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    Zoho CRM

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AZoho 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

    Zoho Desk

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AZoho Support is a Saas help desk / ticketing system aimed at SMBs. I competes most often with Zendesk, and Desk.com.

    $9

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Zoho CRMZoho Desk
    Editions & Modules
    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
    Free
    $0
    Express
    $9
    per month per user
    Standard
    $20
    per month per user
    Professional
    $35
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $50
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Zoho CRMZoho Desk
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup Fee$14 /user/monthRequired
    Additional Details—A discount is offered for yearly billing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Zoho CRMZoho Desk
    Considered Both Products
    Zoho
    Chose Zoho CRM
    All in one stack with Zoho One has helped us to make the decision to choose CRM
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho CRM
    While some of these other tools can act as a basic CRM, it has strengths in other areas, like mass email campaigns. Zoho is great for data manipulation and quoting/invoicing. But Zoho strengths are, at the same time lack results in the email marketing component because of its …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho CRM
    Zoho is a much more inexpensive solution compared to Salesforce, yet it provides a lot of the same tools that the leading competitor provides. For us, it came down to the overall value of the product based on the final price to implement and use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho CRM
    So while Zoho has a wide range of options for automation but those are like old age.
    Totango has all the new age features such as web hooks, scheduled data uploads, simpler API, higher email deliverability and better UI ofcourse as compared to Zoho CRM
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho CRM
    We looked at both HubSpot and Zendesk. And we liked both of them. They had the right features and enough customization options to fit our use case scenario. But we liked the pricing and the flexibility of Zoho CRM more. The other really major factor for picking Zoho CRM for us …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho CRM
    Zoho CRM has the best capabilities and features for the price. It is incredibly versatile and unbelievable value for money. Some things need to be "extended" with add-ons or other feature-specific apps from Zoho that connect pretty well. It is also very scalable, so we could …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho CRM
    Zoho CRM was simpler, easier, and continuously upgrading. Especially after using Zoho One, a brand new world was revealed. We were using some free editions but there was nothing compared with using in the same system, with the same account all these apps for recruiting, email …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho CRM
    I tried a lot of different software trying to find the one that gave me everything, which I found within ZOHO. It wasn't the CRM that sold me on ZOHO, it was the Subscriptions and it's integration within CRM that sold me on ZOHO. I'm glad I picked it, the CRM has been easy to …
    Incentivized
    Zoho
    Chose Zoho Desk
    We used HubSpot before, and it didn’t work very well for our needs. Zoho Desk is part of a much larger Zoho implementation. We’d like to have everything in one place, and Zoho provides that ability.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Desk
    We selected Zoho Desk as we needed a platform that was going to allow the business to grow through both usage and staffing numbers. We wanted something cost-effective but still offered standard features in an effective cloud-delivered solution but would still allow …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Desk
    Zoho Desk has an interface that is extremely simple and practical to use, for even clients who are not skilled. Again, Zoho Desk has no lead time, when customers air their views or complaints. Finally, Zoho Desk works/integrates effectively with several other products for …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    232 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    233 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    238 Answers
    87%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    189 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    187 Answers
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    Features
    Zoho CRMZoho Desk
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Zoho CRM and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Zoho CRM
    8.7
    289 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Customer data management / contact management8.7280 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management8.6267 Ratings00 Ratings
    Territory management8.9197 Ratings00 Ratings
    Opportunity management8.4254 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)8.4249 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract management8.9204 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quote & order management9.0204 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interaction tracking9.0250 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management8.7193 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Zoho CRM and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Zoho CRM
    8.9
    222 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Case management8.7214 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call center management8.6173 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help desk management9.3190 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Zoho CRM and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Zoho CRM
    8.5
    267 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Lead management8.8262 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email marketing8.2220 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Zoho CRM and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Zoho CRM
    8.6
    264 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Task management8.3249 Ratings00 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management8.7181 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting8.7243 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Zoho CRM and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Zoho CRM
    8.6
    259 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Forecasting8.7217 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization8.2236 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports8.8250 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Zoho CRM and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Zoho CRM
    8.4
    278 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Custom fields8.7276 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom objects8.1223 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scripting environment9.2179 Ratings00 Ratings
    API for custom integration7.7204 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Zoho CRM and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Zoho CRM
    8.2
    267 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Single sign-on capability7.7232 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.7262 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Zoho CRM and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Zoho CRM
    8.5
    166 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Social data8.7165 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social engagement8.3157 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Zoho CRM and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Zoho CRM
    8.8
    211 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Marketing automation8.9208 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compensation management8.8139 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Zoho CRM and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Zoho CRM
