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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Bigin by Zoho CRM

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ABigin by Zoho CRM is a simplified customer relationship management (CRM) software designed specifically for small businesses, startups and teams. Bigin helps small businesses unify customer-facing operations— marketing, sales, onboarding, delivery, and support, and it offers features that help to manage these customer relationships effectively.

    $9

    per month per user

    Pipeline CRM

    Score5.2 out of 10
    N/AFounded in 2006, Pipeline CRM (formerly PipelineDeals) is a CRM for small and midsize businesses, empowering sales teams across a breadth of industries to build game changing relationships. Pipeline is built around a customizable user experience, sales focused features, and customer support and service. The vendor, headquartered in Seattle, boasts 18,000 users in 60 countries who use Pipeline to gain visibility into their sales, accelerate opportunities, and close more deals.

    $29

    per month

    Pricing
    Bigin by Zoho CRMPipeline CRM
    Editions & Modules
    Express
    $9.00
    per month per user
    Premier
    $15.00
    per month
    Bigin 360
    $21
    per month per user
    Start
    $300
    per year per user
    Develop
    $396
    per year per user
    Develop
    $588
    per year per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Bigin by Zoho CRMPipeline CRM
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details20% discount for annual pricing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Bigin by Zoho CRMPipeline CRM
    Considered Both Products
    Zoho
    No answer on this topic
    Pipeline CRM PipelineDeals
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    99 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    97 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    96 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    92 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Bigin by Zoho CRMPipeline CRM
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Pipeline CRM
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    8.0
    79 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Pipeline CRM
    6.9
    5 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Customer data management / contact management8.471 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Workflow management8.274 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Opportunity management8.472 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)8.168 Ratings4.05 Ratings
    Contract management7.234 Ratings5.05 Ratings
    Interaction tracking7.866 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings7.04 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Pipeline CRM
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    7.7
    64 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Pipeline CRM
    5.0
    4 Ratings
    41% below category average
    Lead management8.061 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Email marketing7.356 Ratings2.02 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Pipeline CRM
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    8.1
    66 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Pipeline CRM
    4.5
    5 Ratings
    51% below category average
    Task management8.265 Ratings3.04 Ratings
    Reporting8.141 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings5.53 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Pipeline CRM
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    8.2
    68 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Pipeline CRM
    6.7
    5 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Pipeline visualization8.668 Ratings5.05 Ratings
    Customizable reports7.761 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Pipeline CRM
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    7.8
    72 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Pipeline CRM
    9.5
    5 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Custom fields7.872 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Pipeline CRM
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    8.5
    69 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Pipeline CRM
    6.0
    3 Ratings
    32% below category average
    Single sign-on capability8.555 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.467 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Pipeline CRM
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    8.3
    38 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Pipeline CRM
    8.1
    2 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Social data8.337 Ratings8.12 Ratings
    Social engagement8.237 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Pipeline CRM
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    7.9
    52 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Pipeline CRM
    4.6
    3 Ratings
    46% below category average
    Marketing automation7.952 Ratings2.03 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Pipeline CRM
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    8.1
    67 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Pipeline CRM
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Mobile access8.167 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Pipeline CRM
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    -
    Ratings
    Pipeline CRM
    7.8
    3 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Case management00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
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    Bigin by Zoho CRMPipeline CRM
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    Salesflare
    Score6 out of 10
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    Score6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zendesk Sell
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Zendesk Sell
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Daylite
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Daylite
    Score7.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Bigin by Zoho CRMPipeline CRM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (80 ratings)
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (51 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Bigin by Zoho CRMPipeline CRM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Zoho
