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Accenture Conversational AI vs Salesforce Sales Cloud comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Accenture Conversational AI
Ranking in Conversation Intelligence Software
2nd
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Ranking in Conversation Intelligence Software
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
118
Ranking in other categories
CRM (3rd), Opportunity Management (1st), Sales Force Automation (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Conversation Intelligence Software category, the mindshare of Accenture Conversational AI is 3.4%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Salesforce Sales Cloud is 4.3%, down from 4.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Conversation Intelligence Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Accenture Conversational AI3.4%
Salesforce Sales Cloud4.3%
Other92.3%
Conversation Intelligence Software
 

Featured Reviews

Chandler Elmore, MBA - PeerSpot reviewer
Community Manager at Lightsource bp
Virtual assistants have transformed employee self-service but still need better intent handling
The best features Accenture Conversational AI offers include consistently delivering great, steady, reliable data and predictable responses for automated tasks, as well as having instant support that provides 24/7 immediate answers to repetitive queries, which frees up our human employees. The reliability and instant support of Accenture Conversational AI have made a difference in my day-to-day work by freeing up our human agents, enabling them to focus on more interactive tasks that are more complex instead of repeating the same things over the course of the day, adding more engagement to their day and making their work more inviting. One feature that stands out and I appreciate is that this platform is versatile, definitely streamlining diverse workflows ranging from what we have on our client end for engagement all the way to data troubleshooting.
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Accenture Conversational AI has positively impacted my organization, as I need to spend more time myself, since it is an automated OS and automated process orchestrator, we basically have to spend less time on our participant or teammate or yourself."
"Accenture Conversational AI has saved us a lot of time and cost by streamlining clear, reliable conversation between our teams via the API agent and providing advanced document analysis, translation, and multilingual support that helps companies save on token costs and communicate flexibly within an enterprise and across borders."
"The CSAT score improved from 40% to almost 90%, and the average call handling time has been reduced so that customers save their time on more productive activities instead of just fetching reports from the old systems."
"From a business perspective, Accenture Conversational AI significantly improved customer experience by providing instant responses."
"Accenture Conversational AI has positively impacted my organization by reducing operational costs through automating repetitive customer queries, improving customer experience with faster 24/7 responses, providing faster resolution through instant access to information, and increasing employee productivity along with many other improvements."
"The accuracy and reliability of output from Accenture Conversational AI have been very consistent, and I think it is one of its greatest strengths as we are able to get great data from it."
"Accenture Conversational AI helped with those repetitive queries between candidates and recruiters by allowing candidates to check application statuses through our application handle and conduct interview scheduling from the enterprise side."
"Our NPS score actually improved by eight points by introducing this feature, Instill Chat, which is built on Accenture Conversational AI."
"Salesforce Sales Cloud is very stable."
"It is an open the platform with API integration with other systems. Salesforce, it is not a software. It is very famous and available. When you are creating leads, generating leads, opportunities, it is wonderful in the reports as well. Dashboards are amazing."
"Salesforce's user interface is easy to use, and the reporting is good. It worked well with Excel, so I was okay with it. I don't know about integration with any other software because I didn't have to deal with them."
"It's a very great tool that the organization is using to track their business, sales team, sales, and effective management of the customers."
"In five minutes, you can create a marketing campaign and send the campaign to users in less than 10 minutes."
"It is very good, and I would recommend it to others who are considering using it."
"Salesforce Sales Cloud is very reliable and provides good stability and security."
"I haven't had any stability issues, and Sales Cloud seems to be highly stable."
 

Cons

"We started using Accenture Conversational AI, and feature-wise, it is great, but the engineering side of this platform is really heavy, and the cost is very substantial."
"Accenture Conversational AI can be improved by enhancing response accuracy, better understanding of complex questions, addressing issues we face sometimes, and improving context retention with more seamless human handoff to transfer complex cases to an agent with the full conversational context."
"I think Accenture Conversational AI can be improved by addressing query misclassification, as there are unclear user phrasings that can sometimes cause the system to misclassify intents unless you spend a lot of time extensively optimizing it."
"Support is an important aspect here, especially in the African market, as Accenture is not directly present in Kenya, so sometimes online support does not work out because people need the physical presence, requiring a kind of physical touch."
"Training and refining the intent recognition on Accenture Conversational AI has not been straightforward, as we needed extensive data for training the AI chatbot and faced a learning curve in managing diverse candidate queries during the implementation process."
"My advice to others looking into using Accenture Conversational AI is do not use it."
"One area that could improve is ease of debugging complex conversation flows."
"Accenture Conversational AI's customer service team has been helpful at some points, but I give them a rating of seven out of ten because there were times we contacted them and did not get a response, even though we were in need of quick support."
"The licensing price could be cheaper."
"The connectivity has some latency. It could be more responsive."
"Salesforce Sales Cloud overall is too complex. There is too much functionality, it's hard for the user, at the beginning. It takes a lot of time to update the information."
"One area where the solution could improve is with handling feature requests."
"The solution can be difficult to understand for customers of Salesforce."
"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."
"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."
"An area for improvement would be to open the door for other partners to develop interfaces for software integration."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"In terms of investment value and return of the investment, Salesforce right now is pretty good on the Western markets where the price of the employees is pretty high."
"The licensing fees are reasonable."
"Its license is expensive. It is probably a lot more than smaller solutions. It is around £500 a month, but I don't know how many licenses we have."
"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."
"My understanding is that Salesforce is a little bit expensive, but in terms of the efficiencies, automation, and visibility, I think it's definitely value for money."
"The overall price of Salesforce Sales Cloud could be better, it is more expensive than other competitors. There is an annual license for Salesforce Sales Cloud."
"Sales Cloud is expensive."
"Not the cheapest"
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
20%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Financial Services Firm
9%
University
8%
Construction Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business56
Midsize Enterprise25
Large Enterprise43
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Accenture Conversational AI?
Accenture Conversational AI can be improved by enhancing response accuracy, better understanding of complex questions, addressing issues we face sometimes, and improving context retention with more...
What is your primary use case for Accenture Conversational AI?
My main use case for Accenture Conversational AI is for quickly finding helpful information, answering queries, and improving customer interaction. A specific example of how I use Accenture Convers...
What advice do you have for others considering Accenture Conversational AI?
My advice for others considering using Accenture Conversational AI is to evaluate everything properly before starting development or finalizing this AI tool, as my scenario did not allow for a thor...
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What needs improvement with Salesforce Sales Cloud?
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What is your primary use case for Salesforce Sales Cloud?
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Also Known As

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Sales Cloud, SFDC, Salesforce
 

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Sample Customers

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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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