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Oracle CX Sales vs SugarCRM Platform comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

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

Categories and Ranking

Oracle CX Sales
Ranking in CRM
8th
Ranking in Sales Force Automation
4th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Opportunity Management (7th)
SugarCRM Platform
Ranking in CRM
27th
Ranking in Sales Force Automation
7th
Average Rating
7.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
CRM Customer Engagement Centers (11th), Marketing Automation (16th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the CRM category, the mindshare of Oracle CX Sales is 1.2%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SugarCRM Platform is 1.2%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
CRM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle CX Sales1.2%
SugarCRM Platform1.2%
Other97.6%
CRM
 

Featured Reviews

SF
Talent Acquisition Trainee at a outsourcing company with 501-1,000 employees
Integrated customer data has improved visibility and supports data driven sales decisions
The biggest friction point I have encountered with Oracle CX Sales has been user adoption, as sales teams are accustomed to using separate sheets, emails, or legacy CRMs, making it difficult to run and maintain data consistency. Data migration issues arise when customer data comes from multiple systems, leading to duplicates, incomplete, or inconsistent records that need to be cleaned. Additionally, the integration complexity of connecting with ERP, marketing, and other enterprise applications requires ensuring real-time synchronization, addressing varying business needs, and reaching agreement during workshops can take time. Change management is also challenging, as users often resist change and require additional communication and training to stabilize processes. If I could change one thing about Oracle CX Sales to make my workflow easier, it would be to simplify some of the configuration and customization projects. While Oracle CX Sales is very powerful, certain customizations and integrations can require advanced expertise, increasing implementation times and complexity. I would also simplify the user interface to enhance the experience for occasional users, as new users sometimes need additional training.
reviewer1345677 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager / IT Planning & Architecture Services at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Easily customizable, automation enhances the marketing campaigns but support is the main hiccup for us
It has been effective in managing customer relationships. It has sales email campaigns, plus integration with Active Directory. And there are centralized reports for the CEO and the general managers. We work with automation for these marketing and email campaigns. It sends out emails to prospective customers related to sales offers automatically. And it copies the sales team so that they can follow up. They are tracking the sales leads. So, the automation within SugarCRM enhances the marketing campaigns. For now, my work is done because I am the IT strategy and planning manager. I just try to deliver the solution according to the requirements of the business. From my side, it's implemented already, the requirement related to the sales funnel. But if they have any other requirement from the business side, they will submit it to me, and then I will look for a suitable solution.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The best practice business processes of PROMATIS helped us to implement an integrated process orientiented system."
"In my experience, the most valuable feature of Oracle CX Sales varies depending on the vertical of the business you're in. Oracle offers industry-specific products tailored to different sectors. However, the sales cycles and methods remain largely consistent across the board."
"The analytics features in Oracle CX Sales are good."
"Oracle CX Sales has impacted my organization by improving visibility and better coordination across workflows."
"It is stable and scalable, and their support has been very responsive."
"Simplicity is key, and that's improved our organization."
"Stability depends on the implementation, but overall, it's quite high."
"Oracle CX Sales significantly impacts the organization by improving approval workflows, reducing manual work, providing visibility of opportunities to management, streamlining sales processes, and enhancing quota forecasting."
"My advice to others is this is a good solution for importing or exporting any graphics."
"Saying that, it has a small server footprint and is easy to set up."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is its low cost, and it works well."
"This solution's stability is very good, it runs almost without effort, and we don't have any support issues with it."
"The most valuable features of the SugarCRM platform include its flexibility in customizing fields, layouts, and dashboards."
"It works well with Jira. You can customize it to fit your needs."
"Available source code, good documentation, training programs, and a relatively active community, provide the hallmarks for a successful open source effort."
"The performance and stability are fine."
 

Cons

"We have had some issues with integration between our old database and the Oracle CX Sales Cloud, but it has been working well for the time being."
"The data import process has grown a little since earlier releases. In the recent releases (8 and above), this process has improved but not much."
"The initial setup of Oracle CX Sales is very complex."
"The interface of Oracle CX Sales could be more user-friendly."
"Support is very poor."
"They've been lacking in creating customization from scratch and in sales."
"As someone who implemented Oracle CX Sales, one of my biggest friction points is the lack of customization features prior to the introduction of Redwood, which was less advanced compared to competitors such as Salesforce."
"The address fields can be limiting on a global scale, with issues like long addresses and different styles for pin codes."
"The UX was such that it limited the use of it."
"Putting so many things into SugarCRM became a much-hated task, mainly because of the horrible UI."
"I would like to see more integration on a mobile platform in the next release."
"In the next release, I would like to see personalization of information about customers or specific businesses or opportunities."
"You cannot include all your entities under one instance at the moment."
"At the moment, there is a complicated flow in regards to the user's permissions and what they can see."
"The interface could be more user-friendly."
"I would appreciate it if SugarCRM could support us in on-premise implementation."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product pricing is reasonable compared to other solutions in the market."
"The price is reasonable."
"The solution is reasonably priced compared to other tools."
"It's more costly, and I would give it a two on a scale from one to five with one being expensive and five being competitive pricing."
"Pricing is based on licensing. They offer three different levels: basic, advanced, and enterprise. While I haven't checked the pricing recently, they often provide good discounts on the product."
"The product is pricey."
"It's expensive, but worth the money."
"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
15%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Construction Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise13
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise3
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Oracle CX Sales?
The biggest friction point I have encountered with Oracle CX Sales has been user adoption, as sales teams are accustomed to using separate sheets, emails, or legacy CRMs, making it difficult to run...
What is your primary use case for Oracle CX Sales?
My main use case for Oracle CX Sales is that we use it but not on a daily basis. When we do use Oracle CX Sales, it is for the CRM customer engagement application from Oracle that helps organizatio...
What advice do you have for others considering Oracle CX Sales?
For someone considering Oracle CX Sales who has a workflow similar to mine, I would advise focusing on strong lead and opportunity management, the Customer 360 view, AI-driven forecasting and insig...
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Sample Customers

Batesville, PROMATIS software GmbH, Grupo Arcor, Australian Finance Group Ltd., King Lai Hygienic Materials Co. Ltd., Nico International, Bausch & Lomb India Pvt. Ltd., Acorn Paper Products Company, Beijing East United Grid Technology Co. Ltd., Namu Tech Co. Ltd.
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