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Why choose ACT! over Salesforce.com

Time to renew your Salesforce.com contract? Take a close look at the the true costs before you do!

Let's Do the Math

Salesforce.com will cost you 2.5 times more than ACT! after 3 years!

Compare the costs of 20 licenses and you'll see that ACT! offers more for less.*

And if you want these features in Salesforce.com, you'll pay even more!

Busting Salesforce.com Myths

• Myth:  With Salesforce.com, you don’t have to install software.
  Reality:  The no software mantra is a myth. If you need to integrate with Microsoft® Outlook®, Word, handhelds, or use offline sync, you need to install separate programs for each process. You will need to enter a security token each time you connect.

• Myth:  Salesforce.com Professional only costs $65 per month.
  Reality:  You may enter a contract with the Professional Edition at $65/user per month, but you may soon realize that in order to have automated weekly backups performed, you need to upgrade to a higher edition at twice the cost. All of the management reports in Salesforce.com can be created with ACT! and Crystal Reports® – for less. You may get more reports in Salesforce.com out-of-the-box, but you definitely pay for it.

• Myth: S alesforce.com is easy to set up.
  Reality:  Not necessarily… For example, if you want a custom field to be in Leads, Contacts, Accounts and Opportunities, you have to create that custom field FOUR TIMES and then link them to each other.

• Myth:  Writing Letters in Salesforce.com is easy.
  Reality:  17 clicks to do a simple mail merge. The same process takes 8 clicks in ACT!.

• Myth:  I can use Salesforce.com to send mass e-mail campaigns.
  Reality:  True, but with the Salesforce.com Professional Edition, your entire company can only send 500 per user per day. The Enterprise and Unlimited editions can send 1000, but that is the maximum.

• Myth:  Salesforce.com gives me all of my data in the offline client.
  Reality:  Not true. With the Salesforce.com offline client, you are limited to: 5,000 accounts, 4,000 leads, Limited number of events.

* Price comparison based on 20 user licenses of ACT! Corporate Edition 2010, 20 licenses of ACT! Platinum Care, ACT! Edge support ($1,099 up to 20 users), estimated initial training cost of $1,500, cost of on-site implementation costs of $3,000 vs. Salesforce.com Professional 20 users at $780/user/year and support and administration at $195/user/year.

** Storage limitations using ACT! are a function of your local hardware configuration and limitations created by the database manufacturer.

Information Source:  http://preview.act.com/salesforce/default.aspx

Purchase ACT! 2010 to better know, market, and sell to your customers.

ACT! 2010 What's New (pdf) ACT! 2010 Features for Upgraders (pdf) ACT! 2010 Product Comparison Chart (pdf) ACT! 2010 System Requirements (pdf)