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Salesforce.com Inc

Salesforce Platform

Composite Score

8.8 /10

CX Score

9.1 /10

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What is Salesforce Platform?

The demand for apps has quickly outstripped the development capacity of many IT departments. Salesforce Platform is the fastest way to build and deploy apps for customers, employees, and partners. By streamlining the app-building process — including giving you the basic building blocks so you never have to start from scratch — Salesforce Platform gives you the agility to tackle your app backlog and take the lead in the app revolution.

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Awards & Recognition

Salesforce Platform won the following awards in the Low-Code Development Tools category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

5 Top Rated Capabilities

8 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Service Experience
Product Impact

2024

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

5 Top Rated Capabilities

12 Top Rated Features

2023

Salesforce Platform Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

91 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Salesforce Platform?

1% Negative

2% Neutral

97% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Application Security

Collaboration

Role-Based Access Management

Cloud Deployment

Cross-Platform Deployment

Import and Export Capabilities

Audit Trail

End to End Lifecycle Management

Application Inventory and Dashboard

Data and Entity Mapping

Vendor Community and Marketplace

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Salesforce Platform Reviews

Mehmet Sait y.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Absolute Must Have

Likeliness to Recommend

6 /10

What differentiates Salesforce Platform from other similar products?

Being able to do almost anything

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Amazing product to use every touchpoint we have

What do you dislike most about this product?

Sometimes the decoding for some processes might be slow

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

A lot of training is available, please use them

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

swaraj K.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

A Transformational Tool for Streamlined Sales Proc

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Salesforce Platform from other similar products?

Salesforce Platform differentiates itself from other similar products through its extensive customization and flexibility. It offers a wide range of tools and features, including declarative development, Visualforce, and Lightning components, empowering businesses to tailor the platform to their specific needs. This level of customization sets Salesforce apart and enables organizations to create highly personalized and scalable solutions for their sales processes.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

One of the favorite aspects of Salesforce is its comprehensive suite of features and functionalities. From lead management and opportunity tracking to forecasting and analytics, Salesforce offers a wide range of tools that empower sales teams to streamline their processes, enhance collaboration, and drive revenue growth. Its user-friendly interface and extensive integration capabilities are also highly appreciated by users.

What do you dislike most about this product?

While Salesforce is a highly regarded platform, some users have expressed concerns about its initial complexity for new users. Additionally, the learning curve associated with mastering all the features can be challenging. Lastly, the cost of certain editions and add-ons may be a drawback for businesses on a tight budget.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are considering Salesforce, here are a few recommendations: Thoroughly evaluate your business needs and ensure that Salesforce aligns with your requirements. Invest in comprehensive training and leverage available resources to maximize your understanding and utilization of the platform. Develop a clear implementation plan, considering your business processes and goals, to ensure a smooth and successful adoption of Salesforce.

Pros

Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Security Protects
Helps Innovate

Cons

Wastes Time
Under Delivered

Lisbeth G.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Fantastic product to track leads and contacts

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Salesforce Platform from other similar products?

It’s easy to use and can help organizations track leads that can become customers

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I love how easy it is to use it

What do you dislike most about this product?

You need an admin to set up

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Learn as much as you can before purchasing to see if it’s a good fit for your organization

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Unique Features

How We Deliver

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What is Salesforce Platform?

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Salesforce Platform Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Salesforce Platform?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Application Security Capability to build and enforce security mechanisms to ensure application confidentiality, privacy, integrity and availability.

Collaboration View all previous activities including any recent edits and user access.

Role-Based Access Management Ability to assign permissions around system and data access, platform configurations, and application releases based on defined user roles.

Cloud Deployment Solution offers the capability to deploy applications in the platform to the cloud.

Cross-Platform Deployment Ability to build applications that are functional and accessible on multiple user devices and platforms (e.g. mobile phones, tablets, websites).

Import and Export Capabilities Import and convert legacy or applications built using other development tools into the tool and export development artifacts to other tools and archives.

Audit Trail View all previous activity including any recent edits and user access.

End to End Lifecycle Management Solution provides workflows, versioning, recovery and rollback and other tooling and capabilities for managing the entire software lifecycle.

Application Inventory and Dashboard A list of applications built and deployed by the solution. Out-of-the-box and customizable KPIs and metrics measure the system performance, value and usage.

Data and Entity Mapping Ability to break down an application by form and entities, and see how their relationships will affect one another when specific actions are executed.

Vendor Community and Marketplace A public or private forum or store where developers can buy or share out-of-the-box templates, widgets, plug-ins, application functions, and integrations.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Salesforce Platform Reviews

Mehmet Sait y.

Absolute Must Have

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

swaraj K.

A Transformational Tool for Streamlined Sales Proc

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Lisbeth G.

Fantastic product to track leads and contacts

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Application Security

Collaboration

Role-Based Access Management

Cloud Deployment

Cross-Platform Deployment

Import and Export Capabilities

Audit Trail

End to End Lifecycle Management

Application Inventory and Dashboard

Data and Entity Mapping

Vendor Community and Marketplace

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation