Agile CRM vs. Shared Contacts for Gmail

Until the email issues are resolved I cannot recommend agile for any function. The email delivery rate has halved in the last six months and halved again in the last two with no resolution in sight. The customer service discussions start from zero information anytime suggesting agile are not writing notes or using a ticketing system to track customers' complaints. This results in our staff having to send emails manually and f=defeating the purpose of the system.

When working with several people at the same time, being able to access the full directory [with Shared Contracts for Gmail] makes things 100% easier. Provides a faster look at the company wide directory and grants access to contact whoever is needed. Now if its a company like mine; merged between two, sometimes it becomes a little complicated, due to the fact that it doesn't recognize some email domains (outlook based) and can cause problems sometimes when sending emails (you get an undeliverable email response, and sometimes the emails do get send and other they don't). And they won't pop-out as easy as a recommendation. First you would get the gmail based email and then the 'outsider' email.

Incentivized

• The set-up was simple. We ran into a snag with my domain verification, but Agile support worked with me to get it resolved.
• I love being able to create several scripts based on persona. You can easily use a rule to display the appropriate script for each contact.
• Even team members new to CRM were able to grasp it and be efficient within a few hours - it's simple to navigate.

Incentivized

• It has helped us save a considerable time.
• A simple way to share your connection with other Gmail users.
• It provided us with a centralized contact list that anyone could use instantaneously.
• The ability to share connections encourage you to have everyone's contact information at your fingertips without having to look them up.

Incentivized

• The email template building tool is inflexible although it is simple to use and looks nice if you can work within its parameters.
• Customer Support is not committed to finding answers and providing the best solutions. Many times each support person has a different answer or fixing a bug will take up to 2 weeks to address. They do not seem to understand that they are an online marketing platform that requires solutions within hours (or maybe days) and not weeks.
• At some point in mid-2021, the process for sending out emails to 10s of thousands of contacts stopped functioning as simply and effectively as it had in the past. My staff (which I use as test cases) was no longer receiving emails, even though it showed in the system that they had received it (and no, it wasn't in spam). The bandaids that they provided me would work for one or two mailings and then stop working again. I was regularly trying to get customer support to find my answers but they were never able to solve my problem. The basic functionality that I appreciated - sending out nicely formatted email newsletters - is now completely gone and the platform is useless for our needs.
• The reporting tools are awful and poorly configured. Querying on groups of people is inconsistent and inaccurate. There is no segmentation feature that I found that was actually effective.

• I have been looking for a way to share our contacts within our organization for a while now. This process really improves how we were doing it within Google Sheets.
• My only negative is that it has taken so long for it to be functional within Google.

Incentivized

There was a little bit of a learning curve and some bumps along the way to managing this platform, but AgileCRM appears to be responsive to any challenges that arise, which I consider to be of vital importance.

Incentivized

The tool has an affordable cost and is better than some market competitors. For delivering a great experience with a friendly user interface, low price, great technical support and several features that contribute to IT, sales and marketing teams, I recommend Agile CRM to friends and colleagues looking for such a solution.

Incentivized

The training sessions are very helpful, because you have specialist that is available to answer any questions, guide you and coach you on how to dominate a certain feature of the platform. That being said,Whenever I have an issue that needs to be resolved, I can send email or call a support line. I usually use the support line.

Incentivized

The performance of AgileCRM has been acceptable to date. I'm pleased with the ability to modify leads in the system and search for them and add groups to campaigns.

Incentivized

The support is good but most of them are in India so heavy accents but if you can work past that they are very helpful and get the job done. What's good about that is they offer all types of hours for support not just 9-5 which I liked because I was able to get to support when I was building in the late-night hours when I couldn't get something to work.

Incentivized

Each section of the AgileCRM platform has an instructional video that describes in detail all of the features of that section. I found this to be very instructional way to learn about each section. Whenever I had more questions, I could always schedule a conference call with a tutor..

Incentivized

Once I get everything set up, everything started to flow and I can see the major benefit of this platform to my business

Incentivized

Agile CRM is an all-in-one CRM tool that is easy to use and cost-efficient depending on your business needs. Agile is a very effective CRM system and can quickly access your customer/prospect information. Agile's ability to integrate the marketing automation, CRM, telephony, and analytics with current company procedures and solutions makes it difficult to consider other similar tools.

Incentivized

Shared Contacts for Gmail is amazing to use when you need a lot of contact information on the go. If there's a medium level organization that needs a contact network that is easily accessible for remote work. I wouldn't recommend this for organizations whos works are based on leads and immediate revenue.

Incentivized

This products Starts with a free Limited version. You can upgradeTo an affordable paid version with minimal features. There's also an enterprise version which is what I have. It's much more expensive, however it allows me to access the full range of features available.

Incentivized

• It may be me but I spent a disproportionate amount of time figuring out how to derive more ROI from Agile CRM. The functionality and facilities were there but I eventually gave up as it was taking too much time and attention.

Incentivized

• Ease of contacts syncing across various device types helped minimize the tech support calls into our helpdesk
• Easy to use/self-help tutorials helped minimize the need to train end users
• Helped standardize the platform for the targeted business units