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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Oracle Sales

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AOracle Sales guides sellers with intelligent recommendations to help them focus on the most valuable prospects at the right time. These machine learning-based CRM selling tools center around clean, complete customer data from internal and external sources.

    $65

    Per User Per Month

    Pricing
    Desk.com (discontinued)Oracle Sales
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Professional
    $65.00
    Per User Per Month
    Standard
    $100.00
    Per User Per Month
    Enterprise
    $200.00
    Per User Per Month
    Premium
    $300.00
    Per User Per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Desk.com (discontinued)Oracle Sales
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Desk.com (discontinued)Oracle Sales
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Oracle
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    78%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    83%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    Desk.com (discontinued)Oracle Sales
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Oracle Sales
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Sales
    7.6
    17 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings7.017 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings7.716 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings7.815 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings9.014 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings7.914 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings6.116 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings7.014 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Oracle Sales
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Sales
    5.8
    15 Ratings
    28% below category average
    Case management00 Ratings5.615 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings6.412 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings5.313 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Oracle Sales
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Sales
    8.5
    13 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Lead management00 Ratings9.013 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Oracle Sales
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Sales
    7.6
    14 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Task management00 Ratings6.513 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings8.414 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Oracle Sales
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Sales
    8.1
    16 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings7.715 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings7.515 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings9.116 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Oracle Sales
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Sales
    5.6
    17 Ratings
    31% below category average
    Custom fields00 Ratings5.617 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings5.617 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings6.315 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings5.016 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Oracle Sales
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Sales
    8.7
    18 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.017 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.317 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Oracle Sales
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Sales
    10.0
    11 Ratings
    28% above category average
    Social data00 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Oracle Sales
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Sales
    7.8
    14 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings7.612 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Oracle Sales
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Sales
    7.5
    16 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings7.516 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Desk.com (discontinued)Oracle Sales
    Small Businesses
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Salesflare
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Agentforce Sales
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Desk.com (discontinued)Oracle Sales
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (38 ratings)
    8.4
    (40 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (19 ratings)
    5.7
    (13 ratings)
    Availability
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (21 ratings)
    7.3
    (10 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (16 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Desk.com (discontinued)Oracle Sales
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Oracle
    Excellent as a customer relationship management tool, sales forecasting, building better sales plan for the entire deal lifecycle using critical and complex data, a 360-degree comprehensive view of vendors, partners, customers. Ensuring high standards and consistency is maintained in pricing so that quotes are competitive for prospective customers. At the end of the day, this is an excellent tool for selling and closing deals while being able to access needed information in one place.
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    Pros
    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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    Oracle
    • Easy to sell products[.]
    • Build customers and make customer hub[.]
    • Tracking the sales cycle from marketing to sell the product[.]
    • Build Reports and Anayltics related to opportunities, leads, and service requests[.]
    • Getting customers issues after and before selling[.]
    • High ability to integrate with Oracles other products and 3rd products using Rest and Soap APIs[.]
    • Restrict users using RBAC role based access[.]
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    Cons
    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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    Oracle
    • I would like to see more integration with other CRMs such as Salesforce.
    • We have each business unit built into Salesforce and it can track the amount of gross profit that flows through our Oracle database. It then further it trickles to each sales rep and what they've closed during their time at the company. These figures are not always accurate.
    • It be difficult navigating to accounts and drilling down into each specific customer to understand details.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    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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    Oracle
    Overall our organization has completely moved to Oracle CX Sales and now is able to utilize the latest technology backed by AI to provide a much better experience to customers and saving money at the same time. So it's a Win-Win situation. I believe there is a slight learning curve to derive [the] full value out of this but once you are there, you can delight your customers.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    We've never had a problem with Desk.com's availability.
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    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    Fast, responsive, gorgeous, and fun. It's always run like a thoroughbred for me.
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    Oracle
    Some of the more complex customer reports we have created are slow to run at times.
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    Support Rating
    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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    Oracle
    The support the Oracle team gives is generally very good. They are patient, willing to help, and their training methods are collaborative and inclusive. They have conducted multiple support sessions and it’s always been a great user experience. The stellar team [is] always on hand to lend support when the right time comes and their helpdesk is always on hand to help.
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    Online Training
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    Excellent online training material. On-demand always helps to access anytime, anywhere. Also, it is essential that in this day and age, video tutorials with actual product screenshots make the learning more useful and fun at the same time. Certifications help test knowledge gained during these tutorial sessions. This was a blessing for fresh users.
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    Oracle
    If you have never used a CRM program is is hard to know exactly what you need. We had lots of changes during implementation and even more afterward once the users started working in it everyday. Also the partner we used didn't inform us about Allotments and not being able to Batch delete custom objects (you can now in recent releases). There were so many unknowns, that if I had it to do over, I would educate myself more and ask more questions of the partner that we used for implementation.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Oracle
    As compared to other CRM, this happens to be one of the best and most affordable as there are some cons, but the pros are great, and I have seen an increase in sales by using this platform. It works great for the sales process from start to end, like lead generation to closure.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Oracle
    When we purchased this system it was one of the more expensive options in the market. However, with an adjustment in service and a relative price structure, this has become a lot more cost-effective over the past few years. It’s now more of a middle-ranking in the pricing structure and I would definitely say this is value for money.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    Oracle
    • We can very easily pull up a customer's order and provide any detail they need. The time this saves compared to manually tracking customer orders and accounts is incredible.
    • Knowing exactly who is contacting customer service and what their orders status is before answering the calls makes the customer service reps job much easier than before.
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    Oracle Sales Screenshots

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