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What Is Salesforce Essentials?
Salesforce Essentials makes it possible to build stronger customer relationships with a combined sales and support CRM for small business that is easy to use, setup, and maintain. Essentials ensures that you spend less time in spreadsheets and more time selling by tracking your emails, calls and meetings to automatically keep customer records up-to-date without tedious data entry. Essentials also includes a ton of customer service productivity tools to help make every new customer a loyal one.
Who Uses Salesforce Essentials?
Offer support over Email, Phone, Social, and Web. Deploy and customize branded self service support sites with clicks not code. Free up support teams with automation. Get up and running today.
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Salesforce
Founded in 2003
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Salesforce Essentials Details
Salesforce
Founded in 2003
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Starting price
Free Version
Free Trial
Salesforce Essentials deployment and support
Support
- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- Chat
Deployment
- Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- Android (Mobile)
- iPhone (Mobile)
- iPad (Mobile)
Training
- Live Online
- Webinars
- Documentation
- Videos
Salesforce Essentials Features
CRM
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Management
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- CRM
- Calendar Management
- Calendar Sync
- Calendar/Reminder System
- Campaign Management
- Contact Database
- Contact Management
- Customer Database
- Customisable Reports
- Customisable Templates
- Customizable Fields
- Data Import/Export
- Document Storage
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- Email Marketing
- Email Templates
- Forecasting
- Interaction Tracking
- Internal Chat Integration
- Lead Capture
- Lead Generation
- Lead Management
- Lead Qualification
- Marketing Automation
- Mobile Access
- Opportunity Management
- Pipeline Management
- Projections
- Quotes/Estimates
- Referral Tracking
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Sales Forecasting
- Sales Pipeline Management
- Sales Reports
- Sales Trend Analysis
- Segmentation
- Social Media Integration
- Task Management
- Territory Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Workflow Management
Contact Management
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Batch Processing
- CRM
- Calendar Management
- Calendar Sync
- Calendar/Reminder System
- Campaign Management
- Collaboration Tools
- Contact Database
- Contact Management
- Customer Database
- Customisable Reports
- Customisable Templates
- Customizable Fields
- Data Import/Export
- Data Synchronisation
- Document Storage
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- Email Marketing
- Email Templates
- Email Tracking
- Interaction Tracking
- Lead Capture
- Lead Distribution
- Lead Management
- Lead Nurturing
- Opportunity Management
- Pipeline Management
- Pipeline Reports
- Prospecting Tools
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Role-Based Permissions
- Sales Forecasting
- Sales Pipeline Management
- Sales Reports
- Search/Filter
- Segmentation
- Shared Contacts
- Social Media Integration
- Tagging
- Task Management
- Template Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Workflow Management
Customer Experience
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- CRM
- Campaign Management
- Chat/Messaging
- Communication Management
- Customer Experience Management
- Customer Segmentation
- Customisable Branding
- Customisable Forms
- Customisable Reports
- Customisable Templates
- Customizable Fields
- Dashboard
- Data Visualisation
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- Engagement Tracking
- Feedback Management
- Knowledge Management
- Live Chat
- Monitoring
- Multi-Channel Communication
- Multi-Channel Data Collection
- Multi-Channel Management
- Multi-Language
- Negative Feedback Management
- Predictive Analytics
- Ratings / Reviews
- Real Time Analytics
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Monitoring
- Real Time Notifications
- Real Time Reporting
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Search/Filter
- Sentiment Analysis
- Social Media Integration
- Survey/Poll Management
- Surveys & Feedback
- Tagging
- Text Analysis
- Third Party Integrations
- Trend Analysis
- Visual Analytics
- Widgets
- Workflow Management
Customer Service
- API
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts / Escalation
- Appointment Management
- Auto-Responders
- Calendar Management
- Call Centre Management
- Call Routing
- Communication Management
- Contact Database
- Contact Management
- Customer Database
- Customer History
- Customer Segmentation
- Customer Service Analytics
- Customisable Forms
- Customisable Templates
- Data Import/Export
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- Employee Management
- Engagement Tracking
- Event Triggered Actions
- Inbox Management
- Knowledge Base Management
- Live Chat
- Multi-Channel Communication
- Multiple User Accounts
- Performance Management
- Performance Metrics
- Queue Management
- Real Time Analytics
- Real Time Monitoring
- Real Time Notifications
- Real Time Reporting
