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    Salesforce Spiff

    Score8.4 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Salesforce Spiff is a commission software that combines the familiarity of a spreadsheet with automation at scale. It is designed to streamline workflows, enable easier communication, and instill a high level of trust across all stakeholders.

    $900

    per year per user

    Xactly AlignStar

    Score5.9 out of 10
    N/AXactly AlignStar® utilizes a map-based interface to enable territory planning that equips sales organizations to build and optimize balanced territories that align with company goals.N/A
    Pricing
    Salesforce SpiffXactly AlignStar
    Editions & Modules
    Spiff
    $75
    per month (billed annually) per user
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    Pricing Offerings
    Salesforce SpiffXactly AlignStar
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Salesforce SpiffXactly AlignStar
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    226 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    109 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Salesforce SpiffXactly AlignStar
    Sales ICM
    Comparison of Sales ICM features of Salesforce Spiff and Xactly AlignStar
    Feature
    Salesforce Spiff
    7.6
    212 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Xactly AlignStar
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    Ratings
    Sales compensation plan creation7.7163 Ratings00 Ratings
    Complex sales crediting5.8146 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales compensation process automation8.5191 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incentive auditing/regulation compliance7.2121 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales compensation dashboards & forecasting7.8186 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incentive modeling8.3132 Ratings00 Ratings
    Agile incentive strategy8.0112 Ratings00 Ratings
    ICM mobile visibility7.4108 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Salesforce SpiffXactly AlignStar
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    Everstage
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Sales Performance Management solutions from SAP SuccessFactors
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    CaptivateIQ
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Salesforce SpiffXactly AlignStar
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (228 ratings)
    6.0
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    8.2
    (217 ratings)
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    Availability
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
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    Performance
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    4.5
    (6 ratings)
    -
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    Online Training
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
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    Implementation Rating
    7.8
    (5 ratings)
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    Configurability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
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    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
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    Product Scalability
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
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    User Testimonials
    Salesforce SpiffXactly AlignStar
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Salesforce
    Spiff can serve well organizations that regularly pay OTE and performance-based incentives as it takes away the pain for users to track their OTE pay. It is also very convenient to access past reports for comparison or whatever purpose you may need it for. The build-in ticketing system also allows users to easily raise inquiries and for admins to have a single inbox for inquiries that they need to address.
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    Xactly Corp
    If you have reps and need territories assigned geographically then AlignStar is a great option. While we do not have reps in the field, I can see how powerful it can be in aligning territories not only based on estimated revenue or some other metric but also with rep location and driving in mind.
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    Pros
    Salesforce
    • It syncs with your internal systems to show how much you have sold during the current period.
    • It tells you how much you should expect to get paid based on your sales.
    • It keeps track of how you have performed over the course of the year and tells you when you are in accellerators.
    • It also details your organizations sales rules and payout rules so that you just have one place to go for all questions commission related.
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    Xactly Corp
    • Detailed label options by ZIP code. I know the immediate impact of moving a single ZIP code.
    • Territory Optimizer. If we are having trouble figuring out the correct configuration for a particular area, its helpful to see what the program suggests. It may come up with something we hadn't thought of yet.
    • Custom layers. I am able to mark the previous territory boundaries, so if we want to undo a change, I know exactly where we started from.
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    Cons
    Salesforce
    • Although reporting has been improved, it's an area that I feel could use more development (which they are doing).
    • Exports are good but to make them great, being able to customize the formatting and data that shows and which data doesn't show would be a great improvement.
    • The backend can be somewhat confusing with statements and obligations and which should be used when and so on, just as one example. With that being said they are very willing to teach and also just do the updates for you if needed, but if it was a little more intuitive without that help would make it better.
