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Nutshell
4.3
(977)
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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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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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Last updated: November 24, 2024
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977 Nutshell Reviews
4.3 out of 5
Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 24, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
DP
Darren P.
Partner
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"Great all in one CRM/Marketing solution"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Nutshell is very intuitive. I've used 4 other CRMs prior to Nutshell and none were as intuitive. I also love the US Support with no difficult to understand accents. Also like the integrated email marketing and the reporting from campaigns. The click to dial works better than anything I've used too.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

No bulk de-duping of contacts or accounts. Duplicates just keep building. I currently have thousands of duplicate accounts and no way to bulk dedupe. They need to come up with a better way to not add duplicates and just update existing accounts versus creating duplicates. Maybe they can base their means of checking for duplicates based on the domain and not the company name or somethinw.

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

Really nice and easy system for both a Sales CRM and Marketing Automation. It's a unified solution. Saves time and frustration

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 24, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
JM
John M.
Sales And Marketing Director
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"Great budget friendly option"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

It is efficiently designed for users to access key information quickly. In comparison to the mainstream CRM options it is dramatically cheaper. It is easy to train as the design is very intuitive. It is also very easy to setup new users or deactivate users when appropriate. The mobile app is also quite good and works on most phones well.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

More integrations would be appreciated to help simplify processes. A better integration with pandadocs would also be good. Or create a quote creation tool that is part of the system would be even better. It would also be good to see integrations with more chat clients and it would be useful if it worked with more third party email marketing platforms.

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

This helps a lot with consistent sales processes amongst a team. Management of pipelines on individual and team basis. Crucial tool for the sales team. Nutshell offers a great balance of value and features which for our business is great.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 19, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
BH
Beth H.
General Manager
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"Best Business Tool we Have"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Automation of tasks, inbound/outbound email tracking, reporting--too many plusses to pick just one. Ease of use is probably my favorite bragging point on the system. Nutshell beats Salesforce hands down in the user-friendliness of the program.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

The mobile version needs to be easier to add leads-- currently, we have to add the contact, then add the lead. I want to be able to do it all at once if possible when on the go.

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

Easier to track and follow up on outstanding quotes with the various pipelines and task assignments. Reports are now more accurate, and our staff is better informed.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 19, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
RK
Rashid K.
Partner
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"Great CRM - simple to use with lots of smarts"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Ability to track all emails being sent by GSuite or Office365. Tags where we can search for people. Sales pipeline stages and automation.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

Can't send CC emails outside a contacts corporation

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

Keeping track of my prospects and clients

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 18, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
LK
Luke K.
Business Account Executive
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"Streamlined, simple and does everything you need it to"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Creating pipelines for various products and processes is very simple and lets you customize the platform to your specific needs. Reminders for follow up are well designed and configurable to your cadence, making it easy to keep on top of your contacts.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

It doesn't allow for differentiating transactional and recurring value on leads.

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

I work for a small growing business with a sales team of 3. We chose Nutshell for the integrations with our email and 3CX phone system. The activity tracking is great for ensuring everyone stays active with their existing prospects and fuels whoever is a little behind for the month.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 17, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
LB
Lisa B.
President
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"Nutshell really summed it up"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

After reviewing other CRM applications, we were looking for something that worked as well for the small business as it did for the big box business. Nutshell fit that bill.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

I would like more ability to personalize my experience

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

Nutshell integrates nicely with our other client-facing applications. Making our processes more streamlined,

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Aug 17, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
TS
Tina S.
Damage Prevention Manager
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"The Nutshell CRM has really helped me stay organized save time! Its so easy!"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Access to contacts through both my phone and computer.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

Not being about to track Emailing group distributions in each member account. This is very frustrating!

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

Outreach tracking. Contact accessiblity and notes no matter where I am.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Aug 17, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
JS
Jonathan S.
Sales Assistent
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"Excellent service and customer care"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

The support they supply is fast and helpful. Support is friendly, fast, and almost always answers your questions right away!

