We use Salesforce for lead management, opportunity tracking and sale tracking. It provides insight into what has been sold and a forecast for future opportunities.
Asana Lead Manager at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
Powerful sales tool and CRM used for lead tracking and opportunity management
Pros and Cons
- "Salesforce highlights what are we selling in different regions and which regions or areas offer opportunities. We are able to view sales by month, quarter or year."
- "Salesforce is a powerful tool and you need specialists to create or to develop new functionalities. It is a difficult platform to learn to manage and you need years to know the whole product."
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
Salesforce highlights what are we selling in different regions and which regions or areas offer opportunities. We are able to view sales by month, quarter or year.
What is most valuable?
I like how you can create marketing campaigns. In five minutes, you can create a marketing campaign and send the campaign to users in less than 10 minutes.
What needs improvement?
Salesforce is a powerful tool and you need specialists to create or to develop new functionalities. It is a difficult platform to learn to manage and you need years to know the whole product.
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For how long have I used the solution?
I have used Salesforce for four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
This is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This is a scalable solution. I previously used Asana but Salesforce offers better scalability compared to Asana.
How are customer service and support?
The customer service team respond really quickly. I would rate their support a five out of five.
What other advice do I have?
Even though we have more than 50 employees in our organization, only 10 users use Salesforce. This is because licenses are expensive and more employees use Asana which we have free licenses for.
I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
Lead Sales Engineer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
The reporting features are useful.
Pros and Cons
- "The reporting features are useful."
- "I would like if Sales Cloud had the flexibility to create or edit the forms used to submit requests. Right now, they're fixed, and users can't edit them. Only administrators have editing privileges, so it takes too long to make changes."
What is our primary use case?
We primarily use Sales Cloud to process internal requests from field sales and operations.
What is most valuable?
The reporting features are useful.
What needs improvement?
I would like if Sales Cloud had the flexibility to create or edit the forms used to submit requests. Right now, they're fixed, and users can't edit them. Only administrators have editing privileges, so it takes too long to make changes.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using Sales Cloud for about four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I haven't had any stability issues. Sales Cloud seems to be highly stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have thousands of people using Sales Cloud at this company.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Salesforce Sales Cloud a solid eight out of 10.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Strategic Deals Consultant - Service Provider at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Simple dashboard creation, useful reports, and helpful support
Pros and Cons
- "Salesforce Sales Cloud is very user-friendly, and simple to create dashboards and extract the reports. Additionally, it integrates well with other applications."
- "When integrating Salesforce Sales Cloud with other applications it can be difficult to maintain security."
What is our primary use case?
We are using Salesforce Sales Cloud to create opportunities and tickets. We are updating the information and running reports.
What is most valuable?
Salesforce Sales Cloud is very user-friendly, and simple to create dashboards and extract the reports. Additionally, it integrates well with other applications.
What needs improvement?
When integrating Salesforce Sales Cloud with other applications it can be difficult to maintain security.
The next release of Salesforce Sales Cloud should add better integration with communication systems, such as Webex.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Salesforce Sales Cloud for approximately three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of Salesforce Sales Cloud is good.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Salesforce Sales Cloud is scalable.
We have approximately 1,000 users using this solution. We have plans to increase usage in the future.
How are customer service and support?
The support from Salesforce Sales Cloud is very helpful.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
In my previous company, I used an in-house built CRM system.
What about the implementation team?
We use ten technicians that support Salesforce Sales Cloud.
What other advice do I have?
I would highly recommend this solution to others.
I rate Salesforce Sales Cloud a nine out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Strategic Sales Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Creates customized reports and gives everybody easy access to information on the dashboard
Pros and Cons
- "The type of customization that comes with Salesforce CRM gives me a lot of liberty and ease of access to add any information that I wish to add. For example, the name, email ID, designation, the name of the decision maker, when the client joined the company, and the amount of influence he will have on the product."
- "Salesforce Sales Cloud does not integrate with Slack or WhatsApp, for example. As a result, there is no easy way to directly log a conversation with a client that occurred on one of these platforms. There are a few things that still need to be done manually in these instances."
What is our primary use case?
It's a centralized dashboard for all our in-house information.
We used to have all of the data in Excel sheets, but with the CRM, we can have all of the information in one place. You have access to all your deals, and all the information is visible to everyone in the company. You don't have to ask each employee to share individual sheets with you. Instead, what Salesforce does is that it gives everybody access to all the information on the dashboard.
