Bigin by Zoho CRM Reviews

Bigin by Zoho CRM

4.6 (340)
Pipeline-centric CRM system for small businesses

Overall rating

4.6 /5
(340)
Value for Money
4.7/5
Features
4.4/5
Ease of Use
4.7/5
Customer Support
4.5/5

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Heather
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for Free Trial
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Ease of Use and Quick Implementation

Reviewed on 27/06/2023

We love the experience we have had, and you can not beat the price point.

We love the experience we have had, and you can not beat the price point.

Pros

Our whole team was able to onboard in under two days, and it has been extremely intuitive for us to use.

Cons

The way their email toppers and incoming contacts works is a bit cumbersome

Alternatives Considered

Zoho CRM, Pipedrive, Close and HubSpot CRM

Reasons for Switching to Bigin by Zoho CRM

The ease of use and pricing made our choice for us.
Luís Filipe
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  • Industry: Telecommunications
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Amazing Experience.

Reviewed on 30/08/2023

Very satisfied... jumped from a XLS based pipeline to build a strong CRM tool in just few hours of...

Very satisfied... jumped from a XLS based pipeline to build a strong CRM tool in just few hours of medium work. Now I can track all of my sales pipeline with a sigle view, and repport it to the company owners easily.

Pros

Very very very easy to use, easy to first setup, easy to customize to fit on your organizations structue.

Cons

Lacks native integration to O365/M365, lacks on native integration with other Zoho apps like Zoho Projects. The upgrade to Zoho CRM is costly.

Alternatives Considered

Zoho CRM, Pipedrive and RD Station

Reasons for Switching to Bigin by Zoho CRM

Easy to use, easy to customize, strong mobile app, and pricing.
Omar
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Perfect CRM for Entrepreneurs and Small Business

Reviewed on 17/11/2023

My experience has been very positive, I like everything about Zoho Bigin. simplicity, easy to use,...

My experience has been very positive, I like everything about Zoho Bigin. simplicity, easy to use, mobile apps.

Pros

I like having simplicity and a CRM that creates value, without having to spend extra time understanding several features I will not need

Cons

I would like to have more integration options

Natesh
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Bad experience with Bigin

Reviewed on 24/01/2021

It was good & i was very happy till i found all my accounting data was not integrated and had to...

It was good & i was very happy till i found all my accounting data was not integrated and had to add contacts manually

Pros

Integration with GSuite
Tasks / Calendar

Cons

The worst is it does not integrate with Zoho Books, there is not point. I spent time exporting contacts from books and importing to Bigin and then realised this is foolish to do. They promised to integrate with books but they also suggested to use zoho flow another paid application. This is not fair as why should i keep paying for applications, they should have offered zoho flow for free as it is their fault when CRM is not integrated with books/accounting

Alternatives Considered

HubSpot CRM

Reasons for Choosing Bigin by Zoho CRM

To ensure zoho books integration should work and felt natural extension

Switched From

HubSpot CRM

Reasons for Switching to Bigin by Zoho CRM

To ensure zoho books integration should work and felt natural extension

Response from Zoho

Hello Natesh! Thank you for taking your time to share your feedback. We're happy to let you know that Bigin's native integration with Zoho Books is ready and is live as part of our Early access program. We really hope that you find this useful.

As always, you can reach out to us anytime if there's anything else that you need to help with. Thank you!

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for Free Trial
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Easy to run and setup

Reviewed on 16/09/2023

Is so easy to setup in minutes.

Is so easy to setup in minutes.

Pros

The most impactful feature is the custom pipelines, stages and activities.

Cons

Forms customization is too basic, We need more customize forms according to our brand, I thin that the form needs to be exported as a html code to make some customizations

Alternatives Considered

Kommo, Pipedrive and HubSpot CRM

Reasons for Choosing Bigin by Zoho CRM

Freshsales is good but is limited with the pipelines and sometimes is too slow to load

Switched From

Freshsales

Reasons for Switching to Bigin by Zoho CRM

Price and ready to use setup.
Nick
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  • Industry: Consumer Goods
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for Free Trial
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great for basic pipeline management

Reviewed on 27/09/2023

Pros

I liked using Bigin to manage a couple of basic pipelines and track leads through the process.