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

The timeline in some leads gets crowded. The way that nutshell filters communication sometimes sends messages to multiple places.

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

Nutshell has helped to improve efficiency with the way we follow up on leads. The automated messages and email templates allow quick and easy communication with contacts to ensure customers are not forgotten.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 17, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
ML
Mike L.
Sales Representative
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"Nutshell is very adaptable, easy to use, with all the features you look for in a CRM."
What do you like best about Nutshell?

We use the custom fields a lot and love the ability to store links to all our customers important websites and forms right on the customer's main profile page.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

The only downside is if you're in an industry where CRM's exist specifically for your enterprise. Although Nutshell allows for a high degree of customization and could work for any industry. There are industries where CRM's exist pre-set for their specific business. We have customized Nutshell for our specific needs.

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

Working with a Team Nutshell allows us to see in real-time who has talked to, emailed, etc., which client, and what was said so we're all on the same page. And once any of us save a link to our client's website, Facebook, etc., we all can access it without having to look it up again.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 17, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
PA
Phil A.
Owner/President
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"Nutshell is user friendly and allows us to track our interactions with our customers and prospects."
What do you like best about Nutshell?

The automated pipeline is a great feature that we use every single day.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

There is nothing that I dislike so far in our usage of Nutshell.

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

Nutshell totally manages our marketing to prospects. The automation features save us time and money.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 17, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
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Steven S.
Chief Engagement Officer
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"My favorite small/medium-sized-biz CRM"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Nutshell has been great for our software firm as it grew from a startup to a mid-market company. Nutshell is very similar to us in age, culture, feature philosophy, etc. so I always enjoy interacting with the team. The Support (via chat and email) is excellent and they are always willing to hear new feature ideas and requests. The affordability makes it a great first CRM for new and small businesses.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

Importing can sometimes result in a lot of duplicate leads, so data cleanliness becomes a bit of an issue as you grow. Reporting has some room to grow but it's not too bad right now.

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

New sales people are able to jump right in with minimal training. Workflows are customizable, and tracking prospect information is a breeze.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 17, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AB
Alex B.
Ceo
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"CRM and Funnels - Made Easy"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

I've been using Nutshell for over a year and have to say it's been a life saver in terms of customising for my business needs. The fact I can easily integrate is one thing, the fact we can now also market from Nutshell is great too ... dare I say, I'll be moving away from another email marketing solution shortly. So it's win win! The constant updates and new features are super useful as are the additional training sessions.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

Some little snags that I need to work out are around reporting and some of the reporting card abilities. I'd like to be able to see future activities - ie renewals due on date etc

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

Clear visuals on elements and easy tracking - I can see everything I need with ease and use the dashboard to report activities.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 17, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
MM
Mike M.
President
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"Great CRM for SMB."
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Easy to use and the dashboards are simple to set up.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

They could use more automated flows and communication tools.

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

Tracking our pipeline.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
May 18, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Craig K. avatar
Craig K.
Vice President
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"A simple, easy, and intuative to use CRM for designed for small and growing sales teams"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Nutshell is easy to learn system designed to focus on the collection, organization, and filtering of sales and customer data. As a CRM tool, Nutshell focuses on the essential features for a Sales team. These features include organizing prospects and customers, leads and deals (including where they sit within your sales funnel), and business analytics. I appreciate the ability to customize the benchmark metrics and scorecard activites. This has allowed me to convey how I want my sales team to nurture their sales funnel.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

As teams grow, there may be a desire to have a CRM with a more robust feature set, including automation. The ability to integrate Nutshell with other tools you may be using from a marketing or sales standpoint may also be more difficult than you would desire. This can force manual efforts for your team to create workflows and automations, but at some level, this is not the intent of Nutshell. Nutshell is great for teams that are just starting to use tools such as CRMs and provide more intellegence within their own sales process.

