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Salesforce Service Cloud vs TalkDesk 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
6.5
Salesforce Service Cloud achieves 135% ROI by enhancing efficiency, productivity, and service business, despite implementation costs.
Sentiment score
5.7
TalkDesk boosts productivity and efficiency with cloud features, enhancing operational capabilities and user interfaces while reducing infrastructure needs.
Salesforce Service Cloud requires significant maintenance effort to see ROI.
After implementing TalkDesk, we boosted our solution and our workforce to improve our response time.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.6
Salesforce Service Cloud is praised for helpful support and community, despite some critiques on initial response and proactiveness.
Sentiment score
7.0
TalkDesk customer service is appreciated for professionalism and expertise, yet some experience delays despite accessible support options.
Salesforce directly does not give you the support, and it is through the partner that you have to go, leading to some time delays.
Unless you have premium support, assistance is restricted.
I am happy with the support line.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Salesforce Service Cloud offers exceptional scalability for enterprise growth, handling increased users and transactions seamlessly across industries.
Sentiment score
7.3
TalkDesk offers excellent scalability, allowing easy agent adjustments and supporting growth efficiently in diverse business environments.
Salesforce Service Cloud is the most advanced in scalability, rating around nine to ten.
Nobody can compete with Salesforce Service Cloud's scalability.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
Salesforce Service Cloud is highly stable, reliable, quickly resolves issues, and is positively rated across industries for dependability.
Sentiment score
6.5
TalkDesk is stable and reliable with minor issues, rated between six and nine out of ten by users.
We rarely encounter stability issues with Salesforce Service Cloud, although when they occur, they cause significant disruption.
 

Room For Improvement

Salesforce Service Cloud requires improvements in email integration, UI/UX, reporting, analytics, and cost efficiency for better user experience.
TalkDesk needs enhanced automation, outbound features, speed, and customization; faces challenges with call quality and limited support access.
Configuring Flows in Salesforce Service Cloud is very difficult.
Salesforce Service Cloud should focus on simplification.
The pricing of Salesforce Service Cloud is expensive compared to other solutions like our current SAP CRM, which is much cheaper.
 

Setup Cost

Salesforce Service Cloud is seen as costly but negotiable, with user-based pricing offering potential ROI through strategic use.
Salesforce Service Cloud is expensive.
The approximate licensing costs for Salesforce Service Cloud are around three hundred dollars a year per user.
 

Valuable Features

Salesforce Service Cloud is praised for customization, integration, automation, user-friendliness, scalability, and features enhancing productivity and visibility.
TalkDesk offers seamless integrations, AI enhancements, and ease of use, with features like automatic call-routing and comprehensive reporting.
Salesforce Service Cloud offers pre-built packages that are best in class.
Salesforce Service Cloud improved our organization with its mobile capabilities.
Usability is one of the strongest characteristics of Salesforce Service Cloud.
The main feature for us is reporting and the capability to maintain a strict relationship with our customers.
 

Categories and Ranking

Salesforce Service Cloud
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
55
Ranking in other categories
CRM Customer Engagement Centers (1st), Help Desk Software (4th), Knowledge Management Software (3rd), IT Alerting and Incident Management (6th)
TalkDesk
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Contact Center Platforms (4th), Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Contact Center solutions, they serve different purposes. Salesforce Service Cloud is designed for CRM Customer Engagement Centers and holds a mindshare of 13.7%, down 17.5% compared to last year.
TalkDesk, on the other hand, focuses on Contact Center Platforms, holds 4.1% mindshare, up 3.1% since last year.
CRM Customer Engagement Centers Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Salesforce Service Cloud13.7%
Microsoft Dynamics CRM19.1%
ServiceNow Customer Service Management9.3%
Other57.900000000000006%
CRM Customer Engagement Centers
Contact Center Platforms Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
TalkDesk4.1%
Amazon Connect19.9%
Genesys Cloud CX17.4%
Other58.6%
Contact Center Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

MARIA PILAR CANDA - PeerSpot reviewer
Improved customer service and post-sales support saves time
The solution could be more affordable as it's quite expensive for some organizations, particularly middle-sized companies. Additionally, finding technical talent for improving the solution is challenging. Configuring Flows in Salesforce Service Cloud is very difficult. There are very few technical people in the market capable of implementing all the flows that clients need at this moment. It's primarily a matter of talent limitation, and flow is the technical mechanism of Salesforce Service Cloud for process automation. In general, while they have the knowledge and help solve problems, finding the right person to address specific issues is very challenging.
Vítor Hugo Pacheco - PeerSpot reviewer
Simple to manage workflow and inbound flow and easy learning curve
I like the simplicity of managing a flow, mostly inbound. It's the most powerful feature in TalkDesk. From the user's point of view, there's no need for a softphone or TIP phone. The solution is very seamless. We use AI with a custom solution outside of TalkDesk. It is very simple to learn how to use TalkDesk. If you are in a managing position, you have the academy. Within one or two days, you are trained to work as a system manager.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Performing Arts
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Computer Software Company
16%
Retailer
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Energy/Utilities Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise24
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Salesforce Service Cloud?
The approximate licensing costs for Salesforce Service Cloud are around three hundred dollars a year per user.
What needs improvement with Salesforce Service Cloud?
The solution could be more affordable as it's quite expensive for some organizations, particularly middle-sized companies. Additionally, finding technical talent for improving the solution is chall...
What is your primary use case for Salesforce Service Cloud?
We have many clients with Salesforce Service Cloud and numerous use cases. The main use is in the sales area rather than the marketing area. We utilize it for customer service and customer post-sal...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TalkDesk?
We do not have a point of comparison, but in general, I consider it a fair price.
What needs improvement with TalkDesk?
For startups, TalkDesk is a good solution because it offers basic functionality without too many customizable options, such as the dialer. It has a basic dialer and agentless dialer, but customizat...
What is your primary use case for TalkDesk?
We mainly use TalkDesk for inbound calls, dialers, SMS, and other digital solutions. We also use it for quality management and recording solutions.
 

Also Known As

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Sample Customers

Stanley Black & Decker, Coca-Cola, Activision, Wells Fargo, Spotify, Aldo, Philips, The Red Cross, Blue Shield of California, Sprouts Farmers Market, Direct Energy Solar, Inspirato, Kiva
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