GridBuddy Connect vs. Homerun Presales Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GridBuddy Connect
Score 8.0 out of 10
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GridBuddy Connect, from Validity, is a data productivity platform that keeps teams more focused on growing the business rather than updating data. GridBuddy Connect combines data from separate systems into an editable, spreadsheet-simple view. Users finally have all insights they need in one place, and they can engage confidently using the right data.N/A
Homerun Presales Platform
Score 9.5 out of 10
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Homerun is a presales workspace that offers one place to track, manage, organize and inform the user's presales efforts. The solution boasts users among presales teams such as AppViewX, Ciena, Starburst, Graylog, JupiterOne, and others use Homerun to increase win rates, decrease sales cycles, save time, and reduce onboarding time for new hires. Homerun is SOC2 Type2 certified and GDPR compliant. --- Origin Story: The first version of Homerun was an internal tool that organized…N/A
Pricing
GridBuddy ConnectHomerun Presales Platform
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Offerings
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GridBuddy ConnectHomerun Presales Platform
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
GridBuddy ConnectHomerun Presales Platform
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User Ratings
GridBuddy ConnectHomerun Presales Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
7.9
(13 ratings)
9.5
(12 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(1 ratings)
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Usability
9.1
(1 ratings)
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Implementation Rating
9.1
(1 ratings)
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User Testimonials
GridBuddy ConnectHomerun Presales Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
Validity
1. Making broad changes to data, like moving ownership of records from one user to another for a new Sales Rep or a moved Sales Rep. 2. Making broad changes to data for product changes, product introductions and such (product naming changes, product description changes, etc.). I recently had to make a change to the name of a Product Option. Product Options are a sub-object related to Product. This name change was in 22 places. Okay, 18 [is] not a lot, but to make this change individually 22 times is still very tedious and takes too much of my time. Instead, I set up my Grid with the Object and sub-Object and made all 22 changes at once with a mass change. Piece of cake. And I don't have to go back to several of the records to see if the change was made successfully (something you have to do with Dataloader). I could see the effective change all at once on my Grid screen.
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Homerun Presales
Homerun Presales Platform enables sales teams and sales leaders to better qualify opportunities by taking the SE's perspective and sentiment into account. This leads more open conversations between sales teams and helps reveal gaps. Homerun Presales Platform also acts as a workbench for SEs to stay more organized, leading to more clarity on deals, allowing those same gaps to be identified early and often.
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Pros
Validity
  • Reshapes the user Interface into an intuitive, clean, easy and thoughtful way, meaning Salesforce can be practically used for applications that (in my Opinion) salesforce was never designed for.
  • Mass updates are a God send, Leaving quick and meaningful notes, setting up meetings with clients or upcoming calls to maintain contact, all from the same screen without information overload... a real achievement.
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Homerun Presales
  • My team LOVES the latest activity tracking integration with Google Calendar - makes it so easy.
  • Before Homerun, we had limited insight into our mid-funnel. Now it's very easy to see our SE pipeline at a glance, including anywhere we are blocked or where there's concern.
  • Jira integration for Feature Requests is a great way to share field insights with our product teams.
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Cons
Validity
  • Does not allow users to create new Campaign Member records; we would like to be able to add multiple Campaign Member records to a Campaign in a Grid.
  • Does not allow users to create new Task records; we would like to be able to add multiple Tasks records related to the same user but multiple Opportunities and Contacts.
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Homerun Presales
  • Mobile App
  • Charts and reporting are powerful but clunky
  • Custom Kanban views so that I can prioritize my deals and get the info I need at a glance
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Likelihood to Renew
Validity
- Easy of use - Visual nature of using the product (as compared to Dataloader) - Quickness of making changes/updates/edits to long lists of records, live and real-time
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Usability
Validity
- Ease of use - Real-time and visible nature of making mass changes - Ease of setting up a Grid - Ease of filtering the Grid to see the records that I need to change
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Homerun Presales
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Implementation Rating
Validity
GridBuddy was very easy to implement
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Homerun Presales
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Alternatives Considered
Validity
This is the 1st inline editing product we have tested. The only reason we would ever go with another product is the price.
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Homerun Presales
Homerun Presales Platform is head a shoulders above Salesforce from a Sales Engineering perspective. Homerun Presales Platform independently tracks deal stages, allowing SE leadership to accurately understand the technical side of the opportunity. Homerun Presales Platform provides a clean, easy to use workspace where the important aspects of an opportunity are front and center, and not bogged down inside an outdates, bloated CRM platform.
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Return on Investment
Validity
  • Our sales executives save a lot of time reviewing all opportunities in a single editable view.
  • Gridbuddy improves the functionality of our CRM by allowing us to edit multiple opportunities in one place.
  • It is generally faster and easier to build a report in GridBuddy than it is in SAP C4C.
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Homerun Presales
  • Helped return more time in my day by reducing duplicate work.
  • Reduced manual processes.
  • Allows me to be consistent in my sales pitches/demos.
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ScreenShots

GridBuddy Connect Screenshots

Screenshot of Conditional formattingScreenshot of ForecastingScreenshot of ConnectorsScreenshot of Mass UpdateScreenshot of Multi-object inline editing

Homerun Presales Platform Screenshots

Screenshot of A presales workspace and one place to track, manage, organize and inform  presales efforts.