    - Multiple pipelines let me organize processes like sales, marketing, customer support, and assets clearly. - The forms builder allows me to gather leads, sign-ups, and customer requests from my website directly into the Bigin by Zoho CRM. - Integrations with Zapier and Make connect website orders and data from other sources smoothly. - Email templates make it easy to send professional, branded communications. - Automations handle repetitive tasks like managing customers, orders, and team tasks, saving me time.
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    Pipeline CRM PipelineDeals
    If you have a small business where you are trying to keep things simple, then PipelineDeals is a perfect fit. Once you get to where you are wanting to tie your marketing efforts and create marketing campaigns that are tied to leads, it starts to miss the mark
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Zoho
    • Manage big databases. We have a large database of contacts and partners (more than 5,000 contacts), which are updated day by day, as a result of our participation in conferences, webinars, etc. For this reason, we needed a platform that would allow us to always have our database up to date, and accessible and editable by any member of the company.
    • Pipelines. Pipelines are very necessary in our daily lives, since we present many service proposals to different clients, and until now we control the status very manually. With Bigin by Zoho CRM, we can have all this information centralized in a single place, and know at all times the status of the service proposals we present (sent, pending decision, lost, won...).
    • Product definition. The product definition block has allowed us to further structure our typologies of products and services. At least, it has allowed us to reflect on them and what is the best way to package the service offered.
    • Control panel. The control panel has been very useful for us to be able to quickly see the main indicators (offers presented, next actions to be taken, etc.).
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    Pipeline CRM PipelineDeals
    • Flexibility: It provides the flexibility to set it up how you want to use it. Customization is beyond what you probably want or need.
    • Reporting: We were able to setup all types of reporting and tracking.
    • Ease of Use: While the platform was powerful, it was always easy to use.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Zoho
    • No multi-select bulk move in pipeline After a webinar we had 42 cold leads that qualified → wanted to drag them all to “Interested” in one go. You can’t; moved them one-by-one like playing Solitaire.
    • Workflows hidden behind pay-wall We needed an auto-survey when deal = “Won”. Works in trial, the day licence dropped back to free the rule simply stopped – zero warning.
    • Offline mobile = read-onlyMentor met founder in co-working basement (no Wi-Fi). Took paper notes, re-typed into Bigin back at office → duplicate risk.
    • Pick-list values can’t be deactivated, only deletedWe miss-typed “Refferal” instead of “Referral”. To fix, must delete; history of 60 old records then shows empty source.
    Incentivized
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    Pipeline CRM PipelineDeals
    • I wouldn't say no areas for improvement exist, but I will say that PipelineDeals takes customer input, shared product roadmap, and supports what they have very nicely. What they provide works out-of-the-box. Improvements can always be made with respect to pre-packaged integration with 3rd party services/solutions, and with extended attributes, but you also want to avoid something that attempts to boil the ocean.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Zoho
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    Incentivized
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    Pipeline CRM PipelineDeals
    If we can integrate and easily export and clean all of our data such that it can be used for multiple purposes, i.e. outreach to guests, sending out newsletters to subscribers, doing research and tracking progress, we will definitely renew
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Zoho
    Bigin has really helped us with selling our monitoring services to our customers, which is primarily farmers in the UK. We often need to talk to customers before, during and after a sale, and Bigin helps us keep our contacts and leads organised as we track all these interactions. We recommend it very strongly
    Incentivized
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    Pipeline CRM PipelineDeals
    The user interface is simple and easy to navigate. Anyone who is overwhelmed with some of the more complicated CRM systems will definitely enjoy the simplicity of what PipelineDeals has to offer
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Zoho
    The support is all international and it takes a while to get support as you have to go through chats and set up times, not as easy to just call and get the support you need. They are very nice when you do finally connect with someone and they are knowledgeable, just challenging being international sometimes.
    Incentivized
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    Pipeline CRM PipelineDeals
    Any time I have had questions or issues that have come up I've always been able to get a quick response and a resolution to what I was needing.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Zoho
    Simplicity Without Sacrificing Core Features
    Unlike full-scale CRMs that often feel overwhelming, Bigin by Zoho CRM provides a focused set of features that are perfect for managing deals, contacts, and activities. It’s not bloated, and that was exactly what we needed for a lean, fast-moving team.
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    Pipeline CRM PipelineDeals
    The cost is much better and it is much easier to use. Salesforce was way too robust and I never want to hire a consultant to set up a CRM. PipelineDeals CRM has the best visibility of our sales efforts.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Zoho
    • I was able to migrate from Hubspot CRM easily saving me hours of time
    • I have recieved 5 x replies to the email sequence i set up since i started using it
    • I have improved lead conversion by 5% so far
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    Pipeline CRM PipelineDeals
    • Has made us understand sales tactics that are working
    • Easily create forecasting on growth in multiple categories
    • Understand our process and what we need to improve on in closing deals
    Incentivized
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