The Cases and Case Deflection features are the most valuable for us.
Ambassador at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees
It gives us a single view of our customers so both sales support and accounts can see what is happening with the customer.
What is most valuable?
How has it helped my organization?
If you can get customers to self-serve, this is invaluable and save your customers' time and your staff's time. Our NPS actually went up when we introduced this as customers loved self-service and our cases went down by 50%.
What needs improvement?
I'd like to see more of a blog feature to allow better updates from our staff and link to it socially. This would save us having to run these through two different systems.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've used it for 12-14 months.
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What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
We've haven't yet had any issues with deployment.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It's been stable for us.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We've had no problems scaling it for our needs.
How are customer service and support?
Customer Service:
Customer service has been great as we're a beta customer.
Technical Support:Technical service has been great as we're a beta customer.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Yes, we were previously using Zendesk as our ticketing/case system. We chose to move to Service Cloud and Community Cloud because we were running our sales side on Salesforce and support on Zendesk. We wanted a single view of our customers so both sales support and accounts could see what was happening with the customer.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was straightforward as we were able to set this up in a matter of days.
What about the implementation team?
We implemented all this in-house. As Community Cloud is all template-based and no code is required, this was very simple to set up.
What other advice do I have?
Use the templates for community and use Community Cloud with Service Cloud as they work very well hand-in-hand. Use Case Deflection and the knowledge base articles.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: We work very closely with Salesforce. Our CEO has been the keynote speaker for the AU World Tour mainly on Community and Service Cloud. We have also presented at Dreamforce, doing 10 talks in 2015.
Sr. CRM Systems Analyst at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
It allows for collaboration as it tracks and shares everyone's input. But while initial set up can be a non-event, most businesses would need complex customizations.
What is most valuable?
For us, the Force.com platform is the most valuable feature.
How has it helped my organization?
It's a great tool for collaboration because it can track and share everyone's input. You can also configure workflow rules to enforce process.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've used it for over five years.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
No issues encountered.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
No issues encountered.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
No issues encountered.
How are customer service and technical support?
It depends on your contract with Salesforce. There is a lot of information from the user and developer community that does not require a support contract with Salesforce.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I used to use Clarify/Amdocs.
How was the initial setup?
The initial set up can be a non-event. However, most businesses would need complex customizations.
What about the implementation team?
I have done it both in-house and with a vendor.
What was our ROI?
Put a lot of thought into your business processes before implementing Salesforce. It is very easy to automate chaos if your business process is not well-defined.
What other advice do I have?
Put a lot of thought into your business processes before implementing Salesforce. It is very easy to automate chaos if your business process is not well defined.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
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Salesforce Service Cloud Admin at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
It has the ability to customize which is valuable.
What is most valuable?
- UI
- Easy to build
- Standard features
- Ability to customize
How has it helped my organization?
- Collaboration using Chatter
- Reporting using Wave Analytics
- Call center
- Case Feed
- Console
What needs improvement?
Avoid customizations as much as possible.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've used it for over four years.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
No, it's very easy especially if Standard functionality is used.
How is customer service and technical support?
They're very good.
How was the initial setup?
Initial set up was done using Standard features and hence it was very simple.
What about the implementation team?
We did it in-house.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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