Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software

TrustRadius Top Rated for 2023

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HubSpot CRM

HubSpot’s CRM enables growth-minded businesses to optimize their relationships with leads and customers. Through harnessing the power of carefully crafted sales, marketing, customer service, content management, and operations tools, the software aims to make it easy to unify team…

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Insightly

Insightly is presented as a modern, affordable CRM that is easy to use, simple to customize, and that scales with companies as they grow, designed to solve common pain points that legacy CRMs can't. Available in any vertical, Insightly CRM customers can add companion products for…

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BQE CORE

BQE CORE is a business management solution built specifically for professional service firms. BQE CORE is a combination of a billing assistant, project management, and accounting solution. CORE is designed to do the hard work of delivering actionable insights directly to the user'…

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Constant Contact Lead Gen & CRM

Constant Contact delivers for small businesses with tools to simplify and amplify digital marketing. Constant Contact Lead Gen & CRM is a marketing and sales platform developed to help businesses build their pipeline, nurture leads and close more deals. The tools are designed…

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Salesforce Sales Cloud

Salesforce Sales Cloud is a platform for sales with a community of Sellers, Sales Leaders, and Sales Operations, who use the solution to grow sales and increase productivity. The AI CRM for Sales features data built right in, so that companies can sell faster, sell smarter and sell…

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Workamajig

Workamajig is a project management system with capabilities such as file sharing, resource management, and revenue projection.

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Salesflare

Salesflare headquartered in Antwerp offers their small business intelligent CRM, providing automated event tracking and related features designed to aid the operations of SMBs.

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Nutshell CRM

Nutshell offers a CRM with contact management, calendar sync, click-to-call, and collaboration features.

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Highrise CRM (discontinued)

Highrise is a simple CRM, allowing the user to track leads and manage follow ups with zero learning curve. Highrise is only available and supported for existing customers. As of August 2018 Highrise is no longer available to new customers. Existing customers may still take advantage…

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BIGContacts

BigContacts is a contact management solution built to help small businesses organize contacts, manage tasks, track opportunities, and manage email campaigns.

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Daylite

Daylite is a project management solution built around features such as contact management, scheduling, and sales pipeline tracking.

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vCita

vCita is a marketing-focused CRM for service providers. According to the vendor, the product helps service providers move clients through every stage of the sales cycle: from the first point of contact to closing, upselling and follow-up. vCita is a lightweight CRM with the following…

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Dubsado

Dubsado, from the company of the same name Burbank, is a small business technology management solution, providing contact and contract management, invoicing, and calendaring, in an all-in-one solution.

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HoneyBook

HoneyBook aims to help creative entrepreneurs and freelancers book more clients, manage projects and get paid all in one place. With HoneyBook, users can automate busy work and stay on top of to-dos, saving time and money, while growing a business. HoneyBook is designed to emulate…

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Thryv

Thryv is an all-in-one small business marketing solution providing CRM, marketing automation, calendaring and appointment reminders, directory listings, and other features.

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Close CRM

Close.io is a customer relationship management (CRM) software with call management and sales workflow automation capabilities.

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Vtiger

Vtiger is a customer relationship management (CRM) solution with sales and marketing automation, project management, and inventory management capabilities.

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Demandforce

Demandforce is a solution available to the medical, veterinarian, lifestyle and automotive industries. Demandforce offers a variety of communication and office workflow solutions from appointment reminders and two-way text to marketing solutions like email campaign templates and…

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SAP Business ByDesign

SAP Business ByDesign is SAP's cloud ERP suite offering, launched in 2007, designed for the SMB market. The product includes a broad range of capabilities including financials, human resources, sales, procurement, customer service, and supply chain. Business ByDesign is a new platform,…

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Pipeline CRM

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…

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Jobber

Jobber is field service management software from the company of the same name in Edmonton, Alberta.

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Simpro

Simpro, headquartered in Brisbane, provides business management software for the trades and services industry. The solution combines field service management with asset tracking and maintenance, project management features with resource scheduling, and invoicing. For enterprises,…

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Bullhorn Jobscience (discontinued)

Jobscience was a cloud-based ATS and CRM tool designed to help recruitment firms to streamline and grow their business. Built 100% natively on Force.com, Bullhorn Jobscience offered a CRM-based approach to talent acquisition. It has reached end of life, and has been discontinued.

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Contactually CRM (discontinued)

Contactually was a CRM for real estate agents and brokerages, that automatically prompted users to take action with the most important people to prevent things from falling through the cracks. Contactually was acquired by Compass in 2019, and is no longer available.

