We primarily use the solution for customer ticket management and for services.
Principal Technical Lead at Tieto Sweden AB
Good notifications and data management but user management could be better
Pros and Cons
- "It is straightforward to set up."
- "User management could be better."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The data management is great. We like how it is organized. I'm able to view the tickets in a well-organized manner. That is quite useful.
The notifications as well are good.
It is straightforward to set up.
It is a scalable product.
What needs improvement?
User management could be better.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for four months or so now.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It's too early to say if it is properly stable. I've been using it for just four months, and I've just been onboarded for two months. That said, I have had no issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution can scale well.
We have 12 people using the solution on my project. I'm not sure if other people or other teams are also using it. I'm not sure if marketing plans to increase usage at this time.
How are customer service and support?
I've never used technical support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously used Jira and migrated to Salesforce.
How was the initial setup?
The solution is very straightforward and simple to implement. It's not complex at all.
That said, I have not deployed it myself. It was another team who handled it. I don't know about the details. I also do not have details in regards to maintaining it and if we have any team members dedicated to that task.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I'm not sure of the exact costs. That's handled at an organizational level.
What other advice do I have?
We're using the latest version on the cloud.
I'd advise potential users to try before they buy so that can see it in action and decide if they like it. Pricing should be looked into too. If it's small-scale, it's okay. I'm not sure about large-scale costs.
I'd rate the solution seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

Director at Imaginedone
A great tool for using multiple end points to build a communication journey, but needs an upgraded script language
Pros and Cons
- "If you want to be able to communicate with your client using email, WhatsApp, and push notifications, know if the client opened the communication or not, and create and automate their journey, Marketing Cloud is very good."
- "Marketing Cloud should change the script language that it uses because it's not good. It's tricky and difficult to develop."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution to build one-on-one journeys for clients.
What is most valuable?
You can use many of the tools that they offer, not only email, to build a communication journey for your client and use many different end points to talk to the client. If you want to be able to communicate with your client using email, WhatsApp, and push notifications, know if the client opened the communication or not, and create and automate their journey, Marketing Cloud is very good.
What needs improvement?
Marketing Cloud should change the script language that it uses because it's not good. It's tricky and difficult to develop.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this product for about five years.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We use this solution to send communication to 10 million users. After the initial setup, two persons can create a journey, with one person from marketing and one person to automate the journey.
How was the initial setup?
The setup is not simple. It's not entirely complex, but it's more complex than simple. If you had to rate it from zero to ten, where zero is easy and ten is complex, I think it would be a seven.
If you count the time needed to warn an IP address about sending the emails, you need at least one month to deploy it. If you don't consider the IP warning, you'll probably be able to complete the initial set up for Marketing Cloud in seven days.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Marketing Cloud is not the cheapest platform. It's probably one of the more highly-priced platforms on the market, but it's the best platform for deals. It's not cheap, which is why I recommend that you use Marketing Cloud to create automated journeys. If you plan to use Marketing Cloud just to send emails, use another tool.
What other advice do I have?
The roadmap and vision for the product is very good, and I think the team at Marketing Cloud is very up-to-date with their clients' needs.
I would rate this solution as a seven out of ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
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Head, Customer Success - India, LogMeIn at LogMeIn
Tracking opportunities is easy and there are a lot of supporting tools
Pros and Cons
- "You can schedule reports, there's a lot of supporting tools, and you have access to all that information."
- "The processing speed, the way information displays, and scrolling options can be improved."
What is our primary use case?
With this solution, you can build up an opportunity, track it, look at missed opportunities, and output data to work on outside the cloud.
How has it helped my organization?
The solution helps to pull information together for everyone to use.
What is most valuable?
What is most valuable is that you can schedule reports, there are a lot of supporting tools, and you have access to all that information.
What needs improvement?
Improvements can be made in the processing speed, how information displays, and options for scrolling.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using the solution for five to six years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable product.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is absolutely scalable. We have about 2,000 users and plan to increase that number with the growth of our company.
How are customer service and support?
I have contacted tech support and rate my experience an eight or nine.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
When I got to the company I believe they used a different solution, but I don't recall its name.
How was the initial setup?
We installed the product on the cloud.
What other advice do I have?
I rate this product a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Account Manager at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Good performance, expands well, and doesn't crash
Pros and Cons
- "We have found the solution to be scalable."
- "The product could use a little bit of BI in the sense of rule-based building."
What is our primary use case?
We primarily use the solution for holding our contacts and opportunities as well as general reporting.
What is most valuable?
The performance and stability have been good overall.
We have found the solution to be scalable.
What needs improvement?
The query building's a bit weak if you want to build something new. It's a bit complicated. We need it to be easier to build a query dashboard in Salesforce.
The product could use a little bit of BI in the sense of rule-based building.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've used the solution for seven or eight years or maybe even longer at this point.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We have found the solution stable. The performance is good. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The product can scale as needed. It's not a problem.
We have around 1,000 people in our organization using the solution.
I'm not sure if there are plans to increase usage.
How are customer service and support?
You pay for what you get with technical support. I've used it in the past, however, in a different position.
How was the initial setup?
