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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    e-automate

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AECI Software Solutions offers e-automate, an ERP for office technology companies to automate business workflows and increase contract profitability.N/A

    Xactly

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AThe Xactly Intelligent Revenue Platform unifies the full revenue lifecycle into a single system of action to orchestrate and optimize revenue outcomes. Powered by 21+ years of data, the platform’s AI automates workflows and connects data across an existing ecosystem.N/A
    Pricing
    e-automateXactly
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    e-automateXactly
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    e-automateXactly
    Considered Both Products
    ECI Software Solutions
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    48 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    143 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    40 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    122 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    47 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    151 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    81%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    22 Answers
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    76 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    29 Answers
    82%
    Implementation went as expected
    85 Answers
    Features
    e-automateXactly
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of e-automate and Xactly
    Feature
    e-automate
    -
    Ratings
    Xactly
    6.7
    108 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Personalized dashboards00 Ratings6.8108 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    KPIs00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Revenue Forecasting00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Pipeline Analytics00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Sales ICM
    Comparison of Sales ICM features of e-automate and Xactly
    Feature
    e-automate
    -
    Ratings
    Xactly
    7.8
    119 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Sales compensation plan creation00 Ratings7.9111 Ratings
    Complex sales crediting00 Ratings8.0108 Ratings
    Sales compensation process automation00 Ratings7.6111 Ratings
    Incentive auditing/regulation compliance00 Ratings8.290 Ratings
    Sales compensation dashboards & forecasting00 Ratings8.1104 Ratings
    Incentive modeling00 Ratings7.282 Ratings
    Agile incentive strategy00 Ratings7.774 Ratings
    ICM mobile visibility00 Ratings8.166 Ratings
    Sales Gamification
    Comparison of Sales Gamification features of e-automate and Xactly
    Feature
    e-automate
    -
    Ratings
    Xactly
    4.6
    90 Ratings
    45% below category average
    Sales contest templates00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Custom sales contests00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Team competitions00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Multiple competitions00 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Contest flexibility00 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Sales rep view00 Ratings7.690 Ratings
    Mobile game functionality00 Ratings1.03 Ratings
    Game notifications & updates00 Ratings8.42 Ratings
    Social competition / Game collaboration00 Ratings1.02 Ratings
    Sales game integration to Salesforce00 Ratings1.03 Ratings
    Sales performance reporting00 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    TV streaming00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
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    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    SAP Sales Performance Management
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    e-automateXactly
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (54 ratings)
    8.7
    (324 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.7
    (8 ratings)
    8.3
    (51 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (29 ratings)
    Availability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.1
    (10 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    1.8
    (13 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.3
    (6 ratings)
    7.0
    (26 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (17 ratings)
    Configurability
    2.3
    (2 ratings)
    2.4
    (10 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.3
    (8 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    1.5
    (11 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (8 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (8 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    e-automateXactly
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ECI Software Solutions
    If you need a system to place and track sales quotes, sales orders, purchase orders, and service calls then E-Automate is perfect. However, if you want to be able to easily bulk upload customers and contracts or if you want to be able to quickly and easily track contract profitability, customer costs, etc, then you'll likely want/need a secondary or different system to do so.
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    Xactly Corp
    The software is well-suited when it comes to tracking and monitoring your commission estimates. It's an easy, user-friendly way to understand what sales went through, and what sales disappeared. I think it could also be improved by showing what changed. So if I log in one day and I have a sale and the next day that's gone. I think an updated running log on what changed is important, even what's been added, like if I log in, show me like plus, you know, 5,000 in sales or something like that.
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    Pros
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Sending Invoices out to customers via email or printing.