Cons

I wasn't able to delete/modify some of the built in pipeline features which meant rebuilding them. Not a huge deal.

Akvil
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Best For Small Business

Reviewed on 08/11/2023

Pros

This is Best for small businesses. and very easy to handle the lead and can track everything including the products offered

Cons

activity tracker where we can track everything also WhatsApp and email integration

Dexter
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Best CRM for Real Estate

Reviewed on 08/10/2023

Its Okay

Its Okay

Pros

Ease of Use, Best features for Real Estate

Cons

Wanted more automation also still figuring out how to make automatic income computation

Prabha
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  • Industry: Legal Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for Free Trial
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Zoho cRM Review

Reviewed on 06/10/2023

good

good

Pros

User friendly and buget friendly. I am using this becasue of automation, not very costly, and function wise it is very good. customer care are not very good, they do not help immediately, need to wait for few days only then call back.

Cons

need function like invoice and project tracking as well

Danny
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  • Industry: Mental Health Care
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for Free Trial
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Simple and easy-to-use CRM

Reviewed on 14/10/2023

Pros

Simple and easy-to-use CRM. The pipelines make it easy to keep track of our progress in client admissions.

Cons

It would be nice to have an 2 way SMS feature built in to link with Twilio.

MishAl
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  • Industry: Leisure, Travel & Tourism
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Simple and Efficient CRM system

Reviewed on 10/10/2022

Support team are great, you can selected specific time slots to chat with a support representative,...

Support team are great, you can selected specific time slots to chat with a support representative, They will assist you with Setup, or if you unsure how to setup your system.

Pros

You have various templates to choose from, you can setup your CRM system within a few minutes.

Cons

Everything we needed thus far was solved within Zoho Bigin

Alternatives Considered

Zoho CRM

Reasons for Choosing Bigin by Zoho CRM

Did not do what we needed it.

Switched From

monday.com

Reasons for Switching to Bigin by Zoho CRM

Zoho Bigin is inexpensive, we do not need all the features in Zoho CRM.
Irving
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

A basic , entry-level CRM

Reviewed on 08/09/2020

We have had a great experience with Bigin, it was a great alternative while lowering our costs. It...

We have had a great experience with Bigin, it was a great alternative while lowering our costs. It offers a great value for the money we pay for it.

Pros

While trying to lower our costs derived from the health crisis, we searched for CRM alternatives and ultimately we choose Bigin, due to their clean interface and the functionality they offer, as well as their low price (but great value overall)

Cons

Limited number of custom fields, no email templates and difficult to create email templates on my own.

Alternatives Considered

Zoho CRM

Reasons for Choosing Bigin by Zoho CRM

Cleaner interface, best price

Switched From

Vtiger CRM

Reasons for Switching to Bigin by Zoho CRM

mainly price, but it has a lot of functionality. It will also be easy to migrate to Zoho CRM, when the situation allows for it.
Eduardo
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

CRM that delivers a lot for a fair price

Reviewed on 17/04/2023

Briefly my total experience was great. In 3 months I tested at least CRM's for my company, which is...

Briefly my total experience was great. In 3 months I tested at least CRM's for my company, which is small and Bigin was the most assertive of all. It helped me a lot the days I used it, and I intend to continue using it.

Pros

What I liked the most were the automations. They critically optimize my time and help me control my funnels of different prospecting strands.

Cons

I think the only two issues I miss the most are more integrations to the CRM and the slightly more laborious way of exporting lists to the system. Nothing too complicated either, but it makes a slight difference.

Alternatives Considered

RD Station

Reasons for Switching to Bigin by Zoho CRM

Ease in general terms, automations and familiarity from having used it a lot.
Mili
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  • Industry: Management Consulting
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for Free Trial
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

A easy to adopt CRM for small business

Reviewed on 04/01/2023

A sound quality cloud-based software with the flexibility and the most attractive is its pricing.

