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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CaptivateIQ

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/ACaptivateIQ in San Francisco offers their flagship sales commission management product designed to enable companies to manage and tailor mission critical sales incentive compensation programs for their workforce.N/A

    Chargebee

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AChargeBee is an all in one subscription billing solution designed to handle all the complexity of recurring billing. The product integrates with a range of other SaaS applications including SalesForce, accounting, and order fulfillment systems. Some key features include: Managed Subscription Billing, Flexible Billing Support and Automated Notifications.

    $599

    per month for up to USD 100K of billing per month; 0.75% on billing thereafter

    Pricing
    CaptivateIQChargebee
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Scale
    $599
    per month for up to USD 100K of billing per month; 0.75% on billing thereafter
    Enterprise
    Contact sales team
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CaptivateIQChargebee
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—No transaction based fees. No setup cost.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    CaptivateIQChargebee
    Considered Both Products
    CaptivateIQ
    No answer on this topic
    Chargebee
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    99%
    Would buy again
    350 Answers
    77%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    236 Answers
    69%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    350 Answers
    77%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    206 Answers
    78%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    175 Answers
    57%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    CaptivateIQChargebee
    Sales ICM
    Comparison of Sales ICM features of CaptivateIQ and Chargebee
    Feature
    CaptivateIQ
    8.2
    337 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Chargebee
    -
    Ratings
    Sales compensation plan creation8.4271 Ratings00 Ratings
    Complex sales crediting8.5245 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales compensation process automation9.1312 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incentive auditing/regulation compliance8.1211 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales compensation dashboards & forecasting8.2281 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incentive modeling8.2207 Ratings00 Ratings
    Agile incentive strategy8.1176 Ratings00 Ratings
    ICM mobile visibility6.6166 Ratings00 Ratings
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    CaptivateIQChargebee
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    Score8.8 out of 10
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    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CaptivateIQChargebee
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (353 ratings)
    7.1
    (22 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (15 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (53 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    CaptivateIQChargebee
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CaptivateIQ
    In terms of setting up special incentive programs, it might be better to have those paid out directly. Sometimes the system needs to be manually updated if for say a special service is sold to a pre-existing company. On our end we have to create "new customers" to reflect these new structures of incentives. It still works on CIQ, but it would be helpful for something on the site to allow us to modify this directly.
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    Chargebee
    Well-suited:
    • In a B2B set up - Post achieving some scale and having outgrown Google Sheets/ Excels. Won't add much value if you are dealing with fewer than 400-500 invoices a year.
    • We haven't explored their B2C subscription management side - but that is one of the key strengths of the platform.
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    Pros
    CaptivateIQ
    • Employee Self-Service: CapIQ include self-service portals for employees. This allows them to access their compensation details, track their performance, and understand how their pay is structured.
    • Error reduction - Manual calculation of incentives and bonuses is prone to errors, especially in organizations with complex compensation structures involving multiple variables, such as sales targets, performance metrics, and different payout rates. These errors can result in underpayments, overpayments, or discrepancies in compensation, which can lead to dissatisfaction among employees.
    • Real-Time Updates: In dynamic environments, compensation plans may change frequently due to shifts in business goals or market conditions. Compensation incentive software can quickly adapt to these changes, ensuring that compensation calculations remain accurate even as plans are updated. CapIQ allowed me to track my incentives live.
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    Chargebee
    • Reliable: We've had virtually no issues since launch.
    • Care about customers: Chargebee's account managers/support team have always been very helpful/responsive.
    • Feature-rich: Chargebee has a ton of features that help us do what we want and they are consistently adding new features every quarter.
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    Cons
    CaptivateIQ
    • Reporting is challenging. Even exporting payouts requires selecting a date, so if I want a full year of payouts for the entire team, I have to run 12 reports and combine the data. They have a reporting function, but it also requires a significant setup, and I have yet to figure out how to combine data from all of our plans with different columns.