    • Keep track of ordering and inventory.
    • Sales Tax reporting.
    • Monitoring customer payment activity/setting up and removing credit holds.
    • Calculating payments to process each cycle.
    • Excellent aging reports.
    • I like the fact that when I am looking at one item, such as an invoice, I have the capability to switch to the customer menu rather than having to exit out of invoices and then enter into customers.
    • I love the flexibility of the search menus - being able to sort on several factors at once.
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    Xactly Corp
    • Xactly Incent allows quick feed changes with Connect.
    • Xactly Incent allows intuitive plan design so that quick changes can be made with plan changes.
    • Document Management allows quick disbursement of plans to reps as well as record management of the plans.
    • Xactly Incent allows visibility to the reps at any time so that they do not have to wonder what their commissions are.
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    Cons
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Make sales invoices not require serial numbers, or be more flexible with it.
    • Make contract invoices have some sort of flexibility in terms of editing. Our end users complain that QuickBooks made it very easy to edit invoices, and in e-automate, for them, it is practically impossible. (I do personally understand why it has to be as it is myself, I'm just forwarding their observation.)
    • Make the API actually useful. I spent days looking at the functions and the functions available are not really useful.
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    Xactly Corp
    • Giving more than one manager access to view a participant's data. For dual reporting employees.
    • Would like more flexibility with the Standard Incentive Statement.
    • Easier process for setting up the new year.
    • The drill down function to get to the detailed data is limited to 20 standard columns. Would like it to be customizable by component.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ECI Software Solutions
    Its really the only option for the industry that does enough of what we need for it to function . I'm not sure if there were better options out there if we would have to renew our subscription. With the addition of AI, hopefully something will be able to become more useful.
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    Xactly Corp
    We have been using Xactly as a primary application to calculate the commissions payout on a daily basis and would continue the same as Xactly Incent meets our requirement. It keeps the process automated and reduces the manual effort to calculate commissions.
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    Usability
    ECI Software Solutions
    The user interface may be slightly outdated, but it is very intuitive and easy to navigate. Once you have learned one module within the system it is very easy to apply that knowledge to any other module. It makes using the system much easier, and it makes training another person on the system quick and efficient.
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    Xactly Corp
    From an admin perspective, the software's usability is high. The different components are organized in a way that is easy to figure out, for example, all elements of a plan are under the Plan Design section. There are some areas where searching within the system is a bit cumbersome because after clicking into a result and back out it clears your filter. I found the software easy to navigate when I first started and the amount of documentation and helpful videos they have on the community and within the University make the system even easier to learn.
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    Reliability and Availability
    ECI Software Solutions
    Mostly available, sometimes down for issues but usually there when we need it
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    Xactly Corp
    In general the system is nearly always available. But the daily achievement calculation takes a hugh amount of time. therefore it was in the past month sometimes only from midday onwards completely updated and usable for Sales employees. Xactly support was and still is working hard to get it available early mornings. Availablility time has increased a lot. It's now down to around 10 am in the moring
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    Performance
    ECI Software Solutions
    Reports are the struggle the most with the information being extracted in a way that you need to copy and paste it into a new document so some of the information is not covered
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    Xactly Corp
    Xactly Incent performs extremely well. I have not experienced it "slowing down" when usage is heavy. This is particularly true when it comes to the regular recalculation of credits and commissions. It is not uncommon for Xactly to be dealing with hundreds of thousands of orders/credits in a pay period, but the system handles it well. Xactly recently changed their calculation engine and the speed for regular refreshes increased significantly.
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    Support Rating
    ECI Software Solutions
    Sometimes when you need answers quickly, a voice on the phone is far better than having to wait for email support or a callback. I have found this to have delays and feel ECI e-automate should invest more in its support infrastructure.
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    Xactly Corp
    They take the time to understand the system. They keep us updated on the status of our cases. Finally, their continued follow up ensuring the initial issue was resolved is very nice. They will not close the case out until they have confirmed that our issue has been completely resolved and fixed.
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    In-Person Training
