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Voravit Jongrugsakul - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Development at Bicone
Real User
Top 5
Good fit for big organizations with complex sales process and stable solution
Pros and Cons
  • "The CRM feature is good. For me, it could be like tracking a customer's entire sales journey, and you can also record their buying behavior and make an effort to upsell on a larger scale."
  • "My customers wanted to see more analysis, like integration with another system or a third-party system."

What is our primary use case?

It's for my client to internally track the sales process. But then, after I dealt with the consulting service, I helped a customer check data about sales or customer relationship information and provided them with a data warehouse and BI solution integration. Like, creating visualizations and reports for them.

What is most valuable?

The CRM feature is good. For me, it could be like tracking a customer's entire sales journey, and you can also record their buying behavior and make an effort to upsell on a larger scale.

What needs improvement?

My customers wanted to see more analysis, like integration with another system or a third-party system. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I used it internally for about two years, then provided some educational support, like familiarizing customers with the solution. More than one or two years now.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the stability an eight out of ten. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable solution. We have around five customers using this solution. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I used Hubspot. It really depends on our clients' needs. It was a good choice for them.

What about the implementation team?

It was done by a third-party integrator. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The license is yearly. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate the solution an eight out of ten. I would recommend using this solution. 

It's a good fit for big organizations with complex sales process. They have a lot of features and are open to customization. But, on the other hand, the price and complexity of setting up the system are definitely things to consider.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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HaroldPalmer - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner at Preempt Security
Real User
Top 10
Helps to take over accounts to review past opportunities and notes
Pros and Cons
  • "The tool helps us take over accounts to review past opportunities and notes. One of its main advantages is associating stakeholders and activity with customer contacts, providing an overview for team members. Its most valuable feature is sharing information with team members. The tool's ability to associate a company contact with an opportunity is a good feature."
  • "Creating new reports more easily within Salesforce and improving the ability to associate common names of companies, especially after acquisitions, would be beneficial. I would also like to understand the administrator who has control over the data. It would be helpful when you want to implement changes or escalate issues."

What is our primary use case?

The product's usage varies significantly depending on the project. In some cases, we've utilized it to map out the entire process within the system. Other times, it's been more personalized, particularly for the last campaign I worked on. We've used it for simple opportunity management as well. 

We use Salesforce for various purposes, from managing company contacts to associating stakeholders with opportunities. While it's not the best tool for external messaging, we've integrated it with platforms like Slack and emails to share notes and track communication.

How has it helped my organization?

Salesforce helps our company in forecasting. The greatest value for the organization lies in forecasting and gaining an overall view of activity through effective reporting methods. This includes forecasting at various levels of the pipeline.

What is most valuable?

The tool helps us take over accounts to review past opportunities and notes. One of its main advantages is associating stakeholders and activity with customer contacts, providing an overview for team members. Its most valuable feature is sharing information with team members. The tool's ability to associate a company contact with an opportunity is a good feature. 

What needs improvement?

Creating new reports more easily within Salesforce and improving the ability to associate common names of companies, especially after acquisitions, would be beneficial. I would also like to understand the administrator who has control over the data. It would be helpful when you want to implement changes or escalate issues. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the product for 20 years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Salesforce is stable and reliable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I haven't had any issues with the product's scalability. 

How are customer service and support?

I haven't contacted the tool's technical support. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used SAP's earlier version before Salesforce. 

How was the initial setup?

Salesforce's deployment is more complex than rolling out an accounting package. 

What was our ROI?

The tool saves me time since I don't have to use spreadsheets. 

What other advice do I have?

The tool's most beneficial aspect was its integration with Chrome and emails, allowing me to communicate within and outside the company. Its mobile accessibility feature helped me to update the forecasts.

To plan out my Salesforce cycle in the sales pipeline, I would focus on understanding the steps required to close deals, particularly by leveraging the common catalog or services catalog.

I rate it a seven out of ten. 

