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Interactive Intelligence vs Salesforce Sales Cloud comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 3, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Interactive Intelligence
Ranking in CRM
45th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Ranking in CRM
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
118
Ranking in other categories
Opportunity Management (1st), Sales Force Automation (2nd), Conversation Intelligence Software (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the CRM category, the mindshare of Interactive Intelligence is 0.6%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Salesforce Sales Cloud is 2.7%, down from 3.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
CRM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Salesforce Sales Cloud2.7%
Interactive Intelligence0.6%
Other96.7%
CRM
 

Featured Reviews

MA
CX Team Lead
A customizable solution that can be integrated with almost anything
The best thing about this solution is the customizability because it can be integrated with pretty much anything. There are many solutions that are black boxes and we're unable to make any modifications to the call flows. With Interactive Intelligence, we can utilize APIs and variables. With the REST call, you can send a request and response. Elements can be incorporated into the workflow based on the response. This is the go-to thing with Interactive Intelligence. The Interactive Intelligence is quite user friendly. And Avaya, in that case, is not that great solution, on user friendliness. Basically, yeah, the same purpose I've used, but you need more expertise to manage the product. And Interactive Intelligence is one box. It contains a lot of features and we don't need to have much resources. But Avaya and others have many servers to be maintained with a single solution. It has a CN. You have to go for session manager and lots of other product servers. So, for a single solution, you need to maintain a lot of servers. This is more or less an easy environment to manage, but Avaya is very complex on the architectural level.
Jonny Katz - PeerSpot reviewer
VP of Business Operations at PeerSpot
Uses data-driven insights to improve workflows and highlights a need for simpler automation tools
Salesforce Sales Cloud can be improved in several areas. First, the UI is an area for enhancement. Even though they've launched Lightning, it's clunky at times with page load speeds. It also needs to be made extremely more user-friendly. For new people using Salesforce Sales Cloud, there is a steep learning curve. Additionally, giving non-admins the ability to make changes on the fly is something that I feel is necessary. Currently with Salesforce Sales Cloud, you need to have a consultant. It's hard to build the flows or workflows. Making it easier for that end-user who's not so technically minded to help themselves is essential. I choose seven out of ten because I think you need a consultant or a consulting company to help you build it out. Certain changes should be made much easier and more user-friendly where an admin can do it. The automation processes need to be much simpler. If you're looking at other tools out there, for example SalesLoft or HubSpot, it's much easier to build those workflows and do automation.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Interactive Intelligence is quite user friendly."
"The social media integration is excellent."
"The stability is really good and it's a really powerful platform that is more powerful than Avaya or other kinds of vendors for contact centers."
"Being able to automate aspects such as outbound confirmation calls has saved us a lot of time and money."
"The most valuable features are performance and integration."
"The biggest benefit of the Salesforce Sales Cloud is a centralized point, a centralized source of truth for customer-related information; you centralize all the information in a single database, and that's the biggest benefit."
"The most significant features of Salesforce Sales Cloud that boosted our sales productivity are workflow management and integrated commentary. Workflow management allows us to progress from exploration and qualification to closing a sale. The integrated commentary feature lets us open conversation threads around a sale and bring in team members, enhancing collaboration."
"The reporting and dashboards functionalities are the most valuable features for us."
"Salesforce is very user-friendly, which makes it effortless to track business management reports."
"This is very flexible product."
"The reporting is easy and helpful."
"It's a very great tool that the organization is using to track their business, sales team, sales, and effective management of the customers."
 

Cons

"We are not happy with the technical support. They take too long to answer."
"The initial setup can be a bit difficult."
"The problem with this current system is that the support is not great."
"The main issue is that it is costly. Salesforce is not cheap, it's costly."
"The only time I have ever been upset with Salesforce was when I failed my certification exam."
"The product lacks to offer some AI capabilities."
"Salesforce is a powerful tool and you need specialists to create or to develop new functionalities. It is a difficult platform to learn to manage and you need years to know the whole product."
"It is very clunky. Its interface can be more user-friendly."
"It could have a more user-friendly interface."
"It's a very broad tool."
"Some areas of functionality from early versions of Salesforce are getting a little dated and in need of overhaul."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It's expensive, storage being the most costly aspect."
"Sales Cloud is expensive."
"Being license based, the license varies by type. The pricing is considered average."
"We pay a yearly subscription fee."
"The price is fair."
"Not the cheapest"
"Sales Cloud is quite expensive."
"The licensing fees are reasonable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Comms Service Provider
16%
Construction Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business56
Midsize Enterprise25
Large Enterprise43
 

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Sales Cloud, SFDC, Salesforce
 

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