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Zoho CRM

Overview

What is Zoho CRM?

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…

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Recent Reviews

Zoho CRM

9 out of 10
May 07, 2024
I will create a lead in Zoho CRM like what we collected and we use it for follow-up activities like calls, Meetings and also email when to …
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Popular Features

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  • Custom fields (263)
    8.4
    84%
  • Customer data management / contact management (266)
    8.3
    83%
  • Lead management (248)
    8.2
    82%
  • Workflow management (253)
    7.8
    78%

Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Video Reviews

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Zoho CRM Is a Seamless Transition Into Contact Management For Small Business Owner: User Review
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User Review: Zoho CRM Fits The Budget While Fulfilling Company Needs
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Integrations & Customizations Allow Zoho CRM to Work With Business Needs: User Review
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Pricing

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Standard

$14.00

Cloud
Per User/Per Month

Professional

$23.00

Cloud
Per User/Per Month

Enterprise

$40.00

Cloud
Per User/Per Month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • $14 /user/month
    Optional
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.zoho.com/crm/zohocrm…

Offerings

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

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $14 per month
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Product Demos

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Features

Sales Force Automation

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

7.7
Avg 7.7

Customer Service & Support

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

7.1
Avg 7.5

Marketing Automation

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

8.1
Avg 7.6

CRM Project Management

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

7.8
Avg 7.6

CRM Reporting & Analytics

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

7.9
Avg 7.6

Customization

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

7.9
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.

8.4
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.

7.7
Avg 7.2

Platform

7.7
Avg 7.5
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Product Details

What is Zoho CRM?

Zoho CRM supports enterprises as they build better customer relationships and improve retention. It empowers a global network of over 250,000 businesses of all sizes in 180 countries to convert more leads, engage with customers, and grow their revenue.

Adding even more value and innovation, the recently announced Canvas feature in the product enables users to create a personalized instance that meets their specific requirements and preferences. This is a recognition that the CRM solution in any enterprise must remain diverse and flexible as the customers it serves.

Zoho CRM clients have seen:
● 26% Improvement in customer retention rates
● 47% Increase in purchase volume with nurtured leads
● 40% Decrease in the cost of customer service
● 47% Increase in customer satisfaction rates
● 23% Decrease in sales and marketing costs

Zoho CRM helps reps reach decision makers who matter, to shorten long enterprise buying cycles and build strong customer relationships that withstand unexpected disruptions.

More information is available at zoho.com/enterprise

Zoho CRM Features

Sales Force Automation Features

  • Supported: Customer data management / contact management
  • Supported: Workflow management
  • Supported: Territory management
  • Supported: Opportunity management
  • Supported: Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)
  • Supported: Contract management
  • Supported: Quote & order management
  • Supported: Interaction tracking
  • Supported: Channel / partner relationship management

Customer Service & Support Features

  • Supported: Case management
  • Supported: Call center management
  • Supported: Help desk management

Marketing Automation Features

  • Supported: Lead management
  • Supported: Email marketing

CRM Project Management Features

  • Supported: Task management
  • Supported: Billing and invoicing management
  • Supported: Reporting

CRM Reporting & Analytics Features

  • Supported: Forecasting
  • Supported: Pipeline visualization
  • Supported: Customizable reports

Customization Features

  • Supported: Custom fields
  • Supported: Custom objects
  • Supported: Scripting environment
  • Supported: API for custom integration

Security Features

  • Supported: Role-based user permissions
  • Supported: Single sign-on capability

Social CRM Features

  • Supported: Social data
  • Supported: Social engagement

Integrations with 3rd-party Software Features

  • Supported: Marketing automation
  • Supported: Compensation management

Platform Features

  • Supported: Mobile access

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.

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Zoho CRM Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android
Supported CountriesAsia, Australia, Canada, China, Europe, India, Latin America, Middle-East and Africa, United Kingdom, United States
Supported LanguagesEnglish (US), English (UK), Hebrew, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Swedish, Bulgarian, Chinese (China), Chinese (Taiwan), Danish, Dutch, Polish, Hungarian, Turkish, Vietnamese, Hindi, Croatian, Czech

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

Zoho CRM starts at $14.

