We compared Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Salesforce Sales Cloud across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Features: Microsoft Dynamics CRM is considered robust and reliable. Users praised its ability to measure and track sales and seamless integration with Microsoft Office 365 and Azure. Salesforce Sales Cloud users have lauded the solution’s open API and ability to track sales opportunities.
Room for Improvement: Microsoft Dynamics CRM requires improvement in terms of mobile experience, interface design, and performance. Salesforce Sales Cloud could improve its integration with third-party systems and reporting.
Service and Support: Reviews of Microsoft support were mixed, with some users expressing frustration at long response times and challenges contacting the support team. Salesforce’s customer service is considered excellent, and users praised its prompt and knowledgeable team.
Ease of Deployment: Some Microsoft Dynamics users found the setup uncomplicated, while others struggled with it. Salesforce Sales Cloud's initial setup can be complex and time-consuming, potentially lasting for months or even years. However, users can speed up the process with external tools.
Pricing: The cost of Microsoft Dynamics depends on factors like licenses and customization. While Dynamics is generally considered expensive, some users find the pricing fair or slightly cheaper compared to competitors. Salesforce Sales Cloud is considered pricey. Salesforce Sales Cloud has additional costs for implementation and add-ons.
ROI: Microsoft Dynamics CRM provides a significant ROI due to its upgraded features and integrations. Salesforce Sales Cloud has shown a positive return on investment by enabling automation, improving productivity, and saving time.
Comparison Results: Users like Microsoft Dynamics CRM for its native integration with popular Microsoft products, but some users have said that setting up Microsoft Dynamics can be complex and time-consuming. Others have suggested lowering the price and improving the interface. Salesforce Sales Cloud is a user-friendly platform praised for its extensive feature set and customization options. At the same time, customers have complained that Salesforce’s licensing costs are too high and reporting capabilities are limited.
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Dynamics CRM are the accessibility of the service because we can access it either in the office or when we're out in the field."
"Integration is the best feature of Microsoft Dynamics CRM. It integrates quickly across multiple apps and has a lot of APIs available that you can link to. It's very customizable, so we're able to tailor it to a client's needs."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Dynamics CRM are all the filters and possible reports."
"One of the most useful features is we can configure Microsoft Dynamics CRM in the way that we need. This is configurable."
"It is good for sales and service maintenance. It has various integration tools."
"The control that we have of a process and the ability to have everything recorded from the beginning to the end of the process have been the most valuable features."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Dynamics CRM is that it is a low-code platform and we can perform business process management."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"This product is lightweight."
"I like that Salesforce is ERP agnostic. In the past and at different companies, I have implemented new or replacement ERPs. It's best in class. I like that it's a SaaS. I like that it can work on any device—any Windows, Android, or Apple device."
"I would rate Salesforce Sales Cloud's scalability as very good. We have scaled from 30 to 150 within three years without a glitch."
"Salesforce is such a widespread software in terms of what it can do and its scope. Theoretically, you can run a whole company off of it. There are many valuable features, such as reporting and analytics. You can customize almost the whole environment is what appeals to so many companies the most."
"I would recommend Sales Cloud for anyone who has a sales team that needs to be optimized and for any size of enterprise."
"We can also customize Salesforce Sales Cloud to our customer's company requirements. As for your demand, you can customize it. There are so many configurations we can do with the application. There is a lot of functionality that you can implement. It's an easy-to-use, user-friendly, and secure platform."
"The most valuable feature of Salesforce Sales Cloud is for teams the ability to do marketing on our page and to manage their marketing leads. You are able to close a deal and do the renewal. For the life cycle management for customer management, we use Salesforce Sales Cloud. The performance of the solution is good."
"It is a good platform that shows consolidation of information for our customer base."
"The setup with other email servers, other than Microsoft Outlook, could be improved. Alternatively, we'd like to have some feature that allows us to send emails directly from our inboxes to the CRM and assign it to a certain client."
"One area for improvement in Microsoft Dynamics CRM is its end user feedback. It's still not that great compared to Salesforce. They also need to improve on the look and feel of the solution, because those are still slightly better on Salesforce."
"The manufacturing module could be improved. I would like to see customization in the next release."
"This CRM system needs to be more configurable. Its performance still needs improvement, because its screens hang while querying data. It's also not highly scalable, so scalability also needs improvement."
"We would like to see the tech support for this product improved, at present we are frequently waiting for a couple of days before we receive any response."
"Sometimes Microsoft's support can be difficult to contact, and it can take a while to get a response to a ticket."
"The options for customizing Microsoft Dynamics CRM are very limited or highly complex."
