A dedicated CRM with full customization and activity management vs. a spreadsheet
Pipedrive is an intuitive, simple-to-use CRM created by salespeople, for salespeople. We offer activity-based selling with custom fields, activities, sales pipelines and unlimited contacts and data storage.
Airtable is an organization and collaboration platform. Their tool provides task management, project planning and inventory tracking, it is more similar to a spreadsheet than a dedicated CRM.
Compare key CRM features such as activity management, recurring revenue reports and sales email inbox to see where Pipedrive is the better Airtable alternative.
Free trial
Yes
Yes
Price per user
$14 – $99
$0 – $20
Billing currency
USD, EUR, GBP
USD
User permissions
All plans
Higher plans
Data storage
Unlimited, all plans
Limited, all plans
Contacts
Unlimited, all plans
Limited, all plans
Custom records
Unlimited, all plans
Limited, higher plans
Email templates
Unlimited from Advanced plan (2nd plan)
Smart contact data
Unlimited from Advanced plan (2nd plan)
Recurring revenue reports
Unlimited from Advanced plan (2nd plan)
Activity dashboard
Activity management
Activity tracking
Data Center in Europe
Sales email inbox
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Pipedrive is a sales management tool designed with the salesperson at heart. We know that activities are the stepping stones to closing a deal, and understand the importance of tracking phone calls, meetings, lunches, tasks, deadlines and emails to identify where you can improve your sales approach. Pipedrive allows you to schedule follow-up activities with your contacts, organizations or deals, so you know what’s coming next. You can also set-up activity reminder notifications and custom activities to suit your company’s needs. Airtable is primarily a spreadsheet, so it does not have dedicated sales activity management as a standard feature.
Unexpected costs and data limits create barriers and negatively affect sales productivity. Salespeople need to be equipped to grow their sales without worrying about restrictions down the line. Airtable has a limited amount of contacts and records across all plans. There is no unlimited option, more data means more cost. Airtable also restricts the amount of storage space across all plans, too. Pipedrive gives you access to custom fields, data storage, pipelines and unlimited contacts regardless of your plan.
Understanding how customer payments that arrive in installments over time affects your revenue projections is crucial. Pipedrive’s comprehensive overview of your predicted revenue gives you control over your targets and shows you the bigger picture. Airtable CRM requires complex scripting blocks to program forecast functionality. With Pipedrive, you have access to this feature and as no formulas are required, you don’t need to worry if your sales data is being calculated incorrectly.
Pipedrive comes top in leading industry comparisons.
SoftwareReviews, a division of Info-Tech Research Group, named Pipedrive as an industry leader in its 2021 Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Data Quadrant and Emotional Footprint Awards.
The highly detailed report uses review benchmark data from CRM software users.
Pipedrive is completely customizable and has 500+ app integrations, oh, and an open API
Choose a CRM with features that can take your sales game to the next level
The complete sales CRM to get new leads via chatbots and webforms and move deals along pipelines
Make and track emails, calls and meetings in timelines and prioritize your most engaged leads or rotting deals first
Forecast and make growth decisions with customizable reports and dashboards you can share via links
Learn from artificial intelligence at no extra cost, with tailored performance-boosting pointers as you go
Keep teams on track with user roles, team goals and custom products, services, pipelines, languages and currencies
Use single sign-on, 2FA and monitor security rules and alerts in your dashboard to react fast and prevent breaches
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Business development consultancy Gray Matters grow their business with Pipedrive after using another CRM alternative. Their founder, Adam Graham, soon discovered how powerful the combination of custom fields and sales reports are in pinpointing areas of improvement and success. As a result, their conversion rate has increased by 10% in the last 18 months.
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