Changing systemsPipedrive

Moving from Pipedrive

Pipedrive wasn't built for healthcare. Coherent was.

Move patient follow-up to a platform and team built for clinics. Coherent works from your PMS diary, contacts patients who cancel, lapse or never rebook, answers the replies and puts approved bookings back in your PMS. Keep Pipedrive for consultants' sales deals if they work for you.

30 minutes. Bring your Pipedrive setup, not patient details.

After the switch

What does Pipedrive do for your clinic today?

Retire Pipedrive once your first programmes run. Nothing left to maintain.Keep Pipedrive for sales deals. Hand patient follow-up to Coherent.
Recall and reactivationPipedriveCoherent
Cancellation follow-upPipedriveCoherent
Replies and rebookingPipedriveCoherent
Sales deals and pipelinesNot in your setupStays in Pipedrive
Who builds and runs itCoherent

Why clinics switch

Why clinics move follow-up off Pipedrive.

Pipedrive is a strong sales pipeline tool. Patient follow-up is a different job: it runs on your diary, the replies and your clinic's own booking rules.

01

Patients, not deals

Pipedrive moves deals through stages. Coherent starts from each patient in your PMS: who cancelled, who's due back, who never rebooked.

In PipedriveDeals in a pipelineWith CoherentPatients from your PMS
02

One owner, no double contact

When each consultant chases their own clients, the same patient can hear from several people. Coherent agrees who contacts whom, and every conversation sits in one place.

In PipedriveEach person works their own listWith CoherentOne coordinated follow-up
03

Every reply handled

Patients reply by WhatsApp, text or email. A coordinator answers each one to your clinic's booking rules, and anything clinical goes to your team.

In PipedriveReplies wait for someoneWith CoherentAnswered and approved for you
04

Bookings in your PMS

Approved bookings go into your diary, and reporting shows what each programme booked, not which deals were marked won.

In PipedriveDeal marked won by handWith CoherentInto your PMS
05

One price, no extra hire

Pipedrive is priced per seat, and someone still has to do the follow-up. Coherent is one monthly price that covers the platform and the coordinators who use it.

In PipedriveA seat per user, plus their timeWith CoherentPlatform and team in one
06

A team, not just software

Experienced patient coordinators, with software that puts each patient's history in front of them. It feels like part of your team, without the hiring.

In PipedriveSoftware onlyWith CoherentSoftware and coordinators

Drawn from what clinics keeping clients in Pipedrive told us on calls. Your setup may differ, and we map it with you first.

The switch plan

Run side by side. Switch off what's replaced.

Nothing is switched off until its replacement runs. Each Pipedrive automation pauses on the day its Coherent programme starts, so no patient hears from both.

1Together

Map what Pipedrive does

We go through your pipelines, automations and email sequences, and agree what moves, what stays and what retires.

Pipedrive audit

Rebooking sequenceMoves
Follow-up remindersMoves
Sales pipelineStays
2Together

Connect your PMS

Your team grants access and we handle the setup, in whichever way your PMS supports. This is where Coherent finds your patients.

Connection

Cliniko, TM3, Dentally…See your PMS
AccessAppointment records
3Coordinator

Run side by side

The first programme goes live. Its Pipedrive automation pauses the same day, and a coordinator approves every reply.

Launch day

Pipedrive rebooking sequencePaused
Coherent recall programmeLive
4Your team

Switch off what's replaced

Once a programme runs well, you switch off the automation it replaced. Sales deals stay in Pipedrive if you keep them.

Checklist

Rebooking sequenceOff
Follow-up remindersOff
Sales pipelineStill running
How long the switch takes depends on what Pipedrive does for you and the access your team can give.Talk through your setup

Your Pipedrive data

Your Pipedrive setup stays useful.

Already on Pipedrive? That's a good start. Your pipelines, deals and history stay where they are, and Coherent takes over the patient follow-up.

Sales keeps running

Pipelines, deals and sales reporting can stay in Pipedrive. Coherent replaces patient follow-up only.

Opt-outs carry over

We check any opt-outs you keep in Pipedrive against your PMS contact settings before the first message goes out.

Nothing to import

Each programme finds its patients in your PMS appointment history. Your Pipedrive deals and history stay in your account.

Still deciding? See Pipedrive and Coherent side by side.

Where each one is stronger, and how clinics run both.

Coherent vs Pipedrive

Fit and limits

A strong fit when follow-up outgrew Pipedrive.

Coherent takes over patient follow-up. It doesn't replace everything Pipedrive can do, so keep it for the work Coherent isn't built for.

A good fit

  • Consultants each chase their own clients by hand.
  • Nobody can tell who has already been contacted.
  • Bookings from follow-up get typed into the PMS.

Know the limits

  • Not a sales pipeline. Keep Pipedrive for deals if you use them.
  • No sync with Pipedrive. We agree what each one sends.
  • We don't copy Pipedrive deals or history into Coherent.
For clinics on the PMSs we work with.See where we're the wrong fit

Questions

What clinics leaving Pipedrive ask us first.

Answers reviewed with our product team before publishing. Last updated 13 November 2026.

Ask us your own question
Why not run follow-up in Pipedrive?

Pipedrive is built for moving deals through a pipeline. Patient follow-up starts from your diary: who cancelled, who's due back, who never rebooked. Coherent does that work for you, timed from your PMS, with coordinators replying to your clinic's rules.

Can our consultants still follow up their own clients?

Yes. We agree which patients Coherent contacts and which stay with your team, and you can see every conversation, so nobody calls a patient who has just heard from us.

Does Coherent sync with Pipedrive?

No. Coherent runs on its own platform, works from your PMS and shows you every conversation. Pipedrive keeps whatever you decide to leave in it.

We're moving off Zendesk Sell. Should we go to Pipedrive?

For sales deals, Pipedrive is the CRM Zendesk suggests to Sell customers. For patient follow-up, Coherent runs it from your PMS instead, so you may not need a sales CRM for that work.

How do you connect to our PMS?

In whichever way your PMS supports. Your team grants access and we handle the setup. See the systems we work with on our PMS page.

What does it cost?

One monthly price per programme, set by your appointment volume. It covers the platform and the coordinators, so there's no extra hire. We quote after the demo.

30minutes

Pipedrive switch call

Bring your Pipedrive setup. See what comes off your plate.

A walkthrough of what Pipedrive does for your clinic today, what Coherent would run for you, and what stays where it is.

What does Pipedrive do for you today?

Plan your switch from Pipedrive