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Pipeline CRM
Formerly PipelineDeals

Overview

What is 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…

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Pricing

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Start

$300

Cloud
per year per user

Develop

$396

Cloud
per year per user

Develop

$588

Cloud
per year per user

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://pipelinecrm.com/pricing

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $29 per month
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Product Demos

Welcome to Pipeline CRM!

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Features

Sales Force Automation

This is the technique of using software to automate certain sales-related tasks.

6.9
Avg 7.7

Customer Service & Support

This component of CRM software automates help desk, call center and field service management.

7.8
Avg 7.5

Marketing Automation

This component of CRM software helps to automate and scale marketing tasks and the subsequent analysis of those efforts.

5
Avg 7.6

CRM Project Management

This component of CRM software helps users initiate, plan, collaborate on, execute, track, and close projects.

4.5
Avg 7.6

CRM Reporting & Analytics

Reporting and analytics in CRM software includes sales forecasting, pipeline analysis, and automated dashboards.

6.7
Avg 7.7

Customization

This addresses a company’s ability to configure the software to fit its specific use case and workflow.

9.5
Avg 7.6

Security

This component helps a company minimize the security risks by controlling access to the software and its data, and encouraging best practices among users.

6
Avg 8.3

Social CRM

This component of CRM software helps companies leverage social media in engaging with customers.

8.1
Avg 7.3

Integrations with 3rd-party Software

This involves the CRM software’s ability to integrate with other systems, whether external or homegrown.

4.6
Avg 7.2

Platform

8
Avg 7.5
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Product Details

What is Pipeline CRM?

Pipeline CRM Video

Close Deals Faster with Pipeline CRM

Pipeline CRM Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

Pipeline CRM starts at $29.

Reviewers rate Custom fields and Custom objects and API for custom integration highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Pipeline CRM are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Comparisons

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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

Pipeline CRM, also known as Pipelinedeals.com, offers a range of use cases that cater to sales and marketing efforts. Users appreciate the ability to track and categorize leads based on various criteria such as size, location, opportunity, salesperson, and referral source. This allows for efficient lead management and helps users stay organized. Another common use case is project management, where the software is utilized during the initial stages of client work. It enables the project management team to set up tags, lead and deal stages, and reports to quickly access relevant information in one centralized location.

The reporting capabilities provided by Pipeline CRM are highly valued by users as they offer visibility into lead sources and deal closure rates over time. This allows businesses to make data-driven decisions and optimize their sales strategies. Additionally, companies in the media industry find Pipeline Deals useful for maintaining databases of individuals invited to appear on their radio shows or contribute to their sites. The software helps organize contacts by industry and title, making it easier to manage communication and collaborations.

While PipelineDeals fulfills many needs of its users, some have expressed a desire for more advanced features such as stronger tracking capabilities, a robust sales console, advanced dashboards, customizability, and predictive analytics. However, despite these limitations, PipelineDeals has been chosen over other CRM services for its comprehensive features that address both front-of-house operations and back-office financial and provisioning operations. It is widely used across organizations to improve lead generation, sales fulfillment, and future customer follow-up. Integrations with digital contracting software and lead vendors further streamline processes by automatically creating leads and initiating contracts. Overall, PipelineDeals serves as an effective B2B and B2C sales CRM solution for businesses looking for a centralized platform to manage their sales pipeline efficiently.

Flexibility: Users have found the flexibility of Pipeline CRM to be a major advantage, allowing them to set it up according to their specific needs and preferences. Several reviewers have mentioned that this level of flexibility has been crucial in adapting the software to fit their unique business requirements.

Customization: The level of customization offered by Pipeline CRM has exceeded the expectations of many users. They appreciate the ability to tailor the platform beyond what they initially expected or needed. This high degree of customization has allowed them to create a CRM system that aligns perfectly with their business processes.

Ease of use: Reviewers consistently highlight the ease of use of Pipeline CRM, emphasizing that despite its powerful capabilities, navigating and effectively using the platform is always straightforward. They appreciate how intuitive it is to browse through large groups of data, create custom filters, and manage tasks and events tied to specific individuals.

User Interface: Some users have found the user interface of Pipeline CRM to be lacking, particularly on the iPad app. They feel that there is room for improvement in terms of design and usability.

