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Nutshell
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Nutshell Reviews & Product Details

Nutshell Overview
What is Nutshell?

Nutshell is a customer relationship management (CRM) software that helps businesses manage their sales and marketing activities. It offers a range of features such as lead management, sales forecasting, and email marketing automation. Nutshell is best for small and medium-sized businesses that want a user-friendly, affordable, and customizable CRM solution and wants to manage their sales and marketing activities on the go.

Company Nutshell CRM, Inc.
Year founded 2010
Company size 11-50 employees
Headquarters Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Nutshell Product Details
Capabilities
API
Segment
Small Business
Deployment Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Mobile Android, Mobile iPad, Mobile iPhone
Training Documentation
Languages English
Nutshell Features
API Access
Appointment Scheduling
Call Logging
Collaboration Tools
Contact Management
Customer Feedback Management
Customer Segmentation
Customer Support Ticketing
Customizable Dashboards
Data Import/Export
Document Management
Email Marketing
Lead Management
Live Chat
Marketing Automation
Mobile Access
Order Management
Product Catalog
Quotes/Proposals
Reporting & Analytics
Role-Based Access Control
Sales Forecasting
Sales Pipeline Management
Social Media Integration
Survey Management
Task Management
Territory Management
Third-party Integrations
User Permissions
Workflow Automation
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977 Nutshell Reviews
4.3 out of 5
Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 09, 2019
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Overall Rating:
5.0
Oliver W. avatar
Oliver W.
Owner
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"Nutshell is a Phenomenal Sales CRM"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

I love how easy Nutshell is to use, the UI is very well laid out and is intuitive. It's very easy to add Companies and Contacts to start creating a lead and sales pipeline.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

Tricky to integrate with our 3CX phone system, it is shown as a feature but technical and hard to get working.

What problems is Nutshell solving and how is that benefiting you?

Allows me as the business owner to monitor sales performance and activities, see how many calls and emails are being made and I can record those calls if I wish to see the quality of conversations being had.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 09, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
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Chris E.
Sales Executive
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"An Oustanding. Choice in a B2B CRM"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

So far, our team had had no issues getting acclimated with Nutshell. Any questions we had we answered promptly and effectively by the Custimer Service staff. We are new to this but very happy so far with the experience.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

So far we have no complaints. We still have a lot more info to load, then the process of updating customer and customer records will commence.

What problems is Nutshell solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are a manufacturer’s rep firm, and need one “source of truth” for contact info. We also are using the. Leads function to avoid opportunities falling though the cracks.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 09, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Chris M. avatar
Chris M.
Chief Marketing Officer & Project Manager
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"Best Workflow and Pipeline Software we have used yet."
What do you like best about Nutshell?

We love the option to create our own checklists and pipeline workflow.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

We are paying for over 20 users, so it is a bit expensive now.

What problems is Nutshell solving and how is that benefiting you?

Workflow management, transaction management, pipeline and sales management

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 08, 2019
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Overall Rating:
5.0
HM
Hugh M.
Managing Partner
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"Great CRM solution for a reasonable price"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

I love the pipeline creation process and using the pipelines to track my leads and progress.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

Wish that there was a view with details pane from the right center stage. Maybe be able to expand it to full view.

What problems is Nutshell solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use it to track our leads through the sales process. and it has made it very easy for us to make continuous progress towards our goals.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 05, 2019
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Overall Rating:
5.0
MC
Montana C.
Onboarding Specialist
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"Don't know what I would do without it!"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

I love how easy it is to organize my leads. Nutshell gives me the ability to nest all of the information for each lead.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

Sometimes my information doesn't fully sync.

