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SHEHBAZ HUSSAIN - PeerSpot reviewer
Certified Consultant/self employed at FAIRCHANCE FOR CRM
Real User
Top 20
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?

We use Zoho CRM for sales management.

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
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Alok Kumar Bhuwan - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Secretary at Manovikas Charitable Society
Real User
Top 10
Stable, with a good web form feature, and has many videos that help you solve issues without contacting support, but its pricing is expensive
Pros and Cons
  • "What I like best about Zoho CRM is the web form feature. I find Zoho CRM forms excellent."
  • "Pricing for Zoho CRM could be improved because it is expensive. My company also needs some analytics, so it would be good if Zoho CRM had built-in analytics."

What is our primary use case?

We use Zoho CRM as our CRM and also for collecting data when clients come to us. We also use the solution to create appointments and manage information.

What is most valuable?

What I like best about Zoho CRM is the web form feature. I find Zoho CRM forms excellent.

What needs improvement?

Pricing for Zoho CRM could be improved because it is expensive.

My company also needs some analytics, so it would be good if Zoho CRM had built-in analytics. The company is now looking into a different solution for analytics, such as Google Analytics or Zoho Analytics. Whichever is better, my company will use.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using Zoho CRM for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Zoho CRM is a stable platform.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I have yet to experience scaling Zoho CRM.

How are customer service and support?

We have yet to use any technical support for Zoho CRM because companies nowadays, Zoho included, have so many videos that let us solve issues without contacting support.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

My company also uses Google but has more users in Google than Zoho CRM because Google has many free solutions, while Zoho CRM is a paid solution.

How was the initial setup?

Setting up Zoho CRM was easy, so it didn't take so much time. The setup process took hardly a day or so to complete.

What about the implementation team?

We didn't use consultants to implement Zoho CRM for the company. We had volunteers trained in IT, who had good knowledge, so if we found difficulty, we asked the volunteers to help us.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Zoho CRM is an expensive tool.

What other advice do I have?

My company uses a CRM solution, Zoho CRM.

Only a few users access Zoho CRM in the company, just two or three. My company has no plan to increase the platform users because Zoho CRM is a paid tool, and my company has limited funds.

Based on what I'm using Zoho CRM for, my rating for it is five out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Tarik Altunok - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Development Manager at headtechnology
Real User
It has an effective emailing feature that lets you send emails to customers directly, but its UI needs to be more user-friendly
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of Zoho CRM is emailing. You can send emails to customers directly from Zoho CRM. The marketing team in my company uses this feature, and it's effective."
  • "What needs improvement in Zoho CRM is the UI. It needs to be more user-friendly. I like Salesforce better than Zoho CRM in terms of the UI, so if Zoho CRM can make some UI changes, that would make the tool better."

What is our primary use case?

We use Zoho CRM for pipeline follow-ups. Our customer database is on the tool, so we use Zoho CRM to record customer data, the dates of client meetings, and when we did the POCs. All data we have on Zoho CRM are also shared with our customers. We also use Zoho CRM to predict how many sales we can do per quarter and year. These are our use cases for the tool.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of Zoho CRM is emailing. You can send emails to customers directly from Zoho CRM. The marketing team in my company uses this feature, and it's effective.

What needs improvement?

What needs improvement in Zoho CRM is the UI. It needs to be more user-friendly. I like Salesforce better than Zoho CRM in terms of the UI, so if Zoho CRM can make some UI changes, that would make the tool better.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using Zoho CRM for a long time, more than five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I didn't have issues with Zoho CRM stability-wise. It has good stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Zoho CRM is a scalable tool.

How are customer service and support?

As we never had any problems with Zoho CRM, we never had the chance to open a ticket with the technical support team.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We only used Zoho CRM within our company.

How was the initial setup?

I'm unsure of how straightforward or complex the setup of Zoho CRM is because I'm just a user. It's the technical team who deployed the tool within my company.

What about the implementation team?

Zoho CRM was deployed in-house by the technical team.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I have no information about the pricing for Zoho CRM because the finance department handles that.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I'm using Salesforce at times. Some of my customers use Salesforce as well.

What other advice do I have?

My company uses Zoho CRM internally.

My company is a customer rather than a seller or distributor of Zoho CRM.

I'm using the latest version of Zoho CRM because the tool has regular updates, so my company has the newest version.

Around forty-five to fifty people use Zoho CRM within the company. My company has a team that handles the maintenance of the tool.

