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Salesforce vs Bitrix24 Advantages

Salesforce Pros

  • Proven vendor
  • Great CRM
  • Sales forecasting
  • Large community
  • Partner network
  • App exchange

Salesforce Cons

  • High per-user pricing for feature-rich solutions
  • Expensive customization
  • No On-Premise edition
  • Complicated access permissions system
  • Focus on year-long plans

Bitrix24 Advantages

  • Cost-effective plans for small and medium-sized business
  • Integrated telephony
  • Feature-rich ecosystem
  • Enterprise plan
  • Simpler automation process
  • On-Premise edition
  • Desktop apps

Basic Bitrix24 Advantages Overview:

There are several key advantages Bitrix24 offers over Salesforce.

  1. In Bitrix24, you get a user limit for each plan, which means you can keep adding more users within the plan limit and still pay the same amount of money per month/year. Salesforce is totally different – there, you have to pay a separate subscription fee for every user, which adds up to your costs once you start growing as a company.
  2. Bitrix24 offers a complete set of business tools and not just CRM. That includes a built-in messenger, video calls, online file storage, calendar, tasks, business process automation, and more. No hidden fees, no additional charges – the subscription price that you pay is the final one.
  3. If you choose our On-Premise edition, this means you can host Bitrix24 on your own server. This is extremely helpful if you work with sensitive data or have advanced safety concerns – plus, the On-Premise edition features a wide range of customization options, from interface to functionality.
  4. Bitrix24 offers top-tier social media integrations. In addition to connecting your company’s accounts and messengers directly to CRM, you can also collect data about their performance and generate leads automatically. Sales Intelligence lets you get all the data about your marketing campaigns and advertising.
  5. Bitrix24 offers advanced telephony options. They can be used in both web version and your mobile device. You will never miss a call from your client, and all the data will be automatically collected in your CRM.

Salesforce Positioning:

Salesforce is the customer company. It makes cloud-based software designed to help businesses connect to their customers in a whole new way, so they can find more prospects, close more deals, and wow customers with amazing service.

On the contrary, Bitrix24 features significantly more different business tools that are already cross-integrated and interlinked, working as a part of a single ecosystem. When you subscribe to Bitrix24, you have all the tools for your company in one place, neatly organized, set up, and ready for work. Bitrix24 is more than just a CRM – it includes tools for marketing, advanced task management, team collaboration, communication, and business process automation. All covered by one, flat-fee subscription that does not feature per-user pricing.

Pricing

Pricing Model

Salesforce: per-employee (per-user) pricing

Bitrix24: flat fee (every plan has a user limit. Add as many users as you need within that limit, no additional charge)

If billed monthly:

Salesforce

  • All prices are negotiable with Salesforce Sales team

Bitrix24

  • Basic plan – $12.2 per user (5-user limit, $61/mo)
  • Standard plan – $2.48 per user (50-user limit, $124/mo)
  • Professional plan – $2.49 per user (100-user limit, $249/mo)
  • Enterprise – starting from $1.99 per user (250-user limit, $499/mo)

If billed annually:

Salesforce

  • Essentials – $25 per user
  • Professional – $80 per user
  • Enterprise – $165 per user
  • Unlimited – $330 per user

Bitrix24

  • Basic plan – $9.8 per user (5-user limit, $49/mo)
  • Standard plan – $1.98 per user (50-user limit, $99/mo)
  • Professional plan – $1.99 per user (100-user limit, $199/mo)
  • Enterprise plan – starting from $1.59 per user (250-user limit, $399/mo)

Free Plan:

Salesforce

  • No Free plan
  • 30-day trial

Bitrix24

  • Free plan with unlimited users
  • 15-day trial

Features

CRM limitations:

Salesforce

  • Unlimited deals
  • Unlimited leads
  • Unlimited contacts
  • Unlimited quotes
  • Unlimited invoices

Bitrix24

  • Unlimited deals
  • Unlimited leads
  • Unlimited contacts
  • Unlimited quotes
  • Unlimited invoices

User experience and support:

