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Freshsales vs Microsoft Dynamics CRM comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 29, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Freshsales
Ranking in CRM Customer Engagement Centers
10th
Ranking in CRM
23rd
Ranking in Sales Force Automation
11th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Opportunity Management (9th)
Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Ranking in CRM Customer Engagement Centers
2nd
Ranking in CRM
1st
Ranking in Sales Force Automation
1st
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
78
Ranking in other categories
Local Government CRM (1st), Marketing Management (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the CRM Customer Engagement Centers category, the mindshare of Freshsales is 2.0%, down from 2.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Dynamics CRM is 19.8%, down from 25.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
CRM Customer Engagement Centers Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Microsoft Dynamics CRM19.8%
Freshsales2.0%
Other78.2%
CRM Customer Engagement Centers
 

Featured Reviews

Cristina Neri - PeerSpot reviewer
Cheaply-priced and does not require much customizations
It is a scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten. At the moment, the tool functions quite well for our needs. Around five people use the tool. In the future, my company might plan to increase the use of the solution. Currently, all the sales people in our company use the product.
Pawel-Gawronski - PeerSpot reviewer
Streamlining resource management and improving project insights with helpful support
The deployment of Microsoft Dynamics CRM is easy because it's a software as a service, which eliminates the need to deploy anything in our data center. It has improved the verification of value streams by mapping projects to products and demonstrating the total cost of ownership. This automation significantly impacts daily operations by reducing the time spent on manual tasks and improving the quality and delivery time.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I like Freshsales because it's integrated with Shopify which we use to host our website."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its well-organized sales cycle, which is important to us."
"Freshsales is very simple to use, but it's fairly limited in its functionalities, and it's very cheap."
"The solution is a low-cost CRM product compared to other CRM alternatives."
"Email integration is easy."
"One of the most valuable features is the ability to divert deals based on the potential revenue or specific market to certain sales teams."
"Freshsales is user-friendly, scalable and stable."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Dynamics CRM is its integration with Outlook and other Microsoft products like Microsoft 365, which includes emails, Teams, and SharePoint."
"The way it effectively works with the array of other Microsoft tools, such as Azure, is valuable. It works very well with the use of data linking and things like that. Overall, it is a great overall tool to have an effective understanding of the transactional background of each of our customers."
"Microsoft Dynamics CRM has the same features as Salesforce CRM, but what I like about the solution is that it's customizable. It's also one of the top-rated CRMs in the market. I also like that the coverage system of Microsoft Dynamics CRM is very, very broad, which means you can do a lot with it versus what you can do with Salesforce CRM."
"Our clients appreciate that the solution can be used to monitor everything their customer interacts with in their business."
"The product is user-friendly."
"Microsoft Dynamics CRM brings the most value in terms of its ease of implementation."
"Multifeatured CRM software with good stability and scalability."
"The integration of all data within Microsoft Dynamics CRM, including customer and lead management, is very beneficial."
 

Cons

"We can use only one domain in the basic package."
"The price of this solution could be improved as well as the reporting functionality."
"The licensing costs should be based on the amount of data and number of clients that one can insert into the application."
"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."
"The solution needs to improve the user experience and leads capture."
"It lacks customizability for complex and larger use cases."
"The reporting for this solution across all their products could be improved. Currently, we have clients who export their data from Freshservices to third party solutions such Power BI to create more comprehensive reports."
"Microsoft Dynamics CRM can improve by having integration with Slack. Additionally, the solution is incomplete, and we must use other solutions to fulfill our needs."
"A built-in automation engine to automate parts of workflows would be beneficial. That's the feature I'd be most happy to see expanded. It's currently tagged as simple automation, but I'd love some predictive capability."
"One area for improvement in Microsoft Dynamics CRM is its end user feedback. It's still not that great compared to Salesforce. They also need to improve on the look and feel of the solution, because those are still slightly better on Salesforce."
"Microsoft Dynamics CRM can improve the integration with the other system. If they have more flexibility to connect with another system it will be more effective."
"Microsoft Dynamics CRM needs to improve its integrations."
"Microsoft Dynamics CRM needs improvement in simplifying the setup and configuration process, which can be relatively complex when we want all features to work properly."
"Microsoft Dynamics CRM could improve by being more user-friendly."
"Microsoft Dynamics CRM could improve the built-in reports. The ones that are included are pretty generic unless you subscribe to Microsoft BI, which is an extra fee. They should offer the reports without having to purchase a separate subscription for Microsoft BI. However, the reports in Microsoft BI are fantastic."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"If one is a very low price and ten is expensive, I rate the product price as a three."
"Freshsales is an economical product."
"The price for this solution is good in general, but in Brazil we do pay additional taxes."
"The basic price is affordable. The add ons are expensive."
"The tool is not that expensive."
"Microsoft often encourages customers to commit to multi-year enterprise-level agreements, such as three or five-year deals with a minimum commitment of, for example, $200,000 dollars. However, in order to acquire more customers, I believe Microsoft should offer this same rate for one-year commitments for customers who want to experience it."
"I'm not aware of any licensing costs for Microsoft Dynamics CRM."
"The solution is open source and is free. However, it does require a Dynamics 365 subscription."
"On a scale from one to ten with one being expensive and ten being of great value, I would rate Microsoft Dynamics CRM at six on pricing."
"I give the price of the solution an eight out of ten."
"We have a three-year ELA with all our Microsoft solutions and often we had to do a true-up which was approximately $1,000,000. Additionally, we pay approximately $2,500 a month for support."
"There is a license required to use Microsoft Dynamics CRM."
"It's kind of pricey. It's about $50 or $60 per user."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
15%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Insurance Company
8%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business40
Midsize Enterprise22
Large Enterprise19
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Freshsales?
The licensing costs should be based on the amount of data and number of clients that one can insert into the application. The number of clients in the tool is 500, which is less in number.
What is your primary use case for Freshsales?
I use the solution in my company since we are interested in the application and all the activities that salespeople do. We track the email, then the appointment, and the feedback from the appointme...
What advice do you have for others considering Freshsales?
I can tell others that it is a good product and it is perfect for medium and large-sized companies because the setup phase is fast, and you don't need to do many customizations apart from the confi...
What do you like most about Microsoft Dynamics CRM?
The most valuable features of Microsoft Dynamics CRM are all the filters and possible reports.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Dynamics CRM?
Microsoft Dynamics CRM needs to be improved in the visibility of add-on costs for end users, which can sometimes be tricky. On the reporting side, while there are various tools for reporting, they ...
What is your primary use case for Microsoft Dynamics CRM?
I use Microsoft Dynamics CRM in my day-to-day customer management tasks. Our usual use cases for Microsoft Dynamics CRM include task management and sales.
 

Also Known As

No data available
Dynamics CRM, MS Dynamics CRM
 

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Sample Customers

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Metro Bank, Nissan, Pandora, Delta, Haynes International, City of London, Trek and many more market leaders.
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