
Zoho CRM review: pricing, strengths and weaknesses
Small and mid-sized businesses looking for a full CRM at a moderate price, with European hosting, that use or plan to use other Zoho apps.
The score in detail
Our scoring gridPlans and prices
Assignment rules and workflows, AI agents, follow-up cadences, reports and dashboards, sales forecasting.
Everything in Standard, CPQ (quotes and pricing rules), AI email insights, guided processes (Blueprint), inventory management, Google Ads integration.
Everything in Professional, Zia AI sales assistant, customer journeys, territory management, custom functions, customer portal.
Everything in Enterprise with higher feature limits.
Assignment rules and workflows, AI agents, follow-up cadences, reports and dashboards, sales forecasting.
Everything in Standard, CPQ (quotes and pricing rules), AI email insights, guided processes (Blueprint), inventory management, Google Ads integration.
Everything in Professional, Zia AI sales assistant, customer journeys, territory management, custom functions, customer portal.
Everything in Enterprise with higher feature limits.
Free plan: Free forever for up to 3 users.
Strengths
- Free plan for up to 3 users
- Low entry price ($14 per user billed yearly)
- EU data centers via zoho.eu
Weaknesses
- Annual discount varies by plan (up to 34%)
- Many settings and options, longer learning curve
Data and GDPR
- Data hosting
- European data centers in Amsterdam (Netherlands, primary) and Dublin (Ireland, secondary). Accounts created on zoho.eu are stored and processed in the EU.
- GDPR
- GDPR controls applied across all operations. DPA based on Standard Contractual Clauses, requested via legal@zohocorp.com. ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certifications shown.
- Self-hosting
- No
