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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Salesflare

    Score10 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.

    $39

    per month per user

    Salesforce Starter

    Score9 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Salesforce Starter (formerly 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 Starter
    Editions & Modules
    Growth
    $39
    per month per user
    Pro
    $64
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $124
    per month per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SalesflareSalesforce Starter
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAnnual billing discounts are available.—
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    SalesflareSalesforce Starter
    Considered Both Products
    Salesflare
    No answer on this topic
    Salesforce
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    SalesflareSalesforce Starter
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Salesflare and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Salesflare
    8.5
    17 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Salesforce Starter
    8.7
    7 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Customer data management / contact management9.616 Ratings7.27 Ratings
    Workflow management9.217 Ratings00 Ratings
    Territory management5.12 Ratings7.57 Ratings
    Opportunity management9.017 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)10.017 Ratings9.46 Ratings
    Contract management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quote & order management6.12 Ratings9.65 Ratings
    Interaction tracking8.515 Ratings8.56 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management9.210 Ratings9.75 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Salesflare and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Salesflare
    8.3
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Salesforce Starter
    -
    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 Salesflare and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Salesflare
    9.7
    15 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Salesforce Starter
    7.2
    6 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Lead management9.415 Ratings7.26 Ratings
    Email marketing10.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Salesflare and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Salesflare
    8.3
    15 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Salesforce Starter
    8.2
    5 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Task management8.715 Ratings9.65 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management8.01 Ratings6.35 Ratings
    Reporting8.415 Ratings8.65 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Salesflare and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Salesflare
    9.2
    16 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Salesforce Starter
    9.0
    5 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Forecasting8.813 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization10.016 Ratings8.85 Ratings
    Customizable reports8.814 Ratings9.25 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Salesflare and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Salesflare
    8.9
    15 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Salesforce Starter
    6.7
    6 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Custom fields10.015 Ratings6.96 Ratings
    Custom objects10.02 Ratings6.95 Ratings
    API for custom integration6.812 Ratings7.25 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings5.75 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Salesflare and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Salesflare
    8.3
    14 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Salesforce Starter
    8.6
    6 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Single sign-on capability8.210 Ratings8.66 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.513 Ratings8.66 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Salesflare and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Salesflare
    6.9
    10 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Salesforce Starter
    8.6
    5 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Social data6.910 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social engagement6.910 Ratings8.65 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Salesflare and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Salesflare
    8.7
    11 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Salesforce Starter
    8.2
    5 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Marketing automation8.511 Ratings8.25 Ratings
    Compensation management9.01 Ratings8.15 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Salesflare and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Salesflare
    9.1
    15 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Salesforce Starter
    8.3
    6 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Mobile access9.115 Ratings8.36 Ratings
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    Score9.7 out of 10
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    Score9.7 out of 10
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SalesflareSalesforce Starter
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (17 ratings)
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.2
    (15 ratings)
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SalesflareSalesforce Starter
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Salesflare
    If a client or friend of mine was in search of a quality tool that is a robust CRM and has a great team behind it, I would highly recommend SalesFlare. The team has consistently updated the application; it is a robust and useful tool, and most importantly, the team behind SalesFlare is easy to work with when needed.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    If you own a business that has complex selling processes or requires integrations with 3rd party tools/systems, you should look at Professional, Enterprise, or Unlimited editions. Salesforce operates very well across pretty much every industry, but not all sales, marketing, and operational processes are created equal. If your marketing process requires a long list of sendable contacts then I would recommend adding on Pardot or Hubspot. Always start small and scale up, to avoid boxing yourself in down the road.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Salesflare
    • Organization of our clients as well lead and opportunity tracking and management.
    • Pipeline management and a significant amount of depth when it comes to monitoring sales and other opportunities.
    • It provides an overview of the sales process and custom fields for individual accounts (such as branding).
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    Salesforce
    • Tracking phone calls is extremely easy when using the app on the iphone. After a phone call is complete it prompts the user to enter in call details.
    • SalesforceIQ also automatically logs emails for us. This has saved us time from entering in information manually.
    • SalesforceIQ was easy to set up and allowed us customization for fields that were relevant to our business.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Salesflare
    • Salesflare automatically captures and organises data about leads so it can effectively surface the ones that require your attention. It also provides you with the tools to do just that. What it doesn't cover as much right now is feeding top of the funnel: I would for example happily pay extra to have a website visitor identification functionality into the mix.
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    Salesforce
    • Table views can be sorted by column. Filters can be applied, but only to one column. Multi-column filtering like Excel allows would be extremely useful and a big improvement.
    • The ability to quick copy data in a table view would also be helpful, like (ctrl ') in excel.
    Incentivized
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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
    The system is very user-friendly on a desktop but lacks mobile friendliness. The Customer relationship manager disappears after the deal is signed. We struggled to get the system in a usable format, which was not cost-effective. The CRM system on desktop was great but way more complicated than it should be.
    Incentivized
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    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
    Pipedrive was another option but I chose Salesflare for the seamless integration into my regular everyday workflow as well as its ability to integrate with just about any app you can think of. It plays nice with all of my other apps and makes using a CRM actually fun. I love the fact it works inside my Gsuite account and automatically pulls data from Gsuite into Salesflare.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    more expensive but as an industry leader and go, the learning curve pays for itself in ROI in lost time in onboarding
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Salesflare
    • As a start up, Salesflare was perfect for me. It was easy to get up and running; easy for me to import my contacts, and easy to earn the features.
    • I like the price point - lots of features for a reasonable price.
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    Salesforce
    • It made the job more efficient for staff so they can spend time doing other tasks rather than configuring and maintaining Salesforce Starter.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Salesflare Screenshots

    Screenshot of the visual, drag-and-drop sales pipeline used to track leads.Screenshot of the centralized dashboard to visualize conversations with leads.Screenshot of an example of the sales reporting.Screenshot of where to send email sequences or automated email campaigns from within a CRM.Screenshot of how a connected CRM can be used from within an email inbox, to stop switching tabs.Screenshot of where to add and track leads straight from LinkedIn, with a built-in email finder.

    Salesforce Starter Screenshots

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