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Ask CRM vendors the questions demos are designed to avoid.
Every CRM demos beautifully. The differences that matter — data model fit, integration depth, admin overhead, real pricing at your seat count — only surface when your RFP forces specific answers.
This template structures your CRM RFP around your sales process rather than a generic feature list, so vague or vendor-biased wording gets caught before you send it.
Process-first requirements
Describe your pipeline stages, territories and handoffs, and require vendors to map their data model to them.
Sales, marketing & service scope
Separate requirement blocks per team so each stakeholder can score their own section.
Integration & data questions
Email, calendar, ERP, support desk, data warehouse — with API limits and sync frequency questions.
Real pricing scenarios
Require pricing at your actual seat count and usage tiers, including year-2 renewal caps.
Adoption & admin
Questions on admin effort, customization limits, and what happens to your data if you leave.
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Your sales process description, requirements for sales/marketing/service modules, integration inventory, data migration needs, security expectations, pricing scenarios at your seat count, and weighted evaluation criteria.
Avoid copying one vendor's feature names into requirements — it skews scoring and signals a pre-made decision. Describe the outcome you need instead of the feature name a vendor markets.
A lightweight version, yes: 2–3 pages of prioritized requirements and pricing questions is enough to make vendor claims comparable and negotiable.
Yes — RFPilot parses the RFP and generates cited draft answers from your product documentation and past responses.
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