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Why choose ACT!
over Salesforce.com
Time
to renew your Salesforce.com contract?
Take a close look at
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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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ACT! 2010 What's New
(pdf)
ACT! 2010 Features for Upgraders
(pdf)
ACT! 2010 Product Comparison Chart
(pdf)
ACT! 2010 System Requirements
(pdf) |
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