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  <title>CROLISVA</title>
  <subtitle>Independent business-technology advisory.</subtitle>
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  <id>https://crolisva.com/</id>
  <updated>2026-10-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
  <author><name>CROLISVA</name></author>
  <entry>
    <title>CROLISVA — Smarter tools. Better business.</title>
    <link href="https://crolisva.com/?utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=home-home" />
    <id>https://crolisva.com/</id>
    <updated>2026-10-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>CROLISVA is an independent business-technology advisory platform. We evaluate AI, marketing, CRM, email, website and automation software so entrepreneurs…</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Marketing &amp; SEO — how to choose | CROLISVA</title>
    <link href="https://crolisva.com/areas/marketing-seo?utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=area-marketing-seo" />
    <id>https://crolisva.com/areas/marketing-seo</id>
    <updated>2026-10-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Get found by the people already looking for what you sell. 1 product has been evaluated against checked evidence.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>CRM &amp; Sales — how to choose | CROLISVA</title>
    <link href="https://crolisva.com/areas/crm-sales?utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=area-crm-sales" />
    <id>https://crolisva.com/areas/crm-sales</id>
    <updated>2026-10-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Stop losing deals in inboxes, notebooks and memory. 2 products have been evaluated against checked evidence.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Email Marketing — how to choose | CROLISVA</title>
    <link href="https://crolisva.com/areas/email-marketing?utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=area-email-marketing" />
    <id>https://crolisva.com/areas/email-marketing</id>
    <updated>2026-10-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Own the one audience channel a platform cannot take away. 1 product has been evaluated against checked evidence.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Website &amp; Online Business — how to choose | CROLISVA</title>
    <link href="https://crolisva.com/areas/website-online-business?utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=area-website-online-business" />
    <id>https://crolisva.com/areas/website-online-business</id>
    <updated>2026-10-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A site that loads fast, converts, and stays yours. 1 product has been evaluated against checked evidence.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>HubSpot review and pricing | CROLISVA</title>
    <link href="https://crolisva.com/solutions/hubspot?utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=solution-hubspot" />
    <id>https://crolisva.com/solutions/hubspot</id>
    <updated>2026-10-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A connected suite covering CRM, marketing and sales, built around a single shared record for every contact and company. Evaluated by CROLISVA against…</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Shopify review and pricing | CROLISVA</title>
    <link href="https://crolisva.com/solutions/shopify?utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=solution-shopify" />
    <id>https://crolisva.com/solutions/shopify</id>
    <updated>2026-10-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A hosted commerce platform for building an online store, taking payments and managing orders. Evaluated by CROLISVA against checked first-party sources.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Pipedrive review and pricing | CROLISVA</title>
    <link href="https://crolisva.com/solutions/pipedrive?utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=solution-pipedrive" />
    <id>https://crolisva.com/solutions/pipedrive</id>
    <updated>2026-10-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A sales-focused CRM organised around a visual deal pipeline and the activities that move deals along it. Evaluated by CROLISVA against checked…</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>What Pipedrive actually costs | CROLISVA</title>
    <link href="https://crolisva.com/guides/what-pipedrive-actually-costs?utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=guide-what-pipedrive-actually-costs" />
    <id>https://crolisva.com/guides/what-pipedrive-actually-costs</id>
    <published>2026-09-23T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>The lowest published price is US$ 14 per seat per month — but that rate is billed annually, which Pipedrive states as US$ 168 per seat per year.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>What Shopify actually costs | CROLISVA</title>
    <link href="https://crolisva.com/guides/what-shopify-actually-costs?utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=guide-what-shopify-actually-costs" />
    <id>https://crolisva.com/guides/what-shopify-actually-costs</id>
    <published>2026-09-24T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>The lowest published price is US$ 29 per month for the whole store, not per person, when paying yearly; paying month to month, Shopify states US$ 39.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>What Pipedrive does, and what it connects to | CROLISVA</title>
    <link href="https://crolisva.com/guides/what-pipedrive-does-and-connects-to?utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=guide-what-pipedrive-does-and-connects-to" />
    <id>https://crolisva.com/guides/what-pipedrive-does-and-connects-to</id>
    <published>2026-09-28T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Pipedrive's own page names Gmail among the things it connects to. What its pages leave open, and how to check the fit before you commit.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>HubSpot or Pipedrive: what each one publishes | CROLISVA</title>
