Less Annoying CRM vs. Zendesk Sell

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Less Annoying CRM
Score 9.7 out of 10
N/A
Less Annoying CRM is a customer relationship management (CRM) solution built specifically for small businesses to help clients manage contacts and track leads.
$15
per month per user
Zendesk Sell
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Zendesk Sell (formerly Base CRM) is a CRM that aims to give reps access to integrated tools that provide the full context of a customer account. This keeps them in the loop and allows them to capitalize on opportunities. Zendesk Sell can be extended with Reach, a lead generation and engagement tool that automates the process of finding and keeping leads interested, so reps can focus more on building relationships and crushing their quotas. Base CRM was founded in 2009, and acquired by Zendesk…
$19
per seat/month billed annually
Pricing
Less Annoying CRMZendesk Sell
Editions & Modules
Always
$15
per month per user
Sell Team
$19.00
per seat/month billed annually
Reach prospecting enrichment add-on (requires a Sell Subscription)
$27.00
Per User Per Month (billed annually)
Sell Professional
$49.00
per seat/month billed annually
Sell Enterprise
$99.00
per seat/month billed annually
Sell Elite
$199.00
per seat/month billed annually
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Less Annoying CRMZendesk Sell
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsThe system is $15 per user per month. No hidden costs or fees, or paying unused functionality. No long-term contracts. The first 30 days with the product are free, and the vendor won’t ask for payment information until that trial period ends.
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Community Pulse
Less Annoying CRMZendesk Sell
Features
Less Annoying CRMZendesk Sell
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Less Annoying CRM
9.2
Ratings
18% above category average
Zendesk Sell
6.6
Ratings
15% below category average
Customer data management / contact management10.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Workflow management8.60 Ratings6.10 Ratings
Territory management8.80 Ratings4.90 Ratings
Opportunity management10.00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)8.80 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Contract management9.00 Ratings5.40 Ratings
Quote & order management8.80 Ratings3.90 Ratings
Interaction tracking10.00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management9.10 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
Less Annoying CRM
10.0
Ratings
28% above category average
Zendesk Sell
9.0
Ratings
18% above category average
Case management10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Help desk management10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Call center management00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Less Annoying CRM
8.7
Ratings
14% above category average
Zendesk Sell
6.9
Ratings
9% below category average
Lead management8.90 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Email marketing8.50 Ratings7.80 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Less Annoying CRM
9.1
Ratings
18% above category average
Zendesk Sell
5.3
Ratings
36% below category average
Task management10.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Reporting8.20 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Less Annoying CRM
9.1
Ratings
18% above category average
Zendesk Sell
8.2
Ratings
8% above category average
Forecasting9.20 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Pipeline visualization9.00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Customizable reports9.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Less Annoying CRM
9.0
Ratings
18% above category average
Zendesk Sell
4.2
Ratings
56% below category average
Custom fields9.10 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Scripting environment8.90 Ratings1.10 Ratings
API for custom integration9.10 Ratings3.00 Ratings
Custom objects00 Ratings4.90 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Less Annoying CRM
8.2
Ratings
11% above category average
Zendesk Sell
5.4
Ratings
30% below category average
Marketing automation8.20 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Compensation management00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Less Annoying CRM
9.7
Ratings
28% above category average
Zendesk Sell
8.0
Ratings
9% above category average
Mobile access9.70 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Less Annoying CRM
9.9
Ratings
17% above category average
Zendesk Sell
9.5
Ratings
13% above category average
Role-based user permissions9.90 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Less Annoying CRM
-
Ratings
Zendesk Sell
4.0
Ratings
59% below category average
Social data00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Social engagement00 Ratings6.90 Ratings
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User Ratings
Less Annoying CRMZendesk Sell
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
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10.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
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9.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(0 ratings)
8.9
(0 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.4
(0 ratings)
8.8
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Less Annoying CRMZendesk Sell
Likelihood to Recommend
Less Annoying CRM is an excellent system for us as we log everything we do with a customer and has easy access to the imfromation later. May sound "of course" but this is by far the easiest CRM I've ever worked with during my 30 years in sales. Follow-up and scheduling is easy managable as well as designing forms and fields our selves. Less Annoying CRM has a good list of plug'ins to other software for integrational puposes. Most important to us is support when needed. Less Annoying CRM excels in its support. Don't hesitate, it doesn't do everything, but get started and get surprised
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I think that for a company that creates any sales and needs to house their client information, the Base is perfect. The price of the program makes it completely worth the investment. And to be able to use customizations makes it possible for any business that does sales use Base for their orders. I would say for companies that use legal contracts or binding contracts for their business, Base may be too simple for their needs. We work in tandem with a company that always has contracts going back and forth, and the build out of the customizations here weren't really going to work for them.
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Pros
  • Simple, intuitive usage
  • Daily agenda emails
  • Ease of moving calendar / action items around, closing out
  • Customer service is extremely responsive, they don't hide behind a "contact us" form on their website as so many companies seem to do. You can readily reach them by phone!
