Salesforce vs Sim

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Salesforce is the stronger AI pick in AI Agents: it has a visibility score of 28.7 versus 2.3 for Sim, and ranks ahead in 75% of the answers that name both.

Choose Salesforce if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (28.7 vs 2.3)
You need ISO 27001:2022 or ISO 27017 or ISO 27018 or SOC 1 or SOC 2 or SOC 3 or HITRUST coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (5,000+ employees)
Powerful reporting, automation and customisation

Choose Sim if…

You need a self-hosted or on-premises option
You need SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001 or GDPR coverage
Technical control and model flexibility
Self-hosting option

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Salesforce	Sim
Visibility score	28.7%	2.3%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in AI Agents	#3	#39
Share of voice	6.1%	0.7%
Mentions this run	40	5
Positive in AI answers	21%	—

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Salesforce 0pp · Sim 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Salesforce leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

32.6%

2.8%

AI Mode

25%

Perplexity

28.5%

4.1%

SalesforceSim

Head to head in AI answers

4 engine answers name both brands

3Salesforce ranked higher

1Sim ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Salesforce	Sim
How do I choose an AI agent platform for a mid-market team?	ChatGPT	#1	#11
Top AI agent platform options for B2B SaaS companies	ChatGPT	#9	#17
Compare the leading AI Agents platforms	Perplexity	#2	#23
Best AI agent platform with AI features	Perplexity	#5	#2

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Salesforce	Sim
Pricing model	—	Per seat
Entry price	—	Free; paid from $25 per seat / mo
Free plan	—	Yes
Deployment	Cloud (SaaS)	Cloud-hosted, or self-hosted in your own cloud with Docker or Kubernetes
Integrations	—	275+
Compliance	ISO 27001:2022, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, HITRUST	SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR
Support	Phone, Trailblazer Community, Success Plans, Trailhead training	Dedicated support on the Enterprise plan
Founded	1999	2025
Headquarters	San Francisco, California	San Francisco, CA, United States
Employees	5,000+	11–50
Funding	—	Series A · $7M raised
Best for	Businesses from small companies to large enterprises wanting sales, service, marketing and commerce on one CRM platform	Companies that need to build, deploy, and govern AI agents across the organization with central control over access, spend, and data