Pipedrive, HubSpot CRM, and Insightly are common alternatives for Zoho CRM.

Reviewers rate Custom fields and Single sign-on capability highest, with a score of 8.4.

The most common users of Zoho CRM are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Attribute Ratings

Reviews

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Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
we use zoho crm to manage the deals with prospects and multiple pipelines for different teams to understand the ageing, no of meetings, calls, sales cycle duration, stage movements, new deal addition and overall account details.

This also helps us identify prospects for upsell cross sell based on their payment status.

i am regularly Reporting and Analytics to make reports for the management and also activity monitoring . I have also integrated it with a telephony tool to keep a track of daily calls, average duration of calls etc.


  • Reporting Interface can be shared to multiple admins , easy of access
  • concurrent view of the same report at the same time without glitches
  • Views created saves time so that every time filter doesn't have to be applied
  • Use of formulas is one area which is tricky
  • Blueprint is a powerful tool, need to have multiple sample blueprint in the system
  • Tracking deal stage movement isn't precise
Scenario well suited:
A large teams performance dashboard can be presented on the zoho interface rather than excel or google sheets which is very handy tool.

Less appropriate:
Need to have more chart design options, playing with formatting of chart area, plot area, legend etc . We can also look at exploring forecasting capabilities with the charts like how it is in PowerBI and Excel.

Sales Force Automation (9)
42.22222222222222%
4.2
Customer data management / contact management
60%
6.0
Workflow management
70%
7.0
Territory management
90%
9.0
Opportunity management
100%
10.0
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)
60%
6.0
Contract management
N/A
N/A
Quote & order management
N/A
N/A
Interaction tracking
N/A
N/A
Channel / partner relationship management
N/A
N/A
Customer Service & Support (3)
50%
5.0
Case management
N/A
N/A
Call center management
70%
7.0
Help desk management
80%
8.0
Marketing Automation (2)
N/A
N/A
Lead management
N/A
N/A
Email marketing
N/A
N/A
CRM Project Management (3)
26.666666666666664%
2.7
Task management
N/A
N/A
Billing and invoicing management
N/A
N/A
Reporting
80%
8.0
CRM Reporting & Analytics (3)
63.33333333333333%
6.3
Forecasting
N/A
N/A
Pipeline visualization
100%
10.0
Customizable reports
90%
9.0
Customization (4)
20%
2.0
Custom fields
80%
8.0
Custom objects
N/A
N/A
Scripting environment
N/A
N/A
API for custom integration
N/A
N/A
Security (2)
85%
8.5
Role-based user permissions
80%
8.0
Single sign-on capability
90%
9.0
Social CRM (2)
N/A
N/A
Social data
N/A
N/A
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
It is flexible and scalable as i have myself upgarded for my team from 6 members package to 60 members package and managing their account.

Flexible because it gives me many options to define new fields based on the requirement
I have been able to customize it about 80% of my current requirement and remaining 20% i am still exploring the options and reaching out to support
We have grown from 50 customers to more than 300% customers

yes it has created an impact in terms of how an what we do to manage the relationship with the clients.

We are more empowered with the features that zoho has customized.
Mapping the entire customer journey with the zoho crm has become so much easier which otherwise would have been very tough
  • Zoho has made my task easier because multiple teams' data can be collated and presented easily in a report
  • Return on Investment is still debatable because it creates a long-term value and initial investment may not give immediate ROI
  • Timestamp (created time) gives a clear understanding about the lead ageing
I have explored Zoho Social and Zoho Sign with a free trail account to understand the capabilities and have taken some insight.

I have shared these insight with marketing team and leadership team to evaluate these options for marketing automation and contract signing ease . managing contracts is critical and doing this with a digital signature can save a lot of time and money.
59
Multiple teams , from B2B to B2C to B2B2C . The interface is intuitive enough for everyone to use it and feature are simple enough to customize different workflows for different teams .

