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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SAP Sales Performance Management

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AFor salespeople, tools to accelerate business outcomes with sales planning, automated sales management processes, incentive compensation management, and the ability to analyze sales performance at scale.

    $744

    per year

    Varicent

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AFrom quotas to sales and compensation, Varicent helps revenue leaders in enterprise organizations chart a more effective, connected path to revenue by providing vital data, insights, and sales go-to-market planning tools.N/A
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    SAP Sales Performance ManagementVaricent
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    SAP Sales Performance ManagementVaricent
    Considered Both Products
    SAP
    Chose SAP Sales Performance Management
    Faster implementation, more user-friendly interface, and lower reliance on IT made Sales Performance Management solutions from SAP SuccessFactors an easy choice over Xactly. SAP's allowance for complex modeling helped us choose it over Varicent. The faster development and high …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Sales Performance Management
    Sales Performance Management solutions from SAP SuccessFactors has the best solution when analizing robustness, and, of course, the biggest number of customers. Integration and analytics capabilities should be opportunitiy areas.
    Incentivized
    Varicent
    Chose Varicent
    • Create internal/operational efficiencies
    • Enhance decision making
    • Drive innovation
    Incentivized
    Chose Varicent
    Varicent was pre-selected before I joined the organization.
    Incentivized
    Chose Varicent
    Out of all of the products I have ever evaluated for this space, Varicent is head and shoulders above the rest in my opinion. For me, I think of Varicent as akin to building an Access database while the other programs are like building an Excel data model. In Varicent you …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    55 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    31 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
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    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    36 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    33 Answers
    77%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    20 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    82%
    Implementation went as expected
    41 Answers
    81%
    Implementation went as expected
    25 Answers
    Features
    SAP Sales Performance ManagementVaricent
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of SAP Sales Performance Management and Varicent
    Feature
    SAP Sales Performance Management
    7.9
    42 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Varicent
    -
    Ratings
    Personalized dashboards7.638 Ratings00 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards8.122 Ratings00 Ratings
    KPIs8.028 Ratings00 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting8.425 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data7.920 Ratings00 Ratings
    Revenue Forecasting7.521 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pipeline Analytics7.634 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales ICM
    Comparison of Sales ICM features of SAP Sales Performance Management and Varicent
    Feature
    SAP Sales Performance Management
    8.1
    51 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Varicent
    6.7
    55 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Sales compensation plan creation8.847 Ratings7.148 Ratings
    Complex sales crediting8.545 Ratings7.548 Ratings
    Sales compensation process automation8.548 Ratings7.452 Ratings
    Incentive auditing/regulation compliance8.144 Ratings6.546 Ratings
    Sales compensation dashboards & forecasting7.443 Ratings6.447 Ratings
    Incentive modeling7.730 Ratings6.243 Ratings
    Agile incentive strategy8.034 Ratings6.538 Ratings
    ICM mobile visibility8.029 Ratings6.232 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Xactly
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Everstage
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Xactly
    Score8.6 out of 10
    CaptivateIQ
    Score9.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SAP Sales Performance ManagementVaricent
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (59 ratings)
    7.3
    (67 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    4.8
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (55 ratings)
    7.0
    (59 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.2
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.8
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.8
    (6 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.8
    (6 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (41 ratings)
    5.2
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.3
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.8
    (58 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    5.9
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    5.9
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SAP Sales Performance ManagementVaricent
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SAP
    SAP Sales Performance Management from Success Factors works great if the incentive calculation is simple. However, if it contains a lot of constraints and filters or is dynamic, it is not friendly to changes or complexity in terms of configuration and time to calculate the incentives. The advantages of using SAP Sales Performance Management are that the process is controlled, the data is in the cloud, and the roles and permissions make it more secure.
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    Varicent
    For the use cases we have at the bank, ICM is a perfect solution. For any bank or institution that has similar requirements, ICM would be a perfect solution. But I also think for any use case that has any sort of incentives based on Sales done, this would work amazing, as both Calculations and reports are handled by ICM very well; it's an all-in-one solution, I feel like.
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    Pros
    SAP
    • Configurable out of the box.
    • Allows for complex compensation rules (Rate tables, MDLTs, etc).
    • Has the ability to build cross-channel (non-hierarchy) relationships. For us, this is very powerful.
    • Can build a large data warehouse of commissionable data.
    • Speed to market can be as fast as minutes.
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    Varicent
    • Flexibility - Varicent is not template based. You can implement the model specifically for your organisation.
    • Scalability - Since it is not stick to templates you are able to expand the model for other domains as well.
    • Reporting - Several ways of reporting are possible and each has their own benefit/purpose.
    • Strong/Powerfull Calculation Engine delivering fast results/speed to insight
    • User Interface is minimized to what you need and is not showing off all the functions it can "also" do
    • Strong audittrail
    • Appears to be almost unlimited in what you are able to create
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    Cons
    SAP
    • Using names to reference payees in the compensation platform, instead of their ID
    • Allow an Advisor to see their compensation as well as how their employees compensation without requiring to proxy
