Is Groove Sales Engagement Platform (Salesforce sync for Gmail + Microsoft 365) or ALERT! Instant Visual Feedback cheaper?

ALERT! Instant Visual Feedback is the cheaper option — it offers a free plan (free). Groove Sales Engagement Platform (Salesforce sync for Gmail + Microsoft 365) starts at paid. Both publish their pricing on the Salesforce AppExchange marketplace; AppRanks mirrors what's listed on each refresh cycle.

Which works better for small vs large Salesforce AppExchange stores?

Groove Sales Engagement Platform (Salesforce sync for Gmail + Microsoft 365) typically suits early-stage and growth-mode stores based on its review-base composition (394 reviews). ALERT! Instant Visual Feedback aligns more with early-stage and growth-mode stores (21 reviews). Larger review bases generally mean the app has been load-tested at scale — relevant if you're processing high order volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.

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Groove Sales vs ALERT! Instant Visual — Salesforce

Groove Sales Engagement Platform (Salesforce sync for Gmail + Microsoft 365) vs ALERT! Instant Visual Feedback

Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points

Groove Sales Engagement Platform (Salesforce sync for Gmail + Microsoft 365)

4.9·394reviews

✓ Multi-Channel Sales Campaign Automation ✓ Auto-Log Email, Calendar Events & Activities to Salesforce ✓ Auto Contact Capture ✓ Salesforce, LinkedIn & Zoom Integration ✓ Auto-Dialer & Call Logging ✓ Opportunity Management ✓ Revenue Intelligence

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1. Listing metadata

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	Groove Sales Engagement Platform (Salesforce sync for Gmail + Microsoft 365)	ALERT! Instant Visual Feedback
Tagline	“✓ Multi-Channel Sales Campaign Automation ✓ Auto-Log Email, Calendar Events & Activities to Salesforce ✓ Auto Contact Capture ✓ Salesforce, LinkedIn & Zoom Integration ✓ Auto-Dialer & Call Logging ✓ Opportunity Management ✓ Revenue Intelligence”245 chars	“Bring the power of instant visual feedback to your users for free! This Lightning component offers easy to use, flexible drag and drop adding of Lightning-styled alerts to any Lightning or Community page in your Salesforce org.”227 chars
Description	1018 / 2000 chars51% used	1183 / 2000 chars59% used
Screenshots	—	—
Languages	nlenfifrde+11 more	en
Platforms	Shopify	Shopify
Developer	Groove	Luke Miller

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Feature comparison between Groove Sales Engagement Platform (Salesforce sync for Gmail + Microsoft 365) and ALERT! Instant Visual Feedback
Metric	Groove Sales Engagement Platform (Salesforce sync for Gmail + Microsoft 365)	ALERT! Instant Visual Feedback
Rating	★ 4.9 ★	4.7 ★
Total reviews	★ 394	21
Free plan	—	★ Yes
Pricing	paid	free
Built for Shopify	—	—
Pricing tiers	1 tier	—
Listed features	3	3
Languages	16 supported	1 supported
Listed since	May 2013	Sep 2020

AppRanks verdict

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Groove Sales Engagement Platform (Salesforce sync for Gmail + Microsoft 365) edges out ALERT! Instant Visual Feedback on rating (4.9★ vs 4.7★), but the gap is small enough that pricing fit and feature differentiation should drive the decision more than the headline number. On pricing, ALERT! Instant Visual Feedback offers a free tier (free) while Groove Sales Engagement Platform (Salesforce sync for Gmail + Microsoft 365) starts at paid. The free option meaningfully reduces evaluation cost, particularly for stores at sub-1K monthly orders where the entry-paid tier can outpace the value delivered. Groove Sales Engagement Platform (Salesforce sync for Gmail + Microsoft 365) has the larger user base (394 reviews vs 21), which usually maps to broader integration coverage, faster bug-fix cadence, and a deeper bench of community workflow patterns. ALERT! Instant Visual Feedback's smaller cohort can be an advantage for niche workflows where the bigger app has accumulated bloat. Recommended by store size: small/early-stage merchants who need fast install and low risk should default to Groove Sales Engagement Platform (Salesforce sync for Gmail + Microsoft 365); mid-market and enterprise merchants with specific feature requirements should evaluate both — ALERT! Instant Visual Feedback's 21-review base may include the workflow context that matches your specific use case better than Groove Sales Engagement Platform (Salesforce sync for Gmail + Microsoft 365)'s broader-but-shallower coverage. This verdict is generated from the live marketplace data on this page — rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position all refresh from the canonical Salesforce AppExchange listing every 24 hours. AppRanks does not accept payment to influence comparison outcomes; the methodology is documented on the About page and applies identically to every pair on the site.

Read each app's audit: Groove Sales Engagement Platform (Salesforce sync for Gmail + Microsoft 365) audit • ALERT! Instant Visual Feedback audit

Listed	May 8, 2013	September 28, 2020

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5. Search rankings

Top 5 keywords · shared rankings prioritized

Keyword	Groove Sales Engagement Platform (Salesforce sync for Gmail + Microsoft 365)	ALERT! Instant Visual Feedback
engagement platform	#1	Not ranked
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this component	Not ranked	#8
calendar sync	#9	Not ranked

9. App details

Long-form description · keyword frequency

Groove Sales Engagement Platform (Salesforce sync for Gmail + Microsoft 365)

Groove is a market-leading sales engagement platform that enables sales leaders to execute their strategy in a smart, adaptive way. With Groove, revenue leaders can use automation to do more with less, driving greater efficiency and effectiveness across the customer lifecycle. Groove enables more than 75,000 users at ADP, Google, Uber, iHeartMedia, Capital One, and other large enterprises to be more efficient and effective. Groove has ranked #1 in enterprise customer satisfaction on G2 for four consecutive years and has been named one of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing privately held companies in the U.S. since 2020. ✓ Increase Rep Productivity Give reps 20% of their time back to spend on higher-value activities that drive results. ✓ Boost Salesforce Adoption Drive 90%+ adoption with a flexible sales engagement platform that your team will love and use. ✓ Know What’s Driving Your Business Understand what’s driving your revenue with 100% visibility into sales activities. Learn more: http://groove.co/

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ALERT! Instant Visual Feedback

After looking for ways to enhance some of our custom apps for users, we realized that having a way to quickly add visual alerts to our Lightning pages would be a big win for us and our users. Thus, ALERT! was born! With this component, builders in any Lightning App Builder or Community page will have a fast and easy way to add Lightning-styled alerts to their pages. Simply drag the component to any location on the page you want some visual feedback for your users, set the four attributes, and boom! Instant component. Choose from five predefined Lightning-styled color themes for your component, ensuring your alerts look great on any Salesforce screen. Add a More Information link to any alert, giving users a one-click way to get more information on the alert on their screen. Add the power of Salesforce's Component Visibility system, tying alerts to specific field values. Want an alert to show when an Opportunity is at a certain stage, or a Case is at a certain status? Set the Component Visibility filters, and your alerts will show as needed. Grab the ALERT! component today, and start adding fantastic visual feedback to any Lightning or Community page instantly!

Top keywords

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