We use Zoho CRM for sales management.
Certified Consultant/self employed at FAIRCHANCE FOR CRM
I like the automated workflows
Pros and Cons
- "I like Zoho CRM's automatic lead assignment and automated workflows."
- "The MCR capabilities have some limitations."
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
It curtails our internal staff time on account workflow automation.
What is most valuable?
I like Zoho CRM's automatic lead assignment and automated workflows.
What needs improvement?
The MCR capabilities have some limitations.
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For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate Zoho CRM nine out of 10 for stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate Zoho CRM nine out of 10 for scalability.
How are customer service and support?
The customer service is excellent.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
It is user friendly and cost effective
How was the initial setup?
Zoho CRM is easy to setup. The deployment time depends on your requirements.
What about the implementation team?
We deployed the solution in-house; if anyone needs our help regarding customization, development, and setting up Zoho CRM or Zoho One feel free to contact us. zohoexperts@gmail.com.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
There are different prices for different versions, i.e. for Zoho One $37/user/month if pay annually.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We previously evaluated Salesforce.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Zoho CRM a nine out of 10. It's user-friendly and cheaper than Salesforce or most other CRM solutions.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other
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Business Development Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
A cost-effective, highly customizable, and scalable solution providing a wealth of pre-built features and integration possibilities
Pros and Cons
- "It also provides robust reporting capabilities to analyze and report on these key aspects of customer relationship management."
- "Custom development is often necessary to make such extensive changes, and it does come with associated costs."
What is our primary use case?
It serves as a centralized system for capturing and managing client information, tracking sales opportunities, and monitoring the sales pipeline. It also provides robust reporting capabilities to analyze and report on these key aspects of customer relationship management.
What is most valuable?
I appreciate how adding customer information and tracking progress is a straightforward process. The super user can access the central information hub, and reports can be shared with business leaders.
What needs improvement?
The level of customization required can be quite extensive, especially considering it is a compact product, which can lead to spending a significant amount of time on fine-tuning. Custom development is often necessary to make such extensive changes, and it does come with associated costs.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using it for eight months now.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
When it comes to stability, it stands out as one of the most reliable options. It's close to perfect in this regard, and we have experienced no issues at all.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is highly scalable because it's designed with the potential for expansion, and with the right APIs, it can be seamlessly integrated with various other systems and applications. It's not limited to a single version; rather, it's adaptable and customizable to suit the needs of any organization. This scalability often requires additional financial investments and time to achieve your desired level of customization and integration.
How are customer service and support?
To the best of my knowledge, many of the issues have already been addressed. While the solutions may not have been immediate, they were eventually resolved successfully.
How was the initial setup?
While the initial setup is not overly complex, attempting to make these adjustments alone may not be the best approach. It's advisable to seek assistance to avoid potential mistakes, such as selecting the wrong base revenue or adjusting the conversion rate.
What about the implementation team?
It's beneficial to consider a deployment service, even for just a few hours, to receive guidance and customization support. Having an expert who understands your specific business requirements can make a substantial difference in optimizing your CRM system.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We consider it a good value and found it to be cost-effective.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
After evaluating both Salesforce and Zoho, we found Zoho to be the superior choice. It offers a rich set of ready-made features and is highly scalable, providing more opportunities. In contrast, Salesforce, despite its long history, can be seen as overpriced and underutilized, particularly by smaller companies. While Salesforce has greater functionality and power, it may not always be the most cost-effective or efficient solution for all businesses.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I would rate it eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other
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Regional Area Manager at EPI UPS
Great for customer tracking and easy to get started by needs to be less expensive
Pros and Cons
- "There's no installation required."
- "We'd like the solution to be less expensive."
What is our primary use case?
We're using multiple Zoho products. We use it a lot for Google Sheets.
We are actually using it for the database, for the customers, so that we know what should we do and what we are supposed to do, what are the current status is for sales, et cetera. We can define the strategy and figure out what we should do with the Zoho CRM. If we need to add some description to the customer we can just pop it in.
What is most valuable?
In general, the solution works well. It's great for keeping track of customers and adding in details.
There's no installation required.
What needs improvement?
We'd like the solution to be less expensive.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've used the solution for about one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I haven't been using the solution for very long. That said, I've never had any problems with stability just yet.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable. It's easy to buy modules.
We might increase usage in the future. We might get more licenses.
I'd rate the ability to scale a six out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
We have an IT tech team that takes care of troubleshooting or reaches out to support. That's not an aspect of the product I can handle.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We did not previously use a different solution.
How was the initial setup?
It's very easy to get going with the product. There is nothing to deploy. Everything is in the cloud. You go to the website and get a username and password.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I'm not sure what the licensing costs of the product are. I don't deal with payments.
What other advice do I have?
I'd rate the solution five out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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CEO and Owner at PT Solusindo Total Teknikatama
Great features and fast and easy to set up
Pros and Cons
- "There are many features that capture customer data."
- "Support could be more knowledgeable."
What is our primary use case?
We are using CRM to help the sales team to capture their leads and process the leads, converting them to customers.
What is most valuable?
There are many features that capture customer data. It's great that we can start with new customers and create leads. By capturing customer data, we can also do some segmentation and provide various kinds of service to our customers.
It is easy to set up.
What needs improvement?
While Zoho products have been updated and they have introduced many features, sometimes the information about new features is not there. Sometimes we have to try it ourselves and discover by trial and error to get to know what the new features are as well as the function or benefit.
Support could be more knowledgeable.