    • Tracking down changes from prior periods can be tricky. This usually happens due to user error (whoops - admin set up something not quite right), but it might be nice to easily see what changed or why there is an increase or decrease from a prior period impacting the current payout.
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    Chargebee
    • It wasn't allowing us to add a one time purchase without making it an ongoing subscription with only one payment. They may have fixed it very recently but that was a big pain from a reporting perspective (it was including one time purchasers as subscribers)
    • Email automation is not very robust. Difficult to customize triggers by subscription, you have to send the same message to all subscribers for a specific action
    • Wish it had a way to write off and cancel the subscription of customers who haven't updated their cc info. That can be a long painful and very manual process. And if that feature is available somewhere they don't do a good job of making that clear.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    CaptivateIQ
    It fits our need and allows a lot of piece of mind. It has a lot of features we like and they keep innovativing and adding to it.
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    Chargebee
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    CaptivateIQ
    I give this rating because I think that this works really well, and it helps our teams see things faster and we are able to keep up with pay outs, I give Captivate a 10/10 because I love the format and how quickly we are able to see the payouts
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    Chargebee
    It's very easy to use once you know what you're doing. I found it very straight forward once I got the hang of things and was able to create plans easily for my business. I was also able to just charge my clients right away easily. Refunding was also easy when needed.
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    Support Rating
    CaptivateIQ
    We used support during our initial setup regarding statment errors. They were quick and concise to respond and help us solve our issues regarding this. They also directed us to the office hours that enabled us to learn of new features and upcoming announcements.
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    Chargebee
    Chargebee is simple to use, and we have had little need for support.
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    Implementation Rating
    CaptivateIQ
    I worked with a vendor to implement. CIQ support was very good. The implementation was very fast, particularly compared to other platforms
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    Chargebee
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    CaptivateIQ
    Spiff is super sleek and a top contender, honestly, though the price point difference between Captivate and Spiff took Spiff off the table quickly for us. Sales Cookie: we used it for a bit as Captivate didn't have a Hubspot integration, but we quickly outgrew the software and needed a more complex solution. Xactly just doesn't have a great user experience and level of customization needed for our plans. All of this to say, Captivate absolutely wins every time on value for cost and functionality compared to other solutions we have vetted.
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    Chargebee
    The major reason to go with chargebee is its costing as compared to its competitors it is much useful and value for money.Also it has many features that is very practical and efficient to use it.I recommend to the people who involves low costing as well as futuristic features.
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    Return on Investment
    CaptivateIQ
    • As a sales representative in this 700+ employee company, I couldn't tell you the ROI.
    • I will say it probably saves me an hour a month compared to traditional compensation reviews/approvals (think about PER representative)
    • There was an increase in sales representative satisfaction with commission tracking.
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    Chargebee
    • It was a step in the right direction compared to ReCharge
    • It had negative impacts on our revenue before we had our developers put some work into improving its capabilities with our website and software
    • Now, we are seeing some positive results (after some costly updating from our end)
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    CaptivateIQ Screenshots

    Screenshot of Automatically syncs commission data to power commission reports in real-time across every team. Data sources can be integrated directly into the commission system.Screenshot of Customized user access and visibility into commission plans and data to meet security and compliance requirements.Screenshot of The Approvals workflow, where reps and managers can ensure every payout is correct before it’s distributed.Screenshot of Displays for business performance by team, comp plan, territory, or any other metric to make data-driven decisions.Screenshot of The reps' view into earnings, with a homepage and customizable commissions statements that outline how much they've earned, details by deal, and future earning potential to keep them motivated.

    Chargebee Screenshots

    Screenshot of Chargebee's metrics and reportingScreenshot of the Recurring Business Command CentreScreenshot of customer subscription nanagement organized onto a single page, where users can change plans, edit card details, add add-ons, apply credits, apply ad hoc charges and delay billing dateScreenshot of the customizable hosted checkout page