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Compare Karbon and Salesforce Platform 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (89.6% of reviews)
Mid-Market (45.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$59.00 1 Users Per Month
$25/user/month* (billed annually)
Karbon
Star Rating
(779)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (89.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$59.00 1 Users Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansSalesforce Platform
Star Rating
(3,923)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (45.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$25/user/month* (billed annually)
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansKarbon vs Salesforce Platform
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Karbon easier to use and do business with overall. However, reviewers felt that Salesforce Platform is easier to set up. Both products were equally easy to administer.
- Reviewers felt that Karbon meets the needs of their business better than Salesforce Platform.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Karbon is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Karbon over Salesforce Platform.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Karbon
Team
$59.00
1 Users Per Month
For smaller teams looking to consolidate workflows into an integrated collaboration platform.
- Integrated Email
- Team Collaboration Tools
- Workflow and To-Do Lists
Salesforce Platform
Platform Starter
$25
/user/month* (billed annually)
Users access apps built with the following services:
- Access 10 custom objects
- 200 APIs calls /user/day
- Lightning App Builder
Free Trial
Karbon
Free Trial is available
Salesforce Platform
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
608
8.9
2,306
Ease of Use
8.8
610
8.5
3,071
Ease of Setup
7.9
388
8.4
1,857
Ease of Admin
8.5
273
8.5
793
Quality of Support
9.3
580
8.5
2,061
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.3
274
8.8
788
Product Direction (% positive)
9.7
575
8.7
2,274
Features by Category
Data Masking
Not enough data
9.5
14
Not enough data
9.5
14
Not enough data
9.4
14
Not enough data
9.6
14
Not enough data
8.9
14
Setup
9.0
295
Not enough data
8.9
295
Not enough data
8.5
277
Not enough data
8.9
293
Not enough data
Management
8.3
280
Not enough data
8.6
272
Not enough data
7.9
227
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.8
104
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
7.0
10
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
7.0
9
Not enough data
7.3
11
Not enough data
7.5
10
Not enough data
7.2
10
Not enough data
7.2
9
Not enough data
Platform Additional Functionality
9.3
80
Not enough data
8.9
79
Not enough data
7.5
73
Not enough data
7.9
78
Not enough data
Platform Content
8.9
82
Not enough data
Platform Data
8.7
82
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Tax Practice Management
7.7
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
9.0
288
Not enough data
8.8
277
Not enough data
9.3
300
Not enough data
9.0
300
Not enough data
9.2
301
Not enough data
9.0
289
Automation
Not enough data
9.0
323
Not enough data
9.0
312
Not enough data
9.1
320
Development
Not enough data
8.9
291
Not enough data
8.7
252
Not enough data
8.5
242
Not enough data
9.0
270
Payment Processing
9.6
8
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
6.7
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
Administration
9.4
6
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
Payment Options
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
Security
9.3
5
Not enough data
Platform
7.3
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reporting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
9.2
107
Not enough data
9.2
102
Not enough data
8.9
102
Not enough data
8.7
100
Management
Not enough data
9.1
99
Not enough data
9.0
101
Not enough data
9.2
104
Not enough data
9.1
102
Security
Not enough data
9.3
106
Agentic AI - Cloud Migration
Not enough data
8.3
18
Not enough data
8.0
18
Not enough data
8.6
18
Functionality
Not enough data
9.2
28
Not enough data
9.2
28
Not enough data
9.3
29
Not enough data
9.0
28
Not enough data
9.0
26
Not enough data
8.8
26
Not enough data
8.7
25
Not enough data
8.9
28
Not enough data
9.2
26
Functionality
Not enough data
8.6
302
Not enough data
9.1
318
Not enough data
9.2
316
Not enough data
8.9
307
Not enough data
8.6
291
Not enough data
9.1
319
AI Authentication Risk Management - Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)
Not enough data
9.3
9
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
9.8
9
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
9.1
9
AI Biometric & Behavioral Analysis - Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
AI Context-Aware Security Controls - Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM)
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
7.7
8
Functionality
Not enough data
8.7
75
Not enough data
8.7
76
Not enough data
8.9
79
Not enough data
8.7
75
Not enough data
9.3
76
Not enough data
9.1
78
Type
Not enough data
8.7
73
Not enough data
8.7
75
Reporting
Not enough data
8.8
73
Not enough data
8.9
74
Not enough data
9.0
15
Not enough data
9.4
13
Authentication & Authorization - Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Not enough data
8.5
13
Administration & Governance - Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Not enough data
8.7
13
Not enough data
8.3
13
Generative AI - Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Not enough data
7.6
13
Not enough data
7.4
13
Not enough data
7.7
13
Management
Not enough data
