GridBuddy Connect, from Validity, is a data productivity platform that keeps teams more focused on growing the business rather than updating data.
GridBuddy Connect combines data from separate systems into an editable, spreadsheet-simple view. Users finally have all insights they need in one place, and they can engage confidently using the right data.
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HubSpot CRM
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HubSpot’s CRM enables growth-minded businesses to optimize their relationships with leads and customers. Through harnessing the power of carefully crafted sales, marketing, customer service, content management, and operations tools, the software aims to make it easy to unify team strategy and drive conversion. Additionally, the software allows users to connect with over 875 integration apps, APIs, and solutions partners to create a customizable user experience that suits the way teams work.…
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Sales Force Automation
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Ratings
HubSpot CRM
7.6
1588 Ratings
1% below category average
Customer data management / contact management
00 Ratings
8.61530 Ratings
Workflow management
00 Ratings
6.81501 Ratings
Territory management
00 Ratings
4.9184 Ratings
Opportunity management
00 Ratings
7.71434 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)
00 Ratings
7.91545 Ratings
Contract management
00 Ratings
7.9185 Ratings
Quote & order management
00 Ratings
7.71048 Ratings
Interaction tracking
00 Ratings
8.51489 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management
00 Ratings
8.2186 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
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HubSpot CRM
7.8
1059 Ratings
3% above category average
Case management
00 Ratings
8.4985 Ratings
Call center management
00 Ratings
6.4854 Ratings
Help desk management
00 Ratings
8.6907 Ratings
Marketing Automation
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HubSpot CRM
7.6
1398 Ratings
0% above category average
Lead management
00 Ratings
8.01319 Ratings
Email marketing
00 Ratings
7.21330 Ratings
CRM Project Management
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HubSpot CRM
8.0
1449 Ratings
5% above category average
Task management
00 Ratings
9.11391 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management
00 Ratings
7.6722 Ratings
Reporting
00 Ratings
7.51282 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
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HubSpot CRM
7.3
1418 Ratings
4% below category average
Forecasting
00 Ratings
7.21118 Ratings
Pipeline visualization
00 Ratings
7.21347 Ratings
Customizable reports
00 Ratings
7.41307 Ratings
Customization
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HubSpot CRM
6.9
1354 Ratings
8% below category average
Custom fields
00 Ratings
7.91327 Ratings
Custom objects
00 Ratings
5.81153 Ratings
Scripting environment
00 Ratings
6.3132 Ratings
API for custom integration
00 Ratings
7.7943 Ratings
Security
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HubSpot CRM
8.1
1311 Ratings
3% below category average
Single sign-on capability
00 Ratings
8.31172 Ratings
Role-based user permissions
00 Ratings
7.91248 Ratings
Social CRM
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HubSpot CRM
5.9
896 Ratings
22% below category average
Social data
00 Ratings
5.7878 Ratings
Social engagement
00 Ratings
6.1868 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
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HubSpot CRM
8.1
1004 Ratings
10% above category average
Marketing automation
00 Ratings
7.1997 Ratings
Compensation management
00 Ratings
9.2655 Ratings
Platform
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1. Making broad changes to data, like moving ownership of records from one user to another for a new Sales Rep or a moved Sales Rep. 2. Making broad changes to data for product changes, product introductions and such (product naming changes, product description changes, etc.). I recently had to make a change to the name of a Product Option. Product Options are a sub-object related to Product. This name change was in 22 places. Okay, 18 [is] not a lot, but to make this change individually 22 times is still very tedious and takes too much of my time. Instead, I set up my Grid with the Object and sub-Object and made all 22 changes at once with a mass change. Piece of cake. And I don't have to go back to several of the records to see if the change was made successfully (something you have to do with Dataloader). I could see the effective change all at once on my Grid screen.
I am giving it a 9 rating out of 10 because it has saved my job and helped my team to cracks very big deals. Last year, we were supposed to give a presentation to a client as we were about to sign him for a project. The client asked for our numbers in a real meeting, but we hadn't prepared them for our presentation. I logged in to HubSpot CRM and created a small report that included the relevant numbers. This turned out to be a very good decision for our company, as we subsequently signed that client.
Reshapes the user Interface into an intuitive, clean, easy and thoughtful way, meaning Salesforce can be practically used for applications that (in my Opinion) salesforce was never designed for.
Mass updates are a God send, Leaving quick and meaningful notes, setting up meetings with clients or upcoming calls to maintain contact, all from the same screen without information overload... a real achievement.
Timeline view and conversation log is extremely helpful and an underrated feature; this is in addition to the entire user profile view.
Task management is simple but effective.
Deal and company tracking with stakeholder management inside companies / deals is very handy; we know what is happening even though we might not be directly working on it.
Gmail integration is quite smooth along with email tracking.
Does not allow users to create new Campaign Member records; we would like to be able to add multiple Campaign Member records to a Campaign in a Grid.
Does not allow users to create new Task records; we would like to be able to add multiple Tasks records related to the same user but multiple Opportunities and Contacts.
More of an integration issue I think than a problem with HubSpot CRM, but we have AirCall integrated for direct phone lines and synching with individual users for outbound calls. Opening Aircall to make an outbound call automatically generates a new client - unattached to a company record as an orphan.
Historical records with activities is awesome but when creating a deal it isn't always a choice to capture last 30 days of history. When it is an option and you click to add that to a deal you can see all the activity items and people who have done anything with the "file".
I would like to see more native options for automation.
- Easy of use - Visual nature of using the product (as compared to Dataloader) - Quickness of making changes/updates/edits to long lists of records, live and real-time
Thus far, our company has found HubSpot CRM to be a reliable service that serves its purpose well: a centralized business contacts database, accessible remotely, with a simple and visually-pleasing interface. Issues are non-existent or resolved quickly, and when the service is experiencing interruptions, notifications and/or updates are sent regularly.
- Ease of use - Real-time and visible nature of making mass changes - Ease of setting up a Grid - Ease of filtering the Grid to see the records that I need to change
I am giving it this rating because it has helped us keep track of leads, it saved us a lot of time by automating tasks, and it makes it easy for different teams to work together. It is user-friendly and has improved our approach to communicating with customers and closing deals.
Because when I needed help HubSpot responded immediately and provided me with the information I needed which enabled me to realize that HubSpot was even more customizable and easier to use than I thought! And I already thought HubSpot was very user friendly and easy to use, and then Support showed me how to manipulate the settings, columns and the appearance of the tool.
If you've had any prior experience with cloud based marketing automation or group communication tools, you can do the implementation without paid outside support. Though getting to a SLA (service level agreement) would be best achieved with the help of a third party who can facilitate
We've been using Hubspot for years and don't foresee making any changes away from it. It has been fully integrated into how our business operates. We ultimately selected HubSpot CRM because it had all the features and functions that our marketing, sales, and operations teams wanted. And it offered those features and functions at the right price point for our organization.