For Business Process & Applications Professionals (Length: 18 pages)

November 22, 2005

The Forrester Wave™: Midmarket Sales Force Automation, Q4 2005

Evaluation Of Top Midmarket SFA Vendors Across 151 Criteria

by Liz Herbert

with John Ragsdale, Jessica Harrington

Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) continue to invest in sales force automation (SFA), and many seek an on-premise deployment rather than one of the increasingly popular software-as-a-service (SaaS) options. To assess the state of midmarket on-premise SFA applications and see how the vendors stack up against each other, Forrester evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of top midmarket on-premise SFA vendors across 151 criteria. This evaluation complements the April 2005 Forrester Wave™ evaluation of the hosted SFA market. The result: Siebel Professional Edition, Sage CRM SalesLogix, and Pivotal are best suited for medium-size firms while FrontRange and Maximizer Software fit the needs of small businesses. Included in this report is an interactive vendor comparison tool that provides detailed product evaluations and customizable rankings.

Buy Risk-Free

Download and print PDF immediately. Price: US $995

Our Money-Back Guarantee: If you are not completely satisfied, return it for a full refund within three weeks of your online purchase.

Already a Forrester Client?
Log in to read this document.

Add to cart

TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemFirms Investing In On-Premise SFA In 2005

itemSFA Options Continue To Increase In The Midmarket

itemOn-Premise Sales Force Automation Evaluation Overview

itemEvaluation Criteria

itemEvaluation Methodology

itemEvaluated Vendors

itemBest Choice Depends On Company Size And Need For Non-SFA Modules

itemVendor Profiles

itemLeaders

itemStrong Performers

Recommendations

itemHow To Purchase On-Premise SFA

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester evaluated eight leading midmarket on-premise SFA vendors and products: FrontRange's GoldMine, Maximizer Enterprise, Microsoft CRM, Onyx, Pivotal, Sage CRM, Sage CRM SalesLogix, and Siebel Professional Edition.

Related Research Documents

itemThe Forrester Wave™: Enterprise CRM Suites, Q2 2005

July 13, 2005, Tech Choices

itemThe Forrester Wave™: Hosted Sales Force Automation, Q1 2005

April 1, 2005, Tech Choices

itemHosted Versus Licensed CRM: Cost And Implementation Tradeoffs

September 27, 2004, Best Practices

Find Documents In Related Categories

This document falls under the following categories. Click on a link below to find similar documents.
Analyst: Liz Herbert
Technology: Customer Relationship Management, Packaged Applications
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

Upcoming Teleconference:
The Forrester Wave. Smart data for smart decisions.

View vendor summaries for: FrontRange, Maximizer, Microsoft CRM, Onyx, Pivotal, Sage CRM, SalesLogix, and Siebel


corner border corner
Ratings and Comments
NOT YET RATED
corner border corner