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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    FloQast

    Score8.9 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    FloQast offers their financial close software to streamline accounting month end close, simply providing automation around reconciliation and eliminating human error, and visibility via a close status dashboard, as well as providing a complete audit trail.N/A

    Salesforce Spiff

    Score8.8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Salesforce Spiff is a commission software that combines the familiarity of a spreadsheet with automation at scale. It is designed to streamline workflows, enable easier communication, and instill a high level of trust across all stakeholders.

    $900

    per year per user

    Pricing
    FloQastSalesforce Spiff
    Editions & Modules
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    Spiff
    $75
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FloQastSalesforce Spiff
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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    Features
    FloQastSalesforce Spiff
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of FloQast and Salesforce Spiff
    Feature
    FloQast
    7.6
    128 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Salesforce Spiff
    -
    Ratings
    Financial data consolidation7.277 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports7.957 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency management4.440 Ratings00 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails9.793 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Workflows8.6108 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales ICM
    Comparison of Sales ICM features of FloQast and Salesforce Spiff
    Feature
    FloQast
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Spiff
    8.1
    218 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Sales compensation plan creation00 Ratings7.7167 Ratings
    Complex sales crediting00 Ratings7.5149 Ratings
    Sales compensation process automation00 Ratings9.1195 Ratings
    Incentive auditing/regulation compliance00 Ratings7.3122 Ratings
    Sales compensation dashboards & forecasting00 Ratings8.6191 Ratings
    Incentive modeling00 Ratings9.1137 Ratings
    Agile incentive strategy00 Ratings7.9115 Ratings
    ICM mobile visibility00 Ratings7.3110 Ratings
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    FloQastSalesforce Spiff
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    Medium-sized Companies
    BlackLine
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Everstage
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    BlackLine
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Score9.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FloQastSalesforce Spiff
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (155 ratings)
    8.9
    (234 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.4
    (7 ratings)
    9.1
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    8.9
    (223 ratings)
    Availability
    5.6
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.9
    (10 ratings)
    4.5
    (6 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.4
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    7.8
    (5 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FloQastSalesforce Spiff
    Likelihood to Recommend
    FloQast
    I used another vendor for close management before, and comparing the two, FloQast is easier to use and the site navigation is much easier. The looks and feels of the site are more engaging and pleasant. As mentioned before in the previous question, their Journal Entry posting functionality is not suited for a company with multiple entities since it only allows you to book an entry when debits and credits are hitting the same entity
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    Salesforce
    Spiff can serve well organizations that regularly pay OTE and performance-based incentives as it takes away the pain for users to track their OTE pay. It is also very convenient to access past reports for comparison or whatever purpose you may need it for. The build-in ticketing system also allows users to easily raise inquiries and for admins to have a single inbox for inquiries that they need to address.
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    Pros
    FloQast
    • Provides a clear status of the month end close.
    • Allows us to analyze tasks by team member and reassign as needed.
    • It syncs with our ERP Netsuite to ensure balance sheet reconciliations can be tied out directly.
    • It also connects with Slack to notify users of key deadlines and changes in review status for team tasks.
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    Salesforce
    • It syncs with your internal systems to show how much you have sold during the current period.
    • It tells you how much you should expect to get paid based on your sales.
    • It keeps track of how you have performed over the course of the year and tells you when you are in accellerators.
    • It also details your organizations sales rules and payout rules so that you just have one place to go for all questions commission related.
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    Cons
    FloQast
    • A setting to allow for attachments to automatically be opened within the app (Adobe, Excel, etc.) rather than as a separate tab in the browser
    • Some of our tasks are quarterly or annual so assigning a very specific date would be helpful
    • Eliminate the need of "closing" review notes. Once we change the status to Resolved, that should be sufficient. Make Resolved and Closed one and the same
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    Salesforce
    • Although reporting has been improved, it's an area that I feel could use more development (which they are doing).
    • Exports are good but to make them great, being able to customize the formatting and data that shows and which data doesn't show would be a great improvement.
    • The backend can be somewhat confusing with statements and obligations and which should be used when and so on, just as one example. With that being said they are very willing to teach and also just do the updates for you if needed, but if it was a little more intuitive without that help would make it better.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    FloQast
    It has proven to enhance our procedures with closing. It is an effective tool that I would recommend to create a more efficient closing procedure and get the team more aligned. It increases the accountability among the staff and helps to keep us on task and on time. It is easy to sign into and has reminder emails for tasks that are coming up or late.
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    Salesforce
    I enjoy using it and it is easy to see where you stand, the issue is still no live tracking, or at the very least, twice daily updates. You have the update in the morning, but I would like to see where I stand at the end of the day as well
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    Usability
    FloQast
    FloQast is incredibly intuitive and easy to use. The only reason I don't give it a 10 is that the Flux Analysis feature is not great in terms of getting the information into the system. Once it's in, fantastic! But some work is needed
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    Salesforce
