Everstage vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Everstage
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Everstage is a no-code commissions automation platform that provides a transparent and gamified incentives experience to customer-facing teams.N/A
Microsoft Dynamics 365
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Dynamics 365 is a CRM providing sales, marketing, and service functionality. It is offered as SaaS and on-premise. Dynamics 365 is part of the larger Dynamics suite of business intelligence and ERP products.
$44
per month
Pricing
EverstageMicrosoft Dynamics 365
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
EverstageMicrosoft Dynamics 365
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
EverstageMicrosoft Dynamics 365
Features
EverstageMicrosoft Dynamics 365
Sales ICM
Comparison of Sales ICM features of Product A and Product B
Everstage
9.3
220 Ratings
18% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365
-
Ratings
Sales compensation plan creation9.4213 Ratings00 Ratings
Complex sales crediting9.2199 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales compensation process automation9.4213 Ratings00 Ratings
Incentive auditing/regulation compliance9.5201 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales compensation dashboards & forecasting9.4219 Ratings00 Ratings
Incentive modeling9.4212 Ratings00 Ratings
Agile incentive strategy9.4183 Ratings00 Ratings
ICM mobile visibility8.9183 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Force Automation
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Everstage
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365
7.7
84 Ratings
2% below category average
Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings7.981 Ratings
Workflow management00 Ratings7.980 Ratings
Territory management00 Ratings7.160 Ratings
Opportunity management00 Ratings7.572 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings8.079 Ratings
Contract management00 Ratings7.961 Ratings
Quote & order management00 Ratings7.458 Ratings
Interaction tracking00 Ratings8.171 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings7.362 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
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Everstage
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365
8.0
68 Ratings
4% above category average
Case management00 Ratings7.863 Ratings
Call center management00 Ratings7.850 Ratings
Help desk management00 Ratings8.457 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Everstage
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365
7.8
78 Ratings
0% above category average
Lead management00 Ratings7.672 Ratings
Email marketing00 Ratings8.171 Ratings
CRM Project Management
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Everstage
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365
8.0
76 Ratings
4% above category average
Task management00 Ratings8.171 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings8.054 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings8.065 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Everstage
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365
7.6
77 Ratings
1% below category average
Forecasting00 Ratings7.667 Ratings
Pipeline visualization00 Ratings7.773 Ratings
Customizable reports00 Ratings7.476 Ratings
Customization
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Everstage
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365
7.7
80 Ratings
0% above category average
Custom fields00 Ratings7.678 Ratings
Custom objects00 Ratings7.572 Ratings
Scripting environment00 Ratings7.956 Ratings
API for custom integration00 Ratings7.861 Ratings
Security
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Everstage
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365
8.8
75 Ratings
4% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.869 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.770 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Everstage
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365
7.7
44 Ratings
3% above category average
Social data00 Ratings7.843 Ratings
Social engagement00 Ratings7.643 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Everstage
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365
7.2
65 Ratings
4% below category average
Marketing automation00 Ratings7.665 Ratings
Compensation management00 Ratings6.834 Ratings
Platform
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Everstage
-
Ratings
Microsoft Dynamics 365
6.8
56 Ratings
11% below category average
Mobile access00 Ratings6.856 Ratings
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User Ratings
EverstageMicrosoft Dynamics 365
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(220 ratings)
7.6
(103 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.3
(12 ratings)
8.0
(20 ratings)
Usability
9.2
(24 ratings)
7.5
(33 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.2
(8 ratings)
8.0
(11 ratings)
In-Person Training
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.5
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.5
(4 ratings)
9.2
(4 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
10.0
(1 ratings)
3.8
(3 ratings)
Ease of integration
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
EverstageMicrosoft Dynamics 365
Likelihood to Recommend
Everstage
It is highly likely robust for compensation administrators, easily integrates with our organization systems and accommodates our mobile workforce and there are robust tools to document and track administrative processes and all incentive activity. The structure and reliability of Everstage is an important foundation for moving your compensation practices to industry standards.
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Microsoft
Provides our company access to manage and customize the folds tailored to our needs. We needed to have certain paragraphs on certain paperwork per customer. MD 365 has those options to customize where needed and remove when not. The system is easy to navigate, and training can be done in a matter of days, even without prior knowledge of the system or similar systems.
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Pros
Everstage
  • User friendly UI - It is easy to navigate the platform and learn the details without any additional help.
  • Ability to show the underlying formula that was used to calculate commissions.
  • Provide visibility on how far the consultant is from achieving their quarterly quota.
  • Automatically publish leader board for the team based on performance that drives the sense of friendly competition to succeed.
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Microsoft
  • Best to use for AP - like in our organization, there are plenty of AP bills, so with Dynamics, we can quickly enter the same into the Excel utility, which means CSV-based upload, and then we can easily upload the same to the software. It's a time saver.
  • Best for Bank reconciliation - MS Dynamics makes Bank reconciliation easy. Banks can easily sync with software and easily get reconciled.
  • Generating invoices to customers and directly sending them to their inbox is easy with this software.
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Cons
Everstage
  • Improving the user interface of Everstage could enhance its usability and make it more intuitive for team leaders and users.
  • Offering more advanced customization options would provide organizations with greater flexibility to tailor Everstage to their specific needs.
  • Integration with Third-Party Tools would be very helpful.
  • Developing a mobile app for Everstage would provide users with the convenience of accessing the tool on-the-go.
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Microsoft
  • Small learning curve, obviously. You won't figure this out in a day, a week, or even a month. But given time, you can learn to be an expert. Or you can always get a consultant or hire in somebody. But learning the tool isn't out of the questions by any means.
  • Licensing can be confusing at times and isn't cheap, but it is cheaper than Salesforce. Plus no additional fees for data calls to better integrate your D365 CE data with other systems.