    ECI Software Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Xactly Corp
    Awesome product, easy to use during daily activities. Reporting and user experience are very well organised. The sales team also likes this tool for reviewing their commissions at any time, which provides real-time updates. For new hires or mid-hires, the commission calculation is working very efficiently. Every sales-side organisation must have this tool.Awesome product, easy to use during daily activities. Reporting and user experience are very well organised. The sales team also likes this tool for reviewing their commissions at any time, which provides real-time updates. For new hires or mid-hires, the commission calculation is working very efficiently. Every sales-side organisation must have this tool.
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    Online Training
    ECI Software Solutions
    No answers on this topic
    Xactly Corp
    Xactly offers training on new releases on a monthly basis and training on basic principles regularly via registration. My experience with both is that they do not provide the in-depth knowledge necessary to truly master the system and advanced courses still do not go to the level needed to autonomously manage the system and plans. Professional services are a large part of any cloud based service such as Xactly and I feel a reliance on such paid consulting services is a great money-maker for Xactly.
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    Implementation Rating
    ECI Software Solutions
    I did not participate in implementation
    Incentivized
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    Xactly Corp
    Go into implementation knowing how you will handle churn, if there are claw backs, treatment for every type of commission payment (i.e. new business, renewals, etc.) and know your average customer life. You'll also want details by customer for as far back as you can go (within reason).
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    Alternatives Considered
    ECI Software Solutions
    E-automate is much better at understanding the needs of the office equipment industry and provide the necessary tools. SAP Business One has limited features specific to the office equipment industry and includes things that are not useful. E-automate is also priced much better and provides the best value for your investment.
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    Xactly Corp
    Ignoring the contractual issues that we had, Optymyze is very different from Xactly Incent. I would say that both offer high degrees of flexibility, but Xactly requires greater technical knowledge to customize. Optymyze allows administrators to manipulate data in a way similar to Domo or Tableau, allowing someone who is less technical to customize it. Xactly's connect module, on the other hand, requires strong knowledge of SQL to be able to manipulate data. I've been looking to take the training for Connect, so I can't comment on the limitations or flexibility beyond that.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    ECI Software Solutions
    I was not involved in the sales process
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    Xactly Corp
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    Scalability
    ECI Software Solutions
    Every department we have does use e-automate to some degree with most being successful.
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    Xactly Corp
    It's very flexible. In most cases it can be adapted to your needs by programming which may cost extra money. We have a lot of different complans and close to 1.000 employees using Xactly in EMEA. It's mainly used by Sales and Finance
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    Professional Services
    ECI Software Solutions
    I was not involved in the sales process
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    Xactly Corp
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    Return on Investment
    ECI Software Solutions
    • The e-automate will stop working if we stop paying each year. We chose not to go to the cloud and buy the software. QuickBooks and other software are a one-time fee.
    • E-automate has very few outside vendors for add-on modules.
    • The vendors that do have modules are costly.
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    Xactly Corp
    • I am not aware of the company investment, but the overall result is fantastic. Employees visibility to commissions and components of their commissions is great. They have much more accessibility to their numbers and better understanding of how commissions are calculated. They can also review commissions at their convince on the application.
    • There seems to be more employee engagement and satisfaction with the overall commission process and reporting with Xactly Incent.
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    ScreenShots

    e-automate Screenshots

    Screenshot of an item search, in e-automate

    Xactly Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Chat-based AI Assistant interface surfacing compensation insights, attrition risk predictions, and quota recommendations, drawn from 20+ years of proprietary SPM data.Screenshot of a rep-facing incentive statement showing commission earned, quota attainment, and deal-level payout breakdown in a single view.Screenshot of a multi-dimensional forecast view showing deal health scores, risk signals, and AI-generated revenue trajectories across commit, best case, and pipeline categories.Screenshot of a view of territory design decisions that used to take quarters now take days with the coverage visibility and quota alignment field teams need to hit plan.Screenshot of the what-if scenario modeling view with plan variants, projected spend, pay equity impact, and attainment outcomes compared side by side, powered by 20+ years of benchmark data.Screenshot of a single source of truth dashboard for territory assignments, headcount, credits, and quota targets with workflow approvals for mid-year changes built in.