We compared SAP CRM and Siebel CRM across several parameters based on our users' reviews. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below:
Features: SAP CRM is valued for its customization options, lead management capabilities, integration features, and native integration with SAP ERP. Siebel CRM is known for its strength and adaptability. Users like its ready-made industry verticals and comprehensive workflows.
Room for Improvement: SAP CRM needs improvements in its mobile interface, data visibility, and integration. Siebel CRM users say could be simpler and more customizable customization guidance, user interface, mobile app, support, backend performance, and cost reduction.
Service and Support: SAP CRM's customer service and support have received mixed feedback. Some customers appreciated Siebel’s advanced support, while others were dissatisfied with slow response times and had difficulty contacting the support team.
Ease of Deployment: The setup process for SAP CRM can be complicated and time-consuming, requiring customization and a specialized team. Users have reported that the initial setup process for Siebel CRM is challenging.
Pricing: SAP CRM is seen as costly, and some users have said it isn’t worth the money. Customers find the setup cost of Siebel CRM to be expensive and a cause for concern.
ROI: Some reviewers have reported that they realized an ROI from SAP CRM within three to five years. Siebel CRM provides distinct features that are not found in other CRMs, resulting in a favorable return on investment.
Comparison Results: SAP CRM is commended for its integration with SAP ERP, but the solution is considered costly and hard to deploy. Siebel CRM is highly regarded for its versatility and ability to accommodate a diverse user base. At the same time, it’s also criticized for its complicated setup, and users say it’s difficult to navigate navigation.
"SAP CRM integrates well with SAP ERP which is useful."
"The user interface is excellent."
"Once the lead is matured, you can convert it into an opportunity and you can track it by the opportunity based on the product segment."
"The platform is highly scalable."
"The initial setup of SAP CRM was simple."
"Its scalability is good."
"Getting the right information at the right time across different programs is important. These programs lack interaction between them. IPA is a good option to bring them together."
"We use SAP CRM for customer service improvement. The main idea is to make sure our team has the right information when talking to customers. This helps them process things like price approvals for quotes faster. The goal is to make the product more efficient, and faster, and, in the end, provide better customer service."
"Siebel CRM's most beneficial aspects are the workflows. It has complete holistic workflows for a customer management system."
"Due to the many features that are built in from a CRM perspective, it is the best product we have."
"Siebel CRM has enhanced customer engagement for our organization, particularly through its robust data model and flexible features. One specific scenario where Siebel CRM excelled was in addressing complex client requirements. For instance, we successfully implemented a module for email responses, a feature that was not readily available or as robust as other CRM tools. Additionally, Siebel's open UI module allowed us to customize the user interface for one of our clients completely. This customization proved to be a major selling point for our company."
"The flexibility is very good."
"The solution is scalable."
"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."
"Siebel offers a high level of customization which has been valuable. The solution also offers the ability to model complex products."
"Siebel CRM is the number one CRM product in the world."
"It can be a bit more user friendly, to be honest. Sometimes there are too many apps options. It should offer better UX (user experience) to make it easier to navigate and easier to use."
"SAP CRM could improve by making the solution more current, it is out of date. There are no more updates for SAP CRM."
"SAP CRM could improve by being easier to use and customer-friendly."
"In terms of visibility of the data, there's a very limited set that we have access to and sometimes it's very difficult and not user-friendly to analyze from front end to back end. It's the biggest challenge, even if I'm working with an organization where we've implemented SAP."
"There is a lot of missing data and data latency issues between the different modules of SAP CRM, which creates a lot of problems."
"The solution is expensive."
"It was not very stable. It was not a network problem because we were using tools that were not SAP. They were working well. But when I'm running the SAP, it's not working for us."
"There could be some specific configurable options on the UI level to improve visibility."
"It is difficult to set up."
"Currently, Siebel CRM is not helping the agent provide faster feedback to the customer."
"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."
"The tool took a lot of time to deploy."
"I want Oracle to improve the tool’s UI with a vanilla application. I would also like to see an insurance broking vertical in their future releases. There are thousands of brokers who look for an insurance broking solution."
"Siebel CRM can improve as an ERP and for a few corporate business workloads."
"The user interface, mobile application, and support could be improved."
"The solution itself is very heavy."
SAP CRM is ranked 4th in CRM with 40 reviews while Siebel CRM is ranked 5th in CRM with 17 reviews. SAP CRM is rated 7.6, while Siebel CRM is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of SAP CRM writes "It integrates well with our existing solutions, so we can analyze the data for analytics, forecasting and modeling". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Siebel CRM writes "Comes with complaint management feature but improvement is needed in UI ". SAP CRM is most compared with Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Oracle CRM, Zoho CRM and monday.com, whereas Siebel CRM is most compared with Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Oracle CRM, Oracle CX Sales, Salesforce Sales Cloud and Oracle Fusion Service. See our SAP CRM vs. Siebel CRM report.
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