Both ACT and Prophet help sales organizations and individuals collect information and activities related to a particular contact or opportunity in a single file for easy access and at-a-glance review.



ACT and Prophet also work with productivity tools, such as calendars, task managers, email and notes, though ACT provides these tools in a very different way than Prophet does. (We'll talk more about that below.) These functions are linked to the opportunity files so you can see such things as appointments, emails and tasks related to your opportunity, helping you build a complete history and record of projected activity.

Both ACT and Prophet provide a variety of pre-formatted and customizable forecasting and sales management reports. These reports help you see where you are, where you're going and, most importantly, where the greatest opportunities lie so you can focus your resources and activities on those with the highest profit potential.

What is the primary difference between ACT and Prophet?

The key difference between ACT and Prophet is found in how they do what they do. ACT comes with its own set of productivity tools: ACT contact manager, ACT calendar, ACT "to-dos", ACT email client, etc. Prophet works within Microsoft Outlook?, the best-in-class office productivity. This means Prophet uses your Outlook? contacts, email, task manager, calendar and notes. With Prophet, you don't need to learn a new interface; you don't need to create duplicate records; and you don't need to synch up to Outlook? to coordinate calendars or update contact files as you do with ACT.

How does ACT create, track and manage sales opportunities?

You create opportunities for ACT! within the ACT! application. This means:

How does ACT handle email?

You can create, send and track emails within your ACT contact files, if you use the ACT email client. If you want to use Outlook? email, you need to switch from ACT to Outlook or synchronize the two applications.

Can you share ACT or Prophet data with your peers?

You can create, send and track emails within your ACT contact files, if you use the ACT email client. If you want to use Outlook? email, you need to switch from ACT to Outlook or synchronize the two applications.