What is most valuable?
Opportunity is a feature that I use very frequently. You create an opportunity when you schedule a call with a client. Within the opportunity, I can log all of the relevant data.
The type of customization that comes with Salesforce CRM gives me a lot of liberty and ease of access to add any information that I wish to add. For example, the name, email ID, designation, the name of the decision maker, when the client joined the company, and the amount of influence he will have on the product.
I also like the type of reports that I can create. Salesforce gives you the option of creating customized reports, which helps me to have a clear view of my opportunities. You don't have to necessarily go and check each and every opportunity, and there are in-built reporting capabilities as well.
I'm a massive fan of the custom integration Salesforce offers.
What needs improvement?
Salesforce Sales Cloud does not integrate with Slack or WhatsApp, for example. As a result, there is no easy way to directly log a conversation with a client that occurred on one of these platforms. There are a few things that still need to be done manually in these instances.
As for additional features, I would like to be able to link my personal phone to Salesforce so that I can log the records from my personal phone as well. With the current setup, they have to set up your ISP. To ensure that your data is logged into the CRM, you have to have the physical phone integrated with Salesforce Sales Cloud. If used with caution, I think this feature is going to help out. In India, the business model is such that nobody replies to an email. So, you have to use your personal phone or WhatsApp.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using Salesforce Sales Cloud for more than three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
As a user, I'm happy with the stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have 20 people who use this solution, and we hope to expand. However, at my previous company, the Salesforce integration took six months. Therefore, in terms of scalability if you have to add different departments or new employees, the integration may take a while.
The only challenge that I see is in terms of having to run the cycle, create the account, and contact different teams for different purposes. What could be done better is to have a single point of contact for all your queries, but that is a massive request because there are sales teams, support teams, tech teams, dev teams, etc. However, if you can have a sales engineer who can help with all our questions, then it would be great.
How are customer service and support?
The FAQs are helpful, and the technical support team is very efficient and capable of handling all your questions instantaneously.
Also, the help that I got during the initial stage is where Salesforce stands out completely. They are not about email, chat, or phone. They are present throughout your entire journey.
I'm a massive fan of the Salesforce technical support team and would give them a ten out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We went with Salesforce because most of the employees who joined our company had used Salesforce before and because Salesforce comes with a lot of options.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is very straightforward.
The deployment took six months from start to finish.
What was our ROI?
Salesforce saves time, and I have seen a fair amount of growth in terms of efficiency and accountability.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
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.
What other advice do I have?
Have a training module in place because Salesforce is a little bit technical and you need to understand all of the features.
The Salesforce Sales Cloud platform stands out from other products, and I would give them an eight on a scale from one to ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Senior Sales for CloudHealth Japan (First Sales) at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
High performance, effective marketing lead management, but interface could improve
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of Salesforce Sales Cloud is for teams the ability to do marketing on our page and to manage their marketing leads. You are able to close a deal and do the renewal. For the life cycle management for customer management, we use Salesforce Sales Cloud. The performance of the solution is good."
- "The user interface could be better in Salesforce Sales Cloud because it feels a little heavy."
What is our primary use case?
We use Salesforce Sales Cloud for customer engagement, CB2, marketing, and forecasting tools.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Salesforce Sales Cloud is for teams the ability to do marketing on our page and to manage their marketing leads. You are able to close a deal and do the renewal. For the life cycle management for customer management, we use Salesforce Sales Cloud. The performance of the solution is good.
What needs improvement?
The user interface could be better in Salesforce Sales Cloud because it feels a little heavy.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Salesforce Sales Cloud for approximately 10 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Salesforce Sales Cloud is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable.
We have approximately 50,000 users using this solution.
How are customer service and support?
The support is good from Salesforce Sales Cloud.
How was the initial setup?
The installation took approximately three months to complete.
What about the implementation team?
We have approximately 300 people that do the maintenance and support the solution.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution.
I rate Salesforce Sales Cloud a seven out of ten.
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Delivery Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Good reporting for tracking as well as costing leads, and it scales well, but it is expensive
Pros and Cons
- "Salesforce Sales Cloud is a stable solution."
- "I would like to see a more affordable licensing model."
What is our primary use case?
Salesforce Sales Cloud is used for selling, tracking leads, verifying customer information, scheduling appointments, visiting customers, and costing leads.
