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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Salesforce Service Cloud

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AService Cloud is a customer service platform that helps businesses manage and resolve customer inquiries and issues. It provides tools for case management, knowledge base, omni-channel support, automation, and analytics, enabling companies to deliver exceptional customer service experiences.

    $25

    per month

    SAP Service Cloud

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASAP Service Cloud helps deliver customer value and protect the brand with intelligent customer service. It enables the user to engage with customers at their convenience, connect service with the value chain and deliver greater profitability.N/A
    Pricing
    Salesforce Service CloudSAP Service Cloud
    Editions & Modules
    Starter Suite
    $25
    per month
    Pro Suite
    $100
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $165
    per month per user
    Unlimited
    $330
    per month per user
    Agentforce 1
    $550
    per month per user
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Salesforce Service CloudSAP Service Cloud
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Salesforce Service CloudSAP Service Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Salesforce
    No answer on this topic
    SAP
    Chose SAP Service Cloud
    Compared to Salesforce Service Cloud and Zendesk Support, SAP Service Cloud offered deeper customization tailored to our specific needs, especially for banking. While Salesforce had broad features and Zendesk boasted user-friendliness, SAP provided a balance of both, aligned …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Service Cloud
    I've explored various customer service solutions. Some notable contenders in the customer service and CRM realm include Salesforce Service Cloud, Zendesk, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service, and Freshdesk. Each has its strengths and unique features, but SAP Service Cloud …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Service Cloud
    SAP Service Cloud provides seamless integration with other SAP offerings, advantageous for existing SAP users. In contrast, Salesforce Service Cloud stands out for its adaptability and vast third-party app ecosystem, ensuring a broad range of integration options.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Service Cloud
    It had better backed integration with SAP S/4HANA and had less overall cost of ownership and standard and less cost invite involved for integration
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Service Cloud
    Since we already had SAP Sales Cloud V1, it was logical for us to enable service capabilities in the same tenant. (no additional effort for the integration and change management for the users).
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Service Cloud
    We evaluated 4-5 software and also thought of building one in-house but after a thorough evaluation, we decided to go ahead with SAP Service Cloud. SAP Service Cloud met our integration requirements better than the other products we evaluated. While the pricing could be a bit …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Service Cloud
    AI features are behind what Microsoft offers in its Dynamics 365 Customer Service, but as we already had other SAP products, the integration was easier with SAP Service Cloud. Implementation time was a key aspect of our project.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Service Cloud
    Salesforce has many integrations available, but configuring and setting them up can be difficult and necessitate development experience. While SAP Service Cloud integrates well with ease and without any difficulties.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Service Cloud
    SAP Service Cloud provides entry level licence pricing that small and medium businesses can afford, while Salesforce license pricing tends to be really high even in small start scenarios.
    SAP Service Cloud also provides enough basic features as a standalone solution, whereas Sale…
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Service Cloud
    I have evaluated several products apart from SAP Service Cloud. there are others that maybe are cheaper , and others that are more expensive.
    however I chose SAP Service cloud because it has lots of possibilities and it is adaptable to the new requirements in the future. Also it …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Service Cloud
    As our customer already had SAP CRM and SAP sales cloud it was quite easy to integrate the SAP service cloud and there was no point going with other solutions
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Service Cloud
    In any case, the service is a truly useful tool for customers to solve frequent problems, get answers from a competent source, and avoid relying on open forums or other similar alternatives. This is why the best solution seemed to be SAP service cloud over other competitors in …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Service Cloud
    It's been preferred by organizations already using other SAP solutions, as it integrates seamlessly within the SAP ecosystem. The choice between Salesforce and SAP Service Cloud often depends on an organization's existing technology stack and specific needs.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Service Cloud
    License fees, there is huge difference in licensing fees but both are having similar features to offer but SAP is having slight chance, the integrations adapters that were offered are lot better compared to Salesforce, we also had inventory that was on SAP platform so its …
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Service Cloud
    Cost, UI and SAP brand
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Service Cloud
    Feature offering was quite close. Integration with SAP back in was a big deciding factor.
    Incentivized
    Chose SAP Service Cloud
