SAP Sales Cloud vs. Zoho CRM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
SAP Sales Cloud
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
SAP Sales Cloud (formerly SAP Cloud for Sales) is a cloud sales application with sales automation, enterprise resource planning (ERP) integration, and collaboration capabilities.N/A
Zoho CRM
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Zoho CRM is a simple, very low-cost CRM option for the smaller end of the SMB segment. The product has several useful integrations with other products, including QuickBooks, and Google Apps and Google Docs. The product also has an integrated project management module.
$14
per month
Pricing
SAP Sales CloudZoho CRM
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Standard
$14.00
Per User/Per Month
Professional
$23.00
Per User/Per Month
Enterprise
$40.00
Per User/Per Month
Ultimate
$52.00
Per User/Per Month
Plus
$57.00
Per User/Per Month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SAP Sales CloudZoho CRM
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$14 /user/month
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
SAP Sales CloudZoho CRM
Considered Both Products
SAP Sales Cloud
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
It depends on what your business needs are. The benefits of Zoho CRM are related to its integration with Zoho's other products.
SAP Sales Cloud is built with larger businesses in mind and is a comprehensive solution for multiple departments. Learning curve aside, many large …
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
Since the business model was complex, it was easy to single out the products that missed any of the critical feature or extent of the customization of the need for the industry we work in and is implementing internally. The other product lagged behind the scalability to which …
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
  • Contact management
  • Lead management
  • Opportunity management
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
The biggest advantage of choosing SAP is that it integrates well with other SAP applications and provides many more options as compared to others in terms of functionality. The SAP Sales Cloud solution also integrates external apps and services. This can be easily done with the …
Zoho CRM

No answer on this topic

Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
SAP Sales CloudZoho CRM
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
SAP Sales Cloud
7.9
101 Ratings
3% above category average
Zoho CRM
7.7
274 Ratings
0% above category average
Customer data management / contact management8.399 Ratings8.3266 Ratings
Workflow management8.299 Ratings7.8253 Ratings
Territory management8.287 Ratings7.4186 Ratings
Opportunity management8.695 Ratings8.2240 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)8.192 Ratings7.5239 Ratings
Contract management7.394 Ratings7.6191 Ratings
Quote & order management7.991 Ratings7.6190 Ratings
Interaction tracking8.294 Ratings7.9237 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management6.792 Ratings7.3182 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
SAP Sales Cloud
7.3
85 Ratings
3% below category average
Zoho CRM
7.1
210 Ratings
6% below category average
Case management6.382 Ratings7.2203 Ratings
Call center management7.777 Ratings6.9163 Ratings
Help desk management7.978 Ratings7.2181 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
SAP Sales Cloud
7.5
89 Ratings
1% below category average
Zoho CRM
8.1
253 Ratings
7% above category average
Lead management7.388 Ratings8.2248 Ratings
Email marketing7.878 Ratings8.0210 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
SAP Sales Cloud
7.3
95 Ratings
4% below category average
Zoho CRM
7.9
251 Ratings
4% above category average
Task management7.791 Ratings8.1236 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management6.978 Ratings7.7171 Ratings
Reporting7.386 Ratings7.8230 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
SAP Sales Cloud
7.4
95 Ratings
3% below category average
Zoho CRM
7.9
246 Ratings
4% above category average
Forecasting7.488 Ratings7.6206 Ratings
Pipeline visualization6.889 Ratings7.9224 Ratings
Customizable reports8.092 Ratings8.1237 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
SAP Sales Cloud
7.6
92 Ratings
0% above category average
Zoho CRM
7.9
265 Ratings
4% above category average
Custom fields7.992 Ratings8.4263 Ratings
Custom objects7.489 Ratings7.9210 Ratings
Scripting environment8.080 Ratings7.3170 Ratings
API for custom integration7.383 Ratings7.8193 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
SAP Sales Cloud
8.6
96 Ratings
3% above category average
Zoho CRM
8.4
253 Ratings
1% above category average
Single sign-on capability9.092 Ratings8.4220 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.290 Ratings8.4248 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
SAP Sales Cloud
7.4
67 Ratings
2% above category average
Zoho CRM
8.1
158 Ratings
11% above category average
Social data8.067 Ratings8.1157 Ratings
Social engagement6.965 Ratings8.0149 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
SAP Sales Cloud
8.1
82 Ratings
12% above category average
Zoho CRM
7.6
200 Ratings
6% above category average
Marketing automation8.078 Ratings7.8197 Ratings
Compensation management8.366 Ratings7.5130 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
SAP Sales Cloud
8.2
82 Ratings
9% above category average
Zoho CRM
7.7
219 Ratings
3% above category average
Mobile access8.282 Ratings7.7219 Ratings
