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IFS Cloud Platform vs Salesforce comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 4, 2025

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
5.5
IFS Cloud Platform offers long-term ROI, with some users seeing 4.5x returns in 18 months, improving efficiency and reporting.
Sentiment score
6.2
Salesforce enhances sales conversions, efficiency, and user satisfaction by streamlining lead management, despite some users lacking precise ROI data.
Our team has started working 30 to 50 percent faster, along with a cost saving of around 30 percent and a reduction in downtime by 30 percent.
Cloud Operations Engineer
The time saved is spent on more important, innovative tasks that advance us technologically and strategically.
Sr. Delivery Manager at PeerSpot
This means that whichever customer opens more cases and if the cases are more difficult or cases that take a longer time to resolve, you can evaluate how much technical documentation or updates are sent to them.
ILS Manager at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.5
IFS Cloud Platform has mixed reviews; users cite excellent local support but slow responses and documentation challenges.
Sentiment score
6.8
Salesforce's customer service is praised for responsiveness, effective issue resolution, high satisfaction, and commendable support speed and quality.
When I interact with agents or contact Salesforce, they are always responsive and provide good solutions.
Sr. Delivery Manager at PeerSpot
The customer support definitely provides a basic picture to the end user or the customer on the other side where they can receive updates and files and see the process of the status of where their items are.
ILS Manager at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
It is not my business to approach technical support because if I have a problem, I approach the internal help desk.
Subject Matter Expert at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
IFS Cloud Platform is highly scalable and adaptable, suitable for varied businesses, yet requires attention to hardware and updates.
Sentiment score
8.1
Salesforce is scalable and flexible, supporting growth and accommodating large teams, though some report license constraints or delays.
IFS Cloud Platform has standard functionalities that follow the standard supply chain management processes, and it is easy to customize or configure.
Consultant at Arcwide
We can scale by purchasing licenses for more users and adding new workflow processes limitlessly.
Sr. Delivery Manager at PeerSpot
There are no problems with Salesforce's scalability.
data engineer at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
You can use it in big companies with many employees.
ILS Manager at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
IFS Cloud Platform is highly stable, with occasional user-induced issues, earning an 8-9/10 for reliability and adaptability.
Sentiment score
8.4
Salesforce is praised for its stability and reliability, with minimal downtime and infrequent minor issues reported by users.
Now, with the drastic developments especially in the cloud applications known as Arena on IFS Cloud Platform, it has improved tremendously.
Consultant at Arcwide
I would rate Salesforce's stability high, around ten.
Sr. Delivery Manager at PeerSpot
I would say 99% of the time it works well.
Leads Delivery Associate at PeerSpot
In my experience, Salesforce is very stable; there are no downtime or issues.
Manager at PeerSpot
 

Room For Improvement

IFS Cloud users find documentation unclear, tools inflexible, integration challenging, support lacking, and pricing high, hindering performance and usability.
Salesforce needs better integration, performance, customization, AI features, interface, and multilingual support, with enhanced reporting and dashboards.
There is not much available online, and the documentation availability is on the lower side compared to other products, especially Maximo.
Senior Director at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
They are working on IFS AI, but we have not explored much into that yet, and if they want to keep their competitive edge, that is an area they need to concentrate on.
Consultant at Arcwide
It would be useful if the platform could identify bottlenecks, predict capacity management issues, and recommend specific actions to users before operations are impacted.
Cloud Operations Engineer
If there is anything I would improve about Salesforce, it would be customer service during the initial implementation, as our experience wasn't as smooth as hoped.
data engineer at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
As a person who knows SQL, it would be very helpful if there were tools that could leverage my SQL knowledge.
Director of Solution Architect Vertica, APJ at OpenText
Being able to move between cases and products more easily would improve the score.
Leads Delivery Associate at PeerSpot
 

Setup Cost

IFS Cloud Platform offers competitive user-based pricing with negotiable discounts, though potentially costly for smaller businesses requiring multiple modules.
Salesforce is costly, especially for smaller businesses, but provides extensive features, influencing its perceived value among users.
 

Valuable Features

IFS Cloud Platform offers a modern, customizable UI, robust modules, and seamless integration to enhance efficiency across industries.
Salesforce excels in user-friendliness, customization, automation, and integration, improving sales tracking, customer management, and business efficiency.
The cloud feature in IFS Cloud Platform is predominantly valuable, especially the enterprise asset management module, which IFS has very good business into, along with strong finance, project management, and supply chain management modules.
Consultant at Arcwide
IFS Cloud Platform has impacted my organization by allowing our team to spend less time reconciling data and more time executing business operations.
Cloud Operations Engineer
There are fewer fields on the user screen compared to other products.
Senior Director at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
The Salesforce integration with other tools, such as Celonis, is easy to set up and straightforward, allowing for smooth data extraction.
data engineer at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Salesforce has positively impacted our organization by allowing us to work collaboratively with other departments in order to keep track of programs so that when a salesperson closes a deal, everything that the delivery manager needs is automatically populated, which then can be linked with our internal campaigns for data management, and within all that, we can keep track of progress linked to the customer sources as well.
Leads Delivery Associate at PeerSpot
The dashboard helps me stay organized because I can see how much more pipeline I need to create to achieve my quota, notifying me if I'm running a bit behind or if I need to increase something.
Strategic Account Executive at a tech company with 51-200 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

