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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Aurea CRM

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AAurea CRM is a comprehensive customer relationship management solution that is designed to enable companies to drive customer engagement tools deep into their sales organization. The vendor says with end-to-end capabilities for sales and marketing, this solution provides a one-stop-shop that delivers a compact overview of team activities, sales pipelines, and key performance indicators so companies can set priorities and make informed decisions. The vendor’s value proposition is that the…N/A

    Desk.com (discontinued)

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ADesk.com was a helpdesk, ticketing, and customer support product offered by Salesforce, and oriented towards the needs of small businesses. It is no longer sold and support has been discontinued. Salesforce recommends its modern Service Cloud as a replacement.N/A
    Pricing
    Aurea CRMDesk.com (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Aurea CRMDesk.com (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Aurea CRMDesk.com (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Aurea
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    78%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    Features
    Aurea CRMDesk.com (discontinued)
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Aurea CRM and Desk.com (discontinued)
    Feature
    Aurea CRM
    8.6
    1 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Desk.com (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Customer data management / contact management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Territory management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Opportunity management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quote & order management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interaction tracking9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Aurea CRM and Desk.com (discontinued)
    Feature
    Aurea CRM
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Desk.com (discontinued)
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    Lead management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Aurea CRM and Desk.com (discontinued)
    Feature
    Aurea CRM
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Desk.com (discontinued)
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    Task management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Aurea CRM and Desk.com (discontinued)
    Feature
    Aurea CRM
    6.3
    1 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Desk.com (discontinued)
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    Forecasting6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Aurea CRM and Desk.com (discontinued)
    Feature
    Aurea CRM
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Desk.com (discontinued)
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    Custom fields8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom objects9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Aurea CRM and Desk.com (discontinued)
    Feature
    Aurea CRM
    1.0
    1 Ratings
    154% below category average
    Desk.com (discontinued)
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    Mobile access1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Aurea CRMDesk.com (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Salesflare
    Score10 out of 10
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Aurea CRMDesk.com (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (38 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (19 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (21 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Aurea CRMDesk.com (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Aurea
    I have prepared deeply detailed customised queries to prepare detailed customer reports including markets, segments, classifications and potentials to present to our company management which have been highly appreciated. So, it was well suited in that case. Since I'm traveling a lot for customer visit activities, I frequently need to use it as mobile but it's slightly nightmarish to use its unfriendly search function as well as very slow loading speeds. So, it's less appropriate in that case.
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    Discontinued Products
    Once I had to search the logs to find cases and data on a particular keyword, but I was not able to do so as there was no search tool available, nor was there a sort or filter tool. I was totally frustrated as I had to skim through the data to complete my task manually.
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    Pros
    Aurea
    • customised and detailed query preparation
    • offer creation
    • creation of detailed activity reports
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    Discontinued Products
    • Desk.com automatically tracks analytics on all cases coming in and going out.
    • Desk.com helps prevent multiple people from working on the same case. However, it does allow us to assign the case to someone else if we feel that person is more qualified to address the case.
    • Desk.com has very few bugs or server issues that we've seen. This helps prevent any delays in communicating with our customers.
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    Cons
    Aurea
    • slightly complex user interface and menu items
    • very slow loading speeds particularly for mobile smartphone use
    • missing information for current or next steps of the menu while typing or entering something
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    Discontinued Products
    • Internal knowledge tools are clunky and annoying to access, outside the regular workflow of everyday staff
    • Arbitrary and confusing limitations in business rules and custom fields
    • Arbitrary and confusing limitations in case handling - for example, if you begin a case as a phone call you CANNOT email the customer from the case. As though no one working at Desk has ever sent a follow-up email...?
    • Not very good for B2B, mid-to-large businesses. Difficult to set business rules based on company information (for example, service level/tier) and nearly impossible to track key stakeholders and get clear insight into the relationship at a high level
    • Reporting tools are clunky, slow, and just all-around pretty useless
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Aurea
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    We will be very likely to renew our contract with Desk.com. It is easy to use, and provides us with everything we need to keep our customers and employees happy. They have also been very helpful in catering the application to our specific and unique needs, including working across brands and adding specific content for our products
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    Usability
    Aurea
    Since it's providing useful features, I like to use Aurea CRM on my company PC at the office for my daily activities. However, we are in highly digital age via mobile devices particularly smart phones and we need to use softwares even in mobility which is highly weak feature of Aurea CRM and needs to be improved as soon as possible.
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    Discontinued Products
    Desk.com and Salesforce Service Cloud's usability is seamless to get up and running, administer, and scale across the organization. It allows us to get up and running in days rather than weeks and has transformed our customer support teams globally into efficient, world-class teams. The best practices that the Salesforce and Desk.com teams provide are also very valuable, as we have the right case studies and tips to implement right away in our organization.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Aurea
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    We've never had a problem with Desk.com's availability.
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    Performance
    Aurea
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Fast, responsive, gorgeous, and fun. It's always run like a thoroughbred for me.
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    Support Rating
    Aurea
    I'm not getting in touch directly with Aurea CRM support team member because they have trained our company's IT team members that are in direct contact with Aurea CRM support channel. As far as I know, the overall support for Aurea CRM is quite good and highly prompt in a professional way.
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    Discontinued Products
    Their support leaves much to be desired. They do not respond quickly and do not follow up with feature requests. There is also a lack of on-demand or live training available for the teams to use as they learn a new tool. Because there is so much customization, a lot of questions do come up regularly.
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    Implementation Rating
    Aurea
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    As I stated earlier, implementation of Desk.com went more smoothly than most. The resources in the "Support Center" are fantastic, and I never ran into anything that left me stumped, angry, or disappointed.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Aurea
    I didn't select Aurea CRM myself. Since our company is global, our headquarter has selected Aurea CRM after certain years of old Oracle based Crm use. As far as I know the old one was having some weaknesses about reporting, analysing via queries, lack of marketing activies etc. That's why our top management has selected Aurea CRM for a better solution which I highly agree with it except terrible mobile use.
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    Discontinued Products
    Overall, it performs a lot better than all three combined, with a lot fewer glitches and a lot more user-friendly and user experience efficiency. Any new link that needs to be done, takes a lot less time to execute on desk compared to the three others. Simply advanced when it comes to execution this platform is.
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    Return on Investment
    Aurea
    • positive impact for efficiency of indoor sales activies
    • positive impact for better report preparation
    • negative impact for mobile use
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    Discontinued Products
    • Better customer service and employee efficiency when dealing with cases
    • It's so universal, meaning that everyone can use it and it's easy to understand.
    • The only negative impact is that our IT department who is assigned tickets has responded to customers instead of to the local reps and we have to ensure they know to change the email if it's assigned to them.
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