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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Agile CRM

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AAgile CRM is a customer relationship management (CRM) software built to make the entire marketing and sales lifecycles more efficient, built around features like sales enablement, marketing automation, social suite, and web engagement.

    $14.99

    per month per user

    Agentforce Sales

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ASalesforce' Agentforce Sales (formerly Salesforce Sales Cloud) is the company's flagship CRM platform. The AI CRM for Sales features data built right in.

    $25

    per month

    Pricing
    Agile CRMAgentforce Sales
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $14.99
    per month per user
    Regular
    $49.99
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $79.99
    per month per user
    Starter
    $25.00
    per month per user
    Professional
    $80.00
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $165.00
    per month per user
    Unlimited
    $330.00
    per month per user
    Agentforce 1 Sales
    $550
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Agile CRMAgentforce Sales
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing (34%), and additional discounts available for 2-year plans (40%).
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Agile CRMAgentforce Sales
    Considered Both Products
    Agile CRM
    Chose Agile CRM
    It was able to do most of the functions needed but was the most cost-effective to get us started. If you are a new company and looking to get started with a CRM start here for a year or two and when you have the money you can pay for one of the bigger players. This platform …
    Incentivized
    Chose Agile CRM
    Agile is much more cost effective than Salesforce for some of the projects we do.
    Incentivized
    Chose Agile CRM
    Saleforce - Too expensive.
    SugarCRM - Versatile. Free. But Slow.
    Filemaker - Originally designed my own CRMWhich gave me full control of all functionality. But having an online system that is hosted in the cloud provides considerable advantages particularly when allowing access …
    Incentivized
    Chose Agile CRM
    I trialed a number of other CRMs much to the disgust of my colleagues!

