Why is Salesforce stock surging today? By Investing.com

Salesforce stock is up. Wall Street is happy. Your ops team is still building workarounds in spreadsheets.

Salesforce had a strong trading day, with shares climbing well above $200 and outpacing the broader market. Analysts are calling it a bargain. Investors are paying attention.

Here's what that doesn't change: the price of the stock has nothing to do with whether the software actually fits your business. You've probably already learned that the hard way — paid the licensing fees, hired the consultant, ran the implementation, and still ended up with a CRM that reflects how Salesforce thinks businesses work, not how yours does.

If you're a mid-market ops or marketing leader, a surging stock price just means the gap between what Salesforce costs and what it delivers for your specific workflows gets a little harder to justify to your CFO. The rigidity doesn't change. The consultant dependency doesn't change. The six-month change request queue doesn't change.

A healthy stock price is good for shareholders. It has never once made a field mapping easier or a pipeline report more accurate.

#CRM #SalesOperations #MidMarket #SalesforceAlternative #RevOps

Original Source

... CRM trading as high as $206.23 intraday and outpacing the S&P 500 by ... Is CRM a bargain right now? The fastest way to find out is with our ...