Organization of Contact Information: Several reviewers have expressed difficulty in organizing contact information and communications for multiple people within a company using Pipeline CRM. They find it unclear how to keep everything organized and believe that the functionality for tying other people's contact info and communications to a single person falls short compared to Salesforce.

Limited Relevance Outside Sales Setting: A number of users have mentioned that Pipeline CRM is strictly focused on sales and lacks features that are relevant outside of a sales setting. Specifically, they feel that features like tracking dollars within a pipeline, hot/cold markers, and notifications do not meet their requirements for non-sales purposes.

Users commonly recommend Pipeline CRM for managing data and keeping track of information. They suggest trying out the application, especially for small businesses. Many users highlight the great support provided by Pipeline CRM and find it easy to use and intuitive. They believe every company should be using Pipeline CRM and appreciate its integration with other tools.

Another common recommendation is to take advantage of the trial version before purchasing. Users find Pipeline CRM to be an excellent value for the price and a good fit for small businesses. They recommend it for managing and tracking pipelines, mentioning its good structure for sales flow.

Users also suggest trying Pipeline CRM for quickly implementing a CRM system, as it is user-friendly and efficient. They mention that it helps increase customer reach, productivity, and performance. Adding more information to maximize its effectiveness is emphasized.

Overall, users believe that Pipeline CRM is essential for their company and has been the best business decision they've made. It is highly recommended, especially for small business sales teams, as it helps manage a large number of deals and keep track of action items.

Although some users recommend exploring other products as well, they acknowledge that Pipeline CRM is a good option for those who need more than a simple to-do list or spreadsheet. Users also note the affordability and up-to-date features of Pipeline CRM.

However, there are some limitations mentioned by users. The platform can be slow at times, and handling multiple leads under the same business can be challenging. Users also mention that account management may need to be supplemented with additional procedures and methods.

Some users recommend checking out other alternatives like Salesforce or Infusionsoft. They believe these alternatives may offer additional features or customization options that PipelineDeals lacks. However, they acknowledge that PipelineDeals is great for forecasting, easy to use, provides good value, and offers excellent customer support.

In conclusion, users commonly suggest using Pipeline CRM for managing data and tracking information. They appreciate its solid features, reasonable flexibility, and integration with other tools. Users highly recommend giving Pipeline CRM a try, especially for small businesses or those in need of an efficient CRM solution.

Reviews

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Simplicity for the win!

Rating: 7 out of 10
September 24, 2020
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Pipeline CRM
7 years of experience
We are currently using PipelineDeals as our B2B and B2C sales CRM. We also have it fully integrated with our digital contracting software and our lead vendor so leads are being automatically created. Leads are then automatically pulled from PipelineDeals to start a contract. We also have integrations in place to automatically updated deals once the contract is finalized.
  • User interface.
  • API integrations.
  • Configurability.
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.
Sales Force Automation (9)
62.22222222222222%
6.2
Customer data management / contact management
80%
8.0
Workflow management
80%
8.0
Territory management
70%
7.0
Opportunity management
80%
8.0
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)
40%
4.0
Contract management
50%
5.0
Quote & order management
N/A
N/A
Interaction tracking
90%
9.0
Channel / partner relationship management
70%
7.0
Customer Service & Support (1)
70%
7.0
Case management
70%
7.0
Marketing Automation (2)
50%
5.0
Lead management
80%
8.0
Email marketing
20%
2.0
CRM Project Management (2)
40%
4.0
Task management
30%
3.0
Reporting
50%
5.0
CRM Reporting & Analytics (2)
60%
6.0
Pipeline visualization
50%
5.0
Customizable reports
70%
7.0
Customization (3)
100%
10.0
Custom fields
100%
10.0
Custom objects
100%
10.0
API for custom integration
100%
10.0
Security (2)
60%
6.0
Role-based user permissions
60%
6.0
Single sign-on capability
60%
6.0
Social CRM
N/A
N/A
Integrations with 3rd-party Software (1)
20%
2.0
Marketing automation
20%
2.0
Platform (1)
80%
8.0
Mobile access
80%
8.0
  • We have profited off of it by including it as one of our subscription services.
  • We didn't have to build our own CRM.
We are currently using HubSpot for one of our other companies and it has been great. The marketing integrations that come with it blow PipelineDeals out of the water. On top of that, it also has a ticketing system in it where you can tie customer issues to a customer in the CRM.
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.
Any time I have had questions or issues that have come up I've always been able to get a quick response and a resolution to what I was needing.

