Gold-Vision vs. Salesforce Essentials

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Gold-Vision
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Gold-Vision CRM is a customer relationship management (CRM) solution built as an integration for Microsoft Outlook.N/A
Salesforce Essentials
Score 8.4 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
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.
$35
per month per user
Pricing
Gold-VisionSalesforce Essentials
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Gold-VisionSalesforce Essentials
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Top Pros
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Features
Gold-VisionSalesforce Essentials
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Gold-Vision
10.0
1 Ratings
23% above category average
Salesforce Essentials
9.1
2 Ratings
14% above category average
Customer data management / contact management10.01 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Workflow management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Opportunity management10.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)10.01 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Contract management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Quote & order management10.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Territory management00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Interaction tracking00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Gold-Vision
10.0
1 Ratings
24% above category average
Salesforce Essentials
7.4
2 Ratings
6% below category average
Email marketing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Lead management00 Ratings7.42 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Gold-Vision
9.5
1 Ratings
20% above category average
Salesforce Essentials
9.0
1 Ratings
15% above category average
Billing and invoicing management10.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Reporting9.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Task management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Gold-Vision
9.5
1 Ratings
19% above category average
Salesforce Essentials
9.1
2 Ratings
15% above category average
Custom fields10.01 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Custom objects9.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Scripting environment00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
API for custom integration00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Gold-Vision
10.0
1 Ratings
17% above category average
Salesforce Essentials
9.3
2 Ratings
10% above category average
Role-based user permissions10.01 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Gold-Vision
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Ratings
Salesforce Essentials
9.0
1 Ratings
15% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Pipeline visualization00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Customizable reports00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Gold-Vision
-
Ratings
Salesforce Essentials
9.0
1 Ratings
19% above category average
Social engagement00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Gold-Vision
-
Ratings
Salesforce Essentials
9.0
1 Ratings
19% above category average
Marketing automation00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Compensation management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Gold-Vision
-
Ratings
Salesforce Essentials
9.5
2 Ratings
23% above category average
Mobile access00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.5
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Gold-VisionSalesforce Essentials
Likelihood to Recommend
Gold-Vision
It is the best available solution for small businesses due to the licensing model and the ease of use. For companies like us who implement this for customers, it is easy to implement and train users. Larger companies would prefer to use existing products that have been developed for their specific industry or department.
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Salesforce
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
Gold-Vision
  • Can be easily integrated with products like Sage or Outlook which most small companies use. This provides us with a great customer base.
  • It is quick to deploy and most of our customers start using the solutions in less than a week.
  • Very intuitive which makes training our customer easy and causes few support calls.
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Salesforce
  • CRM Managment
  • Streamlining Sales Funnel
  • Providing data sets and analytics
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Cons
Gold-Vision
  • In the latest version, the user interfaces has been greatly improved. Some customers disliked the older version.
  • Nothing else to complain about, maybe it can be made cheaper?
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Salesforce
  • SalesforceIQ has some reporting items that are a little harder to easily uncover but I have found work arounds or manually created reporting to get that information, such as number of times a salesperson was at a location.
  • Some of the upgrade items I would like to see are available in salesforce sales cloud that allow easier automation for marketing.
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Alternatives Considered
Gold-Vision
Probably the most important aspect would be the licensing model which makes it affordable for all businesses. Can be adapted to the business without having to change the business model around the CRM product.
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Salesforce
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
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Return on Investment
Gold-Vision
  • It really filled a gap in the market where small business could not afford expensive CRM solutions.
  • As we are implementing this as a solutions for our customers we don't pay for it, but it provides a monthly income from supporting the infrastructure this has been deployed on.
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Salesforce
  • Not budget friendly for smaller start-ups.
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