Oracle PeopleSoft HCM vs. Salesforce Sales Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
Score 6.6 out of 10
N/A
Oracle's PeopleSoft HCM is a complete, customizable suite including Global Core Human Capital Management, Workforce Management, Workforce Service Delivery, and Talent Management. PeopleSoft can be integrated to run on the Oracle Cloud.
$85
Per User Per Month
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
Oracle PeopleSoft HCMSalesforce Sales Cloud
Editions & Modules
Benefits
$85.00
Per User Per Month
Pension Administration
$85.00
Per User Per Month
Human Resources
$185.00
Per User Per Month
Payroll
$225.00
Per User Per Month
Starter
$25.00
per month per user
Professional
$80.00
per month per user
Enterprise
$165.00
per month per user
Unlimited
$330.00
per month per user
Agentforce 1 Sales
$550
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Oracle PeopleSoft HCMSalesforce Sales Cloud
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Oracle PeopleSoft HCMSalesforce Sales Cloud
Considered Both Products
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
Chose Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
We use Ebiz along with our PeopleSoft CRM. I have not worked directly on it but I have used the functionality. Both products are from Oracle. Ebiz is used by our HR department mostly.
Salesforce Sales Cloud

No answer on this topic

Features
Oracle PeopleSoft HCMSalesforce Sales Cloud
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
7.4
74 Ratings
7% below category average
Salesforce Sales Cloud
-
Ratings
Employee demographic data7.570 Ratings00 Ratings
Employment history7.068 Ratings00 Ratings
Job profiles and administration6.870 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.7.068 Ratings00 Ratings
Organizational charting7.360 Ratings00 Ratings
Organization and location management8.065 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)8.057 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
7.2
64 Ratings
11% below category average
Salesforce Sales Cloud
-
Ratings
Pay calculation7.160 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors6.444 Ratings00 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Benefit plan administration7.155 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct deposit files7.758 Ratings00 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management7.756 Ratings00 Ratings
Reimbursement management6.743 Ratings00 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
6.8
52 Ratings
18% below category average
Salesforce Sales Cloud
-
Ratings
Approval workflow6.744 Ratings00 Ratings
Balance details7.051 Ratings00 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment6.740 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
7.4
73 Ratings
9% below category average
Salesforce Sales Cloud
-
Ratings
View and generate pay and benefit information8.063 Ratings00 Ratings
Update personal information8.871 Ratings00 Ratings
View company policy documentation6.749 Ratings00 Ratings
Employee recognition5.442 Ratings00 Ratings
View job history8.367 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
9.0
29 Ratings
13% above category average
Salesforce Sales Cloud
-
Ratings
Tracking of all physical assets9.029 Ratings00 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
6.9
69 Ratings
9% below category average
Salesforce Sales Cloud
-
Ratings
Report builder8.066 Ratings00 Ratings
Pre-built reports7.363 Ratings00 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data5.458 Ratings00 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
8.3
48 Ratings
4% above category average
Salesforce Sales Cloud
-
Ratings
New hire portal8.048 Ratings00 Ratings
Manager tracking tools8.544 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
5.9
37 Ratings
31% below category average
Salesforce Sales Cloud
-
Ratings
Corporate goal setting6.135 Ratings00 Ratings
Individual goal setting6.637 Ratings00 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility5.135 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance tracking5.637 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
5.3
42 Ratings
40% below category average
Salesforce Sales Cloud
-
Ratings
Performance plans5.641 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance improvement plans5.140 Ratings00 Ratings
Review status tracking5.140 Ratings00 Ratings
Review reminders5.135 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple review frequency5.638 Ratings00 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
6.2
33 Ratings
22% below category average
Salesforce Sales Cloud
-
Ratings
Create succession plans/pools6.632 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate ranking6.131 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate search6.032 Ratings00 Ratings
Candidate development6.129 Ratings00 Ratings
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
6.2
38 Ratings
22% below category average
Salesforce Sales Cloud
-
Ratings
Job Requisition Management5.436 Ratings00 Ratings
Company Website Posting6.034 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media5.131 Ratings00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting5.135 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention6.728 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking7.437 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts7.436 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