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Sonu Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at Logic Planet Inc
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Helpful in email campaigns, WhatsApp campaigns, and CRM management
Pros and Cons
  • "The tool's most valuable features are email campaigns, WhatsApp campaigns, and the CRM system."
  • "Though Salesforce's customer support is good, something is amiss with it. We faced some challenges in the ticket generation system, and I had to directly connect with our third-party vendor from whom we purchased the product."

What is our primary use case?

We use Salesforce in CRM, email campaigns, and marketing. 

What is most valuable?

The tool's most valuable features are email campaigns, WhatsApp campaigns, and the CRM system. 

What needs improvement?

Though Salesforce's customer support is good, something is amiss with it. We faced some challenges in the ticket generation system, and I had to directly connect with our third-party vendor from whom we purchased the product.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with the product for one and a half years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate Salesforce's stability a five out of ten. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate the solution's scalability a ten out of ten.

How was the initial setup?

Salesforce's deployment is easy and completed in a few days. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The product is neither expensive nor cheap. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate Salesforce a seven out of ten. 

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
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Shaun Hileski - PeerSpot reviewer
Website Build Specialist at DealerSocket
Real User
Top 10
Comes with lightning interface and helps to track project tasks
Pros and Cons
  • "The tool's most valuable feature is the lightning interface."
  • "When you click on the lightning interface, it opens a tab inside. It's like a browser within a browser. It should open in its browser tab."

What is our primary use case?

I use Salesforce to track my project tasks. 

What is most valuable?

The tool's most valuable feature is the lightning interface. 

What needs improvement?

When you click on the lightning interface, it opens a tab inside. It's like a browser within a browser. It should open in its browser tab. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for eight years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the product's stability a ten out of ten. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate Salesforce's scalability a ten out of ten. 

How are customer service and support?

I have never contacted the tech support team. 

How was the initial setup?

The tool's deployment is not complex. It took us a month to switch to the lightening version. 

What other advice do I have?

You must ensure that Salesforce matches your business and what you are trying to accomplish. I rate the product an eight out of ten. 

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Kiran Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Director Sales at Rialtes
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
A tool that offers a simple-to-use user interface along with good stability
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of the solution is the user interface, which is very simple to use."
  • "I would say the areas of concern in the product that require improvement revolve around its integration capabilities with third-party systems."

What is our primary use case?

I use Salesforce in my company to manage everything from lead to cash flow or the whole cycle.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of the solution is the user interface, which is very simple to use. The tool is pretty good in terms of user interface, analytics, dashboard, and reports since it is a user-friendly product.

What needs improvement?

I would say the areas of concern in the product that require improvement revolve around its integration capabilities with third-party systems.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Salesforce for three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a very stable solution without a second thought. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine and a half out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

From the time my company started using the product a couple of years ago, we have scaled up the product to fit in over three times the team size we had earlier in our company. The tool is scalable and easy to deploy while being available and ready to use in hours.

Less than 50 employees in my organization use the solution.

There is an extensive and strong use of the product in our company.

For the time being, my company is good with what the solution offers. If my company is required to increase the use of the solution in the future, then we are happy to invest in Salesforce.

How are customer service and support?

My company has not faced issues with the support offered by Salesforce. Whenever tickets were raised from our company's end, issues were resolved as per the SLA.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Though I have used a few products in the past, my experience with Salesforce has been the best.

How was the initial setup?

The product's initial setup phase was simple and straightforward.

Though I was not part of the deployment process, from what I understand, it was a very quick cycle of about six weeks.

Based on what I know, the team that takes care of the deployment and maintenance of the product is not much of a heavy team.

What was our ROI?

Though my company has not done any calculations related to the ROI, I have seen that with Salesforce, people spend less time dealing with their company's internal processes, like documentation. I would presume the product's ROI is in an acceptable range, but I have not quantified it.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

There is an annual subscription fee as a part of the licensing costs attached to the solution. I rate the product's price a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is extremely cheap, and ten is very expensive.

What other advice do I have?

I would ask those who plan to use the solution before implementing any tool to know their processes very well since it can help you put them across clearly, allowing the tool to support them. If you don't know your process, and you keep doing reengineering again and again, no tool in the world can support you. My simple suggestion to anyone would be to consider visualizing what you expect from the platform. If you know what you are looking for, then a platform like Salesforce can deliver it.