PipelineDeals CRM - Why to choose

Rating: 9 out of 10
March 18, 2015
Verified User
Vetted Review
Pipeline CRM
2 years of experience
PipelineDeals was implemented to solve a broad range of issues across the organization. We implemented at a company that has a tremendous amount of leads coming in from a few automated sources, but also leads input from various personnel. We tested/implemented two other services before PipelineDeals CRM, and the reason we chose PipelineDeals was because it was very comprehensive from the "front of house" operations to the back-office financial and provisioning operations. We used every single module of PipelineDeals CRM because issues from lead generations to sales fulfillment and future customer follow up were critical to the success of the project.
  • Flexibility - we found that we could modify PipelineDeals CRM very easily (as you can with other services), but that PipelineDeals CRM didn't hiccup with the extent of modifications made to the system. Everyone will need to modify the system to fit their business profile, and the ease of modification is important, but the real key is the ability to easily manage the system and the extensions you've put in place.
  • Support - when you license and implement any solution, you're going to run into issues/bugs. PipelineDeals CRM is very responsive and very good, and they didn't waste our time making us go through multiple levels of support to prove we actually had a problem. There weren't many issues, but the ones we encountered were addressed quickly, and they spent time with us on things that we weren't clear on, even providing some direction on the best way to set up categories of users, products, tasks, etc.
  • Comprehensive nature - we tried other services and found that PipelineDeals CRM did a good job of handling leads through sales and customer follow up. Other services were heavy on lead management or pre-sales functions, or helping with information related to sales activities, but did nothing to support after-the-fact operational personnel.
This is an area where I feel people fall down in the process. First - spend time up front defining your organizational processes, and goals. Don't even think about a solution until you've spent time defining the process. We spent time with every facet of the organizational process, and defined a workflow and diagram of each key process. This allows you to determine where you can get some process automation (service-based automation) versus workflow (human eyeballs and decisions on a procedure). Out of this exercise you will definitely see the critical "must-have" features and functions in any solution, and frankly it's pretty easy from there. Most people start asking a bunch of questions, and they don't know what they're trying to answer. In addition, most organizations avoid this step because it's difficult. But it is essential and lays the groundwork for a successful project and a much, much easier deployment.
Sales Force Automation (9)
94.44444444444444%
9.4
Customer data management / contact management
100%
10.0
Workflow management
70%
7.0
Territory management
100%
10.0
Opportunity management
100%
10.0
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)
100%
10.0
Contract management
100%
10.0
Quote & order management
90%
9.0
Interaction tracking
100%
10.0
Channel / partner relationship management
90%
9.0
Customer Service & Support (3)
90%
9.0
Case management
90%
9.0
Call center management
90%
9.0
Help desk management
90%
9.0
Marketing Automation (2)
100%
10.0
Lead management
100%
10.0
Email marketing
100%
10.0
CRM Project Management (2)
90%
9.0
Task management
90%
9.0
Billing and invoicing management
90%
9.0
CRM Reporting & Analytics (3)
100%
10.0
Forecasting
100%
10.0
Pipeline visualization
100%
10.0
Customizable reports
100%
10.0
Customization (4)
95%
9.5
Custom fields
100%
10.0
Custom objects
100%
10.0
Scripting environment
90%
9.0
API for custom integration
90%
9.0
Security (1)
80%
8.0
Single sign-on capability
80%
8.0
Social CRM (2)
90%
9.0
Social data
90%
9.0
Social engagement
90%
9.0
Integrations with 3rd-party Software (2)
90%
9.0
Marketing automation
100%
10.0
Compensation management
80%
8.0
Platform (1)
100%
10.0
Mobile access
100%
10.0
  • Improved efficiency - this may have happened with any solution, but PipelineDeals CRM has channeled all activities into a single place and has eliminated the paper and other inefficient processes in place before.
  • Integration with other solutions.
  • Better Customer Service - if you have all history and tracking and support information in a single place, your customer and prospect interactions are going to be much better.
  • Thorough Coverage - don't drop leads and opportunities on the floor any more.
  • Salesforce.com,Insightly,QuickBase
SFDC was just too expensive and "too much." Insightly was not comprehensive enough, and we found an awful lot of bugs (this was a year ago+). QuickBase is actually excellent, but it requires an advanced technical person to manage and use, such as a QB Developer, and we wanted a solution that a office administrator could use with little or no help. QB is basically a big database that holds your data, and you build front-end UI's for the functions you want, using their interface and wizard-driven approach to do so. But it takes a lot of knowledge of the system to get where to want to go, and it is not "Intuit-ive" to use for most users. You'll spend $150/hour on a resource to help you implement, which gets costly very quickly. PipelineDeals CRM integrated with Google Apps, which we were using at the organization, and we found it comprehensive, easy to extend, and easy to use.
40
Sales and Operations. From the very first data gathering functions all the way through yearly customer follow up.

