Pobuca vs. Salesforce Starter

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Pobuca
Score 8.7 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Pobuca Connect is a cloud app that turns multiple, overlapping and non-connected business contact lists into one unified company address book that’s easy to access from everywhere and ready to share with co-workers or business associates. It also includes the built-in Pobuca Bot, a virtual assistant to help keep business contacts up to date.
$0
Salesforce Starter
Score 8.9 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Salesforce Starter (formerly Salesforce Essentials) is a small business CRM that replaces the former SalesforceIQ product. It is priced at $35 per user, on a monthly basis, or at $25 per month for if billed annually ($300) and can be tried free for 14 days on a trial.N/A
Pricing
PobucaSalesforce Starter
Editions & Modules
Free
$0.00
Pro
$3.00
per user/per month
Enterprise
$5.00
per user/per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PobucaSalesforce Starter
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
PobucaSalesforce Starter
Considered Both Products
Pobuca
Chose Pobuca
BizConnect’s customer service was not good and was a bit slow in searching contacts. But Pobuca is the best choice in this regard--from customer service to the ease with which we can add contact into it is amazing. Its flexibility is another major factor in choosing Pobuca. …
Chose Pobuca
We've used Outlook contacts and Office 365, but we couldn't dial from within the app, so Pobuca is a better option all around.
Salesforce Starter
Chose Salesforce Starter
The Zoho system is free and gives a long trial product. The salesforce brand is well known, and I wanted to try a good European crm product. The account manager was South African and very friendly. The system was trained on a demo, whereas Zoho did not offer an account …
Chose Salesforce Starter
more expensive but as an industry leader and go, the learning curve pays for itself in ROI in lost time in onboarding
Chose Salesforce Starter
Salesforce Starter is exactly what it says. It's specific to getting a small business up and running effectively, without unnecessary development or internal overhead required. It doesn't allow for a ton of customization, but it provides more than most other providers across …
Chose Salesforce Starter
We selected SalesforceIQ over insightly because of the email automation they offered. Their app also seemed to be a little more robust. I highly recommend a trial before you make a decision. The trial with SalesforceIQ is what sold us on the product.
Features
PobucaSalesforce Starter
Sales Force Automation
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Pobuca
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
9.0
Ratings
15% above category average
Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Territory management00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Opportunity management00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Quote & order management00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Interaction tracking00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Pobuca
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
8.8
Ratings
15% above category average
Lead management00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Pobuca
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
8.8
Ratings
15% above category average
Task management00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Pobuca
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
9.0
Ratings
17% above category average
Forecasting00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Customizable reports00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Pobuca
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
8.9
Ratings
17% above category average
Custom fields00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Custom objects00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Scripting environment00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
API for custom integration00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Pobuca
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
9.4
Ratings
12% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Pobuca
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
8.1
Ratings
10% above category average
Social engagement00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Pobuca
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
8.3
Ratings
12% above category average
Marketing automation00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Compensation management00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Pobuca
-
Ratings
Salesforce Starter
8.6
Ratings
16% above category average
Mobile access00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Creatio
Score 9.7 out of 10
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Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises
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Creatio
Score 9.7 out of 10
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Creatio
Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
PobucaSalesforce Starter
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PobucaSalesforce Starter
Likelihood to Recommend
Pobuca works well with small businesses. Your whole company can have access to contacts and can easily share contacts. It's easy to use and input information. It's simple to set up for all your employees. Having access to business cards with simply taking a picture is a nice feature. It's overall ease of use and simple interface makes it an effective program
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SalesforceIQ is a perfect CRM to start with and get your organization used to tracking customer contact. It was an easy setup and well adopted. It allowed us to rollout completely in just 30 days. We have seen a large increase in our ability to communicate. It may be lacking in some items if you already have a tracking method but was the perfect starting point for us.
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Pros
  • We can add any contact into it easily.
  • It has the option to edit any contact.
  • It allows us to manage our contacts in any order of our choice--either alphabetically or any other way according to our ease.
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  • Sales CRM with built-in guidance and reminders to manage and track opportunities.
  • Self-service for customers and internal employee needs. Integrates forms and chatbots very easily into your existing website.
  • Guided setup with inherent flows to make transitioning from legacy systems to new age cloud-based technologies
  • Integrates with Outlook and Gmail extremely well. Includes the Salesforce Inbox mobile app to link records with calendar and email. Email reminders included automatically.
  • The Salesforce Mobile App comes with Starter, making it super easy to work on the go, even in remote areas.
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Cons
  • It forces you to fill out information when you may not have it.
  • It separates by organization and person which isn't useful.
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  • Table views can be sorted by column. Filters can be applied, but only to one column. Multi-column filtering like Excel allows would be extremely useful and a big improvement.
  • The ability to quick copy data in a table view would also be helpful, like (ctrl ') in excel.
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Usability
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easy to use, training is intuitive and can be peer taught if needed. Not overly complex so that users can get started within a very short period of time.
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Alternatives Considered
BizConnect’s customer service was not good and was a bit slow in searching contacts. But Pobuca is the best choice in this regard--from customer service to the ease with which we can add contact into it is amazing. Its flexibility is another major factor in choosing Pobuca. Finding any contact through this software is very simple, but its scanning feature is a bit slow and takes time.
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Salesforce Starter is exactly what it says. It's specific to getting a small business up and running effectively, without unnecessary development or internal overhead required. It doesn't allow for a ton of customization, but it provides more than most other providers across sales, service, and integration/automating business processes. Some tools are more specific to organizations that want to focus on a specific area to grow or manage their business. That's where the other package types and integrations with specific tools come in
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Return on Investment
  • Shortened time looking for leads
  • Practicality in dialing direct from the app
  • Our custom fields help us a lot job-wise
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  • It made the job more efficient for staff so they can spend time doing other tasks rather than configuring and maintaining Salesforce Starter.
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ScreenShots

Pobuca Screenshots

Screenshot of Pobuca-where teams share contactsScreenshot of Import business contacts in one placeScreenshot of Link contacts to related organizationsScreenshot of Smart search finds  the user is looking forScreenshot of Capture email signaturesScreenshot of Access contacts everywhere with Pobuca mobile app

Salesforce Starter Screenshots

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