9.3
69
Not enough data
9.3
70
Not enough data
9.2
69
Functionality
Not enough data
9.4
70
Not enough data
9.4
69
Not enough data
9.5
70
Processes
Not enough data
9.2
70
Not enough data
9.4
70
Not enough data
9.3
70
Functionality
Not enough data
8.0
70
Not enough data
8.5
66
Not enough data
8.7
66
Not enough data
8.4
66
Data Control
Not enough data
8.5
65
Not enough data
8.6
67
Not enough data
9.0
67
Agentic AI - Drag and Drop App Builder
Not enough data
9.0
22
Not enough data
8.9
22
Not enough data
8.7
22
Functionality
Not enough data
9.1
140
Not enough data
8.9
134
Not enough data
8.8
128
Not enough data
9.2
134
Not enough data
8.7
133
Not enough data
8.9
131
Not enough data
9.1
128
Communication
8.1
269
Not enough data
8.8
275
Not enough data
8.8
256
Not enough data
Collaboration
9.3
288
Not enough data
9.3
285
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Billing
8.1
253
Not enough data
7.6
234
Not enough data
6.7
200
Not enough data
Onboarding
9.0
272
Not enough data
9.2
266
Not enough data
8.9
250
Not enough data
Visibility
9.2
287
Not enough data
8.2
232
Not enough data
8.1
246
Not enough data
8.4
244
Not enough data
8.8
253
Not enough data
8.4
243
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Accounting Practice Management
8.0
18
Not enough data
8.6
20
Not enough data
7.6
18
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Software Testing
Not enough data
9.0
25
Not enough data
8.9
24
Not enough data
9.0
24
Agentic AI - Accounting & Finance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Application Design
Not enough data
8.6
234
Not enough data
8.7
234
Not enough data
8.7
255
Not enough data
8.7
245
Not enough data
8.9
269
Data Control
Not enough data
8.9
264
Not enough data
8.9
266
Not enough data
9.2
265
Publishing
Not enough data
8.9
242
Not enough data
8.9
251
Not enough data
8.9
238
Agentic AI - Low-Code Development Platforms
Not enough data
9.1
49
Not enough data
9.1
47
Not enough data
9.0
49
Development
Not enough data
8.7
582
Not enough data
8.6
568
Not enough data
8.7
522
Not enough data
8.6
554
Not enough data
8.6
516
Database
Not enough data
9.0
558
Not enough data
8.8
637
Not enough data
8.5
508
Not enough data
8.6
558
Not enough data
8.6
601
Infrastructure
Not enough data
8.5
561
Not enough data
8.1
524
Not enough data
9.1
589
User Interface Design
Not enough data
8.5
137
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Verified
Not enough data
8.7
155
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
156
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
157
|
Verified
Data Control
Not enough data
9.0
152
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
159
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
157
|
Verified
Publishing
Not enough data
8.8
145
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
150
Not enough data
8.9
147
|
Verified
Agentic AI - No-Code Development Platforms
Not enough data
8.7
38
Not enough data
8.8
38
Not enough data
8.6
38
Compliance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Karbon and Salesforce Platform share no categories
Unique Categories
Karbon is categorized as Workflow Management, Accounting Practice Management, Payment Processing, and Tax Practice Management
Salesforce Platform is categorized as Application Development Platforms, DevOps Platforms, Consent Management Platform (CMP), Workplace Innovation Platforms, Data Masking, Privileged Access Management (PAM), Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM), Cloud Migration, No-Code Development Platforms, Drag and Drop App Builder, Low-Code Development Platforms, Software Testing, Identity and Access Management (IAM), and Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Karbon
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Salesforce Platform
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Accounting
95.7%
Financial Services
1.5%
Consulting
0.9%
Marketing and Advertising
0.5%
Law Practice
0.3%
Other
1.1%
Computer Software
13.7%
Information Technology and Services
11.9%
Financial Services
6.9%
Non-Profit Organization Management
4.1%
Marketing and Advertising
3.3%
Other
60.0%
Discussions
Can you tell me more about Aliases? or Can you make a webinar for this topic?
1 Comment
LM
Hi Ciara, are you referring to using an alias email address, and using that with Karbon? If so, this help article might be helpful:...Read more
Can I use karbon with IG, FB
1 Comment
MD
There are no native social integrations built in Karbon, but the possibilities are endless when using the open API.Read more
Please tell me you are not going to remove "To Do",and the ability to focus in on only Today's Tasks
1 Comment
MD
Karbon is working towards a more thoughtful approach to work. The end result will be different in many ways but will not be worse overall and will be better...Read more
What are the essential Salesforce Platform features a beginner should learn to improve customer relationship management?
5 Comments
PP
Need to learn CRM data model and OOB functionality of the Salesforce CRM . Also better to start Salesforce Flow learning .Read more
How do I add an account to Salesforce Authenticator?
2 Comments
BC
You can open the Salesforce Authenticator app on your mobile device. If you're opening the app for the first time, you see a tour of the app's features. Take...Read more
What all functionalities can be used via Salesforce?
2 Comments
CB
Salesforce redefines the way businesses connect with customers through service, marketing, and sales by creating a more meaningful relationship.
It has...Read more
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