Besides liking the overall look of how deals are presented, Pipedrive has three things that drew us towards it. A full working email inbox that links to deals and contacts with those emails also being inside the deals and contacts. Rotting deals highlights deals in the pipeline that have not been updated for a set period of time and that time can be set per swimlane. Lastly, each tile in the swimlane shows if an activity is pending, due or past. It's been really helpful for users that may not be the best at know what to do next. Theres also a good contacts timeline and a new meeting recording feature is baked in as of this week which looks very promising and is included in the plan. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Communication about deals needs improvements including some browser notifications. There is a notes feature that works well as a communication method with user mentions but then the user is notified only in Pipedrive web. If that browser is not in the foreground, you will likely miss the notification. Notifications do show through the Pipedrive mobile app notification and if you use Slack or Teams you can see a notification as well but that takes you away from where you are working, the web browser. The biggest issue though is that even if the intended user sees the notification in the browser, when looking at a deal, comments are collapsed by default and users are likely to miss the response. Secondly, a Smart Doc feature for quotes, proposals and anything an organization would need eSigned is done well, however, there is no way to save the esigned fields with the template, receivers claim they do not receive the doc because it comes from Pipedrive and when the receiving party does receive the docs, there is a scary warning that opens about being tracked making the whole smart docs process mostly unhelpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Hi,
Thank you for the detailed feedback.
We’re glad the deal presentation, email inbox, rotting deals, activity indicators, contacts timeline and new meeting recording feature are working well, and that Pipedrive gives you a single source of truth for your team’s deals.
We’re also noting your concerns about browser notifications, collapsed comments on deals, and the Smart Docs eSigning experience, and we’ll share your comments with the relevant teams.
Best regards,
Pipedrive Team



