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Interactive Intelligence vs SAP CRM comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Interactive Intelligence
Ranking in CRM
70th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
SAP CRM
Ranking in CRM
3rd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
43
Ranking in other categories
Local Government CRM (2nd), Marketing Management (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the CRM category, the mindshare of Interactive Intelligence is 0.1%, down from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP CRM is 11.1%, up from 10.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Luis Teran - PeerSpot reviewer
Reliable with very good social media integration and easy to use
The deployment is a bit harder as you sometimes need help. For us, we have experience. It is not so hard, however, we have a dependency on the operative system, such as Microsoft with Windows Server 2019 or 2016. You must get that kind of system. Also, you need to get this updated and you have many dependencies that you have to work with. The deployment is easy, however, when you want to get the IDR or you want to get the integrations as you want them, you need to deal with so many dependencies with other platforms that it can get hard. That's what's hard with the solution. The solution itself is, of course, it's easy for us, for an engineer, however, for untrained people, that is hard. For the deployment, if the contact center is a large contact center, you must get four engineers or five engineers to do the deployment. Most of them will make the integration and the others will configure the IDR. Another will deploy the integration, and that's all. Of course, then, there will be the documentation you need to deal with.
GodfreyNoel - PeerSpot reviewer
Excellent user experience with ease of use and reliable technical support
When SAP CRM does the maintenance, it can take a long time, which can impact business continuity because we have to wait for the maintenance team to finish their work. Maybe if SAP could establish how you can access the tool using a cloud-based environment that would be virtualization, that would be better.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The social media integration is excellent."
"Interactive Intelligence is quite user friendly."
"From the bank perspective, it's user-friendly and simple to develop something specific for a certain customer. It allows customization for individual customers rather than applying a one-size-fits-all approach."
"It provides innovative ideas for implementation."
"We get very good support from SAP."
"The most valuable feature is real-time data. You don't have to go to the finance team for information. On one screen, you can see if stock is available and check the customer's outstanding balance, and then you can process the order. SAP CRM's integration with other applications is easier."
"We use SAP CRM for customer service improvement. The main idea is to make sure our team has the right information when talking to customers. This helps them process things like price approvals for quotes faster. The goal is to make the product more efficient, and faster, and, in the end, provide better customer service."
"It was comfortable setting up the tool."
"Its scalability is good."
"SAP CRM's most valuable at a branch level."
 

Cons

"The problem with this current system is that the support is not great."
"The initial setup can be a bit difficult."
"They have recently updated their user interface but they should continue to improve upon it in the future. Additionally, overall performance or speed of response times could be better."
"I think what needs to be improved is the solution for Brazil's organization."
"Improvement is needed for SAP CRM's integration with Microsoft Teams and Outlook Its integration with Microsoft collaboration software, including Teams, Outlook, and SharePoint, is not very good. There are issues with synchronization between appointments in CRM and Outlook, as well as challenges with managing contacts, which creates problems."
"The navigation must be improved."
"When features do get added, we would like the product to notify us in a timely way."
"SAP must provide a demo system for the customers."
"They should improve the design to make it more appealing to users."
"SAP CRM could improve by making the solution more current, it is out of date. There are no more updates for SAP CRM."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The product is expensive."
"SAP CRM costs approximately a couple of thousand a month."
"The product is costly."
"SAP CRM is an expensive solution and is the most challenging aspect of the solution."
"The company has seen an increase in revenue."
"We pay for the license yearly."
"Every user needs to have a license."
"There is a license required to use SAP CRM."
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Manufacturing Company
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Government
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Financial Services Firm
9%
 

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What do you like most about SAP CRM?
Getting the right information at the right time across different programs is important. These programs lack interaction between them. IPA is a good option to bring them together.
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