Surefire CRM

RATING:

4.70

(50)

About Surefire CRM

Surefire CRM and Mortgage Marketing Engine helps thousands of mortgage professionals win new business, drive repeat business, and earn the right to referral business. With intuitive, set-it-and-forget-it workflows and award-winning content, mortgage professionals can effortlessly maintain and deepen their connections with borrowers, recruits, members, brokers, and real estate agents all through one powerful platform.

Awards and Recognition

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Surefire CRM Pricing

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Surefire CRM Reviews

Overall Rating

4.70

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for Surefire CRM

1 - 5 of 52 Reviews

User Profile

Maureen

Verified reviewer

Financial Services, 201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed June 2020

The Right Arm To The Marketing Department

We've used Surefire since 2013. In the beginning we opted for SF over Salesforce because we believe the ease of adoption would be greater. Back then, the set it and forget it model was what we were looking for, plus it was an easy to use intuitive system. In 2018 when we were making the decision to move to the new 3.0 platform or stay with SF we looked at a few options. We knew the transition would be hard for the LO's either way but Surefire seemed to have more freedom with what we could customize and their roadmap for development was impressive. We use Surefire for our databases, lead generation, email marketing, in process touchpoints, flyers and social media deployment. We have also just finalized integrations with BombBomb, Mortgage Coach, Monitorbase and others. We know there are major improvements coming and we are excited to see them.

PROS

There are quite a few features I like about this system, but if I had to pick one it would be the rules/ workflows. The system is customizable to the point where each Loan Officer could have their own rules and workflows if you choose to. the number of rules you can generate for specific needs it endless; from pre-qual and in process to post closing follow up and Lead generation. We have individual branches using some rules that suit their geography and ways they do business, and other branches with a different set of rules based on their needs. Their customer service is also top notch.

CONS

Some things I feel are missing are a more intuitive self service reporting feature. I can request almost any report I want, but the self service module lacks the customization we have come to need. There are a couple of other simple things that can be improved on, such as a more customizable permissions module. They offer a great deal here, but there are one or two options we'd like added based on the role of the individual and how they use the system.

Reason for choosing Surefire CRM

Easy of use and adoption, future development roadmap, integration ease and customer service.

Vendor Response

Hi Maureen, thank you for taking the time to leave this review! We are so glad your experience with Surefire and our customer service team has been great. Your constructive feedback on the reporting and permissions features will help us improve Surefire for all users.

Replied June 2021

Jason

Financial Services, 51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

1

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed August 2022

No Customer Service

This company has the worst customer service. My account rep disappeared shortly after bringing me on and I've only been able to reach him a couple of times when I had a question. The help email does not work whatsoever, so if you need a little help with something you're totally screwed. You also cannot speak to anyone at the company if you call. No one answers their phone and you have to get to the executive level to receive a return call. If you don't have an internal team member to manage the crm for you and you're not a tech savvy person or just too busy of a sales person to deal with it you're going to hate this system. The lack of support is honestly unbelievable. I had to email the accounting department for help getting to speak with someone for small things and we're 26 days with still no name, phone, or email address of anyone who will be there when I need them.

PROS

The software is good. Like any CRM it takes time and in some cases some expertise if tech is not your thing.

CONS

Reporting is not good or easy to produce. Also the powercalls is a pain to use in all ways. It's supposed to be a dialer system similar to phone burner or mojo, but you have to create essentially a marketing campaign to use it. It would be way better if you could just select a list and dial. Additionally, setting up the pre-recorded voicemail is another time consuming task. While cheaper than its competitors it loses when it comes to ease of use.

Reason for choosing Surefire CRM

Cost. I have been told by many that you need to spend $5-8k after getting Sales Force just to get it all set up. It's very complex and I just didn't want to go that heavy in cost for the crm.

Reasons for switching to Surefire CRM

Functionality; BPD is really designed for a realtor and is a little clunky for mortgage needs.

Lloyd

Construction, 2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 12 months

Review Source
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

1

EASE OF USE

1

VALUE FOR MONEY

1

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

1

FUNCTIONALITY

1

Reviewed March 2023

Your money is their only consideration!

Here it is March and after dozens of emails the dishonest sales has called last week to offer a reduction in our paid service to the basic plan for $499 a month for the remaining 3 months of our subscription. He has darted the question of whether or not we would be required to do another 1 year subscription if we agreed. Once again we are also waiting for a response to our last email confirming the offer of $499 a month for the remaining portion of our subscription without a renewal. We also requested a credit for the past months since we requested the cancelation in January.

PROS

Broken promises, dishonesty, and flat out no customer consideration! This company is impossible to work with. They made a false claim that they would have a website built in a month but it took them nearly 3 months to go live. When you request changes they take weeks to respond if at all. The nifty little review link they set up for us was never even completed so our customers were receiving requests for reviews to a broken link. When this was brought to their attention they said it was our responsibility to program the links for reviews. They are the software company hired to make our job easier and we have to do the programing? No one ever explained this in the onboarding process.

CONS

When the customer contact email was broken for weeks our customers were unable to submit an online request and Surefire NEVER responded to this issue so we had to hire an outside agency to repair the most important part of a website.We finally demanded a cancelation in January which was ignored until we demanded again after a week of being ignored. The response was they will not be able to cancel, this is a year subscription and they will have to charge the full amount (not a prorated amount or an early termination amount, THE WHOLE AMOUNT)! We responded with proof of their constant ignoring of our ongoing issues and lack of consideration for customer service. Always we are responded with we will have an internal discussion about your situation. Again we are forced to be the once that initiate the follow up after patiently waiting a week for a response. The answer is always "I just got an answer". They said they were discussing it at that very moment in the previous email a week earlier and only when we send the demand for a response do they suddenly "have the answer".

Mark

Financial Services, 11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed March 2023

Surefire CRM Review

Pro. Will continue to use for my CRM.

PROS

It's easy. I like the content sent to my borrowers throughout the loan process.

CONS

It's a little expensive. There are some limitations with integrations of other web-based products.

Reasons for switching to Surefire CRM

Surefire offered better content and a better user interface.

Ann

Financial Services, 51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed June 2020

It's all about the relationships.

LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!

PROS

Mortgage lenders are all about building relationships with their referral sources and their clients, though some of those folks may not realize it! Poor past experiences in mortgage lending leave clients thinking their lender is just another [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN], not a trusted resource, for life. Surefire makes a significant difference to our loan officers in building long-term relationships.

CONS

LOVE the integration team - they were FANTASTIC when we rolled out SF 2.0, and again when we rolled out SF 3.0! As with almost any software product, there are features that make sense to the user, but weren't built into the system. This is especially true in the highly customized mortgage lending environment. All in all, it makes no sense to list anything specific here. Suffice it to say that as long as TOMN will listen, we'll provide feedback and ideas and grow together!

Reason for choosing Surefire CRM

Surefire seemed to have more flexibility in customization and a new version was in the works. Turned out to be well worth the wait - it's very good!

Reasons for switching to Surefire CRM

Broader range of features and room for expansion.

Vendor Response

Hi Ann, we are so grateful for your kind words. Thanks for sharing your review with us. We are happy to hear that your experience with Surefire and our team has been great!

Replied April 2021