Conga CPQ vs. NiftyQuoter

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Conga CPQ
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Conga CPQ empowers sales, partners, and customers to efficiently configure complex products and services offerings, and provide personalized prices and quotes, utilizing codified product and pricing information - to drive higher win rates and a more pleasurable buying experience. Conga CPQ also helps to maintain a single price book, discounting structure, and quoting structure across all channels. With an API-first approach, configuration, pricing, or quoting capabilities that can…
$35
per month per user
NiftyQuoter
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
NiftyQuoter is a sales proposal automation software solution offered by NiftyQuoter.
$29
per month
Pricing
Conga CPQNiftyQuoter
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Freelancer
$29.00
per month
Team
$39.00
per month
Business
$89.00
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Conga CPQNiftyQuoter
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
Conga CPQNiftyQuoter
CPQ
Comparison of CPQ features of Product A and Product B
Conga CPQ
7.6
32 Ratings
12% below category average
NiftyQuoter
-
Ratings
Quote sharing/sending7.930 Ratings00 Ratings
Product configuration7.232 Ratings00 Ratings
Configuration options8.532 Ratings00 Ratings
Pricing rules7.631 Ratings00 Ratings
Price adjustment6.931 Ratings00 Ratings
Purchase history and open contracts6.226 Ratings00 Ratings
Guided selling/Sales portal7.125 Ratings00 Ratings
CPQ reporting & analytics5.628 Ratings00 Ratings
CPQ-CRM integration8.830 Ratings00 Ratings
Attachments to quotes9.231 Ratings00 Ratings
Order capturing8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Proposal Creation & Organization
Comparison of Proposal Creation & Organization features of Product A and Product B
Conga CPQ
-
Ratings
NiftyQuoter
8.2
2 Ratings
2% above category average
Proposal branding00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Proposal templates00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Proposal content library updates00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Guided proposal creation00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Searchable proposal database00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Proposal Collaboration & Workflow
Comparison of Proposal Collaboration & Workflow features of Product A and Product B
Conga CPQ
-
Ratings
NiftyQuoter
8.2
2 Ratings
0% above category average
RFP management & response00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Proposal collaboration & approval00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
User permissions/proposal editing controls00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Sales proposal workflow00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Proposal automation user interface00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Proposal Delivery
Comparison of Proposal Delivery features of Product A and Product B
Conga CPQ
-
Ratings
NiftyQuoter
9.0
2 Ratings
11% above category average
Proposal distribution00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Interactive proposals00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Proposal content tracking00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
Conga CPQNiftyQuoter
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
(46 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.8
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(3 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.0
(4 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
1.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Conga CPQNiftyQuoter
Likelihood to Recommend
Conga
I think the case when I would recommend Conga CPQ is in a legacy org. In that case, the older style and configuration might be more useful, and you are less likely to find yourself forced to upgrade to lightning. If you are already using lightning, or migrating to lightning, then I would only recommend Conga CPQ if the alternative does not support the features you need.
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NiftyQuoter
NiftyQuoter is so simple to use that when we have a new employee it is not difficult to train them ow to creat quotes. I also think that most customers appreciate the ease of navigating in NiftyQuoter. If you are pumping out between 25-50 quotes per week it is super easy to track them all as well.
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Pros
Conga
  • The perceived power strength is that it is supposed to contain CPQ, Contract Management, Document generation and template manipulation, and cash/invoice process all in one wrapped package.
  • It was developed on the Force.com platform.
  • They provide multiple releases of their product per year.
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NiftyQuoter
  • Is easy to create new proposals with templates, themes & modules based approach.
  • It provides us data about what is happening on the client's side. When they reviewed our proposal, how many times, and who they shared it with.
  • Provides good integration with many other apps, which help us save time.
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Cons
Conga
  • Apttus has not completely transitioned from a product suite to a product platform vendor. Upgrades of certain products can have interoperability issues with other products in the Apttus stack. Our pain point here was attempting to use Apttus Xauthor for Excel to get around product line limitations in the Apttus CPQ shopping cart. The ultimate resolution was for us to upgrade and leverage the latest version of CPQ, where pricing callback limitations were addressed by client side processing, rather than the hybrid Xauthor process we tried to use.
  • Upgrades in general require significant testing to ensure no unanticipated issues occur. We have a complete Salesforce sandbox dedicated to providing an environment for testing any modifications or upgrades.
  • Apttus support model almost requires you to purchase premium support. Given the CPQ system is complex, the level of skilled support available through basic support require you to escalate several times before getting to a resource that can address your issue.
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NiftyQuoter
  • I personally wish there was a function to switch from a military time to a regular time like most people would use.
  • I think that it could be more clear to the client as to where they need to go to accept the quote. Often times I will get calls saying they do not see an accept the quote option available.
  • NiftyQuoter has a hard time for some reason remembering your password. It seems most of the time I have to manually type my email and password in and I wish it would just remember that for me.
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Likelihood to Renew
Conga
It is critical to our sales process. We are not satisfied with all aspects of the product and have gone through many tough experiences with their PS, support, and PD teams -- but we're not unhappy enough to re-build what we're already built
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NiftyQuoter
No answers on this topic
Usability
Conga
Conga CPQ is a great tool but lacks good support and [a] very limited knowledge base which doesn't include day to day errors which users face, thus leading us to support and take more time in turn. Also cart performance can be improved drastically which will enhance the user experience as the user doesn't have to wait for the pricing.
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NiftyQuoter
This Software is so easy to use we can typically train people on how to use the basics within an hour or two. Some of the more unique features will take longer but all in all, it is super user-friendly and I have heard very little otherwise from our team. I will say for me personally it is a truly great software that makes my work way easier than it would be without it.
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Reliability and Availability
Conga
I have not heard of any issue
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NiftyQuoter
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Conga
Tier1/tier 2 support can only handle native functionality. Customizations have to be escalated to developers which aren’t included in the support program.

