Vtiger vs. Workbooks

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Vtiger
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Vtiger is a customer relationship management (CRM) solution with sales and marketing automation, project management, and inventory management capabilities.
$28
per month per user
Workbooks
Score 4.9 out of 10
N/A
Workbooks offers cloud-based CRM, marketing automation and business applications to the mid-market. Workbooks includes order management and fulfillment, invoicing, and supplier management. Workbooks aims to provide a single 360° view of customers, where the information is accessible anytime, anywhere.
$30
per user/per month
Pricing
VtigerWorkbooks
Editions & Modules
One Professional - Single App
$28
per month per user
One Professional - Standard
$42
per month per user
One Enterprise - Single App
$42
per month per user
One Enterprise - Standard
$58
per month per user
Workbooks CRM Edition
$30
per user/per month
Workbooks Business Edition
$65
per user/per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
VtigerWorkbooks
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup Fee$10 / user / monthOptional
Additional DetailsDiscounts are provided for both annual subscriptions, and for high volume users.
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Community Pulse
VtigerWorkbooks
Considered Both Products
Vtiger
Chose Vtiger
It's not complicated and very easily to use compared to the CRM I used from my former company. There not too much to click just to finish the tasks. Easy to generate data for reporting.
Chose Vtiger
The selection of Vtiger as CRM wasn't on my hands. The decision was made before I arrived to the company. Nevertheless, I know that the pricing was one of the main reasons and the overall performance of Vtiger. It was feature on the top of Gartner's Magic Quadrant. And the …
Chose Vtiger
Synaptica is mainly for taxonomy, but it stores our product attribution as well, just like Vtiger. Vtiger is a more robust software, and stores product data beyond selling attributes. At our organization size, we like a program like Vtiger because it's more broad with more …
Chose Vtiger
VTiger had better overall cost and native capabilities that other solutions lacked. We used Nutshell CRM for over a year. It was a very efficient contact management system, but it seemed that if we needed to do anything but record contacts, we had to use an add-on. We spent a …
Chose Vtiger
Just being a user of Vtiger since I got hired at GB Advisors. Used those solutions on previous experiences, Microsoft Dynamics was deployed in my previous job for opportunity management, it was not so friendly as Vtiger, not sure if it was a bad deployment. Salesforce was used …
Chose Vtiger
SugarCRM is a very powerful CRM let down by a complex UI which means that most organizations would have trouble self-managing the database. leading to a high cost of ownership.
MailChimp is a great email marketing tool for databases below 2000 contacts as that is the point at …
Chose Vtiger
I have used MS Excel to manage such kind of operations but during reporting I faced lots of difficulties. Where in Vtiger CRM I got the most advantage out of MS Excel. It has a dynamic communication history system and a real time activity log where I can track the real time …
Chose Vtiger
The selection of vTiger was done by my management team to be able to see invoicing status in Quickbooks. Unfortunately, this feature has never worked but I think this might be a problem on our end, not a vTiger issue. We looked at Salesforce, HubSpot CRM, and ACT before making …
Workbooks
Chose Workbooks
We felt the high amount of customisation available from Workbooks was much more beneficial to us than the offerings from the larger CRM companies. We also liked the smaller company mentality of Workbooks as it reminded us of ourselves. Ultimately the price also paid a factor as …
Chose Workbooks
We selected Workbooks because it had a more powerful reporting engine and a much slicker way of managing the sales pipeline and territories. It also gave us the ability to manage the support contracts better and ensure that the support team knew exactly who was in an active …
Chose Workbooks
The ability to customize Workbooks really gave them the lead against the other products that we have used or that we considered when upgrading from the Base CRM system.
Chose Workbooks
I've only used SugarCRM, Workbooks is a much more sophisticated product. A huge step in the right direction and the company are much better organized now, all across the board. The reporting, lead and support management are much more reliable for our business. We can do a lot …
Chose Workbooks
Workbooks was the best overall value. It had the functionality the client needed at the best price and the quickest implementation set up and overall time frame.
Chose Workbooks
Workbooks is highly customizable, affordable, scalable, and a workhorse when it comes to being able to design a system to get things done. There is almost no limitations to what can be done with it, and even if you don't want to use their built in automation engine to design …
Chose Workbooks
Stacks up well against private sector CRM, membership MRM and fundraising management systems - We needed functionality only normally seen within one or another of these system types and we chose Workbooks due to the comprehensive nature of what it can do, ease of use, …
Chose Workbooks
For us, SFDC was like using a sledge hammer to crack a walnut. Plus the cost put us off.
