BenchmarkONE Features

Allows administrators to customize to accommodate their unique processes. Includes ability to create custom objects, fields, rules, calculations, and views.

Automates a process that requires a series of steps that typically require intervention by a several different users. Administrators can write rules to determine who and when a user needs to complete a step. Also includes notification of users when they need to take action.

Grant access to select data, features, objects, etc. based on the users, user role, groups, etc.

Enables users to view and transact business with the same content in multiple languages and currencies.

Allows administrators to easily develop and test changes to the CRM deployment. After changes are made admins can easily migrate the changes into the "live" or "production" environment.

Software is consistently available (uptime) and allows users to complete tasks quickly because they are not waiting for the software to respond to an action they took.

Allows administrators to create templates that enable users to quickly generate dynamic documents in various formats based on the data stored in the application.

Access software remotely via mobile devices

Manage the process of attracting and converting business prospects into leads

System provides sufficient customization to meet business requirements

Automates a process that requires a series of steps that typically require intervention by a several different users. Administrators can write rules to determine who and when a user needs to complete a step. Also includes notification of users when they need to take action.

Grant access to select data, features, objects, etc. based on the users, user role, groups, etc.

Enables users to view and transact business with the same content in multiple languages and currencies.

Allows administrators to easily develop and test changes to the CRM deployment. After changes are made admins can easily migrate the changes into the "live" or "production" environment.

Software is consistently available (uptime) and allows users to complete tasks quickly because they are not waiting for the software to respond to an action they took.

Allows administrators to create templates that enable users to quickly generate dynamic documents in various formats based on the data stored in the application.

Manage the process of attracting and converting business prospects into leads

Handles digital content throughout its lifecycle, from creation and storage to distribution and archiving

Store information about leads or contacts and track, manage and nurture them throughout the sales process

Manage contacts across multiple mailing lists

Access software remotely via mobile devices

Store and retrieve information associated to customer contacts and accounts. Track company-wide communication and information about contacts and accounts.

Manage sales opportunities through their lifecycle from lead to order. Track stages, values, and probabilities of close. Manage sales pipelines by individual sales rep, team, region, and company-wide.

Manage and track tasks and activities. Assign due dates and integrate to calendars to manage daily schedules and priorities.

Assign and manage sales quotas and territories. Track progress against quotas. Change as needed.

Allows users to sync their Email, Calendar and Contact tools with their CRM system. Includes Microsoft Outlook and Google integration.

Enter product/part numbers and manage the prices associated with them. Typically functionality allows users to add products and prices to opportunities and quotes if these modules are provided within the same system.

Allows users to create a quote to be provided to a customer that contain at least products, prices and associated discounts. Order management allows users to process orders that contain products, prices and associated discounts.

Management of contracts made with customers. Contract management includes negotiating the terms and conditions in contracts and ensuring compliance with the terms and conditions, as well as documenting and agreeing on any changes or amendments that may arise during its implementation or execution.

Track, store, and access client contracts or licenses

Allows users to send email to contacts in bulk. Common features include: Built in Email templates, social media integration, Subscriber list management, sign up forms, success rate reports, AB testing and auto-responders.

Optimizes the process for organizations to develop and deploy multiple-channel marketing campaigns to target groups or individuals and track the effect of those campaigns, by customer segment, over time.

Allows users to manage and track leads though a process. The lead process typically involves steps such as: 1. Lead Generation, 2. Customer Inquiry, Inquiry Capture, Lead Filtering, Lead Grading, Lead Distribution and Lead Qualification.

Enables analysis of effectiveness of an organizations various marketing activities

Manage, store and organize emails within the system or via third-party apps

Create, save, and store files

Defines specific deal parameters to negotiate and secure deals

Tracks issues/help requests reported by customers through the resolution process.

Provides a convenient way for customers to get answers to inquiries, post service issues, place orders, view order histories, and gain access to other information contained in the knowledge base.

Information repository that provides a means for information to be collected, organized, shared, searched and utilized. Allows customers to get answers to common questions.

Allows customer support professionals access to all information required to support the customer including customer information, case history and related customer social activity. Common features include: call recording, analytics, workforce management, call script management, and compliance management.

