UPDATE: ClaritySOFT has contacted me, refunded the purchase price and apologized. I can not ask for any more than that. I would recommend this product.
All settled now. Sync feature was more involved than explained in the beginning.
None
Not much. Everything about this product is a dead issue. I believe they've given up developing it.
Every feature you want 'will be in the next release'. No updates, no bug fixes. Desktop program is very clunky and old. Claritysoft outsources development to foreign countries and allows them access to your data. Be very careful!
We're in the process of converting from anyother CRM. The feature base and cost savings alone make it worth it to the bean counters. Myself, I love the customizable features.
What I like best about clarity is the easy of use and the 1-shop all concept of the tool. I like that you have the project plan, risk/issues/decisions, resource management, financials, and timesheet management - all in one place. Anyone can learn to use this tool.
I don't dislike anything about this tool.
The problems that you are solving with Clarity is that it reduces the quantity of other applications that need to be use. The benefits realized is that the overall cost goes downs and we only need 1 tool vs. multiple.
Customizing their CRM platform unique to your business needs was much easier than expected even for a beginner. Claritysoft provides great resouce tools to learn how to use their software and reaching out for support help is excellent! Their platform is constantly being updated to meet the needs of its customers along with a very competitve price. I highly recommend you take advantage of their free trial period to see how easy it is to manuver throughout the platform and see for yourself how easy it is to customize....that closed the deal for me.
It's hard to identify anything I dislike about Claritysoft. We use the software for managing the sales process. The only feature that was troublesome at first was setting task reminders and a call to tech support solved that challenge.
We continually get updates about new products and services. Claritysoft listens to its customers and continues to build out a great product. Everytime I needed some help when I was a new user, tech support responded quickly!
It's not hard to learn and use right off the bat. I figured out how to build a report on my own. I was able to use the tool immediately after training and could have probably figured it out on my own -- that's how fairly simple it is. Their customer service team is really responsive and nice. Sometimes they resolved things quickly, other times they did not. See below for additional feedback on this.
While it is simple to use, it is not very intuitive in certain areas. My biggest complaint is having the Lead activities and in a separate place than the Account activities. I think that's horrible. How am I supposed to access the historical conversation and activity if I can't see it all in once place? That is not efficient nor intuitive. That's probably the most important section of the software. That's where I spend most of my time when I'm using CRM systems. Additionally, the global search function is super clunky and not intuitive and too many steps. Design and interaction-wise it's not an ideal functional experience. It requires an extra click on a checkbox even after you click on the Globe -- doesn't a globe already imply global search? Why should I need to click on "include Accounts (which in Leads) if wanted to global search? I would much rather uncheck it than have to check it every time. Additionally, half the time stuff didn't show up when I searched for it even though it was really there. Either it required clicking on a "List All" button to make all the records reappear first before searching, or it would simply not show up. It was INSANELY slow! And oftentimes Claritysoft would point the finger and pointed the finger at my employer (internet connection or even the city's internet signal), who then would point the finger back at Claritysoft. And then there would be no resolution. This happened a few times. It frustrated me immensely that the tool I was relying on every minute of every work day was not working well often and affected my productivity.
Sales activity management (calls, emails, delivering proposals, order management and tracking), pipeline management (what leads converted to Accounts, what Accounts had Opportunities, what Opportunities closed vs. lost), activity log reporting,
Very intuitive and the opportunity reminders are priceless. The ability to sync with Outlook is awesome. In the past I kept emails for months in separate files within Outlook. Now I sync with Clarity and it creates an activity and updates all customer opportunities.
Haven't found anything I don't like about Clarity Soft.
Customer contact updates and business opportunity alerts.
I like that it is relatively easy to use.
I feel like it doesn't offer great reporting.
I was a fan of Salesforce and Claritysoft is just not as good of a CRM. I don't really solve problems with the system just keep track of leads.
Super easy, no screen clutter, almost no learning curve. Claritysoft allows you to enter critical data as quickly and painlessly as possible and then make that data actionable by, say, sending an email blast to set your calendar for the week. Don't believe the hype: this is the best CRM on the market!
It would be great if they had a social media function, but I hear this is coming. It would also be really cool if they had integrations with more applications like Quickbooks, but they do have an API and will work with you to do things like capture leads through your website and import them into the CRM.
Claritysoft is helping me to stay much more organized and it is really helping me to follow up more consistently. The reminders are super easy to set and now I can't live without them. I can deliver a price quote with ease, I can send out email blasts with like three clicks, and I can track my pipeline with a touch of a button. Most CRM's are super clunky. This one isn't and that helps me solve problems MUCH faster.