CRM Hub Bundling Forces SMBs to Track Customer Complaints in Spreadsheets
Small businesses on a sales-focused CRM plan cannot access ticketing because it lives in a separate paid product hub, so order complaints end up in shared spreadsheets. They pay for pipeline features they never use while lacking the support workflow they actually need, fragmenting customer history.
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