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Salesforce Sales Cloud vs Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales

Ratings, pricing and all 12 key features, side by side. Open either profile for the full review.

Editor rating4.14.0
Starting price$25 per user$65 per user
Free planNoNo
Best forGrowing companies with complex processes and someone to administer itMidsize and large companies standardized on Microsoft 365
Key features
12/12
11/12
Ease of use3.6 / 53.5 / 5
Features4.9 / 54.8 / 5
Value for money3.8 / 53.7 / 5
Customer support4.2 / 54.0 / 5
Visual sales pipelineYesYes
Two-way email syncYesYes
Workflow automationYesYes
Email sequencesYesYes
Built-in callingYesYes
Lead scoringYesYes
Sales forecastingYesYes
Custom reportsYesYes
Marketing campaignsYesNo
Quotes and invoicesYesYes
AI assistantYesYes
Mobile appsYesYes
Integrations7,000+ (AppExchange)Microsoft 365, Power Platform and AppSource apps
MobileiOS and AndroidiOS and Android
SupportStandard support included; Premier is paidMicrosoft support plans and a large partner network
Founded1999 · San Francisco, CA2003 · Redmond, WA
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The short answer

Growing and large companies with complex processes, multiple teams and the resources to administer the platform.

Skip it if: small teams without an administrator that want to be productive in the first week.

Salesforce is the right answer when your process is the product and you can staff an admin. For a team under 20 without one, it is usually more CRM than you need.

$25 per userFull review

Organizations with a Microsoft 365 footprint, an IT team and processes that justify a configurable platform.

Skip it if: small businesses that want to sign up and start selling the same day.

For a Microsoft-centred enterprise, Dynamics 365 Sales is often the most coherent option: one identity, one data platform, one vendor. For anyone else it is a heavy system whose advantages you will not use.

$65 per userFull review

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