-
Ratings
Salesforce Sales Cloud
8.2
264 Ratings
6% above category average
Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings9.0264 Ratings
Workflow management00 Ratings8.3255 Ratings
Territory management00 Ratings7.8207 Ratings
Opportunity management00 Ratings8.8256 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings8.2241 Ratings
Contract management00 Ratings7.8212 Ratings
Quote & order management00 Ratings7.9195 Ratings
Interaction tracking00 Ratings8.3226 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings8.0187 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
-
Ratings
Salesforce Sales Cloud
7.9
101 Ratings
3% above category average
Case management00 Ratings8.199 Ratings
Call center management00 Ratings7.880 Ratings
Help desk management00 Ratings7.784 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
-
Ratings
Salesforce Sales Cloud
8.4
241 Ratings
9% above category average
Lead management00 Ratings8.6236 Ratings
Email marketing00 Ratings8.2203 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
-
Ratings
Salesforce Sales Cloud
8.1
245 Ratings
6% above category average
Task management00 Ratings8.2234 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings7.676 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings8.4198 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
-
Ratings
Salesforce Sales Cloud
8.3
258 Ratings
9% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings8.0226 Ratings
Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.2245 Ratings
Customizable reports00 Ratings8.6255 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
-
Ratings
Salesforce Sales Cloud
8.7
249 Ratings
13% above category average
Custom fields00 Ratings8.9247 Ratings
Custom objects00 Ratings8.8236 Ratings
Scripting environment00 Ratings8.6175 Ratings
API for custom integration00 Ratings8.6206 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
-
Ratings
Salesforce Sales Cloud
8.9
250 Ratings
6% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.0218 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.8222 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
-
Ratings
Salesforce Sales Cloud
8.3
158 Ratings
11% above category average
Social data00 Ratings8.4156 Ratings
Social engagement00 Ratings8.2154 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
-
Ratings
Salesforce Sales Cloud
8.2
214 Ratings
10% above category average
Marketing automation00 Ratings8.2210 Ratings
Compensation management00 Ratings8.1144 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM
-
Ratings
Salesforce Sales Cloud
7.5
229 Ratings
0% below category average
Mobile access00 Ratings7.5229 Ratings
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Oracle PeopleSoft HCMSalesforce Sales Cloud
Small Businesses
Dayforce Powerpay
Dayforce Powerpay
Score 9.4 out of 10
Salesmate
Salesmate
Score 9.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Paypro Workforce Management
Paypro Workforce Management
Score 9.7 out of 10
Creatio
Creatio
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
PeopleStrong
PeopleStrong
Score 9.6 out of 10
Creatio
Creatio
Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
Oracle PeopleSoft HCMSalesforce Sales Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
6.5
(82 ratings)
8.7
(395 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
3.0
(11 ratings)
9.9
(58 ratings)
Usability
6.3
(10 ratings)
8.5
(121 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(2 ratings)
9.8
(27 ratings)
Performance
5.0
(2 ratings)
9.0
(18 ratings)
Support Rating
1.0
(5 ratings)
8.6
(92 ratings)
In-Person Training
5.0
(1 ratings)
7.9
(11 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(2 ratings)
9.1
(15 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(3 ratings)
1.6
(18 ratings)
Configurability
2.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(9 ratings)
Ease of integration
4.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(2 ratings)
8.7
(54 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(8 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
3.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Oracle PeopleSoft HCMSalesforce Sales Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
Oracle
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM is great for onboarding new hires. The process, including some newer direct entry features, has been streamlined and made more intuitive. However, there is a steep learning curve for those who are completely unfamiliar with enterprise systems as a whole. In my experience, Oracle PeopleSoft HCM's updates have historically failed to improve the intuitiveness of navigation and features even through a move to a SaaS configuration in the cloud. This makes it hard to train new HR staff because there may be five different ways to accomplish the same thing and none of them are intuitive enough to just "figure out". This has been a bone of contention for me for all Oracle products for my entire 20+ year career, and it has never been fully addressed.
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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
Oracle
  • Oracle PeopleSoft HCM is one of the best product and has helped implement the complex Business functionalities in the Higher Education business in a very streamlined process.