- Real-time Updates
- Reporting & Statistics
- Rules-Based Workflow
- SMS Messaging
- Self Service Portal
- Single Sign On
- Social Media Integration
- Support Ticket Management
- Support Ticket Tracking
- Surveys & Feedback
- Template Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Virtual Assistant
- Voice Mail
- Workflow Management
Customer Success
- API
- Account Alerts
- Account Management
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- CRM
- Chat/Messaging
- Churn Management
- Collaboration Tools
- Communication Management
- Configurable Workflow
- Contact Management
- Customer Database
- Customer Engagement
- Customer Experience Management
- Customer History
- Customer Management
- Customer Segmentation
- Customisable Branding
- Customisable Forms
- Customisable Reports
- Customisable Templates
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- Engagement Tracking
- Event Triggered Actions
- Feedback Management
- Health Score
- Knowledge Base Management
- Monitoring
- Multi-Channel Communication
- Multi-Language
- NPS of Customers
- Onboarding
- Performance Metrics
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Notifications
- Renewal Management
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Revenue Management
- Social Media Integration
- Survey/Poll Management
- Surveys & Feedback
- Task Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Usage Tracking/Analytics
- Widgets
- Win / Loss Analysis
- Workflow Management
Knowledge Base
- API
- Alerts/Notifications
- Cataloguing/Categorisation
- Chatbot
- Collaboration Tools
- Commenting/Notes
- Content Library
- Customisable Branding
- Customisable Templates
- Dashboard
- Document Storage
- Drag & Drop Editor
- Email Alerts
- Feedback Management
- Full Text Search
- Knowledge Management
- Live Chat
- Mobile Alerts
- Mobile Interface
- Multi-Language
- Online Forums
- Pre-built Templates
- Real Time Notifications
- Real Time Reporting
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Rich Text Editor
- SEO Management
- Self Service Portal
- Social Media Integration
- Templates
- Text Editing
- Third Party Integrations
- User Management
- WYSIWYG Editor
- Web Notifications
- Website Integration
- Widgets
- Wiki
Lead Generation
- AB Testing
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Auto-Responders
- CRM
- Campaign Analytics
- Campaign Management
- Campaign Planning
- Campaign Segmentation
- Chat/Messaging
- Contact Database
- Contact Management
- Conversion Rate Optimisation
- Conversion Tracking
- Customer Segmentation
- Customisable Branding
- Customisable Templates
- Data Import/Export
- Drag & Drop
- Drip Campaigns
- Email Management
- Email Marketing
- Email Templates
- Email Tracking
- Engagement Tracking
- Event Triggered Actions
- Forms Management
- Landing Pages/Web Forms
- Lead Capture
- Lead Database Integration
- Lead Generation
- Lead Management
- Lead Nurturing
- Lead Qualification
- Lead Segmentation
- Lead Verification/Validation
- Multi-Campaign
- Multi-Channel Marketing
- Pipeline Management
- Prospecting Tools
- Real Time Notifications
- Reporting & Statistics
- Search/Filter
- Social Media Integration
- Template Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Visitor Tracking
- Web Forms
Lead Management
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- CRM
- Calendar Management
- Campaign Analytics
- Campaign Management
- Contact Database
- Contact Management
- Customer Database
- Customer Segmentation
- Customisable Reports
- Customisable Templates
- Customizable Fields
- Document Storage
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- Email Marketing
- Email Templates
- Email Tracking
- Forecasting
- Interaction Tracking
- Lead Capture
- Lead Distribution
- Lead Generation
- Lead Management
- Lead Nurturing
- Lead Qualification
- Lead Segmentation
- Monitoring
- Opportunity Management
- Pipeline Management
- Pipeline Reports
- Prospecting Tools
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Notifications
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Sales Forecasting
- Sales Reports
- Sales Trend Analysis
- Social Media Integration
- Source Tracking
- Task Management
- Template Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Web Forms
- Workflow Management
Mac CRM
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Calendar Management
- Calendar Sync
- Campaign Management
- Contact Database
- Contact Management
- Customisable Reports
- Customisable Templates
- Customizable Fields
- Data Import/Export
- Document Management
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- Email Marketing
- Email Templates
- For Mac Devices
- Forecasting
- Interaction Tracking
- Landing Pages/Web Forms
- Lead Management
- Lead Qualification
- Marketing Automation
- Mobile Access
- Opportunity Management
- Quotes/Estimates
- Referral Tracking
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Sales Forecasting
- Sales Pipeline Management
- Sales Reports
- Sales Trend Analysis
- Segmentation
- Social Media Integration
- Task Management
- Territory Management
- Third-Party Integration
- Workflow Management
Online CRM
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- CRM
- Calendar Management
- Calendar Sync
- Campaign Management
- Cataloguing/Categorisation
- Collaboration Tools
- Contact Database
