Salesforce Sales Cloud vs Siebel CRM vs SugarCRM Platform comparison

Salesforce and Oracle are both solutions in the CRM category. Salesforce is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.2, while Oracle is ranked #14 with an average rating of 7.0. Salesforce holds a 2.0% mindshare in CRM, compared to Oracle’s 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Salesforce users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 88% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

Salesforce Sales Cloud

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94% willing to recommend

Siebel CRM

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2,550 Comparison Views

88% willing to recommend

SugarCRM Platform

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1,119 Comparison Views

50% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between Salesforce Sales Cloud, Siebel CRM, and SugarCRM Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the CRM category, the mindshare of Salesforce Sales Cloud is 2.0%, down from 9.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Siebel CRM is 1.2%, down from 6.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SugarCRM Platform is 0.9%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

CRM Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Salesforce Sales Cloud	2.0%
Siebel CRM	1.2%
SugarCRM Platform	0.9%
Other	95.9%

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Featured Reviews

Jonny Katz

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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ShirazShah

CRM Specialist at Allied Bank Limited

Integration capabilities facilitate efficient data management and enhance customer service, but the analytics requires improvement

The analytics capabilities in Siebel CRM have presented numerous challenges. Due to these challenges, we had to integrate Microsoft Power BI. The CRM analytics was not sufficient for our needs, given that we have four million customers and a thousand products. We are currently focusing on the upgrade and discussing with Oracle. If there have been improvements in the analytics side over the past few years, we are open to evaluating them. Currently, all analytics are being done on Power BI. The data is exported to our data lake, and Power BI is being used for all reporting and analytics. Even our customer 360, which is the core of any CRM, has Power BI widgets built-in through iframe because we could not accomplish this through Siebel CRM. The analytics component has been the main pain point for our organization, particularly due to processing time and performance with our large customer base.

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reviewer1345677

Senior Manager / IT Planning & Architecture Services at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Easily customizable, automation enhances the marketing campaigns but support is the main hiccup for us

It has been effective in managing customer relationships. It has sales email campaigns, plus integration with Active Directory. And there are centralized reports for the CEO and the general managers. We work with automation for these marketing and email campaigns. It sends out emails to prospective customers related to sales offers automatically. And it copies the sales team so that they can follow up. They are tracking the sales leads. So, the automation within SugarCRM enhances the marketing campaigns. For now, my work is done because I am the IT strategy and planning manager. I just try to deliver the solution according to the requirements of the business. From my side, it's implemented already, the requirement related to the sales funnel. But if they have any other requirement from the business side, they will submit it to me, and then I will look for a suitable solution.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The product is very fast and responsive. There's no lag time when you are on the platform."

"The development cost, maintenance cost, everything will be drastically reduced - unlike traditional infrastructure where we maintain everything on our own."

"The most valuable features of Salesforce Sales Cloud are increased productivity and business accuracy."

"The reporting is easy and helpful."

"The ability to work on it from anywhere is most valuable. All you need is a computer, a browser, and an internet connection to access your instance. It can be accessed from anywhere, which is pretty cool and user-friendly."

"Contact records are most valuable."

"The tool is quite flexible."

"Salesforce Sales Cloud is a stable solution."

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"The best thing about the tool is its data model. The underlying data model refers to how the data is stored in databases. We can also experience the ease of developing anything with the tool. We can customize any functionality as per any business challenge."

"Siebel CRM has enhanced customer engagement for our organization, particularly through its robust data model and flexible features. One specific scenario where Siebel CRM excelled was in addressing complex client requirements. For instance, we successfully implemented a module for email responses, a feature that was not readily available or as robust as other CRM tools. Additionally, Siebel's open UI module allowed us to customize the user interface for one of our clients completely. This customization proved to be a major selling point for our company."

"The solution is scalable."

"The flexibility is very good."

"The solution's order management pack is quite fantastic."

"Siebel CRM has a strong database model, workflow and integration tools."

"Siebel CRM's most beneficial aspects are the workflows. It has complete holistic workflows for a customer management system."

"Siebel CRM is the number one CRM product in the world."

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"The most valuable features of the SugarCRM platform include its flexibility in customizing fields, layouts, and dashboards."

"The most valuable features of Sugar Enterprise are the exports of graphics, statuses, complaints, and tasks."

"The most valuable aspect of this solution is its low cost."

"It has sales email campaigns, plus integration with Active Directory."

"It works well with Jira. You can customize it to fit your needs."

