Conga CLM vs. PandaDoc

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Conga CLM
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Conga CLM (formerly Conga Contracts, or Novatus) is a contract management software solution built around features such as contract creation, automated notifications, and approval and workflows.
$35
per month per user
PandaDoc
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
PandaDoc headquartered in San Francisco offers their eponymous electronic signature platform for sales teams, containing sales proposal automation and CPQ (configure, price, quote) features, and integration with CRMs.
$19
per user/per month
Pricing
Conga CLMPandaDoc
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Essentials
$19
per user/per month
Business
$49
per user/per month
Enterprise
Contact sales team
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Conga CLMPandaDoc
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional DetailsPandaDoc offers a free eSign plan and 3 paid packages for eSigning and document automation starting at $19 per month per user. All plans include unlimited documents and eSignatures. Evaluations start with a free 14-day trial.
More Pricing Information
Features
Conga CLMPandaDoc
Contract Authoring
Comparison of Contract Authoring features of Product A and Product B
Conga CLM
8.3
17 Ratings
1% above category average
PandaDoc
-
Ratings
Contract creation8.916 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract templates8.416 Ratings00 Ratings
Clause library/saved fields8.817 Ratings00 Ratings
Guided logic7.016 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Collaboration
Comparison of Contract Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Conga CLM
8.7
16 Ratings
4% above category average
PandaDoc
-
Ratings
Contract sharing9.416 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract editing9.416 Ratings00 Ratings
Collaborating on contracts7.516 Ratings00 Ratings
MS Word plug-in9.814 Ratings00 Ratings
Approval process8.916 Ratings00 Ratings
Interdepartmental workflows7.416 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Monitoring
Comparison of Contract Monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Conga CLM
9.1
15 Ratings
7% above category average
PandaDoc
-
Ratings
Contract database8.515 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract search9.814 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract milestone reminders & alerts9.412 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom contract reports8.413 Ratings00 Ratings
Tracking contract status8.914 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance check9.812 Ratings00 Ratings
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Conga CLMPandaDoc
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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 9.6 out of 10
Enterprises
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DocuSign CLM
Score 8.7 out of 10
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Score 8.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
Conga CLMPandaDoc
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(17 ratings)
9.0
(304 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(18 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(3 ratings)
8.0
(23 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.7
(21 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(3 ratings)
5.2
(23 ratings)
In-Person Training
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
6.3
(4 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(1 ratings)
2.8
(3 ratings)
Ease of integration
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(20 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.6
(4 ratings)
Professional Services
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.9
(20 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
6.7
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
Conga CLMPandaDoc
Likelihood to Recommend
Conga
CLM is best suited for Medium to Large size corporations, in my opinion. Organizations need to be informed in order to be successful; they must have a team prepared to own and manage the CLM tool once implementation is complete. Great for B2B and B2C. Highly recommend it to those in question about purchasing for their organization.
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PandaDoc
It is very well suited for proposal/quotation/contract writing, including adding lots of marketing-type content and sales copy. It also works well for employment contracts. However, it struggles with having more than one user looking at the same document, which hinders collaboration. If you want something very flashy, it may not be the best fit, as the layouts are more simple.
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Pros
Conga
  • You don't have to worry about different clauses. You can just create them and bundle them based on your Contract.
  • Conga contracts come with great redline and true-up features which makes the negotiation process way easy.
  • You can integrate it with Conga composer to generate the Contract document and also can integrate it with Conga sign to send the generated contract for signature.
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PandaDoc
  • Templatization of different documents
  • Reminder system to remind clients to view and sign documents
  • Easily save different pages as templates to add or remove them from future documents
  • Easily collect signatures from clients and view the progress of all documents in one dashboard.
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Cons
Conga
  • X-author for Word can be improved as it does not maintain a stable connection and the org gets disconnected frequently.
  • It does not support grandparent relationship for merge field population.
  • A separate package needs to be installed for the integration of CPQ and CLM tools from Conga.
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PandaDoc
  • I would like to see the ability to LOCK a field instead of locking an entire block or document.
  • I would like to see more standard features that need to be part of the service instead of add-ons.
  • Would like to see an option to allow different levels of users than just the two standard options.
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Likelihood to Renew
Conga
Simple and easy to use for the legal team to creates contracts in Salesforce and with the help of conga contract attaches the different clauses through the bundle and sends them for negotiation and for signature. This is the primary work they do from Conga contracts. We had solution which is build using conga contracts, conga composer and conga sign
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PandaDoc
