Compare Sales Service Cloud and 8x8 Contact Center - Jun 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Jun 23, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Sales Service Cloud or 8x8 Contact Center?

Sales Service Cloud is more expensive to implement (TCO) than 8x8 Contact Center, and 8x8 Contact Center is rated higher (93/100) than Sales Service Cloud (83/100). Sales Service Cloud offers users more features (15) than 8x8 Contact Center (14).

Looking for the right Customer Service solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Salesforce.com Vs. 8x8, INC

Salesforce.com: Salesforce.com Inc. is a global enterprise software company headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. Best known for its customer relationship management (CRM) product, through acquisitions Salesforce has expanded into the "social enterprise arena". It was ranked number 27 in Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For in ...

8x8, INC: 8x8 delivers cloud-based business communications solutions that are affordable, easy to use, and incredibly advanced. We help small and medium businesses serve their customers better, work smarter and conduct business anywhere, anytime. From hosted VoIP business phone service to hosted contact centers to unified communications, our services are pro...

Who is more expensive? Sales Service Cloud or 8x8 Contact Center?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Customer Service software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Sales Service Cloud and 8x8 Contact Center.

Sales Service Cloud price starts at $25 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Sales Service Cloud is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Customer Service software. 8x8 Contact Center price starts at $15 per user/month , When comparing 8x8 Contact Center to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Customer Service software cost.

Bottom line: Sales Service Cloud is more expensive than 8x8 Contact Center.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Sales Service Cloud Vs. 8x8 Contact Center based on some of the most important and required Customer Service features.

Sales Service Cloud: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: Campaign Dashboard, Contact Management, Customer Service, Customer Support Tracking, Dashboards, Email Marketing, Knowledge Base, Marketing Automation.

8x8 Contact Center: ACD (Automatic Call Distribution), ANI (Automatic Number Identification), Call Conferencing, Call Queue Management, Call Recording.

Target customer size

Sales Service Cloud offers CRM solutions for companies of all sizes, small, mid-size and enterprise organizations. 8x8 Virtual Contact Center is best for large enterprises, mid size businesses, and small businesses.



Sales Service Cloud

ITQlick rating
(4.2/5)

starts at $25 per user/month

Sales Service Cloud is a customer service software that can help users to manage their customer service from any device, anytime, anywhere. Users can also include the one-touch service directly in their product...

Categories: Mobile, Complaint Management, Customer Service, Help Desk.

8x8 Contact Center

ITQlick rating
(3.9/5)

starts at $15 per user/month

8x8 Virtual Contact Center is a cloud-based call center solution that delivers greater productivity and flexible call center management. It works with 8x8 Virtual Office VoIP phone service to give users an easy...

Categories: Automatic Call Distribution (ACD), Call Monitoring, Call Recording, Conference Calling, CRM.

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Sales Service Cloud: 15 Features

Campaign Dashboard
Contact Management
Customer Service
Customer Support Tracking
Dashboards
Email Marketing
Knowledge Base
Marketing Automation
Multi-Channel Marketing
Remote Access
Sales Automation
Sales Forecasting
Social Media
Automatic Lead Entry
Shared Contacts

8x8 Contact Center: 14 Features

ACD (Automatic Call Distribution)
ANI (Automatic Number Identification)
Call Conferencing
Call Queue Management
Call Recording
CRM with Call Center
CTI (Computer Telephony Integration)
DTMF (Dial Tone Multi-Frequency)
IVR (Interactive Voice Response)
Real Time Reporting
Virtual Call Center Support
Call Recording
Virtual Call Center Support
VoIP
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
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ITQlick rating
4.2/5
Score
83/100
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4.2/10
License pricing
$25 per user/month
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3.9/5
Score
93/100
Pricing
2.2/10
License pricing
$15 per user/month
Functionality
43
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9
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4

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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.