SugarCRM vs. Salesforce – Facts are Stubborn Things

2010 SugarCon speaker Jan Sysmans, Director of Product Marketing at SugarCRM, made a very compelling SugarCRM vs. Salesforce argument. Below are some of his points.

SugarCRM’s Flexibility is Superior

* With SugarCRM, you can… easy drag and drop UI for customization. Create your own integrations in PHP (open language) – Salesforce has a proprietary language (NOT open source).

* SugarCRM has… 5,000+ integrations with other applications – Salesforce has under   1,000

* SugarCRM has no limitations to the number of custom modules and work flow – Salesforce DOES have limits

* Sugar Pro comes with Free Mobile (read and write). Salesforce.com charges extra for read/write mobile. Their free mobile is read-only.

With SugarCRM, you get more Control

* With SugarCRM, every customer has their own database – Salesforce users share one multi-tenant database.

* SugarCRM does weekly database backups with object relationships intact – Salesforce only does monthly backups without object relationships (they’ll charge you if you want to back up more frequently)

* With SugarCRM, you’re free to deploy on-demand or on-site or virtual private cloud and easily move your deployment from on-demand to on-site – Salesforce is locked into a Salesforce data center – that’s not very nice.

PRICING

SugarCRM Professional Edition = $30/user/month

Salesforce Enterprise Edition  =    $125/user/month

SugarCRM Enterprise Edition =    $50/user/month

Salesforce Unlimited Edition  =     $240/user/month

You be the judge…

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