A sound quality cloud-based software with the flexibility and the most attractive is its pricing.

Pros

It's inexpensive and easy to use and a good buy for first-time users and non-technical companies.

Cons

The number of pipelines, inbuilt workflows are limited.

Alternatives Considered

Zoho CRM

Reasons for Choosing Bigin by Zoho CRM

Costly for Indian market.

Switched From

HubSpot CRM

Reasons for Switching to Bigin by Zoho CRM

As first time user it is good choice to start.
Tarun
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  • Industry: Banking
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

The best CRM for MSME and Startups.

Reviewed on 23/08/2022

I have been using Bigin since year along with all my Employees and Business Consultants in India, i...

I have been using Bigin since year along with all my Employees and Business Consultants in India, i am highly Impressed with the User experience.

Pros

I being the director of a financial Institution, highly recommend Bigin Zoho CRM for all startups and SMES, it gives you ease of your data and sales pipeline management.

Cons

Nothing as such i can say i did not like.

Alternatives Considered

Bitrix24

Reasons for Switching to Bigin by Zoho CRM

The cost effective and great user experience.
Allan
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Best CRM Option for micro or Small Business

Reviewed on 30/01/2023

I have added a sales workflow that allows me to see where all of my prospects are, and I can...

I have added a sales workflow that allows me to see where all of my prospects are, and I can schedule all my activities so I can keep my prospects moving through my funnel. Additionally, I have set up a dashboard with all the relevant data that I need to keep my business going.

Pros

The product is very easy to set up, you can have multiple configurable workflows, up to 10 new custom fields for each object, and an easy-to-configure dashboard.

Cons

My only observation is that this product is excellent for small businesses or individual projects. If you are looking to improve your CRM experience or add more value to your current strategy there are other CRMs that are more powerful

Alternatives Considered

Hootsuite

Reasons for Switching to Bigin by Zoho CRM

less configurable options, best product for a small business like mine,
Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Leisure, Travel & Tourism
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Extremely satisfied with Bigin for small business use

Reviewed on 08/02/2023

Very satisfied.

Very satisfied.

Pros

The integration was super easy and self-explanatory. Bigin works well with our accounting and marketing systems and there are no data silos.

Cons

The data synchronization with Zoho Books sometimes stops working.

Alternatives Considered

HubSpot CRM

Reasons for Switching to Bigin by Zoho CRM

Ease of use, integration with the other applications in the Zoho suite, and affordable price.
Carleen
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  • Industry: Professional Training & Coaching
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Great for small business

Reviewed on 18/04/2021

Easy to set up and learn how to use If you are new to CRM and need one, this is a great starting...

Easy to set up and learn how to use If you are new to CRM and need one, this is a great starting point, and you can add features you need as you grow.

Pros

Love that I can customize workflows, and store e-mail templates to reduce the time cost of doing everyday things with more precision.

Cons

Would be great if the tasks sent reminders for the day they were due rather than on the day they are set.

Alternatives Considered

Less Annoying CRM and Keap

Reasons for Switching to Bigin by Zoho CRM

Bigin had the features I needed (e-mail templates) at the price point I needed them. Others, the feature I wanted was at a higher price point AND came with all kinds of features I didn't need, but would have to learn to get the most out of the 1 feature I did.
Bhuwnesh
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Best CRM for small business

Reviewed on 24/05/2023

amaing product user freindly very low cost and great value

amaing product user freindly very low cost and great value

Pros

amazing crm i liked Ui,Usablity easy integrations,easy to train team

Cons

whatsapp integration can be aded as we run ads and get leads through it

Alternatives Considered

Zoho CRM

Reasons for Switching to Bigin by Zoho CRM

cost and use factor only contacts and web form is required
Arlène
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  • Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

If you "live" inside your sales pipeline, this CRM tool is for you

Reviewed on 14/08/2021

For the most part, I have had a good experience with Bigin

For the most part, I have had a good experience with Bigin

Pros

The first time I came across Bigin, I wondered why a company would have two CRM tools (Zoho also has Zoho CRM)... but then I understood: Bigin focuses on the pipeline aspect of a CRM.