Open the case to the back end for something that cannot be done in the front end. Perhaps we have a case open to the back end.
What is most valuable?
For a user, it's okay.
What needs improvement?
The cost could be lower. I would like to see a more affordable licensing model.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with Salesforce Sales Cloud for four or five years.
We are using the latest version.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Salesforce Sales Cloud is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Salesforce Sales Cloud is scalable but requires additional licenses. At times we cannot scale for some users because of the license, and the cost.
We have more than 100 users in our organization.
How are customer service and support?
I have not contacted technical support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We use RPA products in our organization such as Kryon.
I believe, is from the user's perspective, in our bank, the user will be the, and not the developer; we empower the user in the operation to try to record robotics by themselves, not the IT team, or the developer. As a result, the user can show the client because it is simple to use for any user.
How was the initial setup?
I was not involved in the initial setup.
What about the implementation team?
The vendor handles the maintenance of the solution.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We pay a yearly subscription fee.
What other advice do I have?
I'm not sure about Salesforce, but the user side is similar to an app with this solution. That is acceptable from an IT standpoint. Actually, I'm not involved in this project very much, so I'm not sure what the issues are. I'm only in charge of RPA, not CRM, so I'm not sure.
I would rate Salesforce Sales Cloud a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Director - Enterprise Applications at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Helpful support, useful life cycle management, and highly stable
Pros and Cons
- "The most beneficial aspect of Salesforce Sales Cloud is my development life cycle will have been shortened."
- "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."
What is our primary use case?
Salesforce Sales Cloud is mostly used for partner lead management.
What is most valuable?
The most beneficial aspect of Salesforce Sales Cloud is my development life cycle will have been shortened.
What needs improvement?
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.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Salesforce Sales Cloud for approximately two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Salesforce Sales Cloud is extremely stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of Salesforce Sales Cloud is good, we have not had any issues.
We have a few thousand users using this solution in my organization.
How are customer service and support?
We have premier support and it is very good. Whenever we hit roadblocks, we do reach out to the support and they're very cooperative.
I would rate the technical support of Salesforce Sales Cloud a four out of five.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously had an in-house solution. We switched to Salesforce Sales Cloud because it was a good time in the market to do so and the solution as all the latest changes in the industry which we would receive automatically into our organization.
How was the initial setup?
The complexity of the implementation of Salesforce Sales Cloud depends on the business. If your business process is complex, the implementation will turn out to be complex. Our implementation was a complex one because we have different processes we had to configure, it was time-consuming. It took approximately six to eight months to configure everything.
What about the implementation team?
We used a partner for the implementation of Salesforce Sales Cloud.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price of Salesforce Sales Cloud could be reduced. It is expensive.
We pay for a standard license and there are not any additional fees other than the premier support.
What other advice do I have?
I would advise others Salesforce Sales Cloud is a good tool. However, the price is high and other solutions in the market should be looked at because of this.
I rate Salesforce Sales Cloud a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Consulting Chief Information Officer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Easy and quick to install, with good performance
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable features are performance and integration."
- "I would like to see licensing fees reduced in the next release."
What is our primary use case?
It is used almost entirely by the organization to connect with clients and patients.
What is most valuable?
The performance is good. I am satisfied with the performance of this solution.
The most valuable features are performance and integration.
What needs improvement?
There are always issues that must be addressed. And, in the end, I believe we have the support of these organizations, and we are working toward solutions.
I would like to see licensing fees reduced in the next release.
For how long have I used the solution?
We are based on Salesforce. I believe they've been using it for a long time before my tenure. We are still using Salesforce Sales Cloud.
We are using the most recent version.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Salesforce Sales Cloud is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Salesforce Sales Cloud's scalability is good.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
There are several beta programs that are also run with us and for which we receive support. It is not only because of product upgrades but also because of beta programs.
There were native developments available, but as part of corporate policy, we chose Salesforce.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is easy. It's far easier in the present times.
The client is virtually very easy. At the moment, I believe everyone works from home, and it has taken us an unimaginable, very short time. It was up and running and continues to do so.
What about the implementation team?
The installation was done by the individuals themselves.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We must pay for the licenses. Then it comes from the internal budgets.
It should be cheaper.
What other advice do I have?
It is very good, and I would recommend it to others who are considering using it.
I would rate Salesforce Sales Cloud an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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