Pipeline Deals: A Better Tool To Help You Sell

Rating: 10 out of 10
January 28, 2015
JM
Vetted Review
Verified User
Pipeline CRM
4 years of experience
Pipelinedeals.com was used primarily to manage our contacts, leads and deals for our sales and marketing efforts. There was some use by our project management team in the initial stages of working with our clients. We set up various tags, lead and deal stages and reports to quickly access the information we needed when we needed it. The extent of the reporting gave us visibility to see where our leads were coming from and what type of deals were closing. After years of data, there were great reports we were running to assess our progress over time.
  • Flexibility: It provides the flexibility to set it up how you want to use it. Customization is beyond what you probably want or need.
  • Reporting: We were able to setup all types of reporting and tracking.
  • Ease of Use: While the platform was powerful, it was always easy to use.
Pipeline Deals is a great resource to quickly implement a CRM. It is easy and fast to set up an account, import your date and start using it. Both basic and advanced users will value the tool. If you are looking for something extremely simple (like Highrise HQ), this may not be the best fit.
Sales Force Automation (9)
62.22222222222222%
6.2
Customer data management / contact management
90%
9.0
Workflow management
70%
7.0
Territory management
N/A
N/A
Opportunity management
80%
8.0
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)
80%
8.0
Contract management
80%
8.0
Quote & order management
N/A
N/A
Interaction tracking
90%
9.0
Channel / partner relationship management
70%
7.0
Customer Service & Support (3)
N/A
N/A
Case management
N/A
N/A
Call center management
N/A
N/A
Help desk management
N/A
N/A
Marketing Automation (2)
45%
4.5
Lead management
90%
9.0
Email marketing
N/A
N/A
CRM Project Management (2)
65%
6.5
Task management
70%
7.0
Billing and invoicing management
60%
6.0
CRM Reporting & Analytics (3)
96.66666666666666%
9.7
Forecasting
90%
9.0
Pipeline visualization
100%
10.0
Customizable reports
100%
10.0
Customization (4)
75%
7.5
Custom fields
100%
10.0
Custom objects
100%
10.0
Scripting environment
N/A
N/A
API for custom integration
100%
10.0
Security (1)
N/A
N/A
Single sign-on capability
N/A
N/A
Social CRM (2)
40%
4.0
Social data
80%
8.0
Social engagement
N/A
N/A
Integrations with 3rd-party Software (2)
N/A
N/A
Marketing automation
N/A
N/A
Compensation management
N/A
N/A
Platform (1)
90%
9.0
Mobile access
90%
9.0
  • Visibility. Tracking and seeing our activity increased our productivity.
  • Encouraging. Seeing our progress made it more encouraging to keep going when things were hard.
  • Tracking ROI: Our ability to see our ROI on our marketing and sales efforts was powerful in adjusting our efforts as a company.
  • Followup Efficiency: Knowing who we need to reach out to and when is very helpful when managing multiple contacts and leads.
We originally used Highrise HQ and it was great for a while. Unfortunately, the simplicity and lack of reporting sent us looking for a new alternative solution. When we came across Pipelinedeals.com, it seemed to fit our needs perfectly. We signed up for a trial and began using it. We never stopped.
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