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.
"Microsoft Dynamics CRM has plenty of valuable features."
"The most useful feature that this solution provides is the ability to make dashboards for the business easily as our company is managed using KPIs and metrics."
"The feature I like best in Microsoft Dynamics CRM is being able to market to segments instead of choosing individual people to market to."
"Integration with other Microsoft tools is a good feature of Microsoft Dynamics CRM."
"Microsoft Dynamics CRM brings the most value in terms of its ease of implementation."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Dynamics CRM is that it is a low-code platform and we can perform business process management."
"Microsoft Dynamics is user-friendly and intuitive. It's easy to understand how it works."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"The most valuable features of Salesforce Sales Cloud are ease of use. It is very simple for the sales team to use. You can integrate it with a lot of other systems."
"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."
"The most valuable features are the reporting and the custom codes."
"On the high level, it's all about managing the clients, managing the opportunities around those clients, managing the tasks, calls, activities, all those things."
"The ability to work on it from anywhere is most valuable. All you need is a computer, a browser, and an internet connection to access your instance. It can be accessed from anywhere, which is pretty cool and user-friendly."
"Salesforce highlights what are we selling in different regions and which regions or areas offer opportunities. We are able to view sales by month, quarter or year."
"The product is very fast and responsive. There's no lag time when you are on the platform."
"The tracking and monitoring of daily activities within each account is the most valuable aspect of Salesforce Sales Cloud. It allows for staying informed about ongoing activities, ensuring comprehensive visibility into the progress made within each account on a regular basis. Additionally, the plugins that are available, such as ZoolInfo are useful."
"Technical support could be faster and more responsive."
"It could be less complicated for smaller organizations."
"Microsoft Dynamics CRM can improve by adding more artificial intelligence. Additionally, they should add more modules, such as account-based management, that are available on other platforms such as salesforce.com."
"My company's biggest challenge with Microsoft Dynamics CRM is wanting to market solely to leads without having to create a contact and link the contact to the lead. From a marketing standpoint, there's room for improvement in the lead process of Microsoft Dynamics CRM."
"The price of Microsoft Dynamics CRM could improve."
"This is a good tool, but if you don't have experience using a CRM solution, there are a lot of things you'll need to learn. This tool needs to be more user-friendly."
"The solution's interface has room for improvement."
"The mobile side of the product doesn't look that great right now."
"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."
"I don't like the way parent-child relationships work in transactions between records in Salesforce Sales Cloud. NetSuite is a little bit more user-friendly in that sense. Salesforce Sales Cloud requires that you build everything from scratch. I don't like that. It leaves a lot of thinking and solutions to the consultants and the process is more prone to errors."
"I would like to see licensing fees reduced in the next release."
"Salesforce is a powerful tool and you need specialists to create or to develop new functionalities. It is a difficult platform to learn to manage and you need years to know the whole product."
"The solution is secure. However, they could always improve on security."
"There could be an option to change the price list without creating a new quote."
"The areas revolving around archiving and backup in Salesforce Sales Cloud are not as advanced as some of the other solutions in the market."
"Its licensing can be improved to accommodate small companies. They provide a certain number of licenses in a set or batch, and you have to buy the set. For example, if they have 20 licenses in a set, you have to get the whole set, even if you need just three licenses, which could be a barrier for small companies. There is no option to buy fewer licenses. So, small companies have to go for a smaller CRM, such as HubSpot."
Microsoft Dynamics CRM is ranked 2nd in CRM with 68 reviews while Salesforce Sales Cloud is ranked 3rd in CRM with 94 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 SAP CRM, ServiceNow, Siebel CRM, monday.com and Oracle CX Sales, 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 www.bpmonline.com - 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.
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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