SAP SuccessFactors Incentive Management vs. Xactly AlignStar

SAP Commissions is well suited for taking
transactional data and determining a commission payment from this data.
Some of our plans are quite complex and cross channels. To date,
SAP Commissions has been able to handle everything we have thrown at it.

SAP Commissions can be used for territories.
However, it is not its strength. There are better tools in the
market for this (Anaplan).

If you have reps and need territories assigned geographically then AlignStar is a great option. While we do not have reps in the field, I can see how powerful it can be in aligning territories not only based on estimated revenue or some other metric but also with rep location and driving in mind.

Incentivized

• Very effective for sales management.
• Provides leading commission.
• Sales and transaction details all in one place.
• Monthly sales summaries.

Incentivized

• Detailed label options by ZIP code. I know the immediate impact of moving a single ZIP code.
• Territory Optimizer. If we are having trouble figuring out the correct configuration for a particular area, its helpful to see what the program suggests. It may come up with something we hadn't thought of yet.
• Custom layers. I am able to mark the previous territory boundaries, so if we want to undo a change, I know exactly where we started from.

Incentivized

• Processing commissions and updating reports takes too long.

• Easier functionality to label the territories. We currently still use the desktop app and labels for any feature are rather small and not intuitive.
• Speed of the application. The desktop version we currently use tends to be a bit slower and runs into the "application not responding" issue quite often.
• Ability for the desktop version to automatically update Salesforce. It would be nice if I could have Alignstar update a field on an account record in Salesforce when I make updates in Alignstar.

Incentivized

I would use this product if it were needed due to very complex plans/organization

Incentivized

Javelin is another tool that we have used to assist us with territory alignment. Great tool. AlignStar is on par with Javelin.

Incentivized

• 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.

• Easy to continuously plan forward for any potential changes by playing around with the optimization software. Able to more easily adapt our sales team and plan forward

Incentivized