Ok, so have now been using them for a few months. I like them both.
My process now is... any new prospect or lead, goes into Ace of Sales. There is enough space and function to put in notes and everything. I use it for email marketing and social media. Once the person becomes a client, I also put them into my CRM. For now, back to ACT!. the basic version of SugarCRM is just not all there... yet, then again, I may not be used to it yet.
You can try ace of sales for 30 days. I had them establish a demo period for my agents. Go to aceofsales.com, click sign up. in the promo box put in MAX30. You will get 30 days to play with it.