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Microsoft Dynamics CRM vs Oracle CX Sales vs Salesforce Sales Cloud comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.8
Microsoft Dynamics CRM enhances operations, boosting efficiency and ROI, despite high costs, with benefits varying by industry and implementation.
Sentiment score
7.9
Oracle CX Sales enhances business efficiency, boosting sales and cost savings with improved data retrieval and team collaboration.
Sentiment score
6.5
Salesforce Sales Cloud enhances sales efficiency and data management, offering cost-effective solutions for non-profits with productivity benefits.
I recommend that those considering Microsoft Dynamics CRM conduct an ROI exercise to determine scalability and complex business needs because it is indeed a fantastic tool, especially if Microsoft can provide a better commercial model, which can significantly impact cost-effectiveness.
Chief Digital Officer at Cipher7
I can quantify that my team is saving time by saying it feels like a ten out of nine because whatever dataset we require, we get from Oracle CX Sales.
Chief Financial Officer at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
Salesforce Sales Cloud is a fantastic tool but requires disciplined data entry by sales personnel and operations teams to maintain data quality.
Chief Digital Officer at Cipher7
We are not just implementing Salesforce Sales Cloud; we need to understand what the customer wants to achieve in 5 to 10 years.
Founder and Salesforce Consultant at SaaSnic
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.6
Microsoft Dynamics CRM support is responsive but inconsistent; premium plans and local partners improve service for large enterprises.
Sentiment score
7.3
Oracle CX Sales is praised for responsive support, though configuration challenges exist; users value its updates and user-friendly cost-effectiveness.
Sentiment score
6.9
Salesforce Sales Cloud offers efficient support, with faster responses for premium users, while community resources enhance regular support experiences.
I would rate customer support as ten out of ten.
CISO at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
When we create a technical ticket for Microsoft, mostly the ETA is two to three days, but we mostly get responded to in 24 hours.
Principal Consultant at Systems Limited
While the support operates within their standard SLA, it can be difficult to speak directly with someone over the phone.
Head of Digital Transformation at Simplified Consulting
I decided on Oracle CX Sales specifically over other alternatives because it is easy to use, cost-effective, and has great technical support.
Chief Financial Officer at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
I wouldn't say you go to Salesforce Sales Cloud for their customer support unless you purchase one of their premier plans, which is additional money.
VP of Business Operations at PeerSpot
Support requires a subscription and when taken, the service is pretty nice.
Chief Digital Officer at Cipher7
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Microsoft Dynamics CRM offers scalability and adaptability, though customizations, standalone stability, and license management can pose challenges.
Sentiment score
7.6
Oracle CX Sales is scalable, highly rated, effectively manages functions, and easily expands capacity with ongoing improvements and integrations.
Sentiment score
7.7
Salesforce Sales Cloud offers strong scalability, accommodating growth and varied business sizes, though some users face reporting and data challenges.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM is highly scalable, rated at ten, even fifteen out of ten.
CISO at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
I would give it a ten out of ten for scalability.
Head of Digital Transformation at Simplified Consulting
Microsoft Dynamics CRM is scalable; it's easy to scale, but when customizations become extensive, maintainability can become challenging.
Chief Digital Officer at Cipher7
I rate scalability as ten out of ten because it is inherently scalable.
Sales Head - ICT Sector at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Salesforce is highly scalable and operates efficiently.
AWS Cloud Engineer at Accenture
Salesforce Sales Cloud is totally cloud native, requiring no additional effort for scalability.
Chief Digital Officer at Cipher7
Salesforce Sales Cloud's scalability is impressive as it grows easily with my organization's needs.
VP of Business Operations at PeerSpot
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Microsoft Dynamics CRM boasts high stability, minimal downtime, and enhanced availability, thanks to Azure Cloud integration and regular updates.
Sentiment score
6.5
Oracle CX Sales is stable and efficient, though affected by internet quality; performance and feature enhancements are needed.
Sentiment score
8.1
Salesforce Sales Cloud is praised for its reliability, minimal downtime, high performance, and effective issue resolution, ensuring stability.
I would rate it ten out of ten.
CISO at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
There have been instances where issues with Microsoft Azure have affected Dynamics due to the infrastructure layer.
Chief Digital Officer at Cipher7
In the last two or three years, I have not seen anything or heard of that occurring with someone else anywhere in our organization.
Principal Consultant at Systems Limited
The biggest friction point with Oracle CX Sales is that sometimes it goes down.
Chief Financial Officer at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
Salesforce Sales Cloud is very stable.
Chief Digital Officer at Cipher7
I have not experienced any degradation in Salesforce's performance.
AWS Cloud Engineer at Accenture
 