  • Oracle PeopleSoft HCM helped in moving from 34 different legacy system to one centralized system which helps immensely in maintaining the data and reporting purpose.
  • Oracle PeopleSoft HCM also helps immensely in data analytics and trend analysis which helps immensely in preparing for the resourcing and planning for the peak season in advance and be better prepared to handle the quarterly on annual activities.
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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
Oracle
  • We have issues with students using Time & Labor for multiple jobs, where time is incorrectly calculated, including negative balances where none exist.
  • The application is complex and some areas, especially Time & Labor, are very difficult to troubleshoot. The overall level of complexity has increased over the years.
  • We also use Campus Solutions and had to split apart HCM and CS, significantly increasing our maintenance overhead and creating inter-system issues that aren't always resolvable.
  • Campus Solutions has developed a solution for managing preferred names and gender identity that is missing/ incompatible with the HCM product.
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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
Oracle
PeopleSoft HCM has provided a very flexible platform for our HR needs. The ability to add customizations to handle some of our unique business processes have been critical in the longevity of our PS HCM use. We've been able to handle a wide variety of business processes for multiple subsidiaries due to the ability to customize when needed.
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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
Oracle
Oracle HCM has been around for more thab a decade and is a preferred package to use for Human capital management.Ease with which upgrades happen and how updates are pushed has come thru a long way of improvement and research over the years.Oracle has moved toward cloud based architecture which will help in its customers keep at par with current industry trends.
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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
Oracle
I give this rating because we have had no issues in the area of the product's overall availability. In my opinion the resources are there when we need them and the features serve the purpose they are set to do. I feel things have gone really well as far as the availability of the product.
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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
Oracle
This is highly dependent on the server setup you implement. You need to make sure you've included enough hardware to support your users. Not enough power will quickly rear its ugly head. If you've got the correct setup, the product will operate quickly and provide a good user experience. Oracle is slowed down by certain realtime interfaces to other systems, but this can be addressed by your technical team relatively easily.
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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
Oracle
Overall support has been positive and Oracle has gladly sent out representatives to meet with our teams in person. Despite sometimes sow and inadequate fixes, their willingness to try and meet face to face helps give them a better name in our organization. Sometimes their people do not understand unique needs of the industry, and it can be a challenge to explain that one size does not fit all. Finding the appropriate IT support for our unique requests has been hit and miss.
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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
Oracle
In my opinion, training in Oracle PeopleSoft HCM is arduous at best. In my experience, there are numerous issues with creating training environments and that makes practice in a sandbox costly. I prefer asynchronous simulated environment training for this reason, but that costs even more due to the development and testing time needed to create that training. eLearning is always there with only the need to keep it up-to-date.
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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
Oracle
It was a great training tool and provided all of the necessary information we needed to implement the sites for our clients. We were provided with a great deal of resources in regards to Oracle CRM. We didn't have any issues with the training at all. The only thing I would say would that there could be more FAQ's for users to read through
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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
Oracle
When we implement Oracle and Taleo to different clients it typically goes pretty smoothly. When we do system upgrades we usually test the main issues the clients are having just to make sure there are not outstanding issues or errors. I don't have any examples where implementation went poorly. It typically goes well and clients are pleased with the final result. The only complaint would be the time it takes to implement
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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
Oracle
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM is not as good as SuccessFactors HCM. The look and feel of Oracle PeopleSoft HCM is still 'old school'. Cloud solutions can do more. SuccessFactors offers a great talent management, performance measurement, and employee development, while Oracle PeopleSoft HCM's core is employee records, benefits, and payroll.
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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
Oracle
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
Oracle
In my opinion I rate this high because we have had no issues in this area and so that is why I give it such a high rating. There is no issue with the product's overall scalability. In my opinion this has been a positive from my team and client's view.
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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
Oracle
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
Oracle
  • As a long time PeopleSoft user, my institution has found great advantages of being involved in the HCM realm such as first-hand information, a complete suite of solutions as well as regular updates to stay up with federal and state regulations.
  • Ease of use of development, customization, maintenance and usage perspectives can lead to a better management of financial resources, that minimizes expenditure while providing all necessary resources.
  • Opportunities to provide better customer service and meet organizational policies have to lead to a positive outlook on the tool and its features.
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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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