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We performed a comparison between Salesforce Sales Cloud and SAP ERP based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"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.""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.""I've found lead management to be the most valuable feature of Salesforce Sales Cloud. It helps capture, track, and manage leads throughout the sales process. The tool is easy to learn.""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 user interface is pretty simple.""The solution can scale massively. I've been quite impressed.""This solution offers a good user experience. It is easy to learn and use, even for those who are using it for the first time.""Salesforce's user interface is easy to use, and the reporting is good. It worked well with Excel, so I was okay with it. I don't know about integration with any other software because I didn't have to deal with them."

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"SAP is already working on improvements by doing annual releases with enhancements.""The architecture of the solution overall is great. It's great for development, testing, and production. I've worked with solutions where the architecture wasn't as strong and it was a disaster.""I like that SAP ERP is very robust and stable.""The most valuable features of SAP ERP are its stability, industry-specific package, and adaptable configuration.""The most valuable features are that it's very customizable and it's flexible.""The new Visual Enterprise functionalities give an intuitive approach to data and make communication between engineering and production easy.""It's a good ERP system.""SAP ERP offers a wide range of functional modules, including payroll, HR, financials, and others."

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Cons
"If the infrastructure is not correct, then customers are having an issue and it's taking a lot of time to load.""As a presale team leader, I see a need to better understand the platform because our current knowledge is limited. This makes it difficult to explore possible extensions of its use. We also want more detailed information on commercial opportunities included in the tool. It needs to include better documentation on the functions it offers.""The solution's design could be improved.""The solution is secure. However, they could always improve on security.""I think the user experience could be improved. I would like the user interface to be a bit more user-friendly and modern.""We have a very broad set of products at our company. The process to get that information accurately into the Sales Cloud system could use improvement. It shouldn't take weeks of time. The process of identifying products that are being sold for forecasting purposes and sales tracking purposes is too hard.""The user interface could be better in Salesforce Sales Cloud because it feels a little heavy.""Salesforce Sales Cloud is not as simple to use as Zoho. It requires some level of expertise before you can use it. However, you can easily learn how to use the solution as you go along."

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"The warehouse management could be better.""The solution is quite expensive. They need to work on the pricing to make it more reasonable.""Reporting is why most companies need to acquire business intelligence add-on solutions, and when it comes to SAP ERP, they could improve the reporting graphical representation of the data.""The user interface can be more intuitive and user-friendly by having it be more menu-driven, this would be a large benefit.""I would like to see the customization of the reports become easier to work with instead of having technical support have to assist us.""It is a little difficult to use.""Technical support is an area that is in need of improvement.""Poor ergonomics."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The subscription is on a monthly basis."
  • "The main issue is the price. Because it's SaaS, you will have to pay on a monthly or yearly basis."
  • "It is a premium product, so it is not the cheapest solution. I think if it's implemented well, and you're getting the soft cost benefits, the efficiencies, it's justified. But not if you're looking at just apples for apples as a subscription, without the complexity that you can achieve. It can deal with complex business requirements. Some other CRMs can't. But you certainly pay, so it's a premium-charged solution. It's one of the more expensive ones."
  • "I have found Salesforce Sales Cloud to be expensive. However, it is the number one CRM solution in the world. It is worth the money."
  • "The main thing is it is costly. Salesforce it is not cheap, it's costly. Some of our customers say it is a costly solution. So, we have lost some sale opportunities regarding the high price. This is the main thing that we are facing. It is sales per user and the user price is about $150 per month, per user for the Enterprise Edition. The other edition is less than this, but it is costly. A company that has 70 or 80 users would pay more than $8,000 USD yearly because it is cloud based."
  • "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."
  • "Implementation and add-ons may be additional costs."
  • "Being license based, the license varies by type. The pricing is considered average."
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  • "SAP ECC is not cheap but I consider it the best system for managing an organization's data and processes."
  • "This is a costly product."
  • "There are licensing costs."
  • "Some components are available at an additional cost, depending on the type of contract that you have."
  • "The licensing costs are slightly on the higher side. They need to make it more competitive."
  • "SAP is a bit on the costly side, but they also provide support and other things. We are paying for licenses and the use of the cloud."
  • "SAP ERP is expensive."
  • "When you have a solution that is stable, reliable, and has a high performance as this solution, the price is going to be expensive. However, when you evaluate the service you are paying for the cost is quite reasonable for this solution."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The features of Sales Cloud most useful for testing and running email campaigns are highly valuable.
    Top Answer:Sales Cloud could improve in areas such as AI integration, particularly for templates.
    Top Answer:Sales Cloud helps me manage and track my sales pipeline effectively. It is a CRM system that integrates with other systems for comprehensive sales management.
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    Top Answer:The product can be a little slow when dealing with thousands of employee data.
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    Overview

    Salesforce Sales Cloud is the most widely used of sales tools and sales automation software, speeding and streamlining all phases of sales from lead management to analytics and forecasting. Thanks to Salesforce Sales Cloud, more than 100,000+ customers and 2 million subscribers worldwide can manage people and processes more effectively, pursue more business in less time, and close more deals.

    SAP ERP addresses the core business software requirements of midsize and large organizations in all industries and sectors. SAP ERP includes four individual solutions that support key areas of enterprise resource planning: human capital management, financials, operations, corporate services.
    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
    B&G Manufacturing, Unilever, Life is good Inc., Joy Global Inc., City of Cape Town, Bhopal Municipal, Corporation (BMC), adidas Group, Butcher & Packer Supply Company, Franklin Valve L.P., Evoshield, Prime Meats, a Norsan Group company, EMC Corporation, Varian Medical Systems Inc., FC Bayern Mªnchen AG, AkzoNobel Chemicals B.V., T¾V Rheinland, Pacific Drilling S.A., Fire & Rescue New South Wales, University of Amsterdam, Pa_alon S.A.
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company30%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    Non Tech Company6%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization70%
    Computer Software Company5%
    Financial Services Firm3%
    Manufacturing Company2%
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    Manufacturing Company26%
    Computer Software Company10%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Pharma/Biotech Company9%
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    Manufacturing Company13%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Educational Organization6%
    Retailer6%
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    Small Business46%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise35%
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    Small Business7%
    Midsize Enterprise72%
    Large Enterprise20%
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    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise22%
    Large Enterprise57%
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    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise63%
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    Salesforce Sales Cloud is ranked 3rd in CRM with 101 reviews while SAP ERP is ranked 1st in ERP with 100 reviews. Salesforce Sales Cloud is rated 8.4, while SAP ERP is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Salesforce Sales Cloud writes "Vast, configurable, and offers great ROI". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP ERP writes "The amazing, robust framework with unlimited scalability earns its #1 status". Salesforce Sales Cloud is most compared with Microsoft Dynamics CRM, SAP CRM, Oracle E-Business Suite, IQVIA Orchestrated Customer Engagement and Vlocity, whereas SAP ERP is most compared with SAP S/4HANA, Microsoft Dynamics AX, Anaplan, SAP Business One and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.

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