2019-06-28T09:53:00Z

What needs improvement with Salesforce Platform?

Miriam Tover - PeerSpot reviewer
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AY
Real User
Top 20
2024-01-19T19:48:02Z
Jan 19, 2024

Salesforce Platform operates as a cloud system, and within our organization, numerous internal systems handle data processing. While real-time data retrieval is feasible through services, achieving real-time communication poses some challenges.

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Surcel Stefan - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant
Top 10
2023-09-07T08:13:00Z
Sep 7, 2023

I think the interface should be enhanced and more user-friendly. Right now, it requires a lot of steps to operate it.

SZ
Consultant
Top 20
2023-09-04T06:45:00Z
Sep 4, 2023

Companies prioritize quality execution and user convenience over pricing concerns. Their primary focus is on the platform's effectiveness and the positive impact it can make, as well as the time-saving benefits it offers. It's essentially a blend of both factors, striking a balance between quality and cost. This platform is indeed on the expensive side. One notable aspect is that it offers a comprehensive range of fields and even allows for customization, enabling users to tailor it to their specific tasks and requirements. This flexibility extends to creating customized labels and columns in the backend, making it a highly adaptable and tailored tool. Overall, I haven't encountered any significant challenges. Pricing could potentially be a deciding factor, but I believe it's unlikely to be a major concern for the company behind this widely used CRM platform. Despite the higher pricing, it remains the most popular CRM tool globally due to its extensive features and capabilities.

Ismail Shaik - PeerSpot reviewer
MSP
Top 10
2023-05-08T07:45:00Z
May 8, 2023

Salesforce Platform is an evolving product. Salesforce Platform is a bit expensive compared to other CRM products, which is a drawback. Other than that, this product is evolving and adding new features. So they are trying to serve the needs of each and every person. The only thing I consider is that they are a bit expensive compared to other CRMs, so the price needs to be improved.

SJ
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2023-04-28T06:27:00Z
Apr 28, 2023

There are a few functions that I would like to see improved. The solution's rostering and scheduling, and payroll functionality need to improve. We're working with all our vendors on issues that need to be updated and addressed to meet the changing business needs.

GD
Real User
Top 20
2023-03-28T09:22:07Z
Mar 28, 2023

They have some limitations as a cloud solution. They need to open it up a bit and remove some restrictions. It's a bit expensive. We are looking forward to seeing more AI in the future.

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Claudio Chalom - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
2023-03-24T17:37:40Z
Mar 24, 2023

I think that Salesforce can improve lead management when it comes to B2C. I would like to have more features specifically related to the B2C segment. The current process where you create a lead that's in the B2C segment and it creates an account makes no sense. In the next release, I'd like to see the opportunity to send text messages and actually call customers from Salesforce.

Rahul Rupela - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2023-03-24T09:47:59Z
Mar 24, 2023

Some business functionalities could be improved.

NA
Real User
Top 10
2023-03-09T22:00:20Z
Mar 9, 2023

The back end really isn't user-friendly at all. In terms of data import, migrating data from, for example, a core banking system into Salesforce, we find it very difficult to do the mapping. They need a proprietary tool that would allow for ease of integration into the environment. That's not just for migration. It's mostly for one-time loads when we need to get the deltas in. We need some sort of tool to make this easier. The initial setup is complex. technical support is not very responsive.

AL
Real User
Top 20
2023-02-08T13:22:15Z
Feb 8, 2023

The Salesforce team is building some intelligence into the Salesforce Platform, but it needs more automation. In particular, I want more analytics in the platform and the addition of AI-based models, for example, predictive feedback. The Salesforce Platform needs to be more intelligent and intuitive to make it a great solution. What I want to add to the Salesforce Platform is the ability to organize and present information on the dashboards more intelligently, as that would be of great help.

MK
Real User
Top 20
2023-01-11T14:20:14Z
Jan 11, 2023

I would like to see the organizational details improved to make it less difficult to bring new clients on board.

MuriloCosta - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2022-08-09T15:54:14Z
Aug 9, 2022

What could be improved in the Salesforce Platform is the price. The platform is too expensive. The implementation time for the platform is also longer than expected, so that's another area for improvement.

