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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Freshsales

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AFreshsales is a sales force automation solution for sales teams. It provides features that help salespeople to attract quality leads, engage in contextual conversations, drive deals with AI-powered insights, and nurture customer relationships. With built-in email, phone, chat, and telephony, Freshsales gives sales teams more time for selling by automating the sales process. It includes Freddy AI, salespeople can get insights into the best deals to go after and what actions to take and predict…

    $11

    per month per user

    Salesloft

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ASalesloft’s Revenue Orchestration Platform uses AI to help market-facing teams prioritize and take action on what matters most, from first touch to upsell and renewal.N/A
    Pricing
    FreshsalesSalesloft
    Editions & Modules
    Growth
    $11
    per month per user
    Pro
    $47
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $71
    per month per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FreshsalesSalesloft
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing.—
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    Community Pulse
    FreshsalesSalesloft
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
    No answer on this topic
    SalesLoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    95 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    74 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    95 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    73 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    65 Answers
    Features
    FreshsalesSalesloft
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Freshsales and Salesloft
    Feature
    Freshsales
    9.6
    54 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Salesloft
    -
    Ratings
    Customer data management / contact management10.054 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management8.752 Ratings00 Ratings
    Territory management10.041 Ratings00 Ratings
    Opportunity management10.046 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)10.053 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quote & order management8.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interaction tracking9.353 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management10.039 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Freshsales and Salesloft
    Feature
    Freshsales
    10.0
    51 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Salesloft
    -
    Ratings
    Lead management10.049 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email marketing10.050 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Freshsales and Salesloft
    Feature
    Freshsales
    8.3
    52 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Salesloft
    -
    Ratings
    Task management8.749 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting8.051 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Freshsales and Salesloft
    Feature
    Freshsales
    8.2
    53 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Salesloft
    -
    Ratings
    Forecasting8.045 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization8.753 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports8.047 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Freshsales and Salesloft
    Feature
    Freshsales
    9.0
    51 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Salesloft
    -
    Ratings
    Custom fields8.751 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom objects8.341 Ratings00 Ratings
    API for custom integration10.038 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Freshsales and Salesloft
    Feature
    Freshsales
    10.0
    47 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Salesloft
    -
    Ratings
    Single sign-on capability10.040 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions10.047 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Freshsales and Salesloft
    Feature
    Freshsales
    9.0
    47 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Salesloft
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile access9.047 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Score7.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FreshsalesSalesloft
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (54 ratings)
    7.9
    (325 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    7.8
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (143 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FreshsalesSalesloft
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Freshworks Inc
    Generally speaking for small to mid sized team I really cannot recommend it enough. It has an excellent feature set, good amount of integrations, fairly customisable and backed by solid support. And the pricing is very competitive too. I feel like if your team is larger than that, you might want to look at other alternatives but for teams that size, its really perfect.
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    SalesLoft
    I find it to be the best resource for scheduling calls with clients. Specifically when the call includes multiple people using Salesloft, it's so simple and easy to use to send open times to client and then to be able to send active links to the client where with one click the calendar invite shows up on my calendar? it's the best most efficient tool I have in my toolbelt at the moment. When it comes to logging, it's also simple but I wish I could add a contact to SL from the Microsoft integration.
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    Pros
    Freshworks Inc
    • It helps you automate your onboarding process for new leads.
    • It has lots of integrations with other apps, so you can interact with other things like calendars and calls.
    • It's pretty easy to set sequences so the platform automatically follows up with people for you. This is not only helpful for your sales pipeline, but also for client communication when working on a project that requires their input.
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    SalesLoft
    • Salesloft enables us to outreach at scale.
    • Salesloft helps us identify our warmest, most buyer ready prospects to streamline our outreach.
    • Salesloft helps us to identify quickly areas to course correct and provides the necessary data to do that.
    • Salesloft also surfaces data around outreach so we can ensure we are targeting our team with sensible KPIs that connect to our business goals.
