Intalio vs. Salesforce.com

Salesforce.com is a fantastic CRM application, and its underlying Force.com platform a great PaaS. Nevertheless, they are only available through public cloud deployment. For customers looking for a private cloud deployment option, Intalio is the only alternative. Here is how the two compare.

We like Salesforce.com. We really do. In fact, we like it so much that for over 8 years, our entire business ran on top of Salesforce.com. Our CEO even went as far as managing his wedding as a marketing campaign on Salesforce.com. Nevertheless, the more we used the application, the more aware we became of its limitations. Over the years, Salesforce.com's "No Software" mantra turned into some kind of religious belief in the public cloud that eventually created more problems than it solved. We felt that we could do better and developed Intalio|Cloud, adopting a "No Limits" philosophy for it. It offers features and functionality comparable to Salesforce.com's, with a compatible object model and API, and none of its limitations.

Software as a Service Components

 
Salesforce.comIntalio
BPM
Visual Process ManagerIntalio|BPM
CRM
Salesforce CRMIntalio|CRM
Document Management
Content LibraryIntalio|DMS
Social Collaboration
ChatterIntalio|Social Portal
Online Productivity
Google DocsIntalio|Web Office

 

Platform as a Service Components

 
Salesforce.comIntalio
Application Development
Database CustomizationIntalio|Application Builder
Application Integration
Not AvailableIntalio|Mashup Studio
Process Automation
Visual Process ManagerIntalio|Process Designer
Reporting & Analytics
Real-Time AnalyticsIntalio|Report Editor
Runtime Components
Force.comIntalio|Application Engines

 

Infrastructure as a Service Components

 
Salesforce.comIntalio
Hosting
Global Data CentersIntalio|Cloud Appliance and Partners
Administration
trust.salesforce.comIntalio|Cloud Controller
Elastic Compute
VMforceIntalio|Elastic Compute
Elastic Storage
Not AvailableIntalio|Elastic Storage
Elastic Database
Real-Time Query OptimizerIntalio|Elastic Database

 

Salesforce.com Limits

 
Salesforce.comIntalio
Amazon Deployment
On Premises Deployment
IaaS for Any Application
Secure Tenant Isolation
Business Activity Monitoring
Business Rules Engine
Direct Database Access
Enterprise Service Bus
Federated Search
Microsoft Office Integration
User Interface
Mostly Plain HTML100% AJAX
File Size Limit
5MBUnlimited
Custom Objects
2,000 MaximumUnlimited
Database Joins
2 Objects MaximumUnlimited
Execution Limits
Many (Learn More)None