"The most valuable feature is relation capability, which allows us to relay customers with invoice orders."

Cons

"We prefer using local solutions like RD Station in Brazil due to pricing considerations."

"It might be easier if there were better integration with other sales systems or clouds that are not powered by Salesforce. For example, when we work with partners, such as Amazon or any other major tech company, sometimes we collaborate to develop a sales lead."

"I would like to see a more affordable licensing model."

"As a presale team leader, I see a need to better understand the platform because our current knowledge is limited. This makes it difficult to explore possible extensions of its use. We also want more detailed information on commercial opportunities included in the tool. It needs to include better documentation on the functions it offers."

"Even though they've launched Lightning, it's clunky at times with page load speeds and needs to be made extremely more user-friendly."

"I need to do a lot of customization to implement an ERP solution for an energy and utilities client versus a BFS client. Salesforce should look at the common customizations each client wants and see how much of that can be standardized into industry-specific specific solutions. That would speed up implementation, so we don't need to go through the same steps a hundred times. Salesforce could do it once and put it out for the rest of the clients to use it."

"Amount of storage provided is limited."

"The areas revolving around archiving and backup in Salesforce Sales Cloud are not as advanced as some of the other solutions in the market."

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"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."

"The backend performance of Siebel could be improved as it is often slow. In addition, the Open UI is not that responsive."

"The user interface could be more intuitive and modern. The Oracle Siebel documentation contains many links, and finding specific information takes time."

"The user interface, mobile application, and support could be improved."

"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."

"Siebel CRM can improve as an ERP and for a few corporate business workloads."

"The documentation needs to be improved."

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"In the next release, I would like to see personalization of information about customers or specific businesses or opportunities."

"Sugar Enterprise could improve by removing bugs and glitches. For example, a comment was made but in the comment section, it was never displayed. However, the problems we faced might not be the fault of the solution."

"It lacks customization, and this is the main reason that we are switching to a different solution."

"I would appreciate it if SugarCRM could support us in on-premise implementation."

"You cannot include all your entities under one instance at the moment."

"I would like to see more integration on a mobile platform in the next release."

"While it is already user-friendly, a slight enhancement in UI design, especially in terms of color combinations, could make the platform more visually appealing and comfortable to use."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Not the cheapest"

"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."

"It's expensive, storage being the most costly aspect."

"It is alright for now because we ended up getting a discount off the base price. So, for now, it is okay. We may have to renegotiate when we get more users, and I don't know if the price would stay the same or increase. It has just a standard licensing fee. If you end up hiring a consultant for implementation, you will have to pay for the implementation. Other than that, there are no additional fees."

"Implementation and add-ons may be additional costs."

"Sales Cloud is quite expensive."

"We have a yearly license, and there are no hidden costs. Considering the Indian market, the pricing is reasonable. I don't consider it to be on the high side."

"The price of Salesforce Sales Cloud could be reduced. It is expensive."

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"I think the tool’s pricing is exaggerated. Once you do the price sizing as per your business needs, you would find that the price of other solutions like Zoho CRM, HubSpot CRM, Salesforce CRM, etc. would be always the same."

"The price of Siebel CRM depends on the usage of the business requirement. For large enterprises the price it's very good but if you are using it for medium scale enterprises, the price is very expensive."

"This solution is expensive compared to other solutions in the market. This makes it difficult to convince our customers to use it. The customers who are already using Siebel have thought about moving to Velocity or Salesforce."

"The product is expensive."

"Its licensing is yearly."

"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

11%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Performing Arts

Computer Software Company

11%

Government

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Engineering Company

16%

Manufacturing Company

13%

Computer Software Company

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	55
Midsize Enterprise	26
Large Enterprise	40

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	16

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	3

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Salesforce Sales Cloud?

The features of Sales Cloud most useful for testing and running email campaigns are highly valuable.

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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...

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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...

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What do you like most about Siebel Sales?

Siebel CRM has enhanced customer engagement for our organization, particularly through its robust data model and flex...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Siebel Sales?

I do not have any information on pricing, setup cost, or licensing.

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What needs improvement with Siebel Sales?

The analytics capabilities in Siebel CRM have presented numerous challenges. Due to these challenges, we had to integ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sugar Enterprise?

All are almost the same pricing. Maybe the cheapest is Salesforce, I believe.

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What needs improvement with Sugar Enterprise?

The only challenge was that we implemented it in our on-premise data center instead of using it in the cloud. That wa...

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What advice do you have for others considering Sugar Enterprise?