I have implemented the Blueprint functionality to control the action of each sales managers and also the Workflow rules to send automated emails to the respective owner and the admins, so everyone is apprised on the movements of large deals.
1
I Manage the support and implementation of all the members.

I Don't feel any advanced technical skills are required to manage the zoho crm, except one to have a good understanding of the microsoft excel.
The Report module is designed in such a way that anyone will be able to customise a report in a matter of few clicks , including making visualizations by groupign rows and columns data.

One thing which can be improved is on of chart options provided , something like box plot , waterfall, sunburst, or Treemap aren't supported in zoho crm
  • Blueprint customization
  • Deal pipeline segmentation for different teams
  • Workflow rules for automated emails
  • Lead segmentation by lead status
  • New field customization feature
  • Integrating with a tata telephony solution was innovative
  • Automation of lead assignments to different calling managers
  • Kanban view customized view for review purposes
  • Formula fields are not working perfectly at this point , i feel zoho can improve this further
  • VLOOKUP of contacts is also one area that isn't very smooth while customizing new fields
  • stage movements aren't accurate in the professional edition
  • while customizing report the stage duration option does not show up
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.
No
  • Cloud Solutions
  • Scalability
  • Integration with Other Systems
  • Ease of Use
Customer Support and the MTTR( Mean time to resolution) will be the key factor for me , while evaluating any cloud solution as i do not prefer chatting to the bot .
  • Implemented in-house
No
Change management was a minor issue with the implementation
  • multiple calls with the zoho spoc
It required too much back and forth coordination with the zoho spoc
  • Online Training
it was good, i took the training from mr ganesh
Its easy to design as per the org needs
Well make a draft layout on figma or any other tool before implementing
Some - we have done small customizations to the interface
No - we have not done any custom code
Added a lot of new fields as per the org needs
Team is quick to get on a screen share call and help with the challenges
I had to take a zoho crm training course to better understand the workflows and use it systematically as per my organization needs.

