
Our implementation of SugarCRM was initially carried out by a third party and in a very short space of time. We, the users actually had no input for the system decision, we were just given it and none of us had heard of it... This meant we were able to continue 'as we were', but was far from a finished thing.
I then switched my role to work purely on SugarCRM, having previously administered Salesforce (yep, we ditched the mighty SF and moved to Sugar). From the outset I found the UI easy to use with some great features in both the users role and within the administrator role.
We have around 30 frequent users and after initial onboarding and familiarisation I am not often asked questions about how to use it. This frees up my time for development and we have now integrated our instance to be 'more than a CRM'.
Our in-house web developer now has SugarCRM working as a support desk, a CMS (custom modules data populates our websites, so CRM is the single source of truth for our data), and a login server for multiple websites in our ecosystem. The ease of itegration with the very well documented REST API has been fantastic.
If we ever get stuck then the SugarClub (forum) is simply an amazing resource full of expert users and developers, partners and administrators all eager to help solve your conundrum. Beyond that I also have to say how excellent SugarCRM's Support team are: cases are easily raised in the support site and expertly answered well with the SLA.
It's hard to pick a thing I like best:
- Dashbards are amazing - Report data can be pulled in easily to a dashboard. I have ones for support metrics, marketing info, product data.. loads more!
One recent report I created helped a leadership decicison that resulted in a cost saving of many thousands of pounds! You want business metrics - you got 'em!
- The automation that can also be achieved with BPM (business process management) is awesome. Think workflow, if this then that... almost anything you can think can be automated and you dont need to be a tech wizard to acheive some really slick processes. For example: Leads submitted via our websites are created in SugarCRM's Leads module.. sales are alerted, and the leads show on the dashboard. They review the lead and in literally a few clicks the lead has been automatically passed over to one of our global network of partners. Before SugarCRM the leads created an email, that was manually forwarded to a sales region/rep, then manually entered to the Lead module, and manually emailed to a partner! wow! Now its literally 3 clicks!
- Above all I would say the best thing is how much I can acheive as the system Admin. I am not a developer, though I try to be! And for sure an in house developer has been critical to our success. But the admin suite of tools allows a huge range of tweaks, updates and customisations to be made with excellent documentation to help you. And one quick last one, the SugarCRM team continually improve, secure and update the system. Every update for the last 6 years for me has been a valuable addition. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Currently there are some known bugs that 'slightly' hinder us in the UI, they are due to be fixed in the next release. But they were introduced in a previous release! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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SugarCRM allows a very good management of your sales and distribution processes but also of further processes like invoice processes due to the high flexibility respective the ability to customization. Hereby it is possible for an admin to provide lots of changes and adjustments so that there is no need for an IT-consultant for every single change in the system.
You can not also build up your own customer relationship managementsystem in a sandbox environment but also your own controlling tools and forecast reports (e.g. about upcoming sale opportunities) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
SugarCRM has no option that allows you to restore deleted data in an easy way in the standard version (e.g. in the SugarCRM Cloud Edition without any plugins).
The "programming language" which is used in the SugarCRM Backend respective in the so called "Studio" is quite difficult to learn when you are not into programming at all. The given examples in the studio to generate calculated fields and to provided logics to your customized frontend are not always helpful. However, there is a good internet community that provides helpful solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I like Sell's user-friendly interface, powerful automation features, and centralised customer data that make it easier to manage accounts and track customer health. The customisable dashboards and robust reporting tools help you make data-driven decisions, while automation saves time and ensures no client is overlooked. Plus, its integration capabilities streamline workflows, making your team more efficient in driving customer success and satisfaction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Advanced Reporting & Analytics: Although the reporting tools are powerful, more advanced analytics features like predictive modeling or deeper insights into customer behavior could be beneficial for teams focused on long-term success and strategy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Optimising new account processes and client management functionality allowed us to be more efficient, automated, and capable of collecting valuable data and customer information to create a high-definition customer experience.
The BPM is so flexible and allowed us to set up any combination of automated processes, and this alone has been vital in helping us make so many time-saving changes to how we are working.
Action buttons! When these were introduced this again was a game changer for some repetitive tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
When you have lots of dashboards it's difficult to find the correct one, so the ability to create your own logical groups would be very useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
We started using SugarCRM when it was the (no longer available) open-source community version. It was free and customizable but soon, we needed more features which ultimately brought us to using Sugar Sell. I like that (as an Admin), I can fully customize the modules, fields, layouts, etc, without needing any developer knowledge. Sugar Support is also excellent at helping with any issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Sugar Sell uses a workflow/process manager that is super particular. I like that it has more capabilities, but it also is such a pain to build for what used to be a simple workflow in the older versions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We appreciate Sugar Sell's flexibility and the ease with which it can adapt to our needs. We have been able to cobfugyre e a lot of modules and fields to better adapt to our daily business. We have been using Sugar for 10+ years and it has kept improving constantly. Version 13 in particular, with it's new look and feel, has brought a tremendous improvement in user-friendliness. We are looking forward to trying AI-powered features, in particular for predictive analytics Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There is very little to complain about. Since reporting is key to our daily activity, we would welcome more advanced reporting capabilities, such as the possibility to add more than just 1 data series to charts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Love the flexibility of being able to make changes on the fly. I can update teh application and see the changes right away. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Product itself - some of the naming conventions are questionable. Like in the Calls module, instead of a call status being set to Answered (which doesn't exist), it's set to HELD. Who uses this nomenclature?
But it was easy to change the description we see from HELD to Answered without it affecting the background application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I like how easy it is to enter leads, nourish them and track everything that happens with them and then the ease of converting them into contacts and later on Opportunities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Currently we find the notifications / process definitions a bit limiting. You can only easily send out emails to the assigned user / users manager but no way of using other custom fields tied to the user module. In stead you need to created a bunch of different flows for the custom user fields in order for them to also get a notification email. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Sugar Sell has recently become our CRM and what can I say !
The SugarCRM team has been really helpful in making the data migration process smooth and efficient.
The platform itself is very user-friendly, provides a great number of features from automations to integration with other softwares such as financial software or HRIS.
Most of the features are fairly easy to use and understand even for non technical staff which is always enjoyable, I also particularly appreciate how easy it is to create insightful and precise reports and dashboards for the teams.
So far so good ! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
We are still very early in our Sugar Sell adventure but one thing that I wish was a little more optimized is the fact that on each module/record there's a lot of data displayed and most of the time you have to scroll and/or open multiple tabs to find information.
But I know that the SugarCRM team is working on these issues for future releases, which is why I am not too bothered by this at the moment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

My two favorite capabilites of sugar is the flexible configuration to our business needs and the ease of data extraction. We have made custom modules and process definitions that have helped streamline flows in our business. The best part is as admin I had the full power of creating these myself without having to look for a seperate product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The hardest part is troubleshooting. There are a couple bugs in the system that will break your logical thinking of how something may work. Luckily, since Sugar Sell is such a flexible tool there is usually a workaround. And sometimes when trying to find a fix online, there's not a lot of information or depth in how to solve. For most of these issues, we can either post in our Support Portal or in online forums for support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I like most is the customer customer support. They never failed me whenever I have issues or something I don't know about Sugar. I should say, I am their number fan. I also like the Admin side where the interface is easy to use. We are using frequently, like everyday because this is our data base, sales process and lead process are taking place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It's difficult to find Integartion that matches our needs. We always have to rely on Codes if ever we want fancy customizations. I hope there would an improvement on drag and drop feature and it will be a lot of help for an admin like me. I think, that's what most of the CRM nowadays. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.