    8.3
    231 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile access8.3231 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Zoho CRM and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Zoho CRM
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Desk
    8.5
    5 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Zoho CRM and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Zoho CRM
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Desk
    9.8
    5 Ratings
    20% above category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings9.85 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings9.85 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Zoho CRM and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Zoho CRM
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Desk
    6.6
    5 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings6.83 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings6.15 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings5.44 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Zoho CRMZoho Desk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (312 ratings)
    8.8
    (23 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.6
    (42 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (172 ratings)
    8.0
    (12 ratings)
    Availability
    8.8
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.5
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.1
    (69 ratings)
    8.8
    (11 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    5.5
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.6
    (16 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.1
    (114 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.5
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.2
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    5.7
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.3
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.7
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.8
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Zoho CRMZoho Desk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Zoho
    Zoho Desk is a great customer service tool. It is very easy to track the ability to receive tickets and send responses in Zoho Desk. There are lots of options for customization. The knowledge base feature is very extensive and powerful. It makes creating internal and external FAQs easy.
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    Pros
    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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    Zoho
    • It provides a simple widget code with a few clicks once you decide to integrate it with your website or application.
    • There is a very user friendly dedicated mobile application for Zoho Desk for Android and IOS devices.
    • You can easily track all of your tickets and agents from the dashboard interface.
    • You can insert tags with each ticket to group them into specific categories for analysis and troubleshooting.
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    Cons
    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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    Zoho
    • The biggest drawback that I am facing while using the platform is that their ticketing system is not that great [in my opinion]. It does not give us the option to add sales tax and other charges in the invoices which leads to a big problem for us.
    • [I feel] its customer support needs improvement.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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
    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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    Zoho
    I give [Zoho Desk] [an] overall usability score of 9. This is partly due to the search functionality needs improvement. There are several times where I am left unable to find a ticket and have to generate a new one. I am hoping in the future that they will make some changes!
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    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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    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    Zoho
    As Zoho Support is based in a different timezone to ours it can be an issue that we cannot get an immediate response to an issue. But I will say that once their Support is in the office they are fairly good to respond. they have resolved almost all issues I have told them about, but Zoho have also made system changes and not communicated these beforehand which means we are faced with something new and cannot get support on this until their support team is in the office
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    In-Person Training
    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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    Zoho
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    Online Training
    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
    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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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Zoho
    We selected Zoho Desk as we needed a platform that was going to allow the business to grow through both usage and staffing numbers. We wanted something cost-effective but still offered standard features in an effective cloud-delivered solution but would still allow customization by our internal dev team, to derive better value from the service where it natively didn't do what we needed it to. FreeAgent was okay for a while, but Zoho Desk has allowed a vast improvement in our service offering to end customers.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    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
    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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    Zoho
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    Professional Services
    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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    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    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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    Zoho
    • Zoho Desk has created an organised sytem of support which alows me to help my customers more efficiently.
    • By saving resolutions as articles, Zoho Desk has provided a training resource for current customers and support staff as part of solving problems.
    • All new customers become part of a database of customers who continue to receive support and education from forums created by the articles and customer questions.
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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.

    Zoho Desk Screenshots

    Screenshot of Log and monitor phone conversations, convert them into new tickets, or attach them to existing ones. Convert social media interactions and live chat into tickets at the click of a button.Screenshot of Bring a Help Center directly into a website to strengthen self-service. Chat with Zia, an AI-powered conversation assistant. Customers can chat with Zia right from a mobile app or website. Zia processes their questions and suggests appropriate solutions from the Knowledge Base.Screenshot of With advanced process automation, internal processes can be setup within the help desk, implement them automatically, and make sure that all processes are followed precisely.Screenshot of Instant responses for instant happiness. Respond to customers the minute they reach out with Zoho Desk's embeddable chat widget. Customers can get in touch with agents instantly, right from the Help Center, so agents can respond and help them find answers faster.Screenshot of Monitor a team's performance, customize and schedule reports. Custom dashboards can be created.Screenshot of Zia brings together predictions across anomalies, sentiment, trending ticket tags, and more into a common dashboard for decision-makers to consume. They can drill down further into the details from the same dashboard to investigate further.