Contact Management

Prophet 4.0 Professional

Avidian's Prophet 4.0 is a well-designed, easy-to-use contact management tool that works directly in Microsoft Outlook.

Easy to use. Quick, simple contact navigation. Streamlined Outlook synchronization.

Requires Microsoft Exchange for effective sharing. Can't customize layouts. Limited data input-field customization. Minor UI issues.

Price As Tested: $199.95 Direct


By Robert P. Lipschutz

Many growing small businesses need to implement customer-relationship management (CRM) solutions but have neither the time nor the expertise required to migrate their contact lists and train users. Prophet 4.0 Professional presents an appealing solution. Where ACT! is a complex tool that provides only mediocre integration with Microsoft Outlook, Prophet easily integrates directly into Outlook 2000 and Windows XP/2002 and 2003. Furthermore, Avidian's add-in gives the omnipresent e-mail and calendaring app improved opportunity management and sales-process automation without requiring users to learn a complex new application.