CRM · head to head
Bigin vs Solid Performers
Bigin
CRM
Zoho pipeline CRM for small businesses, priced well below Zoho CRM itself
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
Solid Performers
CRM
Indian sales CRM with per-user pricing from 10 US dollars and a five-user minimum on monthly billing
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Bigin has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Bigin the plan limits are the product boundary, not a soft guideline: three pipelines on Express and thirty automations will constrain any business with more than a couple of distinct sale types, and the only fix is to pay up a tier.; Solid Performers monthly billing carries a five-user minimum, so the advertised 10 US dollars per user is really a 50 US dollar monthly floor, and teams of two or three must either overbuy seats or lock into annual billing.
- They diverge on capability: Bigin covers Multiple pipelines, Solid Performers covers Lead management.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Bigin and Solid Performers actually diverge.
| Attribute | Bigin | Solid Performers |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free | On request |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android, macOS, watchOS | Web, iOS, Android |
Identical on both: pricing model (Per user per month), user rating (Not yet rated), category (CRM).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Bigin
- Multiple pipelines
- Teampipes
- Built-in telephony
- Email integration
- Workflow automation
- Mobile apps
- Zoho ecosystem
- Free onboarding
Only in Solid Performers
- Lead management
- Deal pipelines
- Unlimited records and storage
- Quotations and proposals
- Follow-up automation
- WhatsApp integration
- White labelling
- Custom fields and modules
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Bigin
- A five-person sales team wants a real CRM for under 50 US dollars a month total and will never use the territory management or forecasting depth in Zoho CRM.not Solid Performers
- A business already running Zoho Books or Zoho Mail wants a CRM in the same account with native links rather than a bridged third-party tool.not Solid Performers
- A services firm wants to run client onboarding and delivery as pipelines alongside sales, which is what Teampipes exists for, without buying a separate project tool.not Solid Performers
- A buyer evaluating Zoho CRM Standard should price Bigin first, because for straightforward pipeline selling it is roughly a third of the cost on the same platform.not Solid Performers
Solid Performers
- An Indian education consultancy handling high lead volume from IndiaMART and Facebook that needs follow-up discipline more than marketing automationnot Bigin
- A ten-person B2B sales team priced out of Salesforce or HubSpot that still needs pipeline reporting and quotation generationnot Bigin
- An agency that wants to white-label a CRM for its own clients at 299 US dollars for the first year rather than build onenot Bigin
- A real estate firm that runs its entire sales conversation over WhatsApp and needs those threads attached to the lead recordnot Bigin
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Bigin
- The plan limits are the product boundary, not a soft guideline: three pipelines on Express and thirty automations will constrain any business with more than a couple of distinct sale types, and the only fix is to pay up a tier.
- Outgrowing Bigin means migrating to Zoho CRM, a different product with different objects and configuration, so the cheap start becomes a project later rather than a plan upgrade.
- The free plan is one user with 500 records and no automation, which makes it a trial rather than a usable free tier of the kind Zoho CRM competitors offer.
- Reporting and analytics are basic compared with Zoho CRM, with no serious forecasting, territory management or custom module building, so sales operations functions have nothing to work with.
- Zoho runs two overlapping CRMs and has an obvious incentive to keep Bigin limited, so features that would make it a genuine competitor to Zoho CRM are unlikely to arrive however much customers ask.
Solid Performers
- Monthly billing carries a five-user minimum, so the advertised 10 US dollars per user is really a 50 US dollar monthly floor, and teams of two or three must either overbuy seats or lock into annual billing.
- Common capabilities are charged as separate one-off add-ons rather than included: 249 US dollars for setup and training, 99 for SMS and 149 for WhatsApp, which can double first-year cost for a small team.
- The integration catalogue is small and skewed to Indian channels such as IndiaMART and WhatsApp, so a European or North American team will find its usual marketing, support and finance tools absent.
- It is a small vendor with support aligned to Indian business hours, which means slow turnaround for customers in the Americas and a genuine continuity risk for a system holding your entire pipeline.
