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Love the product and the people in management. I think they've got star power and will sqweak out ahead - some day. I am the CRM ADMIN for my company. Our CIO wants out of CRM . It is VERY expensive and our 30 subscriptions cost almost 30k a year. We have 500 employees that SHOULD be using it, but their sales division has been very non-negotiable with us. This doesn't bode well.
$1000/subscription per year isn't an exorbitant amount for not only software but hosting that software, etc. especially given what an integral part of the business that CRM programs are from an ROI perspective.
Use a third party solution and find a way to share on a web platform, tones of solutions exist. Why pay 1000 per license when with a little investing and preparation you cant get a working one for a fraction of the cost. This is CRM, not rocket science.
1k is more than a workstation! Some users log in once a month and some 10 times a day. No price discount for read only. My CIO is aiming to do what cuban has suggested. Our use of CRM is mainly a nimble database (with lipstick). Disclosure: I don't want to see it go. I love it and all the users love it. The chief can't get over the price tag.