CallPro CRM came a close second in our review, but what made us eventually go with Workbooks was the UI. It was a much more friendly environment to work in.
Chose Workbooks
Have worked with the likes of SugarCRM, Salesforce, Siebel, and some of their predecessors. Most of them are too much, too complex and too expensive. Have seen most of these implemenations fail. Buying these typically require much consultancy and much bespoke implementation …
Chose Workbooks
We were previously with Sugar and this served us well when we started with very little money and a few staff, however we quickly outgrew Sugar and additional functionality required custom work or 3rd party plugin's. We needed a scalable system that could grow with our business, …
Chose Workbooks
We looked at Salesforce and Sage, they were too heavy and the custom work required meant any change would be cost prohibitive.
Chose Workbooks
Much lower cost than both products Very favourable comparison in user experience with M'soft Better GUI than S'force
Chose Workbooks
Salesforce, Pivotal and Sugar. I find Workbooks much easier to use and more efficient.
Chose Workbooks
Haven't used any similar products.
Chose Workbooks
Easier to use…….and less expensive to customise.
Chose Workbooks
Sage CRM overall is a good product, but it's ease of use left something to be desired, especially with our administrative department that had little to no experience with CRM.
Another BIG PLUS of Workbooks.com over Sage is the fact that it's somewhere between 50% to 30% cheaper! …
Features
VtigerWorkbooks
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Vtiger
10.0
Ratings
26% above category average
Workbooks
7.7
Ratings
0% below category average
Customer data management / contact management10.00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Workflow management10.00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Opportunity management10.00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)10.00 Ratings6.40 Ratings
Contract management10.00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Quote & order management10.00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Interaction tracking10.00 Ratings6.40 Ratings
Territory management00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
Vtiger
9.5
Ratings
23% above category average
Workbooks
6.3
Ratings
18% below category average
Case management10.00 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Help desk management9.00 Ratings5.80 Ratings
Call center management00 Ratings6.80 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Vtiger
10.0
Ratings
28% above category average
Workbooks
7.3
Ratings
4% below category average
Lead management10.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Email marketing10.00 Ratings6.60 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Vtiger
10.0
Ratings
27% above category average
Workbooks
7.5
Ratings
1% below category average
Task management10.00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management10.00 Ratings6.80 Ratings
Reporting10.00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Vtiger
9.7
Ratings
25% above category average
Workbooks
8.6
Ratings
13% above category average
Forecasting10.00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Pipeline visualization10.00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Customizable reports9.00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Vtiger
9.3
Ratings
21% above category average
Workbooks
7.7
Ratings
3% above category average
Custom fields9.00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Custom objects10.00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
API for custom integration9.00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Scripting environment00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Vtiger
10.0
Ratings
31% above category average
Workbooks
6.6
Ratings
11% below category average
Social engagement10.00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Social data00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Vtiger
5.0
Ratings
38% below category average
Workbooks
4.2
Ratings
54% below category average
Mobile access5.00 Ratings4.20 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Vtiger
9.0
Ratings
8% above category average
Workbooks
7.5
Ratings
10% below category average
Role-based user permissions9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Vtiger
-
Ratings
Workbooks
6.9
Ratings
6% below category average
Marketing automation00 Ratings6.70 Ratings
Compensation management00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(0 ratings)
7.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(0 ratings)
7.3
(0 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
VtigerWorkbooks
Likelihood to Recommend
Vtiger has evolved in the interfaces design. You can access all required data from one screen, similar to a control data. You have also sales and support dashboards predefined, but you can create your own. As less appropriate the templates design, it has not evolved from old versions of Vtiger.
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Workbooks offers great support, as do ( in our experience) local partners. It works really well for our sales and marketing departments. Workbooks is really effective in tracking our marketing campaigns. It also keeps tabs on existing clients, and gives insight on how quickly potentials are turned to customers.
As with all CRM it strongly depends on how well it is being maintained and used by the user. We have found that with the ease of use of Workbooks its become much less of an issue. Where as before we didn't only look at the data produced but actually had to keep track of the system being used accurately. We constantly needed to keep tabs on the actual level of maintaining.