    Integration with other SAP solutions as it is connect natively with other applications and this simply allows unified data to cross departments to check and vary. Due to its real time dashboard and reporting helps business to take future decision easily. Also, as per the …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    36 Answers
    99%
    Would buy again
    90 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    82%
    Delivers good value for the price
    28 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    74 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    37 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    86 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    81%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    21 Answers
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    58 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    24 Answers
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    76 Answers
    Features
    Salesforce Service CloudSAP Service Cloud
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Salesforce Service Cloud and SAP Service Cloud
    Feature
    Salesforce Service Cloud
    8.8
    77 Ratings
    9% above category average
    SAP Service Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.475 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expert directory8.553 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications8.663 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation8.260 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission9.375 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket response9.174 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Salesforce Service Cloud and SAP Service Cloud
    Feature
    Salesforce Service Cloud
    8.7
    72 Ratings
    10% above category average
    SAP Service Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    External knowledge base8.463 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base8.970 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Salesforce Service Cloud and SAP Service Cloud
    Feature
    Salesforce Service Cloud
    8.7
    77 Ratings
    11% above category average
    SAP Service Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Customer portal7.954 Ratings00 Ratings
    IVR8.834 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social integration8.947 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email support9.276 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration8.866 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Salesforce Service CloudSAP Service Cloud
    Small Businesses
    Help Scout
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Simplify360
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Braze
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score7.1 out of 10
    Adobe Journey Optimizer
    Score7.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Salesforce Service CloudSAP Service Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (83 ratings)
    8.7
    (83 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.1
    (8 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.5
    (28 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (20 ratings)
    5.5
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.1
    (52 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Salesforce Service CloudSAP Service Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Salesforce
    It is a helpful tool, but it can be a bit cumbersome to manage. It is also a bit expensive, but we already use CRM for Salesforce and it is convenient to be able to immediately tag contacts and accounts when the tickets come into the system and tie them directly to the account. I do know an integration with Jira is possible (we use Jira internally for our engineering team to escalate issues) but it is not configured right now so managing the connection between support tickets and Jira tickets is manual and hard to keep up with
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    SAP
    SAP Service Cloud is well suited with its omni-channel capabilities giving the possibility to collect service requests from different channels like phone, e-mail or CTI telephony. It also has nice User Interface (when it comes to desktop version). On the other hand SAP Service Cloud needs to be definitiely improved in terms of mobile app, which is horrible and it has limited development possibilities.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Salesforce
    • Allows us to make changes quickly and with relative ease
    • Can be flexible enough to use among several teams who do very different work
    • Salesforce in general provides SO much training that anyone on the team can skill up and help maintain the system
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    SAP
    • First is It is highly effective when we consider Customer Relation Engagement.
    • Good User Interface by which anyone can get used to it quickly.
    • It is providing infinite opportunity of integration with other SAP solutions.
    • Affordable Solutions with effective features.
    • It has prebuilt charts which helps us to define customer journey with ease of efforts.
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    Cons
    Salesforce
    • There is a slight scope for error, but sometimes it has a heavy impact. So this can be improved.
    • Costing is high.
    • Maintenance is more.
    • Expertise is required for implementation.
    • The number of communication messages have some limit per organisation account.
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    • While SAP Service Cloud offers a wealth of features, its interface can sometimes feel overwhelming. For newcomers, especially those not tech-savvy, a more intuitive or simplified layout would be beneficial.
    • While it allows for some level of personalization, making deep customizations can be challenging. Given the unique requirements of our client's customer service, having more flexibility in tailoring the tool to our exact needs would be nice.
