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Territory Account Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Real User
Keeps track of your customers' activity however it needs to be re-platformed
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution is used to track our customers."
  • "Salesforce needs to be re-platformed, or re-architected, making it lighter."

What is our primary use case?

We use Salesforce to keep track of our customers' activity.

What is most valuable?

The solution is used to track our customers.

What needs improvement?

Salesforce needs to be re-platformed, or re-architected, making it lighter. It also needs an easier code to work with.

Initial setup should be easier and faster. 

Personally, I do not see that much value in Salesforce.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Salesforce for 10 years.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Salesforce is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This is a scalable solution.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup could be done faster if it was easier. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution a five out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Principle Product Manager at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Useful data management, plenty of report filters, but UI could improve
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features of the Salesforce Platform are the ability to manage customers' data, many report filtering options, and consolidation."
  • "Salesforce Platform could improve the UI and the responsiveness of their servers. The UI needs to be made user-friendly for all users."

What is our primary use case?

We are using the Salesforce Platform mainly for forecasting and budgeting. We use it for everything related to the customer's data.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features of the Salesforce Platform are the ability to manage customers' data, many report filtering options, and consolidation.

What needs improvement?

Salesforce Platform could improve the UI and the responsiveness of their servers. The UI needs to be made user-friendly for all users.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the Salesforce Platform for approximately four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Salesforce Platform is highly stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability of the Salesforce Platform is good. It can scale up and down to our needs.

We have approximately 1,000 people using this solution in my organization and it is being used daily. Many people in different roles are using the solution, such as sales managers, sales representatives, and system engineers.

How are customer service and support?

I have not used the support from Salesforce Platform.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have not used another solution other than Salesforce Platform in this category.

What about the implementation team?

When there is a need to update the solution I do it and it is simple. We have a team that did the implementation of the Salesforce Platform.

What other advice do I have?

The Salesforce Platform has not gone down in the time we have used it, it is very stable. I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Salesforce Platform a seven out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Pablo Lage - PeerSpot reviewer
Channel Sales Director at Quest Software
MSP
Scalable CRM used to track customer activities, opportunities and contact information
Pros and Cons
  • "We use this solution to track customer activities, opportunities and contact information."
  • "The interface could be more user-friendly and offer more customization."

What is our primary use case?

We use this solution to track customer activities, opportunities and contact information.

What needs improvement?

The interface could be more user-friendly and offer more customization.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used this solution for two years but the company I work for has been using it for many more years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This is a stable solution. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This is a scalable solution. 

How are customer service and support?

The technical support for this solution is very good.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Luís Silva - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technical Lead at a consultancy with 201-500 employees
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
CRM suitable for medium to large enterprises that allows fast delivery of applications to the end user
Pros and Cons
  • "It is a platform that allows you to get applications quickly to the end user in a secure way."
  • "The integration of Salesforce with other solutions could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

I custom develop this solution for different clients. It is a platform that allows you to get applications quickly to the end user in a secure way. It is a fast and easy solution but it is not cheap. 

What needs improvement?

The integration of Salesforce with other solutions could be improved.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have 11 years experience working with Salesforce

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This is a very stable solution. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This is a scalable solution. 

How are customer service and support?

The customer service team at Salesforce get the job done but they are not fast. The technical support could be improved. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The cost of this solution depends on negotiations. It is somewhere between expensive and reasonable. There is always additional costs for consulting services. It's the kind of solution that requires consulting, but it is not a licensing cost. It is a consulting cost. It is CAPEX versus OPEX.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend this solution for medium to large enterprises. 

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Commercial Manager at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Easy to use with strong reporting features
Pros and Cons
  • "Salesforce's strongest feature is reporting especially. It's also a lot more usable than other platforms I've worked with. It has a great user experience, with the ability to filter and access information in real-time."
  • "Salesforce's mobile app could be better. Also, it could integrate more seamlessly with Gmail."

What is our primary use case?

We're using Salesforce to manage sales opportunities and relationships with our final customers. Salesforce can also be used to create a plan of activities for each deal. Salesforce can conduct some sales, budget, and revenue forecasts, and we use that information to predict our budget for the next periods.

What is most valuable?

Salesforce's strongest feature is reporting especially. It's also a lot more usable than other platforms I've worked with. It has a great user experience, with the ability to filter and access information in real-time.

What needs improvement?

Salesforce's mobile app could be better. Also, it could integrate more seamlessly with Gmail.

For how long have I used the solution?

