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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Oracle Siebel CRM

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AAn enterprise grade CRM solution featuring customization and integration capabilities, and an open architecture for a personalized user experience. It can be deployed either on-premises or in the cloud.N/A

    Salesforce Agentforce Service

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AService Cloud is a customer service platform that helps businesses manage and resolve customer inquiries and issues. It provides tools for case management, knowledge base, omni-channel support, automation, and analytics, enabling companies to deliver exceptional customer service experiences.

    $25

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    Pricing
    Oracle Siebel CRMSalesforce Agentforce Service
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Starter Suite
    $25
    per month
    Pro Suite
    $100
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $165
    per month per user
    Unlimited
    $330
    per month per user
    Agentforce 1
    $550
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Oracle Siebel CRMSalesforce Agentforce Service
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Oracle Siebel CRMSalesforce Agentforce Service
    Considered Both Products
    Oracle
    No answer on this topic
    Salesforce
    Chose Salesforce Agentforce Service
    Service Cloud was a good choice for us vs. the other tools primarily for the seamless integration with all the other functionality in SFDC and the easy customization it allows. While ServiceNow has similar capability, we had to build an integration to SFDC during the time we …
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    Would buy again
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    91%
    Would buy again
    52 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    43 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    53 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    36 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    39 Answers
    Features
    Oracle Siebel CRMSalesforce Agentforce Service
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Oracle Siebel CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Service
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.3
    20 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Service
    -
    Ratings
    Customer data management / contact management9.419 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management10.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Territory management9.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Opportunity management9.418 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)9.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract management9.414 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quote & order management9.413 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interaction tracking9.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management9.411 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Oracle Siebel CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Service
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.5
    19 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Service
    -
    Ratings
    Case management9.417 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call center management10.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help desk management9.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Oracle Siebel CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Service
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.4
    14 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Service
    -
    Ratings
    Lead management9.412 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email marketing9.414 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Oracle Siebel CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Service
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.1
    15 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Service
    -
    Ratings
    Task management9.414 Ratings00 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting9.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Oracle Siebel CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Service
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    8.7
    17 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Service
    -
    Ratings
    Forecasting8.413 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization9.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable reports8.816 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Oracle Siebel CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Service
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.4
    18 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Service
    -
    Ratings
    Custom fields9.418 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom objects9.418 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scripting environment8.815 Ratings00 Ratings
    API for custom integration10.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Oracle Siebel CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Service
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.2
    17 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Service
    -
    Ratings
    Single sign-on capability9.416 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions9.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Oracle Siebel CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Service
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.3
    10 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Service
    -
    Ratings
    Social data9.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social engagement9.610 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Oracle Siebel CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Service
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.5
    13 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Service
    -
    Ratings
    Marketing automation9.413 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compensation management9.69 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Oracle Siebel CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Service
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.6
    12 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Salesforce Agentforce Service
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile access9.612 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Oracle Siebel CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Service
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce Service
    7.9
    81 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings8.279 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings7.857 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings8.267 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings6.962 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings8.779 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings7.978 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Oracle Siebel CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Service
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce Service
    8.7
    76 Ratings
    8% above category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings8.567 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.874 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Oracle Siebel CRM and Salesforce Agentforce Service
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Agentforce Service
    7.9
    81 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings7.758 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings8.037 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings7.451 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings8.880 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings7.870 Ratings
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    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Oracle Siebel CRMSalesforce Agentforce Service
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (22 ratings)
    8.7
    (100 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.2
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    8.2
    (22 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (45 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (20 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Oracle Siebel CRMSalesforce Agentforce Service
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Oracle
    As an end user, I would not recommend this solution for enterprise deployment. Lack of support for modern browsers, slow performance, and poor searchability - these things set Siebel CRM in the rear of the pack. There was no great mobile solution either, so that can be bothersome especially for road warriors like myself.
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    Salesforce
    I think Service Cloud is best suited for medium to large operations that require both proactive and reactive service. It’s a great fit for post-sales support. However, I wouldn’t recommend it for very small companies because it can be quite costly, and many of the features may go unused. Salesforce also performs best when you have a capable team managing it, so it’s important to consider your organization’s size and readiness before starting. Once you do, I recommend exploring other parts of the Salesforce ecosystem—Service Cloud works even better when integrated with Sales Cloud, since it allows better visibility across teams.
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    Pros
    Oracle
    • Great data model: the out of the box version comes with standard objects that support most of the industries business models: Finance, Communications, Utilities, Public Sector, Life Sciences to name a few.
    • Ease of implementation: implementation is done by configuring standard objects or creating new objects; additional level of customization via script is also possible.
    • Lots of resources available on the product
    • Supported by Oracle one of the world leader in IT
    • Multiple developers can configure and test concurrently in their own workspace and then merge the result in the main application.
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    Salesforce
    • Email to case is an interesting piece of it. The threading is very strong, sometimes too strong, but it does very well at handling the incoming emails.
    • The omnichannel routing, using skill-based routing is really effective.
    • Pathing. So making the workflow and helping the team understand what it is that they're trying to do, what they have to accomplish, those step-by-step pieces. That's really helpful.
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    Cons
    Oracle
    • Migrations between environments is one area that could be improved, with tools to compare and move data elements (source vs target).
    • Easier ways to identify, through email or a web page, the health of the overall system (components, marketing campaigns, tasks, servers, etc).
    • The UI seems to be improved with the newer versions of Siebel, but I believe it requires a lot of new features. It seems that other CRM solutions that are cloud-based are putting a lot of emphasis on the Usability and presentation, things where Siebel may need to catch up...
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    Salesforce
    • We had a principle initially to try and use Omni as much as we can from the user experience perspective, but have found that fairly restrictive. It was very difficult to actually get the right customer experience and customer engagement going. So we're actually on a journey at the moment to replace all of our Omni with Lightning web components that gives us that flexibility. That's probably one area where we've had some challenges in terms of how we've used the product out of the box.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Professional edition works best for a small company with lower call volumes and is very useful but as you grow exponetially I think it has limited ability to do all the things we want to - SLA management, defect, release management to name a few. Reports and dashboards being available in real time.
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    Usability
    Oracle
    Oracle Siebel CRM is an older Sales CRM, so many of it's features aren't as current as ones used today. However, it has a smoother and easy-to-use UI. We're glad that we can still access Oracle Siebel CRM because it's easier to find older information that we can't easily find in our Salesforce Lightning CRM tool.
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    Salesforce
    I had Salesforce experience prior to using Service Cloud which made it a little easier to learn and navigate, but overall my team (some who had no Salesforce experience) caught on very quickly and found Service Cloud to be easy to use.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Working on an application that caters to customer needs requires a platform that acts as a mediator between the actual person and the client. This mediator handles the customer and resolves many of their doubts, helps them map through the entire process, and automates the processes. Such a platform is Salesforce Service Cloud. For queries that cannot be serviced by the platform, it creates a separate ServiceNow ticket for us, and it is assigned.
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    Performance
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    The Salesforce Service Cloud generally has very good performance, however the overall new Lightning user experience can bring that down. For example, if you have too many tabs open, then it can take a while for the Lightning UI to load. This UI is probably not well equipped to handle loading of all of that information at once, but Users tend to leave their tabs open all day long. It can also be fickle depending on which browser you use, what extensions you have installed, and whether you've cleared your cache. This can be the downfall with any software as a service though, not just Salesforce
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    Support Rating
    Oracle
    We no longer have support for our Oracle Siebel CRM. When we did, the support was slow to get some things fixed, therefore, there was a lot of downtime. Of course, this slowed down our overall productivity and increased our overall frustration with the tool. However, it would be nice if we still had some support with it since we still do access it from time to time.
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    Salesforce
    Salesforce offers support, although it generally gets routed to overseas support teams first, and once they are unable to help, it gets escalated up the chain to higher tiers. Frequently, the answer back from support is that there is no native solution, and we either have to turn to the AppExchange for some solution provided by another developer, or custom build our own solution.
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    In-Person Training
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Our in-person training was provided by our implementation partner and it was quite good. This was in part because we were already working with them and so it naturally leant itself to a good training relationship. And because they were building our customizations and configuring things, they could then provide training on those things naturally.
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    Online Training
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    Trailheads are great but it was often unclear what actually applied to our organization. This made it difficult to get a whole lot out of it. Part of it is that because the basic Salesforce features didn't quite work for us, we had to add customizations, which then nullified a lot of the training.
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    Implementation Rating
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    I would go through an implementation very differently knowing what I know now. It was difficult coming from systems we liked in post-sales service and having to adapt to the clunky and underwhelming feature set in Salesforce. I would trim back our expectations
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    Alternatives Considered
    Oracle
    We also connect to Oracle Business Intelligence, which is not even an option of the list of products above (that's always encouraging when products are missing from lists!) This connects to campaigns in Siebel along with users writing reports based on data from Siebel. I don't think OBIEE stacks up that great with other systems because it seems to be lacking in reports, and those who can make them have to be quite technical. Oracle Database I think stacks up because of how robust and speedy (at times) it can be
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    Salesforce
    We selected this product because we already had some competencies in Salesforce. We own a Salesforce partner with expertise in this area, and on top of that, Salesforce purchased it — it was originally called Velocity. When Salesforce decided to acquire it, that finalized the decision for us.
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    Scalability
    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce
    The product has scaled up with our company growth just fine. No issues here other than slowness in clicking around and running reports
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    Return on Investment
    Oracle
    • This has all my company needs for sales analytic. It has helped our call center and the sales portal become more lean and require less resources for their day-to-day.
    • We use its research and direct email capabilities and use it to target specific groups of potential clients. We have seen an improvement of nearly 20%.
    • We have clients who have used a few modules like bill summary, campaign management and customer information. Oracle Siebel CRM has helped them reap ROI within a year from going live.
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    Salesforce
    • We have cut our service team in half over the past 5 years due to the efficiency of the tool
    • The amount of direct inquiries to our technical team is less than 10% compared to the number support tickets that get entered in the system for them to work in a more organized manner
    • Responses are 100% more timely because tickets can be responded to by any individual in the queue or on the team, as opposed to direct emails to just one person
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