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Description

Backstory is an AI sales intelligence and pipeline management platform that helps revenue organizations analyze opportunities, forecast outcomes, and determine what actions to take next. It integrates with CRMs, email systems, calendars, meeting platforms, and other sales tools to automatically capture customer interactions and connect activity to the appropriate accounts and deals. This automated activity capture reduces the need for representatives to manually log meetings, calls, contacts, and engagement data. Backstory uses AI to evaluate deal health, engagement patterns, historical wins, stakeholder coverage, potential bottlenecks, and other indicators that may affect close likelihood. Sales teams can identify at-risk opportunities, uncover growth potential, and understand why particular deals are more or less likely to progress. Stakeholder mapping shows who is involved in an opportunity and highlights missing contacts or relationship gaps that could influence the buying process. AI coaching and deal-specific recommendations provide sellers with suggested next steps based on buyer activity, deal context, and established sales patterns. Forecasting, renewals and retention analysis, pipeline management, and account activity intelligence give managers a broader view of current and future revenue performance. Backstory is designed for sales teams that want to make pipeline decisions using continuously updated engagement data rather than relying primarily on manual CRM updates and rep judgment.

Description

Integrate your Sales Strategy seamlessly with Salesforce using ClosePlan, which merges your sales approach, process, and methodology directly within the platform. ClosePlan empowers sales teams to focus on crucial tasks such as thorough opportunity evaluation, alignment with customer relationships, and effective execution of the sales process. With user-friendly drag-and-drop capabilities, you can effortlessly build organizational charts and create opportunity qualification scorecards tailored to any sales qualification framework. Additionally, it allows you to develop standardized Sales Playbooks for various business divisions and construct relationship maps, org charts, account maps, and influence maps right in Salesforce. This visualization enables you to engage with key individuals among your customers and prospects to foster essential relationships. The application is fully integrated within Salesforce and is accessible via the AppExchange, making it ideal for account planning, deal assessments, quarterly business reviews, and one-on-one coaching sessions. Furthermore, by harnessing your Salesforce contact records, you can ensure that all your data remains centralized within the platform, enhancing collaboration and efficiency across your sales efforts.

API Access

Has API

API Access

Has API

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Integrations

Google Workspace
Microsoft 365
Okta
Outreach
Reduct
Salesforce
Shift
Slack
Tableau
Vonage Contact Center

Integrations

Google Workspace
Microsoft 365
Okta
Outreach
Reduct
Salesforce
Shift
Slack
Tableau
Vonage Contact Center

Pricing Details

$50 per user per month
Free Trial
Free Version

Pricing Details

$10 per user per month
ClosePlan $39/month - Rel. Maps Scorecards and Playbooks $18 per user per month
Free Trial
Free Version

Deployment

Web-Based
On-Premises
iPhone App
iPad App
Android App
Windows
Mac
Linux
Chromebook

Deployment

Web-Based
On-Premises
iPhone App
iPad App
Android App
Windows
Mac
Linux
Chromebook

Customer Support

Business Hours
Live Rep (24/7)
Online Support

Customer Support

Business Hours
Live Rep (24/7)
Online Support

Types of Training

Training Docs
Webinars
Live Training (Online)
In Person

Types of Training

Training Docs
Webinars
Live Training (Online)
In Person

Vendor Details

Company Name

Backstory (People.ai)

Founded

2016

Country

United States

Website

www.backstory.ai/

Vendor Details

Company Name

ClosePlan

Founded

2017

Country

Czech Republic

Website

www.closeplanapp.com

Product Features

Account Planning

Account Segmentation
Account Tracker
Annual Account Plan
Communication Matrix
Competitor Stacking
Dashboard
Performance Metrics
Relationship Mapping
Trend Monitoring
White Space Analysis

Inside Sales

Auto-Dialing
Call List Management
Call Recording
Campaign Management
Dashboard
Data Management
Lead Capture
Lead Distribution
Lead Scoring
Performance Management

Revenue Intelligence

Actionable Insights
Alerts / Notifications
CRM Interactions
Call Scoring
Conversation Intelligence
Dashboard
Email/Message Interactions
Market Intelligence
Phone Call Interactions
Pipeline Visibility
Sales Coaching
Video Call Interactions

Revenue Operations

AI Insights
Account Health Dashboard
Automatic CRM Updates
Contact / Activity Tracking
RevOps Automation
Revenue Dashboard
Revenue Intelligence / Reporting
Sales Analytics
Sales Forecasting
Third-Party Data Aggregation

Sales Analytics

Collaboration Tools
Dashboards
Forecasting Analytics
Ideal Customer Profile (ICP)
Lead Analytics
Pipeline Management
Predictive Forecasting
Predictive Lead Scoring
Sales Intelligence Reporting

Sales Intelligence

CRM Integration
Data Cleaning
Data Enrichment
Data Import/Export
Data Mining
Data Verification
Email Integration
Lead Scoring
List Building
Performance Management
Pipeline Management
Predictive Modeling/Analytics
Prospecting Tools
Reporting/Analytics
Sales Forecasting

Sales Performance Management

Incentive Compensation Management (ICM)
Predictive Sales Analytics
Quota Management
Reporting / Analytics
Sales Coaching Analysis
Sales Gamification
Sales Performance Tracking
Sales Planning & Forecasting
Territory Management

Product Features

Account Planning

Account Segmentation
Account Tracker
Annual Account Plan
Communication Matrix
Competitor Stacking
Dashboard
Performance Metrics
Relationship Mapping
Trend Monitoring
White Space Analysis

Customer Journey Mapping Tools

Action Management
Attribution Modeling
Behavioral Analytics
Collaboration
Customer Profiles
Data Import / Export
Predictive Analytics
Surveys & Feedback
Templates

Sales Enablement

Collaboration
Contact Management
Content Management
Document Management
Goals / Quota Management
Lead Management
Meeting Management
Performance Management
Presentation Management
Proposal Management
Territory Management
Training Management

Sales Forecasting

Competitor Analysis
Correlation Analysis
Dashboard
Dynamic Modeling
Exception Reporting
Graphical Data Presentation
Modeling & Simulation
Performance Metrics
Sales Trend Analysis
Statistical Analysis

Sales Performance Management

Incentive Compensation Management (ICM)
Predictive Sales Analytics
Quota Management
Reporting / Analytics
Sales Coaching Analysis
Sales Gamification
Sales Performance Tracking
Sales Planning & Forecasting
Territory Management

Sales Training

Analytics / Reporting
Assessment Management
Built-in Course Authoring
Certification Management
Customizable Branding
Gamification
Learning Management
Microlearning
Onboarding
Practice Tools
Progress Tracking
Video Assessments

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