Comments on: Salesforce, Alternatives, or Build Your Own? http://code.clevertech.biz/blog/2010/03/09/salesforce-alternatives-or-build-your-own/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:41:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: rebeccahaden http://code.clevertech.biz/blog/2010/03/09/salesforce-alternatives-or-build-your-own/comment-page-1/#comment-132 rebeccahaden Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:59:34 +0000 http://code.clevertech.biz/blog/?p=385#comment-132 I know a small tech company using Salesforce. When I asked the CEO why, he said, "They have a good community of developers hanging around them. To me, that means they're progressive."<br>But I think most of the people I know have chosen their CRM on the basis of either "My friend uses it" or "I didn't know there were any others."<br>You're offering a better set of criteria. I know a small tech company using Salesforce. When I asked the CEO why, he said, “They have a good community of developers hanging around them. To me, that means they're progressive.”
But I think most of the people I know have chosen their CRM on the basis of either “My friend uses it” or “I didn't know there were any others.”
You're offering a better set of criteria.

]]> By: clevertech http://code.clevertech.biz/blog/2010/03/09/salesforce-alternatives-or-build-your-own/comment-page-1/#comment-131 clevertech Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:05:14 +0000 http://code.clevertech.biz/blog/?p=385#comment-131 On Facebook Doni Katz said: Well put, but why limit SaaS CRM to three alternatives when there are many others? Netsuite, Zoho... even Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, and Sage have hosted web-based offerings.<br><br>In this post I've limited the discussion to talk about three broad buckets - 1) Enterprise Level CRMs such as Salesforce and many of the others you mention.These have large code bases, lots of potentially confusing levers to play with to achieve many outcomes, and can be quite powerful. 2) Lighter CRMs that don't try to do too much at one time. These take the strategy that less is more. 3) Custom CRMs that is designed to work specifically for your company and its unique set of business assumptions and legacy software.<br><br>Thanks for the comment! On Facebook Doni Katz said: Well put, but why limit SaaS CRM to three alternatives when there are many others? Netsuite, Zoho… even Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, and Sage have hosted web-based offerings.

In this post I've limited the discussion to talk about three broad buckets – 1) Enterprise Level CRMs such as Salesforce and many of the others you mention.These have large code bases, lots of potentially confusing levers to play with to achieve many outcomes, and can be quite powerful. 2) Lighter CRMs that don't try to do too much at one time. These take the strategy that less is more. 3) Custom CRMs that is designed to work specifically for your company and its unique set of business assumptions and legacy software.

Thanks for the comment!

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