Insightly

Vorteile

It covers all the bases- customisation, data import and export and all the basic features you would expect and I found it intuitive to use

Nachteile

It is lacking in some areas- automation workflows for marketing campaigns, and lead scporing on the entry level offer

Vorteile

Insight features a comprehensive feature set, and is easy to use, making it a popular choice for companies looking to streamline their operations and drive growth.

Nachteile

Difficulty integrating other systems....

Vorteile

Highly customisable and cheap CRM to set up.

Nachteile

Problematic to use and lacks of automation and integrations

Vorteile

Fairly easy to setup. The adoption rate is slow because a lot of apps are not available for it especially in an industry that is newer.

Nachteile

Objects do not talk to eachother making reporting extremely difficult

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Vorteile

Insightly's design is intuitive and easy to understand how to set up. I recall starting to use it on the first day, right after an initial walkthrough. We did not hire anyone to assist. Then I evolved the setup as time went by. Opportunities & Projects are key to us and with good naming practices they are easy to refer to as needed in the future after completion: such as "2023..Smith Company-New boiler project". And all parties connected to a Project can be linked so easily. Attach price quotes to it: ours to the client and supplier to us. Automatic tasks when you change from Opportunity to Project can alert others to place orders, put into our financial software, etc...

Nachteile

They like to push their AppConnect but we really don't need that level of complexity AND they have lots of built-in interfaces into other apps like Quickbooks (which is limited but great for small business situations where elegant interfaces are not needed. Also, we tried their Service apps and found them lacking for the kind of Service that my company does: We install boiler systems and provide ongoing services for them--not free or by annual contract. So we needed a way to easily send invoices and collect $ for work done. Insightly seemed to be oriented to Software service contract situations where annual contracts are the norm and all interactions are free and nobody leaves the office. I suppose it is good for that but not so much where you have trucks driving 100 miles to do a repair.

Vorteile

Its intuitive user interface, making it easy for teams to adopt and use efficiently. The customizability of pipelines, dashboards, and reports enable users to tailor the system to their specific needs.

Nachteile

The reporting and analytics tools to be less advanced compared to other CRM platforms, making it challenging to create highly customized or in-depth reports.

Vorteile

We can build functionalities that suites us without spending thousands of dollars with developers,Data can also be connected within Insightly,such as connecting contacts and organizations to request and project records.Additionally I like the Kanban view for tracking projects and the ability to pull reports and filter projects.

Nachteile

Wish we could customize more fields in Kanban view and assign colours for categorization.

Vorteile

I like the collaboration capabilities with API via Appconnect, AutoCAD, BricsCAD, Loveland Innovations IMGING, etc

Nachteile

The cap of fields in a custom object, the automations not triggering correctly -> you have to delay triggers so that automations do not overlap and contradict each other. Sometimes automations to not trigger at all. There are a lot of holes and catch reports that need to be created.

Vorteile

App Connect is amazing. It really does help with efficiencies and workflow. It does so much more than we initially thought! We especially love how it automatically calculates our numbers.

Nachteile

It is not as user friendly as it is made out to seem. We really do need the App Connect specialist's support. App Connect is very expensive. We are going through our 10 free hours quickly and we have a lot more project we need help with.

Vorteile

It was extremely easy to install, even though I wanted to clarify some features and it was impossible.

Nachteile

I registered, I used it for a while for CRM purposes and then I wanted to close my account.

IMPOSSIBLE!

Insightly is spamming every day and there’s no way to go out of this day & nightmare

Vorteile

Essential front-end and easy customization of fields and pipelines.

Nachteile

Lack of pre-built connectors for the integration with enterprise platforms and portals.

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Vorteile

The self-served ability to customize our pipeline by service offering.

Nachteile

Service after the sale to help us understand the other suite of services that we are not using well or at all.

Vorteile

That we could customize. We were able to make this software work for our needs, which were a bit different than how the typical sales team might. We can track our orders and do great reporting.
Dashboards are very nice feature. Ability to customize pipelines very helpful and visuals are great. Customer support team is helpful and responsive.

