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343 views|226 comparisons
75% willing to recommend
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439 views|241 comparisons
46% willing to recommend
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We performed a comparison between Sage CRM and SugarCRM Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two CRM solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Sage CRM vs. SugarCRM Platform Report (Updated: March 2024).
768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"The Sage Accpac solution has definitely been the most valuable because the finance features are excellent.""The solution's technical support is fast to respond.""It has been helpful for opportunity management and lease management.""We have found the solution to be stable.""The most useful aspect of Sage CRM is the capability to keep track of each staff member's communication and bill processing activities. The ability to track both customers and employees is a useful tool.""The part I like the most is the reporting.""Sage CRM is flexible, customizable, and user-friendly."

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"It works well with Jira. You can customize it to fit your needs.""The most valuable features of the SugarCRM platform include its flexibility in customizing fields, layouts, and dashboards.""The most valuable feature is relation capability, which allows us to relay customers with invoice orders.""The most valuable aspect of this solution is its low cost.""The most valuable features of Sugar Enterprise are the exports of graphics, statuses, complaints, and tasks."

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Cons
"Sage CRM would benefit from improving its interaction with email communication sites and social media platforms in order to gather more leads.""From an improvement perspective, the ability to make modifications to the product needs to be more user-friendly.""The scalability of this solution depends on whether you have a team that can configure it for scale.""I would like Sage to improve their UI.""Sage CRM doesn't have a dashboard for dynamic reporting.""With regards to monitoring the transaction with alerts, it could be better.""Its user interface could be better."

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"I would like to see more integration on a mobile platform in the next release.""Sugar Enterprise could improve by removing bugs and glitches. For example, a comment was made but in the comment section, it was never displayed. However, the problems we faced might not be the fault of the solution.""You cannot include all your entities under one instance at the moment.""It lacks customization, and this is the main reason that we are switching to a different solution.""In the next release, I would like to see personalization of information about customers or specific businesses or opportunities.""While it is already user-friendly, a slight enhancement in UI design, especially in terms of color combinations, could make the platform more visually appealing and comfortable to use."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "We have a yearly license."
  • "We pay for eight core modules and 20 user licenses and this costs us $1500 per year."
  • "From an African perspective, the solution is relatively expensive."
  • "Though my company has to have a perpetual license per user, there is a need to make annual payments towards the costs attached to the support my organization receives from Sage CRM's technical team."
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  • "Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The part I like the most is the reporting.
    Top Answer:From an African perspective, the solution is relatively expensive.
    Top Answer:We used to face downtime, in which some of our other platforms had issues synchronizing with Sage. I don't know whether it's an API or design issue somewhere, but there are these interfacing issues… more »
    Top Answer:The most valuable features of the SugarCRM platform include its flexibility in customizing fields, layouts, and dashboards.
    Top Answer:I would rate the costliness of SugarCRM a two out of ten. It is very affordable. When compared to competitors like Zoho and Salesforce, it is considered quite budget-friendly. The additional costs for… more »
    Top Answer:One area where SugarCRM could improve is its UI. While it is already user-friendly, a slight enhancement in UI design, especially in terms of color combinations, could make the platform more visually… more »
    Ranking
    21st
    out of 169 in CRM
    Views
    343
    Comparisons
    226
    Reviews
    5
    Average Words per Review
    294
    Rating
    7.8
    29th
    out of 169 in CRM
    Views
    439
    Comparisons
    241
    Reviews
    4
    Average Words per Review
    465
    Rating
    8.0
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    Overview
    SageCRM software automates sales tasks such as creating quotes and orders, forecasting sales, progressing leads, and converting them to opportunities using sales workflows. Using CRM software, your marketing team can identify the sources of leads, opportunities and closed sales. They can also find customer information for upcoming campaigns and send targeted email marketing campaigns. When customers place orders for your products or services after these marketing campaigns, you can track these orders using an ERP or business management solution. It can be fully integrated CRM or Sage Sales, Marketing, Service modules to suit your business needs.

    SugarCRM is a versatile CRM solution that facilitates communication and organization within a company. Its primary use case includes call and comment logging, account relation, customer detail storage, verification handling, transaction tracking, marketing material management, and payment transaction handling. The most valuable functionalities include customizable exports of graphics, statuses, complaints, and tasks, as well as its scalability, stability, and low cost. It integrates well with Jira and can be easily configured. The platform improves efficiency, productivity, collaboration, communication, and coordination within organizations, while also providing valuable insights and data analytics for informed decision-making.

    Sample Customers
    Avis, Fuji Xerox, Formula 1
    Redglaze Group, TengoInternet, Hilco, Bancvue, Vet Adivsor
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company38%
    Real Estate/Law Firm8%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Government8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization40%
    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Real Estate/Law Firm7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise43%
    Large Enterprise29%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business36%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise56%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business69%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise15%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise51%
    Large Enterprise30%
    Buyer's Guide
    Sage CRM vs. SugarCRM Platform
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Sage CRM vs. SugarCRM Platform and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Sage CRM is ranked 21st in CRM with 7 reviews while SugarCRM Platform is ranked 29th in CRM with 11 reviews. Sage CRM is rated 7.8, while SugarCRM Platform is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Sage CRM writes "Useful employee and client monitoring, reliable, and good online support database ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SugarCRM Platform writes "User-friendly and allows for creating your own modules". Sage CRM is most compared with Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Oracle CX Sales, whereas SugarCRM Platform is most compared with Salesforce Sales Cloud. See our Sage CRM vs. SugarCRM Platform report.

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