"When it comes to any necessary changes or updates, we have issues. It is not very agnostic in terms of working with other platforms. A lot of data transformation had to be done internally in order to send it to various systems."
"The performance is sometimes slow. There is too much information and this makes it difficult to find the answers we are looking for."
"When integrating Salesforce Sales Cloud with other applications it can be difficult to maintain security."
"In the next release, I would like to see more integration."
"With the solution being very vast, they need to prioritize features."
"It is a bit pricey."
"Salesforce Sales Cloud overall is too complex. There is too much functionality, it's hard for the user, at the beginning. It takes a lot of time to update the information."
"Its reporting capabilities can be improved. Its reporting interface should be improved to personalize reports."
"It would be nice if they had an ERP offering or a firm strategic partnership with a best-in-class ERP. So rather than say they're just ERP agnostic, you would pick whichever ERP you want, which is very generic. I think it would have a lot of merit if they partnered strategically with a best-in-class trusted ERP platform or acquired an ERP platform."
Microsoft Dynamics CRM is ranked 2nd in CRM with 68 reviews while Salesforce Sales Cloud is ranked 3rd in CRM with 93 reviews. Microsoft Dynamics CRM is rated 7.6, while Salesforce Sales Cloud is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Microsoft Dynamics CRM writes "Intuitive APIs, customizable design, but dashboards could improve". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Salesforce Sales Cloud writes "Vast, configurable, and offers great ROI". Microsoft Dynamics CRM is most compared with ServiceNow, SAP CRM, Siebel CRM, monday.com and Salesforce Service Cloud, whereas Salesforce Sales Cloud is most compared with SAP CRM, Oracle E-Business Suite, SAP ERP, IQVIA Orchestrated Customer Engagement and Vlocity. See our Microsoft Dynamics CRM vs. Salesforce Sales Cloud report.
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Well, the best CRM is really the one that matches the requirements of your business, because what works for one organization does not necessarily works for another. However, there are some common features that makes one system more attractive over the other. From my point of view, both of them are worth trying, but if you’d like to try some outstanding alternative, I suggest you to take a look at bpm’online sales https://www.bpmonline.com/sales/ - it’s a cloud CRM that includes out-of-the-box processes that serve as best practices for lead management, opportunity management, quote management, order and invoice management and so forth. Your sales team will definitely appreciate the pre-build processes that enable companies to jump start using the system from day one.
We work with both platforms, we can do almost all applications with either platform.
Features - Comparable
Usability - Comparable
Performance & Availability - Comparable
Cost Model - Microsoft is Less Expensive
Compatibility with different mobile devices - Microsoft needs third party tool for full functionality
Integration with other back end ERP - Comparable
It depends upon what you want to achieve. As well I am certified Siebel Core consultant and have worked wih SFDC and MS Dynamics, still all the three caters various features unique in their own way. Having said that if the client is in favour of MS Dynamics then
Features - it is stil evolving and requires considerable changes
Cost - it is defintely comparable with SFDC but not with Siebel as the cost is high in Siebel.
Usability - it is not complex and lots of drag and drop
Features available
Performance - This depends on what the client needs are.
Integration - requires more change and it has it's own challenges
I hope this helps for now. Please feel fee to reach me if you need any further questions or clarifications
I am not familiar with MS Dynamics, and have never used it. However, just from a look at the website, this package seems more the equivalent of a Marketo or Eloqua kind of application. At Liquidware Labs, we use Marketo, Salesforce, extended with RainKing.
Not sure if my background would be helpful for this issue, but if this individual would like to speak with me directly about the goal for marketing with CRM packages, then I would be happy to discuss.
Thanks.
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Please see the following article: http://learnsf.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/comparing-salesforce-with-microsoft-dynamics-xrm/
A few anecdotes to consider:
*The few MS Dynamics customers I know report that it has a lot of bugs, quirks and really cumbersome to customize
*In one quote/evaluation I've seen, MS Dynamics had a final quote that was one third of a similar Salesforce quote (that is, same number of users, type of licenses, etc)
Microsoft Dynamics CRM -
*Pricing based on your needs
*99.9% Service Level Agreement (SLA)
*Microsoft had a pre-developed reporting engine within SQL Server called SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS)
*MS Dynamics CRM Online is a true Microsoft Outlook application, not just a plugin
Salesforce.com -
*Enterprise Edition - $125/user/month , Salesforce Mobile Classic - $50/user/month
*No Service Level Agreement (SLA)
*Salesforce is repealing Outlook features; for example, users can’t manage opportunities and leads anymore
*Salesforce doesn’t have a concept of a fluid user interface for Leads –> Contacts –> Opportunities