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Freshsales vs Siebel CRM comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Freshsales
Ranking in CRM
12th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
CRM Customer Engagement Centers (7th), Opportunity Management (8th), Sales Force Automation (5th)
Siebel CRM
Ranking in CRM
20th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
Local Government CRM (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the CRM category, the mindshare of Freshsales is 1.1%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Siebel CRM is 1.1%, down from 5.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
CRM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Freshsales1.1%
Siebel CRM1.1%
Other97.8%
CRM
 

Featured Reviews

Sumesh Gansar - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Marketing Manager at Samsung
Centralized CRM has given me a 360-degree view and helps me run smarter, AI-driven sales campaigns
One thing that Freshsales can improve is making it much easier because it is not quite easy for everybody to get a grasp of the entire CRM software. It is quite vast and quite complex. Perhaps more knowledge-based documents can be introduced. Apart from that, I do not have any major complaints. The integration in Freshsales is quite good because it is easily integratable with many other Freshworks software as well as with third-party solutions. The integration is quite good. Perhaps in the reporting feature, it takes some time to process the reports due to the amount of data that it handles. Apart from that, I do not have any major complaints with Freshsales so far.
ShirazShah - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I like Freshsales because it's integrated with Shopify which we use to host our website."
"Email integration is easy."
"Freshsales is a very comfortable type of CRM with easy customization and user-friendliness, allowing even non-techie individuals to manage their internal pipelines effectively, as it is a highly customizable CRM that suits our business needs, whether for selling products or services."
"One of the most valuable features is the ability to divert deals based on the potential revenue or specific market to certain sales teams."
"Freshsales is very simple to use, but it's fairly limited in its functionalities, and it's very cheap."
"The solution is a low-cost CRM product compared to other CRM alternatives."
"What I like most about Freshsales is that it gives clarity."
"Freshsales is user-friendly, scalable and stable."
"We moved from an excel sheet to Siebel so it did help us initially in digitizing CRM related business processes and was positioned as single source of truth for CRM."
"Siebel CRM is used for distributing information between systems, trouble ticketing, and case management."
"Siebel CRM is the number one CRM product in the world."
"The capability of bringing data into a single system, along with integrations and offering a single platform to handle multiple customer-related tasks, has been the most productive aspect."
"Due to the many features that are built in from a CRM perspective, it is the best product we have."
"The tool's complaint management feature is very good. We used a CRM before, which lacked the integrations, so complaints had to be handled manually. With Siebel CRM, we have better integrations and can resolve complaints with a few clicks. When you're in the service industry, tasks matter a lot, especially when you have to access multiple systems to address issues. Being a bank, we currently have around 17 operational systems. It's not feasible to expect users to access them individually to make the necessary changes."
"EAI and workflows are the most valuable features."
"It is quite robust and flexible; you can develop almost anything you want, and when you go into the tools, you can do anything you want."
 

Cons

"What I dislike about Freshsales is that it is a bit complicated and the initial setup is very difficult."
"The reporting for this solution across all their products could be improved."
"We have a problem with the time to delivery for our customers, although this is not specific to this solution. Time to delivery can be 90 days."
"One thing that Freshsales can improve is making it much easier because it is not quite easy for everybody to get a grasp of the entire CRM software."
"The reporting for this solution across all their products could be improved. Currently, we have clients who export their data from Freshservices to third party solutions such Power BI to create more comprehensive reports."
"The solution needs to improve the user experience and leads capture."
"However, the support provided by the service team or fresh service team and the customer team of the company is very poor."
"The price of this solution could be improved as well as the reporting functionality."
"Siebel CRM can improve as an ERP and for a few corporate business workloads."
"The user interface could be more intuitive and modern. The Oracle Siebel documentation contains many links, and finding specific information takes time."
"Very complex (User setup, Account imports, EIM on Opportunity, Marketing). In summary, we had to struggle a lot to get the software running with all relevant data."
"The tool took a lot of time to deploy."
"Currently, Siebel CRM is not helping the agent provide faster feedback to the customer."
"The documentation needs to be improved."
"Siebel CRM should improve its UI. Because it's all about the customer experience and how the customer experiences it, the internal customer is more important for CRM than the people handling the company. So, you get frustrated if you don't have a very good user interface and user experience."
"The user interface, mobile application, and support could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"If one is a very low price and ten is expensive, I rate the product price as a three."
"The tool is not that expensive."
"The price for this solution is good in general, but in Brazil we do pay additional taxes."
"Freshsales is an economical product."
"The basic price is affordable. The add ons are expensive."
"Its licensing is yearly."
"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."
"The product is 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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
17%
Comms Service Provider
17%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
9%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise16
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Freshsales?
One thing that Freshsales can improve is making it much easier because it is not quite easy for everybody to get a grasp of the entire CRM software. It is quite vast and quite complex. Perhaps more...
What is your primary use case for Freshsales?
I primarily use Freshsales as a sales CRM software. It is very easy to use, and it provides me with all the information I need about a contact. That is, it gives me a 360-degree view of my accounts...
What advice do you have for others considering Freshsales?
One thing that made it stand out for me is the inbuilt templates that it has for email generation, and I get an AI-powered score for the contact. I call it contact scoring. It gives me a score for ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Siebel Sales?
I do not have any information on pricing, setup cost, or licensing.
What needs improvement with Siebel Sales?
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, giv...
What is your primary use case for Siebel Sales?
We implemented Siebel CRM in our organization in December 2022. We are currently in discussions with Oracle, but we will stay with Siebel CRM rather than moving to the Fusion version. We are alread...
 

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Sample Customers

Caratlane, Pykih, Buying Show, INTUO, WallyPark, Exploring Vacations, Raved, Forest, Ascendore, MagePlaza, Vacasa,
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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