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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Creatio

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/ACreatio is a provider of a no-code platform to automate industry workflows. The Creatio offering includes a no-code platform (Studio Creatio), along with CRM applications for Marketing, Sales, and Service, industry workflows for 20 verticals and marketplace add-ons. Marketing Creatio - a ready-to-use platform to automate marketing campaigns and lead management workflows with no-code and maximum degree of freedom. Sales Creatio - an end-to-end…

    $10,000

    per year (minimum price for new users)

    Salesforce Starter

    Score8.9 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.

    $35

    per month per user

    Pricing
    CreatioSalesforce Starter
    Editions & Modules
    Growth
    $25
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $55
    per month per user
    Unlimited
    $85
    per month per user
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CreatioSalesforce Starter
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsCreatio Sales, Creatio Marketing, and Creatio Service are available as add-ons for $15 per month, per user. Creatio AI is included in every tier of the Creatio platform (Growth, Enterprise, and Unlimited). Additional AI Tokens are available for $150 per pack. 5 user minimum.—
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    CreatioSalesforce Starter
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    Creatio
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    Salesforce
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    CreatioSalesforce Starter
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Creatio and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Creatio
    8.9
    36 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Salesforce Starter
    -
    Ratings
    Platform Security8.834 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform User Management8.836 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reusability8.834 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Scalability8.535 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Creatio and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Creatio
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Starter
    9.0
    5 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings8.65 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings9.44 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Creatio and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Creatio
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Starter
    8.7
    5 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Lead management00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Creatio and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Creatio
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Starter
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Task management00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings9.44 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Creatio and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Creatio
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Starter
    9.0
    4 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.64 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings9.44 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Creatio and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Creatio
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Starter
    8.8
    5 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Custom fields00 Ratings9.45 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings9.44 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings7.84 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings8.84 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Creatio and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Creatio
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Starter
    9.4
    5 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.45 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.45 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Creatio and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Creatio
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Starter
    8.2
    4 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Social engagement00 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Creatio and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Creatio
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Starter
    8.4
    4 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings8.64 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Creatio and Salesforce Starter
    Feature
    Creatio
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Starter
    8.6
    5 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings8.65 Ratings
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    Score9.9 out of 10
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    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Daylite
    Score7.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CreatioSalesforce Starter
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (58 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.9
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (39 ratings)
    9.4
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (38 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CreatioSalesforce Starter
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Creatio
    Creatio is well suited in following scenarios: Complex Business process modelling and automation, Low code No code development which is best for efficient timelines, customized reporting and dashboarding, seamless integration with other technologies. Scenarios where Creatio is less appropriate: Solutions which require high cutomizations on the frontend side as this can be done by javascript modifications but it increases the load on the page and slows it down.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    If you own a business that has complex selling processes or requires integrations with 3rd party tools/systems, you should look at Professional, Enterprise, or Unlimited editions. Salesforce operates very well across pretty much every industry, but not all sales, marketing, and operational processes are created equal. If your marketing process requires a long list of sendable contacts then I would recommend adding on Pardot or Hubspot. Always start small and scale up, to avoid boxing yourself in down the road.
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    Pros
    Creatio
    • Creatio's client success team is super. The team is collaborative, solution-oriented, and client-driven. We have weekly meetings with the team. They show up prepared with solutions/ideas to business requests and they are clearly engaged.
    • Creatio's infrastructure team has been critical to our ability to execute our cloud strategy. They have worked with us to set up our testing and production environments within Azure, assisted in testing, and are responsive and flexible to our unique requirements.
    • Creatio has been very flexible to requests for customization. We have taken their low-code out-of-the-box solution and "Ringlerized" it. The benefit for us is an application that meets our niche business needs.
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    Salesforce
    • Tracking phone calls is extremely easy when using the app on the iphone. After a phone call is complete it prompts the user to enter in call details.
    • SalesforceIQ also automatically logs emails for us. This has saved us time from entering in information manually.
    • SalesforceIQ was easy to set up and allowed us customization for fields that were relevant to our business.
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    Cons
    Creatio
    • When we started using Creatio in 2022 the new user interface had just been released and did not include all the features we needed; however, we used a more classic user interface and were still satisfied with the results.
    • The ability to capture a digital signature directly within the application was missing in the base system; however, Creatio connected us with a partner that provided a solution for this specific situation.
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    Salesforce
    • 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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    Likelihood to Renew
    Creatio
    We have always used a CRM and Creatio has proven to be much more effective in meeting our needs than our previous provider. Its customizability will allow us to adapt this product as our business may change in the future.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Creatio
    Because it is so easy to use and navigate through - even the most technophobic people in our company are using it on a regular basis. It is easy to change around and switch through different sections and keep neat and tidy.
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    Salesforce
    The system is very user-friendly on a desktop but lacks mobile friendliness. The Customer relationship manager disappears after the deal is signed. We struggled to get the system in a usable format, which was not cost-effective. The CRM system on desktop was great but way more complicated than it should be.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Creatio
    Other than the daily maintenance window where the server may be inaccessible for a few minutes, there have been no issues with accessing our Creatio site. The daily maintenance window is outside normal business hours so it does not affect our Users - just myself when I am looking to implement changes.
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Creatio
    Some Users have reported slow responses from the server at times which seems to be localized. Users are based across four different time zones and the issue is intermittent.
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Creatio
    The people at the Creatio offices world wide are very friendly, patience and always happy to help. I have a huge respect for them, especially the people that were based in the Ukraine. Still in these strange times they always keep the focus on the customer, where we would have totaly understanded it if it was any different. So huge compliments to the whole team, keep up the energy and the good work
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    Salesforce
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    Online Training
    Creatio
    Most of the roadblocks to learning were not discovered until the users were actually in the system using it on a day to day basis. Our Customer Success Manager has offered to setup additional training sessions as needed to close the gaps in our learning. Some areas which required some additional training are setting up filters, dashboards, and generating reports.
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    Salesforce
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    Implementation Rating
    Creatio
    The project manager for our implementation was great to work with and took the time to understand our business. We felt very comfortable going into the project with a reasonable scope of work to provide us with a functional version of Creatio to meet our needs. Unfortunately, we came across multiple challenges with this partner in their deliverables and timelines. Thankfully Creatio was able to provide support resources to ensure we were able to launch. We have since changed partners for our third-party support.
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Creatio
    The user-friendliness of Creatio was a big selling point along with the low-code initiatives, both of which were important to our business. With Salesforce, unlimited wasn't really unlimited. You couldn't deploy an on-site instance and the overall cost of the system far outweighed the ROI. These are all things Creatio offers, out-of-the-box.
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    Salesforce
    more expensive but as an industry leader and go, the learning curve pays for itself in ROI in lost time in onboarding
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    Scalability
    Creatio
    I can see the promise of how it can be customized to other aspects of our business.
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Creatio
    • We went from manually processing Work Orders into Invoices once a day - representing significant impact to turn around speeds - to submitting automatically in real time, eliminating a great deal of human transcription errors and freeing up a great deal of operations time
    • Custom Implementation automation in Creatio has eliminated 4-6 hours of configuration work per sale in comparison to our old manual methods
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    Salesforce
    • 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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