11/1/2007: SalesTeamTools.com updated their comparison.
SalesTeamTools.com does a good job of comparing online CRM tools. I use ZohoCRM and sofar I’m satisfied with the application. It’s free for less than 3 users. Also check out other open source alternatives including: SugarCRM and vTiger.
What do you use?
Carel : Thanks for using Zoho CRM and glad you are liking it! And thanks for recommending Zoho in the comments of SaleTeamTools.com’s post 
Arvind
http://zoho.com
By: maxiblog on June 29, 2007
at 12:24 am
Personally I use Oprius, but I’m a bit biased
Another free alternative (although not open source) is FreeCRM: http://www.freecrm.com/
I don’t like it as I find it too clumsy and would get way less done at the end of the day. But if your focus is free then be my guest.
A comment about free tools though (not just sales tools):
Lets say each sale you make puts $40 in your pocket.
Without any tool lets say you can do 5 deals or $200 a week
With tool A you can do 6 deals or $1,200 a week
With tool B you can do 6.5 deals or $1,300 a week
Using tool B you are bringing in an extra $100, or $400 a month.
I would argue it would be in your best interest to pay up to $400 a month on tool B over A.
If tool B is free, then that is awesome! However, if A is free and B is $15 a month you are still gaining a lot more then your monthly spending. My 2 cents.
However if the reason is free as in freedom to get into and work with the source code, then that is something totally different.
Owen Mead-Robins - VP Operations
Oprius
http://www.oprius.com/
By: oprius on December 3, 2007
at 6:15 pm
Hi Owen,
Thank you for checking in. I quickly browsed your site and it looks very interesting.
Quick question: Do you have an easy way to “port” or migrate Zoho CRM data?
Thanks,
Carel.
By: Carel on December 3, 2007
at 6:32 pm
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