Enables analysis of customer support activities to optimize customer support professionals, processes and tools.

Create, design and manage workflows for repetitive tasks

Track all opportunities for potential sales and convert them into recurring revenue

Pipeline view and tracking lead status

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Track and manage schedules and meetings via an integrated calendar

Track the progress of long term goals, campaigns, and opportunities, for sales, projects, business ventures etc.

Handles digital content throughout its lifecycle, from creation and storage to distribution and archiving

Manage and track all internal and external communication conducted via calls, email, text, or chat

Interact with data visualization elements, such as charts and graphs, to drill down into data

Create, save, and re-purpose templates for emails, forms, etc.

Predict future data based on historical data sets

Store, manage, and track all electronic documents in a centralized location

Manage various distribution channels, build relations with channel partners, and track their performance

Tracking, calculating, and paying commissions and earnings to employees

Manage or track sales completed by field teams/employees

Ability to input, modify and extract data from the application in bulk through a structured file.

Application Programming Interface - Specification for how the application communicates with other software. API's typically enable integration of data, logic, objects, etc with other software applications.

To what extent are there partner applications readily available for integrating into this product? Partner applications typically provide complementary, best of breed functionality not offered natively in this product.

Addition of necessary external data, applications, tools, or features

Incorporation of a chat or messaging system within an organization's internal communication infrastructure

Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together

Tools designed to streamline the process of lead generation and management for sales teams

Receive data and information in real time

Ability to input, modify and extract data from the application in bulk through a structured file.

Application Programming Interface - Specification for how the application communicates with other software. API's typically enable integration of data, logic, objects, etc with other software applications.

To what extent are there partner applications readily available for integrating into this product? Partner applications typically provide complementary, best of breed functionality not offered natively in this product.

Integrate with social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.

Allows software to be easily used on multiple mobile devices include phone and tablet devices.

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

Integrate with social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.

Provide online support for your customers through live chat or help desk functionality

Integrate with more than one social media network

Enables reporting of all data contained within the system. Typically contains standard reports as well as the ability to create ad-hoc reports.

An easy to read, often single page, real-time user interface, showing a graphical presentation of the current status and historical trends of an organization’s Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to enable instantaneous and informed decisions to be made at a glance

Enables projection of sales revenue, based on historical sales data, analysis of market surveys and trends, and salespersons' estimates.

Access pre-built and custom reports and dashboards to measure leads by source/campaign/month, email performance, landing page performance, and web and social activity. Create report subscriptions that can automatically send updates to your team and executives.

Track which pages prospects and customers visit and how often they come back. Capture the history in database for lead scoring and sales intelligence. Use anonymous company look-up to identify anonymous visitors. Send alerts to sales reps of which of their prospects and customers web activity.

Measure leads, prospects generated, pipeline, revenue, investment, and ROI by marketing channel or program. The result is that you can see which marketing investments are generating the greatest return and get visibility into how marketing budget should be allocated going forward.

Analyze how leads flow through the funnel by measuring stage to stage conversion rates and velocity. Allocate pipeline and revenue credit among all the marketing activities that have successfully touched an opportunity as it moves through the pipeline.

Monitor and track how you rank for relevant keywords on major search engines and compare your overall performance to competitors.

Track and analyze user behavior within a system or network

Analyze and gain insights into data in real-time

Track and interpret campaign performance metrics

Track and analyze information regarding website visitors

Interact with data visualization elements, such as charts and graphs, to drill down into data

Track in detail how users interact with your campaigns and pages (scrolling, button interactions, etc.)

Create and design emails with an editor; manage templates; personalize dynamically

Create targeted lists, schedule and manage bulk email sending.

Ensure inbox delivery. Includes opt-in management, bounce handling, unsubscribe processing, suppression lists, email preview, spam checking, link validation, and delivery monitoring.

Set up automated nurturing emails based on events, online activities, and lead scores

Build customized landing pages and lead capture forms for specific marketing campaigns to maximize conversion and to capture the right qualifying information.

Dynamically customize emails, forms, and landing pages for specific segments of customers and prospects.

Test alternate versions of emails, landing pages, and forms. Learn what works, maximize response rates, and increase conversion.

