce
Whenever I've had to troubleshoot an issue with Slack (which, to be honest, has not happened very often), their online documentation has been easy to locate, easy to understand, and effective in resolving my issue. Slack's ever-growing popularity also means that there's a large community of practice out there that can be depended upon.
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Zoho
We did the training and that was a huge waste of money. The information provided was basic and the instructor was sloppy (he even forgot to turn off his mic when he used the restroom - no one should ever hear what we heard). I offered up a 9 because we were able to find what we needed on your website.
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In-Person Training
Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Zoho
I attended a Zoho-Holics event in Austin, TX, several years ago, and it blew my mind. So many industries were represented using Zoho in so many different ways. It was unbelievable all that I learned from that experience, as there were features that I wasn't aware of that I immediately started using. Best of all, the trainers were patient and knowledgeable
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Online Training
Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Zoho
There is an endless supply of YouTube videos from Zoho and the many Zoho partners/consultants. Plus, Zoho has it's own library of training videos and webinars to learn from plus an entire community at the ready to answer any questions. While Zoho has been available for many years, there are constantly new training videos and webinars available for the novice and the experienced users.
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Implementation Rating
Salesforce
I was not part of the implementation team, but I recall being 100% happy and excited to learn and use a new tool. I'm still am to be honest.
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Zoho
When you switch CRMs, you can automatically assume everything isn’t going to match up correctly. We had used Salesforce for 10+ years and had a ton of data and customizations. It was not a clean transfer, but we were able to sort it all out. The only issue that really bothered me was Zoho support. Even simple questions couldn’t be answered over chat, and we would have some team members try for hours to find the right answer
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Alternatives Considered
Salesforce
I like Slack better than ClickUp, because I would spend 30-60 minutes a day updating my ClickUp tasks. The way ClickUp was used was very micromanaging. I billed by the hour, so I was willing to put in the time to alert the boss what tasks I was working on.
One of my jobs used Hive - I mostly just ran it in the background in case anyone messaged me. I did not use it often.
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Zoho
Free user access was one reason to use it more than any other software. Also, for a mid-size organization, the Salesforce cost was a little higher, and Pipedrive was almost similar to Zoho. As we were already using Zoho, we found no urgency to switch.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Zoho
I think Zoho CRM is priced at a reasonable amount. Simply put, you get what you pay for and Zoho does not disappoint. My organization is comfortable with what we pay and pleased with continually renewing the software. The billing frequency is just right. There are no complaints on our end
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Scalability
Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Zoho
We're still in the early stages of scaling this across departments. We have high aspirations of doing this, but it takes time to migrate to the new system and to help people get acquainted of doing their work in a different way thru Zoho.
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Professional Services
Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Zoho
In addition to being a user of Zoho CRM, we are a reseller as well. Often, at times our Partners request for on-boarding the platform configuration for them. During such requirements, we have utilized the Professional services team directly from the Zoho CRM team. Our partner feedback was quite positive, throughout.
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Return on Investment
Salesforce
  • Slack has been incredibly helpful in connecting various tech apps and ecosystems, creating a more streamlined and responsive process.
  • Slack has made it significantly easier to communicate with our team members across multiple time zones, creating a more engaging environment for our all-remote team.
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Zoho
  • because we are new to the CRM world, we wanted a product that was reasonably priced, yet had the features we were looking for
  • we have found a much higher customer engagement rate and ROI
  • we used to "lose" customers in our makeshift process. Now, all customers are being attended to.
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ScreenShots

Zoho CRM Screenshots

Screenshot of Deals - Cash in on all opportunities. Close more deals. Great sales management is all about prioritizing, tracking, and monitoring the deals in your pipeline. Zoho CRM gives you everything you need to manage deals across territories and sales structures.Screenshot of Activities - Keep track of all the tasks, meetings, calls, events, or activity records. Neatly organize the numerous records along with the activities associated to them such as follow-up, pre sales and post sales activities, phone conversations etc.