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
Vtiger
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Vtiger is a customer relationship management (CRM) solution with sales and marketing automation, project management, and inventory management capabilities.
$28
per month per user
Pricing
Salesforce Starter
Vtiger
Editions & Modules
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One Professional - Single App
$28
per month per user
One Professional - Standard
$42
per month per user
One Enterprise - Single App
$42
per month per user
One Enterprise - Standard
$58
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Salesforce Starter
Vtiger
Free Trial
Yes
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Yes
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
$10 / user / month
Additional Details
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Discounts are provided for both annual subscriptions, and for high volume users.
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Vtiger
Features
Salesforce Starter
Vtiger
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
8.8
7 Ratings
13% above category average
Vtiger
9.3
9 Ratings
18% above category average
Customer data management / contact management
7.87 Ratings
10.09 Ratings
Territory management
7.77 Ratings
00 Ratings
Opportunity management
9.07 Ratings
9.09 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)
9.76 Ratings
9.09 Ratings
Quote & order management
9.35 Ratings
9.07 Ratings
Interaction tracking
8.36 Ratings
10.07 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management
9.75 Ratings
00 Ratings
Workflow management
00 Ratings
9.09 Ratings
Contract management
00 Ratings
9.07 Ratings
Marketing Automation
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Salesforce Starter
7.8
6 Ratings
1% above category average
Vtiger
6.5
7 Ratings
17% below category average
Lead management
7.86 Ratings
7.07 Ratings
Email marketing
00 Ratings
6.07 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
8.4
5 Ratings
9% above category average
Vtiger
8.7
9 Ratings
13% above category average
Task management
9.45 Ratings
8.07 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management
6.95 Ratings
9.08 Ratings
Reporting
9.05 Ratings
9.08 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
9.1
5 Ratings
18% above category average
Vtiger
8.7
8 Ratings
13% above category average
Forecasting
9.15 Ratings
7.07 Ratings
Pipeline visualization
8.85 Ratings
10.07 Ratings
Customizable reports
9.35 Ratings
9.08 Ratings
Customization
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Salesforce Starter
7.7
6 Ratings
1% above category average
Vtiger
8.7
9 Ratings
13% above category average
Custom fields
8.06 Ratings
10.09 Ratings
Custom objects
8.05 Ratings
7.08 Ratings
Scripting environment
6.75 Ratings
00 Ratings
API for custom integration
8.05 Ratings
9.07 Ratings
Security
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Salesforce Starter
9.0
6 Ratings
7% above category average
Vtiger
8.0
9 Ratings
4% below category average
Single sign-on capability
9.06 Ratings
00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions
9.06 Ratings
8.09 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
8.2
5 Ratings
10% above category average
Vtiger
8.0
6 Ratings
8% above category average
Social engagement
8.25 Ratings
8.06 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
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Salesforce Starter
8.0
5 Ratings
7% above category average
Vtiger
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Ratings
Marketing automation
8.25 Ratings
00 Ratings
Compensation management
7.85 Ratings
00 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
8.4
6 Ratings
11% above category average
Vtiger
10.0
6 Ratings
28% above category average
Mobile access
8.46 Ratings
10.06 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
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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.
vTiger packs a ton of functionality and capability, but the challenge is getting there. In today's day where everyone is doing more with less, having a solution that meets a couple specific needs and does that well is essential. To me, at times I feel as though vTiger is trying to be a "jack of all trades" solution which ultimately ends up making it more confusing to use. However, on the flip side of that, if you take the time to learn everything about vTiger, I am sure it is an awesome tool but there is a learning curve associated with it. Finally, I would like to see more integrations with other vendors moving forward so if we cannot use vTiger for everything, at least it would have the ability to "talk" with other programs.
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.
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.
In the Last versions they have done a strong effort in creating a powerful data screen. Inside the screen you have access to signing, communications with multiple tools integration and connections with all modules related. With a single view you have all control over your data relations. It is similar to a control managing.
It is as good as you could expect for a company that operates from another continent. Emails are quickly responded to and do not usually require additional questions or answers. It is quite rare for a company of their size to be as responsive as they are and that makes them a sound choice to deal with.
VTiger had better overall cost and native capabilities that other solutions lacked. We used Nutshell CRM for over a year. It was a very efficient contact management system, but it seemed that if we needed to do anything but record contacts, we had to use an add-on. We spent a lot of time exporting and importing between different services. Quoting, invoicing, and payments all had to be manually transferred to our accounting system. It was very frustrating
Integration Across the Organization - What started out as just a CRM tool for sales is now being used for ticket management and project management.
Steep Learning Curve - It is not as intuitive out of the box and really requires a dedicated person to be a vTiger expert which can be challenging and time consuming.
Reliability - Sometimes features that worked yesterday don't work today, thus causing more time to complete the same exact task that was done previously. The thing that comes to mind specifically is the main search box as 1/2 the time it works, 1/2 the time it doesn't work.