This week I attended Salesforce.com’s CloudForce conference where, for the first time, they presented their new functionality with Radian6. With the ink barely dry on their purchase agreement with Radian6, Salesforce has come up with some great integrated functionality that will enable the combination of social data with a CRM that can truly measure ROI. Others have made clumsy attempts at this but I think this partnership really has some legs since this is a cloud based platform as opposed to software CRMs.
I believe this is one of the first attempts to truly tie in social media at an enterprise level with CRM, sales and customer service. I especially love the fact that their platform has the ability to calculate ROI for social customer service; as it isn’t just a function of revenue.
I think they still have some kinks to iron out as far as pricing is concerned because of the separate pricing for the Radian6 integration. Radian6’s pricing models are a bit convoluted compared with the straight forward pricing of Salesforce but I think once they have this figured out they’ll see companies flocking to use the service.
Having experience with both Salesforce and Radian6 I’m excited to see how these two platforms evolve. Below is a video of Salesforce.com’s CEO Marc Benioff discussing the three steps to becoming a social enterprise.
I agree. Radian6 – awesome product, ridiculously confusing pricing. I hope SalesForce can make it more accessible to the small and medium enterprises.
What are the other listening platforms on the market we should know about when comparing the product and pricing of Radian6?
Thanks Kevin. There are a few competitors to Radian6 with advanced monitoring capabilities: Sysomos, Lithium, Buzzlogic, Converseon, etc. They all do about the same thing but may have certain capabilities that may better match your monitoring objectives. This space is moving fast as new players keep popping up. I’ll be adding new platforms as I run across them. Click here for updates: https://www.jbsem.com///7-keys-to-choosing-the-right-social-media-monitoring-tool
Jason,
Thanks for mention us! Glad to hear you were at the Cloudforce conference and that you think the Radian6/Salesforce integrated functionality is great. Appreciate you sharing your feedback regarding pricing, too.
All the best,
Trish | Community Manager, Radian6