Veeva CRM vs. Zendesk Sunshine

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Veeva CRM
Score 7.4 out of 10
N/A
Veeva CRM is an enterprise customer relationship management application for pharmaceutical, biotech, consumer health, and animal health companies. CRM supports field sales and medical teams, including primary care, specialty care, key accounts, retail sales, and medical science liaisons.N/A
Zendesk Sunshine
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Sunshine is the foundation beneath Zendesk that can be used by customers to build their own customer engagement solutions. Sunshine can be configured to meet the user's business needs using its available apps, tools, and pre-built capabilities that fits the user's own systems. Sunshine uses open standards and common languages, so it’s easier to create a support platform from a modified Zendesk, that may better suit the organization's specific needs.N/A
Pricing
Veeva CRMZendesk Sunshine
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Veeva CRMZendesk Sunshine
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Veeva CRMZendesk Sunshine
Features
Veeva CRMZendesk Sunshine
Sales Force Automation
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Veeva CRM
9.1
4 Ratings
16% above category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Customer data management / contact management10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow management9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Territory management7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Opportunity management8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract management10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Quote & order management9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Interaction tracking10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
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Veeva CRM
9.3
3 Ratings
20% above category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Case management10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Call center management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Help desk management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Veeva CRM
8.5
3 Ratings
10% above category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Lead management9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Email marketing8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Veeva CRM
9.7
3 Ratings
23% above category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Task management10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
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Veeva CRM
8.7
4 Ratings
13% above category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Forecasting8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Pipeline visualization9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable reports9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Veeva CRM
8.8
4 Ratings
14% above category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Custom fields8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom objects7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Scripting environment10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
API for custom integration10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
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Veeva CRM
9.5
4 Ratings
13% above category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Veeva CRM
8.5
1 Ratings
14% above category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Social data8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Social engagement9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Veeva CRM
9.0
2 Ratings
19% above category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Marketing automation9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Compensation management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Veeva CRM
10.0
4 Ratings
28% above category average
Zendesk Sunshine
-
Ratings
Mobile access10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Veeva CRMZendesk Sunshine
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(4 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Veeva CRMZendesk Sunshine
Likelihood to Recommend
Veeva Systems
Good for larger teams with a lot of activities and therefore a good justification for the investment. Great for 'as above' + the companies looking to integrate Veeva CRM with other Veeva offerings, such as Align, Inslight, Zinc/PromoMats etc. Not so great for smaller organisations or those with more slightly more restricting budgets.
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Zendesk
For growing technology-based companies, Zendesk Sunshine is the best ally to provide email and chat support. It supports various integrations and can provide exceptional service that is fully customizable for both the customer and the agents using Zendesk. It is not appropriate for small companies, and for companies with a very small customer base, it is a considerable expense after a customer base of at least 10,000 customers.
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Pros
Veeva Systems
  • Commercial Cloud
  • Sunrise UI
  • Multi device support from browser, iOS devices
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Zendesk
  • Customization and ability to create customer profiles
  • Easy integration with other tools and rich history of customer actions.
  • Provides a fully intuitive interface
  • Very good ways to analyze
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Cons
Veeva Systems
  • There is no offline version of the app so it is hard for field staffs to access where internet connectivity is not strong
  • Can be expensive specially for a smaller company as it is based on SAAS platform
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Zendesk
  • There are some glitches when doing upgrades on information or data, sometimes
  • It is difficult to find tickets once they are solved, we could have a tracking of the most recent or solved tickets during the day.
  • The integration or merge with other tickets from the same client is not intuitive at all, there should be an alert that throws a match.
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Usability
Veeva Systems
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
Because it is a tool that we use on a daily basis and has provided confidence for the massive use that is given to it, it has also been the expected product, allowing customization and optimizing processes, saving us a lot of money and time. Definitely, the ability to track customers and the way to automate all customer support processes becomes totally easy and intuitive.
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Support Rating
Veeva Systems
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
Due to the implementation and the few issues that ha In summary, there are few times that we have had to use this functionality, but the help that Zendesk has provided has been of another level, complying with our standards and SLAs so as not to interfere in the operation or processes.ve arisen, it is a platform that provides a fast, intuitive and tailor-made service for each user.
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Alternatives Considered
Veeva Systems
Better for field based medical personnel when recording Medical calls.
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Zendesk
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Return on Investment
Veeva Systems
  • Oftentimes it is the field sales force that heavily influence the choice of the CRM solution. It appears that many of our field sales force prefer Veeva. Happy reps = more actively used CRM = clearer understanding of the reps' activities.
  • Veeva offer 2 implementation versions - out of the box implementation (around 6-8 weeks to install) and 'all singing, all dancing' implementation (based on the length of your specific string). You can pick one and therefore influence your ROI accordingly.
  • Again, as Veeva CRM is pretty much a de facto CRM solution, this is good for scalability if/when rolling it out across multiple regions/branches
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Zendesk
  • Agility and improved response times
  • Improved customer relationship/engagement
  • Integration and tracking capabilities for customer growth phases.
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