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reviewer1457646 - PeerSpot reviewer
ASM at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Reseller
Jan 26, 2022
Cost effective CRM that saves costs through cloud hosting and ability to pay as you go
Pros and Cons
    • "The support response time for this solution could be improved."

    What is our primary use case?

    We use this solution for log collection as well as for recording leads and data. 

    What needs improvement?

    The support response time for this solution could be improved. 

    For how long have I used the solution?

    We have been using this solution for nine months. 

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    This is a stable solution. 

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    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    This is a scalable solution. 

    How was the initial setup?

    It wasn't very easy because the solution was new to us, so we took the time to understand the solution itself and the installation. 

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

    Being able to have the solution in the cloud has made this a cost effective solution for us as we don't need to invest in hardware.

    If you compare the pricing with SAP, it is well priced and you are able to pay as you go. 

    Which other solutions did I evaluate?

    We evaluated another CRM called TCS iON but we chose Zoho.

    What other advice do I have?

    The Zoho salesperson we dealt with was really good and supported us. I would recommend Zoho to other users. 

    I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. 

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Public Cloud
    Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. reseller
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    Regional Channel Manager at i2sBusiness Solutions
    Reseller
    Top 5
    Jan 6, 2022
    Customizable, inexpensive, and perfect for small and medium enterprises
    Pros and Cons
    • "It is customizable. We have customized the CRM according to our needs."
    • "Sometimes, there are technical glitches. When we add product details, the information disappears. It can be improved from this aspect. Some of the bugs also need to be resolved."

    How has it helped my organization?

    It helps in quickly working on the opportunities. It is very user-friendly, and we can quickly create opportunities and quotes.

    What is most valuable?

    It is customizable. We have customized the CRM according to our needs.

    What needs improvement?

    Sometimes, there are technical glitches. When we add product details, the information disappears. It can be improved from this aspect. Some of the bugs also need to be resolved.

    They can improve the mobile app. They can add more functionalities to the Zoho CRM mobile app.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using this solution for the last two years.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    It is stable.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    It is scalable.

    How are customer service and support?

    Their technical support is really good. We haven't had any issues so far.

    How was the initial setup?

    Its initial setup is very easy.

    What about the implementation team?

    We used a third-party service provider for the setup.

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

    Compared to other CRMs, it is very cheap.

    Which other solutions did I evaluate?

    We evaluated Salesforce and NetSuite from Oracle. We chose Zoho CRM because it had similar features but at a better price.

    What other advice do I have?

    I would definitely recommend this solution to others. It is the best solution for small and medium enterprises.

    I would rate Zoho CRM an eight out of 10.

    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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    reviewer930168 - PeerSpot reviewer
    Lead for technology at a university with 11-50 employees
    Real User
    Nov 8, 2021
    Easy to use, stable, and responsive support
    Pros and Cons
    • "Zoho CRM is easy to use and easy to understand."
    • "The mobile application is a little complicated and could be simplified."

    What is our primary use case?

    Zoho CRM can be used for ECommerce, customer management, and lead management. You can create flow strategies on how to manage everyone, including your customers.

    What is most valuable?

    Zoho CRM is easy to use and easy to understand.

    What needs improvement?

    The mobile application is a little complicated and could be simplified.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using Zoho CRM for approximately two years.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    The solution is stable.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    I have found Zoho CRM to be scalable.

    We have more than 150 people using this solution in my organization.

    How are customer service and support?

    The support is very good, they will support you at any time during regular business hours.

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

    I have previously used LeadSquared and Kreato. LeadSquared seemed a little simple than Zoho. Zoho is a very powerful tool and has a lot of features. You don't have these features with LeadSquared and Kreato.

    How was the initial setup?

    It is cloud-based there is no installation.

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

    There is a license required for this solution.

    Which other solutions did I evaluate?

    There are some other solutions that have compatible features to Zoho CRM, though I have not used them, such as, HubSpot and Salesforce.

    What other advice do I have?

    I would recommend this solution to others.

    I rate Zoho CRM an eight out of ten.

