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Scratchpad vs. Spara

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Scratchpad
Score 9.7 out of 10
N/A
Scratchpad is a productivity tool for account executives, built for sales to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and daily todos. The software can be installed as a Google Chrome plugin or as a web application. It connects to Salesforce and provides an interface where sales professionals can keep all their notes, process workflows, spreadsheets, and tasks. Co-founders Pouyan Salehi and Cyrus Karbassiyoon started the company in San Francisco, California in 2019.
$0
user / month *up to five users per company
Spara
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
Spara is an inbound conversion platform, presented as a full suite solution for leveraging AI to convert leads into pipeline and revenue.N/A
Pricing
ScratchpadSpara
Editions & Modules
Free
$0
user / month *up to five users per company
Premium
$19
per user / month (billed annually)
Team
$39
user / month (billed annually)
Business
Custom pricing
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ScratchpadSpara
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
ScratchpadSpara
Considered Both Products
Scratchpad
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Scratchpad
Gong is terrible compared to Scratchpad. I wish that Gong would buy Scratchpad so that everything would be in one place, but Gong's equivalent tool is as far away from easy and intuitive as possible. It's clunky, and I hate going in there and clicking around.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Scratchpad
Only compared to Salesforce functionality
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Scratchpad
Scratchpad's pipeline views allow for better forecasting. This saves me time using multiple tools and views to get a better pulse of where I am at and where I need to be. I selected Scratchpad as it was recommended to me by a colleague, and once he showed me how he was using …
Luke Villareal | TrustRadius Reviewer
Luke Villareal
Account Executive
Chose Scratchpad
It doesn't. Scratchpad is more agile and much easier to use as a seller managing a large patch with lots of opportunities. SAP is robust but is far more complicated and involves a lot more inputs to get the same outputs that you can get with Scratchpad in half the time and …
Raymond Lin | TrustRadius Reviewer
Raymond Lin
Account Executive
Chose Scratchpad
I can't think of another tool similar to Scratchpad. The only other sales productivity tool that I've used in the past is Mixmax which is also an excellent tool. Mixmax has more features embedded in Gmail with the ability to view and edit Salesforce fields like Scratchpad, but …
CB
Caleb Bouma
Client Success Manager
Chose Scratchpad
Scratchpad is just a much more enjoyable way of interacting with Salesforce for the features it currently supports. It's not an alternative to Salesforce, it's an alternative UX for certain daily activities in SF, and it's great at that.
Rashad Aljunied | TrustRadius Reviewer
Rashad Aljunied
Mid-Market Account Executive EMEA
Chose Scratchpad
Before finding Scratchpad, logging account movements and mapping were done over OneNote (account management), Excel (pricing), and Word (call notes). Now I can get rid of the OneNote and Word aspects as they both sit on Scratchpad that links directly back to SF. This has helped …
Chandler Pearce | TrustRadius Reviewer
Chandler Pearce
Mid-Market Account Executive
Chose Scratchpad
I prefer the usage and benefit of Scratchpad over Coda, and easier & faster to use than Salesforce. I feel Coda has very little benefit (basically google page), but Scratchpad helps me stay organized for opportunities & discovery notes which is crucial. I highly suggest …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Scratchpad
Scratchpad is far better and has way more ability to make changes than IQ does.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Scratchpad
Scratchpad has more out-of-the-box features like centralized note-taking and the ability to pull in reports.
Richard Rojas | TrustRadius Reviewer
Richard Rojas
SMB Sales Representative
Chose Scratchpad
Scratchpad customizations stay within the margins of rules set by our organization. We didn't do a deep dive of Dooly and can mainly speak to the quality and effectiveness within Scratchpad. Currently, my entire team of 10 reps is using it, and we all have found usefulness. …
Jane Garrity | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jane Garrity
Account Executive, SMB
Chose Scratchpad
Before Scratchpad, I made all updates through Salesforce. Reports don't load super quickly and can be tough to change. Scratchpad makes this much easier.
Kenny Haynie | TrustRadius Reviewer
Kenny Haynie
Account Executive
Chose Scratchpad
I haven't ever used anything else other than your typical pen and paper or notes section on my Mac. I wouldn't have any info on how they stack up compared to the competition. I would venture to say they are the only ones trying to change sales reps' lives. It's just what they …
Lauren Bare | TrustRadius Reviewer
Lauren Bare
New Business Sales Representative
Chose Scratchpad
I selected Scratchpad because the depth of integration within Salesforce is very useful; I don't have to use a separate application than what I'm already using, Scratchpad is imbued within my Chrome and SFDC instances. Their free capabilities don't block you from viewing notes …
Spara

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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
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Usability
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User Testimonials
ScratchpadSpara
Likelihood to Recommend
I have over 250 accounts in my name, and it can be difficult to prioritize and find notes on past conversations my colleagues may have had. Scratchpad makes it super easy to reference past notes and add new ones to organize my book of business and make the best use of my time.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Pros
  • Scratchpad notes are super easy to use and link to Salesforce Opportunities.
  • Allows you to update all the necessary Salesforce opportunity fields without going into Salesforce.
  • Easy to use Task manager that helps you stay on track through the day.
  • Extremely easy to use and their CS team is always willing to provide training and help.
Sean Zehnder | TrustRadius Reviewer
Sean Zehnder
Commercial Account Director
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Cons
  • When pulling in Salesforce reports, it doesn't have full ability to do grouping/sorting.
  • When looking at pipeline view there's not an ability to expand the default view to see more than 5 people per group.
  • It'd be nice if comments would go as a task rather than a buzz.
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Anonymous
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Usability
Great functionality and a great intuitive tool
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Anonymous
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Alternatives Considered
Scratchpad is just a much more enjoyable way of interacting with Salesforce for the features it currently supports. It's not an alternative to Salesforce, it's an alternative UX for certain daily activities in SF, and it's great at that.
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Caleb Bouma
Client Success Manager
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Return on Investment
  • I'm using the free version and unfortunately our organization as a whole doesn't use it because we now use Gong. My manager has complimented me many times as always having an updated pipe compared to my other team members. It helps me be on top of it.
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Anonymous
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