Apptivo vs. monday CRM

If you need a CRM system to help manage projects, this is a great option. Some of the other apps we didn't use such as accounting, etc. Because we only needed a basic system, we chose Apptivo. Also, because the price was right. Also if you need immediate support, Apptivo is great! If it's complicated though, it did get a bit challenging.

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I think it's a fantastic tool for a small business or startup. It has many of the same features as other CRMs, and my favorite thing about it are the pre-built Sales Dashboards that generate your forecast, pipeline, deal value, everything you would expect to see when analyzing your sales efforts. I think the parts of it that aren't as scalable are the outbound sales efforts with email. I don't think you can set up drip campaigns or automated workflows through monday the way you can through HubSpot and Salesforce.

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• Allows for various address lists to make sure contacts are in the correct category.
• Can assign contacts to different leads.
• Allows you to add notes and personal information for each contact.
• Program is all online, so it doesn't take up any space on your computer.

Incentivized

• It is very easy to use and logical. Teams and departments can collaborate together to work as one team.
• It is very useful in automating the processes of relevant departments.
• The field names, types, and data you enter can be customized as per your organization's requirements.

Incentivized

• Homescreen claims to be the center of the application however the sub sections are mostly flawed or do not function as one would expect.
• The built in email client kinda works but depending on which section of the app you are in the default font will be different from your signature. Also you cannot add a cell phone to staff signatures. I asked about this for months. It was never fixed. When will CRM companies learn that email is STILL the center of many business. It is unacceptable to have different fonts in the same mail and signatures that change from client to client.
• They frequently messed up our contact data.
• Multi currency exists on invoices but not on other apps.
• Fragmentation with their apps....some apps are still on version 3 some on 4 and some on version 5. This means you are forced to deal with 2 or more different user interfaces within the same app.
• No consistency between the apps.
• Often there is little or no integration between the apps inside Apptivo.

• Perhaps individual archive boards for individual boards - sometime's it's difficult to locate an archived item to account when something is done so until projects are finished, I often leave items on the board when it could be 'cleaner'
• More color shades for groups and labels
• Keep adding new widgets for dashboards to provide an even greater overview

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The CRM is like clay and as long as the user has a productive and driven mind you can supplement your organization as well as your company.

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Without a doubt, the best thing about Apptivo is that it has become a perfect internal and external communication platform. This platform will allow you to know who is taking care of certain tasks with clients and control all projects with your clients. With very affordable plans for your pocket, it has a free version for up to 3 users. It far surpasses quite a few CRMs in the same category. Apptivo CRM allows you to customize many details and work with it does not consume time or resources. You are faced with a very comfortable software to use, simple and well designed.

Incentivized

It was a little tricky when I first set up all of my automations and to kind of navigate my board and create it initially. So now that it's set up it's super easy to use so that's why I gave a seven in this rating.

Apptivo is always quick to respond whenever we have had a problem over out time of using the program. The customer service reps are always very polite and professional in their responses and are very knowledgeable! I have never gone to them with a problem that they don't do everything in their power to help solve, and most times they have (abbreviating states is the only issue we weren't able to solve).

Incentivized

We only ever needed to us the FAQs and quick google searches as everything we needed to do was very straightforward and intuitive to do. We found the simple and easy design and interface helped prevent having any issues. A colleague did need to reach out for help and stated that it was quick and useful

Incentivized

If you are starting a business and want a free app or nearly free app that can grow with you....then apptivo could be for you. However if you grow faster than them then you will be quickly seeking alternatives

It was very easy to start using. It is also safe to use lots of trial and error whilst setting up.

Incentivized

Although Constant Contact, Robly, and Mailchimp are more email based, they deal with contacts in a similar manner. Apptivo has more options for things like adding time limits to subscription, assigning leads to certain contacts, etc. Also, exporting addresses is a lot easier which comes in great handy for mailings and for CASS certifying the addresses

Incentivized

I personally perfer monday's interface to Asana's, although they are both very similar in concept. I also feel that monday is better suited for cross-functional project management, which is something necessary to the way Dr. Squatch operates. Asana may be better suited to companies who have smaller teams and a simpler scope of project management, but for a company with the complexity of ours, monday's customizable features and ease of visibility was the better suited platform for our needs.

Incentivized

• It allows me to get a vision of what is happening with the business
• control sales, marketing and customer service processes from a single point
• facilitates administrative tasks

Incentivized

• Better convertion rates, decreasing marketing overall costs to close new oportunities
• Decreasing the sales team cost, because people are more productive and you can get more results with less people
• Increasing the business growth rate, by helping focusing on growth and not only on sales

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