Backstory Account Strategy & Execution creates account plans from public company information and internal CRM, email, meeting, and call history. It identifies existing sales, competitor presence, expansion opportunities, and coverage gaps across a company's accounts. Stakeholder maps organize engaged contacts by title, seniority, and department, alongside predicted buying power, inferred win rate, and engagement level. Plans can carry presale context into postsale, including why a customer bought, who championed the decision, and which stakeholders are engaged. The solution is available through web, API, and extension platforms. Integrations include native Salesforce support and API connections for Oracle and Microsoft CRM products, plus a range of activity sources. Its MCP server connects to AI assistants, and analytics connections include Tableau and Power BI. Backstory says customer data is not used to train or fine-tune its models, outputs are scoped to each tenant, and users can opt out of AI features. Pricing is available by request. Support is offered through chat, email, and help-center resources, with stated limits on the support scope.
Who it is for
It suits sales teams that need account plans built from company information and existing activity records, including context carried between presale and postsale. Teams should also consider its custom-quote pricing and stated support exclusions.
What is good
- Identifies expansion opportunities and coverage gaps
- Maps stakeholders by title, seniority, and department
- Carries account context from presale to postsale
- Includes Salesforce integration and CRM API connections
- Users can opt out of AI features
What to know first
- Pricing is available by request
- Support excludes custom development
- Support excludes on-site support
Verdict
Backstory focuses on account coverage, stakeholder context, and carrying sales information through the customer handoff. Its integration breadth and custom pricing make it worth assessing against the systems and support scope a team needs.
Backstory Account Strategy & Execution plans and pricing
All plansCompared on account planning software
- Stakeholder management
- Yes
- Relationship maps
- Yes
- Whitespace analysis
- Yes
- Account action tracking
- Yes
- CRM synchronization
- Yes
- Account hierarchy
- Yes



