Making CRM Simple
4.4/5 (203 reviews)Really Simple Systems is an easy to use cloud CRM system designed for small and mid-sized organizations. With sales, marketing and service & support built-in, you can work smarter, managing and tracking your sales leads and customers. All your data is in one place, enabling team collaboration, better relationships and increased sales.
Our CRM system is designed to grow with your business. There are 4 price plans; Free, Starter, Professional and Enterprise, offering easy solutions that will work for your business.
Our customer support is totally free of charge and you'll find lots of 'self-service' resources so you can get the most from your CRM.
Really Simple Systems CRM features an integrated email marketing module with campaign management and database segmentation functions. You can run your email marketing direct from the CRM so all your data is in one place.
Pros
Having an awareness of the cost of some of the well known CRM platforms e.g. salesforce, dynamics, the thing that strikes you is that the cost of these is prohibitive for an SME with @30 light CRM users. RSS is different. The bottom line is that they offer excellent value for small businesses. I would view this as their USP.
They have a responsive team and have constantly improved the CRM over the years.
Key features I like are the permissions system which lets us give bespoke access to the teams in our business with everyone given the access to the client records that they require.
The integration with Kashflow (accounting) is incredibly useful and reduces unnecesary duplication in our business processes.
The marketing module has been a significant driver for new business, and again is very cost effective.
The activity section enables us to keep good records of client contacts, as does the ability to bcc email comunications into the client record.
The layout of fields is very easy to modify to your business requirements, adding extra fields with dropdowns as required.
Document storage is straightforward with drag & drop functionality.
Cons
Nothing to complain about, happy. Maybe preferred the earlier version which let you know the last time a record was updated and by who.
Thanks for the review Chris!
FYI the new version CRM does still let you know the last time a record was updated and by who. At the top of your screen, next to the account name, there's a little clock symbol. Hover over this and the information will appear.
Regards
As a micro business owner, I have to do everything from developing to sales and marketing, and I suspect like many geek-run businesses like mine, I love the first part and loathe the latter.
I'd found a few tools that do a limited number of things very well and help my business in other ways, like Trello, Toggl, gmail and so on, but I was struggling to find a CRM equivalent.
I'd tried a few SAAS cloud solutions that would have been overpriced, and I tried installing a couple of open source solutions like SuiteCRM which proved to be way over the top and bloated for my needs.
Finally I hit upon RSS CRM and we were the perfect match.
I went to their first user conference earlier in 2016, and what impressed me greatly was not only how good and enthusiastic the CEO and his staff were, but also the other customers.
I'd already experienced support via both phone and email (even though I was on the free plan at the time), and it was nice to actually meet the team for real, and know that they aren't outsourced from some sweatshop in a distant place. It's a UK company with a "proper" UK phone number, although there are support offices in other countries too, to account for the timezones which is good.
Pros
The freemium model is enough to get anyone new to CRM started quickly.
It's all "pay as you go", and you can bolt features on as needed. I wanted something that tells me what, when and how I did something, to whom and when, what the outcome was, and will then nag me to do the next thing.
And, for me, RSS does all that perfectly.
They also run free webinars which are also recorded in case you can't make it on the day. These are worth watching - I found I was missing several tricks and now get even more out of the system. I'm particularly impressed with the email integration which saves the whole endless copying and pasting debacle. It really is simple, but perfect at what it does.
Cons
All of that said, yes, the interface does look a little tired. However, I've seen the new version which should be launched by late summer 2016 and it's really impressive.
They've rewritten it with a responsive interface which works much better than the current version on a mobile.
Because the underlying functionality won't be changing significantly, they're going to let users initially choose whether to be "early adopters" of the new interface, which is a nice touch as change sometimes scares people!
The greatest benefit is sharing of customer/contact information internally across team members in an easy fashion at a reasonable price.
Pros
We selected this software for the ease of use. In addition, there was little required for our employees to access immediately. After using this for half a year, it continues to meet and exceed those expectations.
Logging in is done through a browser and does not require additional software. Sharing contact information, outstanding tasks for clients, and client specific documents are all easy tasks that are quite intuitive.
Also adding new users requires very little effort since there is no software required for to install on an employees computer.
Cons
There are several activities that are a bit clunky/annoying. When adding revenue, it is treated as an opportunity instead of simply entering the revenue for a client. Several apps within the program will also mark this revenue with the British pound instead of the U.S. dollar despite the fact that our settings are on USD.
Additionally for reminders you have to use your google calendar instead of the system sending you reminders. When setting these reminders in Google calendar, it always incorrectly translates the date/time to GMT despite the fact that our calendars are on EST. So you have to be careful to reset the correct day/time when entering in to your Google Calendar. We would greatly prefer a reminder system within the program itself instead of the current clunky process.
Thank you for your feedback. I will report the errors you mention regarding currencies and time zones to our Development Team to take a look at. In the meantime, if you would like to contact our Support Team on [email protected] we can correct these settings for you. Regards.