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  • Integrates well with FullContact, Slack via Zapier, and Gmail and google calendar.
  • Excellent mobile app for iPhone lets salespeople have data at their fingertips and enter notes at conferences, in elevators, wherever.
  • Does all the basic things a salesperson needs to be productive, contacts capture, deal capture, documents, smart linking of contacts to deals, and nice reminder features.
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Cons
  • The one thing I was looking for is a place to manage multiple businesses with one project. Like if I am selling a "summer camp guide," I would like to have info for sales in one place with multiple contacts and businesses. LACRM customer service provided a workaround for me by suggesting I set up a specific pipeline for each project and them put each business in there. It is working great and, actually, a much better way to manage the project than I have originally intended.
  • I really don't have anything else to add. LACRM is perfect for us.
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  • There was no ability to add prospects from a company domain or email to auto-fill any data.
  • You had to type in all of the data you gathered about that prospect.
  • The default only gave you two phone numbers for the company, too few.
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Likelihood to Renew
Excellent product which meets my needs of a complex industry
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The integration with the other Zendesk products is key. Allows other people in the company, such as support, to be involved in the sales process.
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Usability
I knew nothing about CRMs, and within a day of purchasing Less Annoying CRM, I was able to set up my contacts list with custom fields. After a brief call to Customer Service, I was able to set up my first pipelines and understand how to use them. This CRM is so simple to use, and extremely versatile.
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I received about two hours worth of training on Zendesk Sell (formerly Base CRM). I will say it's a clean look and the ability to change views is extremely helpful. I do wish there were other features that allowed the views to be more simplistic. Some views can be overwhelming to look at. Nevertheless with the minimum training, I am still able to navigate through Zendesk Sell (formerly Base CRM) successfully due to the ease of usability.
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Reliability and Availability
No answers on this topic
Always available and easy connection from Zendesk Support
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Performance
No answers on this topic
Never any latency issues
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Support Rating
Customer support is fantastic with these guys, they’re always very prompt to answer, and the team is very personable and easy to work with. I can’t really say much more than that, my interactions have been fairly limited, but what interactions I had, I can see without a shadow of a doubt they were very enjoyable and swift in resolving my issues.
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Due to the ease of the product, I have not had the chance to reach out to support yet. I’ve had no reason. The resources provided to clients are extremely helpful and detailed. So far my questions have been pretty basic and I generally just ask my colleague or teammate. They're able to assist with the answer.
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Online Training
No answers on this topic
This product has a great backing of users, but needs more options direct from Base CRM on all operations of the software. YouTube videos do a great job of helping implement, and the back end support is a great help as well. The CRM is a great free option, and should be treated as such.
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Implementation Rating
After explaining that I was moving from Salesforce and the problems I was encountering, they took over and implemented the data in such a quick and efficient way, I was looking for the other shoe to drop but they did an amazing job so very impressed
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Simple, and straight forward.
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Alternatives Considered
Less Annoying CRM is so much easier to use and is at least as powerful if not more in the areas that matter to me as a small business owner. The way you do things in Less Annoying CRM are the ways that common sense would dictate you do them. It doesn't overcomplicate things to show how smart the engineers that designed it were.
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Zendesk Sell is not as robust as other leading CRM tools I have used in the past like Salesforce. Salesforce is the market leader and is always leading the way in innovation. Salesforce objects management is better simpler and allows the user to customize different screens and have different dashboards for reporting reasons. This is definitely a good alternative to Salesforce especially if you are currently using any other Zendesk products like Zendesk support.
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Scalability
No answers on this topic
Always on, always available.
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Return on Investment
  • Not just storage of information, but utilizing that information to build stronger relationships with clients
  • Because it's web-based, we can be at our desk or on the road and still have the full functionality of the CRM at our fingertips, which helps us keep focusing on sales!
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  • Increased efficiency with a central hub for all of our customer data.
  • Workflows are easy to set up and beneficial for us.
  • Received minimum training, therefore it's easy to navigate.
  • Reduced employee costs. Employees can spend more time completing other important tasks.
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ScreenShots

Less Annoying CRM Screenshots

Screenshot of The full-customizable Lead Report keeps you updated on every opportunity in your pipeline.Screenshot of Every contact and company has a profile that shows your entire history, along with any leads, files, events, to-dos, and more.Screenshot of Your Workspace is your homepage for your CRM. It give you a quick overview of everything that's going on.Screenshot of The full-customizable Lead Report keeps you updated on every opportunity in your pipeline.Screenshot of Our powerful web calendar allows you to stay on top of your events and to-dos and those of your co-workers.Screenshot of Our fully-featured mobile site means you can access your CRM from anywhere you have an internet connection.