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Interactive Intelligence vs Salesforce Sales Cloud comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Interactive Intelligence
Ranking in CRM
49th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Ranking in CRM
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
118
Ranking in other categories
Opportunity Management (1st), Sales Force Automation (2nd), Conversation Intelligence Software (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the CRM category, the mindshare of Interactive Intelligence is 0.7%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Salesforce Sales Cloud is 2.4%, down from 8.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
CRM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Salesforce Sales Cloud2.4%
Interactive Intelligence0.7%
Other96.9%
CRM
 

Featured Reviews

MA
CX Team Lead
A customizable solution that can be integrated with almost anything
The best thing about this solution is the customizability because it can be integrated with pretty much anything. There are many solutions that are black boxes and we're unable to make any modifications to the call flows. With Interactive Intelligence, we can utilize APIs and variables. With the REST call, you can send a request and response. Elements can be incorporated into the workflow based on the response. This is the go-to thing with Interactive Intelligence. The Interactive Intelligence is quite user friendly. And Avaya, in that case, is not that great solution, on user friendliness. Basically, yeah, the same purpose I've used, but you need more expertise to manage the product. And Interactive Intelligence is one box. It contains a lot of features and we don't need to have much resources. But Avaya and others have many servers to be maintained with a single solution. It has a CN. You have to go for session manager and lots of other product servers. So, for a single solution, you need to maintain a lot of servers. This is more or less an easy environment to manage, but Avaya is very complex on the architectural level.
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

"The social media integration is excellent."
"Being able to automate aspects such as outbound confirmation calls has saved us a lot of time and money."
"Interactive Intelligence is quite user friendly."
"The stability is really good and it's a really powerful platform that is more powerful than Avaya or other kinds of vendors for contact centers."
"Sales Cloud has accelerated the business process; it has helped generate more revenue and close deals faster."
"The ability to customize many things, from the UI to the business logic, and the fact that the solution uses a cloud platform were valuable features for our organization."
"The most valuable features of Salesforce Sales Cloud are code hub management and sale opportunity management."
"The tool is quite flexible."
"It is a one-stop shop for running anything related to sales. You can do a lot of things."
"Salesforce helps me very well organizing my daily tasks and shows me an overview of what I have reached every day or offers me reports which can be easily created and saved for my personal way of working."
"The technical support team is very cooperative, and I'm satisfied with their service."
"Salesforce is wonderful."
 

Cons

"The initial setup can be a bit difficult."
"The problem with this current system is that the support is not great."
"We are not happy with the technical support. They take too long to answer."
"The problem with this current system is that the support is not great."
"Salesforce Sales Cloud could improve by allowing some customization of the processes with coding to avoid the problem of memory. When we use only flows in the process, which can become large flows, they are more complicated to debug and also for maintenance. It's better to invoke some Apex classes to make the process better."
"Its licensing can be improved to accommodate small companies. They provide a certain number of licenses in a set or batch, and you have to buy the set. For example, if they have 20 licenses in a set, you have to get the whole set, even if you need just three licenses, which could be a barrier for small companies. There is no option to buy fewer licenses. So, small companies have to go for a smaller CRM, such as HubSpot."
"Improving reports/dashboards is needed."
"I think the user experience could be improved. I would like the user interface to be a bit more user-friendly and modern."
"The solution's design could be improved."
"I need to do a lot of customization to implement an ERP solution for an energy and utilities client versus a BFS client."
"Sometimes they refresh the production environment, which can be a bit of a challenge."
"When importing from other apps, it gets messy."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It is a premium product, so it is not the cheapest solution. I think if it's implemented well, and you're getting the soft cost benefits, the efficiencies, it's justified. But not if you're looking at just apples for apples as a subscription, without the complexity that you can achieve. It can deal with complex business requirements. Some other CRMs can't. But you certainly pay, so it's a premium-charged solution. It's one of the more expensive ones."
"The licensing fees are reasonable."
"We pay a yearly subscription fee."
"Implementation and add-ons may be additional costs."
"Sales Cloud is quite expensive."
"There is a license required to use this solution and the price is expensive. It could be reduced."
"Pricing is reasonable."
"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."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

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Midsize Enterprise
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Company SizeCount
Small Business56
Midsize Enterprise25
Large Enterprise40
 

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Sales Cloud, SFDC, Salesforce
 

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Sample Customers

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