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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Kintone

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AKintone is a customizable digital workplace platform used to manage data, tasks, and communication. The no-code drag-and-drop interface can be used to create custom applications.

    $120

    per month for 5 users (minimum)

    Agentforce Sales

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ASalesforce' Agentforce Sales (formerly Salesforce Sales Cloud) is the company's flagship CRM platform. The AI CRM for Sales features data built right in.

    $25

    per month

    Pricing
    KintoneAgentforce Sales
    Editions & Modules
    Professional Subscription
    $24
    per month per user
    Starter
    $25.00
    per month per user
    Professional
    $80.00
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $165.00
    per month per user
    Unlimited
    $330.00
    per month per user
    Agentforce 1 Sales
    $550
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    KintoneAgentforce Sales
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional DetailsMinimum requirement of 5 users. Kintone offers a free prototype to build with using existing process.—
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    Community Pulse
    KintoneAgentforce Sales
    Considered Both Products
    Kintone
    Chose Kintone
    I don't know if this is the right Salesforce platform we used, but it was way too clunky and not built for the metrics we actually wanted to collect. Kintone doesn't have all the bells and whistles of Salesforce, but I don't really need them. For our small organization's needs, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Kintone
    These systems have always lacked customization which is really where Kintone shines. That being said, Salesforce did allow a certain level of customization on a more grand scale for a giant company I worked. for.
    Incentivized
    Chose Kintone
    Salesforce was very difficult to navigate and I couldn't figure out how to use it. Their interface is not very user-friendly. I contacted someone for help and they gave me a very typical business presentation, which was not useful. I figured out how to use Kintone immediately, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Kintone
    a lot less complicated!
    Incentivized
    Chose Kintone
    We were previously using a custom system that a designer was working on specifically for our organization and it just wasn't meeting our needs. Having the full staff power and experience of kintone Application Builder has been a huge upgrade in that sense and we are also saving …
    Incentivized
    Chose Kintone
    It has a better user interface and is less complicated. Easily integrated with other services with API.
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    Salesforce
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    56 Answers
    91%
    Would buy again
    209 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    54 Answers
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    179 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    53 Answers
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    216 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    47 Answers
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    143 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    50 Answers
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    125 Answers
    Features
    KintoneAgentforce Sales
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Kintone and Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.3
    9 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    8.2
    268 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Customer data management / contact management9.76 Ratings8.6268 Ratings
    Workflow management9.29 Ratings8.6258 Ratings
    Territory management8.54 Ratings7.5211 Ratings
    Opportunity management8.54 Ratings9.0258 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)7.04 Ratings7.7243 Ratings
    Contract management7.03 Ratings8.0214 Ratings
    Quote & order management7.54 Ratings7.6197 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management9.33 Ratings8.0190 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings8.9228 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Kintone and Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    Feature
    Kintone
    9.0
    7 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    7.7
    104 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Case management9.67 Ratings8.3102 Ratings
    Help desk management8.56 Ratings7.286 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings7.782 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Kintone and Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    7.8
    243 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Lead management8.02 Ratings7.8238 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings7.9205 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Kintone and Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.9
    9 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    8.0
    247 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Task management9.06 Ratings8.3235 Ratings
    Reporting8.89 Ratings8.7200 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings7.078 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Kintone and Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.1
    8 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    8.3
    260 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Pipeline visualization8.34 Ratings8.5247 Ratings
    Customizable reports8.08 Ratings8.7257 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings7.8228 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Kintone and Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.9
