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Salesforce Sales Cloud vs Siebel Contact Center comparison

 

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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

Salesforce Sales Cloud
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
118
Ranking in other categories
CRM (2nd), Opportunity Management (1st), Sales Force Automation (2nd), Conversation Intelligence Software (2nd)
Siebel Contact Center
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Contact Center Platforms (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Salesforce Sales Cloud and Siebel Contact Center aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Salesforce Sales Cloud is designed for CRM and holds a mindshare of 2.4%, down 8.1% compared to last year.
Siebel Contact Center, on the other hand, focuses on Contact Center Platforms, holds 2.1% mindshare, up 1.5% since last year.
CRM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Salesforce Sales Cloud2.4%
Microsoft Dynamics CRM2.8%
Zoho CRM2.1%
Other92.7%
CRM
Contact Center Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Siebel Contact Center2.1%
Genesys Cloud CX11.1%
Amazon Connect9.5%
Other77.3%
Contact Center Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

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.
reviewer2492265 - PeerSpot reviewer
Freelancer at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
Has efficient automation features and the ability to integrate with multiple systems
The initial setup is quite difficult for the latest versions from 2020 and beyond and can take about four to five hours. It can now be deployed on the cloud. Oracle offers the same images for on-premise and cloud deployments, making it easy to switch between the two. I created the docker image using VM and completed the setup in a few hours.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Salesforce is a very powerful tool which helps us to build that through tools like Process Builder or Flows, or even write code to achieve these scenarios."
"Our year on year growth would have never been possible without Salesforce."
"You can have non-sales and marketing personnel using Chatter without driving up licensing cost."
"Quick go-to-market with a sales process Utilization of the "platform as a service" features of Salesforce Appexchange packages help to quickly hit requirements Robust feature set when considering all the Salesforce packages - Sales Cloud, communities, Service Cloud etc."
"Our productivity and capability to solve and anticipate problems in the Call Centre team increased at least 50%."
"The entire organisation is now on the same page, with one source of truth."
"The automation of Salesforce Sales Cloud makes the process very easier to focus on leads and converts them automatically to accounts, contacts, and opportunities."
"The ability to work on it from anywhere is most valuable, because all you need is a computer, a browser, and an internet connection to access your instance, and it can be accessed from anywhere, which is pretty cool and user-friendly."
"You can integrate it with various systems for batch processing and other configurations."
 

Cons

"The solution can be difficult to understand for customers of Salesforce."
"The user interface could be more intuitive."
"Because it can be difficult to understand, customers have to pay for the system, and then they have to pay a consultant to implement it, so that is expensive."
"The cost of this solution could be improved. It is pricey, although worth it now that they have bumped up default storage amounts."
"The tool's technical challenges vary depending on the requirements. When a new requirement arises, we must analyze the best approach to address it, whether through automation tools or coding. We encounter limitations such as the number of reports we can process or update, the queries we can write, and other similar constraints. Understanding when to utilize coding and when to rely on simple configurations is crucial."
"If they could have convenient APIs into the other parts of the corporation that I wish to share data with, that would be helpful."
"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."
"When importing from other apps, it gets messy."
"The product can be complicated to develop, as many methods exist to achieve solutions."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Price-wise, the product does not fall under the category of cheaply priced products."
"The main issue is the price. Because it's SaaS, you will have to pay on a monthly or yearly basis."
"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."
"There is a license required to use this solution and the price is expensive. It could be reduced."
"We must pay for the licenses."
"The price is fair."
"Being license based, the license varies by type. The pricing is considered average."
"The price of the Salesforce Sales Cloud is expensive. We pay monthly for the solution but we are billed quarterly."
"The platform is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
7%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business56
Midsize Enterprise25
Large Enterprise43
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Also Known As

Sales Cloud, SFDC, Salesforce
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Sample Customers

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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