The reason I gave it a rating of 7 is because it's probable, but not for sure. This is because there are a few little things we don't love about pandadoc. Mostly that there is not conditional logic such as: they must either fill this field out OR this one. Also it's a little pricey. But we'll probably stay because it's good enough and a pain to switch to something new
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Usability
Conga
For users, the software is very intuitive. For admins, there's a learning curve.
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PandaDoc
Once you get the hang of it, it's very easy to use. There can be a slightly steep learning curve to get fully in on the system. The new editor v2 has really improved usability and allows us to collaborate on documents simultaneously. Once the templates and library items are set up, a new document, whether it be a sales or HR document, takes very little time to complete.
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Reliability and Availability
Conga
We never faced any issue till date
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PandaDoc
We haven't had any real issues regarding downtime as of yet.
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Performance
Conga
Everything is perfect
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PandaDoc
The documents load quickly for the most part but sometimes if there are larger documents with a high number of variables it could take a bit longer to get the document to show up. Most of the time the document comes on the screen relatively quickly allowing for quick access to documents to be edited and sent out.
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Support Rating
Conga
Very very difficult to get support. The support team is great for simple, general questions. If we ran into anything complex, we usually would figure it out before they could help us. We often were bounced around from rep to rep
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PandaDoc
Recently I could not upload a pdf to a contract - support was very responsive and easy to work with. They got back to me the next day with an apparent fix - however when I opened the document nothing had changed. I then could not respond to the rep who was helping me because it was a "no-reply address", the problem still has not been solved and we had to make alternate arrangements to get this to the client. Never had it happen before and was only with this one contract.
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In-Person Training
Conga
Conga University is very well made. Loved it!
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PandaDoc
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Conga
Conga university is best! loved it. The courses are very well designed which made learning easy and great.
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PandaDoc
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Conga
The process involved Salesforce object creation and fields with installing conga contracts and conga composer and setting up security for the users
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PandaDoc
Implementation was before the time I was here at Riafox, however, support has been great in assisting to merge spaces and upgrade to 2.0 Editor.
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Alternatives Considered
Conga
Features and Functionality: Conga CLM offers a range of features such as contract authoring, automated workflows, collaboration, version control, reporting, and analytics. It is designed to streamline the entire contract lifecycle. When comparing against other solutions, organizations should assess the specific features and functionalities they require and evaluate how well Conga CLM meets those needs.Scalability: Conga CLM is suitable for large enterprises and organizations dealing with high contract volumes and complex contract processes. It provides the scalability to handle a significant number of contracts, multiple users, and integration with other systems. Organizations should consider the scalability of Conga CLM in relation to their own contract management needs.
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PandaDoc
PandaDoc offers a free version with basic features and several tiered pricing options. The pricing is generally considered to be competitive and offers good value for the range of features provided. we often find PandaDoc intuitive and user-friendly. Its interface is designed to facilitate easy document creation and management, even for users who aren't particularly tech-savvy. PandaDoc is known for its robust document management capabilities. It offers a wide range of features such as document creation, a rich content library, customizable templates, and a user-friendly interface for creating interactive and engaging documents. It also includes CRM integrations, automated workflows, and analytics.
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Scalability
Conga
We are fully satisfied with the over all experience using conga contract
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PandaDoc
It's scalable
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Return on Investment
Conga
  • We really never saw a great ROI. We installed and then were left alone for many years despite many calls for help.
  • We were able to get out of a spreadsheet.
  • We did have an approval flow that allowed us to view where in the process each contract was, but the approval flow was also very difficult to manage and was not able to handle complex approval flows.
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PandaDoc
  • Saves a ton of time of handwriting proposals.
  • It's valuable to see when a prospect or an existing client views their proposal.
  • If you have a good designer to create the templates, the proposals will look professional. The existing templates Pandadoc provides are nearly worthless and very difficult to customize.
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ScreenShots

Conga CLM Screenshots

Screenshot of Conga CLM: Contract request wizardScreenshot of Conga CLM: Agreement detailScreenshot of Conga CLM: Parallel reviewScreenshot of Conga CLM: Importing an offline documentScreenshot of Conga CLM: Agreement hierarchy

PandaDoc Screenshots

Screenshot of Custom-designed themes, templates, embedded rich media, and interactivity to give every deal the opportunity to get noticed.Screenshot of Automatic notifications, on-the-fly editing, CRM Integrations, and integrated eSignatures.Screenshot of Reporting, with drill down to the deal level with proposals, to pick which deals to include (or exclude).Screenshot of legally binding eSignaturesScreenshot of Centralized communications to streamline the negotiation process, and make revisions in real-time in a single location.Screenshot of Document analytics displays what’s really happening after documents are sent with real-time reporting on engagement and activity on the documents. This enables teams to respond faster to prospects.