Solve CRM

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Productivity CRM for teams to manage customer workflows

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David
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

It's good but the design is dated

Reviewed on 2019/08/05

Pros

It does all the things a CRM is supposed to do.

Cons

They have not redesigned it in years and the look of the interface is dated.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

A CRM With Countless Features

Reviewed on 2019/12/31

Pros

Solve makes it easy to keep track of client interactions. We use the email integration, so emails from a certain client automatically get filtered into their Solve folder. It's easy to add a variety of other notes to clients such as calls and events as well. We also use Solve to send mass emails to certain groups of clients, which helps with efficiency. This automatic and very detailed organization plays an essential role in our agency.

Cons

The web browser experience is pretty utilitarian - so, while it's not difficult to use, there is a bit of a clunkiness to it. For example, there's not a way to "save" a custom note or phone call log - you just have to click outside of the window and it automatically saves. Otherwise, it's pretty easy and intuitive to use.

Kim
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  • Industry: Insurance
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

it would be better if you could talk with a human being when there is an issue or have a...

Reviewed on 2017/09/21

All information about a client in one spot

All information about a client in one spot

Pros

you can adjust the fields to what you want. it allows you to send an email and most of the time see that it's been sent, received and opened or not

Cons

sometimes it saves, sometimes it doesn't...very aggravating to write something in a field and go back and it's not there

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Banking
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

One of the best tools out there.

Reviewed on 2019/01/07

Brokerage of businesses for sale.

Brokerage of businesses for sale.

Pros

We have spent $1000s to customize Sugar CRM and Salesforce prior to using Solve. Our business has 2 sales processes, first to get a client whose business we are selling. Second to sell the business to a range of potential buyers from different entities. Solve required no customization and was easy to handle the configuration.

Cons

None its a great tool. Perhaps some to the terms could be changed, "project blog" for example. We like "Opportunity"

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Think Tanks
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Solve 360

Reviewed on 2018/12/27

Pros

This CRM is easy to use and yet offers a powerful contact management system that plays well with Constant Contact and Microsoft Outlook.

Cons

It was challenging to set up the system for our needs initially, so I contracted with a specialist to get things set up. The ongoing support is generally good, there can be a one day delay while waiting for a response after submitting a question through their online form but once someone responds they get the job done.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Good CRM

Reviewed on 2018/11/27

Solve is working for us, and their customer support is excellent. Would consider moving to another...

Solve is working for us, and their customer support is excellent. Would consider moving to another CRM that is more friendly to use, but the pain of moving is keeping me with Solve.

Pros

The CRM is quite good with all the features you would want from a CRM. Strong integration with GSuite

Cons

Have been using it for a few years and the interface has not changed. Design is from the early part of the decade. Some features hard to use.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Consumer Electronics
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Old school but functional

Reviewed on 2018/09/17

Does what it's supposed to do. Solid CRM.

Does what it's supposed to do. Solid CRM.

Pros

- Extensible
- Great customer support
- Mature, stable software

Cons

- Old school DB architecture, difficult to undo mistakes
- UI not very intuitive; requires studying the documentation or making someone give you lessons

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Insurance
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Solid software

Reviewed on 2020/01/23

Pros

Solve is flexible, efficient, and reliable.

Cons

I wish there was a way to take web form data and map it to solve without custom programming.

John
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  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
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Potentially Great

Reviewed on 2015/11/23

I use the Solve360 CRM over the vast number of competitors for one reason: it sports an easy to...

I use the Solve360 CRM over the vast number of competitors for one reason: it sports an easy to read section at the bottom of each customer page summarizing everything you need to know in a heartbeat. In that one box you can see key hyperlinks to pages relevant to that customer, like things you have sent to them in DocuSign, key upcoming tasks, GMails incoming and outgoing, Links to Box or Dropbox, and Xero and/or Freshbooks summaries. The last two are direct integrations which show a box with how much you invoiced for and how much if any is still outstanding. The GMail (and Google Apps For Work) integrations can be completely automated with the simultaneous use of GMail labels. That's all very awesome.

What I hate is that they are very rigid about not allowing you to choose how you want to sort customers. I don't profess to be a database expert, but I do have a couple dozen years experience with them and with classification systems in general. Standard practice is to sort by larger groups first, then smaller, so in this case, you'd display "Smith, Ted" not "Ted Smith". The reason is that if you also have a customer named Bob Smith you'd expect to see "Smith, Bob" followed by "Smith, Ted". You wouldn't expect to see Bob high up in the list under the B's and Ted hundreds of people later under the T's, but that's what Solve insists is right and they don't let you fix it. They just suggest you should use their search feature. Yes, that works, but I'm just wanting to see a list without doing an extra step.

Anyway, I've tried 5 - 6 other CRMs, some of which solve that problem but just aren't as good as Solve at the basic idea of showing a summary of everything you need to know in one place.