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Maximizer CRM

Maximizer CRM is a customer relationship management (CRM) software built to maximize sales leads and calls.

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Claritysoft

CloudSoft is a simple, cloud-based CRM system for SMBs.

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1CRM

1CRM is an integrated customer relationship management (CRM) solution that covers the complete business management lifecycle. It includes features like collaboration and mobile access, and it can be customized for multiple industries. It is available in both open source and commercial…

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FloristWare

FloristWare is a POS/CRM system for anyone in the business of selling flowers. It is designed to help retail florists increase sales and profits while saving time and money. The vendor says FloristWare is an "independent" system, meaning that it is not affiliated with any wire service…

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Sellsy

Sellsy is one integrated suite for sales management. Some key features include: CRM Pipelines, Invoicing, Time Tracking, HelpDesk, ERP, and POS.

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Apptivo

Apptivo provides small and medium sized businesses with applications that include CRM, project management and invoicing solutions.

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The Top 5 Customer Relationship Management Software 2022
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Customer Relationship Management software and tools serve a variety of purposes and are available for organizations of every size. Check out our video to get an overview of some of the biggest players in the space.
CRM Comparison: Hubspot vs Pipedrive vs Salesforce
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In this video, the TrustRadius team compares Hubspot, Pipedrive, and Salesforce customer relationship management software to reveal who each is really built for - whether you're looking for budget-friendly, sales driven, or a flexible pipeline solution.
How To Use CRM Software
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Customer relationship management software helps you maintain positive relationships with your clients. This video shows you how to leverage this software to support your business.

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What is CRM Software?

Customer relationship management (CRM) is a business strategy that stresses good ongoing relationships with customers. It holds that maintaining these relationships drives growth and profitability. There are two core elements of this customer-centric strategy:

  1. Presenting a unified face to the customer
  2. Providing a seamless customer experience

CRM software can help by synchronizing customer communications among business units. Sales, marketing and customer service can all get on the same page. It acts as a system of record for contacts and accounts throughout the customer lifecycle. With CRM tools companies can track, automate, analyze, and optimize customer interactions. At its core, a CRM is a database of contact information and interaction history for each individual contact.

Multiple departments may be using the CRM within one organization. These include sales, marketing, customer success or service, and potentially other teams too.

Customer Relationship Management Software Features

In general, customer relationship management technology provides the following sets of capabilities:

Customer Data Management

CRM software collects and organizes customer data. This includes contact information and interactions via email, phone, web chat and social media.

Sales Acceleration and Enablement

CRM software helps streamline and automate certain sales-related duties. This helps enable sales reps to do their job better and also accelerates sales cycles through automation of repetitive tasks. These tasks may include:

  • Creation of quotes
  • Order processing
  • Updating contact information
  • Sending emails
  • Sales forecasting
  • Evaluating employee performance

As the original source of sales force automation features, CRM systems are the most established type of sales acceleration technology. They are also considered a tool for sales enablement.

Marketing Automation

Many CRM software products include some marketing automation features. Others integrate with dedicated marketing automation products. Some features to look for include:

  • Email marketing
  • Lead management
  • Lead scoring and qualification
  • Landing page creation
  • Web forms
  • Marketing analytics

Customer Service & Support

CRM software products often provide customer support-related features. Many also integrate with standalone customer support software (i.e. help desks and contact center software). Customer support features may include:

  • Knowledge bases
  • Ticketing systems
  • Live chat
  • Customer support portals

Additional Features & Considerations

Some CRM software products also offer project management and social media management capabilities.

Additional considerations when evaluating CRM software include:

  • Deployment type (on-premise vs. hosted)
  • Customization options
  • Usability/UX
  • Mobile access
  • Security and privacy
  • Ease of integration
  • Scalability

Benefits of Using a CRM System

CRM systems hold a number of benefits for both small businesses and enterprises. When implemented properly, CRM can:

  • Create a single storehouse for customer data
  • Provide greater visibility into sales, marketing and customer service processes
  • Help optimize customer communications
  • Shorten sales cycles
  • Improve customer retention
  • Help companies understand and address the needs of customers
  • Increase customer satisfaction
  • Automate tasks
  • Increase operational efficiency
  • Free up employees to focus on customer interactions

Marketing CRM Software

CRMs are usually sales-focused. But there are benefits for marketing as well. Marketers usually store their leads in a CRM system, and often help with database management.