We've been using Salesforce for three or four years now.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Salesforce is pretty stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Salesforce is pretty scalable. We don't have many users in Brazil, but we haven't seen any problem with performance so far. 

How are customer service and support?

Technical support isn't something that you really need for day-to-day activities. We usually don't need that.

How was the initial setup?

I have an internal team that works with Salesforce to set it up for our customers. And they have set up the solution for us as well. So I don't know how hard it was to set up. For us end-users, it was pretty easy, but I don't know for them. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate Salesforce nine out of 10. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud
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AWS North America Alliance Lead at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Provides visibility to opportunities, and the keyword search makes it easy to find things
Pros and Cons
  • "The keyword search helps me in finding stuff quickly. So, I don't have to click around a lot."
  • "Their reporting needs to be improved. It should be easier. I don't know how, but it needs to be easier."

What is our primary use case?

We are using it for forecasting, customer contacts, and that kind of sales stuff.

I assume it is in the cloud because that's Salesforce's model. They have their own private cloud.

How has it helped my organization?

It has provided visibility to opportunities.

What is most valuable?

The keyword search helps me in finding stuff quickly. So, I don't have to click around a lot.

What needs improvement?

Their reporting needs to be improved. It should be easier. I don't know how, but it needs to be easier.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for probably a decade.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is very stable. There are no performance issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It handles my needs well. We have hundreds of users all across our company. It is being used extensively in our organization. That's how we run our sales here. We have a support desk to take care of its maintenance.

How are customer service and support?

I have not contacted their technical support.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate Salesforce Platform a nine out of 10. If reporting was easier, I would probably rate it a 10 out of 10.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Lead at Aligned Automation
Real User
Very flexible, reasonably priced and scalable
Pros and Cons
  • "A very flexible solution."
  • "UI needs to be more intuitive and user friendly."

What is our primary use case?

We're using Salesforce to get some data for one of our clients - Excel filters. I'm a solution lead and we are customers of Salesforce.

What is most valuable?

Compared to other CRM applications, Salesforce is very good and you can set it up in the cloud. It's very flexible. 

What needs improvement?

The UI needs to be improved. As developers, we can manage it, but for end users it's not very attractive in the workshop. It needs to be more user friendly and more intuitive.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for two years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

In terms of scalability, I think it's one of the best applications to come out recently.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is very easy to scale. 

How are customer service and technical support?

I think the response time could be improved. We generally wait 24-48 hours for a response, which is quite a long time. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was relatively straightforward. Implementation was done in-house with assistance from Salesforce. Maintenance is really just the batching and updates. We have around 500 users in the company. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing is okay and the cost varies depending on your requirements and number of users.

What other advice do I have?

I definitely recommend this product and rate it eight out of 10. 

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Quality Assurance Lead at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Easy to scale, easy to setup, good performance, and good technical support
Pros and Cons
  • "The process and the workflows are amazing."
  • "Integration needs improvement."

What is our primary use case?

We are predominantly a Salesforce consulting company and we do Salesforce implementation for various types of clients.

We are in the implementation business and we help our clients. Most of our services are in the nonprofit public sector and CPQ.

What is most valuable?

In terms of a CRM or a BAR, Salesforce is absolutely great from a client standpoint.

The completely out-of-the-box service is absolutely great.

The process and the workflows are amazing.

What needs improvement?

Integration with a few of the other products such as Spring Boot is a problem. 

Integration needs improvement. We have found that there are some issues with integration. 

DevOps is lagging in Salesforce development practice. We are looking for a better understanding of DevOps for Salesforce.

I would like to see automation DevOps in the next release.

For how long have I used the solution?

It's a 14-year-old company and we have been using Salesforce Platform for nine months.

We are using the latest version. We have been working with both public and private clouds.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There have been some issues with the stability of the Salesforce Platform, but it's very minor compared to other applications.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability of the Salesforce Platform is amazing. There are no issues with the scalability of this product.

We have 1,000 employees who use it.

How are customer service and technical support?

As partners with Salesforce, we are dedicated and in touch with Salesforce all of the time.

The technical support is good.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward. It is quite easy.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price varies depending on the cloud.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We are exploring multiple different tools at this point.

Within our company, we haven't developed automation practice so far, which is the reason why I have been doing research to identify the most suitable tool exclusively for Salesforce functional automation.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend this solution to others. This is the right time to look into Salesforce, so it's going to be huge in few years.

I am totally in love with this solution. Any issues it may have for example with integration are all minor when you compare it with the performance, scalability, and ease of use. I would definitely rate it a ten out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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