Michael L.
DO NOT SIGN UP WITH thryv!
DO NOT SIGN UP WITH THIS OVERPRICED CRM COMPANY!!! I had the same experience as the other reviewers regarding 24/7 support, particularly for billing. I called during business hours to address a problem with my bill, and somehow, across the entire country, in not the world, there was no one in the billing department! I signed up with thryv in June 2024 and it was one of the worst decisions I've ever made. I had been hesitating for years to use social media for additional exposure for my painting business. But I had goals to try and grow the business and many professionals told me social media is necessary for growth/competitive edge in today's market. So I signed up for Thryv with a discount through a Benjamin Moore program. I was very hesitant, especially since they did not offer a trial period to test the software and get a feel for customer support/response times. But I signed up for a 6 month contract, the shortest one they had, at least with the discount. To make a long story short, I will just list the main problems I had with Thryv and warn you again to find any other CRM company in the world to do business with. The software is extremely bulky, clunky, and unintuitive. It took weeks of Zoom meetings of instructions on how to use all the features. I paid a few hundred dollars to have them build/host my website and specifically asked if would own the website if ever I left and they said yes, I own it. They lied about that. When I went to turn the website over to new host, the new host informed me that their website building software is proprietary(not transferable to WordPress for example) so the only thing I own is the domain. To build a new site will cost me around $1000. My new website also showed me they were doing the minimum of SEO, where the limit was set only to the town I live in...WTF! No wonder I wasn't getting any traffic to the website. A couple months in, I asked my rep about this and mentioned the only calls I was getting from the website was spam/scam calls and that I thought there would be way more traffic from the website driven by all the exposure from the social media accounts/posts we set up. Her response was that "even if it's spam, at least you know you're getting exposure". Unbelievable! So don't have them build your website. They also have deceptive billing practices so beware. When I went to cancel my 6 month contract, I didn't have a new host set up yet so I had to have them simply host the website they designed. That was month to month, no contract, but cost $120/mo. Most companies charge that for a year of hosting. Finally, when I went to cancel the hosting, being told it was month to month, they told me I needed to cancel 30 days in advance. When I explained to them that that would mean I would've had to cancel the same day I signed up for the service they told me that's their policy and there's nothing they can do about it. So they got another $120. Before this experience, I was really looking forward to investing in growing business. I put a lot of time and money into Thryv and they left me extremely disappointed and the business has not grown at all, besides through the old tried and tested method of word of mouth and my reputation. AVOID THRYV AT ALL COSTS!
Response from ThryvJan 10, 2025
Thank you for sharing your experience, Michael. We're sorry to hear you feel this way, as it's certainly not the experience we strive for. We understand your challenges and would like to address your concerns directly. Your feedback is valuable to us, and we’re committed to improving wherever possible. We will request your business information securely through Trustpilot, please grant this request so that we can look into this and immediately work towards a resolution.