IFS Cloud Platform
Ranking in Customer Experience Management
11th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
32
Ranking in other categories
CRM (29th), Field Service Management (2nd), Help Desk Software (16th), ERP (20th), Activity Based Costing Software (10th), Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) (4th), Local Government CRM (9th), IT Asset Management (13th), IT Service Management (ITSM) (14th), License Management (2nd)
Salesforce
Ranking in Customer Experience Management
2nd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
44
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Customer Experience Management category, the mindshare of IFS Cloud Platform is 2.2%, down from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Salesforce is 2.5%, down from 7.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Customer Experience Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Salesforce2.5%
IFS Cloud Platform2.2%
Other95.3%
Customer Experience Management
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2268153 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Operations Engineer
Integrated planning has improved production scheduling and now reduces downtime and costs
The biggest friction point I have run into with IFS Cloud Platform is user adoption, which has been the biggest challenge, as different users in the organization need to get accustomed to the new processes after years of using spreadsheets and legacy systems, requiring training and a mindset shift, along with challenging data migration and process standardization. My advice to someone considering IFS Cloud Platform with a similar workflow is to spend sufficient time understanding and standardizing their business processes before implementing it, as the technology is very powerful, but the real value comes when processes, data, and teams are all aligned. I would rate my overall experience with IFS Cloud Platform as a 9 out of 10.
Roman Ryvlin - PeerSpot reviewer
Subject Matter Expert at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Using a unified cloud workspace has improved managing customer data, pipelines, and projects
Sometimes I would prefer Salesforce to run a little bit more quickly. My tasks are relatively easy, and I am not the person responsible for the company. There are some gaps that people responsible should address with ideas on how to improve. My role is not a leading point; I am a very basic user of Salesforce. My tasks are not complex, and I do not have a big problem with that. Salesforce could improve its speed. I would prefer not to analyze it in detail because it generally works well. I cannot say that I spend a lot of time waiting for a response from Salesforce, which would not be suitable for work. For me, this mostly works. There may be more experienced users with wider tasks who experience more problems. I am not in the details of how this works. We have a separate service department responsible for business automation, and those people know the details of how to estimate complexity, comfort level, and expense. I am just aware that Salesforce is running some integrations for us. All integrations are very important, but I am not in the details of this. If there are limitations, problems, or requirements with regard to integrations, I am not aware of them. With regard to setup, I feel informed because I am not setting this up. What can I complain about? It is pain-free. If you want, you can mention that sometimes my business would be great if Salesforce runs a little bit quicker in a soft manner. I do not have a strong component with regard to speed. Cloud-based software runs on different resources. The GUI might sometimes be a little bit slow. Salesforce is good for me. I am clicking on a link and catching it. There is nothing to install, and it is running. I think Salesforce is perfectly scalable because it runs very big datasets for many years and serves thousands of customers. I think it is perfectly scalable from my point of view as a customer. I think approximately 1,000 to 3,000 users are working with Salesforce in my company at the moment. Salesforce is a huge universe, and I cannot tell what should be improved because it has so many capabilities. Probably I am not aware of the majority of those capabilities. This is rather static for big systems, as customers are not aware of the majority of such big system features. I cannot say that I experience some lack of specific functionality. Usually, everything is in place, but I need to have the right permissions. So I cannot answer the question, as I am fine currently. Sometimes I feel the reporting could be more sophisticated and even AI-enabled. For today, the reporting is a good one but a classical one, and I need to build a report. I need to mention the data I want to run on, the filters to apply, and the commands to choose. Sometimes I have much more complex tasks. Generally speaking, I collect the data and know that the data is in the system. If one day they introduce an elaborated AI capability for me to tell Salesforce that I need to get this kind of data and then perform this kind of comparisons and checks to get this kind of result in that form, my ability would be very good.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
12%
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Energy/Utilities Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise10
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business20
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise19
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IFS Applications?
The product is reasonably priced. The costs are justified by the value provided, considering the comprehensive features and minimal need for customization. I rate the pricing a seven out of ten.
What needs improvement with IFS Applications?
There are features that came up during implementation that we are not actually using today, such as field service management (FSM), because we do not have any field technicians visiting customer si...
What is your primary use case for IFS Applications?
My main use case for IFS Cloud Platform is for production planning, where I typically use it for production scheduling and for inventory management. When I open IFS Cloud Platform, the first thing ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Salesforce?
I'm not involved in the pricing, setup cost, or licensing, so I couldn't tell you about that.
What needs improvement with Salesforce?
The UX/UI of Salesforce is a bit problematic. A lot of times there is a learning curve and even over three years I was not able to completely feel comfortable with using it. The search and the keyw...
What is your primary use case for Salesforce?
My main use case for Salesforce is customer support through cases, item repairment, item malfunction, and day-to-day communication with customers who are experiencing either issues, technical issue...
 

Also Known As

IFS Applications, Assyst, IFS Cloud
No data available
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

China Airlines, Electrolux Group, Babcock, Cimcorp, Sky, Multiplex, Veolia. 
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