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    Cons
    Freshworks Inc
    • Leads and Contacts do not seem to be adequately defined.
    • Reporting is not as robust as we would like it to be
    • Integration with FreshDesk is one way - we can see information from FreshDesk to FreshSales but not vice versa
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    SalesLoft
    • Would be nice to have custom reporting available. Coming from Salesforce, the included canned reports are useful but I like to roll my sleeves up and build exactly what I want.
    • Conversations will record meetings booked via MSTeams but requires the BDR/SDR to hit record. Other solutions (e.g. Chorus.ai) join as a participant and don't require a user hitting the "record" button. We have to change our flow to make this work and it is a bit clunky.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    SalesLoft
    SalesLoft is absolutely VITAL to our daily operations. We could not function without it or a program like it. Speaking as a Sales Person who has had to operate without a product like this, the difference is night and day. The ability to stay organized, automate tasks, easily log activities and notes, review calls, and coach team members is an absolute gamechanger.
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    Usability
    Freshworks Inc
    I would give Freshworks CRM's overall usability a 7 out of 10. Although the software has improved since we first obtained it, it still could use improvements to make functionality more intuitive and easier for the average user. It is not that challenging but there is definitely a learning curve
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    SalesLoft
    Drift was extremely easy for both our demand gen team and SDR to jump right into. It was feature rich and purpose-built for marketers—it was remarkably easy to connect our marketing automation, CRM, and more to the platform and get everything to work together. Now the ability to create digital experiences and conversation landing pages is democratized—empowering our team to do better work and provide better prospect/customer experience.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    SalesLoft
    The availability is pretty good, we do sometimes have errors or delays in syncing activities but nothing that has been too detrimental to our workflow. Most recently we had an issue with Lofting through Outlook due to a change in security token that took a few weeks to resolve but it is fixed now.
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    Performance
    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    SalesLoft
    Yes timely and easy to use. The only delays we have are when we run our big month sales blitz and activities take some time to sync to the reporting as well as SalesForce
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    Support Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    When you initially log in to Freshworks, you get snippets to guide you on how to set up. You have a chat option on every page so you can reach out to the support agent and get your issues resolved in real time. The agents are fast, responsive, and experienced in handling even a person who introduced CRM to the world...
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    SalesLoft
    The support team was very responsive but at the end of the day they took a long time to fix our issue. The issue did get fixed, though, so that is what matters. Very nice people who are there to help in any way they can.
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    Online Training
    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    SalesLoft
    We had some virtual training with our CSM which was very well constructed. It took some time to get into the full swing of things but with a few weeks of hands on experience I was feeling confidant. The SL team was always available to answer questions or jump an a call to walk us through stuff. I also used the Customer Help Center for a few self guided learnings on how to use specific features related to reporting and team management.
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    Implementation Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    SalesLoft
    must invest time and effort in define the best way to integration with Salesforce in order to get data visualization
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    Alternatives Considered
    Freshworks Inc
    We selected FreshSales because we needed something cheaper and more user-friendly than Salesforce, but we're now in the process of switching to HubSpot because it gives you the best of both worlds - ease of use + scale and reliability
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    SalesLoft
    Salesloft blows outreach out of the water in all aspects. One of the biggest issues I had was their unwillingness to listen to customer feedback. I had requested several small changes to be made when I had previously used the platform that unfortunately fell onto deff ears. I am much happier using Salesloft and the positive results I've experienced are a direct result of that.
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    Scalability
    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    SalesLoft
    The scalability was pretty good, we started with 4 or 5 users on one team and scaled into 30+ members across 3 teams
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    Return on Investment
    Freshworks Inc
    • Increased visibility of open deals, as well as encouraging 'clean' data
    • Faster data updating (if Freshsales is used as our sole source of data)
    • Some follow-ups are missed, as sales staff forget to create new tasks after each follow up, depending on if the call was answered or not (for example)
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    SalesLoft
    • I have been with a company that was using Salesloft, but moved to a competitor. I can't say it was exactly the competitors fault, as a lot of other internal changes were happening, (hence leaving the system that was working well), but we had the worst sales year in company history that year. Reps who consistently performed at or above quota were suddenly struggling to keep their pipelines in order, and the middle of the pack reps were going on PiPs and being let go.
    • Is it the dialer, or the leadership? You decide.
    • But the leadership also changed the dialer - so maybe it's both?
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