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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Insightly

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/AInsightly is presented as a modern, affordable CRM that is easy to use, simple to customize, and that scales with companies as they grow, designed to solve common pain points that legacy CRMs can't. Available in any vertical, Insightly CRM customers can add companion products for marketing automation, customer service, and integrations in the same platform. Insightly has more than a million users worldwide.

    $348

    per year per user

    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

    Score5.2 out of 10
    N/ASugar Sell from SugarCRM is a collaborative CRM, allowing users to track and monitor activities, map each customer’s journey. Sugar Sell replaces former editions of the SugarCRM product, including the SugarCRM Community Edition, the open source edition, which is discontinued.

    $19

    per month per user (3 users minimum, billed annually)

    Pricing
    InsightlySugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Editions & Modules
    Plus
    $29
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Professional
    $49
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Enterprise
    $99
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Essentials
    $19
    per month (billed annually) per user (3 user minimum, 9 user maximum)
    Standard
    $59
    per month (billed annually) per user (10 User Minimum)
    Advanced
    $85
    per month (billed annually) per user (10 user minimum)
    Premier
    $135
    per month (billed annually) per user (10 user minimum)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    InsightlySugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    InsightlySugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Considered Both Products
    Unbounce
    Chose Insightly
    Came down to one issue: cost. Honestly, we have already made such an investment in training staff persons and otherwise integrating Insightly with some of our other software that the cost has now become a barrier to entry for our first choice CRM (at least for now) since we'd …
    Incentivized
    Chose Insightly
    Out of all of the CRM systems that I tried, I was most impressed with Insightly and Nimble. Insightly was very easy to use and was not as "clunky" for me to use as HubSpot and SugarCRM. The email integration for insightly is smooth. I like the ability to CC your Insightly …
    Incentivized
    Chose Insightly
    Easier to use and free.
    Incentivized
    Chose Insightly
    The number one reason is it was very simple and easy to use. Another important factor is the price - it was reasonably priced compared to other software. Outlook integration was the other feature, which seemed simple. The mobile app is easy to use, similar functionality as a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Insightly
    We stayed with insightly because it suited our needs and our platform was already built in there.
    Incentivized
    Chose Insightly
    Apart from the correct functionality, the price was right, the product was well marketed and the learning curve was short! The online training/learning materials are great.
    Incentivized
    Chose Insightly
    Insightly has a better cost-functionality.
    Incentivized
    Chose Insightly
    It's great at the basics, and the price is right.
    Incentivized
    Chose Insightly
    It was easier.
    Incentivized
    Chose Insightly
    Add to that list quite a few more - but these were the ones that stood out and lasted longer in the evaluation process. Can't remember specifically why we chose Insightly in the end, but we did a lot of testing before we did, and there were several points where other solutions …
    Incentivized
    Chose Insightly
    I looked at other systems like Zoho, SugarCRM. I had seen interesting videos about Insightly and had read through a detailed article written by a customer showing how to perform the setup of the funnel and tasks.

