Just like you, many of our ACT! customers also considered Salesforce before making their final decision. After comparing both products, and the companies and partners behind them, they decided that ACT! provided a clear advantage for their businesses.

It’s important to find the right company and solution that will work with you and your individual business needs every step of the way. With over 20 years of experience focused on the specific needs of the small business owner, as well as the most qualified partner channel in the industry, ACT! works collaboratively with you to provide exactly what you need, at the time when you need it most.

Here are a few key examples of how ACT! outperforms Salesforce¹ that will positively impact your business—and your bottom line.

Compared to ACT!, Salesforce is a high cost, high risk proposition – especially during the down economy.

• Salesforce may look attractive in the beginning with its seemingly low, upfront cost. But over the lifetime of the solution, the punitive charges for additional subscriptions, access, and basic services really start to add up!
• Salesforce charges you heavily as your requirements grow. For example, Group Edition does not accommodate more than 5 users, and if you want to add a 6^th, you are forced to jump subscription levels and go from $8.25 per user per month for Group Edition to the $65.00 per user per month for Professional Edition—that’s over a 750% increase.

• ACT! provides a simple pricing structure so there are no nasty surprises down the line. ACT! customers benefit from a low total cost of ownership with most paying the equivalent of between $20 and $30 per user per month over the lifetime of the solution.
• Here’s another number that may grab your attention. On average, a company with 25 ACT! users will save over $50,000 compared to Salesforce.

Busting Salesforce.com Myths

1. 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 offlinesync, you need to install separate programs for each process. You will need to enter a security token each time you connect.

2. Myth: Salesforce.com Professional only costs $65 per month.

   Reality: You may enter a contract with the Professional Edition at $65/user/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.

3. Myth: Salesforce.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.

4. 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!.

5. 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.

6. 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.
   
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