- Contact Management
- Customer Database
- Customer Service Analytics
- Customer Support
- Customer Surveys
- Customisable Templates
- Customizable Fields
- Data Import/Export
- Document Storage
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- Email Marketing
- Email Response Control
- Email Templates
- Email Tracking
- FAQ
- Forecasting
- Interaction Tracking
- Knowledge Management
- Lead Capture
- Lead Management
- Live Chat
- Opportunity Management
- Performance Metrics
- Pipeline Management
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Request Escalation
- Routing
- Sales Forecasting
- Sales Reports
- Sales Trend Analysis
- Search/Filter
- Self Service Portal
- Social Media Integration
- Task Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Web-based Deployment
- Workflow Management
- XML / RSS
Predictive Lead Scoring
- AI/Machine Learning
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- CRM
- Calendar Management
- Campaign Management
- Contact Database
- Contact Management
- Customer Segmentation
- Customisable Templates
- Customizable Fields
- Customizable Scoring
- Data Enrichment
- Demographic / Firmographic Data
- Document Storage
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- Email Marketing
- Email Templates
- Email Tracking
- Forecasting
- Interaction Tracking
- Lead Capture
- Lead Distribution
- Lead Generation
- Lead Management
- Lead Nurturing
- Lead Qualification
- Multiple Scoring Models
- Opportunity Management
- Pipeline Management
- Predictive Analytics
- Prioritisation
- Process/Workflow Automation
- Prospecting Tools
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Notifications
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Sales Forecasting
- Sales Reports
- Sales Trend Analysis
- Search/Filter
- Social Media Integration
- Task Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Web Forms
- Workflow Management
Real Estate CRM
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Appointment Management
- Appointment Scheduling
- CRM
- Calendar Management
- Campaign Management
- Client Management
- Client/Property Matching
- Commission Management
- Contact Database
- Contact Management
- Customer Database
- Customisable Templates
- Customizable Fields
- Data Import/Export
- Data Synchronisation
- Document Management
- Document Storage
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- Email Marketing
- Email Templates
- Email Tracking
- Interaction Tracking
- Lead Capture
- Lead Distribution
- Lead Generation
- Lead Management
- Lead Nurturing
- Lead Qualification
- Pipeline Management
- Pipeline Reports
- Real Time Notifications
- Referral Tracking
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Sales Reports
- Segmentation
- Social Media Integration
- Task Management
- Task Scheduling
- Template Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Workflow Management
Sales Force Automation
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- CRM
- Calendar Management
- Call Management
- Campaign Management
- Channel Management
- Commission Management
- Contact Database
- Contact Management
- Contract/License Management
- Customer Database
- Customer Segmentation
- Customisable Reports
- Customisable Templates
- Customizable Fields
- Data Import/Export
- Document Storage
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- Email Marketing
- Email Templates
- Email Tracking
- Field Sales Management
- Forecasting
- Lead Capture
- Lead Generation
- Lead Management
- Lead Qualification
- Opportunity Management
- Performance Metrics
- Pipeline Management
- Pipeline Reports
- Proposal Generation
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Reporting
- Referral Tracking
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Sales Activity Management
- Sales Automation
- Sales Forecasting
- Sales Reports
- Sales Trend Analysis
- Task Management
- Territory Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Workflow Management
Sales Tracking
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity/News Feed
- Alerts/Notifications
- Appointment Scheduling
- Assignment Management
- Calendar Management
- Call Logging
- Collaboration Tools
- Commenting/Notes
- Commission Management
- Customisable Branding
- Customisable Reports
- Data Import/Export
- Document Management
- Electronic Signature
- Email Management
- Email Templates
- Event Triggered Actions
- File Sharing
- Goal Setting / Tracking
- Interaction Tracking
- Kanban Board
- Lead Management
- Lead Scoring
- Leaderboards
- Live Chat
- Mobile Access
- Mobile App
- Process/Workflow Automation
- Product Catalog
- Prospecting Tools
- Reminders
- Reporting/Analytics
- Revenue Management
- Sales Pipeline Management
- Search/Filter
- Task Management
- Territory Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Transfers/Routing
Small Business CRM
- Business Card/Badge Scanning
- Calendar/Reminder System
- Contact Management
- Document Storage
- Email Management
- Forecasting
- Interaction Tracking
- Lead Management
- Lead Qualification
- Live Chat
- Marketing Automation
- Quotes/Estimates
- Reporting/Analytics
- Sales Pipeline Management
- Segmentation
- Social Media Integration
- Task Management
- Territory Management
Salesforce Essentials Alternatives - Capterra New Zealand 2021
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Alex L.