Nachteile

Integration with our needs was a bit difficult. Our sales person seemed to understand what we needed to accomplish but I don't think the customer care person is as savvy. Customization is great, but if it impacts how you can report items or get most accurate data, user needs to understand that. We got creative in how we used items and where possible, didn't customize, just repurposed so we got the benefit of the connections Insightly makes. In our haste to be up and using, I don't think enough time was spent on that and rework was involved.

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Vorteile

I liked how easier I could manage contacts and tag them for a variety of purposes. This was my main reason to use the software.

Nachteile

As a solopreneur, I did not like that a lot of the features available didn't seem designed for me and I felt like I was paying for features I did not need.

Vorteile

Helps keep track of tasks and contacts very well

Nachteile

Wish there was a way to group tasks by a certain type of task

Vorteile

As the title suggests, we've been using Insightly for a bit and we picked it because it was one of the few CRM systems that actually has different versions based on the type of organization/business that is using it. That makes the task management function perfect for us.

Nachteile

It's a great bargain for us for a full system, but we're really only using it for task management at this point. We've not expanded our use of it much because much of the functionality seems counterintuitive. We need to explore and we're a growing company and we don't have much exploration time!

Vorteile

Insightly has given us an ability to keep track of all our sales and all our clients' contact details so that we can contact anyone promptly. It is one of the bets CRM softwares and it is free for limited users and we don't need more users in our company so this software has become very useful to us.

Nachteile

There is not much cons but just one that we have found. Email integration could be improved. Other than that it is fine.

Vorteile

What I like the most is its ease of use and its ability to adapt to my ever-changing business needs. With this platform, I can organize and manage all my contacts, leads, and tasks in one place efficiently. I also love its ability to integrate with other tools like email and marketing automation, saving me time and increasing my productivity.

Nachteile

Although overall I am very satisfied, there is one small thing that I would like to mention as a negative. I have sometimes experienced slow load times when working with large volumes of data or using more complex CRM features. Although this doesn't happen often, it can be a bit frustrating when I need to quickly access some information or complete an urgent task.

Vorteile

I like the ability to customize the platform as the user and being able to get excellent customer support from the Insightly team.

Nachteile

There are limitations of features based on what product you are using and the cost jumps between products can be up to double the cost.

Vorteile

The amount of information you are able to store

Nachteile

You don't have the option at the top of the screen to move pages. This needs to be at the top and bottom. When you go in and make a change and save it will take you to the beginning of the list and not keep you where you were on the list.

Vorteile

It’s very user friendly and very easy to edit any details also we can track and follow up with the help of the notification feature

Nachteile

At the time of updating any sales information it generates the same information twice

Vorteile

Insightly has been user friendly since, easy to navigate

Nachteile

Sometimes there are bugs wherein you were able to save the changes but it does not reflect asap

Vorteile

They offer a free version to evaluate. Since it is without a time limit I used it and gradually became totally dependent on it. During a planning meeting with staff it was determined we could increase our efficiency by adding the professional version that includes email marketing tools and an easy interface with MailChimp. Now they have my paid business. It is with confidence that I agree to pay them for a monthly service that will be used by all members of my company. The program can accommodate the growth curve in a company such as mine. We started out simply needing contact management software. Later as our sales and marketing needs became more our focus adding these features was an easy decision. There are many videos to quickly bring a new user up to speed. The experienced user can use the videos to explore the many functions that may yet be used by a company as needs and goals change. The reporting function has recently become important as we need to know the results of our marketing and sales efforts. The tool is there and ready for us to implement. I think the more our company commits to using Insightly the more our communication between owners and employees improves. We openly share information on Insightly and our feedback has been positive. In the past before Insightly, communication was dispersed informally and sometimes led to bad feelings due to the inefficiency of word of mouth. Insightly is constantly making changes and updates to its software.

Nachteile

Its not visually pretty. I know that is silly but staff has to look at it all day and they like pretty.
When a new user/employee first looks at program they make the mistake of thinking it is an old program. While I am able to bring them along and show them it isn't true, their first impression is a temporary detriment to their learning curve and acceptance of the program. In order for Insightly to be the awesome tool it is, requires employee and leader acceptance. Everyone on the team has input and others depend on that input to do their job. Sloppy work seems to come from lack of acceptance. Part of this is my responsibility as a leader to insist everyone use the tools as intended but again, if the program had a new interface and pretty colors it might make a difference. Personally I always choose function first and then presentation but input from staff is a factor I have to consider. One other area I would mention is the difference between leads and contacts. They are not intuitive to some people and I think a better explanation and reinforcement in training videos would make it easier for the new user. This confusion has lead to some mistakes by my users that require a bit of corrective action by more experienced users. There is very little for me to find wrong with Insightly that isn't based on personal style and preferences.