    • Expose all variables within the application to the dashboard, to allow them to be used for data insights, without requiring any extra work.
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    Varicent
    • As [the] model gets more and more transactional data, the calculation time increases. This should/can be handled internally with better model optimization.
    • Migrating from one env to other sometimes is challenging. There can be better 'Alerts' or 'Explanation' provided to handle it or at least to give a hint of the error.
    • For managers viewing their rep's report, the access part can be made easier. It should be linked to Payee hierarchy and access can be done automatically.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SAP
    I would use this product if it were needed due to very complex plans/organization
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    Varicent
    Customer support from IBM is impeccable. They are quick to respond and they don't nickel and dime you for every request you make. Their goal is to ensure your success and as a user, I really feel like they listen to my concerns. That's not to say there are no problems. All software has its issues, but I don't feel like those issues fall on deaf ears.
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    Usability
    SAP
    My rate is 9 because there is always a way to improve a system. In this case the usability is high but there are some thing that could be improve like usability of report and the payment detail page and also clud be more and more useful is in lookuptable there are some orders or a research tab
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    Varicent
    Any calculations can be implemented as there are hardly any limitations on complexity. However, online real-time usability is lacking - a simple user enters, and the system calculates work in a way that it is in the browser and hence still needs overnight to be properly reflected in the batch calculations and backend tables.
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    Reliability and Availability
    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Varicent
    Never went down in last 3 years that I worked with it (every hour of the day basically). That is a 10 in my book.
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    Performance
    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Varicent
    All is fast, but with API's it is sometimes slower due to the application we are pulling data from. Reports are loaded directly or within seconds and our reports are very detailed with many columns and rows.
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    Support Rating
    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Varicent
    Giving a 10 would suggest there is no room for improvement. I don't feel like their support is perfect. However, I have never met another team that was more dedicated to making sure we get what we want and need.
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    In-Person Training
    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Varicent
    The training was good in general with a nice trainer as well. But, the training could be better if it is more focussed on our process/data etc.
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    Online Training
    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Varicent
    There is a learning portal with many videos about navigation, creating reports and managing your model.
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    Implementation Rating
    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Varicent
    Test test test. Make sure that the product is calculating everyone 100% correctly. DO NOT accept a 70% pass rate as some companies would like to have you believe is acceptable. This means conducting thorough testing by providing 100% of all expected results, but it will be worth it when you know that the compensation plans are working entirely as expected.
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    Alternatives Considered
    SAP
    Faster implementation, more user-friendly interface, and lower reliance on IT made Sales Performance Management solutions from SAP SuccessFactors an easy choice over Xactly. SAP's allowance for complex modeling helped us choose it over Varicent. The faster development and high intuitive nature of Sales Performance Management solutions from SAP SuccessFactors also made it a better platform than previous usage of Performio.
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    Varicent
    In 2015, we used a scorecard containing 80 attributes in our review of Oracle, Callidus, and Xactly & Varicent. Oracle did not have true self serve capabilities- programming was heavily required, not intuitive, out of the box functionality was limited. Callidus & Xactly could not provide us a demo using our data, statements could not be sent out in bulk form, difficulty in importing/exporting to CRM. Varicent excelled in most areas and was the clear winner.
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    Scalability
    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Varicent
    It is very scalable and adaptable to changing complexities of calculations and business rules under a variety of different scenarios. It does not get full points because in large data loads the time needed to calculate and import the data increases exponentially and may cause issues related to timing potentially.
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    Return on Investment
    SAP
    • The efficiencies gained by moving from reports and spreadsheet alone has earned us a positive ROI.
    • SAP Commissions speed to the market allows us to quickly and cheaply change our direction to meet market demands.
    • Our sales force's engagement has drastically improved. We are now paying monthly instead of quarterly and have earned their trust.
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    Varicent
    • Compliance - with a central system used for calculation incentive payments and commissions, we are able to provide reports and data showing every detail of how payments are calculated and why they are justified. We can also identify anomalies and outliers.
    • Integration with our payroll system is seamless. Except for regular pay, nothing goes to payroll without going through ICM. The process for paying incentives/bonuses/commissions is now very structured and efficient.
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    ScreenShots

    SAP Sales Performance Management Screenshots

    Screenshot of a dashboard in SAP SuccessFactors Incentive Management, used to motivate sales teams to maximize performance.Screenshot of SAP SuccessFactors Territory and Quota, a solution to improve quota management and territory planning.Screenshot of SAP SuccessFactors Agent Performance Management, used to empower agents for productive field selling.Screenshot of SAP SuccessFactors Agent Lifecycle Management, a solution to optimize sales agent lifecycle management and experiences.

    Varicent Screenshots

    Screenshot of Varicent providing clarity and transparency to sellers, helping them to find answers faster and have confidence in compensation plans.Screenshot of Tools for sellers that help them align strategic initiatives, and that help them understand which deals will help them win.Screenshot of Varicent ICM model compensation plans that display the financial impact of changes. Its ability to more accurately forecast commission payouts with “what-if” assumptions, users can budget more effectively for sales compensation costs, manage target total compensation for sales representatives and assess plan effectiveness.Screenshot of Shareable information sent to the right people to drive the right results.