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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Front

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AFront is a communication hub that helps businesses keep the human touch in every interaction.

    $29

    per month per user

    Sugar Serve

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASugarCRM offers Sugar Serve, a version of its CRM providing en emphasis on customer service automation, service case management, SLA management, customer self-service and includes the SugarBPM workflow tool to automate processes.N/A
    Pricing
    FrontSugar Serve
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $29
    per month per user
    Growth
    $79
    per month per user
    Scale
    $99
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Premier
    $229
    per month (billed annually) per seat (50 seat minimum)
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FrontSugar Serve
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount for annual pricing on Starter and Growth plans. Scale and Premier plans are annual price only.
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    Community Pulse
    FrontSugar Serve
    Considered Both Products
    Front
    No answer on this topic
    SugarCRM
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    20 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    FrontSugar Serve
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Front and Sugar Serve
    Feature
    Front
    -
    Ratings
    Sugar Serve
    8.9
    2 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Front and Sugar Serve
    Feature
    Front
    -
    Ratings
    Sugar Serve
    8.8
    2 Ratings
    11% above category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Front and Sugar Serve
    Feature
    Front
    -
    Ratings
    Sugar Serve
    8.9
    2 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    User Ratings
    FrontSugar Serve
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.5
    (28 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FrontSugar Serve
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Front
    I think Front is very useful for every company with multiple teams working together on different emails from clients. Not so useful if a lot of different teams need to work on a request at the same time, because when an email is sitting in multiple shared inboxes things can get messy. Also would not recommend for teams that work is individualized, as team work is the main point of Front.
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    SugarCRM
    The idea of Sugar Serve, is similar to SugarCRM, so I feel more comfortable implementing it, thanks to having used SugarCRM in the past. It allows us to change and adapt the design to be able to use it according to the needs of my department and according to the goals of our company. It is a great help to have the customization that Sugar Serve offers us. If we want to connect to an external service, we just contact our IT staff to develop a module that connects internally via API.
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    Pros
    Front
    • Even if you are just trying to compose a single email, Front gives a smart system that has options such [as] organized templates, tags, alerts, [and] changing your outbound dpt email.
    • Tasks- with Front you will not miss any interaction. When you are required to get assistance from a coworker, you only need to mention him/her and that notification will appear automatically in their inboxes.
    • Smart Notifications- sometimes we are just overwhelmed about the several notifications on our devices that we tend to miss some of them, but Front offers a new way to notify every email, discussion, mentioning, or tag that you really would not want to miss.
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    SugarCRM
    • Customizable messages.
    • Mood survey.
    • Auto response.
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    Cons
    Front
    • Their integration to Salesforce is lacking. As the owner of our productivity tools and how they are used, I have very little control over what things to enforce, or even change what objects are available. For example, we don't use Cases in Salesforce but with the Salesforce integration the Cases object shows up. There's no need to have that there. I've heard there is a roadmap improvement forthcoming.
    • One of our uses is for our sales development reps to prospect with visitors. Because of the high volume of inquiries it's difficult for our reps to efficiently manage all their follow ups. It would be nice if we could run a "scheduled campaign" where a predesigned cadence of email follow ups can be sent automatically. To be clear, they do have a scheduling capability, but it just can't be used as a prebuilt option.
    • Integrations to other systems require you have a user account to those systems. We have SSO and therefore we don't always have a user account. For example, out integration to Jira uses SSO so we don't each have individual Jira logins. This is an outage for us.
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    SugarCRM
    • The interface that works with other systems is not ready, it lacks extensibility by default.
    • It necessitates the presence of a responsible someone with some programming skills.
    • The problem is especially noticeable with custom objects. Elements that should be removed remain, or an error occurs, making it a bit useless.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Front
    We are very happy with Front and don't anticipate changing
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    SugarCRM
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Front
    It's very easy to understand and use by new customer support agents as well. Be it a technology, product, or marketing person, we have trained most of the company folks to read and respond to customer conversations in their free time with the help of the Front app. It is also easy to set up for an admin and manage his/her team with communication rules.
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    SugarCRM
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Front
    The support is good, and it's definitely prompt, but still lags when it comes to technical requirements, as I guess they are slow in developing newer features fast. So no complaints in terms of responsiveness, but yeah, at times it's not very helpful when you need certain features or are blocked on things which can't be unblocked.
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    SugarCRM
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Front
    This is something I am not familiar but it seems like it is [available] in Gmail. Thus I cannot give any feedback about it. What I am sure about is Front works for our team and I see Zoom using the service in the Customer Success Organization in a long run.
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    SugarCRM
    Its quick response, customer service, and ticketing service are the best.
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    Return on Investment
    Front
    • Saved our executive team considerable amount of time chasing support questions through different channels.
    • Gave our team clear accountability for who was lead on a support issue and how to escalate.
    • Customer regularly say our support is the best in the industry.
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    SugarCRM
    • The contents managed by Excel are migrated so that employees can consult and update them at any time from the browser.
    • It is simple and versatile, so it can be used both by the work team and in all departments involved in the system, simplifying the management of processes, and collaboration and documentation
    • It allows us to check visually and comprehensively, the status of the company and each of its members in an easy-to-understand way. Which facilitates decision-making and help desk CRM integration
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