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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Claritysoft

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ACloudSoft is a simple, cloud-based CRM system for SMBs.

    $39

    per month

    Salesforce Starter

    Score9 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Salesforce Starter (formerly Salesforce Essentials) is a small business CRM that replaces the former SalesforceIQ product. It is priced at $35 per user, on a monthly basis, or at $25 per month for if billed annually ($300) and can be tried free for 14 days on a trial.

    $35

    per month per user

    Pricing
    ClaritysoftSalesforce Starter
    Editions & Modules
    Claritysoft
    $39.00
    Per Month Per User
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ClaritysoftSalesforce Starter
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    ClaritysoftSalesforce Starter
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Claritysoft and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    6.6
    7 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Salesforce Starter
    8.7
    7 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Customer data management / contact management8.07 Ratings7.27 Ratings
    Workflow management4.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    Territory management7.56 Ratings7.57 Ratings
    Opportunity management6.06 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)5.57 Ratings9.46 Ratings
    Quote & order management7.55 Ratings9.55 Ratings
    Interaction tracking7.07 Ratings8.56 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management7.05 Ratings9.75 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Claritysoft and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    8.0
    5 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Salesforce Starter
    -
    Ratings
    Help desk management8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Claritysoft and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    6.4
    5 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Salesforce Starter
    7.2
    6 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Lead management8.84 Ratings7.26 Ratings
    Email marketing4.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Claritysoft and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    7.5
    7 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Salesforce Starter
    8.2
    5 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Task management8.06 Ratings9.65 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management7.04 Ratings6.35 Ratings
    Reporting7.57 Ratings8.65 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Claritysoft and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    7.2
    7 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Salesforce Starter
    9.0
    5 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Forecasting6.05 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization8.05 Ratings8.85 Ratings
    Customizable reports7.56 Ratings9.25 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Claritysoft and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    7.3
    7 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Salesforce Starter
    6.7
    6 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Custom fields9.07 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Custom objects8.56 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    API for custom integration4.56 Ratings7.35 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings5.75 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Claritysoft and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    6.7
    7 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Salesforce Starter
    8.6
    6 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Single sign-on capability6.57 Ratings8.66 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions7.07 Ratings8.66 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Claritysoft and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    7.0
    5 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Salesforce Starter
    8.3
    6 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Mobile access7.05 Ratings8.36 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Claritysoft and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Starter
    8.6
    5 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Social engagement00 Ratings8.65 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Claritysoft and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Claritysoft
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Starter
    8.2
    5 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings8.15 Ratings
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    Score9.7 out of 10
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    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ClaritysoftSalesforce Starter
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.6
    (7 ratings)
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ClaritysoftSalesforce Starter
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Claritysoft
    Claritysoft is well suited if you need more of an address book as your CRM. Situations where sales are more passive and based on increasing awareness instead of hard, closing sales. In my previous role selling medical equipment, this would NOT work. However, in my current role where awareness is the key factor that drive smaller sales amounts, it does it's job. I've just been in a lot more roles where I need to upload contracts with signatures and track sales Opportunities, and Claritysoft doesn't seem able to do that.
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    Salesforce
    If you own a business that has complex selling processes or requires integrations with 3rd party tools/systems, you should look at Professional, Enterprise, or Unlimited editions. Salesforce operates very well across pretty much every industry, but not all sales, marketing, and operational processes are created equal. If your marketing process requires a long list of sendable contacts then I would recommend adding on Pardot or Hubspot. Always start small and scale up, to avoid boxing yourself in down the road.
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    Pros
    Claritysoft
    • Claritysoft provides great software for keeping track of all the activities you've completed for a customer or lead.
    • Claritysoft also has a great setup with creating new activities that need to be completed in the future so you do not forget.
    • Claritysoft also has a very good support team. When we have questions or problems, Claritysoft is very prompt to address them.
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    Salesforce
    • Tracking phone calls is extremely easy when using the app on the iphone. After a phone call is complete it prompts the user to enter in call details.
    • SalesforceIQ also automatically logs emails for us. This has saved us time from entering in information manually.
    • SalesforceIQ was easy to set up and allowed us customization for fields that were relevant to our business.
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    Cons
    Claritysoft
    • There is no spell-check function to use when you are sending emails.
    • Some of the functions you need when deleting records and the like are not always available on every page when you are working in the application.
    • When moving quotes to opportunities, the attachments go with the move so when you go back to the quote, it is not there. Also, when you move a quote it does not automatically fill in the quote number as it was on the quote, it creates a new number. This should be fixed.
    • When you convert a lead it does not move the lead to archives or get rid of it. It leaves it in the Leads area and so you have to manually get rid of it.
    • There is no auto-dial feature built into Claritysoft.
    • The mobile app needs to look and feel just like the online version.
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    Salesforce
    • Table views can be sorted by column. Filters can be applied, but only to one column. Multi-column filtering like Excel allows would be extremely useful and a big improvement.
    • The ability to quick copy data in a table view would also be helpful, like (ctrl ') in excel.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Claritysoft
    It works for us and the support is excellent
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    Salesforce
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    Usability
    Claritysoft
    It is VERY, VERY, simple and easy to use and learn. All I needed was a super brief 30 minute overview to understand how to use it, and their Customer Support is pretty good. I was raised on Salesforce, which is much more complicated, but allows you to do so much more.
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    Salesforce
    The system is very user-friendly on a desktop but lacks mobile friendliness. The Customer relationship manager disappears after the deal is signed. We struggled to get the system in a usable format, which was not cost-effective. The CRM system on desktop was great but way more complicated than it should be.
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    Support Rating
    Claritysoft
    They are very helpful and quick whenever I have a question about Claritysoft CRM. I think the guy I've spoken with is named Evan, and he's been very helpful. Claritysoft, give the man a raise if you know who I'm talking about. He responds super quick with truly helpful insights.
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    Salesforce
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    Implementation Rating
    Claritysoft
    So easy to do - you control the process, supported by the Claritysoft
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    Salesforce
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    Alternatives Considered
    Claritysoft
    Claritysoft's emails are much easier to use since Salesforce is in the middle of switching from Classic to Lightning. Also, Salesforce does not have a native group edit option. Claritysoft is much more data driven and you can use all functions of Excel to customize reports. However, Claritysoft does not have as many third-party add-on options compared to Salesforce's app exchange.
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    Salesforce
    more expensive but as an industry leader and go, the learning curve pays for itself in ROI in lost time in onboarding
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    Return on Investment
    Claritysoft
    • It has made it easier to see our overall sales for each sales rep.
    • The only negative is that we cannot change over the account, contacts, leads, and opportunities with one ownership field. You have to do each one separate and when you are transferring 1000 clients this takes much too long to do. No reason for it.
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    Salesforce
    • It made the job more efficient for staff so they can spend time doing other tasks rather than configuring and maintaining Salesforce Starter.
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