Salesforce Starter vs. UpLead

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Salesforce Starter
Score 9.0 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
UpLead
Score 9.4 out of 10
N/A
UpLead is a B2B data provider and technology company based in Southern California providing access to verified B2B contacts with direct email addresses. Search by industry, location, sales volume, number of employees, public vs private, contact title, job function, management level, technologies used and more to find customers. API and CRM integrations available.
$99
per month
Pricing
Salesforce StarterUpLead
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Basic
$99.00
per month
Plus
$199.00
per month
Professional
$399.00
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Salesforce StarterUpLead
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Salesforce StarterUpLead
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
8.7
7 Ratings
11% above category average
UpLead
-
Ratings
Customer data management / contact management7.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Territory management7.67 Ratings00 Ratings
Opportunity management9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)9.66 Ratings00 Ratings
Quote & order management9.45 Ratings00 Ratings
Interaction tracking8.46 Ratings00 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management9.75 Ratings00 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
7.6
6 Ratings
2% below category average
UpLead
-
Ratings
Lead management7.66 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
8.3
5 Ratings
7% above category average
UpLead
-
Ratings
Task management9.55 Ratings00 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management6.75 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting8.85 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
9.0
5 Ratings
16% above category average
UpLead
-
Ratings
Forecasting9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Pipeline visualization8.85 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable reports9.35 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
7.2
6 Ratings
6% below category average
UpLead
-
Ratings
Custom fields7.56 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom objects7.55 Ratings00 Ratings
Scripting environment6.25 Ratings00 Ratings
API for custom integration7.65 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
8.8
6 Ratings
5% above category average
UpLead
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability8.86 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.86 Ratings00 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
8.5
5 Ratings
13% above category average
UpLead
-
Ratings
Social engagement8.55 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
8.1
5 Ratings
8% above category average
UpLead
-
Ratings
Marketing automation8.35 Ratings00 Ratings
Compensation management8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
8.3
6 Ratings
9% above category average
UpLead
-
Ratings
Mobile access8.36 Ratings00 Ratings
Prospecting
Comparison of Prospecting features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
-
Ratings
UpLead
9.4
42 Ratings
19% above category average
Advanced search00 Ratings9.642 Ratings
Identification of new leads00 Ratings8.741 Ratings
List quality00 Ratings9.542 Ratings
List upload/download00 Ratings9.842 Ratings
Ideal customer targeting00 Ratings9.342 Ratings
Load time/data access00 Ratings9.242 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Data Standards
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
-
Ratings
UpLead
9.4
41 Ratings
19% above category average
Contact information00 Ratings9.341 Ratings
Company information00 Ratings9.441 Ratings
Industry information00 Ratings9.541 Ratings
Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
-
Ratings
UpLead
8.8
40 Ratings
17% above category average
Lead qualification process00 Ratings8.637 Ratings
Smart lists and recommendations00 Ratings8.134 Ratings
Salesforce integration00 Ratings8.530 Ratings
Company/business profiles00 Ratings9.038 Ratings
Alerts and reminders00 Ratings8.232 Ratings
Data hygiene00 Ratings9.137 Ratings
Automatic data refresh00 Ratings8.736 Ratings
Tags00 Ratings9.336 Ratings
Filters and segmentation00 Ratings9.439 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Email Features
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
-
Ratings
UpLead
8.1
30 Ratings
8% above category average
Sales email templates00 Ratings8.329 Ratings
Append emails to records00 Ratings7.929 Ratings
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User Ratings
Salesforce StarterUpLead
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(7 ratings)
9.7
(41 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
4.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.6
(4 ratings)
9.6
(15 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Salesforce StarterUpLead
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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UpLead
UpLead is well suited for environments where there is a lot of accurate contact information to research mainly generating sales for a business. On the other hand, businesses that don't require searching up a huge amount of contact data and that doesn't add up to the sales of a business do not need to use this software.
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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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UpLead
  • UpLead is one of the best B2B platforms available in the market which deals in offering the highest quality contacts and different companies’ data.
  • It has the best and updated real-time email verification, having contacts worldwide, technology tracking, account-based marketing, and robust API.
  • The integration of UpLead with other platforms is up to the mark. It allows users to integrate UpLead with other renowned software to have the best possible workspace to work on.
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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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UpLead
  • More data on small and start-up companies, but this situation is understandable.
  • Collecting a long list of contacts, especially of overseas companies, can sometimes take a while as UpLead is verifying the data. But the wait is typically understandable and worth it.
  • Sometimes I struggle with translating job functions in a foreign language, but this is easy to overcome.
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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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UpLead
The tool is robust, it's powerful, it's accurate, and it's extremely helpful and pivotal in my current banking sales role. I could not succeed without UpLead's accurate data and contact information. I'm thankful that such an incredible service exists at such a fair and reasonable price, thank you for the value that you provide your customers and thank you for making me a very successful salesman and wealthier man
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Support Rating
Salesforce
No answers on this topic
UpLead
i like their support bot.
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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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UpLead
UpLead costs a bit more, but I found the data on UpLead to be well worth it in comparison and it was easier to transfer to our CRM (HubSpot). I like how they also provide useful API integration into UpLead and I hope they begin to offer more automation in the future.
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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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UpLead
  • I haven't been using UpLead long but I have generated interest in our company with several large accounts. Each one of them can add several million in revenue to our company.
  • A huge time saver is to be able to send out email blasts to potential clients I've downloaded from UpLead.
  • Securing any one of the prospects I'm working on through UpLead can easily pay for the investment 10 times over.
  • Most of the salespeople in our company are asking me where I'm getting my leads from.
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