We love SalesforceIQ! Perfectly integrated and easy for my team to use.
Comments: So many. Ease of use, trackable for sales cycle, many more.
Pros:
This software is awesome. It takes the stress out of constantly updating your CRM by making it seamless and integrated with our email. It captures a lot automatically, giving my team more time to close deals. We love the customizable pipeline features as well. Great software overall.
Cons:
I have hard time thinking of cons for this software. It was so easy for my team to implement. It is expensive I guess, that'd be the only con.
Naomi B.
Alternatives Considered:
If you are seriously committed to growing your business AND have the funds, it’s great!
Comments: Extremely helpful and a semi-done for you type app! Baby start up companies I would probably steer them away, just so they don’t get overwhelmed in debt and finances immediately; they might have a better chance of reaching that ‘Fortune 500’ status if they so desire!
Pros:
It can do almost anything you need or want it to, very well at that. As many softwares, the restrictions on certain tools lessen with the more money spent.
Cons:
The prices are outrageous. As a small business owner; it is a horribly large pill to swallow to pay that steep of pricing- especially as you are beginning your journey of entrepreneurship! Is it worth it though? Yes.
Nomava N.
Salesforce the game changer
Comments: Salesforce Essentials organizes my call list and my call rhythm. I can quickly search and find everything I need related to my contacts and easily link to other services I use.
Pros:
Salesforce is a remarkable tool program. It is extremely easy to use to give you the best results. Salesforce is a remarkable program because it is constantly changing and adapting to the times. It is extremely versatile as you can explain your file with ease. It is also an application that offers several of the best options, which is why I assume it is among the best programs. This program is fast and easy to use. Moreover, with this tool, I can complete all my tasks without any delay so that I am not disturbed while doing my work and my work is done quickly and smoothly. It increases the productivity of the employees and hence it is a tool that I would recommend. I suggest buying the application and start getting the results you want today.
Cons:
Pricing. Just too expensive for doing lots of API calls for refreshing databases moreover when users double (CSM, account managers, AEs). For a limited business, over there is too much to sort through for everything we need. It would be noteworthy to have a \' lite\' version or something where the interface was simplified.
Chance M.
Do Not Assume Anything
Comments:
The best advice that I can give to a company considering purchasing Salesforce's Desk.com is to document every single expectation and need regarding a CRM tool. Do not assume any functionality exists, regardless of how simple and standard that functionality may seem. There are definitely features and functionalities that the average person might expect any modern system to offer which it does not.
Examples:
List Views - Cannot sort by most fields, cannot add custom fields to list views, and cannot modify the number of records per page
Reporting - Cannot modify fields displayed in a report, cannot edit criteria for metrics, and cannot include custom fields in reports aside from picklists, and cannot export more than 2500 records at a time
Email - Does not include standard modern emailing functions such as underlining, highlighting, modifying font color, or pasting images/tables
Also, while some more complex workflows and automation can be built in Salesforce to update fields which are then passed back to Desk via Desk Connect (native sync between Desk and Salesforce), I strongly recommend against relying on Desk Connect for any business processes. Desk Connect can and has been turned off by Desk.com for all customers without first ensuring this is okay with the customer, interrupting daily business on a large scale. It is also extremely easy to break or surpass its capabilities of Desk Connect to the point that any modification, regardless of size, made to your Salesforce org must be communicated to Desk to ensure that Desk Connect will continue to function as expected.
If you are a small-scale organization/team with very basic case tracking and reporting requirements capable, Desk may very well be the answer for you. But you still better be prepared with extensive documentation of all requirements and expectations for a tool like Desk, no matter how small or obvious they may be.
Pros:
Simple UI Simple workflow building and management
Cons:
Extremely limited in its capabilities Desk Support reps are not thorough when reading emails ETA's on fixes/patches pushed back for months
Rex S.
Alternatives Considered:
Works Great! Increases our Closing Percentage by 20%
Comments: So far its been very good. We also use other modules from Salesforce. After demoing about 4 packages, we went with Salesforce. Knowing that they are the primary leader in CRM, helped in that decision, as most of our other applications have APIs to intergrate with.
Pros:
The integration with all of our other systems and software.
Cons:
The setup is a little tricky when using other software with Salesforce. It really helps to have good support from any other vendors products you want to integrate with Salesforce. Examples being Quickbooks, ShipRush, Verizon Connect, etc. We have many departments and different software in each. So being sure you have API support is critical.
