KudosCRM vs ShootQ

KudosCRM is a customer relationship management tool for organizing sales activity, available on the web, iOS, and Android. Its listed features include a visual sales pipeline, email sync, marketing automation, and AI features. The free plan lasts indefinitely and covers up to 3 users, 1,000 contacts, and 1 pipeline, with tasks, activities, and one email inbox. Basic is $9 a month billed annually, with limits of 25 users, 25,000 contacts, 3 pipelines, and 10 automations; meetings, forms, and invoicing are also included. Professional is $24 a month billed annually and provides unlimited users and pipelines, up to 250,000 contacts, 50 automations, Kudos AI allocation, webhooks, API, and lead scoring. Enterprise is $49 a month billed annually for 50+ seats, with SSO, SAML, SCIM, unlimited audit log and export, a dedicated customer success manager, and a 99.9% uptime SLA. A 14-day trial is listed. The maker is based in Hong Kong.

ShootQ is a web-based CRM and studio management system for photographers and other service-oriented creatives. It organizes jobs, clients, invoices, tasks, leads, contracts, and scheduling in one service. Studios can create online contracts and invoices, watch overdue payments, and automate late-payment notices. Lead tools include tracking, customizable forms, workflows, employee task assignments, proposals, questionnaires, template emails, and customer notes. Scheduling covers appointments, employees, busy-time blocking, and calendar connections, including Google, Apple, Outlook, and other calendars. ShootProof integration creates and links an album when a job is booked. Payment setup is documented for Square, Stripe, Authorize.net, Braintree, and PayPal Pro; QuickBooks integration is listed as coming soon. Plans are paid, with Booking Only at $14.95 a month and a 14-day trial; there is no free plan. Support includes phone, chat, email, setup help, and training.