The one thing that stroke me the most at first was the fact that Bigin was really a mobile-focused CRM. Pipelines, workflows (another name for automations in Bigin), and activity management are powerful, but I think that it is really in its mobile-first approach that Bigin shines.

Its Signals are the perfect way to make sure you never forget to do something, and if you are an Apple user, you can even write or use a pencil on your iPad. Something I really enjoy is the ability to create widget to add to my smartphone homepage. This is great because I can easily get an overview of different things – e.g. tasks I need to carry out, upcoming appointments for the week – without having to be in front of my computer or without having to log into the Bigin mobile app. A simple swipe from my phone's home screen and I can see all of that.

Cons

Depending on what you would like a CRM tool to do for you, you may find that Bigin is lacking some things... For me, the main con is the fact that the premium plan has a limit of 50,000 contacts/record (though it is true that you can add more by paying)

DeRoy
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

BEST Small Business CRM

Reviewed on 13/03/2022

Very easy to use on a daily basis. Love it.

Very easy to use on a daily basis. Love it.

Pros

The ease of use, scalability for a small business, as well as easy work flow.

Cons

I'm not expecting a lot of automation with the cost of this CRM. So no disappointments.

Alternatives Considered

Freshsales and Zendesk Suite

Reasons for Choosing Bigin by Zoho CRM

The workflow and seamless design.

Switched From

Nutshell and HubSpot CRM

Reasons for Switching to Bigin by Zoho CRM

Cost and same features for what I needed.
Arowolo Daniel
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
  • Review Source

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  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

The most simplest and easiest CRM system for small business

Reviewed on 30/06/2022

Pros

The most simplest and easiest CRM system for small business. the fact that it is focused enough to get small business starting is exactly what I love about the CRM. no cluster features to confused user off.

Cons

the pricing structure is a bit more expensive for the targeted users since its focus to small business owners

Alternatives Considered

Insightly and Freshsales
Fil
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Bigin by Zoho - a review

Reviewed on 18/06/2023

Overall, Bigin CRM by Zoho is a promising solution that does not compromise on features despite its...

Overall, Bigin CRM by Zoho is a promising solution that does not compromise on features despite its focus on small-scale operations. It's a highly recommended tool for businesses seeking a cost-effective and comprehensive CRM system.

Pros

The interface is clean, intuitive, and user-friendly, making it easy to navigate. It has a quick learning curve and you can have it up and running efficiently in no time. Zoho's attention to user experience here is commendable.

Cons

some issues with email syncing and no dedicated lead management page to be able to prioritise

David
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  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 3.0 /10

A Basic CRM for mid tier pricing

Reviewed on 02/12/2022

An attempt at a CRM system that needs a lot of development. This may be appropriate for some...

An attempt at a CRM system that needs a lot of development. This may be appropriate for some industries e.g. call centres, but not for managing financial services pipelines etc.

Pros

The pipeline is simple to manage, but it's clear that this is not a CRM system that was designed for financial services.

Cons

Bigin is very inflexible and amends or additions to your setup come at a cost. The system is also very basic and clunky: for example, dashboard reports cannot be exported as a view of the whole report, instead you only have the option to export an individual graph at a time.

Sajjag
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  • Industry: Biotechnology
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for Free Trial
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Good CRM for beginners

Reviewed on 09/03/2023

My overall experience with Zoho is great. I am still adopting it but its good.

My overall experience with Zoho is great. I am still adopting it but its good.

Pros

Ease of use and setup is super easy. Additionally feature to automate is really cool.

Cons

The premium subscription is a bit on higher side.

Alternatives Considered

LeadSquared

Reasons for Switching to Bigin by Zoho CRM

A friend recommended