  • The Classic user interface left a bit to be desired, but now with the much-improved Unified Interface, the web client and the mobile client look the same, much more modern, and have more flexibility and power behind them for customizers as well.
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Likelihood to Renew
Everstage
The reason to give this rating is corely because of multiple level analysis, everstage provide product level analysis which is truly beneficial for any business manager, we can understand which product is doing good in the organization and we can understand which sales executive is selling more which course. The sales executives can understand their next stage of the incentive and monthly target left to do
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Microsoft
CRM has allowed us to keep all of our data in one place that is easy for all users within the company to view. I came into the company after they had been using CRM for about 4 years. They have all said that since we have used this it has helped us control work processes better, it has allowed us to be able to track things so much better, and has been something that has helped unite many processes that used to be all over the place. We are currently using CRM 4.0 and are planning on upgrading in the next 18 months to the 2011 version. Support for 4.0 is almost all but dried up. Understandably so. Some of the customization we have done, and a plugins we use, are now contained within the 2011 version so we are looking forward to that upgrade. We use an email marketing company as well, and they primarily support the 2011 version, but their product connects and is integrated within CRM. This is a great benefit as well so that all of our marketing information can be contained in one location.
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Usability
Everstage
Using Everstage, plans can now be easily rolled out in a matter of minutes and today, everyone from sales ops to the C-Suite has quick access to the intelligence they need to inform better sales forecasting. With Everstage on our desktops and mobile devices, we keep commission pay transparent and accessible.
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Microsoft
The usability is easily adopted for users familiar with other Microsoft products. Dynamics 365 has several interfaces that cross over browsers and tablets. These multiple interfaces will be phased out and updated to a single unified interface eventually to provide the same usability across all devices. The backend configurations is slowly improving with the introduction of PowerApps compared to pre-D365 Online versions
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Support Rating
Everstage
It's Wonderful. They have been accessible when in need. the response is immediate and genuine. the support wait time is not too long either. when a fault is pointed out, thy accept it and try to work on it and within a week they try to find a better option to resolve the issue. Accepting and working to deliver better is really appreciable thing. Kudos to the team on that
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Microsoft
Our partner, Ledgeview Partners has been FANTASTIC to work with. They are always timely in their response and have taken time to understand our business and our specific needs. We've made a lot of advanced customizations and they have been a great help in making those updates.
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In-Person Training
Everstage
Explained well about how to use and features of this product
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Microsoft
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Online Training
Everstage
explained it in very good manner
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Microsoft
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Implementation Rating
Everstage
I am happy
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Microsoft
We used a data warehouse to house our data, and our IT team and implementation vendor worked diligently ahead of time to construct idea implementation plans. Out of millions of records- we had less than a dozen errors, which is remarkable. My major insight is simply having a group of completely devoted individuals working towards your goal who fully understand the desired outcome. Focused resources for implementation season are critical to success.
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Alternatives Considered
Everstage
It was a company decision, Excel was not automated and had high chances of human error and if not updated properly there may be chances of someone losing out on their attainment Ever stage being automated and linked to salesforce there is very less probability of mistake and also transparency in the records
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Microsoft
Microsoft Dynamics was part of a system overhaul for a local school, and we looked at many products. If we had used it for a company with low turnover, then it might have been more feasible. They needed something a new person could learn quickly, someone who might also be learning marketing terms at the same time - especially if there is nobody to train the individual now expected to know the system. Similar issues occurred with all of these programs (we called it being too big for their britches), and one of the bigger things we liked was that it is more compatible with MS Office products in both technical and visual appeal. If you have a steady employees who use a CRM consistently, low turnover, and those who are very familiar with Office products, Dynamics would be the smartest option for you. Unfortunately, this was just not true for the school environment
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Everstage
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Microsoft
On our purchase, I'd been interrogated about our usage. Our needs are met by Microsoft Dynamics 365, which is simple to use. With so much data and information available, we must ensure that it is presented correctly to managers. Due to a lack of use, we don't have to spend as much money on Salesforce.
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Professional Services
Everstage
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Microsoft
My company's preferred program right now is Microsoft Dynamics 365. We use it to keep track of customers and important sales metrics in a streamlined manner. Anyone familiar with CRMs will find the tool extremely useful. Considering that we have a good turnover, this product will be used for its basic segments. As a result, there are few chances of error with Microsoft dynamics because it is so easy to use. Many options for recording data on these leads are available. It meets our needs and pays off.
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Return on Investment
Everstage
  • It helps me to track my progress in terms of Commission earned and motivate me to work harder to earn more.
  • It's Statement feature helps me to track my previous performance.
  • It's user friendly interface helps every individual to get all details very easily.
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Microsoft
  • For those without a centralized, all in one solution for major HR, Finance and other departments, Microsoft Dynamics 365 has vastly improved employee time utilization and profit.
  • Migrating clients from on-premise to the cloud has reaped benefits including better security, no unscheduled downtime and frequent updates to functionality.
  • Those transferring from cheaper solutions have lost money in the aim to be better integrated with other Microsoft products and AI they don't really utilize.
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ScreenShots

Everstage Screenshots

Screenshot of on-demand commission data and advanced payout forecasting to drive performance of customer-facing teams .Screenshot of commission plans that can be configured from scratch or with readily-available templates using Everstage's no-code plan designer.Screenshot of the integrations available with the entire techstack including CRMs, ERP, HRIS, data warehouses and more to collect, calculate and communicate payout data.Screenshot of Everstage’s custom dashboards and advanced reporting provide commission tracking, as a single source of truth.Screenshot of where commission budgets can simulate how much payees will earn against each commission plan using the Time Machine feature.