Little Green Light vs. Salesforce Sales Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Little Green Light
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Little Green Light offers headquartered in New Hampshire offers a donor management platform providing constituent profiles with membership management features in a SaaS application, as well as featuring communication, collaboration and organizational task automation.
$45
per month Up to 2,500 constituent records
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Salesforce Sales Cloud is a platform for sales with a community of Sellers, Sales Leaders, and Sales Operations, who use the solution to grow sales and increase productivity. The AI CRM for Sales features data built right in, so that companies can sell faster, sell smarter and sell efficiently. Salesforce Sales Cloud is used for, and supports: Buyer Engagement Sales Engagement Enablement Sales AI Sales Analytics Team…
$25
per month
Pricing
Little Green LightSalesforce Sales Cloud
Editions & Modules
Tier 1
$45.00
per month Up to 2,500 constituent records
Tier 2
$60.00
per month Up to 5,000 constituent records
Tier 3
$75.00
per month Up to 10,000 constituent records
Tier 4
$90.00
per month Up to 20,000 constituent records
Tier 5
$105.00
per month Up to 30,000 constituent records
Tier 6
$120.00
per month Up to 40,000 constituent records
Tier 7
$135.00
per month Up to 50,000 constituent records
Starter
$25.00
Per User/Per Month
Professional
$80.00
Per User/Per Month
Enterprise
$165.00
Per User/Per Month
Unlimited
$330.00
Per user/Per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Little Green LightSalesforce Sales Cloud
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsOver 50,000 constituent records? Add $15/mo for each additional 10k tier. Discounts for prepayment: You can prepay for 12 months and get a 10% discount off your monthly price. Discounts also apply to prepayments of 3 months (2.5%) and 6 months (5%).
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Little Green LightSalesforce Sales Cloud
Considered Both Products
Little Green Light
Chose Little Green Light
Little Green Light blows these other two CRM's out of the water. {Little Green Light has] ease of use, user-friendly prompts, and more pertinent information is captured. Little Green Light is perfect for my small-sized Non-Profit organization.
Chose Little Green Light
Salesforce is so vast and complicated that I was unable to make sense of how to use the product, despite being reasonably computer-literate. In comparison, LGL was simple to use from day one. It was clearly built for nonprofits, unlike Salesforce which appears to have taken …
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Chose Salesforce Sales Cloud
Salesforce.com offers a more robust skill set and is customizable to also allow us to manage our program management components as well.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Little Green LightSalesforce Sales Cloud
Communications and Marketing
Comparison of Communications and Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Little Green Light
8.6
2 Ratings
26% above category average
Salesforce Sales Cloud
-
Ratings
Constituent engagement and marketing8.62 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting and Analytics
Comparison of Reporting and Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Little Green Light
9.0
1 Ratings
30% above category average
Salesforce Sales Cloud
-
Ratings
Reporting and data visualization9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Security and Platform
Comparison of Security and Platform features of Product A and Product B
Little Green Light
9.2
2 Ratings
27% above category average
Salesforce Sales Cloud
-
Ratings
Role-based user permissions9.22 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Little Green Light
-
Ratings
Salesforce Sales Cloud
8.2
262 Ratings
6% above category average
Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings9.0262 Ratings
Workflow management00 Ratings8.2253 Ratings
Territory management00 Ratings7.7205 Ratings
Opportunity management00 Ratings8.7254 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings8.1239 Ratings
Contract management00 Ratings7.7210 Ratings
Quote & order management00 Ratings7.8193 Ratings
Interaction tracking00 Ratings8.2224 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings8.0185 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
Little Green Light
-
Ratings
Salesforce Sales Cloud
7.8
100 Ratings
3% above category average
Case management00 Ratings8.198 Ratings
Call center management00 Ratings7.779 Ratings
Help desk management00 Ratings7.683 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Little Green Light
-
Ratings
Salesforce Sales Cloud
8.2
240 Ratings
8% above category average
Lead management00 Ratings8.5235 Ratings
Email marketing00 Ratings8.0202 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Little Green Light
-
Ratings
Salesforce Sales Cloud
8.0
243 Ratings
5% above category average
Task management00 Ratings8.1232 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings7.575 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings8.3196 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Little Green Light
-
Ratings
Salesforce Sales Cloud
8.2
256 Ratings
9% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings7.9224 Ratings
Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.1243 Ratings
Customizable reports00 Ratings8.5253 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Little Green Light
-
Ratings
Salesforce Sales Cloud
8.6
247 Ratings
13% above category average
Custom fields00 Ratings8.8245 Ratings
Custom objects00 Ratings8.7234 Ratings
Scripting environment00 Ratings8.5174 Ratings
API for custom integration00 Ratings8.5204 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Little Green Light
-
Ratings
Salesforce Sales Cloud
8.9
248 Ratings
7% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.0216 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.9220 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Little Green Light
-
Ratings
Salesforce Sales Cloud
8.3
157 Ratings
13% above category average
Social data00 Ratings8.4155 Ratings
Social engagement00 Ratings8.2153 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Little Green Light
-
Ratings
Salesforce Sales Cloud
8.2
213 Ratings
12% above category average
Marketing automation00 Ratings8.2209 Ratings
Compensation management00 Ratings8.1143 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Little Green Light
-
Ratings
Salesforce Sales Cloud
7.5
228 Ratings
1% above category average
Mobile access00 Ratings7.5228 Ratings
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Little Green LightSalesforce Sales Cloud
Small Businesses
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Score 9.6 out of 10
Salesmate
Salesmate
Score 9.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Bloomerang
Bloomerang
Score 8.5 out of 10
Creatio
Creatio
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Blackbaud CRM
Blackbaud CRM
Score 7.5 out of 10
Creatio
Creatio
Score 9.5 out of 10
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User Ratings
Little Green LightSalesforce Sales Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(12 ratings)
8.7
(393 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.8
(58 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.1
(121 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.8
(27 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(18 ratings)
Support Rating
8.9
(8 ratings)
8.0
(92 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(11 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(15 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
1.3
(18 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(9 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(53 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(8 ratings)