    • Pipedrive was great but more sales focussed and heavy on Javascript so felt slow at times
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    Chose Agile CRM
    Agile CRM is much less expensive than Salesforce. It might not have all the potential of those thousands of add-ons, but for those who have basic needs – and the need to customize to some extent, it more than delivers.
    Agile CRM has more advanced features, particularly around …
    Incentivized
    Salesforce
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    38%
    Would buy again
    3 Answers
    91%
    Would buy again
    209 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    57%
    Delivers good value for the price
    4 Answers
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    179 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    50%
    Happy with the feature set
    4 Answers
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    216 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    50%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    3 Answers
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    143 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    71%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    125 Answers
    Features
    Agile CRMAgentforce Sales
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Agile CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    Feature
    Agile CRM
    3.2
    19 Ratings
    84% below category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    8.2
    268 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Customer data management / contact management3.619 Ratings8.6268 Ratings
    Workflow management5.516 Ratings8.6258 Ratings
    Territory management2.311 Ratings7.5211 Ratings
    Opportunity management3.416 Ratings9.0258 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)1.118 Ratings7.7243 Ratings
    Contract management4.211 Ratings8.0214 Ratings
    Quote & order management3.512 Ratings7.6197 Ratings
    Interaction tracking3.718 Ratings8.9228 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management1.79 Ratings8.0190 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Agile CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    Feature
    Agile CRM
    1.8
    16 Ratings
    124% below category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    7.7
    104 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Case management1.814 Ratings8.3102 Ratings
    Call center management1.814 Ratings7.782 Ratings
    Help desk management1.816 Ratings7.286 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Agile CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    Feature
    Agile CRM
    3.3
    19 Ratings
    80% below category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    7.8
    243 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Lead management5.518 Ratings7.8238 Ratings
    Email marketing1.119 Ratings7.9205 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Agile CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    Feature
    Agile CRM
    3.6
    17 Ratings
    73% below category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    8.0
    247 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Task management4.915 Ratings8.3235 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management1.410 Ratings7.078 Ratings
    Reporting4.417 Ratings8.7200 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Agile CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    Feature
    Agile CRM
    1.4
    18 Ratings
    138% below category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    8.3
    260 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Forecasting1.314 Ratings7.8228 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization1.916 Ratings8.5247 Ratings
    Customizable reports1.117 Ratings8.7257 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Agile CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    Feature
    Agile CRM
    4.1
    19 Ratings
    60% below category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    8.5
    251 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Custom fields3.919 Ratings9.0248 Ratings
    Custom objects6.013 Ratings8.7238 Ratings
    Scripting environment1.49 Ratings7.7175 Ratings
    API for custom integration5.011 Ratings8.5209 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Agile CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    Feature
    Agile CRM
    5.9
    16 Ratings
    35% below category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    9.0
    282 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Single sign-on capability5.915 Ratings9.0220 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions5.916 Ratings9.0254 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Agile CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    Feature
    Agile CRM
    3.0
    12 Ratings
    86% below category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    7.7
    160 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Social data3.012 Ratings8.0158 Ratings
    Social engagement3.012 Ratings7.4156 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Agile CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    Feature
    Agile CRM
    5.2
    14 Ratings
    37% below category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    7.9
    216 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Marketing automation6.514 Ratings7.9212 Ratings
    Compensation management3.89 Ratings7.9146 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Agile CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    Feature
    Agile CRM
    8.3
    14 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    8.3
    231 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Mobile access8.314 Ratings8.3231 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Agile CRMAgentforce Sales
    Likelihood to Recommend
    4.1
    (20 ratings)
    8.9
    (470 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (61 ratings)
    Usability
    2.1
    (10 ratings)
    8.4
    (166 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (29 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (20 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.1
    (10 ratings)
    9.0
    (98 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (12 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (15 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (19 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (85 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.3
    (8 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Agile CRMAgentforce Sales
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Agile CRM
    Agile CRM is well suited if an existing customer business process is defined or drafted thoroughly. Agile allowed automating workflows and marketing to improve lead management and suppress tedious tasks so users can focus on more important matters. However, Agile CRM costs can increase significantly if you want additional features and customizations. If you know what you're doing with CRMs and marketing automation or customer contracts and management then AgileCRM is worth a try.
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    Salesforce
    Obviously, for any business, there are two main areas to focus on — the sales path and the service path. Sales Cloud wouldn’t be suited for a company that’s primarily into support services. For those kinds of companies, Salesforce has a different product — Service Cloud. So, for anyone in the support or service space, Sales Cloud isn’t the right fit.
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    Pros
    Agile CRM
    • The set-up was simple. We ran into a snag with my domain verification, but Agile support worked with me to get it resolved.
    • I love being able to create several scripts based on persona. You can easily use a rule to display the appropriate script for each contact.
    • Even team members new to CRM were able to grasp it and be efficient within a few hours - it's simple to navigate.
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    Salesforce
    • The customizations - We have an organization that operates differently from most companies, so we’ve had to implement quite a few customizations — and Salesforce allows us to do that quite quickly. Most of the time, delays come from dependencies on other internal parties rather than the system itself.