    • While SAP Service Cloud integrates well within the SAP ecosystem, it can sometimes be less smooth when linking up with non-SAP third-party tools. Enhancing these integrations would streamline our operations, especially when using other software tools alongside it.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Salesforce
    Professional edition works best for a small company with lower call volumes and is very useful but as you grow exponetially I think it has limited ability to do all the things we want to - SLA management, defect, release management to name a few. Reports and dashboards being available in real time.
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    SAP
    Now all our critical processes are streamlined & would like to explore the new feature to have user friendly experiences
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    Usability
    Salesforce
    I had Salesforce experience prior to using Service Cloud which made it a little easier to learn and navigate, but overall my team (some who had no Salesforce experience) caught on very quickly and found Service Cloud to be easy to use.
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Salesforce
    Salesforce's Trust Center clearly communicates occasional issues to anyone who subscribes, down to an organization's cloud instance. Bundled sandboxes ease updates, and seasonal upgrades are seamless, scheduled well in advance with plenty of information about what's coming. Support agents have noticed intermittent Omni-Channel disconnects due to internet connections, and these are clearly notified.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Salesforce
    The Salesforce Service Cloud generally has very good performance, however the overall new Lightning user experience can bring that down. For example, if you have too many tabs open, then it can take a while for the Lightning UI to load. This UI is probably not well equipped to handle loading of all of that information at once, but Users tend to leave their tabs open all day long. It can also be fickle depending on which browser you use, what extensions you have installed, and whether you've cleared your cache. This can be the downfall with any software as a service though, not just Salesforce
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Salesforce
    Salesforce offers support, although it generally gets routed to overseas support teams first, and once they are unable to help, it gets escalated up the chain to higher tiers. Frequently, the answer back from support is that there is no native solution, and we either have to turn to the AppExchange for some solution provided by another developer, or custom build our own solution.
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    SAP
    I have found that sometimes issues reported to the SAP takes more time also they lack system support with respect to the priority . Also we don't see RCA for the issues raised. Also turn around time for the issues is not fixed as the support is global sometimes the issues float here and there.
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    In-Person Training
    Salesforce
    Our in-person training was provided by our implementation partner and it was quite good. This was in part because we were already working with them and so it naturally leant itself to a good training relationship. And because they were building our customizations and configuring things, they could then provide training on those things naturally.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Salesforce
    Trailheads are great but it was often unclear what actually applied to our organization. This made it difficult to get a whole lot out of it. Part of it is that because the basic Salesforce features didn't quite work for us, we had to add customizations, which then nullified a lot of the training.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Salesforce
    I would go through an implementation very differently knowing what I know now. It was difficult coming from systems we liked in post-sales service and having to adapt to the clunky and underwhelming feature set in Salesforce. I would trim back our expectations
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Salesforce
    Salesforce service cloud is more configurable than Zendesk and Freshdesk. It has its own inbuilt AI chatbot also which further improves service agent efficiency. Salesforce is more integration agnostic and has pre-built connectors with multiple 3rd party systems. However, in terms of pricing it is priced at a premium compared to the other solutions
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    SAP
    Zoho Desk is the ultimate software for clear communication, but when we compared these two according to our needs, we found out that SAP Service Cloud is the best option for us. Since it provides everything in one location, Zoho Desk is somewhat lacking in this area. That was the reason for choosing SAP Service Cloud.
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    Scalability
    Salesforce
    The product has scaled up with our company growth just fine. No issues here other than slowness in clicking around and running reports
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Salesforce
    • Because this is a cloud service, the security, implementation framework and feature list is very mature and you don't have to develop these during implementation.
    • The larger the implementation programme the better the licensing arrangements
    • Free developer toolkit for proof of concepts or showcasing features
    • Limited to annual subscription model
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    SAP
    • can help speed up issue resolution, reducing the time customers spend waiting for solutions
    • AI insights help predict the customer profile, satisfaction, and possible options for service resolutions
    • One stop for all historical customer service requests and data and useful to calculate who are high CLTV customers
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