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HPE Helion vs Salesforce Platform comparison

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Categories and Ranking

HPE Helion
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
25th
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Salesforce Platform
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
8th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
97
Ranking in other categories
Mobile Development Platforms (3rd), Rapid Application Development Software (5th), Low-Code Development Platforms (4th), No-Code Development Platforms (2nd), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (14th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the PaaS Clouds category, the mindshare of HPE Helion is 1.4%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Salesforce Platform is 3.8%, up from 2.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
PaaS Clouds Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Salesforce Platform3.8%
HPE Helion1.4%
Other94.8%
PaaS Clouds
 

Featured Reviews

it_user568056 - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at Indra
It provides access to private and public clouds. I would like to be able to select the best private cloud.
I would like to be able to select the best private cloud to use in terms of service and cost. If I need to put an application on the cloud, I would like to know which provider to use. I would like to know the best option for this application.
Sharmila-K - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Transformations and Infrastructure Delivery Manager at a university with 10,001+ employees
Integration processes improve but scripting requires effort
The updates, pricing part, and upgrades to the products are some of the most valuable features with the Salesforce Platform.With the Salesforce Platform, I have minimal experience of approximately one and a half years. I get minimal exposure, once every three or two months, especially during holidays. The Salesforce Platform is connected to the cloud, which is beneficial. When it is integrated with different tools such as Microsoft BI Analytics, it helps us analyze much better. Currently, the integration itself is tricky as we have to use extensive scripting. It should be more of a plug-in and use solution. That is the only issue I see, but otherwise, I appreciate it.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature is our access to private and public clouds."
"Helion Being backed by a vendor (HPE) rather than vanilla openstack gives us a little more confidence that the product is now at a level of maturity where we are happy to start consuming open technologies."
"It's improved the delivery of services to our clients, and I believe my clients get new business and better performance."
"HPE Helion provides access to world-class personnel and skill sets, and their ability to perform repeatedly at a high standard provides a positive experience."
"We have many more services, including self-service, and we don't have to call IT and wait for weeks or months for service, which is the biggest benefit for our business."
"This solution gives us a great platform to import and save customer data from various sources, and then manage them using outreach and various plugins to keep activity up."
"What I really like about Salesforce is that it's very intuitive, and it's an easy platform for salespeople to quickly and efficiently be able to track an opportunity and develop custom reports for management."
"The queue management of the solution is its most valuable aspect."
"The most valuable features are quick customization, solid deployment processes, and excellent reliability."
"We have hundreds of users all across our company, it is being used extensively in our organization, and that's how we run our sales here."
"We like that the technology is very agile and flexible in the sense that there's a large partner ecosystem within Salesforce Platform. This enables us to choose from many different partners with different advantages, and all of it can be done in a plug-and-play kind of way."
"Salesforce offers control over the opportunities to see where we are and gives me high-level dashboards on each opportunity stage."
"I like using the reports feature, but also the fact that we are able to have a smooth process when it comes to leads and opportunities."
 

Cons

"With a lot of the services we use, we need a single dashboard that could do more."
"If they could reduce the cost, that would be good as there is much competition, and many companies and organizations are looking to reduce costs."
"I would like to be able to select the best private cloud to use in terms of service and cost."
"We need improvements for more hybrid use. Right now, the system is very focused on pay-as-you-go cloud services, and our customers are looking for more a hybrid use."
"Some improvements I think are needed are greater stability and more up to date packages."
"I don't have any notes for improvement. It serves us well."
"Currently, the integration itself is tricky as we have to use extensive scripting. It should be more of a plug-in and use solution."
"Salesforce needs to be re-platformed, or re-architected, making it lighter."
"Sometimes it would be a little bit slow, however, it's manageable."
"It is on the expensive side, unfortunately."
"A company needs to carefully consider how they set up Salesforce in order to ensure it benefits them."
"One area that could use improvement is the approval mechanism in the authenticator, which is unstable."
"Simplification is something it needs. Every time you get the engineers involved, they make things a little too complicated. It might be more beneficial to simplify everything for quick and easy reference."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"rice-wise, the solution is reasonable for what we're getting."
"It is an expensive program."
"I haven't had to buy Salesforce, however, I have heard it's $1500 a user."
"The solution is fairly priced."
"It is expensive."
"It is expensive."
"In general, the price is an area where there is always room for improvement."
"Pricing for the Salesforce Platform is too expensive."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
11%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business40
Midsize Enterprise25
Large Enterprise44
 

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Also Known As

HPE Helion Cloud, HP Helion
Salesforce1, Force.com, Salesforce App Cloud
 

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Sample Customers

ACA Fashion Software, myLoc, Mendix, Comline AG, Nava Solutions, 20th Century Fox, Zhejiang University, iService Global, Okinawa Cross Head, Creative Photo Cloud, Zuora, Ormuco, Ecad, MyCloud, Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS)
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