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Salesforce Starter

Composite Score
8.1 /10
CX Score
8.3 /10
Category
Salesforce Starter
8.1 /10

What is Salesforce Starter?

Sell more at record speed with Starter (formerly Sales Cloud Essentials) — and leave data entry in the dust. With Salesforce, speed, intelligence, and personalization doesn't stop at the desktop. Access and update your data anytime with the Salesforce mobile app. Easily follow up on leads, identify key contacts, and more. See an easy, customizable view of of all your sales details in Lightning, the latest version of Salesforce.

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Awards & Recognition

Salesforce Starter won the following awards in the Customer Relationship Management - Small Business category

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Salesforce Starter 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.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

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94 Plan to Renew

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Since last award

84 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.

+91 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 Starter?

2% Negative
7% Neutral
91% Positive

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Altruistic
  • Security Protects

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Sales Management

86

Lead Management

85

Account and Contact Management

84

Customer Service Management

82

Activity and Workflow Management

82

Mobile

82

Analytics and Reporting

81

Collaboration

79

Marketing Management

79

Quote Contract and Proposal

78

Telephony and Call Center Management

76

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 81

Ease of Customization

84

Business Value Created

84

Breadth of Features

84

Usability and Intuitiveness

83

Ease of Implementation

82

Availability and Quality of Training

81

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

80

Ease of Data Integration

79

Quality of Features

79

Vendor Support

79

Ease of IT Administration

78

Salesforce Starter Reviews

Dharamvir S.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2022

The best secure and reliable tool for CRM.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Salesforce Starter from other similar products?

This tool simplifies keeping track of the sales lifecycle, follow-up process, CRM, marketing strategies, and much more which is not easily possible by human effort nowadays. Easy to work on the sales opportunities and keep a track of them through alerts. It contains complete information like the answer and resolves customer questions, sends/receive email history of the customer, data against the report, meeting information and more information which makes my life so cozy. I can quickly design my customised dashboard just using drag & drop. Along with customisation, integration and deployment are also very easy and seamless.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Well-built backend API's to access the data from the backend systems. Analytics plays a vital role in this application that's why customer Analytics has proven an integration is best. The most likeable feature for me is the availability of this platform on almost all platforms without any limitations all platforms have the same set of features. The Professional Services team has access to so much more than normal users do. We had a Developer come in and build out a Community instance. Right after that build was done, the Developer left. That meant that I, as the System Admin, had to navigate through technical questions and concerns.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Though customisation is a very important factor in order to the growth of any organisation because different customers have different requirements. Due to the nth level of customisation sometimes we face application performance issues and we had to connect with the technical team. The loading times tied to some features can be slightly longer than I would want. Most of the time our issue was resolved with the help of technical support and service team but sometimes it takes a lot of time not sure due to the limited resource during this pandemic. I do wish there was more built-in logic so it is more foolproof in terms of basic functionality.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Salesforce CRM is a very robust tool for CRM, offers great potential, is a high performance, this service is very good to use in large and medium organisations. I integrated "DocuSign eSignature" without any hiccup for digital signature needs and "Skype for Business" for collaboration across the team. The service integrates very well with emails, be it Outlook or Gmail, the software provides control of both contracts, quotes and orders. Due to its intuitive UI, this platform has become super user-friendly, and all credit goes to the magical dashboard. Along with the dashboard, reports, campaigns, leads, etc. are easily accessible.

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Trustworthy
  • Unique Features
  • Saves Time

Abhisek P.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2022

Must-have CRM for any enterprise

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Salesforce Starter from other similar products?

Brand, wide features, reliability

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Very easy to use interface and consistent across sales and marketing experience

What do you dislike most about this product?

Lightning version could be made more user friendly than currently

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you have a good no.of sales and marketing team then this CRM is a must have

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy
  • Efficient Service

Lily M.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2022

Have used and it is very helpful day to day

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Salesforce Starter from other similar products?

Name brand recognition

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

So much functionality

What do you dislike most about this product?

Sometimes hard to customize

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Make sure you have good data importing into it otherwise it's just a CRM

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Enables Productivity
  • Effective Service
  • Inspires Innovation

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