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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

    Zoho Desk

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AZoho Support is a Saas help desk / ticketing system aimed at SMBs. I competes most often with Zendesk, and Desk.com.

    $9

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Oracle Siebel CRMZoho Desk
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0
    Express
    $9
    per month per user
    Standard
    $20
    per month per user
    Professional
    $35
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $50
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Oracle Siebel CRMZoho Desk
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional Details—A discount is offered for yearly billing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Oracle Siebel CRMZoho Desk
    Considered Both Products
    Oracle
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    Zoho
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    87%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    Features
    Oracle Siebel CRMZoho Desk
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Oracle Siebel CRM and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.3
    20 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    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 Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.5
    19 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    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 Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.4
    14 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    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 Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.1
    15 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    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 Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    8.7
    17 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    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 Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.4
    18 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    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 Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.2
    17 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    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 Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.3
    10 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    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 Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.5
    13 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Marketing automation9.413 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compensation management9.69 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Oracle Siebel CRM and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    9.6
    12 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Mobile access9.612 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Oracle Siebel CRM and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Desk
    8.5
    5 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Oracle Siebel CRM and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Desk
    9.8
    5 Ratings
    20% above category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings9.85 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings9.85 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Oracle Siebel CRM and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Oracle Siebel CRM
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Desk
    6.6
    5 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings6.83 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings6.15 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings5.44 Ratings
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    Score10 out of 10
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    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Oracle Siebel CRMZoho Desk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (22 ratings)
    8.8
    (23 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.8
    (11 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Oracle Siebel CRMZoho Desk
    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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    Zoho
    Zoho Desk is a great customer service tool. It is very easy to track the ability to receive tickets and send responses in Zoho Desk. There are lots of options for customization. The knowledge base feature is very extensive and powerful. It makes creating internal and external FAQs easy.
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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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    Zoho
    • It provides a simple widget code with a few clicks once you decide to integrate it with your website or application.
    • There is a very user friendly dedicated mobile application for Zoho Desk for Android and IOS devices.
    • You can easily track all of your tickets and agents from the dashboard interface.
    • You can insert tags with each ticket to group them into specific categories for analysis and troubleshooting.
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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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    Zoho
    • The biggest drawback that I am facing while using the platform is that their ticketing system is not that great [in my opinion]. It does not give us the option to add sales tax and other charges in the invoices which leads to a big problem for us.
    • [I feel] its customer support needs improvement.
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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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    Zoho
    I give [Zoho Desk] [an] overall usability score of 9. This is partly due to the search functionality needs improvement. There are several times where I am left unable to find a ticket and have to generate a new one. I am hoping in the future that they will make some changes!
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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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    Zoho
    As Zoho Support is based in a different timezone to ours it can be an issue that we cannot get an immediate response to an issue. But I will say that once their Support is in the office they are fairly good to respond. they have resolved almost all issues I have told them about, but Zoho have also made system changes and not communicated these beforehand which means we are faced with something new and cannot get support on this until their support team is in the office
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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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    Zoho
    We selected Zoho Desk as we needed a platform that was going to allow the business to grow through both usage and staffing numbers. We wanted something cost-effective but still offered standard features in an effective cloud-delivered solution but would still allow customization by our internal dev team, to derive better value from the service where it natively didn't do what we needed it to. FreeAgent was okay for a while, but Zoho Desk has allowed a vast improvement in our service offering to end customers.
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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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    Zoho
    • Zoho Desk has created an organised sytem of support which alows me to help my customers more efficiently.
    • By saving resolutions as articles, Zoho Desk has provided a training resource for current customers and support staff as part of solving problems.
    • All new customers become part of a database of customers who continue to receive support and education from forums created by the articles and customer questions.
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    ScreenShots

    Zoho Desk Screenshots

    Screenshot of Log and monitor phone conversations, convert them into new tickets, or attach them to existing ones. Convert social media interactions and live chat into tickets at the click of a button.Screenshot of Bring a Help Center directly into a website to strengthen self-service. Chat with Zia, an AI-powered conversation assistant. Customers can chat with Zia right from a mobile app or website. Zia processes their questions and suggests appropriate solutions from the Knowledge Base.Screenshot of With advanced process automation, internal processes can be setup within the help desk, implement them automatically, and make sure that all processes are followed precisely.Screenshot of Instant responses for instant happiness. Respond to customers the minute they reach out with Zoho Desk's embeddable chat widget. Customers can get in touch with agents instantly, right from the Help Center, so agents can respond and help them find answers faster.Screenshot of Monitor a team's performance, customize and schedule reports. Custom dashboards can be created.Screenshot of Zia brings together predictions across anomalies, sentiment, trending ticket tags, and more into a common dashboard for decision-makers to consume. They can drill down further into the details from the same dashboard to investigate further.