# EssentialPIM Reviews **Vendor:** Astonsoft **Category:** [Email Client Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/email-client) **Average Rating:** 4.8/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 5 ## About EssentialPIM EssentialPIM is the award-winning personal information manager. It handles all your appointments, contacts, tasks, notes, password entries and email messages with easy-to-use, intuitive tools. In addition, EssentialPIM offers speed, intuitive interface, and the ability to synchronize all your information with EPIM Cloud, Android and iOS devices and practically any online service available. Supported by a large community of users, EssentialPIM has been widely acknowledged as the best PIM system. ## EssentialPIM Reviews ### 1. EssentialPIM Pro - an all-in-one organizer and personal information assistant **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lawrence G. | Attorney at Law, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 15, 2024 **What do you like best about EssentialPIM?** EssentialPIM is one of the handiest and easiest to use personal information managers available for Windows PC. It features a built-in emal client, calendar, contact database, task manager and password repository, and multiple user profiles so you can keep your business and personal information separate. The user interface is easy to follow, attractive and logically laid out. It is easy to master the basics of the program quickly, and the advanced features of the PRO version help you to customize the program in many different ways depending on your needs and requirements. The PRO version, which is what I use, offers even more features, such as the ability to link emails to calendar, tasks and contact information, offline syncing and backup, attachment storage, sticky notes and more. The Pro version is also relatively inexpensive, is continually updated and actively supported. It also has an engaged online community forum that is very helpful and the author responds to suggestions for new features. Customer support is excellent. The author quickly responds to questions and problems. I use this program everyday for both personal and business information management needs. **What do you dislike about EssentialPIM?** This is a very good program and I have very little to criticize or complain about. There is one improvement that I believe would make the program a bit better and that is having a menu at startup that would allow the user to choose which profile to load. The program, as it works now, automatically opens the last profile used instead of allowing the user a choice of profiles on the front-end. When you want to use a different profile than the last one used at startup, you choose the desired profile from the Files menu, but the program doesn't instantly switch you to the new profile; instead, it syncs it with whatever servers you have set up, including CALDAV and CARDDAV servers and doesn't close the old profile until it's finished syncing. This can take a considerable legnth of time. That is my primary (and just about only) peeve about the program. **What problems is EssentialPIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** EssentialPIM Pro is very handy for retrieving all essential information about my contacts, including emails, contact, calendar and task information in a handy format, including document attachments. I use it extensively in my business. ### 2. Alternative productivity solution for a multi-user environment **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Pethner C. | Senior Principal Consultant, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 08, 2022 **What do you like best about EssentialPIM?** EssentialPIM is a productivity solution similar to MS 365 for a business but at a fraction of the cost **What do you dislike about EssentialPIM?** There's not that much to dislike at this point. **What problems is EssentialPIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** EssentialPIM is an all-in-one productivity solution catered for a multi-user environment. This is no need to toggle between different apps. ### 3. Wonderful! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nello R. | Direttore tecnico, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 14, 2021 **What do you like best about EssentialPIM?** All! From the UX of the PC program, to the Android application and Apple. Manage everything, emails, passwords, To Do lists, tasks and commitments, even on the move with the portable version! **What do you dislike about EssentialPIM?** Nothing! It has it all! Maybe I would include the possibility of attaching voice notes to documents! **Recommendations to others considering EssentialPIM:** Nothing **What problems is EssentialPIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Plan your work day and free time flawlessly! ### 4. Systematically organized software! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Pprita R. | Owner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 13, 2021 **What do you like best about EssentialPIM?** The best things are the features. Even a non-tech individual can use the software without banging heads. **What do you dislike about EssentialPIM?** Little glitches I found while synchronization.Still seeking for the new version for more assistance positively. **Recommendations to others considering EssentialPIM:** I strongly recommend professionals having a hectic schedule use the EPIM software to become a productive individual. **What problems is EssentialPIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Now I can organize my whole day task by simply adding there and get the reminder if I miss anything or beforehand. I'm getting task reminder, calender can prepare notes there. Everything is under one-stop giving me a sigh of relief. ### 5. THE PERFECT SOLUTION FOR TASKS **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gabriel M. | CEO, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 30, 2020 **What do you like best about EssentialPIM?** After tested lot of apps, founded essentialpim, is almost perfect, has tasks and notes in desktop pc and smart phone!!!! **What do you dislike about EssentialPIM?** sometimes i have to delete sync and re sync to have the same content in both pc and phone.... **Recommendations to others considering EssentialPIM:** i recommend to test the trial....start creating tasks with custom fields you will use later **What problems is EssentialPIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have reminders, insert new jobs with specific custom fields, to have all information organized... ## EssentialPIM Discussions - [What is EssentialPIM used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-essentialpim-used-for) - [View EssentialPIM pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/essentialpim/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-15+14%3A04%3A31+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=fe75a5c0-23c7-45af-84cc-80976c612276&secure%5Btoken%5D=ae7fc80d91ba2a33c008e167c05879d2047729b9c107c96d2a31cd82b28d55c0&format=llm_user) ## EssentialPIM Features **Inbox Tools** - Unified Inbox - Filters - Reminders - Notifications **Coordination Tools** - Calendar - Contacts - Task Management **Software Options** - Desktop Application - Mobile Application **Email Client - Agentic AI** - Autonomous Task Execution - Cross-system Integration ## Top EssentialPIM Alternatives - [Thunderbird](https://www.g2.com/products/thunderbird/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (331 reviews) - [Microsoft Outlook](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-outlook/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (3,372 reviews) - [Zoom Workplace](https://www.g2.com/products/zoom-workplace/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (53,394 reviews)