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Freshsales pros and cons

Vendor: Freshworks
4.0 out of 5

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PROS

Freshsales integrates seamlessly with Shopify, which benefits users hosting their website.
It offers the valuable feature of diverting deals based on potential revenue or market to specific sales teams.
Freshsales is considered a low-cost CRM alternative.
Its email integration process is straightforward and efficient.
A well-organized sales cycle in Freshsales is highly valued by users.

CONS

Reporting for Freshsales across all products could be improved.
Time to delivery for clients can be 90 days, which is considered long.
Freshsales pricing structure needs improvement along with reporting functionality.
Freshsales lacks customizability for complex and larger use cases.
Licensing costs for Freshsales should be based on data volume and the number of clients.
 

Freshsales Pros review quotes

JoseQuintero1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Services Manager at a tech services company with self employed
Apr 7, 2022
One of the most valuable features is the ability to divert deals based on the potential revenue or specific market to certain sales teams.
Leandro-Coelho - PeerSpot reviewer
Engenheiro de pré-vendas at Pise4
Oct 13, 2022
Freshsales is user-friendly, scalable and stable.
YN
Business Development Manager at Torch
Jan 6, 2023
I like Freshsales because it's integrated with Shopify which we use to host our website.
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Karan Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Sales Executive at Gumlet
Jun 22, 2023
The solution is a low-cost CRM product compared to other CRM alternatives.
reviewer2245296 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Manager, Tmt Business Consulting (Focused On B2 B Tech Product Cos.) at a security firm with 11-50 employees
Aug 3, 2023
Freshsales is very simple to use, but it's fairly limited in its functionalities, and it's very cheap.
Sonu Thomas - PeerSpot reviewer
Operations Manager at Cognitive Global
May 16, 2024
Email integration is easy.
Cristina Neri - PeerSpot reviewer
Sales Manager Managed Services and Digital Solutions at Alosys Communications
Jul 4, 2024
The solution's most valuable feature is its well-organized sales cycle, which is important to us.
 

Freshsales Cons review quotes

JoseQuintero1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Services Manager at a tech services company with self employed
Apr 7, 2022
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.
Leandro-Coelho - PeerSpot reviewer
Engenheiro de pré-vendas at Pise4
Oct 13, 2022
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.
YN
Business Development Manager at Torch
Jan 6, 2023
The price of this solution could be improved as well as the reporting functionality.
Find out what your peers are saying about Freshworks, Zoho, Pipedrive and others in CRM. Updated: January 2026.
881,082 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Karan Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Sales Executive at Gumlet
Jun 22, 2023
The solution needs to improve the user experience and leads capture.
reviewer2245296 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Manager, Tmt Business Consulting (Focused On B2 B Tech Product Cos.) at a security firm with 11-50 employees
Aug 3, 2023
It lacks customizability for complex and larger use cases.
Sonu Thomas - PeerSpot reviewer
Operations Manager at Cognitive Global
May 16, 2024
We can use only one domain in the basic package.
Cristina Neri - PeerSpot reviewer
Sales Manager Managed Services and Digital Solutions at Alosys Communications
Jul 4, 2024
The licensing costs should be based on the amount of data and number of clients that one can insert into the application.