Salesforce

  • Personalized interface
  • 24/7 support
  • Support website
  • Integrated helpdesk widget
  • Mobile app (iOS, Android)
  • Desktop app

Bitrix24

  • Full product company branding, for all employees
  • 24/7 support
  • Support website
  • Integrated helpdesk widget
  • Mobile app (iOS, Android)
  • Desktop app (Windows, Mac, and Linux)

Sales automation: Salesforce vs Bitrix24

Salesforce

  • Type of configuration - Special block in Setting menu for automation setup
  • Unlimited automated actions
  • No-code automation
  • Conditions for automatic actions
  • Webhooks for third-party applications
  • Automatic deals assignment for responsible employee
  • Supervisor notifications
  • Segmentation
  • Email marketing
  • Social media marketing
  • Integration with tasks
  • Entire company workflow creation
  • Automatic payment processing
  • Delivery control
  • Advanced customer communication tools
  • Online documents signing - Requires Salesforce Contracts application or one of apps in marketplace

Bitrix24

  • Type of configuration - Configured separately for each business tool: deals, leads, contacts, tasks, drive, feed, etc. on the go, so you can immediately see the progress
  • Unlimited automated actions
  • No-code automation
  • Conditions for automatic actions
  • Webhooks for third-party applications
  • Automatic deals assignment for responsible employee
  • Supervisor notifications
  • Segmentation
  • Email marketing
  • Social media marketing
  • Integration with tasks
  • Entire company workflow creation
  • Automatic payment processing
  • Delivery control
  • Advanced customer communication tools
  • Online documents signing - Built in Bitrix24 Sign e-signature tool

Deals and leads representation tools:

Salesforce

  • List view
  • Kanban board
  • Forecast view
  • Gantt chart
  • Calendar view
  • Deals activities view
  • Proactive CRM
  • Customizable Kanban stages
  • Customizable deal and lead pages
  • Deal page customization
  • Time to create new field in a deal page - 1 minute

Bitrix24

  • List view
  • Kanban board
  • Forecast view
  • Gantt chart
  • Calendar view
  • Deals activities view
  • Proactive CRM
  • Customizable Kanban stages
  • Customizable deal and lead pages
  • Deal page customization
  • Time to create new field in a deal page - 30 seconds

Team management tools:

Salesforce

  • Time tracking
  • Absence chart
  • Knowledge management
  • Task management
  • Video conferences
  • Team calls
  • Company calendar

Bitrix24

  • Time tracking
  • Absence chart
  • Knowledge management
  • Task management
  • Video conferences
  • Team calls
  • Company calendar

Salesforce

  • Marketplace apps
  • Cloud PBX
  • Office PBX
  • Rent a number

Bitrix24

  • Marketplace apps
  • Cloud PBX
  • Office PBX
  • Rent a number

Social media:

Salesforce

  • Social media integrations (Facebook, Instagram, Telegram)
  • Business messages and management (WhatsApp, Viber, Apple)
  • Lead generation
  • Extra integrations via third-party apps

Bitrix24

  • Social media integrations (Facebook, Instagram, Telegram)
  • Business messages and management (WhatsApp, Viber, Apple)
  • Lead generation
  • Extra integrations via third-party apps

Reports and analytics:

Salesforce

  • Sales Intelligence
  • Custom reports creation
  • Advanced filters
  • Visual dashboards
  • Database integrations - Several analytics integrations in the marketplace

Bitrix24

  • Sales Intelligence
  • Custom reports creation
  • Advanced filters
  • Visual dashboards
  • Database integrations - Built-in integration with Microsoft Power BI, Google Looker + huge number of integration apps in Bitrix24 Market

Security and reliability:

Both services provide excellent security for their customers and data. However, Bitrix24 has one crucial advantage: if you want to host your data on your own server, you can use Bitrix24 On-Premise version.

Salesforce

  • IP restrictions
  • Data hosting on separate servers
  • GDPR compliance
  • Multifactor authentication
  • SSO
  • Login history
  • On-Premise version

Bitrix24

  • IP restrictions
  • Data hosting on separate servers
  • GDPR compliance
  • Multifactor authentication
  • SSO
  • Login history
  • On-Premise version