The training was for 4 days and was a paid training course, it was a short batch size, but i saw a great commitment from the trainer in terms of work ethics and addressing queries.
No
I have done multiple calls with a a person named Sharon , i use zoho crm professional edition and i was trying to find out the accurate stage movement duration, even though we couldn't achieve the objective as it was a limitation of the professional edition, but the support she extended on how to leverage the present functionalities is appreciable.
Easy to use for a beginner and smart interface to keep an expeienced user also hooked up
  • reports
  • Lead addition
  • New field customisation
  • Formula fields customization
  • Email integration
Yes
easy to scale to large teams. i have scaled to multiple teams
yes 100% uptime
Yes had integrated with tata telephony .
  • tata telephony
it wasn't very difficult , it took 30 mins
  • Not as of now
  • AppExchange or similar marketplace
Integration with the calling tool was smooth
got a discount while shifting to annual subscription mode
They have a fixed discount policy , they did not entertain any discount beyond that
No
  • Reports
  • Interface of leads and contacts
  • More Automation options
  • Increased no of blueprint limitations
No
No
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use it for the entire spectrum of Pre-sales, sales, and post-sales record management. However, we use GetResponse for email marketing, although Zoho CRM does have Zoho campaigns as well. Record management includes lead entry, appointment setting, follow-ups, post-sales support records such as invoices, payment receipts, and the like. It is also our go-to for long-term customer relationship management. Zoho CRM helps us keep a close eye on tele-caller activity and empowers them to schedule such in a very organized way.
  • Customer record management
  • Sales management
  • Salesforce monitoring
  • Automatic generation of customer web details such as social media activity, etc.
  • Downloading reports to Excel, etc. is still a bit archaic
  • None other for now. We love Zoho CRM
Well-suited for any business that has many customers and especially suited for B2C like ours where there is constant selling to new customers. Thus if you are a sales or marketing-driven business, one has to have this.
Sales Force Automation (9)
75.55555555555556%
7.6
Customer data management / contact management
100%
10.0
Workflow management
N/A
N/A
Territory management
N/A
N/A
Opportunity management
100%
10.0
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)
80%
8.0
Contract management
100%
10.0
Quote & order management
100%
10.0
Interaction tracking
100%
10.0
Channel / partner relationship management
100%
10.0
Customer Service & Support (3)
80%
8.0
Case management
80%
8.0
Call center management
80%
8.0
Help desk management
80%
8.0
Marketing Automation (2)
50%
5.0
Lead management
100%
10.0
Email marketing
N/A
N/A
CRM Project Management (3)
96.66666666666666%
9.7
Task management
100%
10.0
Billing and invoicing management
90%
9.0
Reporting
100%
10.0
CRM Reporting & Analytics (3)
96.66666666666666%
9.7
Forecasting
100%
10.0
Pipeline visualization
100%
10.0
Customizable reports
90%
9.0
Customization (4)
45%
4.5
Custom fields
100%
10.0
Custom objects
N/A
N/A
Scripting environment
N/A
N/A
API for custom integration
80%
8.0
Security (2)
100%
10.0
Role-based user permissions
100%
10.0
Single sign-on capability
100%
10.0
Social CRM (2)
80%
8.0
Social data
80%
8.0
Social engagement
80%
8.0
Integrations with 3rd-party Software (1)
80%
8.0
Marketing automation
80%
8.0
Platform (1)
80%
8.0
Mobile access
80%
8.0
  • definitely positive ROI
Extremely flexible and scalable. We can enter several data points such as contact details, industry, lead status, "description of interaction and by which caller," "notes," "attachments," "follow scheduling and reminders on email," and much more. Lots of fields can be customized at will. We would love chat support, though.
Once a customer record is created within zoho, it offers multiple features for updating details and uploading associated files as well. The email marketing feature is equally useful and one can maintain a track of follow-through emails sent. In the next step, the "type" and "status" of the lead can be customized and aggregate reports can be used for monitoring performance. The android app also makes it easy to update records via cell phone and also maintain clear call logs (including call purpose - be it sales or support or collection). Comes highly recommended for both B2B and B2C business types. We use it for B2C
  • Definitely a solid ROI, we never needed to quantify
  • None other
It was selected based on consultants' recommendations and overall cost.
4
Zoho is used by (1) sales (2) marketing (3) Collections and billing and (4) The managing partner. The initial lead record creation and follow-through status is maintained by sales. marketing uses it at a more aggregate level and for custom campaigns (emailers and sales analyses). The collection and billing person uses it more at a cursory level to check collection records. The partner uses it for supervision of these 3 functions
1