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
SAP Sales CloudZoho CRM
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(112 ratings)
8.3
(298 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(7 ratings)
3.4
(33 ratings)
Usability
6.8
(7 ratings)
8.3
(168 ratings)
Availability
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(10 ratings)
4.9
(65 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
7.0
(2 ratings)
9.1
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
7.2
(10 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(110 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(21 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.2
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.3
(72 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(7 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.2
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
SAP Sales CloudZoho CRM
Likelihood to Recommend
SAP
SAP Sales CLoud is not useful in cases where it needs zero downtime upgrades or new monthly releases or micro frontends.Although it is great for any cloud deployments, provides a unified view for the customers. Helps in AI insights recommendations and analytics. It is also optimised for mobile . It is robust and a highly scalable cloud plaform
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Zoho
For customizing a CRM without needing specialist support, Zoho CRM is great. The admin UI is pretty intuitive and easy to use. Zoho CRM also works great for tracking contact records and relationships to other records. For instance, we run 10+ different programs, and we need to track every contact's relationship to any and all of our programs. Besides the program relationship, we also track organization/employer relationships, host site relationships for interns, team relationships for several of our programs, and we are starting to track grant disbursement as well. Zoho CRM's "joiner modules" handle all of these different connection points fairly well, though the data import process can be a pain.
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Pros
SAP
  • Help sales teams decide based on relevant data
  • Provide a framework to guide sales teams on activities such as status updates, customer success, sales qualification, etc
  • Reduce manual work by predictive analysis, that is, by understanding when a template can be helpful, updating a manager on a finished task, etc
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Zoho
  • Zoho CRM has so much space to capture lots of information.
  • Zoho CRM can be customized for your organization's needs.
  • Zoho CRM is great for running reports to help make business decisions.
  • We love all the different dashboards we can create.
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Cons
SAP
  • One area of concern is the many data silos that are present within SAP sales cloud
  • While creating filters for accessing sales lead reports, the accuracy is missing sometimes.
  • The product is quite vast and a lot more learning material and knowledge base documents are required.
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Zoho
  • our team found it very challenging to integrate directly to our wordpress site
  • while there may be a way to integrate to the SMS system, we have not discovered how a sales rep would be able to get an sms when customers leave their contact info (not through the app)
  • we have one team member who still works with outlook calendar. it was easy to integrate with google calendar, but a second calendar, depending upon the user
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Likelihood to Renew
SAP
SAP sales enables organizations to manage their sales activities, such as inquiries, quotations, orders, deliveries, billing, and payments. Also integrates with other SAP modules, such as finance, logistics, and marketing, to provide a comprehensive solution for managing the entire sales cycle. thats makes SAP a good choice
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Zoho
Zoho has been a wonderful tool for us for several years and there is so much more we can do with it. New features are released often which give a team like us the option to further fine tune our business process management techniques. I honestly couldn't imagine running our business not on Zoho.
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Usability
SAP
In short, SAP CRM is a complete service that will help improve marketing strategy and productivity. It covers various topics, from big data analytics to resource management and housing sales data. SAP CRM has a long list of features and can do them all.
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Zoho
The methodology of the 'out of the box' user interface is fairly easy to learn. In some cases however, the interface is not consistent throughout the software. Upgrades to the interface has certainly improved some of this--- but now we are seeing the same kinds of inconsistencies across Zoho apps, particularly those more recently added to their platform. This issue is not major in that everybody on staff seems able to learn how to work the programs--- it's just annoying and less than efficient when inconsistent user interfaces or inconsistent terms are used in the programs and/or the requisite documentation.
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Reliability and Availability
SAP
Product was mostly available. A couple accessibility issues did exist when sending API calls, and there was either no response, or a delayed response.