I never set up the solution directly. I only use it. Someone else handled the implementation.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I am unsure of the exact costs. I'm just a user. I don't handle any licensing aspects.
What other advice do I have?
In terms of capability, I'd rate the product nine out of ten. In terms of usability, I'd rate it about seven. In general, I would rate the product eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
South Europe Enterprise Sales Executive at Dataiku
Good performance, great support, and scales everywhere
Pros and Cons
- "It is a great solution. I like its stability, scalability, and performance."
- "They can perhaps simplify the dashboards. In my opinion as an end-user, reports could also be simplified, but it also depends on how your company is set up. It depends on how the processes are set up within your company natively. It is linked to the way you do business. So, it varies."
What is our primary use case?
We are using it for doing the quotes, reports, and sales. We are using its latest version.
What is most valuable?
It is a great solution. I like its stability, scalability, and performance.
What needs improvement?
They can perhaps simplify the dashboards. In my opinion as an end-user, reports could also be simplified, but it also depends on how your company is set up. It depends on how the processes are set up within your company natively. It is linked to the way you do business. So, it varies.
For how long have I used the solution?
It has been 20 years. I have been using it since it came out.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It scales everywhere. It is perfect. In our company, everyone is working with this solution. We have around 1,000 users, and I assume we have 10 to 20 people for deployment and maintenance.
How are customer service and support?
Their support was great. They were very responsive.
How was the initial setup?
I didn't set it up, but it seems to depend on the teams. It's quite simple, but it becomes more complex depending on the scalability of your operation. It's always an ongoing task because you're always improving the process.
What other advice do I have?
Salesforce is the best and more established CRM. I wouldn't use other ones.
I would rate it a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Digital Lead of Middle East/ North Africa and Ukraine at Organon
CRM used to build fully automated customer journeys using the journey builder
Pros and Cons
- "The ability to automate processes is one of the most valuable features of Salesforce. This sets it part from other systems. We use the journey builder to design a fully automated journey."
- "In a future release it would be great to have the ability to connect the data from social media and email marketing and have it in one dashboard."
What is most valuable?
The ability to automate processes is one of the most valuable features of Salesforce. This sets it part from other systems. We use the journey builder to design a fully automated journey.
What needs improvement?
In a future release it would be great to have the ability to connect the data from social media and email marketing and have it in one dashboard.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
This is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This is a scalable solution.
How are customer service and support?
The support for this solution is good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Salesforce Technical Lead at Tata Consultancy
Powerful CRM that is constantly evolving with a frequent cycle
Pros and Cons
- "Salesforce is constantly evolving and have a good release cycle."
- "Clarity around new features could be improved when they are released."
What is most valuable?
Salesforce is constantly evolving and have a good release cycle.
What needs improvement?
Clarity around new features could be improved when they are released. They send out emails but a lot of important information and explanations are missed by email. Training or videos to guide us using new features would be great.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
This is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This is a scalable solution.
How are customer service and support?
The support we have received is good. This does depend on the level of support you sign up for.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have previously used Sabiel but I would recommend Salesforce due to its performance. There are guard rails for implementation to guide you. The performance is guaranteed because your development has to be within those specific parameters. The Salesforce ecosystem is more powerful than Siebel.
Salesforce is fully integrated. When using Oracle products, I had to use multiple tools to make things work which takes up a lot of time. The APIs are also more difficult to use with Siebel compared to Salesforce.
How was the initial setup?
Salesforce comes with an out of the box org so there is very little setup needed. You can just log in and start working.
What other advice do I have?
If you have a complex product structure and require a lot of customization for a stable backend system, I would suggest using Siebel. Siebel performs very well for that use case. For every other requirement, I would suggest for Salesforce.
I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. partner
Project Manager / Management Consultant at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Marketing and sales engagement platform that integrates and works well with other Salesforce solutions
Pros and Cons
- "Marketing Cloud offers a 360 customers experience as it integrates with Service Cloud and Sales Cloud, the CRM portion of Salesforce. The different platforms integrate easily which makes it easy to manage customer communication using a single point of truth."
- "The quality of support for this solution has been decreasing over time and the support team are sometimes more focused on closing tickets that resolving issues. Often the support team is not well trained or aware of the new features or products released by Salesforce."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution for customer communication and sales engagement.
What is most valuable?
Marketing Cloud offers a 360 customers experience as it integrates with Service Cloud and Sales Cloud, the CRM portion of Salesforce. The different platforms integrate easily which makes it easy to manage customer communication using a single point of truth.
What needs improvement?
The quality of support for this solution has been decreasing over time and the support team are sometimes more focused on closing tickets that resolving issues. Often the support team is not well trained or aware of the new features or products released by Salesforce.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of this solution depends on the amount of data that you have contained in the system.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This is a scalable solution.
How are customer service and support?
The customer support for this solution are not great as they often make mistakes.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup for this solution is straightforward but this does depend on each business' architecture. Salesforce has a lot of native connectors that make it easy to connect with systems, but this can involve legacy and governance restrictions.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
This solution is priced in the medium to high price range.
What other advice do I have?
Marketing Cloud is a more user-friendly solution compared to Adobe Marketing Cloud. Marketing Cloud can be used by users who are not technically inclined.
I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
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