Salesforce Starter

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Salesforce Starter
Score 8.9 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
Salesforce Starter
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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Salesforce Starter
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Salesforce Starter
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Chose Salesforce Starter
The Zoho system is free and gives a long trial product. The salesforce brand is well known, and I wanted to try a good European crm product. The account manager was South African and very friendly. The system was trained on a demo, whereas Zoho did not offer an account …
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more expensive but as an industry leader and go, the learning curve pays for itself in ROI in lost time in onboarding
Chose Salesforce Starter
Salesforce Starter is exactly what it says. It's specific to getting a small business up and running effectively, without unnecessary development or internal overhead required. It doesn't allow for a ton of customization, but it provides more than most other providers across …
Chose Salesforce Starter
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.
Features
Salesforce Starter
Sales Force Automation
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Salesforce Starter
8.8
7 Ratings
13% above category average
Customer data management / contact management7.87 Ratings
Territory management7.77 Ratings
Opportunity management9.07 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)9.76 Ratings
Quote & order management9.35 Ratings
Interaction tracking8.36 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management9.75 Ratings
Marketing Automation
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Salesforce Starter
7.8
6 Ratings
1% above category average
Lead management7.86 Ratings
CRM Project Management
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Salesforce Starter
8.4
5 Ratings
9% above category average
Task management9.45 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management6.95 Ratings
Reporting9.05 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
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Salesforce Starter
9.1
5 Ratings
18% above category average
Forecasting9.15 Ratings
Pipeline visualization8.85 Ratings
Customizable reports9.35 Ratings
Customization
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Salesforce Starter
7.7
6 Ratings
1% above category average
Custom fields8.06 Ratings
Custom objects8.05 Ratings
Scripting environment6.75 Ratings
API for custom integration8.05 Ratings
Security
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Salesforce Starter
9.0
6 Ratings
7% above category average
Single sign-on capability9.06 Ratings
Role-based user permissions9.06 Ratings
Social CRM
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Salesforce Starter
8.2
5 Ratings
10% above category average
Social engagement8.25 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
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Salesforce Starter
8.0
5 Ratings
7% above category average
Marketing automation8.25 Ratings
Compensation management7.85 Ratings
Platform
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Salesforce Starter
8.4
6 Ratings
11% above category average
Mobile access8.46 Ratings
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User Ratings
Salesforce Starter
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(7 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
4.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
Salesforce Starter
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
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Pros
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.
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Cons
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.
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Usability
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.
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Alternatives Considered
Salesforce
more expensive but as an industry leader and go, the learning curve pays for itself in ROI in lost time in onboarding
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Return on Investment
Salesforce
  • It made the job more efficient for staff so they can spend time doing other tasks rather than configuring and maintaining Salesforce Starter.
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