A review from a marketing professional at a start-up.
February 02, 2015

A review from a marketing professional at a start-up.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Professional

Modules Used

  • Chatter

Overall Satisfaction with Salesforce.com

Salesforce.com is being used by our sales, marketing, and customer support departments within our organization. We use this to gain full visibility of our prospect and customer activity, not only with our sales team, but with our SaaS product. We get usage data pulled into the system so our reps and support teams can get the visibility they need to manage our accounts.

Pros

  • SaaS solution that you can access anywhere with an internet browser.
  • Integrates with many tools via API so you can get custom data imported and sync between marketing automation systems.
  • Fully customizable to fit most business needs.

Cons

  • Needs a lot of extra plugins.
  • Need a fairly technical resource to build out complicated apex triggers.
  • Increased employee efficiency
  • Better customer service and visibility
  • Faster lead conversion.
A very small business might not need a tool as robust as Salesforce. I don't see why any small, SMB, or large scale enterprise would not use Salesforce, but I have no experience with other CRMs.

Salesforce Sales Cloud Feature Ratings

Customer data management / contact management
9
Workflow management
9
Territory management
6
Opportunity management
9
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)
4
Contract management
7
Quote & order management
7
Interaction tracking
9
Channel / partner relationship management
7
Case management
6
Call center management
6
Help desk management
6
Lead management
8
Task management
8
Customizable reports
9
Custom fields
9
Custom objects
9
Scripting environment
9
API for custom integration
9
Not Rated
Marketing automation
9
Compensation management
9
Mobile access
9

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