We want to integrate the product with WhatsApp or social media or chat, WeChat. We'd like something like ChatBox as people are no longer using email to communicate. They are now using direct messages. Zoho needs to get involved with this.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It's quite stable. I haven't seen any problem within the last four years. It's reliable and the performance is good. It doesn't crash or freeze.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution scales well. We can expand it as needed.
At the moment, we have six people in our company using it.
It's quite extensively used as it helps sales and it has integration with finance. If the customer has settled the payment, the system will know.
How are customer service and support?
Support is okay. Sometimes you can email or chat with them. However, sometimes they are not quite as knowledgeable as we would like them to be.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We did not previously use a different solution.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is pretty straightforward. We don't need to do customization very much. We can just use it pretty much straight away, and it's very easy to get going with it.
We were able to deploy within three days.
We only need one or two people for deployment and maintenance.
What about the implementation team?
We can do it in-house. However, if your company needs to have certain customizations, they have many consultants that are able to help.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
You do not need a license. They have a subscription model for payments.
What other advice do I have?
I'd recommend the solution to other users and companies. It's very convenient as this product can be used on your mobile phone. It's not only the web apps. It's the mobile apps as well that also help the sales on the field to do their work with ease.
I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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Network Security and Data Specialist at JW Seagon
An easy to implement solution that is good for mid-sized enterprises
Pros and Cons
- "I like the solution's reminder feature which is helpful for big projects. There are many tasks that run at the same time. The reminder feature makes things easy for me since I use Zoho's mobile version as well."
- "The tool is hard for people who have worked with Microsoft Office for a long time."
What is most valuable?
I like the solution's reminder feature which is helpful for big projects. There are many tasks that run at the same time. The reminder feature makes things easy for me since I use Zoho's mobile version as well.
What needs improvement?
The tool is hard for people who have worked with Microsoft Office for a long time.
For how long have I used the solution?
We first activated the license last year around April. I have been using the product for about a year and a quarter.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We had opted for a US server which was a mistake. We have asked to move our data setup to EU.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
My company has 60 users for the product.
How are customer service and support?
The solution's support is based on the plan that you have. The gold plan gets support from Monday to Friday for 24 hours. There is no assistance on weekends. You get 24/7/365 support for platinum plans.
How was the initial setup?
We use the solution's cloud license. The tool's setup is straightforward if you have your business requirements defined. We have only done a couple of sprints. We are yet to have to go live for the entire module.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate the product a six out of ten. The solution makes more sense to a mid-sized company since it is cheaper than Freshworks. Freshworks is enormous, big, full-fledged, and suited for large enterprises. The product is also easy to implement since it is less technical.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Business Consultant and Developer at Consigliere
A stable and scalable cloud-based solution for process sales
Pros and Cons
- "It has helped to manage, move forward, and also customize my processes. It has helped me with my sales pipeline, sales process, and performance."
- "I would like to see better integration with Zoho Creator."
What is our primary use case?
The tool is being used to process sales, and it is basic software to hold the database of clients and all actions regarding sales perspective.
How has it helped my organization?
It has helped to manage, move forward, and also customize my processes. It has helped me with my sales pipeline, sales process, and performance.
What is most valuable?
I am impressed with the tool's integrations, system reliability, blueprints, and sales are the most valuable features. Also, the Pipeline, License, Collaboration features, and then custom code. Having my database, connecting with other systems, and making calls, emails, and meetings in the same place is an important feature. Finally, communicating through a click is a good feature as well.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see better integration with Zoho Creator.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for more than three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable solution. I rate it nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable solution if you want to scale with multiple devices.
How was the initial setup?
It is easy to work on and initiate by yourself, but you will get only ten percent of the features. So if you want to get a hundred percent for your money, you need a developer because all of the details of the work we have is ready. So there's a need to customize your tool and your workflow.
What was our ROI?
With all of the automation that we have done, there's a return on investment.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the solution a nine-point five out of ten.I would definitely recommend getting the tool for any business that has intense sales.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Director at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Effective customer management and lead handling with excellent support
Pros and Cons
- "Zoho CRM provides excellent value for money."
- "The analytics and AI suggestion features need improvement."
What is our primary use case?
I use Zoho CRM primarily for customer management, lead management, and deals management.
What is most valuable?
Zoho CRM provides excellent value for money. It offers substantial features for its price point. Specifically, the leads and deals modules, as well as integrations, are very effective.
What needs improvement?
The analytics and AI suggestion features need improvement.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Zoho CRM for five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I find the solution to be stable without any glitches.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Zoho CRM is fully scalable.
How are customer service and support?
I believe the technical support is very good, and I rate it a nine out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
Since Zoho CRM is a SaaS solution, there was no installation needed.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I rate the pricing as a five out of ten, as it offers good value for money.
What other advice do I have?
Regarding improvements, the analytics part and AI suggestions are the two main areas that need improvement. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten. It would be better if the review remains anonymous. The email will be used solely for internal use, and my name can be on the review, but my company name and email ID should remain hidden.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other
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Last updated: Mar 18, 2025
Flag as inappropriateSr. Zoho Developer at Absoft IT Solutions Pvt Ltd
Helps to patch leads from client sources
Pros and Cons
- "We use the solution for different projects. We use it to patch lead details from clients' sources."
- "I have issues with the tool's scalability."
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution for different projects. We use it to patch lead details from clients' sources.
What needs improvement?
I have issues with the tool's scalability.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with the product since 2018.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate the solution's stability between seven to six out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would rate the product's scalability between eight to seven out of ten. We have a lot of users for the product in our organization.
How was the initial setup?
The solution's setup is easy.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate the product a seven out of ten.
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