NICE Sales Performance Management vs. SAP Sales Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
NICE SPM
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
NICE Sales Performance Management enables sales managers to optimize their sales teams' performance end to end, including incentive compensation management, territory and quota management, coaching, and detailed sales performance analysis. It also includes features to help managers align sales behavior with organizational goals. Offers detailed performance dashboards, and allows users to build a best practices library and assign individualized improvement tasks to be tracked and monitored.Fully…N/A
SAP Sales Cloud
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
SAP Sales Cloud (formerly SAP Cloud for Sales) is a cloud sales application with sales automation, enterprise resource planning (ERP) integration, and collaboration capabilities.N/A
Pricing
NICE Sales Performance ManagementSAP Sales Cloud
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
NICE SPMSAP Sales Cloud
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
NICE Sales Performance ManagementSAP Sales Cloud
Sales Force Automation
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NICE Sales Performance Management
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Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
8.2
56 Ratings
5% above category average
Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings9.055 Ratings
Workflow management00 Ratings8.156 Ratings
Territory management00 Ratings8.348 Ratings
Opportunity management00 Ratings8.652 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings7.749 Ratings
Contract management00 Ratings7.751 Ratings
Quote & order management00 Ratings7.650 Ratings
Interaction tracking00 Ratings9.450 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings7.549 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
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NICE Sales Performance Management
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Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
7.4
45 Ratings
2% below category average
Case management00 Ratings6.743 Ratings
Call center management00 Ratings8.041 Ratings
Help desk management00 Ratings7.640 Ratings
Marketing Automation
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NICE Sales Performance Management
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Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
7.9
46 Ratings
2% above category average
Lead management00 Ratings7.845 Ratings
Email marketing00 Ratings8.039 Ratings
CRM Project Management
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NICE Sales Performance Management
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Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
7.8
50 Ratings
2% above category average
Task management00 Ratings8.346 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings7.240 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings7.843 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
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NICE Sales Performance Management
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Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
7.7
52 Ratings
1% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings7.246 Ratings
Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.046 Ratings
Customizable reports00 Ratings7.951 Ratings
Customization
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NICE Sales Performance Management
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Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
7.9
52 Ratings
3% above category average
Custom fields00 Ratings8.352 Ratings
Custom objects00 Ratings7.250 Ratings
Scripting environment00 Ratings7.545 Ratings
API for custom integration00 Ratings8.445 Ratings
Security
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NICE Sales Performance Management
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Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
8.8
54 Ratings
5% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.053 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.549 Ratings
Social CRM
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NICE Sales Performance Management
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Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
7.9
31 Ratings
7% above category average
Social data00 Ratings7.931 Ratings
Social engagement00 Ratings7.830 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
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NICE Sales Performance Management
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Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
8.1
43 Ratings
10% above category average
Marketing automation00 Ratings8.440 Ratings
Compensation management00 Ratings7.832 Ratings
Platform
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NICE Sales Performance Management
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Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
7.0
44 Ratings
6% below category average
Mobile access00 Ratings7.044 Ratings
Best Alternatives
NICE Sales Performance ManagementSAP Sales Cloud
Small Businesses
Mediafly Intelligence360
Mediafly Intelligence360
Score 7.8 out of 10
Salesmate
Salesmate
Score 9.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Everstage
Everstage
Score 9.5 out of 10
SAP Business ByDesign
SAP Business ByDesign
Score 7.7 out of 10
Enterprises
Everstage
Everstage
Score 9.5 out of 10
SAP Business ByDesign
SAP Business ByDesign
Score 7.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
NICE Sales Performance ManagementSAP Sales Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(1 ratings)
8.5
(66 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.2
(7 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(14 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(26 ratings)
User Testimonials
NICE Sales Performance ManagementSAP Sales Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
NICE Systems
NICE is well suited to measure the performance and overall fulfillment of individual employees in call centers/employees whose primary KPIs can be measured over phone interactions. It also does a good job of forecasting future potential as well as delineating individual metrics from team metrics. I haven't used it in situations outside of what I previously mentioned, but it seems like it works best with phone-tied metrics since NICE primarily focuses on this industry. That being said, I can see it being able to adapt to measure any type of Performance Metrics.
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SAP
I have used Sap sales cloud in both large scale enterprise as well as small business. In large scale org we had multiple teams, products and geographies hence its customization option make it adaptable to complex sales operations. In small scale org we had a straight business process and limited budget hence we found SAP sales cloud as a overkill compared to simple CRM solution. From my experience if anyone has a mon complex sales process and where the sale process is shorter such as B2C sales then SAP sales cloud extensive feature is not worth we can use simple CRM based solution in complex scenarios and B2B sales its value for money
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Pros
NICE Systems
  • Love the seamless integration with SAP Business Systems.