Support mobile-optimized emails, online forms, and landing pages.

Track performance of keywords and links in major search engines. Measure search rankings and performance. Improve page-level SEO with tools to diagnose and improve page performance. Integrate with Google AdWords.

Improving user journey to boost the percentage of visitors who take a desired action (sign-ups or purchases)

Create many versions of emails, forms, or actions and gauge which is most effective

Customize contracts and forms to collect specific information

A marketing lead database is the system of record for your most important marketing asset: your leads and contacts. Includes a view of all marketing interactions between each prospect and your company, including website visits, email clicks, scoring changes, and data updates/history.

Data quality consists of deduplication, cleansing, and appending your marketing database.

Segment your database and build list of target leads and contacts. Filter on demographic and company attributes (title, company size, location) as well as behavioral filters and CRM information.

Automatically qualify and score leads based on demographics as well as prospect online behaviors, including recency and frequency. Assign your own weights to determine lead scores for prioritization.

Automate drip marketing campaigns that send relevant messages over time, based on prospect behaviors and pre-defined campaign steps.

Track delivered, received, and opened emails

Create tasks automatically and provide real-time sales alerts over email, RSS or mobile device.

Sync lead, contact, account, and opportunity information with your CRM system.

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

Receive data and information in real time

Manage campaigns and track engagement for marketing efforts across social media channels

Create and send email blasts/campaigns

Coordinate marketing efforts across channels (email, landing pages, social media, etc.)

Measure return on ad spend by tracking the actions people take such as sign up or download after engaging with ads

Monitor conversion rates and analyze effectiveness and profitability of marketing efforts

Track and document all activities across devices, networks, and other systems

Tracks metrics that provide insight into how a user interacts with any interface or product

Track visibility and traffic from search engines

Send promotional campaigns or transactional messages via text messages

Monitor activity of individuals who visit your website using cookies

Manage marketing campaigns and programs across multiple channels, including online ads, video campaigns, mobile, virtual events, and social media. Create and optimize program assets such as landing pages, emails, campaigns, and lists. Track program objectives, results, and costs to assess the program ROI.

Streamline the entire event process, including personalized invitations, registration, reminders, and post-event follow-up. Integrate with online meeting tools like WebEx, Adobe Connect, GoToWebinar.

Maintain a marketing calendar across multiple groups. Manage the calendar for the entire marketing department, from promotions to content to PR.

Manage all aspects of marketing investments, including assigning top-down budgets to various groups and divisions, planning marketing spending across programs, tracking open-to-spend, ensuring budget compliance, coordinating work-flows and permissions, and reconciling plans with actual invoices.

Create a collection of marketing actions to complete specific goals and plan and analyze campaign results

Create, design and manage workflows for repetitive tasks

Create, save, and re-purpose templates for emails, forms, etc.

Monitor what leads and contacts say on sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, blogs, and online communities. Incorporate into your lead and customer DB and use social insights to segment prospects. Trigger campaigns, and update lead scores.

Add intelligent social share buttons to your campaigns and content. Track who is sharing your content and driving conversions.

Schedule automated posts to one or more social accounts; use or integrate with URL shortening services; and measure likes, comments, replies, and retweets.

Social apps including polls, sweepstakes, and referral programs can enhance audience engagement. Include these on your website, landing pages, Facebook pages, and emails.

Amplify brand and community stories; Reach customers by social profile and activity; Optimize social ad campaigns in real-time

Send automated marketing emails based on user actions over a predetermined period

Manage multiple campaigns in one system

Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.

Use AI to generate content in the form of text, images, videos, etc.

Create proposals based on costs of labor and materials

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Improves performance based on feedback and experience

Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Notifications/alerts for upcoming events or tasks

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes

Works across multiple software systems or databases

Improves performance based on feedback and experience

Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting

Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives

Plan and strategize marketing campaigns

Market event via social media tools

Add customized logos and colors to align with company branding

Observe and track the demand, usage, progress or quality of a system, product, or user

Built-in customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities or integration with a third-party CRM system

Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns

Ability to chat online in real time

Visualize and analyze customer experience across all touchpoints and channels

Use AI to generate content in the form of text, images, videos, etc.

