Capsule CRM vs. Freshsales

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Capsule CRM
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Capsule is a CRM solution for businesses of up to 1,000 employees. The vendor boasts over 10,000 businesses globally as customers, who choose it as the platform to deliver success across their sales and customer facing teams. Capsule is presented as easy to use and quick to adopt. It also integrates with a growing range of popular apps, including Google G Suite, QuickBooks, MailChimp and Zapier. A free trial is available, and paid plans are available from $18 per user, per month.
$18
per month per user
Freshsales
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Freshsales is a sales force automation solution for sales teams. It provides features that help salespeople to attract quality leads, engage in contextual conversations, drive deals with AI-powered insights, and nurture customer relationships. With built-in email, phone, chat, and telephony, Freshsales gives sales teams more time for selling by automating the sales process. It includes Freddy AI, salespeople can get insights into the best deals to go after and what actions to take and predict…
$11
per month per user
Pricing
Capsule CRMFreshsales
Editions & Modules
Professional
$18
per month per user
Teams
$36
per month per user
Enterprise
$54
per month per user
Growth
$11
per month per user
Pro
$47
per month per user
Enterprise
$71
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing.
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Capsule CRM
Chose Capsule CRM
We chose Capsule CRM over Zoho CRM due to the various modules that it would take for Zoho CRM to work for our firm. Additional Zoho modules would have been needed (Zoho CRM and Projects) to make it work for us which in turn requires additional management. With Capsule CRM, …
Chose Capsule CRM
  • Easy to signup and ease of use for small business use cases.
  • Non-aggresive (a good thing) sales team helps clients try it out at their own pace.
  • Only the key important featuers are visible on the screen which matter. Helps with lesser confusion with carry out simple tasks.
Chose Capsule CRM
because the customer support is very responsive and every problem is resolved efficiently and quickly.
Chose Capsule CRM
UNLIKE OTHER CRM, Capsule CRM incorporates the latest business technologies into a single solution. It is the best application for promoting our business. The level of communication with clients is outstanding. We can get a quick and accurate read on anything by simply …
Chose Capsule CRM
Capsule CRM is an excellent application to compensate for the latest business technologies in one solution as compare to other Oracle CRM. There is nothing as good as this application in forming a solid framework for business promotions. The communication with clients is …
Chose Capsule CRM
We simply could not afford to use the other platforms and felt this was the best choice for now! And, we're really happy with our decision because it includes everything we had wanted, and at a better price. We refer a lot of clients to this product and train them on how to use …
Chose Capsule CRM
Capsule CRM feels modern, quick and on-the-ball with its layout, features and integration options. It also has an intuitive feel making it easy to adopt from an alternative system.
Chose Capsule CRM
I also looked at Less Annoying CRM. However, capsule integrated with G-suite better, looked better to use and had a free version.
Chose Capsule CRM
It stacks up pretty well in basic features but lags behind in terms of CRM features and support, there is a lack of features as compared to the multitude of these software and support only exists over mail, a live chat feature would be much appreciated, integration with …
Chose Capsule CRM
We have researched various other programs including Zoho CRM, HubSpot, Salesforce and Insightly. Each has its pros and cons, but we chose Capsule CRM due to their integration with our email marketing and accounting software and the scalability of the product for our small …
Chose Capsule CRM
Capsule CRM is a great lightweight CRM that is easy to use and has all the features a small CRM would need. The free version is really great for a company not ready to start paying for a CRM but just needs to use a CRM for a feature like contact management.
Chose Capsule CRM
CRM Is by far the best CRM I have used for small businesses. However, I find Pipedrive the better option for bigger businesses.
Chose Capsule CRM
SuiteCRM, & SugarCRM were the other final contenders when I chose Capsule CRM. I don't remember what was the final factor in making a decision, but I know that the amount of database you can get for free was really my main consideration, and the ability to grow into the paid …
Chose Capsule CRM
Salesforce was a complete failure for us because it did way too much. The learning curve was too steep, it was too expensive, and it didn't fit us overall (we're a very small business).
Insightly was clumsy and didn't have the flexibility (and huge amount of integrations) that …
Freshsales
Chose Freshsales
There is a bit of learning curve required for SugarCRM and Microsoft Dynamics.
Also, admin activities are not easy to navigate and understood, wherein it is very simplified, easy to learn in the case of Freshsales.
Chose Freshsales
Freshworks CRM provides more user tools, whereas Zoho CRM is more of a database. Freshworks CRM is more interactive with reporting, task reminders, deal stage flow charts and more to keep clients better organized and moving through the sales process. Zoho CRM did not meet all …
Chose Freshsales
It's Was Quite easy to implement accross the organization which was not the Case with Microsoft dynamics.
It is used Much efficiently with the Mobile and Transparency among the different departments was Clear.
