SFDC a solid CRM platform
February 09, 2018

SFDC a solid CRM platform

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Professional

Modules Used

  • SalesCloud
  • Chatter

Overall Satisfaction with Salesforce.com

[It's] Used to track all leads, contacts, and prospects for our sales org. It is being used by the entire organization, it addresses our needs for CRM and tracks our pipeline from inception to close.

Pros

  • Account Management - able to structure account hierarchy
  • Contact Management - able to track activity, offers, and pending tasks
  • Visibility into all contacts in an account to make sure we don't send mixed messaging

Cons

  • At times can run slow, this may be due to our internal customizations
  • Limited options as a user to resolve issues, dependent upon others to fix problems
  • Reporting is a bit confusing, not intuitive to create useful reports on the fly
  • I'm in sales, I don't have any investment in Salesforce
  • Helps me deliver on my bottom line by tracking customer information and assisting the sale
  • It's a great CRM tool
ByDesign is a bit more nimble and user-friendly to a "sales" user. Reporting features were more intuitive and easy to design. SFDC is better as a pure CRM system. I haven't had enough experience from an admin perspective but as a salesman who has used both, I feel that SF is a bit clunky and has some lag where ByDesign was relatively snappy in the interface.
As a contact management tool it is great, I am not keen on the reporting features available.

Salesforce Sales Cloud Feature Ratings

Customer data management / contact management
10
Workflow management
10
Territory management
10
Opportunity management
10
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)
10
Contract management
Not Rated
Quote & order management
Not Rated
Interaction tracking
10
Channel / partner relationship management
Not Rated
Lead management
10
Email marketing
Not Rated
Task management
Not Rated
Reporting
Not Rated
Forecasting
Not Rated
Pipeline visualization
Not Rated
Customizable reports
6
Not Rated
Custom fields
Not Rated
Custom objects
Not Rated
Scripting environment
Not Rated
API for custom integration
Not Rated
Not Rated
Role-based user permissions
Not Rated
Single sign-on capability
Not Rated
Not Rated
Social data
Not Rated
Social engagement
Not Rated
Marketing automation
Not Rated
Compensation management
Not Rated
Not Rated
Mobile access
Not Rated

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