Abhishek Gautam - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 5
2022-06-23T12:35:57Z
Jun 23, 2022

Salesforce Platform could improve the UI and the responsiveness of their servers. The UI needs to be made user-friendly for all users.

DL
Real User
Top 20
2022-06-14T20:03:00Z
Jun 14, 2022

Salesforce needs to be re-platformed, or re-architected, making it lighter. It also needs an easier code to work with. Initial setup should be easier and faster. Personally, I do not see that much value in Salesforce.

Pablo Lage - PeerSpot reviewer
MSP
Top 20
2022-05-26T10:55:34Z
May 26, 2022

The interface could be more user-friendly and offer more customization.

ST
Real User
2022-03-14T14:28:00Z
Mar 14, 2022

The biggest challenge we had was the cost and the licensing, and we ended up getting an ELA, so enterprise licensing agreement. That took a lot of negotiations and a lot of pressure, however, we were able to get good pricing, the community licensing, and they bundled in Einstein. They bundled a lot of capabilities for us with the ELA.

MZ
Real User
2022-01-05T08:12:29Z
Jan 5, 2022

It may be slow, but that is relative. When compared to Siebel CRM, which was large, clunky, and extremely slow, Salesforce seemed fast to me.

DB
Real User
2021-12-06T21:50:47Z
Dec 6, 2021

When it switched to lightning, it threw me for a loop. When they changed the look and feel, I had a hard time finding things and doing what I used to do.

PG
Consultant
2021-11-30T22:54:51Z
Nov 30, 2021

There's always room for improvement. Simplification is something it needs for sales. Every time you get the engineers involved, they make things a little too complicated. It might be more beneficial to simplify everything for quick and easy reference. The solution should offer a Salesforce version for individuals. You have a number of people that have independent agencies and other independent workers that are out there that want to be able to track what they're doing and be able to put that into some sort of a schedule that coordinates with their calendar and everything else. When I look at Salesforce and I open Salesforce, it's unique to me as an individual. I've used Salesforce with many different companies. Sometimes you can see the visibility of other accounts, and things of that nature. These platforms can be problematic as you have people that are always looking at your stuff and then trying to work their way around you. With Salesforce, I do feel that I'm doing a lot of repetitive tasks. We're constantly, re-putting in the same thing over and over and over. And that's something that Salesforce should figure out. They need to remove redundancies, as salespeople want to move on to the next deal. Salespeople want to talk and track the initial and primary points of contact. They want to put in a quick note and move on to the next opportunity. For a salesperson, sometimes, you should be able to categorize your opportunities in the vertical markets that can be beneficial as well. I know it makes it a little more complex, however, that way you could see everything at a glance. You could look up which vertical, for example, you are more successful in. You should be able to split those out and dissect everything a bit better. That way, when you're running your campaigns, you could actually have some consistency. For example, as a salesperson, you could say "today I'm going to call logistics companies" or "today I'm going to call finance companies".

MH
Real User
2021-11-07T09:20:00Z
Nov 7, 2021

I was hoping that with the integration of Tableau that they would have better end-user analytics to play around with. Coming from a MicroStrategy background, I was kind of disappointed. MicroStrategy is actually easier to use than Tableau. It was a function of the license that I was given. Salesforce is incredibly slow. It was difficult to run live sales calls and leverage Salesforce at the same time. You can't ask a customer to hold for 45 seconds while you are looking for information about the account. Salesforce also did not integrate well with some of the other systems that we had. More end-user functionality would be useful. They should have some pre-canned reports that other analysts or salespeople would find valuable. I tried Salesforce Einstein, but that never really worked for me. The PowerSeller tool was just as helpful. We would gather news reports about specific customers and identify if there were any buzzwords attached to it. I was able to create customized daily intelligence reports that would go out directly to my customers. TechnoMile integrated these reports directly into Salesforce allowing every salesperson that had the Archintel module to subscribe to specific reports giving them a compelling reason to reach out to the customer. Salesforce has a news feed function, but it is pretty ugly and very clunky to use. If they leveraged some sort of tool like this one, it would be amazing.

PC
Real User
2021-11-07T09:20:00Z
Nov 7, 2021

Salesforce Platform has a cumbersome interface when creating reports, dashboards, and those types of things. They could be a little bit more simple. The administration has to be an aficionado to do any sort of administration and maintenance, for example, setting up the way you want to modify the lead tracks or functions. These systems tend to be quite cumbersome.