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

When we looked into Nutshell, we looked to find a tool that organized sales and lead data. Because Nutshell focused on sales and business, it was the best solution than other tools that have feature bloat. The dashboards are easy to read and understand and very intuative. As an admin user, you can customization of goals and metrics makes Nutshell data easy to share with organizational leadership to convey progress towards our sales goals. Additionally, you can have multiple users with access to their specific data while having admin users with access to all data across the system, making it great for businesses that have multiple sales representatives.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 20, 2020
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
PF
Pat F.
Founder
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"Nutshell Year 1"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Interface, ease of use, and the integration was fairly simple.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

Not really dislike - but the financial reporting aspects could be a little more functional.

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

Main problem that was solved was keeping all of our sales materials, follow ups, and info in one place. Benefits have been efficiency, professionalism, and remote access.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Nov 13, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
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Jack B.
Marketing Analyst
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"Feel the power productivity in your hands with Nutshell!"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

I`ve read a lot about nutshell and people say it`s only for use in Small Business and that`s totally untrue, I`m in a global company like many workers, and the software is fully usable in its entirety with the extensive information we handle in our department without any problem.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

In some specific cases, only some client email domains are not accepted by the system, in cases like .net or .eu are not acceptable in all cases, it is disgusting to have to tell customers to give me another email address being the previous one their main email address.

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

The sales management statistics reports were very cumbersome processes to do but with Nutshell I saved a lot of time in finishing them.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Apr 15, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
JG
Jacob G.
Marketing Director
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"A good value CRM that includes many features"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

I like the breadth of tools and data that Nutshell can provide for us. The user interface can display lots of data windows, but it does so in a smooth and pleasant way. I can rearrange panels and go back and forth between different metrics fairly quickly. The cost is on the low side for what we get. We can add all the dimensions of pipeline and other sales data to keep everyone completely up to speed on the status of all accounts and leads at any given moment. Nutshell is also flexible when it comes to integrations and mobile accessibility.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

There are lots of customization options, but I think I prefer to work with a system that is mostly set in its ways. For example, I like that Facebook has a solid structure that allows for some customizing, but it generally looks and works the same for everyone. Maybe I'm just a simple person, but I like systems in general to be more rigid to avoid mistakes and inconsistencies between accounts.

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

Nutshell is a strong piece of our daily sales activities. It's an extremely insightful tool that allow us to view and publish fresh data on sales campaigns and new business activities. Staying informed is key to developing new customers, and Nutshell definitely helps to provide more information than I can possibly think of. Most team members connected to Nutshell are able to act more quickly, efficiently and confidently by being able to access information straight from each source in a centralized way. The email capabilities are also very useful for staying in regular touch with leads to avoid interest fizzling out.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 13, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
WS
Walid S.
Middle East Manager
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"4 month usage"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

all clients whether current, potential, open, closed or cancelled are already there to view when needed and all clients data and documents attached as well

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

Download time for history of some clients (specially old clients) may take longer time than usual

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

I focus on building a strong long term relationship with every client and keeping history with date and time is very helpful in this aspect

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 12, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
CB
Chad B.
Sales Manager
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"Flexible and Robust CRM software"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

I like that it is web-based; I can access and enter information via computer or phone. There are numerous reports and information that can be configured and displayed in a usable format. Excellent CRM.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

If I had to pick one out, it would be that it is not specific to our industry. That said, it still offer the ability to document and retrieve all the information we need.

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

We have been able to configure Nutshell on the fly and record/display information that has helped to identify essential trends and guide our sale efforts.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 12, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Shimaylan S. avatar
Shimaylan S.
Head Of Revenue Operations
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"Deeply invested in Nutshell"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

The user interface, open API and the integrated calling functionality.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

The reporting is limited and clunky. We were sold on the voip calling being inclusive of the package however had to revert due to the high expenses Nutshell were incurring on their side to maintain our call volumes as SA costs are materially higher.

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

Web leads. Pipeline management. Forecasting. Lead generation. Attribution tracking.