    • From my perspective as a consultant, one of the biggest advantages is that everything is in Salesforce — all the details, all in one place. The ability to customize it easily is a big plus; there’s really a lot you can do with it.
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    Cons
    Agile CRM
    • The email template building tool is inflexible although it is simple to use and looks nice if you can work within its parameters.
    • Customer Support is not committed to finding answers and providing the best solutions. Many times each support person has a different answer or fixing a bug will take up to 2 weeks to address. They do not seem to understand that they are an online marketing platform that requires solutions within hours (or maybe days) and not weeks.
    • At some point in mid-2021, the process for sending out emails to 10s of thousands of contacts stopped functioning as simply and effectively as it had in the past. My staff (which I use as test cases) was no longer receiving emails, even though it showed in the system that they had received it (and no, it wasn't in spam). The bandaids that they provided me would work for one or two mailings and then stop working again. I was regularly trying to get customer support to find my answers but they were never able to solve my problem. The basic functionality that I appreciated - sending out nicely formatted email newsletters - is now completely gone and the platform is useless for our needs.
    • The reporting tools are awful and poorly configured. Querying on groups of people is inconsistent and inaccurate. There is no segmentation feature that I found that was actually effective.
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    Salesforce
    • We still need to include the production part. We started using Salesforce to sell the seeds — our inventory is in SAP — and from there we handle sales and track the process of planting, harvesting, selling, and then collecting payments. But we don’t yet manage the earlier production processes, like production planning. We handle allocation, but not full production planning, and that’s an area where we still have room for improvement.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Agile CRM
    There was a little bit of a learning curve and some bumps along the way to managing this platform, but AgileCRM appears to be responsive to any challenges that arise, which I consider to be of vital importance.
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    Salesforce
    There are days when I wish we hadn't switched, but I know that if we put in the time, we will get to where we want to be with the software and that it has many more capabilities than anything else we looked at. However, the amount of time and onboarding we need to do is also far greater than we realized/were told when we originally bought the product. They told us we should hire onboarding support, but at the end, after we had already reached our budget maximum for this, so it's been slower than we had hoped.
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    Usability
    Agile CRM
    Until the email issues are resolved I cannot recommend agile for any function. The email delivery rate has halved in the last six months and halved again in the last two with no resolution in sight. The customer service discussions start from zero information anytime suggesting agile are not writing notes or using a ticketing system to track customers' complaints. This results in our staff having to send emails manually and defeating the purpose of the system.
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    Salesforce
    Because I think it could be easier. We have different standards today since we’re used to interacting with consumer apps like Starbucks, where all you do is scan your card. Then, when you use Sales Cloud, there are still a lot of manual inputs. So my mission with AI is really about figuring out how to make that easier.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Agile CRM
    The training sessions are very helpful, because you have specialist that is available to answer any questions, guide you and coach you on how to dominate a certain feature of the platform. That being said,Whenever I have an issue that needs to be resolved, I can send email or call a support line. I usually use the support line.
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    Salesforce
    Salesforce is always available securely from any internet-capable device anywhere in the world, UNLESS you choose to set security measures so that ONLY trusted IP ranges may access the system at certain times of the day. It's all about choice and flexibility with Salesforce products.
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    Performance
    Agile CRM
    The performance of AgileCRM has been acceptable to date. I'm pleased with the ability to modify leads in the system and search for them and add groups to campaigns.
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    Salesforce
    Salesforce performance in general is excellent. "The cloud infrastructure beneath Force.com has been fine-tuned over the past 10 years. It powers nearly 100,000+ businesses running more than 185,000 applications that 3 million users count on every day."
    Points per Salesforce -
    1) Multitenant kernel - With a multitenant platform, each business that uses the app doesn’t have its own copy. Instead, all businesses share a single copy and then customize it for their specific needs.
    2) ISO 27001 certified security - You can’t compromise when it comes to enterprise-level security. Force.com is road-tested and trusted by nearly 100,000+ companies, including many of the world’s most security-conscious organizations, such as banks and health care providers.
    3) Proven reliability - All Force.com apps run on world-class data centers with backup, failover, and disaster-recovery facilities. Force.com has had a proven 99.9 percent uptime record for years.
    4) Proven, real-time scalability - Force.com is used by many of the world's largest enterprises, including Cisco, Japan Post Network, and Symantec. Applications can automatically scale from a few users to millions of page views, as needed.
    5) Real-time query optimizer - You need fast access to your data. The Force.com query optimizer delivers under 300ms response time, at a massive scale.
    6) Real-time transparent system status - You can always see real-time system performance, availability, and security information at trust.salesforce.com.
    7) Real-time upgrades - Unlike traditional software platforms, our upgrades never break your customizations, code, or integrations. We upgrade the platform for you 3 to 4 times each year. As a result, you’re always on the latest version, with access to the latest features, performance, and security enhancements.
    8) Real-time sandbox environments - With a single click, you can create copies of your applications, configuration, and data in separate environments for development, testing, and training.
    9) Three global production data centers and disaster recovery - Force.com runs on three geographically dispersed, mirrored data centers with built-in replication, disaster recovery, a redundant network backbone, and no single points of failure
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    Support Rating
    Agile CRM
    The technical support of this software I liked a lot because whenever we need help to solve any problem or even to answer any questions about the software, Agile CRM's support was quick and efficient and guided us on the best solution to solve the problem. I admire and respect that a lot.
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    Salesforce
    The overall support has been good. More and more features are being released quite frequently. Very small features are also making big difference in how the tool can be adapted and used better. If there is anything we need or are stuck, the support team sets up a call and helps in resolving the issue/provides workarounds.
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    In-Person Training
    Agile CRM
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    I attended two training sessions. I would rate them a 4 as an advanced user. It was very basic – great for someone new – would give 8+ for new person.