User Testimonials
Little Green LightSalesforce Sales Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Little Green Light
When I came on board, we had a mess. We had so many gift types, categories, and campaigns that it was an epic disaster, and there was no way any reports could easily be pulled. With time, patience, and the bulk edit feature, I could clean up the mess and start again with set campaigns, funds, and appeals...We now have a clean slate for all data entered in 2023 and the future. Thank you for bulk edits
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Salesforce
Salesforce Sales Cloud is an intuitive and easy-to-use platform. It is easy to customize this platform to meet the ever-changing business needs and requirements. It is easy to integrate with other platforms and offers incredible features that help businesses generate leads, automate their marketing processes, and collaborate effectively.
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Pros
Little Green Light
  • Donor touch tracking (calls, meetings, etc.)
  • Relationships and stewardship
  • Forms for event and other registrations
  • Financial reporting and gift tracking
  • Great support team! I was initially worried because they don't have a contact number, but they reply to support questions really quickly and are always helpful.
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Salesforce
  • Logging notes: SF makes it easy to log notes in the timeline or static notes that live in an easy-to-see spot for longevity.
  • Logging activities: It's easy to post a call, text, email, etc.
  • API data: Once connected, SF is critical to automation, such as website activity, login activity, pages visited, etc., which saves the Customer Success side time in understanding account activity.
  • Custom fields: you can add custom fields to really personalize your experience. We use quite a few and it's brilliant.
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Cons
Little Green Light
  • I wish it had email formatting rather than integrating with MailChimp, but a small price to pay since it does in fact handle email communications. I've actually found that donors appreciate the "personal" touch versus the more polished, formatted email of MailChimp because they feel like the email went just to them.
  • Wish it had the ability to email year-end statements as easy as it is to print them.
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Salesforce
  • Sometimes setting up the interface can be overly complex.
  • Depending on what level of salesforce you are paying for, the SLA for their service team to respond can take a decent amount of time.
  • Wish there was more connection between the salesforce apps like service and sales.
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Likelihood to Renew
Little Green Light
We have had no issues with LIttle Green Light so I do not see us moving to another software platform at this time. We are all familiar with how to use it and we are a small and mighty team so we don't want to rock the boat too much. LOL
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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
Little Green Light
Pretty easy to manage
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Salesforce
Salesforce has been designed on the basis of "Clicks, not code". So anyone willing to learn the Salesforce user interface (which is quite good as far as management software platforms go) is able to become a Salesforce user or even a Salesforce administrator. You don't have to know coding language to work in the Salesforce environment. Also, Salesforce has one of the best software training resources (Trailhead) that I have ever encountered. It is free to all, easy to use, and most importantly it is interactive. No scrolling through endless text in a user manual. There are hands-on modules and related videos interlaced and through it all you earn points and badges to display your level of learning.
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Reliability and Availability
Little Green Light
No answers on this topic
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
Little Green Light
No answers on this topic
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
Little Green Light
LGL support is absolutely unreal. Send a question straight from inside the software and within minutes you will receive a response from someone at the company who will help you. Most of the time, the person responding to my questions is one of the developers or owners of the company. They are kind, patient, and very helpful. The online knowledge base is very comprehensive as well.
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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
Little Green Light
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
Little Green Light
No answers on this topic
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
Little Green Light
No answers on this topic
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
Little Green Light
Little Green Light blows these other two CRM's out of the water. {Little Green Light has] ease of use, user-friendly prompts, and more pertinent information is captured. Little Green Light is perfect for my small-sized Non-Profit organization.
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Salesforce
At our company, we use Salesforce and HubSpot. I personally like both for different reasons. Salesforce makes it easy to generate reports, keep track of dealer and customer information, tie customers to dealers, and is easy to use. However, I like HubSpot for the marketing features. I think HubSpot has easier-to-use workflows and email creations.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Little Green Light
No answers on this topic
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
Little Green Light
No answers on this topic
Salesforce
Salesforce Sales Cloud is highly scalable and designed to accommodate the needs of businesses of all sizes, from small startups to large enterprises. It offers flexible subscription models and can easily scale up or down based on the organization's requirements. Whether a company is expanding its sales team, increasing its customer base, or adding new features and functionalities, Sales Cloud can adapt to support growth without sacrificing performance or reliability. Additionally, Salesforce's cloud-based architecture ensures that users have access to resources and capabilities as needed, making it a highly scalable solution for organizations looking to automate customer relationship management at scale.
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Professional Services
Little Green Light
No answers on this topic
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
Little Green Light
  • In two years of using it, we went from $200,000 annually in donor revenue to $500,000. Many factors went into that, but the ease of communications through LGL is definitely one of them.
  • We went from managing communications with ~200 donors to ~400.
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Salesforce
  • The inbox feature allows me to see when the customer opens my email, and hence a timely follow-up could result in a higher response rate.
  • The mobile app allows users to gain access to leads and customer contacts on the go, which increases sales team productivity and enhances customer conversations.
  • The reports of the notes on the account level are not working, which is causing manual work in the weekly report to leadership.
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ScreenShots

Little Green Light Screenshots

Screenshot of Data migrationScreenshot of Constituent relationship managementScreenshot of Alerts and tracking reportsScreenshot of Fundraising and donor management reports

Salesforce Sales Cloud Screenshots

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