Room For Improvement

Microsoft Dynamics CRM is complex, requiring customization, with slow support, costly pricing, and needing improved user-friendliness and integration.
Oracle CX Sales needs UI/UX upgrades, better integration, enhanced AI, mobile access, and improved scalability for global adaptability.
Salesforce Sales Cloud struggles with integration, high costs, and usability; users desire better mobile, reporting, and AI features.
More use-case-oriented material should be provided to help users and implementers learn how to do more, faster.
CISO at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Microsoft Dynamics CRM needs improvement in simplifying the setup and configuration process, which can be relatively complex when we want all features to work properly.
Head of Digital Transformation at Simplified Consulting
Microsoft Dynamics CRM doesn't provide solutions that allow you to transform easily if you have a heterogeneous mix of technologies or if your contact center is on analog and you try to digitize it.
Chief Digital Officer at Cipher7
If I could change one thing about Oracle CX Sales, it would be to remove the five-minute data delay so we could get real-time data by the second.
Chief Financial Officer at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
The address fields can be limiting on a global scale, with issues like long addresses and different styles for pin codes.
Sales Head - ICT Sector at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
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.
VP of Business Operations at PeerSpot
Compared to AWS, it is slower, which could be a hindrance.
AWS Cloud Engineer at Accenture
With today's generative AI capabilities like ChatGPT, it should be possible to directly communicate with the software rather than navigating through the entire system manually.
Chief Digital Officer at Cipher7
 

Setup Cost

Microsoft Dynamics CRM pricing ranges from $50-$115/user monthly, competitive with Salesforce, yet complex for small businesses.
Oracle CX Sales pricing has mixed perceptions, with three tiers and discounts; it's costlier than Salesforce but offers robust functionality.
Salesforce Sales Cloud is costly, but negotiating can secure discounts; value justifies pricing, challenging affordability for smaller businesses.
When we compare it to SAP or something like that, Microsoft Dynamics CRM is a very affordable solution.
Principal Consultant at Systems Limited
The pricing of Microsoft Dynamics CRM can be complex due to Microsoft's complicated licensing model.
CISO at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Microsoft Dynamics CRM costs about $110 to $115 per user per month, following a recent price increase.
Head of Digital Transformation at Simplified Consulting
Without negotiation, costs can become expensive.
Chief Digital Officer at Cipher7
This happened for the first time because of the new CEO, Arundhati, who revolutionized pricing strategies, allowing discounts of 60-70% for Salesforce Sales Cloud in India.
Founder and Salesforce Consultant at SaaSnic
Salesforce Sales Cloud is extremely expensive.
VP of Business Operations at PeerSpot
 

Valuable Features

Microsoft Dynamics CRM is ideal for seamless Microsoft integration, customization, and robust features for sales management and customer engagement.
Oracle CX Sales streamlines sales with lead management, integrations, customizable options, analytics, and mobile functionality for diverse needs.
Salesforce Sales Cloud enhances productivity with customizability, automation, integration, data analytics, and efficient communication for optimal sales management.
The backend storage integrates seamlessly with OneDrive, and the solution offers robust security features, including Azure integration, two-factor authentication (2FA), and comprehensive audit trails.
CISO at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
The CRM is very fast, which is the most important aspect, and it's very handy.
Data Scientist at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
The most valuable feature of Microsoft Dynamics CRM is its integration with Outlook and other Microsoft products like Microsoft 365, which includes emails, Teams, and SharePoint.
Head of Digital Transformation at Simplified Consulting
The solution also offers robust analytical capabilities, enabling us to analyze reasons for wins or losses and strategically adjust our approach.
Sales Head - ICT Sector at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Oracle CX Sales has significantly impacted my organization by making it easy to interact with the cloud, providing access to data through APIs, allowing us to get all the datasets we require, and integrating with our AI automation tool, making the process very easy.
Chief Financial Officer at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
Its easy-to-navigate interface aids in delivering clear vision and organization, especially for sales and business management.
AWS Cloud Engineer at Accenture
Being able to pull reports in Salesforce Sales Cloud based on any of the fields that we have there and then building logic on those fields saves me time and also gives me visibility into what's going on with my teams across multiple departments, which is very helpful for us.
VP of Business Operations at PeerSpot
The Einstein Analytics and the inbuilt reporting are very useful for keeping track of pipeline movement.
Chief Digital Officer at Cipher7
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the CRM category, the mindshare of Microsoft Dynamics CRM is 2.7%, down from 11.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle CX Sales is 1.1%, down from 2.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Salesforce Sales Cloud is 2.4%, down from 8.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
CRM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Dynamics CRM2.7%
Salesforce Sales Cloud2.4%
Oracle CX Sales1.1%
Other93.8%
CRM
 