KW
Real User
2021-11-02T18:37:00Z
Nov 2, 2021

We have a lot of strategic accounts and large accounts that are tied with all the growth and acquisitions across North America, being able to tag parent-child accounts in an easier fashion would be better. This is the biggest pain point is associating parent to child and being able to align and manage it better. Overall a better parent-child relationship between accounts would be a benefit.

DD
Real User
2021-10-13T20:04:25Z
Oct 13, 2021

Their reporting needs to be improved. It should be easier. I don't know how, but it needs to be easier.

SG
Real User
2021-09-08T12:45:19Z
Sep 8, 2021

The UI needs to be improved. As developers, we can manage it, but for end users it's not very attractive in the workshop. It needs to be more user friendly and more intuitive.

RV
Real User
2021-08-06T01:52:30Z
Aug 6, 2021

Integration with a few of the other products such as Spring Boot is a problem. Integration needs improvement. We have found that there are some issues with integration. DevOps is lagging in Salesforce development practice. We are looking for a better understanding of DevOps for Salesforce. I would like to see automation DevOps in the next release.

Kamal Deep - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2021-07-13T15:54:38Z
Jul 13, 2021

Pricing is the biggest factor. The cost right now is too high and I've had a lot of clients leave. Sometimes customers can get annoyed as there are just too many features to understand and work with. They should consider reducing their offering, or work to streamline it so that it is not so overwhelming. There are now many great competitors that offer more streamlined, easy-to-understand services. Customers need accounting, and, right now, they need to go elsewhere, to something like Xero, for example, or QuickBooks. It would be nice to have some kind of accounting available right in Salesforce. The stability could be better. We don't get any leads from Salesforce here in India. It would be helpful if we could use the product to get us leads.

GS
Real User
2021-06-03T09:22:00Z
Jun 3, 2021

We have yet to encounter any areas of the solution in need of improvement.

Mohamed Abd Kader - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2021-05-21T15:06:20Z
May 21, 2021

The solution doesn't really have any weak areas. overall , It's very good product. but Technical support could be a bit faster. for the standard support , their SLA is about 48 hours which is not that fast if you have a serious issue Based on the platform capabilities . i see the Platform is very, very capable of handling a full ERP, and not only a CRM. may be in the near future , SF will launch their own ERP system :)

LE
Real User
2021-04-22T15:30:27Z
Apr 22, 2021

In terms of features, for our business needs, we have more than enough right now. There is nothing that we are missing or would like to add. They can maybe share some best practices so that when you are starting, you can stick to a good process, and you don't have to think so much about the process that you want or your CEO or CMO wants. The process should not be based on one person in the company. Having some best practices will make it easier to get started. These best practices can be based on what has worked for others. Its basic version is pretty simple, and the customizations are up to the companies, which can make startups like ours lose a lot of time in figuring out what all stakeholders want rather than what would work.

Real User
2021-03-07T16:40:26Z
Mar 7, 2021

Getting reports in Salesforce is sometimes a little bit difficult. You need to do a lot of things to get detailed reports. This feature can be improved. Its price can also be improved. It is currently expensive.

GG
Real User
2021-02-20T00:55:07Z
Feb 20, 2021

It is quite expensive. It has gotten to that point where it is a lot more pricey. It has kind of got its own proprietary language for development. It is probably never going to change, but if it had a more market language for development, it would be easier to find developers. They come at a premium cost, so it is expensive.

KV
Real User
2021-02-19T14:11:40Z
Feb 19, 2021

The solution should keep adding features. They've continued to develop a lot of functionality over time with their additive approach to developing the product. There needs to be more documentation. They need to make it easier to find what you need in order to get help and solve problems. Technical support could be more responsive. The solution could increase the number of plug-ins on offer. They should have ready-to-go modules that can just be added at any time to increase the capabilities in a number of directions.

