EngageBay vs. Salesforce Starter

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
EngageBay
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
EngageBay is presented by the vendor as a powerful, simple, affordable, and integrated all-in-one marketing, sales, and service automation platform with a free CRM, designed for small businesses and startups to grow their business to the next level. It comprises a marketing automation suite to help businesses save time, nurture audiences and automate routines, manual tasks; free CRM and sales automation designed to keep users organized by storing and categorizing all email contacts, track deals,…
$0
per month per user
Salesforce Starter
Score 9.0 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.N/A
Pricing
EngageBaySalesforce Starter
Editions & Modules
FREE
$0
per month per user
BASIC
$12.74
per month per user
GROWTH
$42.49
per month per user
PRO
$84.99
per month per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
EngageBaySalesforce Starter
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
EngageBaySalesforce Starter
Considered Both Products
EngageBay
Chose EngageBay
Salesforce and Marketo are the strongest CRM products out there in the space. The drawback they have is that they are immensely expensive and complex to set-up / use. Salesforce is extremely complex, especially when using in conjunction with Pardot. EngageBay is simple, easy to …
Salesforce Starter
Chose Salesforce Starter
The Zoho system is free and gives a long trial product. The salesforce brand is well known, and I wanted to try a good European crm product. The account manager was South African and very friendly. The system was trained on a demo, whereas Zoho did not offer an account …
Chose Salesforce Starter
more expensive but as an industry leader and go, the learning curve pays for itself in ROI in lost time in onboarding
Chose Salesforce Starter
Salesforce Starter is exactly what it says. It's specific to getting a small business up and running effectively, without unnecessary development or internal overhead required. It doesn't allow for a ton of customization, but it provides more than most other providers across …
Chose Salesforce Starter
We selected SalesforceIQ over insightly because of the email automation they offered. Their app also seemed to be a little more robust. I highly recommend a trial before you make a decision. The trial with SalesforceIQ is what sold us on the product.
Features
EngageBaySalesforce Starter
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
EngageBay
8.2
Ratings
4% above category average
Salesforce Starter
8.7
Ratings
10% above category average
Customer data management / contact management10.00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Workflow management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Opportunity management8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)5.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Contract management8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Interaction tracking8.00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Territory management00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Quote & order management00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
EngageBay
8.5
Ratings
9% above category average
Salesforce Starter
-
Ratings
Case management7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Help desk management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
EngageBay
10.0
Ratings
25% above category average
Salesforce Starter
7.4
Ratings
5% below category average
Lead management10.00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Email marketing10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
EngageBay
9.0
Ratings
15% above category average
Salesforce Starter
8.2
Ratings
6% above category average
Task management10.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management8.00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Reporting9.00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
EngageBay
7.5
Ratings
3% below category average
Salesforce Starter
9.0
Ratings
15% above category average
Pipeline visualization8.00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Customizable reports7.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Forecasting00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
EngageBay
7.5
Ratings
3% below category average
Salesforce Starter
7.0
Ratings
10% below category average
Custom fields10.00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Scripting environment5.00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Custom objects00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
API for custom integration00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
EngageBay
10.0
Ratings
17% above category average
Salesforce Starter
8.7
Ratings
3% above category average
Single sign-on capability10.00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Role-based user permissions10.00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
EngageBay
9.0
Ratings
17% above category average
Salesforce Starter
8.2
Ratings
8% above category average
Marketing automation10.00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Compensation management8.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
EngageBay
5.0
Ratings
42% below category average
Salesforce Starter
8.3
Ratings
8% above category average
Mobile access5.00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
EngageBay
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
8.5
Ratings
12% above category average
Social engagement00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
EngageBaySalesforce Starter
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
4.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(0 ratings)
8.5
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
EngageBaySalesforce Starter
Likelihood to Recommend
I would absolutely recommend EngageBay to any customer looking to switch from Marketo or Salesforce that wanted a cheaper solution while still highly effective. Those platforms require hands-on integration consultants and full-time employees that know how to handle those CRMs. This CRM is easy to use for any beginner marketer.
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SalesforceIQ is a perfect CRM to start with and get your organization used to tracking customer contact. It was an easy setup and well adopted. It allowed us to rollout completely in just 30 days. We have seen a large increase in our ability to communicate. It may be lacking in some items if you already have a tracking method but was the perfect starting point for us.
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Pros
  • Lead / customer tracking
  • Automated emails
  • Automations
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  • Sales CRM with built-in guidance and reminders to manage and track opportunities.
  • Self-service for customers and internal employee needs. Integrates forms and chatbots very easily into your existing website.
  • Guided setup with inherent flows to make transitioning from legacy systems to new age cloud-based technologies
  • Integrates with Outlook and Gmail extremely well. Includes the Salesforce Inbox mobile app to link records with calendar and email. Email reminders included automatically.
  • The Salesforce Mobile App comes with Starter, making it super easy to work on the go, even in remote areas.
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Cons
  • Landing pages
  • Livechat feature
  • Lead/customer integration
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  • 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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Usability
EngageBay's incredibly easy to use. I was able to pick up the CRM and start using right away with little issues. Anyone with basic CRM knowledge should be able to get started on EngageBay easy. Their customer service team also makes onboarding very easy and will work with you on any issue.
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easy to use, training is intuitive and can be peer taught if needed. Not overly complex so that users can get started within a very short period of time.
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Support Rating
Their support team is incredibly response, with a livechat option anytime during business hours. I was able to work with them on a variet of issues and they were extremely hands-on. The same reps are always there and friendly and ready to work with. There isn't a CRM that has better customer service.
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Alternatives Considered
Salesforce and Marketo are the strongest CRM products out there in the space. The drawback they have is that they are immensely expensive and complex to set-up / use. Salesforce is extremely complex, especially when using in conjunction with Pardot. EngageBay is simple, easy to use, and easy to build from. And their customer service is far more responsive than those platforms.
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Salesforce Starter is exactly what it says. It's specific to getting a small business up and running effectively, without unnecessary development or internal overhead required. It doesn't allow for a ton of customization, but it provides more than most other providers across sales, service, and integration/automating business processes. Some tools are more specific to organizations that want to focus on a specific area to grow or manage their business. That's where the other package types and integrations with specific tools come in
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Return on Investment
  • Improved lead management and helped build lead data by 4-5x in size
  • Helped improve investor base with 100-150% growth in investors by year 1
  • Generated dozens of calendar invites to call potential investors in first year
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  • 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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