Micro CRM
Web and SaaS
crm
SHOW HN2019
147points
85comments
#294of 2,195 in 2019
Top 14%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
3 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 14 critical, out of 40 comments about the project. Thread score -0.21.
Design: 0 for, 7 againstIdea: 2 for, 4 againstPricing: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean design and simple features
From 1 comment
Great work. At first glance, I appreciate the clean design and simple features. I've used Hubspot free plan 3 years and it works great. Not complicated and has all the features I…
lepetitpedre on HN
API access at enterprise price seems worth paying for
From 1 comment
That makes sense. API access, especially at that price point, seems like something worth paying for.
microsage on HN
Objections
Crowded CRM market, hard to stand out
From 1 comment
What’s your plan on promoting it? I feel like this space is overheated and it’s impossible to stand out
peterdemin on HN
Spreadsheets and Google Sheets already cover basic needs
From 2 comments
Great effort, and I applaud your efforts to try and come up with a solution in this very crowded space. For me, simplicity in a CRM is not the factor that will make me pull out…
cyberferret on HNTwo of those features can be done using Google Sheets as you suggested >* Ability to have multiple team members in my company share and update my list of contacts >* Ability to…
dreamer7 on HN
The .cc domain looks like spam
From 2 comments
I'm not even going to look at something on a .cc domain name. Get a .com or anything but ,cc. The .cc is notorious for spam.
gexla on HNIt looks like shit/suspect and inspires the same confidence a .tk domain does. Do you remember those free-awesome-sites.tk urls from the early 2000s?
sergiotapia on HN
Data portability and continuity concerns for a SaaS
From 2 comments
'CRM' stands for Customer Relationship Management, and in a sentence is usually short for 'a CRM app'. CRMs are what folks use to keep track of their relationship with a given…
undoware on HNWho takes over if you unexpectedly die or fall into a coma? That’s the hardest question I can give you, I don’t like thinking about it either .. but before I trust a huge…
Operyl on HN
Requests
Email integration
From 2 comments
Biggest thing for me would be seamless (and option) email import. I can store contacts in a spreadsheet, but seeing the history of conversations with a customer is where a…
notahacker on HNI’m a veterinarian. I’ve been looking for a product that I can auto forward our emails to and log calls to without any friction. I want to be able to make notes and assign tasks.…
projektfu on HN
Team sharing of contacts
From 1 comment
Great effort, and I applaud your efforts to try and come up with a solution in this very crowded space. For me, simplicity in a CRM is not the factor that will make me pull out…
cyberferret on HN
Pipeline / funnel stages
From 1 comment
I know you didn't ask for suggestions, but here's mine: the one thing I care about a CRM doing really well is pipeline / funnel management, i.e, the ability to define a set of…
microsage on HN
Data export
From 1 comment
Can you export data with either plan?
rman666 on HN
Contact import from business cards or inbox
From 1 comment
Great effort, and I applaud your efforts to try and come up with a solution in this very crowded space. For me, simplicity in a CRM is not the factor that will make me pull out…
cyberferret on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Monica and other open source CRMs
From 1 comment
How does it compare to Monica[1]? [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14497295
4684499 on HN
What happens to tags when downgrading to free
From 1 comment
What if a user was planning on importing contacts and using tags so they sign up for the premium account. Then they decide to drop down to the free tier. Are the tags still there…
kkaske on HN
Alternatives named
Odoo CRM
From 1 comment
Loooong time reader and first time poster. Everything you mentioned (aside from the business card reading) can be done with Odoo and the CRM addon. You can set up email aliases…
jamesbfb on HN
Less Annoying CRM
From 2 comments
have you checked out Less Annoying CRM [0]? It has a rudimentary pipeline feature and API access. $10/month per user. 0. https://lacrm.com
dhruvkar on HNI'm pretty happy with https://www.lessannoyingcrm.com/ and have been a customer for several years—they seem to be making a Pinboard-esque "be small and don't die" play, and…
subvocalize on HN
Monica
From 1 comment
How does it compare to Monica[1]? [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14497295
4684499 on HN
HubSpot free plan
From 2 comments
Why not just use the free hubspot plan, and you get pipelines with that as well as email integration etc.
bggy00 on HNGreat work. At first glance, I appreciate the clean design and simple features. I've used Hubspot free plan 3 years and it works great. Not complicated and has all the features I…
lepetitpedre on HN
Frappe
From 1 comment
Just curious, have you taken a look at https://github.com/frappe/frappe
mr-karan on HN