JA
Real User
2021-02-18T21:40:09Z
Feb 18, 2021

The solution is very expensive compared to CRM solutions. It requires a lot of configuration that could make it difficult for some people. We are lucky to have a partner helping us. In addition, the license together with the cost of implementation, makes it very expensive. In some cases it's good to be modular, but in this case each time you want to integrate something, there's an additional cost. If you want to integrate with Office 365 you have to pay; if you want a seamless process with the marketing team or the accounting team, you have to pay. Right now our process is good and we can do anything we need but we may need something more in the future.

AG
Real User
2021-02-15T10:29:44Z
Feb 15, 2021

It would be better if they can add more from the pricing and functionality perspective. It is very expensive. I would be more than happy if they drop the prices. From the licensing perspective, if they can add more functionality, I would be more than happy.

AB
Real User
2021-01-23T15:37:24Z
Jan 23, 2021

Although the platform is already set up for you, there's a lot of customization that needs to be done, especially for any new component we start using. For whatever solution we wanted, we had to think for ourselves and design it all on our own. And, unfortunately, there were some components that were not really mature in the beginning, like Tableau for example. I would like to see Salesforce better, or more quickly, integrate the applications that they acquire, like Tableau and Slack. Technologies are changing rapidly nowadays, and customers are requesting all sorts of new integrations. For example, some are asking for WhatsApp integrations, AI and ML integrations, etc. When you're using a single platform such as Salesforce or SAP, your data quality is the one thing that is taken care of, and we would like to continue managing our data across many different integration channels.

JV
Real User
2021-01-07T09:34:49Z
Jan 7, 2021

We need to do a lot of configurations on the solution in order for it to be set up as we need it. It would be ideal if it didn't require so much effort to tweak everything. The initial setup is rather complex.

JL
Real User
2020-12-10T17:31:03Z
Dec 10, 2020

At this particular organization, we only just implemented support about six months ago. There are still aspects of the solution we are exploring and we are in the process of looking at some integrations. We're just testing its capabilities, and therefore I can't say there are any features that are missing per se. If you have resellers or distributors, you just need to figure out a way to set up the system in the backend. Since every company is different, it takes a little bit of time to figure that out.

NW
Real User
2020-12-02T02:04:00Z
Dec 2, 2020

Easier bulk updating would be appreciated. We need more flexibility with building processes and workflow automation. Better flexibility in editing emails created from templates would be great, and being able to add hyperlinks in emails for scheduling meetings would allow us to automate more. I would also like more flexibility in being able to designate both default and override values, as I feel like every time we have a new process, we have to add more fields to accommodate exceptions to the norm.

SM
Real User
2020-07-02T10:05:59Z
Jul 2, 2020

The marketing automation needs improvement, as it should be easier to use.

AK
Real User
2020-03-05T08:39:00Z
Mar 5, 2020

If you compare it with Appian, there are business rules that you are dealing with. With less code, we are making a higher standard. So maybe, in the future, Salesforce can make it a more integral part of the application. And they are also strategic partners with multiple companies, so maybe that is the reason they are sustainable and they the four versions every year. These things likely depend upon robotics programming and they use the latest technologies for a more stable portal. So we need to be more cautious about the coding and so data file would be more stable. But as a partner, there will be some time-taking process to make it up in the implementation. When you compare with Appian, they have to improve more on configuration and more systematic care, configuring by itself and if they are making other things in the area that they update. The process should be automatically approved. They should also configure the maps that we initial use. I think the alerts can be used differently, or customize the targeted content mills can also be automated. Those things can also be included in Salesforce. I was looking at this map that needs to be included. Like a world map. An easy way of getting those details and then adding to it and then being able to do it in a more simplified way, visually.

AS
Real User
2020-01-29T08:35:00Z
Jan 29, 2020

I haven't used that much of the solution, so I can't speak to what would need improvement. For me, for now, I'd say it works pretty seamlessly. There have been some minor issues here and there, but they've gotten them under control. The solution offers upgrades at a slower pace. The solution needs to keep up with competitors.

FM
Consultant
2019-11-28T06:06:00Z
Nov 28, 2019

I would like to see an improvement in the price - it could be cheaper. Also, I would like to have more integration with Google.

Luís Silva - PeerSpot reviewer
Real User
Top 10
2019-06-28T09:53:00Z
Jun 28, 2019

The cost of data storage is an issue once the company grows. The last time I checked a Gigabyte of structured data (tables) cost 3000 usd per month.

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