Hopefully they will fix this - but new potential users should be aware.

Pros

See above review for details.

Cons

See above review for details.

Lecia
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

A CRM that you can customize to fit your needs

Reviewed on 2018/11/15

Pros

The customization of the CRM is the first thing that stands out. It made it very easy to structure things to fit my unique workflow. The custom service was also a huge plus. While the system is easy to use, and I don't need help often, they are always extremely helpful and quick to respond when I need it.

Cons

Nothing to say here. Whenever I thought something was missing, it just turned out that I wasn't leveraging the system as well as I could. Their team always helped guide me back on track when I was astray.

Graham
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  • Industry: Facilities Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Solve Client Manager Review

Reviewed on 2019/07/09

Overall our experience has been extremely positive. I have found Solve Client Manager to be the...

Overall our experience has been extremely positive. I have found Solve Client Manager to be the best value out of all the CRM's I have explored. The main benefits I have found are the ability to store and share all contacts and clients in one location, ability to export the data and analyze trends we've been tracking in our clients, and the ability to collaborate on projects and see the status.

Pros

Solve Client Manager that is extremely flexible which allows you to build it the way you want it. It is extremely easy to navigate and you can quickly lookup clients and contacts on the mobile app which makes collaboration on projects very easy. I rely heavily on their data export to google sheets to run reports. Their integration with google products like gmail, docs and sheets works fantastic.

Cons

The biggest con for us (which we have found a workable work around for) is that since we have clients with multiple service locations having a hierarchical CRM would allow us to better organize and sort data.

Other than that there are only small things like the ability to upload files like a PDF to a record. Solve CRM has a 'activity' report that allows you to view your or your employees activities at a glance that Solve Client Manager does not have yet.

Peter
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Great customer support and a flexible tool

Reviewed on 2019/06/12

Our overall experience has been smooth and enjoyable. Solve is a great tool that does what we need...

Our overall experience has been smooth and enjoyable. Solve is a great tool that does what we need it to do. With a couple of small changes, I would be confident in saying that it would stay as our CMS for the foreseeable future.

Pros

We love how easy it is to organise an entire client's workload and hours into 1 place.
The customer support offered by Solve has been fantastic and they've gone above and beyond to sort out even the smallest issues we've had with the software.
The software is easy-to-use from an admin's perspective. It's easy to add new users and remove old ones.

Cons

The UI could use an update, as it can feel a little bit counterintuitive and dated at times.
It would be amazing to be able to modify time logs after they've been made without having to delete them and make a new one.
We recently had a problem with a project blog becoming too big. I believe this was because we had used the project blog for many years, but it would be useful to not have to worry about this issue.
More analytics that provide feedback on time logs and staff usage would be useful.

Bonnie
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  • Industry: Events Services
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Why I Value Solve360 So Highly

Reviewed on 2019/08/02

We are a very diverse company with national reach and a huge mixture of customer types. Solve360...

We are a very diverse company with national reach and a huge mixture of customer types. Solve360 has made it possible for us to capture all the information we need about each of our customers and manipulate it in such a way that extracting the data we need for reporting purposes and customer analysis is very easy.

Pros

Basically, I like everything that Solve360 has to offer a business like ours. It is extremely customizable , offers a full download of all data we have entered and has excellent customer support if and when needed.

Cons

I really haven't found anything at all that I dislike. We are in the process of adding other lines of business to our database because of its flexibility.

Jennifer
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Fantastic for companies that provide personalized service to large numbers of clients

Reviewed on 2020/02/24

Overall it's wonderful to be able to have a historic record of all interactions, and the email...

Overall it's wonderful to be able to have a historic record of all interactions, and the email template feature saves time and increases adherence to standard procedures. As a newer employee, compared to other employees at the company, I appreciate being able to read back through the record and understand what has happened over the last several years when trying to work with a new-to-me client.

Pros

Favorite feature: being able to BCC emails to Solve. Second favorite feature: the dynamic search functionality. Third favorite feature: client relationships, so we can list relatives/significant others/friends.

Cons

I wish it were easier to mark an email as nonfunctional and/or not preferred, so that we can more quickly update addresses as we get them. The process of including an outdated email is a bit clunky and cumbersome. Same with phone numbers: I wish it were easier to mark a number as preferred. I also wish it were possible to link Solve to our Zoom phone system.

Que
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  • Industry: International Trade & Development
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Great support

Reviewed on 2020/04/10

Easy to work with and always working!

Easy to work with and always working!

Pros

Great software which we’ve been using more than 10 years

Cons

Mobile app could be improved but furthermore its great software and great service

Alternatives Considered

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Reasons for Switching to Solve CRM

Much easier to work with
Peri
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Solve is an indispensable system for my business

Reviewed on 2020/03/30

Our company relies on Solve for managing our growing customers and projects. It is an indispensable...