- Functionality is sales-first with no meaningful marketing automation or customer service module, so growth beyond pipeline management means adding another product rather than another tier.
Pricing, plan by plan
Bigin
Free- FreeFree
- One user only
- 500 records
- One pipeline
- Express$7/month
- Three pipelines
- 50,000 records
- 30 workflow automations
- Premier$12/month
- Five pipelines
- 100,000 records
- 50 workflow automations
- Bigin 360$18/month
- Fifteen pipelines
- One million records
- 100 workflow automations
Solid Performers
On request- Square (monthly)$10/month
- Lead and deal management
- Unlimited records and storage
- Follow-up reminders and tasks
- Pentagon (monthly)$15/month
- Everything in Square
- Quotations and proposals
- Additional automation
- Hexagon (monthly)$20/month
- Unlimited feature access
- Advanced reporting
- Minimum five users on monthly billing, so 100 USD a month is the real floor
- Square (annual)$100/year
- Same as Square monthly
- Two months free versus monthly billing
- No five-user minimum on annual billing
Which should you pick?
Choose Bigin if
- You need multiple pipelines.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android, macOS, watchOS.
- You also want teampipes.
Choose Solid Performers if
- You need lead management.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want deal pipelines.
Questions people ask
- Is Bigin or Solid Performers better?
- Neither clearly leads. Bigin starts at Free and Solid Performers at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Bigin or Solid Performers?
- Bigin has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Bigin and On request for Solid Performers.
- Does Bigin or Solid Performers run on more platforms?
- Bigin runs on Web, iOS, Android, macOS, watchOS. Solid Performers runs on Web, iOS, Android.
- Can I use Bigin for free?
- Yes. Bigin has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Solid Performers starts at On request.
- What is Bigin best used for?
- Bigin is most often used for a five-person sales team wants a real crm for under 50 us dollars a month total and will never use the territory management or forecasting depth in zoho crm., a business already running zoho books or zoho mail wants a crm in the same account with native links rather than a bridged third-party tool., a services firm wants to run client onboarding and delivery as pipelines alongside sales, which is what teampipes exists for, without buying a separate project tool., a buyer evaluating zoho crm standard should price bigin first, because for straightforward pipeline selling it is roughly a third of the cost on the same platform.. Of those, a five-person sales team wants a real crm for under 50 us dollars a month total and will never use the territory management or forecasting depth in zoho crm. and a business already running zoho books or zoho mail wants a crm in the same account with native links rather than a bridged third-party tool. are not what Solid Performers is typically brought in for.
- What can Bigin do that Solid Performers cannot?
- Bigin covers Multiple pipelines, Teampipes, Built-in telephony, Email integration. Solid Performers covers Lead management, Deal pipelines, Unlimited records and storage, Quotations and proposals.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Bigin: Is Bigin the same as Zoho CRM?
No. It is a separate, cheaper product on its own domain with its own pricing, aimed at small businesses, and it is deliberately capped so it does not compete with Zoho CRM.
Solid Performers: What does Solid Performers actually cost to start?
On monthly billing, 50 US dollars a month, because the cheapest tier is 10 US dollars per user with a five-user minimum. Annual billing removes the minimum at 100 US dollars per user per year.
Bigin: How much cheaper is it?
Express is 7 US dollars per user per month annually against Zoho CRM Standard at a higher rate, and the gap widens against the upper Zoho CRM tiers.
Solid Performers: Is pricing available in rupees?
Yes. The pricing page offers INR alongside USD, and Indian customers are the primary market.
Bigin: What happens when I outgrow the pipeline limits?
You move up a Bigin tier to five or fifteen pipelines, and beyond that you migrate to Zoho CRM, which is a data and configuration migration rather than a switch.
Solid Performers: Is setup included?
No. Setup and training is a separate one-off charge of 249 US dollars.
Bigin: Is the free plan usable?
Only for one person with a very small contact list. It is one user, 500 records, one pipeline and no automation.
Solid Performers: Can I resell it under my own brand?
Yes. White labelling is 299 US dollars for the first year and 99 US dollars per year afterwards.
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