Chose Freshsales
Freshworks CRM looks fresh (No pun intended) and feels 3 dimensional. Zoho CRM is good too, but I'd recommend Freshworks for its pricing and how customizable it is. You get immediate assistance from the Freshworks team and is just a click away. You also get faster response on …
Chose Freshsales
What sold me was the ability to integrated the sales engagement with the CRM to have everything in one place.
Chose Freshsales
We are a smaller company and simply were not seeing the value in what we were paying Salesforce. We needed a robust opportunity and lead management system that was affordable and [Freshworks CRM (formerly Freshsales)] has provided us with that. We are now able to track leads, …
Chose Freshsales
I haven't used Hubspot or Salesforce myself, but I compared the pricing and as you scale up both of those other services are overpriced compared to Freshsales. Once you get started with a CRM it's very difficult to switch, so I recommend starting with Freshsales so you can …
Chose Freshsales
For what we needed, Microsoft's product wasn't even close. Terribly expensive, difficult to set up and maintain.
Chose Freshsales
Price, special offers
Support in our local place via partners
Simplicity of use
Chose Freshsales
Zoho CRM: very very slow and cumbersome to use
Salesforce: It is a giant with a lot of features, but very complicated for an SMB
HubSpot: Lacks lots of advanced features that Freshsales has
Chose Freshsales
Freshsales stacks up almost at the same pricing and feature set but does fall short in 3rd party API integration as compared to several of the above listed software, but is still the only one available free of cost entirely if a small firm or a startup requires itself not to …
Chose Freshsales
Freshsales was better than all the above for us but tied with Zoho. Zoho won because of its countless add-on apps, not because of price. However, price-wise, it was better than all the rest for what you get with Freshsales. For us, the main benefit of Freshsales was …
Chose Freshsales
Definitely, with Salesforce, you can obtain a lot more integrations, reports, customizations, but Freshsales can assure the control of your sales targets perfectly for one-third of the SalesForce price.
Chose Freshsales
Freshsales is more cost-effective and easier to navigate than salesforce. It also doesn’t punish you for growing from a startup to SME (salesforce prices quadruple when you go into the next bracket of users). On top of this, the support from Freshsales is brilliant, and you can …
Chose Freshsales
I think there isn't really a comparison. Freshsales was the clear winner when it came to choosing our CRM. From a cost to benefit ratio, it just wasn't an option to go with anything else. It is the most used application within our company. We do a Freshsales clean up every …
Chose Freshsales
Freshsales had more features, especially the ability to do email campaigns, which was a key feature for me. That was a deal-breaker. Pipedrive had a nice UI and was easy to use, but it was mostly focused on pipeline management, so overall it lacked many of the features found in …
Chose Freshsales
I haven't used other products. We are currently very happy with FreshSales.
Chose Freshsales
It's definitely a good platform for companies with a manageable sales team size.
Chose Freshsales
We chose Freshsales for the Email campaign and tracking feature, the ease of product managing, and pricing.
Chose Freshsales
Freshsales is easier to use and cheaper.
Features
Capsule CRMFreshsales
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Capsule CRM
7.1
Ratings
8% below category average
Freshsales
10.0
Ratings
26% above category average
Customer data management / contact management8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Workflow management7.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Territory management6.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Opportunity management8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Contract management8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Quote & order management6.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Interaction tracking7.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management6.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
Capsule CRM
8.4
Ratings
11% above category average
Freshsales
-
Ratings
Case management8.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Call center management8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Help desk management8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Capsule CRM
8.5
Ratings
11% above category average
Freshsales
10.0
Ratings
27% above category average
Lead management8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Email marketing9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Capsule CRM
7.7
Ratings
1% above category average
Freshsales
10.0
Ratings
27% above category average
Task management9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting7.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Capsule CRM
7.0
Ratings
8% below category average
Freshsales
10.0
Ratings
28% above category average
Forecasting7.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Pipeline visualization8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Customizable reports6.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Capsule CRM
7.4
Ratings
1% below category average
Freshsales
7.0
Ratings
7% below category average
Custom fields7.00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Custom objects6.00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Scripting environment8.60 Ratings00 Ratings
API for custom integration8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Capsule CRM
9.0
Ratings
8% above category average
Freshsales
10.0
Ratings
18% above category average
Single sign-on capability9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Capsule CRM
7.0
Ratings
5% below category average
Freshsales
-
Ratings
Social data7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Social engagement7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Capsule CRM
7.5
Ratings
2% above category average
Freshsales
-
Ratings
Marketing automation8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Compensation management7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Capsule CRM
8.0
Ratings
9% above category average
Freshsales
9.0
Ratings
20% above category average
Mobile access8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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10.0
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Usability
8.6
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10.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.6
(0 ratings)
7.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Capsule CRMFreshsales
Likelihood to Recommend
Using Capsule CRM, businesses can have a perfect CRM solution without the risk of being forced to pay on a monthly subscription basis. Compared to other customer relationship management apps, it has a wide range of unique features. Functional and cost-effective are the main advantages. Because we're a small company, its simplicity appeals to us greatly. For a limited time, start-ups can store up to 250 contacts in the free version. Capsule CRM is well-suited to Gmail and offers many other integration possibilities. Even though it lacks some more powerful CRM features, the Capsule platform makes up for this with a widespread list of integrations.