What problems is Nutshell solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am able to reach out to old leads from years ago by using the tasks/reminders and I can bring those leads to life easily because I can find all of their information along with notes that were made from past coworkers.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 05, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
DR
Dusty R.
Outside Sales Rep
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"Nutshell is the best"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

it is super easy to find customers and company names in nutshell I really love it

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

when I enter a city with 2 names it doesn't register both names of the city

What problems is Nutshell solving and how is that benefiting you?

customer locations its super easy to use

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 05, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Vitaly S. avatar
Vitaly S.
Founder And Ceo
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"The easiest to use CRM"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

The features you use most are right in front of you. It might not be the most advanced CRM, but covers key features well.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

I would have added a few features like subsidiary looking and custom flexible tags.

What problems is Nutshell solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our software company is mostly consist of sales people who all need good CRM. We also have integrated it to our email o365, marketing MailChimp and website lead collecting processes.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 04, 2019
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Overall Rating:
5.0
Kyle Z. avatar
Kyle Z.
Campus Ambassador
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"Helps with an increase in productivity!"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

It organizes customers very well and allows for better follow ups.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

I haven't found anything that I have disliked

What problems is Nutshell solving and how is that benefiting you?

Creating leads and following up with customers!

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 04, 2019
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Overall Rating:
5.0
AM
Autumn M.
National Sales Team Lead
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"We love Nutshell! "
What do you like best about Nutshell?

The ability to keep up with our leads and communicate with our internal team efficiently.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

Hard to say, they do a great job! We usually bug them about features and then shortly after they are available !

What problems is Nutshell solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are generating more business for our company at a faster rate and we're able to make a more personal touch with prospective and existing customers.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Apr 04, 2019
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Michael W. C.
Sales & Business Development Manager
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"Easy to Implement CRM"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

After using a trial version, I was able implement Nutshell for our sales team within weeks of starting as the new Sales Manager.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

There are still some bugs that occasionally come up, but customer support team usually has the answer to resolve it.

What problems is Nutshell solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are updating customer contacts and increasing our touches to customers and prospects as well as tracking new sales opportunities. We currently are tracking new sales projects and tracking outreach goals to measure and improve customer interactions.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Apr 04, 2019
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Overall Rating:
5.0
CS
Christian S.
Country Sales Manager
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"Must use"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Great CRM for business. I love the follow email ease. All the info it provides ie social media addresses etc

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

The “custom field” info disappears after opening

What problems is Nutshell solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ease of follow up

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 04, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Doug T. avatar
Doug T.
National Sales Manager
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"Great Service"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

I like that my team is happy with it's capabilities most.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

There isn't anything I have not liked, I don't use it as much as my sales team though.

What problems is Nutshell solving and how is that benefiting you?

My team is able to keep up with their leads better than ever before. Takes a lot of work off my plate.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 04, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
JM
Jane M.
Vp Marketing
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"Great system at a Great Price"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Nutshell is like Dunkin Donuts. It is a GREAT product, very convenient and easy for anyone to use and love. Salesforce is a bit like Starbucks - expensive, complicated and everything seems to be an extra fee. If you want to spend more time selling than you are figuring out your software, use Nutshell

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

Nothing. Their live phone support is great. I have called many times and every time the people are super smart, friendly and respectful even when the issues are all user error.

What problems is Nutshell solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use this for our sales CRM

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 04, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
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Zee A.
Founder & Janitor
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"Sexy UI and UX - so easy to use and they have the best support team!"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

I love that I can call them and their entire support team is in the great US of A! Communication is easy. You can see their smile though the phone. No, they did not pay me to say this.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

I wish I could do more on the mobile app but I know they have a lot of things on the roadmap which btw is public! And we can vote on new things we want. I also wish the Click to Call was better. I have really fast wifi but calls seem to always have issues. Clients tell me they cant hear me when I call via Nutshell CRM.

What problems is Nutshell solving and how is that benefiting you?

Management of all orders and clients, sales quotas, keeping all vendors organized

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 04, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
JR
John Paul R.
Director Of Operation
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"There is no more bang for your buck out there for CRM."
What do you like best about Nutshell?

