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Freshsales vs Salesforce Sales Cloud comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Freshsales
Ranking in CRM
27th
Ranking in Opportunity Management
7th
Ranking in Sales Force Automation
10th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
CRM Customer Engagement Centers (10th)
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Ranking in CRM
1st
Ranking in Opportunity Management
2nd
Ranking in Sales Force Automation
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
114
Ranking in other categories
Conversation Intelligence Software (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the CRM category, the mindshare of Freshsales is 1.0%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Salesforce Sales Cloud is 9.3%, down from 9.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
CRM
 

Featured Reviews

Cristina Neri - PeerSpot reviewer
Cheaply-priced and does not require much customizations
It is a scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten. At the moment, the tool functions quite well for our needs. Around five people use the tool. In the future, my company might plan to increase the use of the solution. Currently, all the sales people in our company use the product.
Richard Mottershead - PeerSpot reviewer
Infinitely customizable, good end-to-end sales and customer management processes but lacks good documentation
Essentially, it's the CRM solution for managing customers and leads. The features that had the most significant impact on our sales efficiency include flexibility, regular updates, and very good end-to-end sales and customer management processes. AI and machine learning are on the agenda for next year. Initially, it will be very silo-based, but eventually, we'll be integrating MIBI data into our solution. Sales Cloud's reporting and analytics capabilities influenced our sales strategy quite a lot. We can build every report as a dashboard, and there are various sorts of things. We are using Tableau as our MIBI analytic solution, which is also owned by Salesforce these days.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The solution is a low-cost CRM product compared to other CRM alternatives."
"Freshsales is user-friendly, scalable and stable."
"Freshsales is very simple to use, but it's fairly limited in its functionalities, and it's very cheap."
"One of the most valuable features is the ability to divert deals based on the potential revenue or specific market to certain sales teams."
"I like Freshsales because it's integrated with Shopify which we use to host our website."
"Email integration is easy."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its well-organized sales cycle, which is important to us."
"The most valuable features are custom objects, custom workflows, triggering, and integration with other SaaS solutions."
"The dashboards and dashboard customization are great."
"The best features of the solution are its performance and stability."
"Salesforce Sales Cloud is a stable solution."
"On the high level, it's all about managing the clients, managing the opportunities around those clients, managing the tasks, calls, activities, all those things."
"Suitable for all sizes of organizations."
"Salesforce Sales Cloud is very reliable and provides good stability and security."
"Salesforce Sales Cloud is very user-friendly, and simple to create dashboards and extract the reports. Additionally, it integrates well with other applications."
 

Cons

"The reporting for this solution across all their products could be improved. Currently, we have clients who export their data from Freshservices to third party solutions such Power BI to create more comprehensive reports."
"We can use only one domain in the basic package."
"The licensing costs should be based on the amount of data and number of clients that one can insert into the application."
"The price of this solution could be improved as well as the reporting functionality."
"It lacks customizability for complex and larger use cases."
"The solution needs to improve the user experience and leads capture."
"We have a problem with the time to delivery for our customers, although this is not specific to this solution. Time to delivery can be 90 days."
"The solution's configuration could be improved because getting a purchase order and administrating the right fields can be a real headache for us, especially when the Sales Cloud system enters an error stage."
"The performance is sometimes slow. There is too much information and this makes it difficult to find the answers we are looking for."
"Salesforce could improve its response speed."
"If they could have convenient APIs into the other parts of the corporation that I wish to share data with, that would be helpful."
"With the solution being very vast, they need to prioritize features."
"The solution's scalability has some limitations."
"I think the user experience could be improved. I would like the user interface to be a bit more user-friendly and modern."
"There are also certain restrictions on the reports in terms of the number of records. Ideally, that should be removed."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Freshsales is an economical product."
"The tool is not that expensive."
"The price for this solution is good in general, but in Brazil we do pay additional taxes."
"The basic price is affordable. The add ons are expensive."
"If one is a very low price and ten is expensive, I rate the product price as a three."
"In terms of investment value and return of the investment, Salesforce right now is pretty good on the Western markets where the price of the employees is pretty high."
"The tool's pricing is based on the number of users. It has a different pricing for 0-100 and another for 100-500 users."
"Sales Cloud is expensive."
"I have found Salesforce Sales Cloud to be expensive. However, it is the number one CRM solution in the world. It is worth the money."
"We have a yearly license, and there are no hidden costs. Considering the Indian market, the pricing is reasonable. I don't consider it to be on the high side."
"The price of the product is very high. I rate the product price a ten on a scale of one to ten, where one means low price, and ten means expensive."
"The main issue is the price. Because it's SaaS, you will have to pay on a monthly or yearly basis."
"Pricing is reasonable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
21%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Educational Organization
77%
Computer Software Company
4%
Financial Services Firm
3%
Manufacturing Company
2%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Freshsales?
Freshsales is very simple to use, but it's fairly limited in its functionalities, and it's very cheap.
What needs improvement with Freshsales?
The licensing costs should be based on the amount of data and number of clients that one can insert into the application. The number of clients in the tool is 500, which is less in number.
What is your primary use case for Freshsales?
I use the solution in my company since we are interested in the application and all the activities that salespeople do. We track the email, then the appointment, and the feedback from the appointme...
What do you like most about Salesforce Sales Cloud?
The features of Sales Cloud most useful for testing and running email campaigns are highly valuable.
What needs improvement with Salesforce Sales Cloud?
Improving system performance and processing speed would enhance productivity and allow for even smoother workflows according to my view. Additionally, introducing faster data retrieval and real-tim...
What is your primary use case for Salesforce Sales Cloud?
My primary use case for Salesforce is to streamline sales strategies, define key sales parameters, and manage focus areas effectively. I leverage Salesforce to record, track, and optimize our sales...
 

Also Known As

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Sales Cloud, SFDC, Salesforce
 

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Sample Customers

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