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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Pega Platform

    Score5.7 out of 10
    N/APega Platform is a combined business process management and robotic process automation (RPA) platform with advanced workforce analytics from Pegasystems.

    $35

    per month per user* (or $0.45 per case**)

    Salesforce Lightning Platform

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ASalesforce Platform is designed for building and deploying scalable cloud applications with managed hardware provisioning and app stacks. It provides out-of-the-box tools and services to automate business processes, integrate with external apps, and provide responsive layouts and more.

    $25

    Per User Per Month

    Pricing
    Pega PlatformSalesforce Lightning Platform
    Editions & Modules
    Low-code Factory Edition
    $35
    per month per user* (or $0.45 per case**)
    Standard Edition
    $90
    per month per user* (or $0.80 per case**)
    Enterprise Edition
    Custom Quote
    Starter
    $25.00
    Per User Per Month
    Plus
    $100.00
    Per User Per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Pega PlatformSalesforce Lightning Platform
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details*500 named user minimum. Additional users available in blocks of 100. Billed annually. Based on a 3-year term. **350,000 cases / year minimum. Additional cases available in blocks of 150,000.—
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    Community Pulse
    Pega PlatformSalesforce Lightning Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Pegasystems
    Chose Pega Platform
    On premise solution
    Incentivized
    Chose Pega Platform
    I think Pega has the edge on business process management features. I would also recommend Pega for financial industry players, especially in the B2C environment and banks/teams working with smaller businesses. Obviously, Salesforce has a massive ecosystem with a number of …
    Incentivized
    Salesforce
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    90%
    Would buy again
    28 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    23 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    28 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    75%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    16 Answers
    Features
    Pega PlatformSalesforce Lightning Platform
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Pega Platform and Salesforce Lightning Platform
    Feature
    Pega Platform
    8.8
    62 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Salesforce Lightning Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards9.061 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports8.661 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports8.660 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process Engine
    Comparison of Process Engine features of Pega Platform and Salesforce Lightning Platform
    Feature
    Pega Platform
    7.8
    65 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Salesforce Lightning Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Process designer8.064 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process simulation6.056 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules engine9.064 Ratings00 Ratings
    SOA support9.050 Ratings00 Ratings
    Process player9.447 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for modeling languages5.46 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form builder9.658 Ratings00 Ratings
    Model execution6.055 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration
    Comparison of Collaboration features of Pega Platform and Salesforce Lightning Platform
    Feature
    Pega Platform
    9.0
    50 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Salesforce Lightning Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Social collaboration tools9.050 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Pega Platform and Salesforce Lightning Platform
    Feature
    Pega Platform
    4.4
    9 Ratings
    60% below category average
    Salesforce Lightning Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Content management4.49 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Pega Platform and Salesforce Lightning Platform
    Feature
    Pega Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Lightning Platform
    7.5
    39 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings5.939 Ratings
    Scalability00 Ratings8.837 Ratings
    Platform management overhead00 Ratings7.133 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability00 Ratings7.135 Ratings
    Platform access control00 Ratings8.836 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration00 Ratings9.036 Ratings
    Development environment creation00 Ratings7.333 Ratings
    Development environment replication00 Ratings7.531 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings7.334 Ratings
    Issue recovery00 Ratings6.331 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings7.936 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Pega PlatformSalesforce Lightning Platform
    Small Businesses
    IBM Blueworks Live
    Score8.9 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Foundry
    Score6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    TIBCO® BPM Enterprise
    Score7 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Private
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Business Automation Workflow
    Score9.7 out of 10
    AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Pega PlatformSalesforce Lightning Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (73 ratings)
    6.7
    (39 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.1
    (15 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Pega PlatformSalesforce Lightning Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Pegasystems
    Pega Platform has introduced the low code feature, using app studio seasonal and professional developer can develop application easily and quickly. The initial application can be build by Business analyst and product owner who has less knowledge of Pega Platform, further application can be enhanced/extended by professional developer. We can develop end to end application and promote to higher environment. Easily we can perform parallel development using branch.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    We use Salesforce Lightning Platform in everyday business as sales coordinators. By using this tool, we are able to send new requests to clients and communicate regarding pending proposals in real-time. This also tool holds many of our client accounts where we are able to monitor their sales and revenue.
