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Bigin by Zoho CRM vs Freshsales comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Bigin by Zoho CRM
Ranking in CRM
26th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Freshsales
Ranking in CRM
11th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
CRM Customer Engagement Centers (7th), Opportunity Management (8th), Sales Force Automation (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the CRM category, the mindshare of Bigin by Zoho CRM is 0.6%, down from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Freshsales is 1.0%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
CRM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Freshsales1.0%
Bigin by Zoho CRM0.6%
Other98.4%
CRM
 

Featured Reviews

Vivek_Kumar@ - PeerSpot reviewer
Zoho Developer at KG CRM Solutions LLP - Zoho Authorized Partner
Has supported lead and deal tracking for small businesses but lacks deeper customization options
The pipeline management has helped to streamline the sales processes in that I can develop the business pattern where we can send automated emails and automated calls at different stages. For example, when a lead enters a system, we can automatically generate welcome emails. Once any modification in the lead is done, such as when it's qualified, we can send them qualified emails or acknowledgment emails based on the business pipeline. This user-friendly interface has helped my customers adapt quicker to Bigin by Zoho CRM as, after customization or completion of the project, I will make a Loom video to train the clients through the sessions, and through the Loom videos and SOPs, they can adapt easily to Bigin by Zoho CRM. They can also adapt to all the applications.
Sumesh Gansar - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Marketing Manager at Samsung
Centralized CRM has given me a 360-degree view and helps me run smarter, AI-driven sales campaigns
One thing that Freshsales can improve is making it much easier because it is not quite easy for everybody to get a grasp of the entire CRM software. It is quite vast and quite complex. Perhaps more knowledge-based documents can be introduced. Apart from that, I do not have any major complaints. The integration in Freshsales is quite good because it is easily integratable with many other Freshworks software as well as with third-party solutions. The integration is quite good. Perhaps in the reporting feature, it takes some time to process the reports due to the amount of data that it handles. Apart from that, I do not have any major complaints with Freshsales so far.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"With Bigin by Zoho CRM, we spent about a week for setup and within 15 days it was operational, requiring less than a month total for implementation."
"I rate Bigin by Zoho CRM nine out of ten."
"The pipeline management has helped to streamline the sales processes in that I can develop the business pattern where we can send automated emails and automated calls at different stages."
"We can add users and products to the workflows."
"Freshsales is a much reliable and much useful software for any business that wants to convert leads to customers to revenue."
"I like Freshsales because it's integrated with Shopify which we use to host our website."
"Freshsales is user-friendly, scalable and stable."
"Freshsales has impacted us positively; it has saved time, increased sales, and improved customer relationships."
"From a user point of view, I use Freshsales for my day-to-day sales activities, and as a basic system for the sales team, it is very user-friendly."
"Almost everything has been automated through a process-driven approach, such as sending purchase orders, responding to customer emails, or adding values to emails."
"Freshsales is a very comfortable type of CRM with easy customization and user-friendliness, allowing even non-techie individuals to manage their internal pipelines effectively, as it is a highly customizable CRM that suits our business needs, whether for selling products or services."
"What I like most about Freshsales is that it gives clarity."
 

Cons

"Bigin by Zoho CRM is a very limited application; we cannot customize it as we want."
"Their commercial model based on slabs is not easily comprehensible. The sales representatives should be better equipped to explain the slab structure in a simpler manner."
"Zoho CRM needs to incorporate HRM."
"The user interface is too modular and fragmented, posing challenges. The UI could be much better by the year 2025."
"It lacks customizability for complex and larger use cases."
"We can use only one domain in the basic package."
"The solution needs to improve the user experience and leads capture."
"The price of this solution could be improved as well as the reporting functionality."
"We have a problem with the time to delivery for our customers, although this is not specific to this solution. Time to delivery can be 90 days."
"One thing that Freshsales can improve is making it much easier because it is not quite easy for everybody to get a grasp of the entire CRM software."
"However, from my experience, I feel that templates should have more options and customizable template features, especially when it comes to importing images into email templates."
"The licensing costs should be based on the amount of data and number of clients that one can insert into the application."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The price for this solution is good in general, but in Brazil we do pay additional taxes."
"Freshsales is an economical product."
"The basic price is affordable. The add ons are expensive."
"The tool is not that expensive."
"If one is a very low price and ten is expensive, I rate the product price as a three."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
27%
Comms Service Provider
15%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Retailer
5%
Comms Service Provider
17%
Construction Company
14%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Bigin by Zoho CRM?
With AI becoming prevalent, Bigin by Zoho CRM needs AI updates, which I heard they are working on. Additionally, their commercial model based on slabs is not easily comprehensible. The sales repres...
What is your primary use case for Bigin by Zoho CRM?
In my previous organization, we used Bigin by Zoho CRM for vendor onboarding, payments, and everything. In the present organization, we are only doing the billing. Since we are a very small organiz...
What advice do you have for others considering Bigin by Zoho CRM?
We are currently working on integrating Bigin by Zoho CRM with other applications, particularly an HR HRIS system, though this is planned for 2026 end. Bigin by Zoho CRM saves considerable time com...
What needs improvement with Freshsales?
What I dislike about Freshsales is that it is a bit complicated and the initial setup is very difficult. It takes a lot more time to customize it according to your stages and use cases. I also requ...
What is your primary use case for Freshsales?
I use Freshsales to manage leads for a company that has customers. I handle customer relationships in one place where I mark them under bucketing, bucketing them under different stages to check how...
What advice do you have for others considering Freshsales?
I use some AI-driven insights with Freshsales. It shows some predictions based on scoring, but I do not rely on that much at the moment. Regarding the predictive scoring in Freshsales, because I do...
 

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