Cost Effective Soution
Updated July 03, 2017

Cost Effective Soution

Christopher M. Nare | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Basic

Modules Used

  • Insightly iOS / Android Mobile App

Overall Satisfaction with Insightly

As someone in charge of identifying revenue opportunities, it was important for me to have a system that allowed me to track new business development, revenue generation, new hospital customers and new testing opportunities for FDA blood donor testing. Spreadsheet documents weren’t cutting it for my growing organization.

I was familiar with customer relationship management (CRM) solutions but he wanted to ensure he found a cost-effective, cloud-based CRM that integrated with his email and helped with internal reporting. After some web research and discussions with colleagues, I landed on Insightly. I was drawn to the way Insightly handled a lot of the technical CRM aspects, including backups and security, so he could focus on the business side of things. The fact that Insightly offers nonprofit organizations a cost-effective option was key.

  • Lead tracking is a huge part of my day-to-day CRM use. My sales cycle is between nine and twelve months, so I use Insightly to track notes and project statuses.
  • Insightly helps me stay organized with where his leads are in the sales funnel.
  • Also, I use Insightlys' mobile capabilities when he is traveling to meet potential customers. I like being able to pull up a contact record and know exactly what the last interaction was ahead of a meeting.
  • I would like to see Insightly offer more e-mail templates which I could customize for my use. This would be a big help.
  • I use Time Trade and it would be a nice feature to be able to integrate Time Trade with Insightly.
I spent $144 this year on Insightly and in my first six months using the solution, I was able to close an account that was worth more than $500,000. To me, that is beyond valuable. By having a CRM, I have streamlined processes and track leads effectively to close deals. Insightly has helped me improve project management and accelerate my sales funnel, key elements in his own success.
I would highly recommend it to anyone who is looking for a cost-effective solution for non-profits because it's been a game changer for us. It is a very good CRM especially when you compare it to using a spreadsheet. When I compared it to the other four similar CRM's I thought it was the best CRM for my needs.
One of the first things I changed when I brought the CRM solution on board is the format for internal reporting. For the past few years, my boss had been asking for a one-page report of sales activity and instead received pages of spreadsheet documents from his team. By using Insightly’s opportunity value report, I was finally able to deliver the desired one-page report that showed items such as pipeline stage and funnel analysis of current opportunities, in addition to the value of opportunities won. Insightly is a great low cost CRM and I am impressed how much Insightly has continued to have more functionality offered over the time I have been using it.

Insightly Feature Ratings

Customer data management / contact management
8
Workflow management
6
Opportunity management
8
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)
7
Interaction tracking
7
Lead management
5
Email marketing
6
Task management
8
Reporting
7
Forecasting
7
Pipeline visualization
8
Customizable reports
9
Custom fields
9
API for custom integration
Not Rated
Single sign-on capability
9
Not Rated
Social engagement
Not Rated
Mobile access
6

Insightly Reliability