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Nutshell
4.3
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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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Last updated: November 17, 2024
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977 Nutshell Reviews
4.3 out of 5
Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 04, 2019
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Overall Rating:
2.5
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"Nutshell has been a good CRM for the money that we pay."
What do you like best about Nutshell?

I appreciate that customer support is always available when I call, I also appreciate that the CRM - though relatively limited in features - is easy to use.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

I dislike that there seems to be an unwillingness to implement feature requests. When I've asked for features I feel like I'm just sort of written off - there isn't a follow up process, there isn't any indication that the feedback was passed on to development

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

I use Nutshell as our primary CRM. We use it to record all of our customer interactions, all account information, and to create reports to assess our company's financial health

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 28, 2019
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Overall Rating:
2.5
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"Nutshell Duplicate suggestion spoils the whole experience"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Nutshell is a good CRM software which comes with a major drawback. Features like tagging, location on maps, leads section, mailing systems are on point.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

They seriously need to drop their duplicate suggestion feature. Whenever I import a csv, I either match it with email or names but even after that it ends up showing a lot of duplicates out of which 80% wont even be duplicates but only appear due to their suggestion feature.

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

Helping scout candidates based on the client's preference

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 22, 2018
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Overall Rating:
2.5
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"Not user friendly. It takes a long time to learn to use everything"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

organized and helps keep pipeline full at all times, we can see where we need to focus our attention as far as setting appointments and following up

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

Difficult to use. Many issues with tasks past and due today.

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

We are able to see where people are at at all times throughout their purchase process

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Mar 31, 2017
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Overall Rating:
2.5
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"A decent product but not the best"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

The customer service at Nutshell was very responsive. They were very gracious in responding to all our questions as we got set up. The design is sleek and intuitive. All the major functions of the product were easy to figure out.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

We transitioned to Nutshell from a different CRM, and the migration was very difficult. It took weeks of time from our team, and from their customer service, and still our data had not all migrated correctly. Once we were finally up and running we found that the Search feature was not robust enough to work for us. It was also too difficult to see an overall view of our entire company's sales pipeline.

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

We tried to use Nutshell as a CRM, however after trying it for several months we decided to use a different system that had a more robust search feature and a better dashboard overview.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 23, 2017
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Overall Rating:
2.5
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"Inexpensive and good customer support"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Much improved dashboards, plus good pipeline management features. Pretty flexible for adding custom fields.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

Canned reports can be somewhat limiting. Not all the fields I want are always available as reportable fields or filters.

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

Very nice pipeline tracking, management of sales sales stages and contact history.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 30, 2016
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Overall Rating:
2.5
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"Good experience on Desktop Version But Average ExperIence On Mobile App "
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Dashboards Schefule And Alerts are well managed

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

Limited Options On Mobile App And Cdashes

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

Lead Pipeline And Its Follow Up To Increase Conversions

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 30, 2016
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Overall Rating:
2.5
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"I think this is a great product."
What do you like best about Nutshell?

I like how user friendly the software is and that you can flip from page to page very easily. I also like that the tabs are pretty self explanatory with the labels that are used. The format overall looks good from an outside of the software perspective but when delving in it is very professional.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

I dislike the lead sections and how it is connected to the people's pages but I also think that has more to do with my unfamiliarity with the territory. I find there is hard to find things to dislike because it is not something I use for more than a few things such as adding people, leads, etc. I think people who have a wide variety of uses for this system will be able to pull more suggestions on this on how to improve because with almost anything, there is room to grow and make it better over time.

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

I am working on making appointments and by looking at the people through nutshell. The benefits I have noticed is that now I can see locations with ease and offices. I also like how there are ways to add multiple contact information, such as for phones, you can add office, cell, assistant, and custom, which helps for when you are going back again and want to know what the primary one is.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 09, 2014
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Overall Rating:
2.5
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"We are somewhat satisfied. "
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Workflows and following the sales processes within nutshell. Our Brokers love this!

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

The Bcc (email copying function) and auto lead import don't always work and our client's information is shared with all of the sub accounts - not so great for privacy.

