Close Reviews & Product Details
Close is an all-in-one CRM software that allows users to manage relationships with customers and leads. The platform offers sales automation features that can support lead generation efforts and internal sales processes. Close also makes it easy to communicate with and nurture leads. By providing users with a centralized tool for lead generation, users can define a streamlined sales pipeline that can easily organize your team and work streams.
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| Deployment | Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Desktop Mac, Desktop Windows, Mobile Android, Mobile iPad, Mobile iPhone |
| Support | 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support |
| Training | Documentation |
| Languages | English |
Close Pros and Cons
- Excellent support for sales team
- Free trial available for beginners
- Convenient and easy to use sales tracking
- SMS, video, calling, and other channels all in the same place
- Full context overview on every deal
- Not as well-known as some alternatives
- Fewer integrations than some competitors
- Ease of use, especially for sales reps - Smart views enable quick and easy mini-reports - Bulk editing of lead (company/account) records is extremely fast
- Out-of-the-box reporting, while easy-to-use, offers far too few options for companies that are scaling quickly - User roles and permissions, although continually evolving, are far too simplistic and do not address many key security concerns - Something as fundamental as lead ownership is not something that exists natively but rather must be added as a custom field, creating the need for custom-developed solutions (in-house and third-party) to make up for the lack of native functionality
Our company switched to Close.io from an industry-leading established CRM due to problems with integrating it into our existing work processes and systems. Clearly, the biggest benefit that we have seen since implementing Close.io has been an increased rate at which sales reps are working through their case loads and closing deals. On the other hand, the inherent system limitations within Close.io, due to its simplicity, have caused a considerable number of headaches for the marketing/sales operations team. Not the least of which, there is no automation to speak of natively within Close.io, so we have had to rely on a number of third-party tools as well as our own developers in order to keep the amount of manual data maintenance work at roughly the same level as before we switched to Close.io