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    CARTO

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ACarto (formerly CartoDB) in Brooklyn, New York offers their location intelligence solution.N/A

    Salesforce Maps

    Score10 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Salesforce Maps (formerly MapAnything) helps users map their CRM data. Users can: View customer, prospect, employee, partner, & competitor locations Build routes, call lists, campaigns, & event invite lists directly from the map Map wins & losses and visualize team activities & performance Maps is Salesforce-integrated & was built on Force.com. According to the vendor, the software has 1400+ customers so far. Use cases include: Field…

    $30

    per user / month

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    CARTOSalesforce Maps
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    Winter 2017 / 10.4.6
    $30
    per user / month
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    CARTOSalesforce Maps
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    CARTOSalesforce Maps
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    ArcGIS
    Score7.8 out of 10
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    ArcGIS
    Score7.8 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    ArcGIS
    Score7.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CARTOSalesforce Maps
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    10.0
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    Support Rating
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    User Testimonials
    CARTOSalesforce Maps
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CARTO
    CartoDB is great for generating geographic visualizations of data where the geographies are well-defined. It would be great for analysts to develop visualizations of data with spatial elements. That being said, the software is limited if you want to do any real data munging or analysis, as it can be cumbersome to use and there isn't a great interface for actually saving the results of different manipulations (you can save it as a new file, but it's hard to do version control, etc.). I would recommend preparing the data outside of CartoDB and only using the tool for visualization once the data is well prepared.
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    Salesforce
    This is best suited when there is territory management at the field or rep level. One can easily distribute the area/ locality, balance revenue, and optimize sales/outcome. However, this may be less appropriate for organizations that operate entirely on remote sales or for those where geographic location does not matter.
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    Pros
    CARTO
    • It is amazing at allowing control of the visualizations. It takes a little bit to get used to but the combination of full SQL queries and CSS-like styling is very powerful.
    • The services are built on a robust stack of open source software. I was able to build a standalone instance of CartoDB relatively easily (after some research and trial and error).
    • Server side map rendering is key for handling large data sets. The way the images are returned makes them very easy to catch in an HTTP cache to minimize the hits to the server. The interactivity that CartoDB has built in makes this completely transparent to the end user, they can click on parts of the static images and be presented with popups or change map styles. It's a very clever implementation.
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    Salesforce
    • Drilling down from the map point, to account/work order/opportunity.
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    Cons
    CARTO
    • I don't like the new Builder UI as it has been tough to explain. Other than that I have no complaints.
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    Salesforce
    • They just restructured their pricing model and we are ending our contract because of it - you have to pay for 10 users.
    • The crossover with accounts and contacts are hard to map.
    • The window sizes when navigating the maps are difficult to work with.
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    Usability
    CARTO
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    Salesforce
    It aligns well with business needs. We clearly get productivity gain, and its seamless integration with Salesforce makes things easier. The ability to visualize things and performance geographically helps us to make better decisions. It also saves us lots of time and effort and increases efficiency.
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    Support Rating
    CARTO
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    Salesforce
    Support was comical. It was barely available and the few times I did get help the language barrier was extraordinarily problematic
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    Alternatives Considered
    CARTO
    CartoDB is more user friendly and quicker to learn than ArcGIS Online and Mapbox
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    Salesforce
    Allows for many more contacts to be loaded into the map.
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    Return on Investment
    CARTO
    • CartoDB definitely saves a lot of time when creating visualizations. Previously, I would use different software and have to make edits manually (or just create the visualizations manually to start with). I would say that the software definitely cuts the time required to create certain visualizations by a half or two-thirds.
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    Salesforce
    • For the first time, we were able to see donors on a map which was life-changing.
    • Its allowed us to target donors on trips and other email campaigns when we haven’t been able to before.
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