    11 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    8.4
    251 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Custom fields9.211 Ratings9.0248 Ratings
    Custom objects9.09 Ratings8.7238 Ratings
    API for custom integration8.65 Ratings8.5209 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings7.6175 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Kintone and Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    Feature
    Kintone
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    7.9
    216 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Marketing automation8.52 Ratings7.9212 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings7.9146 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Kintone and Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    Feature
    Kintone
    9.3
    6 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    8.3
    231 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Mobile access9.36 Ratings8.3231 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Kintone and Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    Feature
    Kintone
    9.5
    10 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    9.0
    282 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Role-based user permissions9.510 Ratings9.0254 Ratings
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.0220 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Kintone and Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    Feature
    Kintone
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce Sales
    7.6
    160 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Social data00 Ratings8.0158 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings7.3156 Ratings
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    Score10 out of 10
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    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Coevera
    Score8 out of 10
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    KintoneAgentforce Sales
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (58 ratings)
    8.9
    (470 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    9.1
    (61 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (16 ratings)
    8.4
    (166 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (29 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (20 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.4
    (46 ratings)
    9.0
    (98 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (12 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (15 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.8
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (19 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (43 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.9
    (85 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.3
    (8 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KintoneAgentforce Sales
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Kintone
    I recommend Kintone for companies that need the ability to customize standalone applications or to provide a 'hub' to employees as a jumping-off point. I also recommend Kintone for any company that is drowning in spreadsheets, or is using 10 apps for 10 different purposes - you can consolidate everything into one place. Kintone, I think, needs a larger team for customization as your company grows. If you are a small office of 20 people, using it out of the box will likely be just fine for your needs. If you're working with 200 people out of an office, it'd likely be good to have someone with a bit of CSS, Java, and API experience in order to maximize what you get out of it - though you won't need that if you're keeping it simple.
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    Salesforce
    Obviously, for any business, there are two main areas to focus on — the sales path and the service path. Sales Cloud wouldn’t be suited for a company that’s primarily into support services. For those kinds of companies, Salesforce has a different product — Service Cloud. So, for anyone in the support or service space, Sales Cloud isn’t the right fit.
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    Pros
    Kintone
    • Flexibility. You can build apps (without coding) to serve a wide range of processes and projects.
    • Ease of use. The interface is intuitive.
    • Training. There are resources readily available to train new users. Even starting from scratch, I felt like I was up to speed in just a few hours.
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    Salesforce
    • The customizations - We have an organization that operates differently from most companies, so we’ve had to implement quite a few customizations — and Salesforce allows us to do that quite quickly. Most of the time, delays come from dependencies on other internal parties rather than the system itself.
    • From my perspective as a consultant, one of the biggest advantages is that everything is in Salesforce — all the details, all in one place. The ability to customize it easily is a big plus; there’s really a lot you can do with it.
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    Cons
    Kintone
    • Sometimes it's a little challenging to know which fields to enter and where. There is a little bit of a learning curve with creating your own apps.
    • More visuals would be great! I love seeing the data visually, and so does my board.
    • That's all I can think of - I really do enjoy the program.
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    Salesforce
    • We still need to include the production part. We started using Salesforce to sell the seeds — our inventory is in SAP — and from there we handle sales and track the process of planting, harvesting, selling, and then collecting payments. But we don’t yet manage the earlier production processes, like production planning. We handle allocation, but not full production planning, and that’s an area where we still have room for improvement.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Kintone
