# Auspex Blog — Articles About CRM & Business Automation

> Expert articles about CRM implementation, business process automation, IP telephony, and AI. Practical tips for small and medium businesses.

Source: https://auspex.company/en/blog/

↳ FIELD NOTES · EST. 2015

# Field _notes_  
from the funnel.

A decade of audits, fixes, and post-mortems — plus the founder's 20 years of CRM expertise behind them. Plain talk on CRM, automation and where money quietly leaks out of the process.

↳ LATEST

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    ↳ COMPARISON · 2026-06-02
    
    ### CRM vs Excel
    
    CRM vs Excel for running sales: single source of truth, pipeline, automation, reporting and access control compared. When a spreadsheet quietly costs you deals — from 1,500+ Auspex implementations.
    
    ](/en/blog/crm-vs-excel)
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    ↳ COMPARISON · 2026-06-02
    
    ### monday.com vs Uspacy
    
    monday.com and Uspacy compared on CRM depth, project boards, built-in comms, localization, data residency and price. Auspex picks based on 1,500+ implementations.
    
    ](/en/blog/monday-vs-uspacy)
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    ↳ FIELD NOTE · 2026-05-28
    
    ### The business that runs on chat.
    
    What it really costs when work lives in WhatsApp and Telegram instead of a system — the signs, the price, and how Auspex moves a team onto tasks and one shared workspace. Field notes since 2015.
    
    ](/en/blog/business-that-lives-in-chat)
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    ↳ FIELD NOTE · 2026-05-21
    
    ### Four to six weeks to a working CRM, week by week.
    
    What actually happens during a CRM rollout, week by week, and why the median go-live is about 30 days. Where it speeds up, where it stalls. Auspex field notes from 1500+ projects since 2015.
    
    ](/en/blog/crm-in-4-6-weeks-week-by-week)
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    ↳ FIELD NOTE · 2026-05-14
    
    ### Automations that pay for themselves in the first month.
    
    Seven CRM automations we keep deploying because they return more than they cost almost immediately — reminders, status updates, handoffs, reactivation. Auspex field notes since 2015.
    
    ](/en/blog/automations-that-pay-for-themselves)
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    ↳ COMPARISON · 2026-04-30
    
    ### Bitrix24 vs HubSpot
    
    Bitrix24 and HubSpot, compared on price, automation, channels, telephony, and on-premise option. Auspex picks based on 1,500+ implementations.
    
    ](/en/blog/bitrix24-vs-hubspot)
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    ↳ COMPARISON · 2026-04-30
    
    ### Bitrix24 vs monday.com
    
    Bitrix24 and monday.com compared on CRM depth, project management, automation, telephony and price. Auspex's pick after 1,500+ implementations.
    
    ](/en/blog/bitrix24-vs-monday)
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    ↳ FIELD NOTE · 2026-04-30
    
    ### Where retail money quietly leaks.
    
    Five places we keep finding cash leaks in retail businesses, drawn from 80+ Auspex CRM rollouts since 2015. With fixes that pay back in under 90 days.
    
    ](/en/blog/where-retail-money-leaks)

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