    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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    it_user236508 - PeerSpot reviewer
    Lead, Marketing Research & CRM Activities at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
    Consultant
    May 10, 2015
    It's made our lives easy as our entire sales organisation use this product, but the automation features are at a very basic level.
    Pros and Cons
      • "Customer Service: It's poor. Technical Support: Poor, as they don't answer your call or emails at your first attempt."

      What is most valuable?

      • Campaigns
      • Reports
      • Mobile app

      How has it helped my organization?

      Tracking the leads, contacts & campaigns over Zoho CRM made our lives easy as our entire sales organisation use this product.

      What needs improvement?

      Automation features for the Zoho Campaigns are at a very basic level as compared other marketing automation tools in the market these days.

      For how long have I used the solution?

      I've used it for two and a half years.

      What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

      No issues encountered.

      What do I think about the stability of the solution?

      A couple of times the reporting API for one of my team members got corrupted, and it took a day for tech team to fix it.

      What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

      No issues encountered.

      How are customer service and technical support?

      Customer Service:

      It's poor.

      Technical Support:

      Poor, as they don't answer you call or emails at first your first attempt.

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

      No previous solution used.

      How was the initial setup?

      It was straightforward.

      What about the implementation team?

      Since it's a SaaS based product there was just a demo from the sales person.

      What was our ROI?

      It's 60%.

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

      It was somewhere around US$12 for per user, over the period of time the tarrif has changed with revised rates.

      Which other solutions did I evaluate?

      • Marketo
      • Eloqua 10
      • Hubspot etc.

      What other advice do I have?

      This is good product for a startup company with minimal features, good for data management on CRM but there is nothing called automation with this.

      Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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      PeerSpot user
      Client Partner at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
      Vendor
      Feb 10, 2015
      Although Zoho CRM is easy to use the social collaboration platform needs to be improved
      Pros and Cons
      • "Zoho CRM by contrast is easy to use, customizable and you don’t need training to use it."
      • "Customer Service: Only chat is available, connecting over the phone is impossible."

      What is most valuable?

      Zoho reports

      How has it helped my organization?

      We were using SharePoint to hold, maintain, manipulate and manage the data but it was time consuming and a difficult process. Zoho CRM by contrast is easy to use, customizable and you don’t need training to use it.

      What needs improvement?

      Social network integration. I would suggest the following

      1. Somehow they need to integrate LinkedIn again on Zoho, where users can connect the LinkedIn profile of contacts added.
      2. The social collaboration platform needs to be improved with more enhanced features.

      For how long have I used the solution?

      More than two years.

      What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

      No issues encountered.

      What do I think about the stability of the solution?

      No issues encountered.

      What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

      No issues encountered.

      How are customer service and technical support?

      Customer Service:

      Only chat is available, connecting over the phone is impossible. Some of the questions I had trouble getting answers to were:

      1. How to fetch reports
      2. Initial training links
      3. Integration of different Zoho products.
      4. Best practices about how to use Zoho CRM
      Technical Support:

      It’s Ok, again it's only chat support.

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

      I was using SharePoint but it's difficult to manage and consumes lots of time and effort.

      How was the initial setup?

      It's very simple, just watch the video and customize it as per your requirements.

      What about the implementation team?

      It's a cloud based platform.

      What was our ROI?

      Sales have increased by 10-15%.

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

      It's a cloud based platform.

      Which other solutions did I evaluate?

      We also looked at Pipeline, and SalesForce.

      What other advice do I have?

      Use its free trial for three users first and try adapting the plug'n'play feature.

      Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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      it_user158703 - PeerSpot reviewer
      CEO at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
      Consultant
      Oct 26, 2014
      Pipeline management and reports are great. I'd like to see better tools for email campaigns.
      Pros and Cons
      • "Zoho works straight out of the box, easy to start with, easy to customize to our own sales process and workflow, with simple and effective functionality when it comes to creating reports."
      • "Zoho CRM has room for improvement when it comes to building email templates and mass email campaigns."

