Node.io (discontinued) vs. SAP Sales Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Node.io (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Node.io was a sales intelligence platform, providing access to correlative insights and "cloned" ideal customers built upon Node's database of companies and individuals, acted upon by AI. Node.io was acquired by SugarCRM August 2020, to bolster the company's CX capabilities and predictive insights. Node.io is no longer available standalone.N/A
SAP Sales Cloud
Score 8.7 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
Node.io (discontinued)SAP Sales Cloud
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Node.io (discontinued)SAP 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
Node.io (discontinued)SAP Sales Cloud
Prospecting
Comparison of Prospecting features of Product A and Product B
Node.io (discontinued)
8.2
1 Ratings
7% above category average
SAP Sales Cloud
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Ratings
Advanced search8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Identification of new leads9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
List quality6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
List upload/download6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Ideal customer targeting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Load time/data access10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Data Standards
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Product A and Product B
Node.io (discontinued)
9.0
1 Ratings
18% above category average
SAP Sales Cloud
-
Ratings
Contact information8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Company information10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Industry information9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Product A and Product B
Node.io (discontinued)
7.7
1 Ratings
4% above category average
SAP Sales Cloud
-
Ratings
Lead qualification process7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Smart lists and recommendations10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Salesforce integration10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Alerts and reminders8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Data hygiene5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Tags9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Filters and segmentation5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Email Features
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Product A and Product B
Node.io (discontinued)
10.0
1 Ratings
29% above category average
SAP Sales Cloud
-
Ratings
Sales email templates10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Append emails to records10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Node.io (discontinued)
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Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
8.1
114 Ratings
5% above category average
Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings8.6111 Ratings
Workflow management00 Ratings8.4112 Ratings
Territory management00 Ratings7.799 Ratings
Opportunity management00 Ratings8.2108 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings8.1104 Ratings
Contract management00 Ratings7.9106 Ratings
Quote & order management00 Ratings8.1103 Ratings
Interaction tracking00 Ratings8.3105 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings7.6104 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
Node.io (discontinued)
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Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
7.9
97 Ratings
5% above category average
Case management00 Ratings7.392 Ratings
Call center management00 Ratings8.487 Ratings
Help desk management00 Ratings8.289 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Node.io (discontinued)
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Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
7.7
101 Ratings
2% above category average
Lead management00 Ratings7.5100 Ratings
Email marketing00 Ratings7.988 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Node.io (discontinued)
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Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
7.8
109 Ratings
2% above category average
Task management00 Ratings7.9105 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings7.690 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings7.999 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Node.io (discontinued)
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Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
8.1
108 Ratings
5% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings8.3101 Ratings
Pipeline visualization00 Ratings7.8101 Ratings
Customizable reports00 Ratings8.3104 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Node.io (discontinued)
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Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
7.9
105 Ratings
4% above category average
Custom fields00 Ratings8.1105 Ratings
Custom objects00 Ratings7.6101 Ratings
Scripting environment00 Ratings8.188 Ratings
API for custom integration00 Ratings7.693 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Node.io (discontinued)
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Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
8.7
108 Ratings
4% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.1103 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.4102 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Node.io (discontinued)
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Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
7.4
77 Ratings
1% above category average
Social data00 Ratings7.877 Ratings
Social engagement00 Ratings7.075 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Node.io (discontinued)
-
Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
8.1
91 Ratings
12% above category average
Marketing automation00 Ratings8.187 Ratings
Compensation management00 Ratings8.074 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Node.io (discontinued)
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Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
7.9
94 Ratings
5% above category average
Mobile access00 Ratings7.994 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Node.io (discontinued)SAP Sales Cloud
Small Businesses
Lead411
Lead411
Score 9.1 out of 10
Salesmate
Salesmate
Score 9.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Lead411
Lead411
Score 9.1 out of 10
Creatio
Creatio
Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprises
D&B Hoovers
D&B Hoovers
Score 8.8 out of 10
Creatio
Creatio
Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
Node.io (discontinued)SAP Sales Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(2 ratings)
8.6
(125 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(7 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
6.7
(7 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(10 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(85 ratings)
User Testimonials
Node.io (discontinued)SAP Sales Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Discontinued Products
Earlier this week, we had a mishap where a client's birth certificate went missing while being transferred between departments. This could have been disastrous for both our employees and the client, but Sugar allowed for quick detective work that let us track the document's passage between specific employees, and the item was located and returned!
