Salesflare vs. Salesforce Essentials

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Salesflare
Score 7.2 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Salesflare headquartered in Antwerp offers their small business intelligent CRM, providing automated event tracking and related features designed to aid the operations of SMBs.
$29
per user per month
Salesforce Essentials
Score 8.3 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Salesforce Essentials is a small business CRM that replaces the former SalesforceIQ product. It is priced at $35 per user, on a monthly basis, or at $25 per month for if billed annually ($300) and can be tried free for 14 days on a trial.
$35
per month per user
Pricing
SalesflareSalesforce Essentials
Editions & Modules
Growth
$29
per user per month
Pro
$49
per user per month
Enterprise
$99
per user per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SalesflareSalesforce Essentials
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
SalesflareSalesforce Essentials
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
SalesflareSalesforce Essentials
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Salesflare
8.1
11 Ratings
4% above category average
Salesforce Essentials
9.1
2 Ratings
16% above category average
Customer data management / contact management8.811 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Workflow management8.711 Ratings00 Ratings
Territory management5.12 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Opportunity management8.011 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)9.011 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Contract management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Quote & order management6.12 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Interaction tracking8.811 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management8.27 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
Salesflare
8.3
1 Ratings
9% above category average
Salesforce Essentials
-
Ratings
Case management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Call center management7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Help desk management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Salesflare
8.7
10 Ratings
12% above category average
Salesforce Essentials
7.4
2 Ratings
4% below category average
Lead management8.710 Ratings7.42 Ratings
Email marketing8.79 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Salesflare
8.0
11 Ratings
5% above category average
Salesforce Essentials
9.0
1 Ratings
16% above category average
Task management8.011 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management8.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Reporting8.011 Ratings9.01 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Salesflare
8.2
11 Ratings
8% above category average
Salesforce Essentials
9.0
1 Ratings
17% above category average
Forecasting7.89 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Pipeline visualization9.011 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Customizable reports7.810 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Salesflare
8.7
10 Ratings
13% above category average
Salesforce Essentials
9.1
2 Ratings
17% above category average
Custom fields8.110 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Custom objects10.02 Ratings9.01 Ratings
API for custom integration8.110 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Scripting environment00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Salesflare
8.1
10 Ratings
4% below category average
Salesforce Essentials
9.3
2 Ratings
10% above category average
Single sign-on capability8.17 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.010 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Salesflare
8.5
8 Ratings
14% above category average
Salesforce Essentials
9.0
1 Ratings
20% above category average
Social data8.88 Ratings00 Ratings
Social engagement8.18 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Salesflare
8.9
8 Ratings
19% above category average
Salesforce Essentials
9.0
1 Ratings
21% above category average
Marketing automation8.88 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Compensation management9.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Salesflare
8.9
11 Ratings
17% above category average
Salesforce Essentials
9.5
2 Ratings
24% above category average
Mobile access8.911 Ratings9.52 Ratings
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User Ratings
SalesflareSalesforce Essentials
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(11 ratings)
9.5
(2 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SalesflareSalesforce Essentials
Likelihood to Recommend
Salesflare
In my opinion, Salesflare is an excellent CRM for small businesses. It includes everything a small business needs to manage leads, deals, and contacts in one convenient location. When a client needs more information or something done, I can quickly record it in their account—perfect for B2B SaaS and small businesses selling B2B in general.
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Salesforce
SalesforceIQ is a perfect CRM to start with and get your organization used to tracking customer contact. It was an easy setup and well adopted. It allowed us to rollout completely in just 30 days. We have seen a large increase in our ability to communicate. It may be lacking in some items if you already have a tracking method but was the perfect starting point for us.
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Pros
Salesflare
  • Zero learning curve, one-minute setup and dead easy to integrate with complementary tools.
  • Powerful data automation features so everything you do has maximum bottom-line impact.
  • Stellar customer support: response is quick and the team really goes out of their way to solve your specific problems. Up to setting up custom solutions for you.
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Salesforce
  • CRM Managment
  • Streamlining Sales Funnel
  • Providing data sets and analytics
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Cons
Salesflare
  • It works wonderfully as a CRM for freelancers, consultants and small teams but feels like it would become more difficult to integrate with larger teams
  • Sometimes have issues with email syncing with missing emails or having to reconnect my email to Salesflare
  • Emails are sent from the app using their own servers, I would prefer to send via my own email system (Gsuite) for better delivery
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Salesforce
  • SalesforceIQ has some reporting items that are a little harder to easily uncover but I have found work arounds or manually created reporting to get that information, such as number of times a salesperson was at a location.
  • Some of the upgrade items I would like to see are available in salesforce sales cloud that allow easier automation for marketing.
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Usability
Salesflare
The pipeline, which is the core of the platform, is very clear and full of features. On top of that Salesflare added automations, integrations, plugins and emails. You can easily get your leads there from any platform and nurture your leads until you get the deal done. I think any business can benefit from using this sales CRM.
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Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Salesflare
Hit them on Chat support, and you are gonna get a response within a few minutes (if not in a few hours, during weekends) But they are gonna keep following with you till they make sure that your query has been resolved. Keep it up!
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Salesforce
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Salesflare
Salesflare does its own thing compared to the others I've tried. It's unique even though it shares many of the main features a CRM should have. Salesforce Lightning is amazing and feature-packed but can often get overwhelming depending on your use case. I never experience any slight lag or load times with Salesflare. Lightning can sometimes hang depending on your browser etc.
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Salesforce
We selected SalesforceIQ over Insightly because of the email automation they offered. Their app also seemed to be a little more robust. I highly recommend a trial before you make a decision. The trial with SalesforceIQ is what sold us on the product
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Return on Investment
Salesflare
  • So far, as optimistic as I am about using the CRM, I've seen a short and speedy return on my investment.
  • Our sales process will quickly become more focused and effective. It's part of our operations and saves us time, but we've never tracked the financial impact.
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Salesforce
  • Not budget friendly for smaller start-ups.
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