    I had 3 years of experience at the time. I skipped basic and went onto advanced and still not helpful. A lot of it was best practices that didn’t feel relevant for our business
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    Online Training
    Agile CRM
    Each section of the AgileCRM platform has an instructional video that describes in detail all of the features of that section. I found this to be very instructional way to learn about each section. Whenever I had more questions, I could always schedule a conference call with a tutor..
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    Salesforce
    I have gone through multiple. The content that’s delivered is quite basic – I wish they had more advanced training.

    We are grandfathered into premium support plus training. We get unlimited access to instructor led and online training for free. We have taken advantage of this
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    Implementation Rating
    Agile CRM
    Once I get everything set up, everything started to flow and I can see the major benefit of this platform to my business
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    Salesforce
    Just from an organizational standpoint - we standardized our data prior to moving to Salesforce. But we essentially standardized it wrong. That's created a big disgusting mess for us know that I'll have to deal with as the Admin. Be sure you think through use cases prior to doing something like that - seek outside opinions on how the data will work best, especially depending on what else you're going to integrate with Salesforce.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Agile CRM
    It was able to do most of the functions needed but was the most cost-effective to get us started. If you are a new company and looking to get started with a CRM start here for a year or two and when you have the money you can pay for one of the bigger players. This platform will give you all you need to be successful. We have been using it for 2 years and we profited more each year.
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    Salesforce
    So I've evaluated, implemented Microsoft Dynamics in the past. I've used Oracle CRM solutions. I've used Daylight, which is a very niche CRM system the last couple of years. And I've evaluated a variety from Legacy Microsoft Ones to Zoho and Sugar when making implementation decisions at other companies. But usually I've gone with Salesforce. I'd say it's better than most. The only one that I generally prefer, and last time I chose an implementation from scratch, I did Microsoft Dynamics. And the reason is for small mid-size organization, Microsoft Dynamics, if you already have Microsoft Office products, it's much better integrated to all of the Excel, Word, OneNote, Outlook email than what you get from Salesforce. And so that's the only one that if someone's a Microsoft organization and small sized company, it'll save a lot of integration things, a lot of security, a lot of login and access and IT management by just sticking within the Microsoft ecosystem. But outside of that, if you don't use Microsoft or if you're a large organization or have other needs that you want, Salesforce I'd say is better than all of the other CRM offerings out there. It's the easiest to use and the most robust and the most vendors and products for the ecosystem.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Agile CRM
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Salesforce is the most widely used CRM system. Professionalism tends to increase when things go wrong for market leaders. Salesforce considers us as users because they own the market. Having all of our data in one place and all of our teams working within Salesforce. Anyone who uses Salesforce is impacted by it, even if they don't.
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    Scalability
    Agile CRM
    This products Starts with a free Limited version. You can upgradeTo an affordable paid version with minimal features. There's also an enterprise version which is what I have. It's much more expensive, however it allows me to access the full range of features available.
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    Salesforce
    It's very scalable as it has a ton of features (but you do need an admin who understands how to leverage these features). Because of the various features, we've also needed to host onboarding sessions with our users so that they can familiarize themselves with the platform, which isn't always super user-friendly or intuitive.
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    Professional Services
    Agile CRM
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Using Salesforce.com has made my daily routines more efficient and simplified the manual tasks I had to perform independently. I can now access data from any device, online or offline, and provide better guidance to my team about the forecasts provided by the built-in artificial intelligence (AI). A chat with a Salesforce support specialist would be great. The knowledge base has a community forum where Salesforce users can ask questions and learn more about the product.
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    Return on Investment
    Agile CRM
    • It may be me but I spent a disproportionate amount of time figuring out how to derive more ROI from Agile CRM. The functionality and facilities were there but I eventually gave up as it was taking too much time and attention.
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    Salesforce
    • It allows me to keep a close eye on all of my performance metrics through the Dashboard Reporting, ie what my sales pipeline looks like, how much it's changed in the last 60 days, new opportunities created in the last 7 days, # of emails sent for the week, etc. The ease of the design and output make it really easy to check my progress throughout the day to find where I have holes and am falling short on my personal and work goals. It's resulted in greater transparency with my Mgmt Team and shorter 1-on-1 mtgs with my boss as he can see exactly where I am at all times (to be fair, I'm a senior sales rep, so he pretty much lets me do my job completely unfettered), but it does prove that I am continually producing which recently resulted in a raise I didn't even ask for.
    • The SF repository is so detailed that I don't have to spend tons of time finding frequently used websites attached to a client or see what all interactions with the company look like. Even though I don't use SF for my bulk emails and email sequences, SF provides me with an email to use in the bcc of these emails which links everything back to SF. I find that extremely helpful. This really impacts my efficiency and I can honestly say that once I started using all the functionality of data management, it saved me about 20% of my time/week that I could then allocate towards other revenue-generating tasks like prospecting and account management. The more time I have for those, the better. My year-over-year on accounts 1 year and older just grew by 17% this last year.
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    ScreenShots

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