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Zendesk Sell

Zendesk Sell
Formerly Base CRM

Starting at $19 per seat/month billed annually
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Overview

What is Zendesk Sell?

Zendesk Sell (formerly Base CRM) is a CRM that aims to give reps access to integrated tools that provide the full context of a customer account. This keeps them in the loop and allows them to capitalize on opportunities. Zendesk…

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Recent Reviews

Zendesk Sell FTW

10 out of 10
March 02, 2020
Incentivized
We're currently using Zendesk Sell to track inbound and outbound sales across our organization. Our business development, support, and …
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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • Interaction tracking (15)
    7.9
    79%
  • Custom fields (15)
    7.8
    78%
  • Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail) (15)
    6.9
    69%
  • Workflow management (15)
    6.1
    61%
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Pricing

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Sell Team

$19.00

Cloud
per seat/month billed annually

Reach prospecting enrichment add-on (requires a Sell Subscription)

$27.00

Cloud
Per User Per Month (billed annually)

Sell Professional

$49.00

Cloud
per seat/month billed annually

Entry-level set up fee?

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

Offerings

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

Zendesk Sell Advanced Reporting & Analytics Demo

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[Comparison Demo] Salesforce vs Zendesk Sell

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Features

Sales Force Automation

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

6.6
Avg 7.7

Customer Service & Support

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

9
Avg 7.5

Marketing Automation

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

6.9
Avg 7.6

CRM Project Management

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

5.3
Avg 7.6

CRM Reporting & Analytics

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

8.2
Avg 7.6

Customization

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

4.2
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.

9.5
Avg 8.3

Social CRM

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

4
Avg 7.3

Integrations with 3rd-party Software

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

5.4
Avg 7.2

Platform

8
Avg 7.5
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Product Details

Zendesk Sell Technical Details

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Zendesk Sell (formerly Base CRM) is a CRM that aims to give reps access to integrated tools that provide the full context of a customer account. This keeps them in the loop and allows them to capitalize on opportunities. Zendesk Sell can be extended with Reach, a lead generation and engagement tool that automates the process of finding and keeping leads interested, so reps can focus more on building relationships and crushing their quotas. Base CRM was founded in 2009, and acquired by Zendesk in 2018.

Pipeliner CRM, Insightly, and Sellf CRM are common alternatives for Zendesk Sell.

Reviewers rate Single sign-on capability highest, with a score of 9.9.

