IBM Maximo Application Suite vs. Salesforce Field Service

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Maximo Application Suite
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
IBM Maximo Application Suite is an enterprise asset management (EAM) platform.N/A
Salesforce Field Service
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Field Service (formerly known as Field Service Lightning) is a customizable, mobile-friendly field service hub in Salesforce. It provides tools to manage work orders, scheduling, and a mobile workforce.
$600
per year per user
Pricing
IBM Maximo Application SuiteSalesforce Field Service
Editions & Modules
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Contractor
$50
per month (billed annually) per user
Contractor Plus
$75
per month (billed annually) per user
Dispatcher
$165
per month (billed annually) per user
Technician
$165
per month (billed annually) per user
Field Service Plus
$220
per month (billed annually) per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Maximo Application SuiteSalesforce Field Service
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses

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Method:CRM
Method:CRM
Score 9.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
IFS Applications
IFS Applications
Score 7.6 out of 10
Oracle Service
Oracle Service
Score 8.2 out of 10
Enterprises
IFS Applications
IFS Applications
Score 7.6 out of 10
Oracle Service
Oracle Service
Score 8.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
IBM Maximo Application SuiteSalesforce Field Service
Likelihood to Recommend
7.9
(66 ratings)
9.4
(14 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.9
(7 ratings)
8.5
(2 ratings)
Usability
8.6
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.1
(4 ratings)
7.7
(9 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.3
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
1.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Maximo Application SuiteSalesforce Field Service
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
It’s really good for organizing all your assets and managing your field technician teams. The new features, like the assistant and remote assistant, are also really good. On the other side, for the second part of the question, what’s less appropriate, for example, for network scanning, there used to be a part of the product that handled natural discovery. Now IBM has discontinued that, so we have to use two different products now to scan the IT environment, which is not so efficient, I would say.
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Salesforce
We've demoed quite a few models, different companies. I know Salesforce has huge backing, but even so they're open to customization and solutions. Some of the competition, keep in mind for my industry, there's not a lot of options out there. We're not your typical Salesforce target market. I mean we're not really selling a lot. I mean, quite honestly, I don't even have a sales department because can't do all of the work that my current customers need me to do. So I don't need to go drum up new business. I just needed it for more of tracking and a work management solution. And in the construction, specifically utility construction, industry, there's not a lot of options, but it definitely was the best option for us.
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Pros
IBM
  • Delivers Out-of-Box solutions for various industries without the need for customization and configuration
  • Modules and Applications are well developed and linked in an orderly way, with proper documentation and help guides that allow end users to start using the system with ease
  • Powerful Work Management, Contracts, Inventory, and Purchasing applications and features that are a better match to other ERP applications today
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Salesforce
  • Real Time Communication with back-office team When our nurses need anything by using mobile app they can reach out to our back office team to resolve their issues
  • Utilization of resources We can see the all the appointments view with the assigned representative in a single page so We can assign more appointments if any resources has any free slot it is just a drag and drop
  • It helps us to automate the process like delay or reach notification we can also route the appointments based on representative skill set, location and urgency of task
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Cons
IBM
  • The interface is not friendly, and it took a lot of time for our team to get comfortable with it.
  • Sometimes updates can led to unexpected lag and downtime.
  • It has many useful modules and features, but it is not well known, and I only recently found it after I was actively searching for it.
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Salesforce
  • At times updates from may take a while to come back to the main database. This is generallly because of a loss of internet connectivity due to poor data coverage from cell towers or Wi-Fi networks.
  • Organizational IT policies of network architecture/DMZ/Firewalls may add to the challenges of deploying ClickMobile outside of the organization domain, thus allowing field resources the ability to access relevant work order data without connecting the company network via VPN. This can usually be overcome with quality solution design and implementation.
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Likelihood to Renew
IBM
IBM Maximo Application Suite has provided a solution to our desire to consolidate the multiple applications serving the layers of the Procurement process we has been accustomed to using. By consolidating applications, licensing and software costs are reduced, and the overall headcount to support the various applications was able to be minimized.
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Salesforce
ClickSoftware is still being used. As far as I can tell it will be used tomorrow as well. Once you make the commitment to run with that as your scheduling engine, it would take a lot of effort to evaluate and implement another companies' solution without significant disruption to your service organization.
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Usability
IBM
The IBM Maximo Application Suite is well known for inventory management solutions. This solution is in use by many corporations but mostly I have seen its use in Ports, defense and aerospace industries. Some of the benefits are 1. asset tracking is amazing 2. Maintenance cost is less 3. Reduced inspection costs 4. Less downtime 5. It allows customization 6 Simplify data management 7. Highly adaptable
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Salesforce
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Performance
IBM
Depends on DB tuning, Query builds etc
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Salesforce
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Support Rating
IBM
I have regularly contacted IBM Support to report issues and raise requests for issues we face during project implementations. The response from them has overall been good and to the point, and they get back to us within a day or 2 and guide us through the process of fixing it or providing an interim fix of the product
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Salesforce
Having a program that gives sales leaders a real time view was game changing. Time was always an issue because there wasn't always a sales leader available for closing sales. This has allowed for any sales leader to jump in and help make the sale without the need to do a warm transfer.
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In-Person Training
IBM
As expected, good content and instructions
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Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Online Training
IBM
No answers on this topic
Salesforce
Overall the training was quite informative but did lack detail in some areas. It had all of the necessary content for an experience product user but didn't offer enough information for a new user to complete the training and then feel comfortable in real-world situations running or managing the software. I would recommend this course for anyone with at least 1 year of full-time exposure to the ClickSchedule product.
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Implementation Rating
IBM
Implementation of IBM MAS as a service provider has been easy. The functionality in the OEM space has been the best of its class with all related modules and application subject to maintenance
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Salesforce
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
As a computerized maintenance management system i do not have experience of any other system. The only experience I have is for Maximo and it works excellent for me. I am using many modules available in Maximo and all of these modules are almost fulfilling all of my business needs.
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Salesforce
I have added a few of the many Salesforce products we use. We also use HubSpot but they all have different functions so not really comparable as they are used for different things/ teams.
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Scalability
IBM
i dont use it
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Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
IBM
  • Being the core business of my organization, IBM Maximo had a complete ROI for our objectives. We are able to successfully maintain and offer multiple solutions based on our interaction with Maximo.
  • Based on our contracts, we are able to provide a great partnership with IBM thru Maximo and it's tools.
  • We are able to maintain our business with steady market growth based mainly on our offer of the IBM Maximo in various layers.
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Salesforce
  • It is the best return on investment it is utilizing our resources fully
  • We are receiving more appointments then last year and it is very easy to manage by fsl dashboard
  • We are getting high CSAT scores from our Customer which is a sign our customers are happy with our service
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