I'm rating Zoho CRM as seven out of ten because its UI needs improvement.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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President/Founder at Interbit
Real User
Scales well, and it is easy to get data in and out of it, but I would like more ability to reorganize the data and share data fields
Pros and Cons
  • "I like that it is easy to get data in and out of it. We can export and import CSV files. I also like that the database is hierarchical, which allows me to be able to look at a parent and multiple children."
  • "There are at least two big pieces. One is just the ability to reorganize the data and clean it up to eliminate duplicates and things like that. It is very manual at the moment. It only gives us certain fields that we can check on. Because of our particular database, it creates a problem. We deal with hospitals, and there are 50 hospitals. It is tough to figure out which one is which. Is it this one or the other one? So, trying to clean things up is very difficult. I'd like to have more ability to share data fields. The data is structured into different buckets, and I frequently have to create the same field in two different buckets. It would be nice if I could just do a view-only field in another bucket. In my contact bucket, I would like to be able to have just a view-only of the account information so that I don't need to enter it again, which is what I have to do currently."

What is our primary use case?

It is used as a database for customers, contacts, and prospects for sales and marketing.

It is a SaaS product. I am using the most recent version of it. 

How has it helped my organization?

It is a central place to store information to use for marketing, tracking activity, and developing sales pipelines and stuff.

What is most valuable?

I like that it is easy to get data in and out of it. We can export and import CSV files.

I also like that the database is hierarchical, which allows me to be able to look at a parent and multiple children.

What needs improvement?

There are at least two big pieces. One is just the ability to reorganize the data and clean it up to eliminate duplicates and things like that. It is very manual at the moment. It only gives us certain fields that we can check on. Because of our particular database, it creates a problem. We deal with hospitals, and there are 50 hospitals. It is tough to figure out which one is which. Is it this one or the other one? So, trying to clean things up is very difficult.

I'd like to have more ability to share data fields. The data is structured into different buckets, and I frequently have to create the same field in two different buckets. It would be nice if I could just do a view-only field in another bucket. In my contact bucket, I would like to be able to have just a view-only of the account information so that I don't need to enter it again, which is what I have to do currently.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for probably six years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is stable. It is fine in terms of stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It scales well. We have about a dozen users, and it is being used extensively. Any increase in usage would just come naturally with time.

How are customer service and support?

They are medium in terms of wait time and the response itself. From one to five, I would rate them a three.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I can't remember the name, but we had been using a CRM for a long time. We made the switch because of the ability to do more. The old system was too customized. We were looking for something that was more accessible and easy to maintain and that had more standard features.

How was the initial setup?

It was straightforward but nonetheless difficult. It took weeks.

It is lightweight in terms of maintenance. Its maintenance is taken care of pretty much by me. I also have a consultant.

What about the implementation team?

We used an external consultant.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It is around $1000 a month.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate it a seven out of 10.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Director at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Top 20
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
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Lev Castelan - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Monkey Solutions Agencia
Real User
Provides a database of information on customers, costs, prospects, and proposals
Pros and Cons
  • "I am impressed with the product's information on customers."
  • "It is hard to modify information around a customer. You need to pay for the features and the tool needs to improve it."

What is our primary use case?

The solution helps us to identify how customers expect to work with us. It helps us to know the funnel process where the prospect is through. It also serves as a database of information on customers, costs, prospects, and proposals. 

What is most valuable?

I am impressed with the product's information on customers. 

What needs improvement?

It is hard to modify information around a customer. You need to pay for the features and the tool needs to improve it. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for five to six years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the solution's stability a seven out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I would rate the solution's scalability a seven out of ten. 

How was the initial setup?

The solution's setup is complex. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate the product an eight out of ten. You need to first think about the version that you need for the company. You need to seek out a person who knows the product very well to help you modify the charts, it could be an associate of Zoho. Think about what information you need to receive from the CRM since you can receive something that you don't need. 

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Zoho Solution Architect / Zoho Senior Developer / Zoho Administrator at a outsourcing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
A customizable solution that can be deployed very easily
Pros and Cons
  • "The product is customizable."
  • "The support is not quite good."

What is our primary use case?

I use the product for customer relationship management.

What is most valuable?

The product is customizable. Its features are better than products like Salesforce and HubSpot. It is the best solution.

What needs improvement?

The solution should add more customizing options to Canvas.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the product’s stability a nine out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate the solution’s scalability a nine out of ten.

How are customer service and support?

The support is not quite good. The support team is available only Monday to Friday.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is very easy.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The product costs $35 per user per year. We pay separately for premium support.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I rate the product a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Suzan Demir - PeerSpot reviewer
Sales Operations Specialist at ADEO IT Consulting Services
Real User
Stable and secure solution with great reporting
Pros and Cons
  • "Zoho CRM's best feature is its reporting."
  • "The process of creating reports is not very user-friendly - it takes time, and it's confusing."

What is our primary use case?

I primarily use Zoho CRM for downloading documents, managing customers and managers, and reporting.

What is most valuable?

Zoho CRM's best feature is its reporting.

What needs improvement?

The process of creating reports is not very user-friendly - it takes time, and it's confusing.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been working with Zoho CRM for a year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Zoho CRM is stable and secure.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Zoho CRM is scalable.

How are customer service and support?

Zoho's technical support could be faster and better at solving issues.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was really easy, and the deployment was fast.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend Zoho CRM to other users and rate it eight out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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