Given our usage, we rely mainly on the zoho support team for escalations. Further, the single point of contact (SPOC) for initial escalations is the marketing specialist who is adept at using the software. Overall we recommend a stronger involvement of marketing function in supporting zoho. The product does not have too mainly technical complexities and the support team is fast to resolve queries, if any
  • post lead generation handling (prospecting, deal closure)
  • Post customer enrollment handling (service event logs)
  • Strategic and tactical marketing and sales decision support
  • Billing and collection operations
  • Collections turned out be an unexpected benefit given the deep record management features in zoho
  • the zoho mobile app came out to be yet another winner! The app integrates well with calls and logs the call duration as well. The handling personnel can retain notes of the call purpose and this helps us keep track of sales and servicing time invested
  • closely exploring zoho campaigns for email marketing
  • human resources is yet another function where the system can retain key docs including ones for employee induction and training
We have been using zoho since 2015 and have become conversant with their systems. Failure/trippage events have been very limited too
No
  • Price
  • Prior Experience with the Product
Prior experience and given the scale of our ops, it turned out to be sufficient and less complex.
Would identify more parameters, especially workflow automation and marketing automation simplicity.
  • No Training
I would recommend training. Our adaptation to it was slow and initially non-critical. We recommend getting trained so that ramp-up is swift. The software is intuitive and won't cause too many hurdles.
We have used it for 4 different functions and it has worked seamlessly. The software has never crashed since 2015. Implementation and customization is easy and there is no coding knowhow needed
We have not faced any of the aforesaid issues. The application is robust and well-tested
Using zoho by itself has never been a problem. However one has to check for its compatibility/sync with other software. For example, it does not have a clear and full sync with getresponse since a long long time
Troublesome. One can port data from GetResponse to Zoho CRM but not the other way round. One again needs some added software for full-cycle integration. So, GetResponse users, beware - this is a pain point.
No foreseen response from GetResponse or Zoho
  • API (e.g. SOAP or REST)
Basis prior responses
Please check with Zoho in high detail prior to onboarding. Some software may not sync easily and sync may need added software! and thus costs!
The pre-sales team answered all our specific questions in detail and also brought in a demo call so that we could understand the user interface and features. The support team is quick to response even if one has a free user account. I recommend using the free user accounts feature from zoho prior to making a purchase decision.
The customer service team is well-trained on all aspects of the software. Firstly, there have been very limited instances where we needed their intervention. In one incident, we needed to integrate their contact forms on our campaign landing page. Their support empowered us to handle that well. However their response to direct integration with GetResponse is that one "thorn in the rose" that remains non-resolutive with both companies washing their hands off it and recommending usage of yet another software - zapier
We used their primary paid plans and there was little room for negotiations there. However a larger, B2B client with multiple accounts was given some leeway through added benefits
1. Please test our zoho with their free accounts feature. That is the first step to "shock test" the software for your particular use 2. IF possible, please use their support documentation so that one does not have to wait till support responds 3. One can negotiate to an extent if the number of user accounts is very high and the company is responsive in such cases 4. When buying CRM, please ensure that it integrates seamlessly with any other closely related applications like email marketing. 5. In case your email marketing campaigns are not too strategic, I recommend using zoho campaigns itself since its from the same company
Ashley Longstaff | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use CRM as our partner management software. Whenever we're cultivating leads for our product, we enter them into the CRM, set up follow-up tasks, track our proposals and contracts. Before the CRM, we all had our own way of documenting and following up with partners, and now we have a streamlined, centralized place to put information and look for information.
  • Keep notes centralized in one place
  • Helps us see the big picture of everyone's tasks in the system
  • Helps us filter leads via tags for follow up
  • We tried looking into Zoho Projects for project management, but it was too cumbersome and didn't seem very flexible--we turned to Trello for that need.
  • I'd like an easier way to customized it a bit, but always had to involve someone from Zoho who sounds like they were from India, and the language barrier and strong accent was hard to understand and communicate what I needed.
  • There are so many features in Zoho, almost wish there was a way to hide those options we're not using at the moment.
