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Modern sales CRM for B2B startups
Christopher Chae
Relate — Modern sales CRM for B2B startups
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Relate is a simple and modern sales CRM software for B2B startups.
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Christopher Chae
Hi Product Hunt! 👋 After nearly two years of building in private, we are finally opening our doors to build Relate with a broader public user community. Today, we're launching Relate public beta — a modern sales CRM software built for B2B startups. 1️⃣ Why are we building a new CRM platform? It started with scratching our own itch. Before building Relate, we spent our first four pivots working on various B2B products. We needed a way to track our early sales and customer development activities, so we picked a CRM available on the market then — and we quickly found we were limited with old processes. Our sales motion, as a result, was very slow. We jumped around different CRM solutions, but none worked for us. Adding customer profiles was cumbersome and felt manual. Updating deals daily was taking longer than the selling itself. Why isn't there a simple and easy-to-use CRM that just works out of the box? For chat, we love using Slack. And for issue tracking, we love using Linear. But what about sales? Why isn't there a CRM that gives you similar excitement and joy as Slack and Linear? Frustrated by failing to find one, we built Relate to solve our problem! 2️⃣ Relate lets you: - Track prospects, deals, and customers in one place - Manage your sales workflow and pipeline - Link and keep all your sales notes and email history together - Collaborate with your team on sales - Analyze and monitor sales productivity and efficiency Excited to hear what you think! Leave any questions or comments below, we’ll follow up shortly ✌️
Christopher Chae
@builov84 hey! thanks for the comment. yes - adding AI to Relate is in our roadmap! we're going to roll out some exciting AI features very soon :-) For differentiation -- I think key is ease-of-use and simplicity. Most our customers/prospects talk about how difficult it is to get started with a legacy CRM. We wanted to fix that!
Rami - Browsingbuddies.com
A lot of times we just need a simple CRM to handle our flow when we have too many leads. Does this integrate with GMail?
Christopher Chae
@kingromstar yessir! we integrate with Gmail and Outlook :)
Thomas
Congrats on the launch! The design is fantastic, but if you don't find your PMF, would you consider building a CRM for SaaS? There is yet to be a solution designed for us. (SaaS Businesses)
Christopher Chae
@thomas_l1 Thomas, of course! currently, most our customers are SaaS co's. wondering what you are looking for specifically in a "CRM for SaaS"?
Julien Ergan
Congrats on your launch! A few comments share their experience of Relate compared with well established CRM products like Salesforce, Hubspot. What about no-code tools, have you tried these? And if so, what were the pain points in your own experience?
Christopher Chae
@julienergan Julien - of course. We've tried Notion and Airtable. They are simple/easy-to-use, but the problem was that they did not have a built-in sales workflows and we weren't able to see email history because they do not support email syncs.
Julien Ergan
@chrs For the built-in sales workflows issue, potentially you could have asked a No-code professional to develop the custom workflow for you. But the "email syncs" is definitely an issue, which I did not anticipate. So, thanks a lot for sharing the additional insights and all the best for the next steps.
Hiro - Atsuhiro Teshima
@chrs Congrats on the launch, Christopher. I like Relate's simple UI and Kanban-based lead management feature. I also found it unique that Relate is focusing on the cooperation between Sales and Customer Success teams. I thought I like to learn more about the differences between other CRM tools like Monday, Zendesk, and Relate on the landing page.
Christopher Chae
@atsuhiro_teshima Hiro - thanks for the feedback :) we're working on improving our landing page!
Won Jang
Undoubtebly the most accessible and easiest CRM for growing B2B startups. You'd love it if you've already struggled implementing hubspot or salesforce due to their high learning curve. Congrats on your launch Chris and Arthur👍
Christopher Chae
@wonjoon_jang1 Won, and Joseph thanks for the feedback! Spot on!
Ethan Bond
💎 Pixel perfection
Been using Relate for a while now and IT IS AWESOME. We tried Hubspot and Pipedrive before landing on Relate and couldn’t be happier. The team clearly has great taste and is focused on what a startup actually needs out of a CRM.
Julien Ergan
@ethan_bond1 Thanks for sharing Ethan. Could you elaborate more on why Relate better met your needs better than Hubspot and Pipedrive?
Christopher Chae
@ethan_bond1 thanks Ethan for the great feedback!
Ilayda Ozcan
Congrats on the launch! 👏 I just signed up and gave it a little try. With its clean interface and onboarding flow, it looks like a tool that sales-led businesses should consider. I'm curious if we can see the lead source and pageview event as well.
Christopher Chae
@ilaydaozcan Thanks for the feedback!
Jay Song
I've tested dozens of CRMs, including Salesforce, but my team and I have settled on Relate. The reason is quite simple. It has all the features we need as a startup and doesn't require a lot of time to train my team, who have absolutely no experience with any CRMs, thanks to its simplicity and excellent UX. Kudos to the team!
Christopher Chae
@jaythesong thanks Jay for the feedback and comment! great to hear that Relate is your choice on CRM!
Moataz Mahmoud
Looking fabulous! Congrats on the lunch Could you illustrate however what makes the product better than Salesforce or HubSpot for example?
Joseph Kim
Yep, I'd say Relate is a no-brainer choice for your CRM, especially if you are in the early stages of your business. It's super easy to use and well-packaged with everything you need to make sales. Congrats on your launch!
Christopher Chae
@joseph_maetel Thanks Joseph! thanks for your support :)
A fantastic contribution to the efficiency and growth of B2B startups in the modern business landscape!
Manoj R
Congratulations to the launch team! What is the one thing you have that other CRM tools don't?
Christopher Chae
@manoj_11 Simplicity! Relate is incredibly simple and it has all of the essential features as a CRM product.
Manoj R
@chrs okay, did you provide migration support?
Hikaru Nagashima
What unique features does this have that Salesforce or HubSpot lack?
Christopher Chae
@hikaru_nagashima A good example is our auto-handoff feature. When you qualify a prospect in Relate, it automatically gets added to your pipeline as a Deal! Learn more here: https://www.relate.so/docs/featu...
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Congratulations on the launch of your new CRM product. I'm really excited about it and wish you great growth.
Matt Williamson
Boom! Huge congrats guys - hands down the best CRM I've had the pleasure of using over the years.
Christopher Chae
@mattwilliamson Hey Matt - thanks for the support :)
Paul Hyeunkyu Kim
Congratulations on your launch! It looks very impressive. I like the look and feel of your product. Could you please explain what sets Relate apart from HubSpot?
Riyad Ahmed
Big congrats on the launch! 👏 I hopped on board and took it for a spin. The clean interface and smooth onboarding make it a must for sales-centric businesses. Any chance we can track lead source and pageview events too?
Christopher Chae
@riyad__ahmed hmm, that's a great feedback! will add it to our roadmap 👍
Jay Lee
Congrats on the launch! I really like the simplicity of Relate 🥰
Jinho Yang
I think it's an essential B2B sales management tool for early stage startups. It's intuitive to use and supports email integration, which makes it easy for salespeople to use.