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

None - this is for our Brokers - we use salesforce.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 21, 2020
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Overall Rating:
2.0
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"Nutshell for Mobile AdTech Platform sales"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Nutshell is easy for Account Executives to learn and use

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

Quota assignments that vary by month and quarter is needed. Also, pipeline qutoas by month, quarter is needed

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

Lead tracking and reporting.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Apr 05, 2019
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Overall Rating:
2.0
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"Good, but limited"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Nutshell has excellent design and is incredibly easy to use. It is organized well, straightforward to find information, and as a tool is quick and responsive.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

Nutshell is missing competitive features, including integrations, effective task management, and much more. When asked about these things, they indicate they have no plans to address them. Updates seem to be few and far between these days, and some existing features are buggy with no progress on fixing them.

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

Nutshell has been effective at organizing our sales process, and managing that process. It allows us to keep track of each lead in the funnel, and has attractive and straightforward reporting.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 04, 2019
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Overall Rating:
2.0
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"Nuthshell review"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

We like the flexibility in Nutshell to set up a pipeline for tracking prospects. We have some peculiar needs in this regard so being able to customize to our specific environment is great. And it is easy to change when needed.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

I don't particularly like the way the notes are unsearchable. If integrated with the desktop, tons of emails - some redundant - end up in the system and it is difficult to scroll through them. There is no way to search notes.

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

tracking customers through a pipeline. Revenue success.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 04, 2019
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Overall Rating:
1.5
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"Slow to Service Needs"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

The Boundless Seminar--Sales education opportunities.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

Service issues are not communicated and very slow response times with issues. Every email service ticket has had a response that their response time is delayed. And I have only ever had a person actually answer the phone during business hours 1 in about 10 times.

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

Tracking sales processes and reminders for customer contacts.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 27, 2023
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Overall Rating:
1.0
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"Thoughtless Product Design"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Good Chat Support Basic CRM capabilties Nothing much else

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

Where do I start. Seems like they lived in a cave while designing the product. There are so many fundamental mistakes. Can't export first name last name. Can't mass update variables. Deduping is pathetic. Can't update fields without opening the contact. The drip sequences practically uneditable. The data base of templates if pathetic. And the list goes on.... It is not even worth my time to talk about them. I use it only because it is hart to switch and no body gave proper reviews. Copper is so much better. So is streak and hubspot. I am so frustrated this garbage.

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

I am planning to change. So they are not doing anything for me. I have the pro version and the marketing system.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 01, 2022
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Overall Rating:
1.0
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"Nightmare"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

There is nothing positive to say about a product that is constantly down.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

It regularly takes 30-60 minutes to complete basic processes such as importing 10 Leads and seconding 20 emails. There is no issue with my email as I can send things from my Outlook no problem. My internet connection is fine and I can access any other website. I signed up for Nutshell because their customer support was supposed to be live during business hours but they are repeatedly away when I have mission critical issues to resolve. I don't have hours out of my day to wait for them or wait for their product to work. There are clearly serious issues on the backend of their architecture. Oh, and their Android app is useless and they don't even seem to know it because they only care about their Apple app. This is a typical "SMB-focused product" that treats SMBs as second-class and not deserving of mission critical services.

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

I haven't solved any problems with Nutshell. They have just created problems for me.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 04, 2020
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Overall Rating:
1.0
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"Text support dysfunctional for sole Proprietors"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Fairly good appearance. It seems to be built with small business in mind.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

Tech support did not do its job. Follow Through was very poor. Over-promised and under-delivered.

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

The tech support was so poor that I was unable to truly test out its functionality.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 11, 2019
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Overall Rating:
1.0
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"Buggy"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Easy to use CRM so sales people get used to it quickly.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

A lot of bugs in mobile app and web app. Erratic behavior. Things are done differently depends of the version so it is hard to use it in the same way for everibody.

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

Sales people activity and opportunities management.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 04, 2019
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Overall Rating:
1.0
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"A little clunky, but meets general needs"
What do you like best about Nutshell?

Not overly complex to use, meets needs. Customer service has been helpful.

What do you dislike about Nutshell?

Hard to navigate, easy to click on what you're not meaning to.

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

Prospecting, logging sales activities, managing sales pipeline.