Our company relies on Solve for managing our growing customers and projects. It is an indispensable tool in our daily operations. It's easy to use and provides the crucial features we need. The few times we've needed to contact customer support have been great experiences - super fast response time from real people who seem to care.

Pros

The flexibility in the software allows us to create a very customized solution for our business operations.

Cons

We rely on the Project Blog feature heavily for project management and would really love to see something that can help us create timelines for our work.

Hubert
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great value and service

Reviewed on 2020/02/07

Pros

I am using solve since years know and I love how easy and intuitive it is to use. No need to read hours of manuals and still there are great benefits.
It was easy to apply the software for our companies special needs, it is all I could think of.
I want to mention the exceptional support, very fast and very helpfuöl. It was only a few times I really needed them and the experience was great every time

Cons

Not any I could think of, the software works just fine for us

Aimee
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for Free Trial
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Supporting both sales and our asset management

Reviewed on 2019/07/01

We needed to find a CRM that would also allow us to manage our hardware assets that we 'rent' to...

We needed to find a CRM that would also allow us to manage our hardware assets that we 'rent' to customers. We weren't sure if Solve could support this or not, and contacted them for a demo. From the start the customer service stood out - they wanted to actually know about OUR business, rather than simply sell theirs, and they took the time to help us to customise a demo for our wider team and decision-makers.

As a small company, it was important we get this right and Solve helped us with answering questions and providing support along the way. Their service was a key reason why we went with them despite them missing some minor functionality that other services had.

Pros

It is super easy to customise in regards to fields and tags. In particular, I like the thought that has been applied to making it easy to customise the look of the 'forms' so that when you add a lot of fields (we capture a lot of data), you can easily find what you need.

Cons

The reporting from this software and lack of sales dashboard outside of that reporting is a bit clunky. It does make reporting on the content a bit more difficult than it probably has to be. The workaround, however, was fairly easy to set up.

Stevan
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  • Industry: International Affairs
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Very efficient CRM

Reviewed on 2020/04/22

We managed to customise solve360 to fit our company's needs and processes (through a developer...

We managed to customise solve360 to fit our company's needs and processes (through a developer recommended by Norada). Based on this initial customisation I have to say that solve360 is very much adapted to our needs and Norada offers quick customer support every time we need them.

Pros

Easy to use. We managed to customise it to our needs

Cons

The package with the mobile app is a bit too costly (it should be included in the basic package).

Timothy
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  • Industry: Automotive
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Solve 360 CRM

Reviewed on 2020/01/31

It works for what we need at a reasonable price.

It works for what we need at a reasonable price.

Pros

Ease of use and value to our employees.

Cons

Very seldom are changes made to update the capabilities.

Alternatives Considered

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Reasons for Switching to Solve CRM

Price
Patricia
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  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Easy to use!

Reviewed on 2019/07/24

Pros

The software is very easy to use, keeps all our client information close at hand. It is nice that we have access where ever we may be.

Cons

Not a big fan of how the emails link to the product. We tested it out and don't use this feature. We also don't find it necessary though as we are a small office.

Marcus
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

A CRM that fits our needs 100%

Reviewed on 2020/03/04

Pros

I love how well Selve integrates with GSuite and how easily you can set up recurring tasks and automated emails.

Cons

A minor drawback is that we might need to get a different project management software and would have been cool if Solve had all the features we were looking for.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Public Relations & Communications
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Using Solve in the PR Space

Reviewed on 2019/05/16

My overall experience has been very positive, as they are responsive to questions, and it helps us...

My overall experience has been very positive, as they are responsive to questions, and it helps us keep a massive amount of information organized and prioritized.

Pros

Solve is extremely easy to use for not just organizing contacts, but also being able to easily see and organize activities for each contact. This is helpful because it makes it easier to see what action needs to be taken and can be customized accordingly. Also, the customer service is very responsive and I appreciate that.

Cons

All of the functionalities are not readily apparent and it can take some digging to figure out how to maximize all of the features in Solve.

Benjamin
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great Application

Reviewed on 2019/01/16

The Norada team is top notch, and I've always found them to be easy to work with and overall...

The Norada team is top notch, and I've always found them to be easy to work with and overall knowledgeable.

Pros

Solve is an incredibly flexible CRM solution, with the ability to work with other unrelated applications. I appreciate that I'm able to make Solve work for almost any business model.

Cons

Not enough robust integrations, and most of the existing integrations need more functionality and "customizability." I'd also like to see more sales-focused features.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Very robust CRM

Reviewed on 2018/03/13

Pros

There is a LOT of information you can attach to a client. I've been using it for at least 10 years and I still find new uses.

Cons

The user interface is a bit out of date. However, the amount of information you can store is well worth it.