The fact that we see data being produced organically (naturally being updated and tracked) to me is a testament of the user friendly nature of workbooks.
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Pros
  • I love reporting. I can build a custom report using all or any of the dimensions of my choice. This is great when other programs often limit this ability.
  • I like that is a source of truth across the organization. We can all go in and see the same thing.
  • This also works for communication with our teams in other countries. We are a global organization.
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  • Sales process management from enquiry to delivery of product
  • This was previously on as many as 4 systems using excel and legacy applications such as the written word in log books
  • Automatic reporting for financial compliance: once built, the reporting process reduced the workload on a monthly basis from 2 days to 20 minutes
  • The FD loved it
  • The overall capability of the package enabled the sales force to rapidly pull our pertinent data for a sales call, plus managing time and resources better for increased efficiency
  • Business development and focussed marketing became so much easier, we noted that the process paid for itself many times over
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Cons
  • Although Vtiger integrates well with email, like most CRM systems it assumes that you have one email system and therefore it is less suitable for use cases where multiple email systems need to be supported.
  • Although Vtiger supports Twitter it does not support other social media systems in the same way. You can tailor the system to hold the URLs of your contacts' social media profiles but if SM is a big thing for your organization then there are better systems available.
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  • We use it for support but find it difficult to easily link support emails that arrive to organisations, it requires a lot of manual input to open/close a case
  • The flexibility can be a hindrance as it can be difficult to work out exactly what you wish to see, especially in reports. Sometimes a simple report is all thats required but it provides a lot of information
  • Can sometimes be a little slow and goes down from time to time but this is fairly rare
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Likelihood to Renew
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the product works. support has been good or great so far all has been great and we hope to get more from the product. we purchased for an initial year then renewed for a longer term, we have no regrets with this.
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Usability
In the Last versions they have done a strong effort in creating a powerful data screen. Inside the screen you have access to signing, communications with multiple tools integration and connections with all modules related. With a single view you have all control over your data relations. It is similar to a control managing.
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Reliability and Availability
No answers on this topic
Workbooks CRM never let me down.
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Support Rating
there is not much problem in using CRM. There were times it was lagging or bugging, but later on it will be fixed and I can use it again.
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Online Training
No answers on this topic
Workbooks online trianing does what it needs to; but some training will always be better suited to face to face..
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Alternatives Considered
The selection of vTiger was done by my management team to be able to see invoicing status in Quickbooks. Unfortunately, this feature has never worked but I think this might be a problem on our end, not a vTiger issue. We looked at Salesforce, HubSpot CRM, and ACT before making the switch to vTiger
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Workbooks is highly customizable, affordable, scalable, and a workhorse when it comes to being able to design a system to get things done. There is almost no limitations to what can be done with it, and even if you don't want to use their built in automation engine to design highly specific workflows, the functionality out of the gates is a tremendous asset for most businesses
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Return on Investment
  • I managed to increase my production by 20% each month.
  • We increased the number of new clients each year.
  • Clients were satisfied by our support team.
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  • Tracking of customers who are in active support or not has benefited the support team's time by not supporting non paying customers.
  • Keeping track of why sales are won or lost has meant we can call upon times when new leads have the same characteristics as old wins/loses.
  • Creating auto invoicing scripts has drastically cut the finance team's invoicing time.
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ScreenShots

Vtiger Screenshots

Screenshot of Vtiger's home page dashboardScreenshot of A typical contact record in Vtiger

Workbooks Screenshots

Screenshot of Activity ManagementScreenshot of Dashboard for Customer ServiceScreenshot of Dashboard for SalesScreenshot of Marketing CampaignsScreenshot of Organisation RecordScreenshot of Person Record