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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

    Square Customers

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ASquare's Customer Engagement Suite, or Square Customers, is a suite of solutions that enables Square users to connect with existing customers, reach new ones, and grow relationships using tools that integrate with Square Point of Sale and Square Online.

    $0

    Pricing
    Bigin by Zoho CRMSquare Customers
    Editions & Modules
    Express
    $9.00
    per month per user
    Premier
    $15.00
    per month
    Bigin 360
    $21
    per month per user
    Customer Directory
    $0
    Gift Card Starter Pack
    $2
    per card (plus 2.6% + 10¢ processing fee)
    Email Marketing
    starting $15
    per month
    Text Message Marketing
    starting at $10
    per month
    Loyalty
    starting at $45
    per month
    Quick Cards
    from 99c
    per card (plus 2.6% + 10¢ processing fee)
    Custom Cards
    from 81c
    per card (plus 2.6% + 10¢ processing fee)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Bigin by Zoho CRMSquare Customers
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details20% discount for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Bigin by Zoho CRMSquare Customers
    Considered Both Products
    Zoho
    No answer on this topic
    Block, Inc (Square)
    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 CRMSquare Customers
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Square Customers
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    8.0
    79 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Square Customers
    7.1
    4 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Customer data management / contact management8.471 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Workflow management8.274 Ratings8.13 Ratings
    Opportunity management8.472 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)8.168 Ratings9.53 Ratings
    Contract management7.234 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Interaction tracking7.866 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings5.33 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings6.94 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings5.83 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Square Customers
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    7.7
    64 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Square Customers
    8.9
    2 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Lead management8.061 Ratings8.92 Ratings
    Email marketing7.356 Ratings8.92 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Square Customers
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    8.1
    66 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Square Customers
    7.9
    3 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Task management8.265 Ratings5.73 Ratings
    Reporting8.141 Ratings8.43 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings9.53 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Square Customers
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    8.2
    68 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Square Customers
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Pipeline visualization8.668 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Customizable reports7.761 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Square Customers
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    7.8
    72 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Square Customers
    6.9
    2 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Custom fields7.872 Ratings3.72 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Square Customers
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    8.5
    69 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Square Customers
    9.5
    3 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Single sign-on capability8.655 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.467 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Square Customers
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    8.3
    38 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Square Customers
    6.6
    2 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Social data8.337 Ratings6.32 Ratings
    Social engagement8.237 Ratings6.82 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Square Customers
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    7.9
    52 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Square Customers
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Marketing automation7.952 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Square Customers
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    8.1
    67 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Square Customers
    9.0
    3 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Mobile access8.167 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Bigin by Zoho CRM and Square Customers
    Feature
    Bigin by Zoho CRM
    -
    Ratings
    Square Customers
    6.8
    2 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Case management00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings6.82 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings6.32 Ratings
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    Bigin by Zoho CRMSquare Customers
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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 CRMSquare Customers
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (80 ratings)
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (51 ratings)
    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    7.6
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Bigin by Zoho CRMSquare Customers
    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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    Block, Inc (Square)
    Square is absolutely brilliant if you are just starting out and your business has both an in-person and an online component to it, as Square will solve both in-person POS and online booking/billing. Square also offers the option to create a free website for your company, though it is a very basic site, if you don't have a website yet, this is a VERY helpful option, as it takes away a huge cost. Square allowed us to be up and running in no time, taking away the need to worry about an expensive appointment-setting add-on from our current website provider (Square integrates quite nicely with our current site). Square is probably less ideal for more advanced users or companies with a need for more detailed inventory/service management. But even then, Square will more than likely be able to get the job done!
    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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    Block, Inc (Square)
    • Sales pipeline
    • Customer engagement
    • Marketing
    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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    Block, Inc (Square)
    • Some of the build quality on the peripherals could feel a bit better.
    • Have more options for businesses with more credit card transactions such as monthly or discounted per transaction once a certain number is reached.
    • Have functionality to allow for a typed card number without the higher fee if the software verifies there is a hardware/read error with the card.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Zoho
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    Incentivized
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    Block, Inc (Square)
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Block, Inc (Square)
    The user interface is easy to navigate - that's not always the case for some software! I look for something that is intuitive, easy to use, and doesn't take a ton of training to get up and running quickly.
    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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    Block, Inc (Square)
    Square is mostly focused on FAQs and online support, and they do a very good job creating a rich knowledge base. But, if you are not very tech savvy, it could be easy to feel a bit overwhelmed. I would recommend that they add a direct line or chat feature to call, rather than email or Knowledge base first. This might be due to staffing issues at Square, so perhaps it is the best they can do for now.
    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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    Block, Inc (Square)
    A lot easier to use than Infusionsoft!!
    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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    Block, Inc (Square)
    • This has allowed me to accept credit / debit transactions without having to have a monthly subscription to a service and lose money on times of no to little use, allowing me to have a broader customer range as checks are risky.
    • All of my initial equipment was free and there were no startup costs so my return was immediate.
    • The small fee taken out of the transaction is very much worth the ability to accept nearly all plastic transactions.
    Incentivized
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