Salesforce Starter vs. SAP Sales Cloud

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
SAP Sales Cloud
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
SAP Sales Cloud (formerly SAP Cloud for Sales) is a cloud sales application with sales automation, enterprise resource planning (ERP) integration, and collaboration capabilities.N/A
Pricing
Salesforce StarterSAP Sales Cloud
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Salesforce StarterSAP Sales Cloud
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Salesforce StarterSAP Sales Cloud
Considered Both Products
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.
SAP Sales Cloud
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
SAP Sales Cloud is Tightly integrated with SAP S/4 Hana while the integration and transfer of data with user interface was challenging inearlier Salesforce sales cloud being non SAP product at hight cost
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
It’s very similar, but Salesforce has an edge on query capabilities and less reliance on custom code for enhancements with strong transport management.
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
We choose SAP Sales Cloud over HubSpot CRM because we have a large number of customers to handle, and their needs need to be personalized. Which are offered accurately by SAP Sales Cloud. In our experience, HubSpot has some issues when the number of customers increases. Our …
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
because the whole solution is sap and we know it
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
SAP Sales Cloud was better in terms of cost and better integration with our backend.
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
SAP Sales Cloud is way better than the other products and tools which we had used earlier because it provides efficient solutions for sales management and security wise it is pretty much reliable compared to others. It also provides the top notch next generation AI driven …
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
SAP Sales Cloud works well and has a easy set up for a simplified sales proess setup.
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
One of the most outstanding features of SAP Sales Cloud is its easy integration with our existing SAP ecosystem. This was essential because we used SAS/4HANA in our operations. Its ability to have a single platform that easily integrates sales data with other company operations …
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
SAP Sales Cloud always work in early stage before the demand comes in to market and thus SAP Sales Cloud got benefited to engage its client in profitable way.
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
It is beneficial for business development and performance. Data gets quickly and is very useful while performing activities.
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
SAP Sales Cloud vs. HubSpot = HubSpot is better out of the box, cheaper for smaller teams, and easier to maneuver without having to upgrade much in terms of cost to win more deals. SAP Sales Cloud is generally more expensive than other providers like HubSpot or Pipedrive, but …
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
Better user experience. Intuitive platform with great tools. Easy to find past cases and people from different companies.
great customer management tool it helps to keep the know how inside the company when a colleague decides to take a new challenge out of the company. It’s …
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
SAP Sales Cloud excels over Oracle Sales due to its smoother integration with our business processes and superior scalability. The comprehensive features of SAP Sales Cloud, coupled with its seamless compatibility
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
Sap sales cloud has boosted the supply chain network . Sap Sales cloud has seamlessly unified the backend business processes into more transparent effective ones.The customer satisfaction have also increased with better customer collaboration and relationship.The vendor …
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
We went with SAP Sales Cloud over Oracle Sales Cloud because it just clicks better with our way of doing things. SAP is like the superhero of sales software – it plays super well with all our other systems, grows with us as we get bigger, and gives us really smart insights into …
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
SAP Sales Cloud is known for its seamless integration capabilities, especially with other SAP solutions like ERP systems. This allows for a unified and comprehensive view of business operations, contributing to better decision-making. It is often recognized for its scalability, …
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
It depends on what your business needs are. The benefits of Zoho CRM are related to its integration with Zoho's other products.
SAP Sales Cloud is built with larger businesses in mind and is a comprehensive solution for multiple departments. Learning curve aside, many large …
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
Against most of the software like it, SAP Sales Cloud has a strong resilience of features and functionality. It is more dynamic and an all-in-one sale cloud solution. its lead management and opportunity tracking are the top-notch features of SAP Sales Cloud. Their customer …
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
We evaluated SAP Sales Cloud as a suitable alternative to Hubspot, but we are not convinced that it stacks up against it. It does provide a better forecasting system, although it's not as customizable as Hubspot's, the direct impact of this situation is that we need to rely …
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
The main product I have used in comparison is Salesforce Commerce Cloud. Ultimately, we selected SAP Sales Cloud because it fits within our existing tech stack, and we thought it would be easier to implement and ultimately scale across the organization during our rapid growth …
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
SAP Sales Cloud is a good rival that is slightly more intuitive and easier to use but much more scalable.
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
We liked SAP Sales Cloud the best because of the tracking capabilities between many different teams, allowing us to collaborate in a way we weren't capable of beforehand. The strong customer community was also a factor; that way, we have a way to see how other users have been …
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
The platform is often used to enable mobile sales teams. Sales representatives can access customer data, product information, and order processing on-the-go, improving their productivity.