Zoho has been a great piece of software to help us centralize all of our contacts in one place, our history, and conversations with those individuals, as well as the history of a partnership with a larger organization that involves multiple people. We also use it as a place to store our more permanent, archive documents (contracts, other special documents), and people at our organization know where to go to find that key information. Also, having the availability to pull certain reports and even schedule those reports has been helpful.
Sales Force Automation (9)
44.44444444444444%
4.4
Customer data management / contact management
80%
8.0
Workflow management
50%
5.0
Territory management
N/A
N/A
Opportunity management
N/A
N/A
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)
40%
4.0
Contract management
90%
9.0
Quote & order management
N/A
N/A
Interaction tracking
70%
7.0
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)
70%
7.0
Lead management
70%
7.0
Email marketing
70%
7.0
CRM Project Management (3)
43.33333333333333%
4.3
Task management
60%
6.0
Billing and invoicing management
N/A
N/A
Reporting
70%
7.0
CRM Reporting & Analytics (3)
36.666666666666664%
3.7
Forecasting
30%
3.0
Pipeline visualization
30%
3.0
Customizable reports
50%
5.0
Customization (4)
25%
2.5
Custom fields
50%
5.0
Custom objects
50%
5.0
Scripting environment
N/A
N/A
API for custom integration
N/A
N/A
Security (2)
55%
5.5
Role-based user permissions
60%
6.0
Single sign-on capability
50%
5.0
Social CRM (2)
N/A
N/A
Social data
N/A
N/A
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)
40%
4.0
Mobile access
40%
4.0
  • It's helped us become more efficient and transparent in the people we are cultivating relationships with
  • We can see the status of everyone's work rather than just our own
  • We don't know quite how to use all the forecasting and pipeline options, which would be really helpful for us
As we have started using more apps within Zoho One and working with an Implementation Team, things have just gotten more complicated in integrating other workflows into the CRM. In the long run I think we'll be better for it, but it's complicated, technical work that takes a really long time to complete.
While Zoho has served as the central location of where we're inputting the data, I'm not sure we know enough or are using the right modules like Reports or Analytics to get what we need from Zoho to see the full sales cycle. We're doing alot of that work just within Excel spreadsheets because we don't have the knowledge or expertise on how to get to where we need to be with Zoho.
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 One but many of the apps aren't as great as they say and so we're left disappointed to make this investment, not only money-wise, but time and energy-wise, and feel stuck with what we've got.
30
All business functions: communications, operations, finance, programs, business development.
3
We have 1 person who's job is solely dedicated to managing all of our organization's tech and software and then there's about 2 other people who are super users of the system who know it well and have trained other people on the system.
  • centralized location for all of our organization program history and participant information (database)
  • centralized location for documenting all of our business development leads and proposals
  • you can see the partnership history of an organization or individual that we've interacted with over the years
  • we turned the CRM into our participant databased alongside our business development work
  • we've integrated MailChimp into the CRM and connected our website so that traffic flows from the website to the CRM and we can track it
  • Eventually we'd love to be able to create some dashboards that connect to our revenue goals and report out the data we need rather than manually doing it ourselves in spreadsheets
  • Eventually we'd like to be able to forecast our revenue goals for the year
We've poured 3-4 years into getting all of our data and business development processes connected to the CRM that it would be hard to switch to something else. We like the system for the most part but we're also committed to using it and not switching to something else because of the time, energy and money commitment that would take.
Yes
Zoho essentially replaced us documenting our business development cultivation in spreadsheets and emails. We didn't have any software at that time and knew that we needed to grow up and find something that accommodated our needs.
  • Scalability
  • Integration with Other Systems
  • Ease of Use
We wanted a product that could integrate with other systems so that we could streamline the work into one central location rather than toggling around several different systems that didn't talk to one another.
I think we would re-do our criteria diagnosis to really understand our needs and what we envision this software needing to do for us. We were convinced, at the time, that it was the right solution. But while it looked that we had found our match on paper, not everything has worked out the way were anticipated or were told it would work out.
  • Implemented in-house
  • Third-party professional services