    Overall, I was impressed with the ease of use of Insightly. And …
    Incentivized
    Chose Insightly
    Salesforce and Sugar CRM - they don't come close!!!
    Incentivized
    Chose Insightly
    Insightly still feels more simple to use - not so 'step complex' ... and gives me quick access to the things that I need ....
    Incentivized
    Chose Insightly
    I like Insightly because it's easy to get started and relatively simple to get installed in your business. I like ProsperWorks' intuitive interface and how it aims to give you a snapshot of what is happening, and what needs to happen next. I feel like Insightly is missing a bit …
    Incentivized
    Chose Insightly
    • Mobile integration was the best.
    • Creating links between objects is made very easy.
    • Very easy to customize.
    Incentivized
    Chose Insightly
    I wasn't involved in the selection of which CRM my client chose. Insightly was already implemented when I started working with my client.
    Incentivized
    SugarCRM
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    96 Answers
    70%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    85 Answers
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    96 Answers
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    61 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    72 Answers
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    InsightlySugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Insightly and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Insightly
    7.3
    400 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    4.8
    33 Ratings
    46% below category average
    Customer data management / contact management8.6383 Ratings5.032 Ratings
    Workflow management6.6351 Ratings6.028 Ratings
    Territory management6.874 Ratings6.026 Ratings
    Opportunity management8.7349 Ratings7.026 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)6.7357 Ratings7.029 Ratings
    Contract management6.521 Ratings3.026 Ratings
    Quote & order management8.364 Ratings4.024 Ratings
    Interaction tracking5.8312 Ratings3.030 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management7.724 Ratings2.025 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Insightly and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Insightly
    7.1
    13 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    2.3
    24 Ratings
    106% below category average
    Case management7.011 Ratings3.024 Ratings
    Call center management7.28 Ratings2.019 Ratings
    Help desk management7.19 Ratings2.017 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Insightly and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Insightly
    4.9
    312 Ratings
    43% below category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    5.5
    25 Ratings
    32% below category average
    Lead management5.3298 Ratings6.022 Ratings
    Email marketing4.4245 Ratings5.023 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Insightly and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Insightly
    6.2
    385 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    3.0
    28 Ratings
    87% below category average
    Task management6.3374 Ratings4.026 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management6.039 Ratings3.018 Ratings
    Reporting6.4321 Ratings2.024 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Insightly and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Insightly
    7.5
    343 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    3.3
    28 Ratings
    79% below category average
    Forecasting7.092 Ratings3.024 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization8.0321 Ratings2.025 Ratings
    Customizable reports7.5307 Ratings5.027 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Insightly and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Insightly
    6.2
    345 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    5.5
    29 Ratings
    31% below category average
    Custom fields6.4344 Ratings6.029 Ratings
    Custom objects6.1105 Ratings5.026 Ratings
    Scripting environment6.86 Ratings6.019 Ratings
    API for custom integration5.5178 Ratings5.025 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Insightly and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Insightly
    8.0
    295 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    5.5
    27 Ratings
    41% below category average
    Single sign-on capability7.8262 Ratings5.021 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.2197 Ratings6.026 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Insightly and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Insightly
    7.4
    90 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    3.0
    19 Ratings
    84% below category average
    Social data6.825 Ratings3.019 Ratings
    Social engagement8.078 Ratings3.016 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Insightly and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Insightly
    6.0
    146 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    4.5
    19 Ratings
    48% below category average
    Marketing automation6.9146 Ratings5.019 Ratings
    Compensation management5.14 Ratings4.013 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Insightly and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    Insightly
    4.7
    310 Ratings
    44% below category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    4.0
    20 Ratings
    59% below category average
    Mobile access4.7310 Ratings4.020 Ratings
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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
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    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Daylite
    Score7.6 out of 10
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    Score7.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    InsightlySugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.1
    (420 ratings)
    2.0
    (59 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.2
    (33 ratings)
    8.2
    (26 ratings)
    Usability
    7.4
    (156 ratings)
    3.0
    (10 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    7.9
    (25 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (34 ratings)
    9.1
    (12 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (26 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.9
    (18 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.4
