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Pega Customer Service 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

Pega Customer Service
Ranking in CRM
30th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Ranking in CRM
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
114
Ranking in other categories
Opportunity Management (1st), Sales Force Automation (1st), Conversation Intelligence Software (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the CRM category, the mindshare of Pega Customer Service is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Salesforce Sales Cloud is 9.0%, down from 10.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Balaji  Choda - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers different categories, and each is specialized by market (corporate, consumer, etc.) and line of business (consumer, corporate, or small business)
There are different categories of features. * One category is account information. Under account information, we have contact details, contact history, employment details, limits, card replacements, and card features. * Another category is card features, which include account features, benefit factors, business development services, automation teams, and promotions. There are different categories like this, and each is specialized by market (corporate, consumer, etc.) and line of business (consumer, corporate, or small business). The market can be in APAC, EMEA, or the UK. It's designed so that each task can be specialized by market and line of business.
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

"Pega Customer Service is scalable."
"The product is scalable. It works efficiently for changing existing features."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is case management and different configurations."
"The technical support provided for all the solutions from Pega is of the same quality since they have their own internal teams and the same mechanisms, which are good for dealing with issues of different users."
"Salesforce Sales Cloud is a stable solution."
"Salesforce is such a widespread software in terms of what it can do and its scope. Theoretically, you can run a whole company off of it. There are many valuable features, such as reporting and analytics. You can customize almost the whole environment is what appeals to so many companies the most."
"Their support team is good."
"The most valuable features are performance and integration."
"The most valuable features of Salesforce Sales Cloud are increased productivity and business accuracy."
"The most beneficial aspect of Salesforce Sales Cloud is my development life cycle will have been shortened."
"The solution is stable."
"I've found lead management to be the most valuable feature of Salesforce Sales Cloud. It helps capture, track, and manage leads throughout the sales process. The tool is easy to learn."
 

Cons

"The product's pricing needs improvement."
"The only concern I have seen about the product is its prices."
"The licensing cost could also be improved."
"Pega JVM function needs to be improved."
"I would like if Sales Cloud had the flexibility to create or edit the forms used to submit requests. Right now, they're fixed, and users can't edit them. Only administrators have editing privileges, so it takes too long to make changes."
"The product is not stable when enhancements are done to the cloud."
"There are also certain restrictions on the reports in terms of the number of records. Ideally, that should be removed."
"Its licensing can be improved to accommodate small companies. They provide a certain number of licenses in a set or batch, and you have to buy the set. For example, if they have 20 licenses in a set, you have to get the whole set, even if you need just three licenses, which could be a barrier for small companies. There is no option to buy fewer licenses. So, small companies have to go for a smaller CRM, such as HubSpot."
"As a presale team leader, I see a need to better understand the platform because our current knowledge is limited. This makes it difficult to explore possible extensions of its use. We also want more detailed information on commercial opportunities included in the tool. It needs to include better documentation on the functions it offers."
"The monitoring is very good, but it could be better."
"The built-in functionality is a little dated."
"Salesforce is a powerful tool and you need specialists to create or to develop new functionalities. It is a difficult platform to learn to manage and you need years to know the whole product."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution provides licenses to users either based on the number of users or the number of cases that an end user creates."
"The tool's pricing is flexible, and I rate it four to five out of ten."
"It's expensive, storage being the most costly aspect."
"Being license based, the license varies by type. The pricing is considered average."
"You need to pay for the license per user per month. For example, you need to pay $100 per user. If you have 200 users using your Salesforce, that would be multiplied by a hundred, that's $20,000 per month and a quarter million per year."
"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."
"Implementation and add-ons may be additional costs."
"Sales Cloud is expensive."
"We must pay for the licenses."
"The price of the Salesforce Sales Cloud is expensive. We pay monthly for the solution but we are billed quarterly."
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Top Industries

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Educational Organization
76%
Computer Software Company
4%
Financial Services Firm
3%
Manufacturing Company
2%
 

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Pega Customer Service?
The product is scalable. It works efficiently for changing existing features.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pega Customer Service?
The pricing model of the solution can be divided into two parts since there are two types of licenses that users can purchase. The solution provides licenses to users either based on the number of ...
What needs improvement with Pega Customer Service?
Pega can automate the creation of permissions. The licensing cost could also be improved. For future releases, Pega packages are coming along with AI technologies. The blueprint is already in place...
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

No data available
Sales Cloud, SFDC, Salesforce
 

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Sample Customers

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Coca-Cola Enterprises, Kuoni Global Travel Services, Financial Times, Just Eat, Jobsite, H.R. Owen, PlayerLayer, O2, DMGT, Philips, Xtreme.ie, Business Stream, Remote Asset Management, Dialogue Group
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