Comments on: Zoho CRM Enterprise Edition @ SMB Price

By: Ashant Chalasani

Ashant Chalasani — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:04:03 +0000

I like ZohoCRM, and hope it ends my 5 year search for a CRM I can live with.

But I’m not going to give up using Google Apps, as my staff is just getting used to that the Suite.

So as a user I’d be pleased if Zoho opens up an API and plays together with G-Apps. That was I can rely Zoho for CRM needs, and life go on just as before with Apps, Gmail etc for us..

Ashant Chalasani

By: Simon Penny

Simon Penny — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:33:43 +0000

The object of CRM depends on the user. Senior company management want comprehensive sales financial reporting and to this end Salesforce.com is a winner (these are after all the people who buy CRM!). However sales people want a simple way to log and track their activities beyond simple task management. In this area Salesforce.com is a loser! Salesforce should have been called SalesForecasting. I am not familar with Zoho so cannot comment here.

Middle Sales Management want a solution which they can use to monitor:
1. Sales Relationship Progression (first call, meeting, presentation, proposal…)
2. Sales Performance Goals (qualtity of meetings, phone calls based on Relationship categories)
3. Sales Forecast

Most CRM targets point 3 only. A product we have reciently been trialing is http:\\www.micontacts.com which is great for sales people who want to log all activities and great for sales management who want to monitor thoes activities. However, whilst it offers basic forecasting it is not as comprehensive as Salesforce.

A key point is it is really cheap to use…worth a look if you are considering CRM to boost sales activity levels / performance.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:22:24 +0000

I am very familiar with Zoho and must say it is a great product. However, if you are looking for a simple solution to deploy and adopt with a greater focus on managing the sales process then SalesPush.com is one to look at – http://www.salespush.com

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