Vorteile

It does just what we need with a little modification to our methods

Nachteile

This tool can't do everything like a tool like Salesforce CRM. It also doesn't require a full time Admin like Salesforce.

Vorteile

Having worked with clients using a variety of CRM’s we’ve seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. I often times refer to insightly as the sports car of CRM’s because it allows companies to manage sales, contacts, projects, opportunities and client fulfillment in a very clean, efficient and user-friendly way. Some of the features I love best are their pipelines and activity sets. For companies that are managing lots of clients at different stages of fulfillment, Insightly’s pipeline feature helps all the players involved know exactly what they need to do and when.

The client profile makes it easy for me to link contacts to organizations or note other important relationships. The ability to save my email communication and related tasks to a contact has become an essential part of how we use Insightly and it’s intuitive ability to save any attached files I send is another feature I love.

Other favorite features are their mass emailing tool within the CRM. I can send a personalized email to a group of clients without having to write individual emails. A task management feature that allows me to see on one screen what I’m working on for each of my clients and in all areas of my business. With one click I can see what each of my employees is working on, what’s been done. You can create custom tagging systems to easily sort and find clients in your database. In one place see all of the projects you’re currently working on and where they are in the process of completion. Insightly’s Gmail gadget makes it easy to assign tasks, create projects, save emails, add or update contact email easily from within your email. No more switching back and forth from program to program. Insightly University provides a good training source for new users in addition to their highly responsive customer service team. I also have to mention all the strategic partnerships that makes using Insightly with other programs really seamless. For example, Mailchimp, evernote, DropBox and Google Apps for Business to name a few.

Sure, there are lots bigger more robust CRM’s out there, but I don’t want to drive a Mack truck every day. I like my sports car. :)

Nachteile

Insightly's calendar doesn't work for me, but I use google calendar and haven't missed it. I wish you could customize what you want to see on the home page. Right now it's just a running list of the activity on your accounts, but not super helpful in my opinion. Right now you have to manually advance pipelines. It would be nice to set them to advance to the next stage once all the activity sets are complete.

Vorteile

The sales pipeline views were good because you could have lots of different pipeline views with filters and segmentation options applied without having to add them every time. It was easy to see pipeline value, create new fields and to move opps from one stage to another. Equally it was great for setting up automated email follow ups from demos and integrate with lots of other tools.

Nachteile

The lack of user management and access customisation means it is too easy to let poor spiral out of control and ruin your data. Equally the dashboards/Reports section really needs work as it’s unnecessarily difficult to create reports and dashboards for very simple metrics.

Vorteile

We have used Insightly for 8 years now and it has been so user-friendly to build our Program database. From the customizable fields to the reporting features, it does everything we need for it to do. Insightly has helped us to streamline our processes, making our mission easier to manage every day. And the reporting features have allowed us to provide every kind of data to generous supporters who in turn donate to our mission.

Nachteile

To get some of the features we are using today, the cost has increased significantly.

Vorteile

J'ai apprécié l'interface qui été intuitive et facile d'utilisation. un point fort aussi c'est d'avoir cette liberté de personnaliser les tableaux de bord.

Nachteile

C'est que la version gratuite est assez limitée au niveau des fonctionnlités.

Vorteile

Insighty is super easy to use. Being able to set tasks to know who you are chasing/following up means that it's all in one place and you do not have to depend on your outlook calender.

Nachteile

Reports are good but can be a bit difficult to set up.

Vorteile

I like the project management, pipelines, and the ability and ease of adding tasks and comments to various objects.

Nachteile

There are so many objects and fields, it takes new users a while to get accustomed to the interface. It also does not have intuitive searching and looks for verbatim entries

Vorteile

This customer relationship management software has been functioning brilliantly.
I like how Insightly has been reliable and easy to implement.

Nachteile

Insightly has been sensational.
I do not dislike Insightly at all.

Vorteile

I like the scalability of this CRM solution.
Insightly is easy to use and simple to set up.

