SparkPlug Features
Sales Rep Portal (6)
Commission Estimator
This feature was mentioned in 27 SparkPlug reviews.
Functionality for Salesperson to Calculate expected commission on a deal based on adjusting pricing and terms of deal.
Dispute Management
Based on 26 SparkPlug reviews.
Method to manage and resolve varialble compensation disputes/descreptancies
Compensation Statements
As reported in 30 SparkPlug reviews.
Method for a salesrep to see breakdown of variable and base compensation payments that have been made.
Plan Documents and Agreements
28 reviewers of SparkPlug have provided feedback on this feature.
Features that enable Sales rep to view details of compensation agreements
Individual and Team Performance Reports
As reported 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
This feature was mentioned 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
This feature was mentioned in 31 SparkPlug reviews.
Provides reporting functionality that allows managment to determine how the sales organization is performing across divisions
Monitor Sales Rep Performance
31 reviewers of SparkPlug have provided feedback on this feature.
Provides reporting functionality that allows managment to monitor a salesperson performance as well as rank sales representatives
Territory Assignments/Management
Based on 24 SparkPlug reviews.
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
As reported in 26 SparkPlug reviews.
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
Based on 27 SparkPlug reviews.
Functionality that allows admins to adjust and manage compensation disputes
Comp Modeling - Ease of Admin
33 reviewers of SparkPlug have provided feedback on this feature.
Creating compensation calculations/credit allocation rules is easy to admin and can be done without a technical resource
Comp Modeling - Design Flexibility
29 reviewers of SparkPlug have provided feedback on this feature.
Can create the compensation calcuations/credit allocation rules required to support business rules sales management desires
Comp Statement Calculation and Distribution
As reported in 28 SparkPlug reviews.
Easily creates compensation statements and distributes them to sales team
Reports and Dashboards
As reported 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
31 reviewers of SparkPlug have provided feedback on this feature.
Manages changes to sales organization easily
Platform (12)
CRM Integration
Based on 26 SparkPlug reviews.
CRM integration is flexible and easy to maintain
Financial Integration
This feature was mentioned in 22 SparkPlug reviews.
Financial System integration is flexible and easy to maintain
HCM/HRIS Integration
Based on 20 SparkPlug reviews.
HCM/HRIS integration is flexible and easy to maintain
Customization
As reported in 25 SparkPlug reviews.
System provide sufficient customization to meet business requirements
APIs
As reported in 30 SparkPlug reviews.
System provide well documented API's that can be used to integrate to 3rd party systems
Internationalization
As reported in 23 SparkPlug reviews.
System support multiple currencies and languages to enable business in multiple countries
Performance and Reliability
As reported in 30 SparkPlug reviews.
System is consistently available (uptime) and system's speed is don't impact productivity
Reporting
Based on 20 SparkPlug reviews.
Displays standard reports at the end of each competition showing overall employee performance.
User, Role, and Access Management
As reported in 20 SparkPlug reviews.
Grant access to select data, features, objects, etc. based on the users, user role, groups, etc.
Enterprise Scalability
This feature was mentioned 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
This feature was mentioned 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
Based on 21 SparkPlug reviews.
Offers templates or examples of commonly used competition structures.
Custom Competitions
This feature was mentioned in 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
21 reviewers of SparkPlug have provided feedback on this feature.
Able to have multiple leaderboards and metrics running simultaneously for different groups of users.
Competition Adjustments
As reported in 17 SparkPlug reviews.
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
22 reviewers of SparkPlug have provided feedback on this feature.
Provides each employee with a user profile for personal statistics and progress.
Notifications
Based on 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
As reported in 17 SparkPlug reviews.
Integration with CRM software to access necessary metrics for the competition.
Social Collaboration Integration
13 reviewers of SparkPlug have provided feedback on this feature.
Integration with social collaboration tools to allow employees to communicate about the competition and earn recognition.
TV Streaming
This feature was mentioned in 12 SparkPlug reviews.
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

