Consumer Goods Cloud vs Beacon MAX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Consumer Goods Cloud
Empower retail execution with an offline mobile app for order taking and sales team support. Gain clear visibility into field activities and manage tasks efficiently. Features include pricing, surveys, asset management, and payment collection.
- Offline order taking
- Promotion driven orders
- In-field activity visibility
- Penny Perfect Pricing
- Conditional Surveys
- Asset Management
- Payment Collection
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Deliver the perfect store with the Consumer Goods Cloud offline mobile app for retail execution. Direct and indirect customers can now take orders fully offline while promotion driven orders will help sales teams up-sell. Reps can also focus on the tasks at hand with clear visibility to all of their in-field activities using an aggregated view of the most relevant, actionable information on your mobile device. Features Include: * Offline Penny Perfect Pricing * Conditional Surveys * Asset Management * Payment Collection * Inventory & Quotas * Live Reporting * Substitution Management * Gamification * Team Supervision * Customer Segmentation For the second year in a row, Consumer Goods Cloud was awarded Best-In Class distinctions by the Promotion Optimization Institute. In 2022, Salesforce was awarded distinctions in the functional areas of: Connected Enterprise, Data Visualization, Social Selling, Virtual Calls/Telesales
Beacon MAX
This app offers advanced communication features including 8K video calls, real-time translation, and unlimited VoIP calls. It also includes a virtual assistant and seamless call transfer between devices. Share large files and stream high-resolution content effortlessly.
- 8K video calls
- Real-time translation
- Unlimited VoIP calls
- Virtual assistant (SAMI)
- Instant call transfer
- Large file sharing
- 8K streaming
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Experience the future of communication with Beacon MAX. Enjoy crystal-clear 8K video calls, break language barriers with real-time translation, and connect effortlessly with our Seamless Connect™ technology. Make limitless Voice over IP calls worldwide and benefit from our integrated virtual assistant, SAMI. Transfer active calls between devices with Instant Transfer™. Share files of any size using Quantum™ technology. Stream in mind-bending 8K resolution to millions of viewers. Upgrade your communication with Beacon MAX today and embrace a new era of connectivity.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Beacon MAX at 5.0 against Consumer Goods Cloud's 2.0. Beacon MAX also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Consumer Goods Cloud's advantage is ratings volume (28 vs 6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Beacon MAX holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 6 respectively.
Consumer Goods Cloud ships an update every 5 weeks, Beacon MAX every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Consumer Goods Cloud | Beacon MAX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (28 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | salesforce.com | Mass Luminosity |
Customer experience
Consumer Goods Cloud
Beacon MAX
In-app purchases
Consumer Goods Cloud
No in-app purchases
Beacon MAX
No in-app purchases
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