We compared SAP CRM and Siebel CRM across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Features: SAP CRM is valued for its customization options, lead management capabilities, integration features, and native integration with SAP ERP. Siebel CRM is known for its strength and adaptability. Users like its ready-made industry verticals and comprehensive workflows.
Room for Improvement: SAP CRM needs improvements in its mobile interface, data visibility, and integration. Siebel CRM users say could be simpler and more customizable customization guidance, user interface, mobile app, support, backend performance, and cost reduction.
Service and Support: SAP CRM's customer service and support have received mixed feedback. Some customers appreciated Siebel’s advanced support, while others were dissatisfied with slow response times and had difficulty contacting the support team.
Ease of Deployment: The setup process for SAP CRM can be complicated and time-consuming, requiring customization and a specialized team. Users have reported that the initial setup process for Siebel CRM is challenging.
Pricing: SAP CRM is seen as costly, and some users have said it isn’t worth the money. Customers find the setup cost of Siebel CRM to be expensive and a cause for concern.
ROI: Some reviewers have reported that they realized an ROI from SAP CRM within three to five years. Siebel CRM provides distinct features that are not found in other CRMs, resulting in a favorable return on investment.
Comparison Results: SAP CRM is commended for its integration with SAP ERP, but the solution is considered costly and hard to deploy. Siebel CRM is highly regarded for its versatility and ability to accommodate a diverse user base. At the same time, it’s also criticized for its complicated setup, and users say it’s difficult to navigate navigation.
"The stability is good."
"One of the main things is that the reports are very customizable. It is very easy and user-friendly to customize the reports the way the user wants. They can see the reports as per their expectations and change them accordingly."
"The user interface is excellent."
"We are using the HANA Z database for CRM, which enhances the products we are currently using by making the system more efficient. Everything is connected to CRM, so we can use the data for analytics, sales forecasting, and data modeling."
"The initial setup of SAP CRM was simple."
"The solution is easy to use."
"SAP CRM's most valuable at a branch level."
"The flexibility to design the portal and customize it according to the needs of the clients is valuable. The integration with SAP ERP is also valuable."
"It is quite robust and flexible. You can develop almost anything you want. You go into the tools, and you can do anything you want."
"Siebel CRM is used for distributing information between systems, trouble ticketing, and case management."
"Siebel is easy to configure and comes with various pre-built industry verticals, so it doesn't require much effort. If you want to roll out Siebel in telecom or manufacturing, they have the verticals."
"The flexibility is very good."
"Siebel CRM is the number one CRM product in the world."
"Siebel offers a high level of customization which has been valuable. The solution also offers the ability to model complex products."
"The solution is scalable."
"The solution's order management pack is quite fantastic."
"The solution needs more flexible customization, tender request, and they need to think about some of the localization aspects."
"The solution is slow."
"In terms of stability, there are some latency issues."
"SAP CRM should create a more user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI)."
"It was not very stable. It was not a network problem because we were using tools that were not SAP. They were working well. But when I'm running the SAP, it's not working for us."
"What I see as a challenge against our competitor is that Salesforce comes with more flexibility, for enhancement purposes, whereas the SAP CRM Cloud is more robust and rigid. It's not flexible to implement any bespoke solution."
"Content management is one area where SAP CRM could use some work because we were seeking a CRM solution that could store BLOB data, like PDF and email data, which takes up a lot of space in the database. Recently, we migrated to a content server, but it would be nice if CRM had built-in BLOB data management because BLOB data is a challenge we've been dealing with since last year."
"They should improve the design to make it more appealing to users."
"Oracle needs to improve its support. The major drawback I've observed with Siebel CRM is that Oracle hasn't taken appropriate steps to improve it since 2019. We noticed a steep downfall because Oracle was slow to roll out upgrades like Open UI. By the time these upgrades were available, the market had shifted to cloud solutions, which competitors were already providing much earlier."
"The problem with Siebel is that everything is customizable in it. It's probably over-engineered, which makes it difficult to use, and it makes it difficult for the users to get started with the system."
"The backend performance of Siebel could be improved as it is often slow. In addition, the Open UI is not that responsive."
"Siebel CRM should improve its UI. Because it's all about the customer experience and how the customer experiences it, the internal customer is more important for CRM than the people handling the company. So, you get frustrated if you don't have a very good user interface and user experience."
"Currently, Siebel CRM is not helping the agent provide faster feedback to the customer."
"Siebel CRM can improve as an ERP and for a few corporate business workloads."
"The UI could be improved by being fully cloud native as this is what our customers are looking for. It would also be great to see what updates are coming up for release and for updates to take place automatically without manual intervention."
"Siebel is pricey compared to other CRM tools. That's the problem. Although it's a highly stable and functionally rich application, customers are not willing to pay that price for it. Customers can find CRM software that gives them similar functionality at a lower price. There are so many others on the market like Salesforce."
SAP CRM is ranked 4th in CRM with 40 reviews while Siebel CRM is ranked 5th in CRM with 17 reviews. SAP CRM is rated 7.6, while Siebel CRM is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of SAP CRM writes "It integrates well with our existing solutions, so we can analyze the data for analytics, forecasting and modeling". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Siebel CRM writes "Comes with complaint management feature but improvement is needed in UI ". SAP CRM is most compared with Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Zoho CRM, Oracle CRM and monday.com, whereas Siebel CRM is most compared with Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Oracle CRM, Oracle CX Sales, Salesforce Sales Cloud and Oracle Fusion Service. See our SAP CRM vs. Siebel CRM report.
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