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The best CRM for Architects

Architects need a CRM that streamlines project management and fosters easy collaboration with team members like engineers and developers. Additionally, seamless integration with design software is essential for maintaining efficient workflows.

Nutshell provides the necessary CRM features through an intuitive platform, enabling you to effortlessly track projects, timelines, budgets, and more.

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How CRM software helps architecture firms

As an architect, you understand that designing a building requires a comprehensive plan. You need to grasp your client’s needs, the project’s size and scope, the timeline, and your deliverables.

CRM software helps you manage these critical aspects by centralizing project data and simplifying the tracking of progress, budgets, and timelines.

Here are some of the main advantages of using a CRM for architecture firms:

 

Essential features to consider in your architecture firm CRM

Finding the right CRM that aligns with your architectural needs is key to enhancing efficiency and productivity.

A well-chosen CRM with the right features will help you organize project data, monitor deadlines and budgets, and promote collaboration among team members, resulting in greater efficiency and improved client satisfaction.

Nutshell recognizes these needs and provides tailored solutions to meet them. Here are the key features Nutshell offers to support your business:

Contact management to effectively organize and manage customers and prospects

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An effective contact management CRM feature helps architecture firms organize and track client information, project details, and communications in one place.

With Nutshell’s contact management feature, you can:

  • Easily access essential customer data to foster stronger client relationships.
  • Centralize client details, project information, and communication history in one location.
  • Log communications effortlessly from your desktop or mobile device, whether on-site or on the go.
  • Maintain a chronological record of your team’s interactions with customers to ensure alignment.

Email automation to reduce time spent on repetitive tasks

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Email automation CRM features are essential for architecture firms as they enhance communication efficiency and strengthen client relationships throughout the project lifecycle.

Streamline client and project updates and follow-ups, allowing architects to focus on design and project execution while ensuring clients remain informed and engaged.

With Nutshell’s email automation feature, you can:

  • Reduce the time spent on manual email management through email automation.
  • Automate reminders for follow-ups ensuring that important communications aren’t missed, leading to stronger client connections.
  • Personalize automated emails that are client and project-specific, ensuring that your clients feel valued and involved.
  • Use email templates that save time and allow for consistency,  professional client communication and reduce error.

Pipeline management to help track project progress

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Pipeline management is essential for architectural companies as it helps track a project’s progress from start to finish, ensuring that every stage is monitored effectively.  It offers a clear overview of each project’s status, enabling better decision-making.

With Nutshell’s pipeline management feature, you can:

  • Visually track the progress of each project you and your team are handling.
  • Quickly identify bottlenecks that may be causing delays or issues.
  • Gain a clear understanding of each project’s current status, enabling effective resource allocation.
  • Track the overall health of your projects, including duration, progress, and success rates.

Team collaboration to stay aligned

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In architectural projects, multiple parties—such as builders, developers, and project managers—are often involved. Therefore, it’s essential for your CRM to facilitate team collaboration, ensuring that all team members and stakeholders stay informed and aligned.

With Nutshell’s team collaboration feature, you can:

  • Streamline workflows by enabling your team to easily share updates, documents, and feedback.
  • Tag team members or colleagues from other departments in relevant communications, preventing important messages from getting lost in email.
  • Receive notifications for updates in the CRM, ensuring everyone stays informed about project developments.
  • Stay up to date with the real-time updates displayed on the timeline.

Nutshell is the best value for the money. The versatility and functionality make it a very easy and powerful product to use.

Mark M. Southwestern Scale Co.

I have used Act, Goldmine and Salesforce in the past, and I have found that Nutshell was the easiest to get started with and to set up custom fields. I would recommend Nutshell to others that are interested in an easy to learn and navigate CRM.

Craig C. Thermal-Tec

We left Hubspot for Nutshell because Hubspot was too complex. Nutshell makes software for humans.

Daniel H. EOS

When we were evaluating CRMs, the one deciding factor between Nutshell and Salesforce came down to spin up time and price. Nutshell wins on both counts (by a huge margin). Salesforce was 10 times as much per month for what we wanted.

Jason C. Arrow Container Corp

Get more from your CRM with integrations

Choosing a CRM with a variety of integration options tailored to your needs is essential for boosting operational efficiency and streamlining workflows. By connecting different tools and platforms within the CRM, architectural firms can effectively centralize project information.

Here are some integration types that Nutshell’s CRM offers for architectural firms:

  • Communication integrations: Effective communication between team members and clients is essential for project success. Nutshell’s communication integrations allow you to schedule appointments, initiate virtual meetings, and conduct video calls seamlessly.
  • Contracts and proposal integrations: Architectural projects often come with numerous legal requirements. These integrations streamline document management and expedite project approvals, allowing you to connect with platforms like DocuSign and Dropbox Sign.
  • Automation integrations: The more efficient your automated integrations, the more time architects can focus on design work. Nutshell’s automation features enhance productivity while creating a personalized experience for your customers and contacts.
  • Email, calendar, and contact sync integrations: These integrations centralize communication, simplify scheduling, and improve time management. Nutshell’s sync options enable you to connect with platforms like Gmail, Outlook, Calendly, and more.
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Why use Nutshell CRM for architecture firms?

For architecture firms, selecting a CRM that enhances project management, streamlines communication and documentation, and integrates smoothly with various design software is crucial.

Nutshell provides just that – it offers centralized data management, customizable integrations, automation features, and a user-friendly interface.

By choosing Nutshell as your architecture firm CRM, you get the following:

But don’t just take our word for it

Our customers have a lot to say about how Nutshell has helped them connect with customers, gain insight into their sales, manage marketing campaigns, and more. Check out our customer stories to learn more about how Nutshell has helped companies like yours meet and exceed their goals!

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An easy to use, flexible CRM that helps teams organize their contacts, leads, and conversations in order to grow.

$13 per user per month

Included in all plans…

  • Unlimited storage, contacts & accounts
  • Contact management and communication timelines
  • Email and calendar sync
  • Customizable single sales pipeline
  • Customizable single sales pipeline (100 open leads limit)
  • And more
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Perfect for small teams that need more reporting capabilities to help improve performance.

$25 per user per month

Everything in Foundation, plus…

  • Activity and Email reports
  • Sales and Activity quotas
  • Pipeline stage goals
  • Up to 25 custom fields
  • No active leads limit
  • And more
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For teams that need CRM, sales automation, advanced reporting, and multiple pipelines to help you connect and close more leads.

$42 per user per month

Everything in Growth, plus…

  • 5 customizable pipelines
  • Sales automation
  • Personal email sequences email sequences
  • Full reporting suite, including Activity, Funnel, and Forecast reports
  • Meeting scheduling software (lite version)
  • And more
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For teams and organizations that need deeper customization, change logs, and AI features to improve efficiency.

$59 per user per month

Everything in Pro, plus…

  • Increased pipelines, territories, markets, teams and more
  • Unlimited Notetaker usage (AI powered speech-to-text transcription)
  • Meeting scheduling software (full version)
  • Audit log and changelog
  • Send email templates directly from Gmail
  • And more
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For teams and organizations that need complete custom reporting, access controls, custom SQL access and no limits.

$79 per user per month

Everything in Business, plus…

  • Unlimited pipelines
  • Unlimited custom fields, teams, currencies and territories
  • Read-only SQL access
  • API support
  • And more
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