    We have been quite happy with our use of Kintone thus far. We looked at several options before choosing Kintone and believe it had the best value and best features, while allowing for complete customization, rather than being locked into preformatted apps that may not address exactly what we need or be more than what we need.
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    Salesforce
    There are days when I wish we hadn't switched, but I know that if we put in the time, we will get to where we want to be with the software and that it has many more capabilities than anything else we looked at. However, the amount of time and onboarding we need to do is also far greater than we realized/were told when we originally bought the product. They told us we should hire onboarding support, but at the end, after we had already reached our budget maximum for this, so it's been slower than we had hoped.
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    Usability
    Kintone
    I love everything bout it. I love that if there is something I don't feel is working well enough, we are able to change it. The ONLY thing I would say is that if you were able to make it so every time I click on anything in the website/app it stayed in the same page, that would be great, but I don' think it is possible and I think this is due to using so many external APIs
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    Salesforce
    Because I think it could be easier. We have different standards today since we’re used to interacting with consumer apps like Starbucks, where all you do is scan your card. Then, when you use Sales Cloud, there are still a lot of manual inputs. So my mission with AI is really about figuring out how to make that easier.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Kintone
    Never had an issue with this.
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    Salesforce
    Salesforce is always available securely from any internet-capable device anywhere in the world, UNLESS you choose to set security measures so that ONLY trusted IP ranges may access the system at certain times of the day. It's all about choice and flexibility with Salesforce products.
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    Performance
    Kintone
    Pages load quickly, no issues with response time
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    Salesforce
    Salesforce performance in general is excellent. "The cloud infrastructure beneath Force.com has been fine-tuned over the past 10 years. It powers nearly 100,000+ businesses running more than 185,000 applications that 3 million users count on every day."
    Points per Salesforce -
    1) Multitenant kernel - With a multitenant platform, each business that uses the app doesn’t have its own copy. Instead, all businesses share a single copy and then customize it for their specific needs.
    2) ISO 27001 certified security - You can’t compromise when it comes to enterprise-level security. Force.com is road-tested and trusted by nearly 100,000+ companies, including many of the world’s most security-conscious organizations, such as banks and health care providers.
    3) Proven reliability - All Force.com apps run on world-class data centers with backup, failover, and disaster-recovery facilities. Force.com has had a proven 99.9 percent uptime record for years.
    4) Proven, real-time scalability - Force.com is used by many of the world's largest enterprises, including Cisco, Japan Post Network, and Symantec. Applications can automatically scale from a few users to millions of page views, as needed.
    5) Real-time query optimizer - You need fast access to your data. The Force.com query optimizer delivers under 300ms response time, at a massive scale.
    6) Real-time transparent system status - You can always see real-time system performance, availability, and security information at trust.salesforce.com.
    7) Real-time upgrades - Unlike traditional software platforms, our upgrades never break your customizations, code, or integrations. We upgrade the platform for you 3 to 4 times each year. As a result, you’re always on the latest version, with access to the latest features, performance, and security enhancements.
    8) Real-time sandbox environments - With a single click, you can create copies of your applications, configuration, and data in separate environments for development, testing, and training.
    9) Three global production data centers and disaster recovery - Force.com runs on three geographically dispersed, mirrored data centers with built-in replication, disaster recovery, a redundant network backbone, and no single points of failure
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    Support Rating
    Kintone
    I am very happy with Kintone and support it fully. I think that it is a great place for any company that wants to create a platform for better management. It is easy to use and pretty affordable. It is straightforward and has many tools that can be used by anyone. There are many helpful tutorials available too to guide users
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    Salesforce
    The overall support has been good. More and more features are being released quite frequently. Very small features are also making big difference in how the tool can be adapted and used better. If there is anything we need or are stuck, the support team sets up a call and helps in resolving the issue/provides workarounds.
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    In-Person Training
    Kintone
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    I attended two training sessions. I would rate them a 4 as an advanced user. It was very basic – great for someone new – would give 8+ for new person.

