Recommendations on CRMs?

by a searcher from Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

4 years ago

I'm looking for a basic CRM to track sales leads and provide a database from which to send marketing emails to customer contacts. I've looked into Hubspot which has these functions but is really expensive. Hoping there's a more affordable solution out there!

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searcher from Marquette University - College of Business Administration & Graduate School of Management

We run our entire company on Salesforce. However it is pricey. We looked at moving to Zoho. Very robust. Much less expensive. Opted not to for technical integration issues. I would also check out Sunrise by Zendesk.

4 years ago | like reply | 1 like

searcher from Johns Hopkins University

Whew! Getting the correct CRM in place is a tough ask. I've used Salesforce, HubSpot, Sharpspring, Dynamics, and have heard good things about Sugar. On that note: Sharpspring (out of Florida) is about 1/3 to 1/6 the price of HubSpot, it does more, and that more gracefully. We used a variety in my last venture, and that's what we eventually ended up using. I also hear good things about Zoho, but have no experience.

4 years ago | like reply | 0 likes

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