Ebsta Forecasting vs Varicent Incentives

Ebsta Forecasting helps sales teams examine deal risk, understand forecast changes and submit forecasts supported by deal evidence. Revenue Intelligence includes projected revenue, forecast roll-ups, trends, pacing, submissions and a waterfall chart. Pipeline views add trends, benchmarks, deal scores, positive and negative deal factors, and funnel analytics. Ebsta analyzes pipeline factors to help managers assess the likelihood that forecast deals will close. The product lists deal risk alerts, AI forecasting, recommended actions and forecast customization. Salesforce and HubSpot are CRM integrations; the pricing comparison also lists Gmail, Outlook/Office 365, Zoom, Teams and Slack integration features. The product runs on the web and as an extension. The vendor offers a 14-day free trial with unlimited access to Conversation Intelligence, Relationship Intelligence and Revenue Intelligence. Paid pricing is available on request. Ebsta was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in London, UK. The vendor says the platform and data are hosted on AWS US-East, and that it is ISO 27001 compliant with encryption in transit and at rest.

Varicent Incentives automates sales commissions and other variable pay, including bonus programs. Its no-code plan builder lets users create, customize, and change incentive compensation plans. The product calculates commissions, supports exception and retroactive adjustments, and uses AI-driven detection to identify anomalies and outliers. Model Compensation Plans support what-if payout forecasts and assessment of plan effectiveness. Sellers can access compensation statements, commission data, quota attainment, tiers, and AI-predicted sales and payout forecasts on demand and from any device. Automated workflows and an audit trail of plan changes support data accuracy and compliance. Listed connections include Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, Workday API, Snowflake, REST API, SFTP, and Google Sheets. The platform lists web, API, Android, and iOS access; customer apps for Apple and Android provide sellers access to platform reporting options. Cloud-service support includes self-help resources, phone, chat, and support tickets; ICM customers may purchase Business or Premier response objectives. Varicent positions Incentives for growth-market and enterprise businesses, with customers ranging from mid-market to enterprise. Pricing and entitlements are specified in a customer order; subscriptions require an Incentives package and purchased payee and data-volume entitlements.