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Siebel CRM pros and cons

Vendor: Oracle
3.8 out of 5

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PROS

Siebel CRM offers robust and flexible order management features, allowing for extensive customization and development according to business needs.
The platform is highly scalable and supports complex product modeling, making it ideal for various industries, including telecom and manufacturing.
Its holistic workflows and high level of customization enhance its value as a customer management system.
Siebel CRM excels in complaint management and integration, simplifying processes with better connections and quicker resolutions.
The data model supports effective information distribution, trouble ticketing, and case management, enhancing customer engagement and operational efficiency in large organizations.

CONS

Siebel CRM is often considered heavy, making it difficult for users to get started.
The backend performance of Siebel CRM is often slow, and improvements are needed.
Siebel CRM is expensive compared to other CRM tools, leading customers to seek alternatives.
The documentation requires improvement to be more user-friendly.
Siebel CRM took a significant amount of time to deploy, affecting efficiency.
 

Siebel CRM Pros review quotes

it_user128490 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Leader at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 10, 2016
We moved from an excel sheet to Siebel so it did help us initially in digitizing CRM related business processes and was positioned as single source of truth for CRM.
it_user130470 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Associate at a real estate/law firm with 10,001+ employees
Jul 7, 2014
EAI and workflows are the most valuable features.
it_user855795 - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Apr 13, 2018
Siebel CRM has a strong database model, workflow and integration tools.
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reviewer1265133 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Technology Department at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 14, 2020
The solution's order management pack is quite fantastic.
PedroNavarro - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Development & Validation Manager at JT International SA
Apr 27, 2022
It is quite robust and flexible. You can develop almost anything you want. You go into the tools, and you can do anything you want.
Soumyajyoti BHadra - PeerSpot reviewer
Salesforce Technical Lead at Tata Consultancy
Apr 28, 2022
Siebel offers a high level of customization which has been valuable. The solution also offers the ability to model complex products.
Victor Mendoza - PeerSpot reviewer
General Manager at ActiveIT Consultores
May 12, 2022
The solution is scalable.
Abid Shafiq - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Manager CRM Platform and Integration at PTCL
May 13, 2022
Siebel CRM's most beneficial aspects are the workflows. It has complete holistic workflows for a customer management system.
Ratish Shelar - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at Tata Consultancy
May 16, 2022
Siebel is easy to configure and comes with various pre-built industry verticals, so it doesn't require much effort. If you want to roll out Siebel in telecom or manufacturing, they have the verticals.
NJ
Principal Technical Consultant at Tech Mahindra Limited
May 18, 2022
Due to the many features that are built in from a CRM perspective, it is the best product we have.
 

Siebel CRM Cons review quotes

it_user128490 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Leader at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 10, 2016
Very complex (User setup, Account imports, EIM on Opportunity, Marketing). In summary, we had to struggle a lot to get the software running with all relevant data.
it_user130470 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Associate at a real estate/law firm with 10,001+ employees
Jul 7, 2014
Server may response very slowly if effective load balancing is not done.
it_user855795 - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Apr 13, 2018
However, there are areas that this product has not evolved at par with global industry trends, including the UX/UI and cloud capabilities.
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reviewer1265133 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Technology Department at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 14, 2020
The solution itself is very heavy.
PedroNavarro - PeerSpot reviewer
BI Development & Validation Manager at JT International SA
Apr 27, 2022
The user interface, mobile application, and support could be improved.
Soumyajyoti BHadra - PeerSpot reviewer
Salesforce Technical Lead at Tata Consultancy
Apr 28, 2022
The backend performance of Siebel could be improved as it is often slow. In addition, the Open UI is not that responsive.
Victor Mendoza - PeerSpot reviewer
General Manager at ActiveIT Consultores
May 12, 2022
It is difficult to set up.
Abid Shafiq - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Manager CRM Platform and Integration at PTCL
May 13, 2022
Siebel CRM can improve as an ERP and for a few corporate business workloads.
Ratish Shelar - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at Tata Consultancy
May 16, 2022
Siebel is pricey compared to other CRM tools. That's the problem. Although it's a highly stable and functionally rich application, customers are not willing to pay that price for it. Customers can find CRM software that gives them similar functionality at a lower price. There are so many others on the market like Salesforce.
NJ
Principal Technical Consultant at Tech Mahindra Limited
May 18, 2022
The UI could be improved by being fully cloud native as this is what our customers are looking for. It would also be great to see what updates are coming up for release and for updates to take place automatically without manual intervention.