  • Different skill settings are great for measuring specific data points for individual employees and teams.
  • Has the ability to calculate otherwise timely measurements such as call length and sales forecasts.
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SAP
  • This is very useful for users who do not want to open 3 4 links for each app related to CRM.
  • I like the automated authorization system which has also simplified authorization management and supports multi-tenant cloud deployments among cloud service providers.
  • It is more efficient than the "old-fashioned" method of paper contracts, printing, signing and writing to PDF.
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Cons
NICE Systems
  • The UI is a little outdated making it not super user-friendly-especially for employees who only use it every once in a while.
  • Dashboards and data are a little slow compared to other PM systems I've used.
  • Expansion into more CRM integrations would be nice.
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SAP
  • Allow more visibility of the fulfillment sales processes: delivery, invoice, billing...
  • There are restrictions on Org. Structure talking about sales offices. They should work just like in the ERP
  • Maybe allow simple logic programming routines to control fields behaviour (they are trying on V2)
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Likelihood to Renew
NICE Systems
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SAP
I know what SAP CRM can do in the future. We are very happy with the product and think it is a great choice for both SAP ERP users and even those who do not use other SAP products. We have both Salesforce and SAP CRM, and we feel that Salesforce is a good product for a few years, but SAP CRM is a more fully-featured product and is a better choice for complex organizations capable of running installed software of this complexity. It is often just a question of budget.
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Usability
NICE Systems
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SAP
In short, SAP CRM is a complete service that will help improve marketing strategy and productivity. It covers various topics, from big data analytics to resource management and housing sales data. SAP CRM has a long list of features and can do them all.
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Reliability and Availability
NICE Systems
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SAP
Product was mostly available. A couple accessibility issues did exist when sending API calls, and there was either no response, or a delayed response.
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Support Rating
NICE Systems
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SAP
SAP's customer service is quick and efficient, with a response time of fewer than some minutes. In either case, you'll get instant help from the vendor or online forums. In addition, the vendor provides excellent global support for this tool. Like Salesforce, SugarCRM, etc., it's probably fine as a standalone CRM option.
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Online Training
NICE Systems
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SAP
Training was mostly completed over a couple conference calls, and reading the API documentation. Our developers were able to implement quickly after reading the documentation.
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Implementation Rating
NICE Systems
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SAP
The API documentation is good. Development team was able to implement in under two weeks, and normally we were told it was a 12-14 week process.
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Alternatives Considered
NICE Systems
When it comes to this specific situation (cell centers) NICE definitely has an ADP beat. The analytics, scheduling, and forecasts are extremely well-tailored for this situation. ADP has a more comprehensive solution in my opinion - I feel their UI and mobile app are also more user-friendly. But in terms of performance management functionality, NICE has a more robust system and is able to create additional metrics if we need them When I used ADP there were no custom options available.
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SAP
SAP Sales Cloud and Salesforce Sales Cloud have basically achieved feature parity. The decision comes down to your corporate vendor strategy as well as your integration strategy and UI preference. Back in 2017, we had chosen SAP Sales Cloud due to its native integration with SAP ERP. Back then, it was difficult to find best practice integration solutions between Salesforce and SAP ERP. Now that Salesforce has acquired middleware vendor Mulesoft, things may be looking different on that front.
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Scalability
NICE Systems
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SAP
The platform is simple to use in many departments, and performance can be monitored effectively. The majority of channels have been digitalized, which has boosted output and enhanced consumer experiences. The majority of applications from different departments have been integrated with the ERP system, which has improved teamwork and standardized processes. Sales representatives may go deeper and give potential customers the most helpful information by monitoring performance.
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Return on Investment
NICE Systems
  • Reduced the amount of time spending on analytics and forecasting methods.
  • Takes less time and hassle transitioning to the Cloud.
  • Outdated look and feel have made the learning curve/time-to-value longer than expected.
  • Saved a ton of time and ensured first time scheduling accuracy.
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SAP
  • A positive impact would be the fact that because we are only service managers for a customer we are not charged for additional user licenses.
  • A negative impact on ROI is that it is too easy for customers to create duplicate SAP Ariba accounts when trying to add new users. (at one point there was an order submitted to the incorrect account and then had a delay in processing.
  • To re-affirm my previous points it took us quite a while to get the accounts sorted out because of the lack of support expertise, and had MANY customer support calls before we figured out on our own that the duplicate account had been created (for an employee who was on maternity leave) and that that's where the new order went. THEN we still had to do additional account support calls to link the existing account to the new.
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