As a micro business owner, I have to do everything from developing to sales and marketing, and I suspect like many geek-run businesses like mine, I love the first part and loathe the latter.
I'd found a few tools that do a limited number of things very well and help my business in other ways, like Trello, Toggl, gmail and so on, but I was struggling to find a CRM equivalent.
I'd tried a few SAAS cloud solutions that would have been overpriced, and I tried installing a couple of open source solutions like SuiteCRM which proved to be way over the top and bloated for my needs.
Finally I hit upon RSS CRM and we were the perfect match. The freemium model is enough to get anyone new to CRM started quickly.
It's all "pay as you go", and you can bolt features on as needed. I wanted something that tells me what, when and how I did something, to whom and when, what the outcome was, and will then nag me to do the next thing.
And, for me, RSS does all that perfectly.
I went to their first user conference earlier in 2016, and what impressed me greatly was not only how good and enthusiastic the CEO and his staff were, but also the other customers.
I'd already experienced support via both phone and email (even though I was on the free plan at the time), and it was nice to actually meet the team for real, and know that they aren't outsourced from some sweatshop in a distant place. It's a UK company with a "proper" UK phone number, although there are support offices in other countries too, to account for the timezones which is good.
Finally, they run free webinars which are also recorded in case you can't make it on the day. These are worth watching - I found I was missing several tricks and now get even more out of the system. I'm particularly impressed with the email integration which saves the whole endless copying and pasting debacle. It really is simple, but perfect at what it does.
All of that said, yes, the current interface as of early 2016 does look a little tired. However, I've seen the new version which should be launched by late summer 2016 and it's really impressive.
They've rewritten it with a responsive interface which works much better than the current version on a mobile.
Because the underlying functionality won't be changing significantly, they're going to let users initially choose whether to be "early adopters" of the new interface, which is a nice touch as change sometimes scares people!
I was also very pleased to learn that a new quotation module and integration with more third-party vendors (via Zapier) is on the cards for 2017.
Pros
Does a few things really well and fast, with a good freemium model.
It was adequate when we started out, but the service forced us to explore other options.
Pros
As expected it's simple to use and get the hang of - basic but functional. The latest version - 5 - is bright and clear on the screen.
Cons
The architecture is inflexible and really didn't suit our business (combined B2B and B2C) without us fudging workarounds. We would have lived with it, and even put up with the mid-term price hike they sprung on us, but it was customer service that killed it. Emails and phone responses were cold and unhelpful. I know they are British so we were prepared for the attitude, but even with that they didn't seem to care about a small business our size. This spurred us to look around, and we found solutions out there with totally superior architecture and service that were priced similarly. So, to the relief of my staff, we made the effort to migrate away.
Colin, thank you for your review. I'm sorry to hear our CRM did not suit you and your business. It is designed for B2B so is not a perfect solution if your business is also B2C.
Our products and services are designed specifically for small businesses and this is our key audience, with single-user systems upwards. I apologise if we gave the impression that your business was not important to us at any stage, as this is definiately not the case.
I also apologise if our customer service was in any way lacking in your experience. We pride ourselves on our service and 99.9% of the time receive great feedback from our customers praising our exceptional service.
I am pleased to hear you have found a CRM system that better suits your needs and I wish you and your business continued success.
Kind regards
Helen Armour
Marketing Manager
Start for free with 2 Users and 100 Accounts. As your company grows add more Users, Accounts and Advanced features with our Starter, Professional and Enterprise plans.
Really Simple Systems is so easy to use you'll have your team up and running in minutes. If you do need help, we offer free customer support and a wealth of self-service resources. You'll find step-by-step guides, short tutorial videos, in-product help drawers and a programme of live webinars.
Quickly find your contacts and interations
Track your leads and customers
Automate your sales process
Manage your tasks and activities
Create easy team collaboration
Manage your performance with powerful reporting
Below are some frequently asked questions for Really Simple Systems.
Really Simple Systems offers the following pricing plans:
Starting from: $15/month
Pricing model: Freemium, Subscription
Free Trial: Available
Start for free with 2 Users and 100 Accounts. As your company grows add more Users, Accounts and Advanced features with our Starter, Professional and Enterprise plans.
Really Simple Systems offers the following features:
Really Simple Systems has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Mid Size Business, Non Profits, Small Business
Really Simple Systems supports the following languages:
English
Really Simple Systems has the following pricing plans:
Freemium, Subscription
We do not have any information about what devices Really Simple Systems supports
Really Simple Systems integrates with the following applications:
KashFlow, KashFlow, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Xero, Xero
Really Simple Systems offers the following support options:
FAQs, Knowledge Base, Online Support, Phone Support, Video Tutorials
We have grown our business with this CRM, and when we were starting out it gave us a lot of "bang for our bucks", the experience has been excellent.