We initially used someone named Kevin Chieff who was a Zoho-certified implementor. He helped us with some integration but found that he was not making the best choices for us. He created some code on the back-end that served more as bandaids then actual solutions. So we shifted to a Zoho Integration Team to help us with the work.
Yes
We had an initial Discovery Phase for the Zoho team to learn about our needs, assess the feasibility of whether Zoho could match the need, and determine the scope of this request. Then, we moved into 2 Implementation Phases based on the current, prioritized needs.
Change management was minimal
Our organization was onboard with the changes so there was little change management or convincing people to do the changes that were needed. We had stakeholder buy-in and were ready to launch in.
  • Technical issues on the Zoho end, they would implement a change and it wouldn't go according to plan or cause more issues in our system
  • the length of time it takes to do this work has been underestimated
It's a long and grueling process because it doesn't happen fast and you have to continually test the software to ensure it's doing what you wanted to. Then when issues pop up, it sets you back on the timeline.
  • Online Training
  • No Training
The online training consisted of watching youtube videos and pre-recorded webinars. They helped us learn what we needed, but there's still a need to learn more and where to access that information.
Some modules are easy to learn, some need more training to fully understand how to use it.
It depends on what you're configuring, but most of my experience has been it's too complex.
One best practice is to have Zoho CRM share updates via Slack because there's not an easy way to get notifications otherwise.
Some - we have done small customizations to the interface
We mainly customized the homepage/dashboard to each role so they could see the relevant data to their work first. It was fairly easy to pick the data to be displayed.
Yes - we have added extensive custom code
When we looped in Zoho Forms to process our program registrations, it took so much code and it wasn't very good. We had to redo it this past year.
Nothing I can recall.
The support is there, but it's hard to interact with people from India with a strong accent. It would be nice to be placed with someone from the US that I can understand and to stick with the same person time after time rather than starting over new with someone else. We eventually had to hire an Implementation Team from Zoho to help us utilize more of the apps and it's been nice working with the same group.
Yes, when we first launched Zoho, we purchased the premium support so we could get the help we needed in the initial stage. We had varying levels of success with the help and eventually stopped using them and waited to hire someone within our company who had more tech software expertise to pursue the support from Zoho.
Sorry, I can't recall a time.
I wanted a product that was fairly intuitive and most of the features are intuitive, but not all without some training. Once you understand how everything is set up, it's easy to train someone and help them know what steps they need to take in order to use the software appropriately.
  • Adding in new leads
  • Adding in notes to contact pages
  • Adding in contracts and the associated files
  • being able to only use a certain number of tags in the system
  • contacts aren't associated with an organization until they've been converted
Yes
Not well at all. I downloaded the app when we first purchased Zoho and found the interface very difficult to use and eventually uninstalled it from my phone.
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.
I've rarely encountered unplanned outages or application errors.
Pages load fairly quickly.
  • Mailchimp
  • Trello
Mailchimp was difficult and many things did not integrate well or created more issues. We tried to integrate Trello, but it couldn't do what we needed it to do.
  • Xero, our accounting system
I do not know if Xero is supported.
  • API (e.g. SOAP or REST)
Unsure.
It's not an easy process and even if you want to integrate a product, it may not have the capabilities you want.
Be clear with your needs and double check that Zoho CRM can do it and do it well.
They were pleasant to work with.
It was easy to work with them.
Certain # of users and premium support.
Not at this time.
No
  • WE have not done the upgrade
  • WE have not done the upgrade
No
No
John Hinson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Zoho CRM is our company's sole keeper of all data regarding leads, deals, contacts, accounts, and other information we collect about people who reach out to our business. It helps us organize and easily filter data to see where leads are in our pipeline, what services our signed clients are receiving, and so much more.
  • Organize data
  • Several filters to allow you to view data in different ways
  • Allows us to manage tasks
  • Calendar integration is buggy
  • RingCentral integration is buggy
  • Social integration is a little lacking
Zoho CRM is great for small businesses looking for an affordable option to manage their leads and prospects. Some of the integrations can be buggy, but that may be the other apps' faults since Zoho is still a relatively small player in the CRM world. Regardless, the options and functionality within CRM is really robust and, when paired with Zoho's other apps, can provide you with a ton of insight.
