SparkPlug Features
Sales Rep Portal (6)
Commission Estimator
Based on 27 SparkPlug reviews.
Functionality for Salesperson to Calculate expected commission on a deal based on adjusting pricing and terms of deal.
Dispute Management
26 reviewers of SparkPlug have provided feedback on this feature.
Method to manage and resolve varialble compensation disputes/descreptancies
Compensation Statements
30 reviewers of SparkPlug have provided feedback on this feature.
Method for a salesrep to see breakdown of variable and base compensation payments that have been made.
Plan Documents and Agreements
As reported in 28 SparkPlug reviews.
Features that enable Sales rep to view details of compensation agreements
Individual and Team Performance Reports
This feature was mentioned in 36 SparkPlug reviews.
Salespersons can view reports/dashboards that easily depict where they are at in their plan as well as other team members and their team as a whole.
Mobile User Support
As reported in 32 SparkPlug reviews.
System supports users that want to access system data and fuctionalyt from a mobile devide (phone and/or tablet)
Management Portal (7)
Sales Org Performance Reports
Based on 31 SparkPlug reviews.
Provides reporting functionality that allows managment to determine how the sales organization is performing across divisions
Monitor Sales Rep Performance
As reported in 31 SparkPlug reviews.
Provides reporting functionality that allows managment to monitor a salesperson performance as well as rank sales representatives
Territory Assignments/Management
24 reviewers of SparkPlug have provided feedback on this feature.
Allows Sales Management to adjust territorities by geography, product, org structure, etc as required.
Quota Assignments/Management
Based on 24 SparkPlug reviews.
Allows Sales Management to adjust quotas by sales rep, geography, product, org structure, etc as required.
Commission splits and overrides
26 reviewers of SparkPlug have provided feedback on this feature.
Sales manaagement can override/adjust Compensation and split commission manually
Workflow and Approvals
Based on 27 SparkPlug reviews.
Functionality to approve compensation statements or other processes that require approval relating to sales compensation
Budgeting
This feature was mentioned in 22 SparkPlug reviews.
Features to model and roll up budgets
Administration (6)
Adjustments/Dispute Resolution
As reported in 27 SparkPlug reviews.
Functionality that allows admins to adjust and manage compensation disputes
Comp Modeling - Ease of Admin
As reported in 33 SparkPlug reviews.
Creating compensation calculations/credit allocation rules is easy to admin and can be done without a technical resource
Comp Modeling - Design Flexibility
Based on 29 SparkPlug reviews.
Can create the compensation calcuations/credit allocation rules required to support business rules sales management desires
Comp Statement Calculation and Distribution
Based on 28 SparkPlug reviews.
Easily creates compensation statements and distributes them to sales team
Reports and Dashboards
This feature was mentioned in 36 SparkPlug reviews.
Reporting functionality is effective in helping run business. Adminstration of reports is easy to maintain and flexible enough to meet business needs
Sales Hierarchy Management
As reported in 31 SparkPlug reviews.
Manages changes to sales organization easily
Platform (12)
CRM Integration
This feature was mentioned in 26 SparkPlug reviews.
CRM integration is flexible and easy to maintain
Financial Integration
Based on 22 SparkPlug reviews.
Financial System integration is flexible and easy to maintain
HCM/HRIS Integration
20 reviewers of SparkPlug have provided feedback on this feature.
HCM/HRIS integration is flexible and easy to maintain
Customization
This feature was mentioned in 25 SparkPlug reviews.
System provide sufficient customization to meet business requirements
APIs
30 reviewers of SparkPlug have provided feedback on this feature.
System provide well documented API's that can be used to integrate to 3rd party systems
Internationalization
23 reviewers of SparkPlug have provided feedback on this feature.
System support multiple currencies and languages to enable business in multiple countries
Performance and Reliability
Based on 30 SparkPlug reviews.
System is consistently available (uptime) and system's speed is don't impact productivity
Reporting
This feature was mentioned in 20 SparkPlug reviews.
Displays standard reports at the end of each competition showing overall employee performance.
User, Role, and Access Management
Based on 20 SparkPlug reviews.
Grant access to select data, features, objects, etc. based on the users, user role, groups, etc.
Enterprise Scalability
As reported in 13 SparkPlug reviews.
Provides features to allow scaling for large organizations.
Data Import & Export Tools
15 reviewers of SparkPlug have provided feedback on this feature.
Ability to input, modify and extract data from the application in bulk through a structured file.
Performance and Reliability
As reported in 23 SparkPlug reviews.
Software is consistently available (uptime) and allows users to complete tasks quickly because they are not waiting for the software to respond.
Competition (6)
Competition Templates
As reported in 21 SparkPlug reviews.
Offers templates or examples of commonly used competition structures.
Custom Competitions
Based on 21 SparkPlug reviews.
Allows administrator to create custom competitions based on KPIs specific to the team to which the competition is assigned.
Team Competitions
This feature was mentioned in 21 SparkPlug reviews.
Set up competitions between groups of employees as opposed to competitions between individuals.
Simultaneous Competitions
This feature was mentioned in 21 SparkPlug reviews.
Able to have multiple leaderboards and metrics running simultaneously for different groups of users.
Competition Adjustments
17 reviewers of SparkPlug have provided feedback on this feature.
Easily modify leaderboards and goal metrics to support adjustments on how to motivate users.
Awards and Incentives
As reported in 23 SparkPlug reviews.
Provides sales teams with a list of rewards they can choose from based on high performance
Employee Features (3)
User Profiles
As reported in 22 SparkPlug reviews.
Provides each employee with a user profile for personal statistics and progress.
Notifications
This feature was mentioned in 22 SparkPlug reviews.
Alerts employees with competition-related news such as launches, leaderboard updates, reports, etc.
Mobile
This feature was mentioned in 22 SparkPlug reviews.
Mobile app or mobile optimized website allows participants to easily view scores on the go.
Integrations (3)
CRM Integration
17 reviewers of SparkPlug have provided feedback on this feature.
Integration with CRM software to access necessary metrics for the competition.
Social Collaboration Integration
This feature was mentioned in 13 SparkPlug reviews.
Integration with social collaboration tools to allow employees to communicate about the competition and earn recognition.
TV Streaming
12 reviewers of SparkPlug have provided feedback on this feature.
Streams leaderboards and other competition-related news on company's TV.
Agentic AI - Sales Compensation (1)
Natural Language Interaction
Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation
Agentic AI - Sales Gamification (1)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