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    Pros
    Pegasystems
    • Quick development time. Much of the Pega "rules" are easy to configure and implement.
    • Visually friendly and modern. Much of the UI/UX elements in the system are continuously supported and updated, giving a nice feel to the apps.
    • Many of the configurations and rules Pega gives to the developers can also be delegated to business users. The organization and structure of the client's business can easily be adapted in the Pega platform.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    • Reporting and Dashboards are thorough and can show a wealth of important data to inform and scale processes. It's helpful in a high volume sales cycle to be able to quickly identify weak points in performance and productivity so that adjustments can be made.
    • Highly customizable. We are able to customize just about everything which allows us to track very specific things and in theory create better efficiency.
    • Parent/Child account hierarchy exists which is helpful.
    • Contact records can be associated with multiple accounts and opportunities. This, in theory, should minimize duplicates and mismanagement of contacts.
    • Console helps a lot with data nesting. Having a fairly comprehensive look at an account without searching through various tabs and sections speeds up an otherwise cumbersome platform.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Pegasystems
    • Need more learning materials. For Beginners who have previous programming experience with another language takes more time to learn.
    • If the developer is met with an issue in pega platform , they have to rely on Pega supporting team to fix it.
    • Customization is available but is not encouraged. Pega does not support faults that occur in customized solutions.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    • Can be cumbersome: takes multiple clicks to get where you need to go
    • Lightning is slower than original Salesforce, and it is very noticeable
    • The UI change means sometimes I can't find what I need, so I have to switch back to the Classic version to find it
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Pegasystems
    Pegasystems has continued to demonstrate a strong partnership with our organization and investment in their product that aligns with our overall vision and need. Pegasystems has engaged us at every level, with the assistance of minor defects to the overall roadmap planning and alignment of our goals
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Pegasystems
    Pega Platform is enhancing its product and launching new features day by day which help to achieve customers needs. If I talk about the earlier version of Pega Platform (i.e. pega v5 and 6.3) there were many numbers of limitations in Pega Platform and if we need to do some customization then needed to write custom java and jave scripts to achieve the functionally. Now I can say Pega Platform is running with market trends and demand. Pega Platform is giving all the options which support the current technologies like decisioning capabilities, real time processing, mashup, process fabrics etc..
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    UI can be quite complex, but the more that is required will bring more complexity. Can handle complexity and variety very well, but makes ground-level views harder when not knowing full extent of functionality. Finding new functionalities can be difficult to pinpoint on some pages
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Pegasystems
    It’s very slow sometimes, but that may be our servers. Also the Knowledge Library needs some work - again, not sure if it’s our setup or what- but I’m unable to search the body of an article for content, so I have to be very intentional with tagging, but it’s not ideal.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    Salesforce's support is top-notch. They have subject-matter experts that are accessible at all times to address needs as they come up. They let you know in advance when there are system updates and enhancements so that you are prepared for upcoming changes. I've never had an issue that wasn't addressed immediately when reaching out for support.
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    Pegasystems
    The online training is an excellent one, but still it is missing hands on development.
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Pegasystems
    Implementation is totally depend up on the requirement
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
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    Alternatives Considered
    Pegasystems
    We did evaluate multiple products offerings with Pega Platform capabilities and observed that Pega PRPC rules engine and case management capabilities are better over so many BPM Tools. We also conducted a detailed study with developers to identify the best products out of Suite of BPM products. It's observed that Rules engines integration is very streamlined with forms in Pega whereas other tools multiple have powerful data model capabilities but lacks the ease of creating business rules.
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    We were previously using an older version prior to it becoming Salesforce Lightning Platform so we were well adverse on the advantages of using a CRM, to begin with. It made sense to convert to Salesforce Lightning Platform after we were given a free trial of the platform. Certain reps were chosen to experiment with it and from there a decision was made to move forward. We've been customers ever since.
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    Return on Investment
    Pegasystems
    • For one of the applications we worked on, we were able to reduce the processing time on a case from 2 days to 20 minutes by utilizing Pega
    • We were able to resolve the issue of the routing of cases to users based on a specific algorithm by use of Pega
    • Pega case management feature was extensively used in one of the application to establish a parent-child relationship which was very helpful for all the business users
    Incentivized
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    Salesforce
    • Better visibility of Accounts and Contacts interactions makes it easier to maintain during employee transitions.
    • Tracking of current jobs and relating them to past jobs is very useful.
    • More efficient use of Sales Reps time.
    • Sales Managers have good visibility into how their people are working.
    Incentivized
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