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Generally speaking for small to mid sized team I really cannot recommend it enough. It has an excellent feature set, good amount of integrations, fairly customisable and backed by solid support. And the pricing is very competitive too. I feel like if your team is larger than that, you might want to look at other alternatives but for teams that size, its really perfect.
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Pros
  • Capsule is very easy to use. You can just jump in and learn as you go. There are advantages to really learning the ins and outs, but for those who aren't sold on a CRM to begin with it's good for just getting them started. It is what you make of it--you can use the most basic features or really dive in to the many functionalities.
  • The UI is clean and intuitive. We don't get easily overwhelmed while using it.
  • Capsule has a very robust contact management system. It allows for the generation of very specific lists within existing contacts, which is good if the user has to keep track of thousands of individuals and companies. There is a tagging feature that is great for further organizing contacts.
  • I like that there is a simple workflow option. I encourage the sales guys to make use of this "Tracks" feature, and they often do (but if they don't, it's not the end of the world, which is nice). It provides custom sets of tasks that are created as soon as you start an opportunity or a case.
  • Capsule has a LOT of integrations, which is great if you're looking to expand what you do with your CRM. We got Capsule just to keep track of the sales pipeline, but now that everyone's on board with the concept of a CRM (they weren't sold at first!) we can look into implementing more robust programs that can "talk to" Capsule.
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  • Leads: organization, capture, integration
  • Sales: organization, intelligent data about metrics, forecast
  • APIs are very simple and stable to use, Zapier and 3ªpart integrations provided
  • User experience, almost no training is needed to use the solution, more over, a great app for iOS and Android
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Cons
  • Its integration with Mail chimp is not smooth. Also, it does not allow to list contacts alphabetically which is a great downside of this tool. It does not contain some essential marketing features.
  • It needs to improve the user interface and make it more productive especially on the calendar view.
  • The contact sorting is quite disappointing. It would be nice if it allows users to set screen filters.
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  • Persistent and pervasive down time
  • Lack of scalable integrations with data source (e.g., their Segment integration is barely functional and they won't improve it)
  • Slow and unhelpful customer service
  • Account management doesn't understand our business or what we're trying to accomplish
  • Email campaign feature is barely functional and only allows you to have 10 campaigns, even with the most expensive plan
  • Lead and contact records have gone missing and FreshSales is unable to recover data
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Usability
  • Ease of use for small business owners who have very less time to learn how to use a CRM.
  • Mobile application is nice and clean with key features being highlighted. Helps to update them on the go.
  • Free plan has good features which helps with client buyin after setting it up and the client trying the setup out before making a purchase.
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I would give Freshworks CRM's overall usability a 7 out of 10. Although the software has improved since we first obtained it, it still could use improvements to make functionality more intuitive and easier for the average user. It is not that challenging but there is definitely a learning curve
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Support Rating
Capsule CRM effectively specifies the causes of any project's disadvantage and problem-solving. This application is effortless because of its genuine approach to business empowerment. Everything is easily accessible with a single click. Our clients will appreciate our technical and user-friendly promotions. Furthermore, it is well worth our company's time to run.
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When you initially log in to Freshworks, you get snippets to guide you on how to set up. You have a chat option on every page so you can reach out to the support agent and get your issues resolved in real time. The agents are fast, responsive, and experienced in handling even a person who introduced CRM to the world...
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Alternatives Considered
  • Easy to signup and ease of use for small business use cases.
  • Non-aggresive (a good thing) sales team helps clients try it out at their own pace.
  • Only the key important featuers are visible on the screen which matter. Helps with lesser confusion with carry out simple tasks.
  • Free plan is one of the best on offer to try it out.
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We are a smaller company and simply were not seeing the value in what we were paying Salesforce. We needed a robust opportunity and lead management system that was affordable and [Freshworks CRM (formerly Freshsales)] has provided us with that. We are now able to track leads, opportunities and funnels easily and quickly report on these to senior staff who rely on this information for their board meetings.
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Return on Investment
  • Capsule CRM software not only interprets with resource planning but maintains the customer relationship at its peak.
  • This software is altogether a big package to promote and control the business movements on a high scale
  • This application tends to work with all versions but, there is no plan to cop up with the R13 version so, the latest version should have all effects to compensate for the business dealings.
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  • Freshsales has definitely had a positive impact on our sales. It's difficult to nail down the ROI it has generated, but it's well worth the cost.
  • The savings is mostly in time spent on lead and client follow up, so we can handle more leads and projects with a smaller team.
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