[giyokun]

at https://www.oomnis.com (small startup), we mostly use Zoho One. One solution that does: CRM, cloud storage, docs, digital signature for contracts, book-keeping, password managers, marketing automation, support website, website hosting, remote assistance, chat, web conferencing, subscription management and more. Pricing is per employee which is GREAT for a 1-3 people startup. Apart from that, we deploy on Azure VMs. Would love to know what solutions people deploy to host/monitor/alert with monolithic apps on Azure.

[bladegash]

I second Zoho One.

Prior to about 6 months ago, I had used Salesforce for almost ten years. I was a big fan of it, but the cost and complexity for a small business became too much.

I switched to Zoho One and use it to single handedly run an IT Services small business with $500k+ ARR.

Out of the box it is capable enough, but over time, Ive been able to make even more improvements.

I have integrations setup via web hooks/built in integrations, leads automatically created upon contact submissions to website, proposals/contracts generated via templates and mail merge, send docs for signature, etc.

I’ve even automated parts that require non-user actions traditionally handled via typing the same email over and over again (e.g., sending invoice information to accounting).

To do many of the things I described in Salesforce, it would have taken me significantly more time and cost much more money. Salesforce has a minimum user license requirement, as well as a requirement for annual contracts. Zoho allows for month-to-month and has no minimum.

I almost feel like a shill for it now, so I’ll stop. However, I can’t recommend it highly enough.

[giyokun]

I know how you feel!