    I had 3 years of experience at the time. I skipped basic and went onto advanced and still not helpful. A lot of it was best practices that didn’t feel relevant for our business
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    Online Training
    Kintone
    The training was seamless and easy to follow
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    Salesforce
    I have gone through multiple. The content that’s delivered is quite basic – I wish they had more advanced training.

    We are grandfathered into premium support plus training. We get unlimited access to instructor led and online training for free. We have taken advantage of this
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    Implementation Rating
    Kintone
    Everyone has their own tastes of things and way they want to work. Asking them to adapt to the changes with the new tools or apps is always difficult. We would want to start with a very small but best example within the organization, which in our case was that the employees will not be bothered by the bosses by being asked to find the documents, status of the progresses, or major things/requests/projects.
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    Salesforce
    Just from an organizational standpoint - we standardized our data prior to moving to Salesforce. But we essentially standardized it wrong. That's created a big disgusting mess for us know that I'll have to deal with as the Admin. Be sure you think through use cases prior to doing something like that - seek outside opinions on how the data will work best, especially depending on what else you're going to integrate with Salesforce.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Kintone
    Kintone is the easiest product to create from and the cost is the lowest I believe. In addition, reconfigurability and extendability are great. If you look for a low code tool, you can try Kintone. But as same as another low code tool, don't expect too much.
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    Salesforce
    So I've evaluated, implemented Microsoft Dynamics in the past. I've used Oracle CRM solutions. I've used Daylight, which is a very niche CRM system the last couple of years. And I've evaluated a variety from Legacy Microsoft Ones to Zoho and Sugar when making implementation decisions at other companies. But usually I've gone with Salesforce. I'd say it's better than most. The only one that I generally prefer, and last time I chose an implementation from scratch, I did Microsoft Dynamics. And the reason is for small mid-size organization, Microsoft Dynamics, if you already have Microsoft Office products, it's much better integrated to all of the Excel, Word, OneNote, Outlook email than what you get from Salesforce. And so that's the only one that if someone's a Microsoft organization and small sized company, it'll save a lot of integration things, a lot of security, a lot of login and access and IT management by just sticking within the Microsoft ecosystem. But outside of that, if you don't use Microsoft or if you're a large organization or have other needs that you want, Salesforce I'd say is better than all of the other CRM offerings out there. It's the easiest to use and the most robust and the most vendors and products for the ecosystem.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Kintone
    Should be multiple pricing packages.
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    Salesforce
    Salesforce is the most widely used CRM system. Professionalism tends to increase when things go wrong for market leaders. Salesforce considers us as users because they own the market. Having all of our data in one place and all of our teams working within Salesforce. Anyone who uses Salesforce is impacted by it, even if they don't.
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    Scalability
    Kintone
    I could see this work for all departments if implemented correctly.
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    Salesforce
    It's very scalable as it has a ton of features (but you do need an admin who understands how to leverage these features). Because of the various features, we've also needed to host onboarding sessions with our users so that they can familiarize themselves with the platform, which isn't always super user-friendly or intuitive.
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    Professional Services
    Kintone
    We have nothing but positive things to say about the kintone professional services we utilized during the install and after we went live.
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    Salesforce
    Using Salesforce.com has made my daily routines more efficient and simplified the manual tasks I had to perform independently. I can now access data from any device, online or offline, and provide better guidance to my team about the forecasts provided by the built-in artificial intelligence (AI). A chat with a Salesforce support specialist would be great. The knowledge base has a community forum where Salesforce users can ask questions and learn more about the product.
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    Return on Investment
    Kintone
    • It used to take us 15-20 minutes to create a quote for a client. It now takes less than 3.
    • It allows a few of our employees to work remotely, which was essentially impossible prior.
    • We can see raw data for success/failure rates, which we actively use in our employee review process.
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    Salesforce
    • It allows me to keep a close eye on all of my performance metrics through the Dashboard Reporting, ie what my sales pipeline looks like, how much it's changed in the last 60 days, new opportunities created in the last 7 days, # of emails sent for the week, etc. The ease of the design and output make it really easy to check my progress throughout the day to find where I have holes and am falling short on my personal and work goals. It's resulted in greater transparency with my Mgmt Team and shorter 1-on-1 mtgs with my boss as he can see exactly where I am at all times (to be fair, I'm a senior sales rep, so he pretty much lets me do my job completely unfettered), but it does prove that I am continually producing which recently resulted in a raise I didn't even ask for.
    • The SF repository is so detailed that I don't have to spend tons of time finding frequently used websites attached to a client or see what all interactions with the company look like. Even though I don't use SF for my bulk emails and email sequences, SF provides me with an email to use in the bcc of these emails which links everything back to SF. I find that extremely helpful. This really impacts my efficiency and I can honestly say that once I started using all the functionality of data management, it saved me about 20% of my time/week that I could then allocate towards other revenue-generating tasks like prospecting and account management. The more time I have for those, the better. My year-over-year on accounts 1 year and older just grew by 17% this last year.
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    ScreenShots

    Kintone Screenshots

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