Sales Force Automation (8)
72.5%
7.3
Customer data management / contact management
100%
10.0
Territory management
N/A
N/A
Opportunity management
100%
10.0
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)
80%
8.0
Contract management
100%
10.0
Quote & order management
N/A
N/A
Interaction tracking
100%
10.0
Channel / partner relationship management
100%
10.0
Customer Service & Support
N/A
N/A
Marketing Automation (1)
100%
10.0
Lead management
100%
10.0
CRM Project Management (2)
100%
10.0
Task management
100%
10.0
Reporting
100%
10.0
CRM Reporting & Analytics (2)
100%
10.0
Pipeline visualization
100%
10.0
Customizable reports
100%
10.0
Customization (4)
65%
6.5
Custom fields
100%
10.0
Custom objects
N/A
N/A
Scripting environment
80%
8.0
API for custom integration
80%
8.0
Security (2)
100%
10.0
Role-based user permissions
100%
10.0
Single sign-on capability
100%
10.0
Social CRM (1)
70%
7.0
Social data
70%
7.0
Integrations with 3rd-party Software (1)
80%
8.0
Marketing automation
80%
8.0
Platform (1)
100%
10.0
Mobile access
100%
10.0
  • Allows us to keep costs down compared to other CRMs
  • Provides us more reporting options
  • Great UX layout
It isn't perfect as some of the integrations are a little buggy, but overall the UX for CRM is great and an excellent value.
Zoho has the ability to create custom codes/configurations, but unless you're a dedicated coder, you'll need to work with a Zoho partner to get those created. However, it does make it so CRM is custom to your business's specific needs.
There's no real comparison, as Zoho's suite of apps all perform different functions so that they can seamlessly integrate with each other.
13
Everyone in our business uses CRM, from copywriters to account managers to marketing, sales, and admin.
1
We have one admin/IT staff person who acts as the support for CRM. She, however, typically then sends requests to Zoho support or our support partner.
  • Task management
  • Lead management
  • Account management
  • Lead/account scoring
  • Revenue tracking
  • Social media integration for leads
Yes
CRM replaced Pipeline Deals because it allowed much more functionality at a more affordable price point.
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
Product features gave us many more opportunities to consolidate our operations instead of being spread out across several different applications.
We would not change anything. We tested several different CRM platforms and felt this was the best.
  • Implemented in-house
  • Third-party professional services
Alderbest Solutions
No
Change management was minimal
  • 3rd party integrations that required custom codes
Make sure you have certified Zoho partner helping you implement CRM!
  • Online training
Online training is tough, but Zoho and their partners do a good job of explaining things.
No
Yes - we have customized the interface extensively
We relied on a Zoho partner to integrate the customizations.
Yes - we have added extensive custom code
We relied on a Zoho partner to set up our custom coding.
N/A
Their support is very quick to respond and are always ready to hop on a screenshare to diagnose and solve problems.
Zoho's support comes with a Zoho One subscription. We also work with a Zoho Partner on any CRM issues we encounter. I'm not sure if we encounter many issues because the platform is buggy or we just cause a lot of issues, but we always have good experiences with our support partners whenever an issue arises.
Yes
Yes, all bugs have been resolved in an appropriate time frame.
We had an issue with the original custom code that Zoho was updating to a 2.0 version. They gave us plenty of time to find a solution, and our Zoho support partner helped us every step of the way to make sure all of our integrations were updated when the switch happened.
  • Task management
  • Account management
  • Lead management
  • Blueprints
  • Workflow creation
Yes, but I don't use it
  • Email marketing
  • Website forms
It was easy once we used Syncapps to communicate between CRM and our 3rd party apps.
Get help from a certified Zoho partner
N/A
N/A
Yes
Everything went well.
  • Easier navigation
  • Smoother interface
  • N/A
No
No
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • It is very easy to use for a salesforce that may be not used to technology. The user interface is quite intuitive.
  • Customer service is highly responsive.
  • The product offers excellent value for money.
  • N/A
  • The product gives us a much better view on our sales funnel and allows us to be more systematic in our sales process.
I looked at several other vendors but, in the end, went with Zoho because - ironically - it was recommended to me by someone who worked at Salesforce!
Does exactly what we want it to do for an affordable price.
5
Sales
1
Me
  • Sales process tracking. We really just track the Sales Funnel and want to be able to get an aggregate view for each Salesperson in their sales cycle for all the leads they have been assigned.
Salesforce.com
  • Implemented in-house
  • Self-taught
Yes. Very intuitive.
No
Usability is great - very intuitive. Much better than Salesforce.
  • Gmail
Was easy to do, but then we never really used the features this provided. We may use in the future.
  • N/A
N/A
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