Salesforce is a very easy tool to use since it requires one to undergo a plug-and-play process. It can be up and running in a matter of a few weeks. If you ask me, I would suggest that you use Salesforce.

I rate the overall tool a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Jesus Calle - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Service Advisor Latam at Acronis
Real User
An easy-to-use and scalable solution that provides information and enables users to create reports
Pros and Cons
  • "We can produce the reports that we need easily."
  • "The product is not integrated with WhatsApp."

What is our primary use case?

I use the solution to update the client's information, create reports on how the clients work, and get information about the client assigned to me.

What is most valuable?

Reports are the most valuable features of the product. We get the information of your clients easily and fast. We can produce the reports that we need easily.

What needs improvement?

The product must improve the integration process. Many processes have to be done manually. We use a lot of WhatsApp in Latin America. The product is not integrated with WhatsApp. So, after talking with the client, I have to go to Salesforce and update about my conversation with the client. The product must also be integrated with emails. Integrating with WhatsApp would help record client conversations and save a lot of time.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution since 2006.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The tool is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The tool is scalable. People come in and go out. We have no problems. It doesn’t slow down or have performance issues. Approximately 500 users are using the solution in my organization.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

My company chose Salesforce because it is easy to use. It offers a cloud solution and is a prestigious company.

What other advice do I have?

I recommend the product to others. We have to be very disciplined with all the information that we log into the system. It provides us with information and reports about our work. It's a good solution. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

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reviewer1790688 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Product & Presales Manager at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Top 10
A highly scalable and user-friendly solution that provides very good technical support
Pros and Cons
  • "The product is quite user-friendly."
  • "The tool must provide better reporting and dashboard capabilities."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution for CRM purposes.

What is most valuable?

The product is quite user-friendly. It’s quite easy to lock in an opportunity or a lead. Salesforce can be easily tailor-made to whatever we want if we're willing to spend the money on different modules.

What needs improvement?

The tool must provide better reporting and dashboard capabilities. The tool could provide AI features in its future releases.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The tool is very stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The tool is very scalable. We can scale to any level when we are on a cloud instance. We just have to pay more money. I rate the scalability a nine out of ten. There are ten people in my team using the product.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support is very good. Salesforce runs seminars every year, and there’s a pretty massive turn-up every time.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We use ServiceNow for the help desk. It's quite good. It's quite powerful. As ServiceNow moves up the chain from the help desk into provisioning, there will be a problem. I've also been working with Juniper.

How was the initial setup?

The solution is cloud-based. We just got the login access.

What about the implementation team?

An external contractor does all the maintenance. There’s no major issue.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The product is pretty expensive. It could be a little cheaper. The pricing model depends on how heavy our use is and how many users we have. It becomes a big problem as we scale up and get more users. It becomes expensive.

What other advice do I have?

The tool has better integration all the way through, whether downstream or upstream. For a small company, it's quite good. ServiceNow is moving up on the value chain. We must choose what is more suitable for our company, how much we must train our employees, and how big the deployment would be. Overall, I rate the product an eight out of ten.

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Cris Mom - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Engineer at ProV International
MSP
Top 10
A CRM solution with support buck lacks bigger field configurations

What needs improvement?

The field configuration level point of view is not big because we have been struggling with it for six months.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Salesforce for six months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the solution’s stability a seven out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate the solution’s scalability a seven out of ten.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We are evaluating Freshworks and Zendesk.

What other advice do I have?

We focus on integration. We integrated the ticket details from Salesforce to ServiceNow. The same is true with Zoho CRM tickets to Salesforce.

Other tools have similar features to Salesforce. If we can replicate those features in Salesforce, it will be helpful. For example, new elements should be introduced for any user transitioning from ServiceNow to Salesforce, enabling developers to understand the integration points required. Integration at the cloud level is essential, and thorough documentation is necessary.

We need pricing information to access account requirements for integration platforms in Salesforce, which can be challenging compared to other developer resources.

Overall, I rate the solution a six out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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