    <link href="https://crolisva.com/guides/crm-sales-hubspot-vs-pipedrive?utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=guide-crm-sales-hubspot-vs-pipedrive" />
    <id>https://crolisva.com/guides/crm-sales-hubspot-vs-pipedrive</id>
    <published>2026-10-08T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>HubSpot publishes a free tier for up to 2 users and Pipedrive does not, offering a time-limited trial instead.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How CROLISVA evaluates software</title>
    <link href="https://crolisva.com/guides/how-crolisva-evaluates-software?utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=editorial-how-crolisva-evaluates-software" />
    <id>https://crolisva.com/guides/how-crolisva-evaluates-software</id>
    <published>2026-10-18T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>What CROLISVA is, where its evidence comes from, how long a checked fact is trusted, what has to be true before a product is called evaluated, and how…</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to choose a CRM for a small team | CROLISVA</title>
    <link href="https://crolisva.com/guides/how-to-choose-a-crm?utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=editorial-how-to-choose-a-crm" />
    <id>https://crolisva.com/guides/how-to-choose-a-crm</id>
    <published>2026-10-18T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A method for choosing a CRM without guessing: the questions to settle first, the four criteria CROLISVA weighs and why each matters, what a CRM really…</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to choose an email marketing platform | CROLISVA</title>
    <link href="https://crolisva.com/guides/how-to-choose-an-email-marketing-platform?utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=editorial-how-to-choose-an-email-marketing-platform" />
    <id>https://crolisva.com/guides/how-to-choose-an-email-marketing-platform</id>
    <published>2026-10-18T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A method for choosing an email platform: what to settle before comparing products, why deliverability depends on practices you can check, how email…</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to choose marketing and SEO tools | CROLISVA</title>
    <link href="https://crolisva.com/guides/how-to-choose-marketing-and-seo-tools?utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=editorial-how-to-choose-marketing-and-seo-tools" />
    <id>https://crolisva.com/guides/how-to-choose-marketing-and-seo-tools</id>
    <published>2026-10-18T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A method for choosing marketing and SEO tools with limited time: decide where your attention goes first, what the free tools already tell you, why…</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to choose a website or store platform | CROLISVA</title>
    <link href="https://crolisva.com/guides/how-to-choose-a-website-or-store-platform?utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=editorial-how-to-choose-a-website-or-store-platform" />
    <id>https://crolisva.com/guides/how-to-choose-a-website-or-store-platform</id>
    <published>2026-10-18T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A method for choosing where to build your website or store: what it has to do, hosted versus self-hosted, every cost that sits beyond the plan price —…</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to choose AI and automation tools | CROLISVA</title>
    <link href="https://crolisva.com/guides/how-to-choose-ai-and-automation-tools?utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=editorial-how-to-choose-ai-and-automation-tools" />
    <id>https://crolisva.com/guides/how-to-choose-ai-and-automation-tools</id>
    <published>2026-10-20T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A method for deciding which processes to automate first, and with what: how to find and score candidates, a simple way to rank them, what automation…</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>About | CROLISVA</title>
    <link href="https://crolisva.com/about?utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=legal-about" />
    <id>https://crolisva.com/about</id>
    <updated>2026-10-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Who CROLISVA is for, what it evaluates, and the standard every assessment is held to.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Disclosure — how CROLISVA is paid</title>
    <link href="https://crolisva.com/disclosure?utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=legal-disclosure" />
    <id>https://crolisva.com/disclosure</id>
    <updated>2026-10-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>How assessments are made, and how CROLISVA earns. Commission never affects a conclusion.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Privacy | CROLISVA</title>
    <link href="https://crolisva.com/privacy?utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=legal-privacy" />
    <id>https://crolisva.com/privacy</id>
    <updated>2026-10-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>What this site collects, in plain terms. No advertising, no third-party trackers.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Terms | CROLISVA</title>
    <link href="https://crolisva.com/terms?utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=legal-terms" />
    <id>https://crolisva.com/terms</id>
    <updated>2026-10-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>The basis on which CROLISVA publishes, and its limits.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Contact CROLISVA</title>
    <link href="https://crolisva.com/contact?utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=legal-contact" />
    <id>https://crolisva.com/contact</id>
    <updated>2026-10-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>How to reach CROLISVA about a correction, a privacy request, or a product we have assessed.</summary>
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