    Overall, the use cases of Spiff have been helping us to address important problems when it comes to commission calculation: (1) Accuracy of the commission calculation, (2) Transparency over how the commission is calculated, (3) Automation of commission calculation, which in turn saves us significant amount of time and energy and allow us to focus more on more important tasks
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    Reliability and Availability
    FloQast
    We have only noticed a slight slow down in accessing FloQast on a couple of occasions (near the beginning of a month when many people were likely trying to get online to close their books). The issue has always resolved itself with three to five minutes, so it's never been a hinderance.
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    Salesforce
    In all my time using Spiff, I only recall it being unoperational (outside the times when there is scheduled maintence. During those times, Spiff does a good job at communicating when their services will be offline and why). The times when I do get a small error, 9 times out a 10 a simple refresh of the browser will fix the issue.
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    Performance
    FloQast
    FloQast's performance is great. The pages always load quickly, and reports are completed fast! I've never noticed any slowdown in our ERP from the interface with FloQast.
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    Salesforce
    Pages load quickly, dashboards update numerous times throughout the day, and the integrations are seamless and operate without a hitch. On occasion, commissions will be delayed in calculating corrctly by a day or so, but that is quite rare. I don't find that delay to be a huge hinderance anyways.
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    Support Rating
    FloQast
    They are rapid in their response. If they can't immediately offer a solution, they continue to keep in contact with you to let you know where they are in resolving your issues. The staff is friendly & speaks to you in layman's terms, not so high-tech that you can't understand
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    Salesforce
    I needed my account to be set up and there seemed to be some technical issues with onboarding and a customer service rep made herself immediately available to liaison with our IT department to get me up and running. I did not expect them to tend to our request with such urgency.
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    In-Person Training
    FloQast
    The FloQast team members are just so personable. FloQast has clearly done a great job hiring people who are not just good at what they do, but are also fun to work with! They have placed people in the right roles and the customer benefits from this. I have enjoyed every opportunity I've had to work with a FloQast team member on training.
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    FloQast
    The online training is good. But like all online, pre-recorded training, it is never quite as good as in-person or live training where one can ask questions or get clarification. That said, FloQast has an extensive training library and most of the time, if one finds they need help on a topic, it can be answered by going to the online training and watching appropriate recording.
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    Salesforce
    The training was conducted by our Spiff Account Manager and they would even create recorded videos we could send to the sales team so when they log in, they would understand how to use Spiff. Account managers at Spiff are a huge reason why I like that company.
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    Implementation Rating
    FloQast
    Implementation occured before I started with the company (but despite the instruction to skip the question if I did not participate, the site required I put in a rating in order to move on to the next page)
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    Salesforce
    I wasnt invovled but I heard it went smoothly!
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    Alternatives Considered
    FloQast
    At the time we picked FloQast, they were the most cost effective and easiest tool to use. Fast forward a little bit, and Numeric has come to market. I really lie Numeric to be honest and feel that their pricing is better and for that lower pricing, they include more functions. However, we continued with FloQast for ease of continuity and my team is time strapped. What that said, FloQast is great - nothing wrong with it other than it could be cheaper.
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    Salesforce
    It is a night and day difference between Sheets and Excel. The fact that it is integrated with Salesforce and calculates commission as you close deals make it super transparent and efficient when it comes to tracking your performance and commission. Spiff takes the manual work out of the equation. Reduces human error and increases collaboration.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    FloQast
    I had no control over the contract
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    FloQast
    We started using it with one client/customer and now use it with fourteen entities and plan to add two more in the next couple of months. It has made it possible to grow our business without hiring additional personnel. We can do more work with the same number of people
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    Salesforce
    We have a fairly large Enterprise sales team (200+ people and growing). Back when I first started at my organization this number was actually around 100 people. We've doubled in size since then and we have had zero problems adding these additional users.
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    Return on Investment
    FloQast
    • Floqast has reduced our closing schedule by roughly 15-20% of the time it took us beforehand.
    • The product has been very beneficial for us during audit time when we can easily demonstrate our control workflows on reconciliation and task approvals.
    • I can update our CFO at any point in time how we are trending towards close and can coordinate with finance as to the moment journal entries have been completed
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    Salesforce
    • increased transparency, allows me to share with my boss where i am at, i dont have to create a separate document tracking this information myself
    • Reassurance on payout and accuracy, i know what is in Salesforce Spiff is already approved and directly translates to the payout of my goals
    • reduction in errors and improved/less communication with the finance team for payouts. no other conversation needs to happen
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    ScreenShots

    FloQast Screenshots

    Screenshot of the analytics that displays progress throughout the closeScreenshot of flux analysisScreenshot of reconciliations

    Salesforce Spiff Screenshots

    Screenshot of real-time commission statements.Screenshot of customized plans in Spiff's Designer tool.Screenshot of the Spiff experience within Salesforce.Screenshot of multi-step approval workflows to expedite statements getting approved and finalized for payroll.Screenshot of Commission Estimator for improved visibility and behavior for sellers and managers, which in turn, drives more revenue.Screenshot of With Spiff’s Mobile App you can understand how much you are making, how much you have the potential to earn, and progress toward goals, from anywhere!