Nachteile

I have zero dislikes concerning Insightly.
Insightly is amazing.

Vorteile

This CRM solution has been easy to use and dependable.
I like the efficiency of the features of Insightly.

Nachteile

I do not dislike Insightly at all.
Insightly has been so efficient to use.

Vorteile

Very user friendly, custom views for all users is great, reporting is excellent. Custom modules have their limitations but have worked very well for our business so far.

Nachteile

There needs to be a better way to link related requests to opportunities.

Vorteile

Ease of use. Easy CRM tool. We are happy with the services and options.

Nachteile

We haven't found a con as of yet! We are happy.

Vorteile

I really like how easy Insightly is to use. It is pretty streamlined.

Nachteile

Since Insightly is so streamlined, it is hard to make in-depth automations, especially when it comes to actions between different objects

Vorteile

1. Good UI
2. Works in less bandwidth
3. Easy to operate
4. Flexible product team

Nachteile

1. Relatively expensive
2. App is not optimised
3. Should work according to clients’ workspace/ availability
4. Should have AI integration

Vorteile

the ease of use and wide range of plugins

Nachteile

the restrictions on the marketing journeys

Vorteile

The visual simplicity and the ease of use for end users

Nachteile

Ramp time to understand how to best use it to get what I want done.

Vorteile

The product is extremely easy to use and customize. The system is very smart and has many modern capabilities such as recognizing when there is an existing contact which in turn saves time and redundancies. Everything is very well connected together and the system makes links that show intel to grow off of.

Nachteile

There are some minor glitches that can be fixed by refreshing the page but it does disrupt the flow. Pulling a report that connects multiple objects is also very tricky and sometimes impossible which then calls for a lot of manual work outside of the CRM that can be timely.

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Vorteile

The ease of onboarding & use. Ability to customize without having to use a developer

Nachteile

Nothing. All the features we needed, Insightly has.

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Vorteile

They offer sufficient customer support for setup and management

Nachteile

The entire interface and user experience is very poor. Cost is very high for a low quality product that looks 10-15 years old!

Vorteile

Insightly is an exceptional CRM platform that allows sales, customer success teams to be efficient and collaborative. Reports and insights are easy to generate. It is perfect for small businesses

Nachteile

Some features and functionalities with customizable fields are limited when compared to other CRMs

Vorteile

Insightly does a pretty reasonable job as a CRM. It's quite easy to use and pretty. It has some integrations out of the box and is easy to customize.

Nachteile

No significant draw backs to it. I would say it's a middle of the road CRM system that is neither great nor terrible.

Vorteile

Insightly offers many products and features to be a one-stop-shop in the administrative world. It allows a company to keep all of their client information in one location and access quickly and easily. It allows emailing clients directly in the software as well as filing previously sent emails to a client.

Nachteile

The way that some of the fields are set up, they are not made for quick editing, copying, etc. The phone number fields do not have an automated template, the number can be input anyway. The address fields, specifically state, do not have preset options and either can be an abbreviation or spelled out. It would be nice if these were preset so that it is uniform when printing reports, etc. Lastly, once you create a lead, even after converting to a contact, the lead still shows up when that specific client is searched for. It can be confusing when you need to click quickly.

Vorteile

Once the system is customized for you, it is really easy to use.

Nachteile

The time it takes to customize it for me.

Vorteile

high-performance, easy-to-use software with very simple features

Nachteile

I find no disadvantages for the moment good for competing

Vorteile

It was one of my first contacts with CRM many years ago, I was delighted to be able to control all contacts centrally.

Nachteile

To be honest, I stopped using it because I found it quite complex to use, in fact it was my first contact many years ago, who knows, maybe I'll try again now that I'm more advanced in CRM.

Vorteile

Un meilleur produit de CRM très performant et facile à utiliser avec des fonctionnalités complètes et très simple. Flexible et très pratique

Nachteile

Je n'ai pas d'inconvénients et le recommande

Vorteile

In the free trial version, I am liking the contact database structure of the software and ability to manage them in a simplified way. Clients can be contacted directly and vice versa for any sales feedbacks or any product issues. It is a very good CRM software.

Nachteile

So far there are no any cons. However, we will know more after we get the full version of the software.