Salesforce is a good tool for teams that are spread out across the world
September 17, 2019

Salesforce is a good tool for teams that are spread out across the world

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

Software Version

Professional

Modules Used

  • SalesCloud

Overall Satisfaction with Salesforce.com

We use SF across multiple departments, but not all. It's used at our central location for all of our customer and opportunity information - it's particularly useful for managing the communication about accounts between the Business Development team, Sales team, and the Customer Success team. Having a central location for it all is particularly useful because we are all spread between 4 different buildings in 3 countries.
  • A central location for all of our information.
  • Offers the ability to create and arrange dashboards to track metrics.
  • Offers the ability to run meaningful reports.
  • Loading times can be quite slow.
  • When I am trying to edit information, it often takes a while to load the edit screen and a long time to save it when I'm done editing.
  • There are a lot of cluttered views.
  • It has streamlined our forecasting meetings through the use of dashboards.
  • It's easy to keep track of lost business/when to reignite lost opportunities.
  • Integrations with customer success tools have been good for communication and identifying ideal times for expansion.
It is well suited for sharing information across multiple groups in multiple countries/continents. It would be better if there were easier ways to use the chat and commenting functions.
I can't really think of many scenarios where it is not appropriate, as there appears to be a lot of choices in terms of levels of functionality, so you could tailor it to different situations.

Salesforce Sales Cloud Feature Ratings

Customer data management / contact management
8
Workflow management
7
Territory management
8
Opportunity management
9
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)
9
Contract management
9
Quote & order management
Not Rated
Interaction tracking
6
Channel / partner relationship management
Not Rated
Lead management
5
Email marketing
Not Rated
Task management
Not Rated
Reporting
Not Rated
Forecasting
8
Pipeline visualization
8
Customizable reports
8
Custom fields
8
Custom objects
Not Rated
Scripting environment
Not Rated
API for custom integration
Not Rated
Role-based user permissions
8
Single sign-on capability
8
Not Rated
Social data
Not Rated
Social engagement
Not Rated
Marketing automation
Not Rated
Compensation management
Not Rated
Not Rated
Mobile access
Not Rated