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Top 10 Reasons to Consider Open Source CRM

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 8, 2010

“While open source CRM solutions have been around for many
years, some businesses are hesitant to try them for a variety of
reasons, including the perception that they are not as
sophisticated or as reliable as traditional CRM solutions and/or do
not provide support. But as eCRMGuide.com found out from talking to
Martin Schneider, the senior director of communications at
SugarCRM, a leading provider of open source customer relationship
management (CRM) software, today’s open source CRM solutions are
just as reliable and can provide more bang for the buck than
traditional proprietary CRM applications.

“More bang for your CRM buck. Not counting the free open source
solutions out there (including SugarCRM’s Community Edition),
commercial open source CRM solutions, such as SugarCRM’s Enterprise
edition still cost significantly less than, say, Salesforce.com’s
Enterprise edition — $600 per user/per year vs. $1,500 per
user/per year — and offer similar features, functionality and
support.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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