Siebel vs Podium
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Siebel
Access and update customer information from your Siebel servers while on the go. The app caches data and screens for offline use, synchronizing changes later. Stay connected to your business even without an internet connection.
- Connect to Siebel Servers
- Customer data updates
- Offline data caching
- Data synchronization
- Mobile access
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Siebel Mobile gives the ability to connect to your Siebel Servers and keep up-to-date with your customers whilst on the move. The app caches the data and screen information so that you can review information and make updates without connectivity and have the data synchronized later.
Podium
Manage all customer communications, collect payments, and boost your online reputation from a single inbox. This platform helps local businesses streamline interactions, send marketing messages, and handle calls efficiently.
- Unified customer inbox
- Automated review collection
- Bulk text messaging
- Business phone number
- In-app payments
- Reputation management
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Podium® is a communications and marketing platform that helps small local businesses manage all customer communications in one easy-to-use inbox, from collecting payments to managing your online reputation and reviews. Podium is changing the way local business gets done everywhere. More than 100,000 businesses rely on Podium to grow and do more as a team. Key features include: - Inbox: Bring every customer conversation from every channel into a single, easy-to-use inbox. See and respond to every chat, review, text, social media message, and phone call in a single thread. - Reviews: Double your monthly review volume in less than 60 days and increase website and foot traffic to your business by sending review invitations via text through Podium. - Bulk Messaging: With a 98% open rate, Podium’s text marketing software allows you to send tailored messages to your customer base that turn into customer sales in minutes. - Phones: Don't let missed calls fall through the cracks, with a singular business number for calls and texting you can keep all communications in one place and avoid everyone give out their personal number to customers. - Payments: Get paid with just a text. Payments through Podium gather more reviews, generate higher quality leads, and centralize your customer data to communicate and market in a more targeted way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Podium at 61% against Siebel's 0%. Podium also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). 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.
Podium holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Podium has 32K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Siebel's written reviews are positive against 61% of Podium's.
Siebel ships an update monthly, Podium every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Siebel | Podium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.7 (32K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 61.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 32K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 304 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Oracle America, Inc. | Podium Corporation, Inc. |
Customer experience
Siebel
Podium
Bugs and requests
Siebel
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Podium
Reported bugs
5 issues- Frequent app crashes
- Login issues and logout problems
- Inconsistent review posting
- Unreliable SMS/text functionality
- Syncing issues between web and mobile
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to edit auto-replies
- Access to custom templates on mobile
- Improved media handling (photos, videos)
- Easier contact import from phone
- Word search functionality
In-app purchases
Siebel
No in-app purchases
Podium
No in-app purchases