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Zoho
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
SAP
SAP's customer service is quick and efficient, with a response time of fewer than some minutes. In either case, you'll get instant help from the vendor or online forums. In addition, the vendor provides excellent global support for this tool. Like Salesforce, SugarCRM, etc., it's probably fine as a standalone CRM option.
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Zoho
We did the training and that was a huge waste of money. The information provided was basic and the instructor was sloppy (he even forgot to turn off his mic when he used the restroom - no one should ever hear what we heard). I offered up a 9 because we were able to find what we needed on your website.
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In-Person Training
SAP
No answers on this topic
Zoho
It was harder to learn when there were mostly real estate users in the room. We are sales solely.
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Online Training
SAP
Training was mostly completed over a couple conference calls, and reading the API documentation. Our developers were able to implement quickly after reading the documentation.
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Zoho
Online training is tough, but Zoho and their partners do a good job of explaining things.
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Implementation Rating
SAP
The API documentation is good. Development team was able to implement in under two weeks, and normally we were told it was a 12-14 week process.
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Zoho
When you switch CRMs, you can automatically assume everything isn’t going to match up correctly. We had used Salesforce for 10+ years and had a ton of data and customizations. It was not a clean transfer, but we were able to sort it all out. The only issue that really bothered me was Zoho support. Even simple questions couldn’t be answered over chat, and we would have some team members try for hours to find the right answer
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Alternatives Considered
SAP
We went with SAP Sales Cloud over Oracle Sales Cloud because it just clicks better with our way of doing things. SAP is like the superhero of sales software – it plays super well with all our other systems, grows with us as we get bigger, and gives us really smart insights into our sales. Plus, it's easy for our team to use, and we can tweak it to fit exactly how we work. While Oracle is good, SAP is like the perfect fit for our sales superhero team.
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Zoho
Zoho is the only product we have used. Our company is fairly new and before purchasing Zoho a few years ago, client files were only saved and looked at through our company server. Because of how great Zoho has been, we have never considered looking for another product because there really is no need
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
SAP
No answers on this topic
Zoho
I think Zoho CRM is priced at a reasonable amount. Simply put, you get what you pay for and Zoho does not disappoint. My organization is comfortable with what we pay and pleased with continually renewing the software. The billing frequency is just right. There are no complaints on our end
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Scalability
SAP
As a cloud-based solution, SAP Sales Cloud provides the flexibility to scale resources based on demand. Organizations can easily adjust their usage and storage requirements without the need for significant infrastructure changes. SAP Sales Cloud is designed to integrate seamlessly with other SAP solutions, such as ERP systems and marketing automation tools. This integration ensures a cohesive ecosystem across various business functions, contributing to overall scalability.
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Zoho
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
SAP
No answers on this topic
Zoho
In addition to being a user of Zoho CRM, we are a reseller as well. Often, at times our Partners request for on-boarding the platform configuration for them. During such requirements, we have utilized the Professional services team directly from the Zoho CRM team. Our partner feedback was quite positive, throughout.
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Return on Investment
SAP
  • Positive Impact: SAP Sales Cloud can lead to increased sales efficiency by automating manual tasks, streamlining workflows, and providing real-time access to customer data. This can result in sales teams spending more time on revenue-generating activities.
  • Negative Impact: The initial costs associated with implementing SAP Sales Cloud, including licensing, customization, and training, can be significant. If not managed properly, this may impact the short-term financials and the expected payback period.
  • Negative Impact: The comprehensive features of SAP Sales Cloud might result in a steeper learning curve for users. If not addressed through adequate training and change management, this complexity can temporarily impact productivity.
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Zoho
  • ROI is good, providing your entire team is involved with the program and uses it
  • During busy season, Zoho keeps the flow going with reminders for quote follow-ups
  • Our company saw an estimated 20% gain in closing sales that went through Zoho as compared to quotes not answered through Zoho
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ScreenShots

Zoho CRM Screenshots

Screenshot of Deals - Cash in on all opportunities. Close more deals. Great sales management is all about prioritizing, tracking, and monitoring the deals in your pipeline. Zoho CRM gives you everything you need to manage deals across territories and sales structures.Screenshot of Activities - Keep track of all the tasks, meetings, calls, events, or activity records. Neatly organize the numerous records along with the activities associated to them such as follow-up, pre sales and post sales activities, phone conversations etc.