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Smartsheet

Not a CRM - fails on core objects, pipeline stages, status, resolution, value, scope of work, expected close date, actual close date, opportunity owner, linked buyer, schedulable activity types, opportunity reporting; record preservation unresolved

Every verdict, with its evidence

Core objects

Not at all

The API's own object-model guide enumerates a strict Sheet > Column > Row > Cell hierarchy with no separate Person, Company, Opportunity or Activity object types. Everything a buyer calls a 'contact' or 'deal' is a row on a generic sheet distinguished only by buyer-chosen columns.

Source: https://developers.smartsheet.com/api/smartsheet/guides/basics/sheets-rows-columns-and-cells

Verification: Verified

Pipeline stages

Not at all

The column-type reference lists Dropdown List as a generic value picker with no ordering/position metadata and no concept of a stage object. Any 'stage' sequence is a buyer-created dropdown column, not data the vendor's model carries order on.

Source: https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/2480241-column-type-reference

Verification: Verified

Status

Not at all

No opportunity object exists to carry a shipped open/closed field. The column-type reference offers only generic Checkbox, Dropdown and Symbol types that a buyer could repurpose, not a native status field.

Source: https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/2480241-column-type-reference

Verification: Verified

Resolution

Not at all

No native won/lost field or stage-metadata equivalent ships anywhere in the documented column types or object model; any won/lost value is a buyer-built dropdown.

Source: https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/2480241-column-type-reference

Verification: Verified

Value

Not at all

The column-type reference documents Text/Number as the only numeric column type; there is no dedicated Currency/Money column type, and no opportunity object for such a field to live on. A currency symbol is display formatting on a generic number column.

Source: https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/2480241-column-type-reference

Verification: Verified

Scope of work

Not at all

No line-item/product object or description-box field ships on any native record, because no opportunity record ships at all; what's sold would be captured in a buyer-built text column.

Source: https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/2480241-column-type-reference

Verification: Verified

Expected close date

Not at all

The Date column type is a generic, buyer-labeled field with no reserved 'expected close date' semantics documented anywhere in the column-type reference or API guide.

Source: https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/2480241-column-type-reference

Verification: Verified

Actual close date

Not at all

Same generic Date column type applies; no vendor-reserved actual-close-date field is documented.

Source: https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/2480241-column-type-reference

Verification: Verified

Opportunity owner

Not at all

Contact List is a generic column type for names/emails on any row; there is no opportunity object and no shipped owner reference distinct from created-by.

Source: https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/2480241-column-type-reference

Verification: Verified

Linked buyer

Not at all

No opportunity object exists to carry a shipped link to a person record; cross-sheet references are a buyer-built formula mechanism, not a native field.

Source: https://developers.smartsheet.com/api/smartsheet/guides/basics/sheets-rows-columns-and-cells

Verification: Verified

Record preservation

No verdict

No vendor page found that states a retention or archival policy for sheet rows, or confirms whether reports/dashboards include historical as well as current rows. Since no opportunity or 'closed' concept ships natively, no documentation addresses this directly.

Source: https://help.smartsheet.com/learning-track/system-admin-governance-and-security/activity-monitoring-and-auditing

Verification: Pending vendor verification

Structured lost reasons

In part

A lost-reason value would be a buyer-built Dropdown List column, but Report Builder documents Group and Summary (Count) functions over dropdown columns, so the buyer-built field is countable in native reporting - the documented exception for buyer-built fields.

Source: https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/2482083-summarize-content-to-extract-key-information-with-report-builder, https://www.smartsheet.com/content-center/product-news/release-notes/grouping-and-summary-reports

Verification: Verified

Email sync

In part

The Smartsheet for Gmail add-on documentation describes a one-directional capture tool - copying email content, sender, subject and attachments into row comments - with no two-way mailbox sync and no send-from-Smartsheet capability.

Source: https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/2476621-smartsheet-for-gmail-add-on

Verification: Verified

Calendar sync

In part

Vendor help documents two separate one-way mechanisms: 'publish' pushes Smartsheet dates to Google Calendar with no changes syncing back, while 'overlay' brings external Google Calendar events into the Smartsheet calendar view as read-only items. Neither is a true two-way sync of the same record.

Source: https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/518535-syncing-your-smartsheet-and-google-calendars

Verification: Verified

Schedulable activity types

Not at all

No Activity or Task object ships with the platform at all - only generic rows on sheets. There is no vendor-fixed set of activity types (call/meeting/task) and no native schedulable-type mechanism.

Source: https://developers.smartsheet.com/api/smartsheet/guides/basics/sheets-rows-columns-and-cells

Verification: Verified

Opportunity reporting

Not at all

Report Builder's documented summary functions (Sum, Count, Average, Min, Max, First, Last) are generic column aggregations with no native stage-to-stage conversion rate, win rate, or revenue forecast metric shipped for any object, since no opportunity object ships to compute them from.

Source: https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/2482083-summarize-content-to-extract-key-information-with-report-builder

Verification: Verified