I go ahead and copy the people I directly worked with on implementation for assistance. I would rate them an 8 for support assistance.
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NiftyQuoter
Anytime we have had any issues there team is very quick to respond and helo us through any issues that may arise. This is quite unique as much other software that we use if we end up needing assistance we either have to wait days/weeks for an answer or we outright get no answers from them.
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Online Training
Conga
We attended 5 hours worth of webinars early on.

We had to understand how objects worked to figure out how to structure our data.

I would have liked more in-depth training but it would have been an additional cost
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NiftyQuoter
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Conga
Be iterative. Take the opportunity to build a catalog based on how Apttus works well. Learn the tool yourself or use an SI. Take the time to build a configuration / pricing migration tool with X-Author for Excel or roll your own. Stick with OOTB Apttus as any customization will cost you every time a new version is released
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NiftyQuoter
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Conga
We selected Apttus CPQ over SteelBrick due to the simplicity of SteelBrick's out of the box pricing and ability to customize quoted products. As a global organization with selling a highly configurable products, we felt the ability of Apttus to handle our requirements as standard functionalty rather than a customization was a material difference between the platforms.
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NiftyQuoter
We used QuoteRoller and PandaDoc for some time before moving to NiftyQuoter. The difference in results, interface intuitiveness, and time saved was what made NiftyQuoter stick.
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Return on Investment
Conga
  • The ability to generate engineered configurations that is right by construction has reduced the cycle time of the customer engagement. The fact that we are able to guide the process and end up with a validated bill of material reduces the iterations with the customers.
  • As long as the validations rules are correct the generated bill of material is accurate. We are now looking at using Apttus to perform quality checks in our product rules since the tool is able to test different configurations quickly and efficiently.
  • Configuration that use to take weeks and consumed valuable engineering resources has been transformed to become a customer facing application that is simple enough for customer to self-service.
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NiftyQuoter
  • Our proposals approval ratio increased by 30% since we started using NiftyQuoter.
  • It is slightly more time-consuming than I would have expected.
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ScreenShots

Conga CPQ Screenshots

Screenshot of Unlimited Product Capability - Can validate any combination of rules & constraints with an unlimited number of configuration attributes​.Screenshot of Model & deploy any pricing structure or strategy​ - pricing intelligence & discounting rules​ and profitability insights ​& margin visibility​Screenshot of Simple to complex product & pricing configurations​Screenshot of Helps sellers to quote accurately and spend less time selling, no matter how complex a business becomes.