Gorgias vs. Salesforce Starter

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Gorgias
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Gorgias is a Conversational AI platform for ecommerce used to drive sales and resolves support inquiries. Built for Shopify but featuring integrations for WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Magento, and PrestaShop.
$60
per month Up to 350 mothly tickets
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.
$35
per month per user
Pricing
GorgiasSalesforce Starter
Editions & Modules
Starter
$10
per month 50 monthly tickets
Basic
$50
per month 300 monthly tickets
Pro
$300
per month 2,000 monthly tickets
Advanced
$750
per month 5,000 monthly tickets
Enterprise
Custom Pricing
Custom ticket volume
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GorgiasSalesforce Starter
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing. Additional cost for automated ticket handling.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
GorgiasSalesforce Starter
Features
GorgiasSalesforce Starter
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Gorgias
8.5
4 Ratings
4% above category average
Salesforce Starter
-
Ratings
Organize and prioritize service tickets9.44 Ratings00 Ratings
Expert directory7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications9.43 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission8.24 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket response9.34 Ratings00 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Gorgias
7.8
4 Ratings
3% below category average
Salesforce Starter
-
Ratings
External knowledge base7.84 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledge base7.84 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Gorgias
8.9
4 Ratings
11% above category average
Salesforce Starter
-
Ratings
Customer portal8.64 Ratings00 Ratings
IVR10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Social integration8.24 Ratings00 Ratings
Email support8.94 Ratings00 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration8.93 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Gorgias
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
8.7
7 Ratings
11% above category average
Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings7.57 Ratings
Territory management00 Ratings7.67 Ratings
Opportunity management00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings9.66 Ratings
Quote & order management00 Ratings9.45 Ratings
Interaction tracking00 Ratings8.46 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings9.75 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Gorgias
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
7.6
6 Ratings
2% below category average
Lead management00 Ratings7.66 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Gorgias
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
8.3
5 Ratings
7% above category average
Task management00 Ratings9.55 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings6.75 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings8.85 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Gorgias
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
9.0
5 Ratings
16% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.85 Ratings
Customizable reports00 Ratings9.35 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Gorgias
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
7.2
6 Ratings
6% below category average
Custom fields00 Ratings7.56 Ratings
Custom objects00 Ratings7.55 Ratings
Scripting environment00 Ratings6.25 Ratings
API for custom integration00 Ratings7.65 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Gorgias
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
8.8
6 Ratings
5% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.86 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.86 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Gorgias
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
8.5
5 Ratings
13% above category average
Social engagement00 Ratings8.55 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Gorgias
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
8.1
5 Ratings
8% above category average
Marketing automation00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
Compensation management00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Gorgias
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
8.3
6 Ratings
9% above category average
Mobile access00 Ratings8.36 Ratings
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User Ratings
GorgiasSalesforce Starter
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(4 ratings)
9.0
(7 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
4.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.6
(3 ratings)
8.6
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
GorgiasSalesforce Starter
Likelihood to Recommend
Gorgias
Gorgias is one of the easiest platforms I've used, as it was easy to navigate. You can customize your views so you can easily track them. The shared views are also specific and convenient. The search button is also one thing I like, as it easily shows what you're looking for with just keywords, email addresses, or any information.
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Salesforce
If you own a business that has complex selling processes or requires integrations with 3rd party tools/systems, you should look at Professional, Enterprise, or Unlimited editions. Salesforce operates very well across pretty much every industry, but not all sales, marketing, and operational processes are created equal. If your marketing process requires a long list of sendable contacts then I would recommend adding on Pardot or Hubspot. Always start small and scale up, to avoid boxing yourself in down the road.
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Pros
Gorgias
  • Tagging- the tagging system was a great way to stay organized.
  • Rules- when you have 49 inboxes implementing rules on when to fire a macro or auto tag is necessary and Gorgias’ UI was easy to understand and execute.
  • Integrations- I had to integrate with dozens of inboxes many times using aliases and most of the time Gorgias was able to help.
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Salesforce
  • Tracking phone calls is extremely easy when using the app on the iphone. After a phone call is complete it prompts the user to enter in call details.
  • SalesforceIQ also automatically logs emails for us. This has saved us time from entering in information manually.
  • SalesforceIQ was easy to set up and allowed us customization for fields that were relevant to our business.
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Cons
Gorgias
  • Rules are powerful, but clunky, showing them to others can put them off as it looks "easy to break" because of their messy nature.
  • Pricing seems to be increasing due to the inclusion of more advanced AI that currently does not provide value.
  • Macros could really use contextual support, or a hotkey system to make it easier to pick highly used ones that aren't in the top 3.
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Salesforce
  • 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
Gorgias
Gorgias is still by far most the most complete customer service tool to handle multiple responses and channels at a single umbrella without the needs of opening multiple tabs and sometimes will even make us missed some messages what supposed to be taken care of at a timely manner
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Salesforce
The system is very user-friendly on a desktop but lacks mobile friendliness. The Customer relationship manager disappears after the deal is signed. We struggled to get the system in a usable format, which was not cost-effective. The CRM system on desktop was great but way more complicated than it should be.
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Alternatives Considered
Gorgias
We selected Gorgias from Zendesk based on its Shopify integration. Given how many stores we were managing the team needed to quickly find all of a customer's information in an email. We preferred it to Zendesk. However, now that I use intercom I have many more features such as surveys, topics, extensive reporting, auto tags, and series I prefer intercom for my work now
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Salesforce
more expensive but as an industry leader and go, the learning curve pays for itself in ROI in lost time in onboarding
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Return on Investment
Gorgias
  • Drastically reduced our response time from 2 business days, to 2 hours on average.
  • Made it easier to sync data for damaged item, allowing us to better understand damages.
  • Allowed us to easily see that statistics of what kind of issues we are seeing from our customers.
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Salesforce
  • 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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