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    InsightlySugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Unbounce
    If a business has a simple workflow for purchasing a product or service for a customer and they want to keep track of this workflow then Insightly is very useful. The more complex a business operation is then Insightly starts to become difficult to use. I would recommend Insightly for small and medium sized businesses. Large businesses might have issues delegating tasks across many different users in a large company
    Incentivized
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    SugarCRM
    Sugar CRM is a good tool, but it's complex to customize. It often requires expensive 3rd partners to implement more complex scenarios that SugarCRM struggles to support; coming back with explanations was usually time-consuming and unsupported. The back end is overly complex in terms of what it needs to be, with many redundant database tables and columns.
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    Pros
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    • The ability to set up filters to generate lists based on just the categories I am interested in.
    • It's integration with our sales data so we can see customer spending trends across multiple years and seasons.
    • The ability to circle back to previous email correspondence to refresh on past conversations with individual clients.
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    SugarCRM
    • Great way to keep myself organized. I do not miss appointments with clients since within the system I can input my appointment time and also send out a reminder to my clients.
    • It has a nice layout [that] does not seem to be cluttered. I find it to be very user friendly.
    • It has customizable dashboards which I find beneficial
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    Cons
    Unbounce
    • Once you are immersed in the platform, for all of its integration kudos, the platform became "intuitive" if that is the right word for it. There was some push back from staff on deployment.
    • The service and support team at Insightly was very responsive, but it seemed as if they had fielded similar complaints, and slower learning curves than we expected.
    • Unfortunately, while all has worked out nicely now and we are very happy with the platform, we had to have additional instruction time for all the staff during onboarding as workflows, dashboards, and pipelines were more time intensive than expected on the demo.
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    SugarCRM
    • The back-end programming (logical hooks) for advanced customizations could benefit from a more user-friendly interface
    • General layout could be improved by the addition of modern templates to customize the standard look and feel
    • Support communities could be further improved with the addition of videos on how to do specific configuration, modules.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Unbounce
    Insightly offers a great product; it's the right fit for our company at this time. We were, however, considering moving to Contactually due to their cost effective automation features. However, they lacked the project management capabilities of Insightly. As our company grows, we would love to stay with Insightly - and if they can nail the automation and add the ability to customize a little bit more, it would be the perfect solution for us. For a larger company with a more involved sales team, you might find the metrics/reporting to be a bit basic. Insightly offers great customer service even to free customers
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    SugarCRM
    Our organization will continue to use Sugar as long as it remains cost effective and it addresses the majority of our needs. I will, however, recommend looking into other options once our needs increase and there is additional budget for some bigger named and more robust platform options. I feel if the application was friendlier to end users we would get better productivity as well.
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    Usability
    Unbounce
    Some items are not easily accessible as an admin, and the number of available resources is outdated (video from 2017). For basic tasks such as updating prospects or contacts, it is fine. However, when you change the screen size, the system becomes less responsive, with tables often being difficult to read.
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    SugarCRM
    There's a learning curve associated with Sugar. Right away, it's not as easy as an out-of-the-box CRM. Once you learn how to use Sugar, the system fits what your needs are. With any other CRM, you'd be trying to figure out how your company can best fit the CRM. You don't want to change your business cycle for your CRM, the CRM should fit your business cycle.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Unbounce
    The provider is 100% available, with no downtime, maintenance, or unexpected outages. We have been able to perform solid continuous services for 12 months without any interruptions. We have backups as well, unlike the in-house backup that they keep on their end. I believe they have a very good redundancy and backup infrastructure in case they get any outages.
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    SugarCRM
    SugarCRM has never been down for us.
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    Performance
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    Pages normally load quickly, but every now and then, as entering updates to fields, it take a while to update. Sometimes even after refreshing the screen, we have to exit and go back in to get the fields or queries to update.
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    SugarCRM
    No response time issues ever. Very productive due to its ease of use.
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    Support Rating
    Unbounce
    We have used Insightly for almost 2 years now. We have always been able to get in touch with support for a variety of reasons and they have never disappointed us. The support staff have always been very understanding. They have assisted with answers to our questions and have provided great tech support. We would highly recommend them.
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    SugarCRM
