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Interactive Intelligence vs Salesforce Sales Cloud comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 3, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Interactive Intelligence
Ranking in CRM
46th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Ranking in CRM
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
118
Ranking in other categories
Opportunity Management (1st), Sales Force Automation (2nd), Conversation Intelligence Software (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the CRM category, the mindshare of Interactive Intelligence is 0.6%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Salesforce Sales Cloud is 2.4%, down from 8.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
CRM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Salesforce Sales Cloud2.4%
Interactive Intelligence0.6%
Other97.0%
CRM
 

Featured Reviews

MA
CX Team Lead
A customizable solution that can be integrated with almost anything
The best thing about this solution is the customizability because it can be integrated with pretty much anything. There are many solutions that are black boxes and we're unable to make any modifications to the call flows. With Interactive Intelligence, we can utilize APIs and variables. With the REST call, you can send a request and response. Elements can be incorporated into the workflow based on the response. This is the go-to thing with Interactive Intelligence. The Interactive Intelligence is quite user friendly. And Avaya, in that case, is not that great solution, on user friendliness. Basically, yeah, the same purpose I've used, but you need more expertise to manage the product. And Interactive Intelligence is one box. It contains a lot of features and we don't need to have much resources. But Avaya and others have many servers to be maintained with a single solution. It has a CN. You have to go for session manager and lots of other product servers. So, for a single solution, you need to maintain a lot of servers. This is more or less an easy environment to manage, but Avaya is very complex on the architectural level.
Jonny Katz - PeerSpot reviewer
VP of Business Operations at PeerSpot
Uses data-driven insights to improve workflows and highlights a need for simpler automation tools
Salesforce Sales Cloud can be improved in several areas. First, the UI is an area for enhancement. Even though they've launched Lightning, it's clunky at times with page load speeds. It also needs to be made extremely more user-friendly. For new people using Salesforce Sales Cloud, there is a steep learning curve. Additionally, giving non-admins the ability to make changes on the fly is something that I feel is necessary. Currently with Salesforce Sales Cloud, you need to have a consultant. It's hard to build the flows or workflows. Making it easier for that end-user who's not so technically minded to help themselves is essential. I choose seven out of ten because I think you need a consultant or a consulting company to help you build it out. Certain changes should be made much easier and more user-friendly where an admin can do it. The automation processes need to be much simpler. If you're looking at other tools out there, for example SalesLoft or HubSpot, it's much easier to build those workflows and do automation.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The stability is really good and it's a really powerful platform that is more powerful than Avaya or other kinds of vendors for contact centers."
"The social media integration is excellent."
"Being able to automate aspects such as outbound confirmation calls has saved us a lot of time and money."
"Interactive Intelligence is quite user friendly."
"Salesforce is good for all sizes of customers because you can adapt Salesforce for all customer needs."
"Easy to understand and logical GUI."
"The most valuable features are the reporting and the custom codes."
"The dashboards and dashboard customization are great."
"The features of Sales Cloud most useful for testing and running email campaigns are highly valuable."
"Sales Cloud in particular is a very, very powerful tool, and we can build on top of the existing platform for the requirements each company has."
"Learning how to generate specialized reports, the more metrics and understanding of functionality, the better."
"This product is lightweight."
 

Cons

"The initial setup can be a bit difficult."
"The problem with this current system is that the support is not great."
"We are not happy with the technical support. They take too long to answer."
"Auto clean for duplicate leads, accounts, and contacts needs improving. When importing from other apps, it gets messy."
"Although the implementation was straightforward with our in-house team, it did take 12 weeks to complete the process."
"One thing that's lacking, especially when I talk to a lot of customers, is the forecasting and revenue capabilities."
"It's a very broad tool."
"It could have a more user-friendly interface."
"If you don't have sysadmin rights, you can be hamstrung doing many things manually and one at a time."
"The solution could improve the partner management and communities. For the enterprise licenses, we have the help, but it should also be extended with the features to the partner community."
"There are data limitations on the platform – in terms of how much data you can store on the platform without having to purchase more."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Salesforce Sales Cloud is an expensive solution."
"We pay a yearly subscription fee."
"The main thing is it is costly. Salesforce it is not cheap, it's costly. Some of our customers say it is a costly solution. So, we have lost some sale opportunities regarding the high price. This is the main thing that we are facing. It is sales per user and the user price is about $150 per month, per user for the Enterprise Edition. The other edition is less than this, but it is costly. A company that has 70 or 80 users would pay more than $8,000 USD yearly because it is cloud based."
"I've seen the prices for Salesforce Sales Cloud, but I haven't been the one to handle the money. As someone who's only visually looked at the price, I would imagine it's on the pricier side, but they do have a ton of leverage, and seeing that everyone I've worked for has always been dedicated to continuing Salesforce. I've never worked for anyone who has threatened to leave. Everyone has accepted the pricing for what they offer."
"Sales Cloud is expensive."
"Pricing is reasonable."
"Implementation and add-ons may be additional costs."
"You need to pay for the license per user per month. For example, you need to pay $100 per user. If you have 200 users using your Salesforce, that would be multiplied by a hundred, that's $20,000 per month and a quarter million per year."
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Top Industries

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Construction Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

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Company SizeCount
Small Business56
Midsize Enterprise25
Large Enterprise43
 

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Sales Cloud, SFDC, Salesforce
 

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Sample Customers

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