Featured Reviews

NavinJacob - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Digital Officer at Cipher7
Has enabled seamless integration across platforms while supporting advanced analytics for customer insights
Microsoft Dynamics CRM doesn't provide solutions that allow you to transform easily if you have a heterogeneous mix of technologies or if your contact center is on analog and you try to digitize it. A lot of custom work is needed if you have to integrate heterogeneous technologies with the Microsoft suite, but if you are using the Microsoft suite, then it's quite seamless. Microsoft Dynamics CRM should add commercial models that allow smaller companies to use it because it can get pretty expensive. Better commercial options for smaller implementations may be helpful. There should be commercial options for smaller companies, as the overheads and costs of Dynamics can be quite high.
NiravPatel - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Financial Officer at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees
Forecasting has become data driven and daily dashboards now guide our automation decisions
During implementation, we are not using other features as a team because we only need the features for dashboard reading and data integration into our AI automation tool. Oracle CX Sales has significantly impacted my organization by making it easy to interact with the cloud, providing access to data through APIs, allowing us to get all the datasets we require, and integrating with our AI automation tool, making the process very easy. The best features of Oracle CX Sales include the dashboard UI, which looks very unique. Every day we use the dashboard UI for forecasting data and preparing the data.
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.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Construction Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business43
Midsize Enterprise22
Large Enterprise21
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise12
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business56
Midsize Enterprise25
Large Enterprise43
 

Questions from the Community

What are the pros and cons of MS dynamics vs. Salesforce CRM?
When comparing Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Salesforce CRM in 2026, both are leading CRM platforms, but they serve slig...
Is it advisable to purchase Dynamics CRM in addition to NAV 2016?
Short answer: depends on your sales needs. NAV 2016’s built-in CRM is very basic. It’s fine for simple contact manage...
What needs improvement with Microsoft Dynamics CRM?
A few areas where Dynamics CRM can improve: User experience → Still feels complex for non-technical users, especial...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle CX Sales?
Pricing is based on licensing. They offer three different levels: basic, advanced, and enterprise. While I haven't ch...
What needs improvement with Oracle CX Sales?
The address fields can be limiting on a global scale, with issues like long addresses and different styles for pin co...
What is your primary use case for Oracle CX Sales?
We use Oracle CX Sales for our sales functions, including generating leads, managing campaigns, creating opportunitie...
What needs improvement with Salesforce Sales Cloud?
Salesforce Sales Cloud can be improved in several areas. First, the UI is an area for enhancement. Even though they'v...
What is your primary use case for Salesforce Sales Cloud?
Salesforce Sales Cloud serves as our primary tool for our sales team and reviews team to document and keep all our in...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Salesforce Sales Cloud?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been that it takes a lot of negotiation. Salesforce Sales C...
 

Also Known As

Dynamics CRM, MS Dynamics CRM
Oracle Sales Cloud
Sales Cloud, SFDC, Salesforce
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Metro Bank, Nissan, Pandora, Delta, Haynes International, City of London, Trek and many more market leaders.
Batesville, PROMATIS software GmbH, Grupo Arcor, Australian Finance Group Ltd., King Lai Hygienic Materials Co. Ltd., Nico International, Bausch & Lomb India Pvt. Ltd., Acorn Paper Products Company, Beijing East United Grid Technology Co. Ltd., Namu Tech Co. Ltd.
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Kuoni Global Travel Services, Financial Times, Just Eat, Jobsite, H.R. Owen, PlayerLayer, O2, DMGT, Philips, Xtreme.ie, Business Stream, Remote Asset Management, Dialogue Group
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