The basis of this offering is the Market2Lead product that Oracle acquired in 2010. It has now been fully integrated with Oracle's On Demand CRM product and is a full-featured marketing automation product with features from lead management and nurturing, to measuring marketing ROI.
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Sparkcentral (discontinued)
Score10 out of 10
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Sparkcentral was a social customer care solution and cloud-based customer engagement platform that catered specifically to customer care teams within large enterprises, enabling them to deliver real-time social customer service. Sparkcentral was acquired by Hootsuite in January 2021. The product has since been discontinued.
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Pricing
Oracle CRM On Demand
Sparkcentral (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
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Pricing Offerings
Oracle CRM On Demand
Sparkcentral (discontinued)
Free Trial
No
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
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Features
Oracle CRM On Demand
Sparkcentral (discontinued)
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Oracle CRM On Demand and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
Feature
Oracle CRM On Demand
8.9
25 Ratings
13% above category average
Sparkcentral (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Customer data management / contact management
8.025 Ratings
00 Ratings
Workflow management
9.024 Ratings
00 Ratings
Territory management
8.024 Ratings
00 Ratings
Opportunity management
8.025 Ratings
00 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)
9.022 Ratings
00 Ratings
Contract management
9.024 Ratings
00 Ratings
Quote & order management
10.023 Ratings
00 Ratings
Interaction tracking
9.024 Ratings
00 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management
10.023 Ratings
00 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Oracle CRM On Demand and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
Feature
Oracle CRM On Demand
9.7
24 Ratings
23% above category average
Sparkcentral (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Case management
10.024 Ratings
00 Ratings
Call center management
10.023 Ratings
00 Ratings
Help desk management
9.024 Ratings
00 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Oracle CRM On Demand and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
Feature
Oracle CRM On Demand
8.5
24 Ratings
9% above category average
Sparkcentral (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Lead management
8.024 Ratings
00 Ratings
Email marketing
9.022 Ratings
00 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Oracle CRM On Demand and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
Feature
Oracle CRM On Demand
9.0
24 Ratings
16% above category average
Sparkcentral (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Task management
9.023 Ratings
00 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management
9.022 Ratings
00 Ratings
Reporting
9.023 Ratings
00 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Oracle CRM On Demand and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
Feature
Oracle CRM On Demand
8.5
24 Ratings
11% above category average
Sparkcentral (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Forecasting
10.024 Ratings
00 Ratings
Pipeline visualization
6.623 Ratings
00 Ratings
Customizable reports
9.024 Ratings
00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Oracle CRM On Demand and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
Feature
Oracle CRM On Demand
8.2
24 Ratings
7% above category average
Sparkcentral (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Custom fields
9.024 Ratings
00 Ratings
Custom objects
9.024 Ratings
00 Ratings
Scripting environment
5.820 Ratings
00 Ratings
API for custom integration
9.023 Ratings
00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Oracle CRM On Demand and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
Feature
Oracle CRM On Demand
9.5
25 Ratings
12% above category average
Sparkcentral (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability
10.022 Ratings
00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions
9.025 Ratings
00 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Oracle CRM On Demand and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
Feature
Oracle CRM On Demand
9.0
18 Ratings
18% above category average
Sparkcentral (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Social data
9.018 Ratings
00 Ratings
Social engagement
9.018 Ratings
00 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Oracle CRM On Demand and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
Feature
Oracle CRM On Demand
9.0
22 Ratings
18% above category average
Sparkcentral (discontinued)
-
Ratings
Marketing automation
9.022 Ratings
00 Ratings
Compensation management
9.020 Ratings
00 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Oracle CRM On Demand and Sparkcentral (discontinued)
I think it is well suited for organizations which are large with a lot of users so as to be able to minimize the cost of operations. Also, the organization which interacts mostly with customers can use Oracle CRM on demand.
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Sparkcentral has an extremely dedicated customer service team The platform UX is brilliant Reports are very detailed & easy to export The system is stable more than 98% of the time Queue management is extremely easy They need to work on a mobile app / making the website mobile friendly The ability to add more social media channels is essential
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Several of our members were not familiar with various IT functions within CRM prior to working with it and so they were able to develop a working knowledge of IT pretty quickly afterwards.
It has a familiar feel to it as it allows users to work the data into a spreadsheet type layout with pivot tables and graphs and so it is quick to adopt.
Customization is great with a working knowledge of HTML, which isn't too hard to learn. You can really adapt CRM to any needs stylistically or content wise.
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The biggest advantage of the Sparkcentral platform is its "inbox zero" philosophy. With this, our customer support requests are queued within the app, and agents need to work down the queue to keep it empty.
The app is designed from the ground up for customer care - instead of taking a generic social platform, and sprinkling in some customer care tools. Everything about Sparkcental is designed for helping our customers.
Sparkcentral allows us to do much better CRM. We can make customer notes, see recent interactions, determine who helped the customer (and when).
The ability to schedule and push out reports is missing from this system. If we want to mass deliver a report on a schedule, we must run it, export it and email it out to the group, or purchase a 3rd party system.
The ability to trigger workflow events on a schedule is missing this system. Currently, there has to be a trigger initiated by a user and we have situations where we'd like to be able to schedule a work flow routine to go out and check from specific situations and then trigger an action. We'd also like to be able to trigger workflow actions on one object based on something in another object and this capability is very limited.
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In the beginning our team had the option to see what another user was typing as they responded to a post. With the latest update, this was taken away. That feature was key for us to shadow agents remotely who are still in training to provide real time feedback.
Our company has a number of different brands that we manage. Having a truly unified queue would be a great addition for us!
The bulk resolve should allow the option to select on the posts that you wish to resolve instead of selecting a time frame for bulk resolve. Often we find that marketing posts generate more volume in the evening. However, there are sometimes posts where the customer needs assistance during that time. So, if we were to bulk resolve for a certain number of evening hours we would potentially miss a customer's concern through that option as it is currently. But, if the option was to go through and select on all marketing posts and then bulk resolve you would ensure that you are not missing a post where a customer needs assistance.
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Sparkcentral has never given us a good reason to consider any other option. Aside from all the positive points I mentioned in previous areas of this review, something else that has really impressed us is their customer service (makes sense, they're a customer service company after all!). Any time we have a question or concern, we send them an email and we get a response almost instantly.
Compared to other competitors I find it very easy to use and learn .It has been helpful in our organisation and we have been able to manage our projects and operations well without interference.
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
MS Dynamics was easy to integrate to MS Power BI. This BI and reporting aspect is a clear strong point for Microsoft. MS solutions seem easier to integrate and learn, but this depends on the IT landscape and the complexity of integrations in a respective company.
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Sparkcentral does what it has offered to do, where other software made empty promises, Sparkcentral delivers. They also inform us, anytime they are undergoing maintenance or when Twitter or Facebook has an API change, where in previous cases we would have to discover this ourselves.
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This software can display in real-time when an order is submitted, received, fulfilled, and shipped out. We are able to know within the week of what new orders came in and how effective we are being from targeting specific regions of the nation.
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. TR verified that a representative sample of customers was invited. More Info