Integrating your CRM system with marketing automation, CMS, and eCommerce platforms can help improve marketing campaigns performance. Information in the CRM helps marketers target their messages sent through these systems to the right people. These communications can then be tracked within the CRM.

Marketers can also use CRM software to report on marketing goals, like lead engagement and leads passed to sales. Having a shared database can help align sales and marketing efforts as well.

Some marketing automation tools include a built-in CRM system (e.g. HubSpot and SharpSpring). Additionally, some CRM vendors have developed marketing automation capabilities (e.g. Salesforce and GreenRope).

All-in-one marketing tools typically include both CRM and marketing automation functionality. They often also have content management, SEO, social marketing and eCommerce capabilities. These tools are aimed at small businesses looking for basic features. Larger companies tend to favor a best-of-breed approach, integrating their CRM,marketing automation, and other systems.

CRM System Comparison

Here are two key things to consider while evaluating different CRM software products:

  1. Do you need a CRM that has been designed for either a specific industry or department? Some customer relationship management systems have been designed with a specific use case in mind, for example, Pipedrive is especially well suited for sales. There are also a range of CRM products that have been designed for the Financial Services industry. Other CRM products, like Salesforce and HubSpot CRM are ideal for use across industries and across functions.
  2. Does your business need an easy to use and budget friendly CRM solution, or a more comprehensive solution that allows for greater customization and offers advanced features? There are CRM products at both ends of this spectrum, as well as products in between. More advanced solutions may have a longer implementation timeline, have a steeper learning curve, and may need a dedicated administrator. On the other hand, lightweight CRM solutions may take less time to set up and start running, but they may not have the same breadth of features available.

Start a comparison between CRM software products.

Pricing Information

CRM software is usually priced by user on a monthly subscription model. Price per user depends on the extent of the features you are looking for. Subscriptions can start as low as $12/mo. per user for small businesses. Enterprise level tools rise to hundreds of dollars per user per month. This tier typically has more automation, reporting, integrations, and customer support features.

Free CRM Software

Free CRM software can be a great way for new users to get more familiar with using a CRM system before committing to purchasing a tool. Most free CRMs, or ‘freemium’ versions of paid platforms, will have limited functionality when compared to paid tools. But they still offer businesses the benefit of having all of their contact information centralized in one location.

Free CRM platforms are often well-suited for small businesses and startups, especially if there’s the option to upgrade to a paid version of the platform as they continue to grow. There’s also a large degree of overlap between contact management software and lighter-weight CRM software, including free tools.

A few potential pitfalls to be aware of with free CRMs: they’ll have more limited functionality and sometimes a cap on the number of contact records or platform users. They typically have fewer native integrations (if any) with other third-party systems. Many free CRMs also do not offer integrated email tracking, automatic notifications and reminders, and features like lead scoring.

Here is a list of free and freemium CRM platforms for buyers to consider:

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is customer relationship management software?

Customer relationship management (CRM) software is a centralized database that records, stores, analyzes contact and account-level information. This information can include communication with customers and potential customers over email, phone, or other digital communication channels.

What are the best customer relationship management (CRM) systems?

The Top Rated CRM software product include:


Some of these products are designed with specific use cases in mind. For example, Pipedrive is primarily a sales CRM and includes sales automation features like auto-populating contact information. Learn more about these products and other CRM solutions here.


What is CRM software used for?

Sales, marketing, and customer success/service teams use CRM software to help keep track of customer information and interactions. For sales, this may involve the creation of quotes, order processing, lead qualification, and sales forecasting.


For marketing, CRM activities may include lead management and nurture, landing page creation, and email marketing. For customer support, CRMs can serve as a knowledge base or ticketing system.

What are the benefits of using a CRM system?

Some of the key benefits of using a CRM system to track and store customer data include:

  • having a ‘single source of truth’ to track and store contact data
  • ability to automate repetitive tasks
  • increased visibility into marketing, sales, and customer service processes
  • ability to conduct lead scoring based on historical data
  • greater sales efficiency, leading to shorter sales cycles


To learn more about CRM systems and the benefits of adoption one, read TrustRadius’ Customer Relationship Management Software description.

How much does a CRM system cost?

There are a few examples of free CRM systems, like HubSpot CRM, or vendors that offer a free (but limited) version of their paid software. Most CRM products range from $10 up to hundreds of dollars per user per month. The more expensive plans usually have much more advanced features and increased access to customer support.