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    Xactly Corp
    • Easier functionality to label the territories. We currently still use the desktop app and labels for any feature are rather small and not intuitive.
    • Speed of the application. The desktop version we currently use tends to be a bit slower and runs into the "application not responding" issue quite often.
    • Ability for the desktop version to automatically update Salesforce. It would be nice if I could have Alignstar update a field on an account record in Salesforce when I make updates in Alignstar.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Salesforce
    I enjoy using it and it is easy to see where you stand, the issue is still no live tracking, or at the very least, twice daily updates. You have the update in the morning, but I would like to see where I stand at the end of the day as well
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    Usability
    Salesforce
    Overall, the use cases of Spiff have been helping us to address important problems when it comes to commission calculation: (1) Accuracy of the commission calculation, (2) Transparency over how the commission is calculated, (3) Automation of commission calculation, which in turn saves us significant amount of time and energy and allow us to focus more on more important tasks
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    Reliability and Availability
    Salesforce
    In all my time using Spiff, I only recall it being unoperational (outside the times when there is scheduled maintence. During those times, Spiff does a good job at communicating when their services will be offline and why). The times when I do get a small error, 9 times out a 10 a simple refresh of the browser will fix the issue.
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    Xactly Corp
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    Performance
    Salesforce
    Pages load quickly, dashboards update numerous times throughout the day, and the integrations are seamless and operate without a hitch. On occasion, commissions will be delayed in calculating corrctly by a day or so, but that is quite rare. I don't find that delay to be a huge hinderance anyways.
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    Support Rating
    Salesforce
    I needed my account to be set up and there seemed to be some technical issues with onboarding and a customer service rep made herself immediately available to liaison with our IT department to get me up and running. I did not expect them to tend to our request with such urgency.
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    Online Training
    Salesforce
    The training was conducted by our Spiff Account Manager and they would even create recorded videos we could send to the sales team so when they log in, they would understand how to use Spiff. Account managers at Spiff are a huge reason why I like that company.
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    Implementation Rating
    Salesforce
    I wasnt invovled but I heard it went smoothly!
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    Alternatives Considered
    Salesforce
    It is a night and day difference between Sheets and Excel. The fact that it is integrated with Salesforce and calculates commission as you close deals make it super transparent and efficient when it comes to tracking your performance and commission. Spiff takes the manual work out of the equation. Reduces human error and increases collaboration.
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    Xactly Corp
    Javelin is another tool that we have used to assist us with territory alignment. Great tool. AlignStar is on par with Javelin.
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    Scalability
    Salesforce
    We have a fairly large Enterprise sales team (200+ people and growing). Back when I first started at my organization this number was actually around 100 people. We've doubled in size since then and we have had zero problems adding these additional users.
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    Xactly Corp
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    Return on Investment
    Salesforce
    • increased transparency, allows me to share with my boss where i am at, i dont have to create a separate document tracking this information myself
    • Reassurance on payout and accuracy, i know what is in Salesforce Spiff is already approved and directly translates to the payout of my goals
    • reduction in errors and improved/less communication with the finance team for payouts. no other conversation needs to happen
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    Xactly Corp
    • Easy to continuously plan forward for any potential changes by playing around with the optimization software. Able to more easily adapt our sales team and plan forward
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    ScreenShots

    Salesforce Spiff Screenshots

    Screenshot of real-time commission statements.Screenshot of customized plans in Spiff's Designer tool.Screenshot of the Spiff experience within Salesforce.Screenshot of multi-step approval workflows to expedite statements getting approved and finalized for payroll.Screenshot of Commission Estimator for improved visibility and behavior for sellers and managers, which in turn, drives more revenue.Screenshot of With Spiff’s Mobile App you can understand how much you are making, how much you have the potential to earn, and progress toward goals, from anywhere!

    Xactly AlignStar Screenshots

    Screenshot of Optimizer and "What If" Analysis
Visualize optimal sales territory alignment, leveraging securely uploaded data and "what if" scenarios.Screenshot of Alignment Report Card
View a grade of current sales territory alignment based on set metrics to see if current alignment is optimized for company goals.Screenshot of Interactive Map-Based Interface
Visualize customer and prospect potential in order to place sales reps in the highest concentration locations.