To start with, SugarCRM is a very good platform. It's easy to implement and easily customizable. Might be later when ...

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Comparisons

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Compared 11% of the time

SAP CRM vs Salesforce Sales Cloud

Compared 9% of the time

Oracle CX Sales vs Salesforce Sales Cloud

Compared 6% of the time

Campfire Interactive vs Salesforce Sales Cloud

Compared 4% of the time

Zendesk vs Salesforce Sales Cloud

Compared 3% of the time

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Microsoft Dynamics CRM vs Siebel CRM

Compared 19% of the time

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Compared 11% of the time

SAP CRM vs Siebel CRM

Compared 11% of the time

Oracle Fusion Service vs Siebel CRM

Compared 9% of the time

NetSuite CRM+ vs Siebel CRM

Compared 4% of the time

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Vtiger CRM vs SugarCRM Platform

Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

Oracle CRM vs SugarCRM Platform

Compared 9% of the time

Zoho CRM vs SugarCRM Platform

Compared 7% of the time

Sales Creatio vs SugarCRM Platform

Compared 5% of the time

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Also Known As

Sales Cloud, SFDC, Salesforce

Siebel Sales

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Overview

Salesforce Sales Cloud is a comprehensive tool lauded for its customization, ease of use, and integration capabilities. Its cloud-based nature offers seamless access and scalability, helping manage leads, opportunities, and workflows efficiently. Powerful reporting and dashboards enhance visibility and productivity.

Salesforce Sales Cloud serves as an essential aid for companies aiming to streamline sales processes. It integrates sales and marketing, manages customer data, and supports automation, which increases efficiency. Despite its expense and complex interface, its ability to forecast, track customer engagement, and automate key workflows stands out. Companies encounter challenges with system costs and integration issues, particularly regarding third-party applications and mobile functionality. Reporting and dashboards offer significant insights, although room for improvement exists. Licensing costs and storage fees are considerations for prospects, alongside the need for improved training and AI features. Users maximize the platform for sales pipeline management, forecasting, and operational analytics.

What are the most important features?

Customization: Tailor the platform to fit exact business objectives.
Integration: Seamlessly connect with apps and platforms, improving workflow.
Automation: Streamline lead management and workflows, reducing manual tasks.
Reporting and Dashboards: Gain insights for informed decision-making.
Cloud-based Access: Ensure scalability and accessibility from anywhere.

What benefits can users expect?

Enhanced Productivity: Automation and robust tracking improve efficiency.
Increased Sales Efficiency: Manage pipelines and opportunities seamlessly.
Better Forecasting: Advanced features provide valuable foresight into sales trends.
Operational Efficiency: Analytics and reporting fortify strategic planning.

Organizations across industries utilize Salesforce Sales Cloud from finance to healthcare for business development and CRM tasks. It is integral to managing accounts, leading pipelines, and aligning sales with marketing strategies. Firms improve customer relations and operational efficiency through its analytics and reporting capabilities.

Salesforce

Siebel CRM is a comprehensive customer relationship management solution that helps businesses streamline their sales, marketing, and service processes. With its robust features and user-friendly interface, Siebel CRM enables organizations to effectively manage customer interactions and enhance customer satisfaction. The solution offers a wide range of modules, including sales force automation, marketing automation, and customer service management, allowing businesses to automate and optimize their customer-facing activities.

Siebel CRM also provides advanced analytics and reporting capabilities, enabling businesses to gain valuable insights into their customer data and make informed decisions. With its flexible deployment options, including on-premises and cloud-based solutions, Siebel CRM can be tailored to meet the unique needs of any organization.

Oracle

SugarCRM is a versatile CRM solution that facilitates communication and organization within a company. Its primary use case includes call and comment logging, account relation, customer detail storage, verification handling, transaction tracking, marketing material management, and payment transaction handling. The most valuable functionalities include customizable exports of graphics, statuses, complaints, and tasks, as well as its scalability, stability, and low cost. It integrates well with Jira and can be easily configured. The platform improves efficiency, productivity, collaboration, communication, and coordination within organizations, while also providing valuable insights and data analytics for informed decision-making.

SugarCRM

Sample Customers

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

Hover Automotive India Pvt. Ltd., Lawn Tennis Association, Tªrk Telekom, Bouygues Telecom, City of Atlanta, IGEPA IT-SERVICE GmbH, ec4u expert consulting AG, Salud Responde, Sascar, Banca Transilvania, UL, Ingersoll Rand, The Royal Dutch Touring Club ANWB

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