    The support overall at least for us has been phenomenal. Anytime that the system has any Issues at all IT gets in contact from someone from support to get the system back up and running. Have never gone more than 30 minutes with the system not working. So overall I will be definetely recommending this system in any other company that I may work for in the future.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Unbounce
    Well, we didn’t get the chance to do this in-person training but rather one-on-one online training with HR in-house. There were PowerPoints to discuss as well as video instructions on how to use the app, so it was okay. We were able to play around with it during the training or onboarding session.
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    SugarCRM
    We feel clasroom training is essential to ensure user adoption and buy-in. Video and on-line training courses gave their place but being in a classroom setting enables the Team to make any potential CRM issues visble right up front.
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    Online Training
    Unbounce
    I've used Insightly's online training &/ or learned as I went. I've found the blogs and online written material helpful. I've also attended a few webinars, which can be useful if you use a J-I-T approach so as not to overwhelm you (or your staff) with functionality that you are using just yet. The fact that it's all available on their website and you can learn at your own pace is invaluable
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    SugarCRM
    Only part of an implemementation as noted previously.
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    Implementation Rating
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    did not participate in the implementation of this product did not participate in the implementation of this product did not participate in the implementation of this product did not participate in the implementation of this product did not participate in the implementation of this product did not participate in the implementation of this product
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    SugarCRM
    Study, study, and study. Be prepared to train everyday until all processes are flowing nicely. The CRM is the elephant and figuring out where to take the first bite can be a challenge. But there is only one way to eat this elephant, one bite at a time. Systematic planning is very important.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Unbounce
    Insightly is significantly better than Zendesk. It is easy to use, pleasant to look at, and makes sense. However, I don't think Insightly is fair now compared to Salesforce. Insightly can do many of the same things as Salesforce, but I've only started on some of these features. Insightly has excellent potential, and its support team drives me to make it what I believe it can be. For the price, I believe Insightly is worth it.
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    SugarCRM
    SugarCRM is a lot better in many ways then LogicsCRM which I started using when I started as a sales rep at Community Tax. Yet there is still room for a lot of improvements to accommodate a steady workflow. They integration of old CRM files seems to have worked great from Logics to Sugar.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Unbounce
    I don’t have the exact answers for this, but our accounting or finance department negotiates this. They always handle this kind of stuff and negotiate yearly licenses. Usually, they purchase 10 licenses in bulk and ask for a discount in bulk. Other than that, if there are any issues encountered on the app, they account for that. If it’s broken, that’s also taken into consideration when renewing the contract.
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    SugarCRM
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
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    (+) Being able to download my LinkedIn connections was a huge benefit. (+) I use the task function to stay on top of my follow-up activity which is another positive feature. (+) The sorting capabilities also help me pinpoint the contacts that I need to stay on top of. (-) When I add a new lead from an existing organization, I would like the organization's information to automatically populate the fields like address, website, description. I enter all that information manually. (-) My mass mailing experience has been tedious due to the email function being interrupted and crashing due to bad email addresses in some of my records. (-) Many of my leads do not have current email addresses. I wish Insightly offered a tool to help find email addresses. I spend too much time researching to find email addresses.
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    SugarCRM
    Works from 2-300 Users in our experience.
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    Professional Services
    Unbounce
    Our Customer Success Manager was great. A real professional and knowledgeable about the features and how they worked with our requirements
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    SugarCRM
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Unbounce
    • Positive Impact>Visibility is critical when it comes to taking proactive measures within the organization. The Insightly Tool has helped use with that which minimizes costs when it comes to rework. We can proactively plan for upcoming growth and identify areas of improvement.
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    SugarCRM
    • Overall seems to be more expensive than other subscription based CRMs.
    • Has positively impact our sales team to make more efficient and accountability among sales teams. Also allows for high level aggregated reporting
    • Has been impactful for all teams, not only sales to track individual activity on a daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis
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    ScreenShots

    Insightly Screenshots

    Screenshot of Insightly's lead status and activity tracking, available so that nothing falls through the cracks.Screenshot of the reporting feature, which provides insight into sales and productivity performance.Screenshot of the Insightly Opportunities dashboard.Screenshot of Insightly on mobile.Product screenshotProduct screenshot

    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) Screenshots

    Screenshot of a view of Sugar Sell's contacts listScreenshot of Sugar Sell's analyticsScreenshot of a Sugar Sell dashboard