Send messages to multiple subscribers at the same time

Assemble applications and processes by dragging over and arranging pre-built components

Pre-made examples and templates for emails

Automatically create schedules based on business needs or employee availability and qualifications

Set campaign schedules by selecting start, pause, and end dates

A virtual assistant that uses AI to pursue goals and complete tasks on behalf of users

Track activity on sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

Automatically identify and save contact information of potential customers

Pre-designed layouts that can be customized to match preferences and requirements

Automate workflows and trigger campaigns based on customer actions

Predefined actions automatically performed on the occurance of specific events

See past and upcoming campaigns and communications in a calendar view

Create unique call-to-actions to drive clicks (buttons, banners, graphics, etc.)

Allows communication with customers or users via multiple channels such as phone, email, live chat, etc.

Import and export data to and from software applications

Score a lead on their quality or likelihood to buy based on certain behaviors

Search and filter data across systems to locate required information by entering keywords or certain criteria

Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges

Import and export data to and from software applications

Automatically identify and save contact information of potential customers

Software's ability to perform similar action on multiple similar files simultaneously

Track delivered, received, and opened emails

Attach digital tags to documents and assets for identification, search, or monitoring purposes

Visual representation of sales prospects & how many deals are in your sales funnel, the stage each deal is in, and the value of deals.

Assemble applications and processes by dragging over and arranging pre-built components

Group leads or contacts based on their specific characteristics

Customize data fields to support various needs and use cases

Set & manage permission levels based on user roles and restrict access to only authorized individuals

Track interaction history by documenting conversations for contacts

Built-in customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities or integration with a third-party CRM system

Store and organize documents in a centralized system

A virtual assistant that uses AI to pursue goals and complete tasks on behalf of users

Centralized database of stakeholders and their contact information such as names, address, phone number etc.

Log and store the source of contacts/leads

Generate quotes or estimates for customers

Allows communication with customers or users via multiple channels such as phone, email, live chat, etc.

Score a lead on their quality or likelihood to buy based on certain behaviors

Automate workflows and trigger campaigns based on customer actions

Pre-made examples and templates for emails

Reports specific to sales analysis for trends and strategies

Visualize and analyze customer experience across all touchpoints and channels

Timed notification for any upcoming task, deadline, appointment, or activity

Score a lead based on quality or likelihood to buy/convert based on predetermined criteria

Protect sensitive data for digital privacy

Alter the layout and content of reports

Synchronize with other calendars to view mutual availability and schedules

Primarily serving startup companies

A set of indicators that tracks the performance of networks, applications, systems, teams, etc.

Analyze the current state of sales data to accurately understand trends and forecast future sales numbers.

Operate/access software on iPad Devices

Pre-designed layouts that can be customized to match preferences and requirements

Track and document all activities across devices, networks, and other systems

Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns

Operate/access software on Mac Devices

Create landing pages or online forms designed to capture new leads and prospects

Engage with a lead throughout the sales process by actively providing information

Games or game-like elements to track progress and reward accomplishments

Arrange tasks based on the level of priority or urgency

SaaS, web-based, online deployment

Use your computer as a phone device to make calls over the internet

Allow users to access multiple services after entering their login credentials once

A collection of customer information such as contact details, demographics, previous interactions, etc.

Predefined actions automatically performed on the occurance of specific events

Access the system via a mobile application

Set up automated email sequences to streamline outreach and engage leads/contacts

Process of dividing customers into groups based on common characteristics

Manually or automatically assign leads to sales reps

Designed for small businesses

Ability to chat online in real time

Capture contact information by scanning a physical item and having the system automatically extract data from the scan

Graphical representation of data

Track customers' activities across social networks and maintain details about their demographics, preferences & more

Market event via social media tools

Observe and track the demand, usage, progress or quality of a system, product, or user

Tracks metrics that provide insight into how a user interacts with any interface or product

Track activity on sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.

Initiate interactions with customers by proactively starting conversations or providing informational content

Categorize emotions expressed in written text or images and identify if they are positive, negative or neutral

Monitor social media posts or web that mention a particular brand

Identify a particular segment of population based on specific criteria and customize your efforts to attract their attention

Streamlining repetitive tasks and activities through automated and predefined workflows