Chose SAP Sales Cloud
Easy adoption using other products like SAP Customer Data Solutions and SAP Service Cloud. For your developers integration is transparent but if your business logic or on-premise software is made by your organisation, integration is not easy and required more time (and …
Features
Salesforce StarterSAP Sales Cloud
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
9.0
Ratings
15% above category average
SAP Sales Cloud
8.2
Ratings
6% above category average
Customer data management / contact management9.00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Territory management8.60 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Opportunity management9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)10.00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Quote & order management9.00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Interaction tracking7.80 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management9.40 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Workflow management00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Contract management00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
8.8
Ratings
15% above category average
SAP Sales Cloud
7.5
Ratings
1% below category average
Lead management8.80 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Email marketing00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
8.8
Ratings
15% above category average
SAP Sales Cloud
8.2
Ratings
8% above category average
Task management9.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management8.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Reporting9.40 Ratings8.60 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
9.0
Ratings
17% above category average
SAP Sales Cloud
8.4
Ratings
10% above category average
Forecasting9.00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Pipeline visualization8.60 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Customizable reports9.40 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
8.9
Ratings
17% above category average
SAP Sales Cloud
7.7
Ratings
3% above category average
Custom fields9.40 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Custom objects9.40 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Scripting environment7.90 Ratings7.70 Ratings
API for custom integration8.80 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
9.4
Ratings
12% above category average
SAP Sales Cloud
8.6
Ratings
3% above category average
Single sign-on capability9.40 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Role-based user permissions9.40 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
8.1
Ratings
10% above category average
SAP Sales Cloud
7.2
Ratings
2% below category average
Social engagement8.10 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Social data00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
8.3
Ratings
12% above category average
SAP Sales Cloud
7.7
Ratings
5% above category average
Marketing automation8.50 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Compensation management8.10 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
8.6
Ratings
16% above category average
SAP Sales Cloud
7.5
Ratings
2% above category average
Mobile access8.60 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
Salesforce Starter
-
Ratings
SAP Sales Cloud
8.1
Ratings
7% above category average
Case management00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Call center management00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Help desk management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Salesforce StarterSAP Sales Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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8.5
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Likelihood to Renew
-
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8.6
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Usability
9.4
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6.7
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Availability
-
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8.0
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Performance
-
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8.0
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Support Rating
-
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8.8
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Online Training
-
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7.0
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Implementation Rating
-
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8.0
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Product Scalability
-
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8.3
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Salesforce StarterSAP Sales Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
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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1. Better understanding of customer choice and sales insights. 2. High chance that we can convert the lead into sales as SAP analyzes the customer's need and behavior. 3. As it analyzes the data behind the scenes, a better price deal closing is possible, as it gives that level of insight.
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Pros
  • 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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  • Help sales teams decide based on relevant data
  • Provide a framework to guide sales teams on activities such as status updates, customer success, sales qualification, etc
  • Reduce manual work by predictive analysis, that is, by understanding when a template can be helpful, updating a manager on a finished task, etc
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Cons
  • 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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  • One area of concern is the many data silos that are present within SAP sales cloud
  • While creating filters for accessing sales lead reports, the accuracy is missing sometimes.
  • The product is quite vast and a lot more learning material and knowledge base documents are required.
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Likelihood to Renew
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I know what SAP CRM can do in the future. We are very happy with the product and think it is a great choice for both SAP ERP users and even those who do not use other SAP products. We have both Salesforce and SAP CRM, and we feel that Salesforce is a good product for a few years, but SAP CRM is a more fully-featured product and is a better choice for complex organizations capable of running installed software of this complexity. It is often just a question of budget.
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Usability
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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In short, SAP CRM is a complete service that will help improve marketing strategy and productivity. It covers various topics, from big data analytics to resource management and housing sales data. SAP CRM has a long list of features and can do them all.
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Reliability and Availability
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Product was mostly available. A couple accessibility issues did exist when sending API calls, and there was either no response, or a delayed response.
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Support Rating
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SAP's customer service is quick and efficient, with a response time of fewer than some minutes. In either case, you'll get instant help from the vendor or online forums. In addition, the vendor provides excellent global support for this tool. Like Salesforce, SugarCRM, etc., it's probably fine as a standalone CRM option.
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Online Training
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Training was mostly completed over a couple conference calls, and reading the API documentation. Our developers were able to implement quickly after reading the documentation.
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Implementation Rating
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I would rate the implementation a 7. While the process overall was successful, there were challenges related to data migration, integration with other systems, and initial user adoption. However, the support from SAP during the implementation phase was helpful, and we were able to resolve the major issues as the process progressed.
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Alternatives Considered
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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One of the most outstanding features of SAP Sales Cloud is its easy integration with our existing SAP ecosystem. This was essential because we used SAS/4HANA in our operations. Its ability to have a single platform that easily integrates sales data with other company operations was a huge advantage for us. In contrast, some of the other systems we explored required significant changes or integration work, which would have raised our overall costs and level of complexity.
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Scalability
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I choose this rating because the sales and supply chain network has been strengthened by the use of this product. Sap Sales cloud has seamlessly unified the backend business processes into more transparent effective ones.The customer satisfaction have also increased with better customer collaboration and relationship.The vendor management process has also been significantly impacted and all for good
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Return on Investment
  • 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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  • Integration with additional sales tools, such as LinkedIn Sales Navigator, greatly improves the speed and efficiency of our entire process.
  • Standard templates facilitate easy and efficient lead interaction.
  • The time is reduced and representative job productivity increases when SAP Sales Cloud is used.
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SAP Sales Cloud Screenshots

Screenshot of the SAP Sales Cloud dashboard, where users can can automate critical selling processes and give sellers AI-based recommendations. The dashboard features:
Cloud deployment
A unified view of customers
An optimised mobile selling experience
AI-driven insights, recommendations, and analytics
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