The best thing about Nutshell is the ability to integrate with other platforms and ease of training new users. The way the pricing structure is set up really caters to small business and that is very hard to find in the CRM arena.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

I dislike how automated some things are as it opens the door for users not taking control of the database and overall data integrity.

What problems is Nutshell solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are solving our sales and lead cycles. We are also using it as a database management tool and have realized that this tool makes everyone much more efficient!

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 04, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Rachael M. avatar
Rachael M.
Inside Sales Consultant
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"Easy Organization"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Being able to link everyone's email has been amazing. Its great to always be looped in with whats going on. Especially if you have a customer that has been conversing with a team member that is on vacation or out of the office. You can easily search the email function and find the information.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

Sometimes using the map where we have all our customers can be glitchy- I dont know if you can add the zip code to search but I havent seen that as a feature.

What problems is Nutshell solving and how is that benefiting you?

Miscommunication for starters. We can look up specific emails from other staff members on quotes they sent out. The lead section is also helpful to keep track of follow ups.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Apr 04, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
JW
James W.
Sales Manager
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"Great platforme to see and work all of your customers!"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Hands down the best experience we have had with Nutshell is their customer service. Any time there is an issue or something we need some help with, their customer support is amazing!

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

Nutshell's app is not as user friendly and doesn't have as many features as their web based program.

What problems is Nutshell solving and how is that benefiting you?

Being able to see all of our leads and being able to track down the different stages of our customer allow us to capture more customer sits and also allows us to follow up with customers at the right time.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 04, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
SS
Sean S.
Director Of Sales
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"Very easy CRM to utilize for an active Sales Rep on the go."
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Easy to enter new prospects information succinctly from the company name, phone number, email, primary contacts, who the decision maker is and so on , and continue adding information about the client as I gather it. It is also very easy to track the sales cycle and create notifications for follow up. Sharing my pipeline with my sales manager as well has been much easier & I can realistically create estimations on closing percentage and let him know where I am in the sales cycle to make our 1 on 1's more effective. I also truly enjoy the search feature as I am gathering information for unknown clients that I need to assist my team or gather intel on for assisting in closing a deal.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

wish the business card scanning feature on the phone was easier to use and prepopulated company/contact/etc. I also wish that there wasn't so many requirements or difficulty when moving through the lead process as every sales company is different & the cycle. If it would be customized based on the type of company, it would be more helpful.

What problems is Nutshell solving and how is that benefiting you?

it is much easier to review with sales manager and track progress. Also, one of the biggest benefits is the communication with colleagues on conversations with clients whether that be phone calls or emails. It has dramatically helped in knowing where they are with the sales cycle and if I need to step in with a client.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 04, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
Chris B. avatar
Chris B.
Ceo
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"Perfect for small to medium sized businesses"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Nutshell has all of the features we need without any of the bloat that we don't. It also has API access, which has allowed us to integrate it deeply with our other systems.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

It would be nice to have just a tad more flexibility.

What problems is Nutshell solving and how is that benefiting you?

We've tried a number of CRMs, and Nutshell is the perfect fit for us. The web interface is simple, and the API interface has given us the ability to integrate it into our sales automation system and the backend system that we developed in house.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 04, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
JL
Julie L.
Founder
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"Useful CRM solution"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Nutshell is a powerful CRM tool. Our team has taken especially advantage of the lead tracking and Gmail integration. It’s been very helpful in allowing our team to work collaboratively on tracking and progressing on leads. The Gmail and Mailchimp integrations are fantastic and help us to be in sync and efficient.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

1) Outbound emailing from Nutshell could be improved. Seems like I cannot cc when emailing from within the platform. 2) More flexibility with pipeline steps. We’ve noticed that our pipeline steps don’t always occur in the same linear order, so we advance to a step only to realize that some previous steps still need to be completed.

What problems is Nutshell solving and how is that benefiting you?

Lead tracking, staying in sync when reporting progress across team members, ensuring leads are not forgotten or dropped