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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Middesk

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AMiddesk is a business intelligence (BI) software used to onboarded clients working in three primary verticals — Fintech, Credit Reporting, and Business Marketplaces.

    $1,000

    per month

    Salesforce CRM Analytics

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASalesforce CRM Analytics (formerly Tableau CRM) is a cloud-based business intelligence solutions and analytics software. It provides users with automated data discovery, CRM-connected analytics, top-down views of data, augmented analytics, predictive insights, and customizable data visualization tools.

    $125

    per month

    Pricing
    MiddeskSalesforce CRM Analytics
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MiddeskSalesforce CRM Analytics
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsUsers may also pay per use if they are expecting a lower volume of usage.—
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    Community Pulse
    MiddeskSalesforce CRM Analytics
    Considered Both Products
    Middesk Inc.
    No answer on this topic
    Salesforce
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    73%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    MiddeskSalesforce CRM Analytics
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Middesk and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Middesk
    7.7
    1 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    7.8
    48 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.01 Ratings7.541 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.01 Ratings8.548 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.01 Ratings7.546 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Middesk and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Middesk
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    7.8
    49 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Drill-down analysis8.01 Ratings8.548 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.01 Ratings7.548 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.01 Ratings7.537 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.01 Ratings7.546 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Middesk and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Middesk
    6.4
    1 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    8.1
    47 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Publish to Web7.01 Ratings9.037 Ratings
    Publish to PDF5.01 Ratings7.044 Ratings
    Report Versioning5.01 Ratings8.543 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.01 Ratings8.540 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers7.01 Ratings7.534 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Middesk and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Middesk
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    7.4
    45 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.01 Ratings8.042 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.01 Ratings6.540 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.01 Ratings7.042 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Middesk and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Middesk
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    9.0
    48 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)7.01 Ratings9.046 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.52 Ratings8.546 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.52 Ratings9.042 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.02 Ratings9.541 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Middesk and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Middesk
    6.3
    1 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    6.7
    45 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.01 Ratings7.543 Ratings
    Mobile Application8.01 Ratings7.034 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile3.01 Ratings6.539 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Middesk and Salesforce CRM Analytics
    Feature
    Middesk
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Salesforce CRM Analytics
    8.2
    33 Ratings
    6% above category average
    REST API8.01 Ratings8.031 Ratings
    Javascript API8.01 Ratings8.529 Ratings
    iFrames6.01 Ratings8.525 Ratings
    Java API8.01 Ratings8.528 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.01 Ratings7.528 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)10.01 Ratings8.527 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    MiddeskSalesforce CRM Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (51 ratings)
    Usability
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    8.5
    (10 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.7
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (41 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (41 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MiddeskSalesforce CRM Analytics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Middesk Inc.
    Middesk majorly provides us with real-time access to the data and documents which are required for automating KYB and CIP regulatory compliance, mitigating front and backend risk. In addition, it is the easiest way for financial services companies to verify and monitor their business customers. It for us very much makes the process of onboarding customers very easy.
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    Salesforce
    For us it really comes down to that book management and next best contact for our advisors. When we're thinking about a book of business that may range, depending on the advisor, from 400 clients to a thousand clients, how do they really optimize their time? Who do they call next? Who do they work with to make sure not only they're keeping those clients engaged, they're not leaving the firm going to other advisors who they haven't talked to in a while who might need their attention. That's really where that CRM analytics is really proven pretty powerful for us.
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    Pros
    Middesk Inc.
    • Gathering information needed for registration.
    • Making the registration process efficient.
    • Guiding us through the process when we hit snags.
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    Salesforce
    • Interactive Dashboards, it [consists] of wide variety of charts
    • Data from different sources can be easily integrated with it
    • Security, it provides easy way to secure and share the information with the users
    • Support actions like opening hyperlink etc
    • Almost everything can be done from configuration
    • Data can easily be managed from dataflow.
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    Cons
    Middesk Inc.
    • Better navigation.
    • More marketing and make it very reachable to customers.
    • Login is difficult.
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    Salesforce
    • Implementation takes time and resources. It is a heavy lift to implement and at first, it can take a little bit of time to understand what you are looking at. But once it's implemented it's easy to get started.
    • Without any BI expertise or resources available to your organization, the implementation of this is difficult. If you aren't used to BI tools and don't have an expert in house, the terminology can be difficult to understand at first.
    • Their support is not on hand to help you if you encounter any issues, at least not on all the plans or the basic plans. Real-time support service is an add-on, so you'll need to be patient if you require help or pay extra money.
    • More functionality for the tool is needed to compete with other heavyweights in the arena like Tableau, Qlik, and Microstrategy. Still lacks the robustness, functionality, and flexibility other competing products possess.
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    Usability
    Middesk Inc.
    UI is not as intuitive as other systems we use. For states that require income tax withholding, some of them require registration with multiple agencies - the UI doesn't easily tell you which login credentials are tied to which agency.
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    Salesforce
    For someone who don't have coding background, this could be a useful tool and fairly easy to learn and use given the good support. However, if you know other open source tools, it would be much easier to use the other tools and the knowledge is more transferable in the future.
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    Support Rating
    Middesk Inc.
    The user experience of this tool must be rearchitected. I am able to observe a lot of lag in the process when initiated. There are sometimes when the tool's navigation becomes difficult. The time taken at times is large to process a request and this can also be highly improved in the future.
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    Salesforce
    I was not able to be in interaction much with Salesforce support team since every feature works the way it should be working. So far I have not experienced any bug or major glitches that would delay the result of my work and performance. There is also a hotline in our company for Salesforce issue but so far I have not used it.
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    Implementation Rating
    Middesk Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    An implementation partner would certainly result in greater output in a more efficient amount of time. However, I have found implementation partners to be extremely expensive for the output received (at least working for a non-profit company they are frequently unaffordable). Internal implementation does help with usable output though since internal knowledge would better know the data architecture and business processes
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    Alternatives Considered
    Middesk Inc.
    ADP Workforce Now offers a module to handle payroll tax registrations. The interface is confusing and the information is hard to find. The service and support are awful - nobody ever knows who can answer tax account questions, they escalate to a different department and promise a callback but they never call back.
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    Salesforce
    Tableau is the absolute top of the class when it comes to business intelligence, but it doesn't make sense for every business case. In our case, we needed a simple data visualization platform for our CRM platform and sales pipeline. Salesforce Analytics, while nowhere near as robust, did the job we needed it to do perfectly in a significantly more cost-effective manner.
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    Return on Investment
    Middesk Inc.
    • Better speed.
    • Better quality for optimal cost.
    • Saves a lot of time.
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    Salesforce
    • I would say it's been positive just because as a company, anyone that has access to it can go in there and pull any company information and we're very up to date then on all of our client base. So I would say it's been a very positive impact.
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