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SAP
In my opinion, SAP Sales Cloud is best suited for businesses with complicated sales operations and various customer needs. It allows you to customize dashboards and reports, automate lead scoring and follow-ups, and gain real-time insights into sales pipelines. However, because of its broad capabilities and customization decisions, it may not be suitable for smaller firms or startups with simple sales processes. Smaller companies with limited budgets may struggle to cover the expenses of setting up and maintaining the SAP Sales Cloud.
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Pros
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  • Customer profile and sales analyst features provide relevant information for sales calls.
  • Node allows me to bring more vendors and more contacts in, allowing me to expand lists and connect with more accurate contacts.
  • Node's collaborative nature is very appreciated when they keep on asking for feedback for improvement.
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SAP
  • As a comprehensive end-to-end sales CRM platform, we mostly use SAP Sales Cloud.
  • SAP Sales Cloud does improve sales speed, streamline intricate use cases, and provide additional insight into every customer.
  • Our team is able to make better decisions thanks to the information and data it offers, which ultimately results in higher income.
  • Our sales team is now more productive
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Cons
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  • More focus on the display of scanned documents
  • Easier recall and presentation of scanned documents
  • Lag times between entering an Action and seeing it appear
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SAP
  • One area of concern is the many data silos that are present within SAP sales cloud
  • While creating filters for accessing sales lead reports, the accuracy is missing sometimes.
  • The product is quite vast and a lot more learning material and knowledge base documents are required.
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Likelihood to Renew
Discontinued Products
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SAP
SAP sales enables organizations to manage their sales activities, such as inquiries, quotations, orders, deliveries, billing, and payments. Also integrates with other SAP modules, such as finance, logistics, and marketing, to provide a comprehensive solution for managing the entire sales cycle. thats makes SAP a good choice
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Usability
Discontinued Products
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Discontinued Products
Node excels when it comes to lead intelligence like account-level and market insights. Its lead management module gives better segmentation and account identification. It is a good choice for mid-size companies (50-1000 employees) and their quality of support is very satisfactory. Its searchable data gives accurate results and its ease of integration with Salesforce is an added advantage over its competitors.
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SAP
Sap sales cloud has boosted the supply chain network . Sap Sales cloud has seamlessly unified the backend business processes into more transparent effective ones.The customer satisfaction have also increased with better customer collaboration and relationship.The vendor management process has also been significantly impacted and all for good. Customers are really happy with it
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Scalability
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SAP
SAP Sales Cloud scalability and flexibility are highly beneficial to our global operations; we can easily manage additional languages, regions, and currencies.......... with great simplicity, we can manage a high volume of data(of sales, customers....)and perfectly handle increased data loads and transactions. It becomes much easier to maintain performance effectively. SAP Sales Cloud gives us options to add and modify features as per our needs for ease of adapting to our daily growing business and changing situations.
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Return on Investment
Discontinued Products
  • Our company has increased profits 20% from last year after implementing Sugar
  • Our transfer to largely remote work has been hugely simplified by Sugar
  • Despite an industry-wide "pandemic slump", the ease of use brought by Sugar has allowed us to remain a major player in tax assistance even as other companies have struggled
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SAP
  • Positive Impact: SAP Sales Cloud can lead to increased sales efficiency by automating manual tasks, streamlining workflows, and providing real-time access to customer data. This can result in sales teams spending more time on revenue-generating activities.
  • Negative Impact: The initial costs associated with implementing SAP Sales Cloud, including licensing, customization, and training, can be significant. If not managed properly, this may impact the short-term financials and the expected payback period.
  • Negative Impact: The comprehensive features of SAP Sales Cloud might result in a steeper learning curve for users. If not addressed through adequate training and change management, this complexity can temporarily impact productivity.
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ScreenShots

SAP Sales Cloud Screenshots

Screenshot of the SAP Sales Cloud dashboard, where users can can automate critical selling processes and give sellers AI-based recommendations. The dashboard features:
Cloud deployment
A unified view of customers
An optimised mobile selling experience
AI-driven insights, recommendations, and analytics
Embedded generative AI highlights and summarization