      What is most valuable?

      Leads, pipeline management, reports and Zoho CRM have excellent customer support

      How has it helped my organization?

      Stronger pipeline, increase in revenue and profit

      What needs improvement?

      Zoho CRM has room for improvement when it comes to building email templates and mass email campaigns. The Campaign section could also be stronger along with capabilities to run telemarketing without doing too much customizing.

      For how long have I used the solution?

      We did work with SalesForce for 10 years but changed to Zoho CRM 4 years ago. Main reason was simplicity and far better price and performance.

      What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

      Deployment is very easy and smooth. No hassle at all.

      What do I think about the stability of the solution?

      Service lever is no issue. Zoho posts a continuously Health Service dashboard and has great performance.

      What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

      No

      How are customer service and technical support?

      Customer Service:

      5 out of 5

      Technical Support:

      4 out of 5

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

      We did previously work with salesforce.com but SF was far too complex according to our needs. We choose Zoho CRM due to workflow capabilities and how we could integrate Zoho CRM with Convert Customer marketing automation.

      How was the initial setup?

      Zoho works straight out of the box. Easy to start with, easy to customize to our own sales process and workflow. Simple and well functionality when it comes to creating report.

      What was our ROI?

      Cost / revenue is about 0.75% in 1 year.

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

      Internal labor cost $2000. Running cost $210/month

      Which other solutions did I evaluate?

      We evaluated SalesForce.com, Sugar CRM, and Zoho CRM.

      What other advice do I have?

      Evaluate carefully against your own needs, then select a vendor. If needed, team up with a vendor specific specialist;

      Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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      Vendor
      Sep 30, 2014
      Excellent CRM
      Pros and Cons
      • "Complete customer relation management with the ability to add further apps if needed."

        What is most valuable?

        Ability to work out the CRM and customize it, without too much help.

        How has it helped my organization?

        Complete customer relation management with the ability to add further apps if needed.

        What needs improvement?

        None

        For how long have I used the solution?

        7 years

        What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

        None

        What do I think about the stability of the solution?

        No

        What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

        No

        How are customer service and technical support?

        Customer Service:

        As a paid user the wait is usually around 48 hrs, it would be great as a paid user to always be able to have support 24/7. By any methods. 8.5 Star rating

        Technical Support:

        Excellent

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

        Salesforce, switched due to their prices was excessive and Zoho CRM was excellent.

        Which other solutions did I evaluate?

        Yes, Professional - we have tailored the crm to our needs

        Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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        it_user999 - PeerSpot reviewer
        VP of Development at a marketing services firm with 51-200 employees
        Vendor
        Jun 26, 2012
        Zoho is a very good CRM system to use to start out, but you may find that you outgrow the functionality.
        Pros and Cons
        • "Inexpensive Integrates well with Google Apps for business Easy to use; easy for team to adopt Robust reporting features Useful across all areas of our business (from management to sales to support)."
        • "However, as we continued to grow, Zoho did not have all the features we needed to successfully track our sales cycle, so we ended up switching to Salesforce."

        Valuable Features:

        Inexpensive Integrates well with Google Apps for business Easy to use; easy for team to adopt Robust reporting features Useful across all areas of our business (from management to sales to support)

        Room for Improvement:

        Doesn't integrate well with Outlook Took a while to set the system up properly (to reflect our business needs) Not many apps that we can use to add on.

        Other Advice:

        My company started with Zoho because it was a very affordable alternative to Salesforce, and I'm very happy with our decision. However, as we continued to grow, Zoho did not have all the features we needed to successfully track our sales cycle, so we ended up switching to Salesforce (and this transition. . .whew. . .it was a doozy and took nearly a full week to have everything in order). It's a very good system to use to start out, but you may find that you outgrow the functionality.
        Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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        it_user6579 - PeerSpot reviewer
        it_user6579Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
        Consultant

        Good Article!

        I understand that the ZohoCRM took a while to set the system up properly (to reflect our business needs), as it's not just a software but it's a process to implement CRM or ERP in an organizaion.

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