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Updated February 10, 2026
Freshsales vs Zoho CRM: Which is best for you?
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Starting Price
$11.00
per month
$14.00
per month
Free Trial
Free Version
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Top Rated
Features
Features
Pipeline Management
4.67
CRM
4.36
Customizable Fields
4.36
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Real-Time Notifications
4.93
Gamification
4.88
Real-Time Analytics
4.86
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Integrations
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Pros / Cons
- Lead Management**: Freshsales provides robust tools for managing leads, including customizable pipelines and automated workflows that streamline the sales process.
- reporting and analysis is bit limited to filters and available options, plus reporting and making dashboard analysis is bit difficult for non-technical person and technical person like admin has to engage with sales team to teach them how to prepare your reports, graphical representations and dash boards.
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- I prefer to have machine, contact, and deal history under one hood; this has facilitated my ability to respond to clients within a short time and also enable me to coordinate with sales.
- It got lot of fragmented like alerts, real messages messed up or buried in unwanted zero value automated alerts.
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Ease-of-Use
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.4/ 5in the comparison
4.2/ 5
Value for Money
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.4/ 5in the comparison
4.3/ 5
Customer Support
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.4/ 5in the comparison
4.1/ 5
Functionality
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.4/ 5in the comparison
4.3/ 5
Support Options
Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Phone Support
24/7 (Live Rep)
Chat
Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Phone Support
24/7 (Live Rep)
Chat
Training Options
In Person
Live Online
Webinars
Documentation
Videos
In Person
Live Online
Webinars
Documentation
Videos
FrontRunners
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Ideal Customer Size
Small
Medium
Large
Small
Medium
Large
Deployment Options
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Desktop - Mac
Desktop - Windows
Desktop - Linux
Desktop - Chromebook
On-Premise - Windows
On-Premise - Linux
Mobile - Android
Mobile - iPhone
Mobile - iPad
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Desktop - Mac
Desktop - Windows
Desktop - Linux
Desktop - Chromebook
On-Premise - Windows
On-Premise - Linux
Mobile - Android
Mobile - iPhone
Mobile - iPad