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

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Reviews and Ratings

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Attribute Ratings

Reviews

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Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Splits deals by sales person.
  • Total possible revenue in the pipeline.
  • Store all email in one deal, regardless of source.
  • Creation of a deal from outlook (add-in).
  • Add tasks to outlook calendar.
  • Summary display deals by stage.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • It is very inexpensive to start.
  • It is relatively user friendly.
  • Gives you the ability to define your own categories to move through the sales process.
  • There was no ability to add prospects from a company domain or email to auto-fill any data.
  • You had to type in all of the data you gathered about that prospect.
  • The default only gave you two phone numbers for the company, too few.
Brittany Cooper | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Clean layout
  • Multiple views
  • Efficiently contact customers
  • Systems integration
  • More creative design layout (pretty basic to look at)
  • Have the option to view previous conversations when chatting with client. Currently I have to search an email to see previous conversations.
  • More creative text to use (e.g., emojis)
Faerie Grace | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • It let us plug in our customized pipeline really easily.
  • It was not too confusing to use and figure out.
  • It sent out videos weekly on new things they were doing and offering.
  • My manager and I both tried the trial before we purchased Zendesk Sell. We had multiple and reoccurring times of signing in problems. Zendesk support was confused a handful of times as well. This got to be very old when one just wants to sign and start working
  • Customer support was very helpful at other times but when we finally needed to cancel as the login just never seemed to smooth out, and some other using options had cliches, we wouldn't just cancel over the phone OR via email. SO we had to keep and pay $59 for three more months, though never using the program.
  • I do not recommend them. We had several glitches that snagged the work flow and productivity. We are in process of finding a new CRM.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • We can easily keep our sales team focused on the highest value leads and deals across automated account rules informed by full-funnel analytics. I like that platform and everything that comes with it.
  • This CRM has most of everything we need, with the exception of a few features. Emailing within Base, tracking emails, leaving notes, setting appointments, importing and exporting are all key features that are easy to learn, use, and teach to new sales staff. I have used products in the past including pipe drive and hub spot CRM, and Base has so far been my favorite. We really like the new look and feel that they recently rolled out, and it has made sales management even easier than it was before. Very happy with most all the features.
  • Base has made it easy for our enrollment team to streamline communication with our target audience and to effectively organize them in stages, saving us a lot of time with our students. The ease of calling, texting, emailing, and updating notes from one "contact page" has truly revolutionized our process so that if used effectively, we can map out where each client is at each step of the process. Managers now have had an easy time viewing my team's progress and tracking our deliverables.
  • With this platform, we can use all tools which will help the university control prospects and leads. We have everything we need to succeed. I contact across smart tools for emailing, calling and much more. It is very intuitive and with little training, our new staff members can pick it up easily.
  • A problem with Base is that they haven't improved it much. There are little things they should be able to fix right away, like having a field for a lead's phone extension. That's right, if you have a number and an extension, there's no place to enter the extension!
  • There are a few places here and there in the Base CRM that are missing small features - for example, there's currently no "Previous Lead" or "Next Lead" button on each lead page, you just have to go back to your lead list (similar to Salesforce). That said, none of these little features have slowed me down any, and they are extremely receptive to feature feedbacks and requests - based on their responses I'm confident that this CRM is just going to continue getting better as they continue adjusting to client feedback and ideas.
  • I wish there was the ability to tag people in deals. When working collaboratively with another member of the sales staff, it would be nice to have the ability to tag them inside the deal to draw their attention to something or remind them of a task without having to utilize our external team communication platform.
  • I wish there was an easier way to add photos to your contacts. It can pick a photo up if you have some social media information, but I have found the process cumbersome.
Matt Meinel | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Integrates well with FullContact, Slack via Zapier, and Gmail and google calendar.
  • Excellent mobile app for iPhone lets salespeople have data at their fingertips and enter notes at conferences, in elevators, wherever.
  • Does all the basic things a salesperson needs to be productive, contacts capture, deal capture, documents, smart linking of contacts to deals, and nice reminder features.
  • Email updates are a little delayed (seems like 10 mins or so). Therefore, I still use my email client about 50% of the time instead of being 100% in Base all the time.
  • Some of the reports that might be useful to be are not available on the professional level. If I could pay to have them just for me, I would, but me getting the Activity reports requires me upgrading all users to Enterprise which seems like exorbitant pricing for a couple of reports.
Ali Nisar | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Great UX /UI
  • Effective Contact & Pipeline Management
  • Good for forecasting
  • Excellent Reporting Capabilities
  • Tags don't always save on the opportunity/lead
  • No way to make fields mandatory without partner support
  • Mobile app should have default to set to calls over VoIP
Jon Butler | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Base CRM has a fantastic mobile app. I have yet to encounter a more feature-rich and user-friendly CRM app. You can have the app alert you to leads and customer that are nearby, and easily log sales calls right from your cell phone. Brilliant.
  • Email tracking is great. We can see when leads open our emails, and which links they clicked. This helps our reps follow up with more strategic communication.
  • The Smart Lists could be improved by having the ability to share between sales reps. Right now, reps can only see Smart Lists that they have created in their own account.
  • Having the ability to turn deals back into leads would be helpful, as reps occasionally convert leads to deals erroneously, and then can't go back.
Gregory Perrine | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Sales tracking: Setting up a new deal in base is intuitive and easy to do. With the ability to create new contacts, and business within the construction of a deal, it takes under 2 minutes to generate a new deal, assign tags, and link it to an email that may already exist in the data base.
  • Email integration: Linking base to g-suite allows me to make sure that everyone that I am emailing is logged in my client data base. From the email interface, you can view contacts that do not exist in your customer log, and with a touch of a button create a new contact.
  • Reporting: Reporting with Base is intuitive, visual, and easy to adjust based on what search parameters you would like to view. Using filters, tags, and dates you can manipulate data to exactly what you are looking to drill down to in a click of a button. No drawn out coding process to view data like some CRMs.
  • Integrations: Base currently has some integrations available, but for my business I do all of my invoicing through Quickbooks, and currently the only integration available is a paid "zap" through Zapier, which exports new invoices created in Quickbooks to Base. I'd love for there to be a seamless integration between Quickbooks and Base.
  • Marketing tools: Contacts are easy enough to track and export via the contact viewer, smart lists, and filters, but there are no marketing tools available through base. The process of exporting and importing into another system like Mail Chimp is easy though.
October 30, 2017

Base - the Best!

bryan robison | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • My favorite piece is the Tasks connected to the Clients OR the Deals themselves that keep the process moving with the right steps, and helps our team from doubling our work, or missing a piece that is crucial for the completion of the sale.
  • The email integration helps to keep all things housed in one place also, so that you're not bouncing back and forth in multiple platforms to stay on top of the orders.
  • Customizations are a HUGE part of why we use Base CRM right now. We can make sure we are recording all of the right information, and not wasting time by having to fill in or skip over content that doesn't apply to our business model.
  • I also like the ability to tied Deals to multiple people, especially as Referrals come across, so we don't forget how we got in touch with different clients.
  • I mentioned the email integration, but this can be 10 minutes or more behind real time, which discourages our team from actually using it all the time. If it was quicker in the download of our emails, we would not feel behind or miss any deadlines.
  • I'd love to see other programs like FreshBooks or other payment platforms able to be integrated well, so that we can truly do everything out of Base. Maybe even the ability to create invoices, and receive payments, through Base as well. That would be great!
  • It would be great for the Mobile App to be more user-friendly. It is good, but doesn't WOW our team, so we don't use it very much, which keeps us more locked down to our laptops.
Jeremy Doyle | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Free edition is great to start. This is important for smaller businesses, and appreciated as such.
  • Keeps customer records so everyone is always on the same page.
  • Easy to navigate.
  • Robust features are needed. More options for third party apps are needed as well.
  • A larger user-base would be nice, so the forum can flourish.
  • Integration with all calendars is needed.
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