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Zoho vs Odoo

06.09.22 07:01 PM By Bohdana
A successful business is one that not only finds new customers, but convinces them to come back again and again. Attracting repeat customers is the secret to a stable business. 

Getting to know your loyal customers means effectively managing information, monitoring actions, interacting, and offering support when they need it. Your CRM software should be able to do all this, at least given the many advances now available. If you are in the process of searching for CRM, this comparison of Zoho CRM and Odoo CRM may help you narrow down that choice.

Zoho CRM

Zoho is a comprehensive SaaS-based enterprise application suite that provides two specialized software tools for customer relationship management, namely Zoho One and Zoho CRM plus.

Zoho CRM Plus

This is a comprehensive customer relationship management solution that enables organizations to enhance customer service. It gives you access to more than 11 dedicated modules CRM to effectively manage sales, marketing and many other important functions CRM. Above all, it allows you to gain valuable information about customer data to learn their likes, preferences and buying patterns. Businesses can use this data to optimize their marketing campaigns, improve sales strategies and provide personalized shopping.

 Zoho One

Zoho One - is a comprehensive business process management suite that covers customer relationship management, among many other critical business functions. It includes more than 40 web applications to handle various business verticals, including sales, marketing, finance and human resources. Zoho One is best suited for businesses that are interested in complete software upgrades rather than occasional upgrades.

Odoo CRM

Similar to Zoho CRM, Odoo provides a comprehensive software package that provides full customer relationship management support among many other business applications. The Odoo moduleCRM is a fully customizable software tool, but this can be a problem for you, as you have to pay for each new additional customization

Sales Automation

Zoho CRM can automate tasks and do the following:
  • Schedule of meetings
  • Sending emails
  • Contact Tracking
  • Upgrade options

It can help you generate leads from multiple sources and manage, score and distribute them to the right sales representatives. The system can collect leads through forms on various content management platforms such as WordPress. Zoho also includes some additional time-saving features, such as the ability to scan business cards and turn them into digital customer records. A visual sales funnel allows you to get a clear overview of all your current deals and identify which ones need your attention.

Odoo CRM can reduce manual data entry by importing information into contact records from emails and calls VoIP. You can quickly import leads from other files or previous CRM using the column mapping tool. In addition, you can determine your next steps based on your lead rating and decide which leads will be prospects. 

Integrations

We would like to dedicate a separate section to integrations with other applications. Zoho CRM can easily integrate with other Zoho products and third-party applications, which number about 500. Whereas Odoo CRM has up to 50. The table below compares integration with the most popular apps.

 Applications OdooZoho
 PayPal ++
 Gmail -+ 
 Google Analytics 360 - +
 Google Calendar -+
 Constant Contact -+
 Mailchimp -+
 Meta for Business+ +
 Microsoft 365 - +
 Microsoft Outlook+  +
 QuickBooks Online Advanced -+
 HubSpot CRM- +
 Shopify- +
 Slack - +
 Stripe+ -
 Twitter - +
 WordPress -+
Xero
 - +
 Zapier+ +
Zendesk
 - +

Reports and analytics

Zoho CRM combines data from multiple analytics tools so you can base your actions and interactions with customers on data. Its analytics system analyzes everything from leads and transactions to tasks and emails to help you keep track of everything that happens in your sales cycle. You can choose from off-the-shelf standard reports or customize them for a specific customer or stakeholder. Use different types of charts to visually and quickly understand your data. Zoho CRM has tools that compare actual to predicted values, calculate or compare your performance metrics and other features for different groups or segments. And if you choose Zoho One, you automatically get access to Zoho Analytics , a data analysis software that allows you to quickly and efficiently create visually appealing data visualizations and useful dashboards.

You can get statistics from Odoo CRM regarding your lead sources to see which campaigns have been successful. A preset dashboard is available, or you can customize it to help you and your team get the right information. Odoo can also display your team's key performance indicators, as well as identify trends. Still, the functionality and analytics visualizations of Odoo are inferior to Zoho

Here's a detailed table comparing the features each platform has to offer

 Functions OdooZoho
Two-factor authentication
-+
API
 ++ 
Calendar management
+ +
 Manage Contacts ++
 Exchanging Contacts++
Customer Management
 ++
Dashboards
+ +
 Exporting data+
 +
 Import data+  +
 Data visualization -+
 Integration with email++
External integrations
++
File sharing
 - +
File Transfer
- +
 Integration with Google Apps + +
 Leed Management++
Lead Scoring
 - +
Marketing automation
+ +
Multi-User
 - +
 Schedule + +
 Integration with social networks + +
 Task scheduling/tracking+ +
 Third-party plugins/supplements + +
Call tracking -+
 Click-to-Dial - +
 Sales Automation + +
 Pipeline Management + +
 Free version+ +
Price from (per user)
 24$14$ 

Conclusion

Both Odoo, and Zoho offer promising CRM-solutions to meet your diverse business needs with increased flexibility, scalability and interoperability. 

Zoho CRM is an affordable but powerful CRM-solution with high ratings and good user recommendations. It is a stable platform that has evolved since its first launch in 2005. The inclusion of Zia, a software assistant CRM based on artificial intelligence, which can communicate via text and voice, shows the modern technology inside. There is even a developer version in which you can customize your CRM solution with minimal code and widgets for deployment on the web and on mobile devices. You can try the program for free for 15 days.

Odoo CRM offers several options CRM as a solution. You can start with just what you need and add applications as your business grows. 

The decision is yours, but still Odoo CRM is inferior to Zoho CRM in many features.