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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

    Everstage

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AEverstage is a no-code commissions automation platform that provides a transparent and gamified incentives experience to customer-facing teams.N/A

    QuotaPath

    Score8.4 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    QuotaPath automates the commission process, helping revenue teams manage and track variable pay. Teams that use QuotaPath gain real-time visibility into commissions and forecasted earnings.

    $250

    per month per user

    Pricing
    CaptivateIQEverstageQuotaPath
    Editions & Modules
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    Essential
    $25
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Growth
    $35
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Premium
    $50
    per month (billed annually) per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CaptivateIQEverstageQuotaPath
    Free Trial
    NoYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——QuotaPath has three pricing editions, each with a platform fee that includes the all-in cost of QuotaPath for teams with up to five users. (This includes user access, ongoing support, integration implementations, and is billed annually. Any users beyond the first five have a per-seat cost relative to their associated tier.) The Growth tier offers a free trial.
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    Considered Multiple Products
    CaptivateIQ
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    Everstage
    Chose Everstage
    Better UI and easy to use and understand. In short it is not much complexed
    Incentivized
    Chose Everstage
    Analysis of Data transparency when exercising order data in real time, The organisation must maintain a specific emphasis on the objective that was established more than ten years ago and is currently supported by an appropriate data format. For minor level analysis, an …
    Incentivized
    QuotaPath
    Chose QuotaPath
    CaptivateIQ operates in more of a spreadsheet fashion. I appreciated its extreme customizability but it isn't for everyone.
    Incentivized
    Chose QuotaPath
    Xactly Incent was very difficult to configure. And UI wasn't very friendly. Spiff and CaptivateIQ had a good UI but the learning and coding required was going to be too much for the short window of time before implementation was due. QuotaPath was able to build our comp plans …
    Incentivized
    Chose QuotaPath
    I haven't used CaptivateIQ but got a demo of it and its pricing. QuotaPath is much more affordable and allows me to be more hands-on with it. CaptivateIQ has a platform fee and the cost per seat is much higher. It does allow for more customization over QuotaPath but our plans …
    Incentivized
    Chose QuotaPath
    We also evaluated Concert but I'm not seeing that as an option. We selected QuotaPath over all others because of the stunning UI/UX, the self serve option at the beginning, and the streamlined onboarding process.
    Incentivized
    Chose QuotaPath
    Way too cumbersome to setup, high implementation costs, not built for our size business
    Incentivized
    Chose QuotaPath
    Simplicity and streamlined implementation
    Incentivized
    Chose QuotaPath
    QP was the most affordable and transparent with their pricing.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    CaptivateIQEverstageQuotaPath
    Sales ICM
    Comparison of Sales ICM features of CaptivateIQ and Everstage and QuotaPath
    Feature
    CaptivateIQ
    8.2
    337 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Everstage
    9.5
    226 Ratings
    19% above category average
    QuotaPath
    9.7
    23 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Sales compensation plan creation8.4271 Ratings9.5218 Ratings9.923 Ratings
    Complex sales crediting8.5245 Ratings9.2205 Ratings9.819 Ratings
    Sales compensation process automation9.1312 Ratings9.5219 Ratings9.922 Ratings
    Incentive auditing/regulation compliance8.1211 Ratings9.6207 Ratings9.618 Ratings
    Sales compensation dashboards & forecasting8.2281 Ratings9.4225 Ratings9.823 Ratings
    Incentive modeling8.2207 Ratings9.6217 Ratings9.620 Ratings
    Agile incentive strategy8.1176 Ratings9.7188 Ratings9.716 Ratings
    ICM mobile visibility6.6166 Ratings9.1188 Ratings9.414 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    CaptivateIQEverstageQuotaPath
    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Everstage
    Score9.1 out of 10
    QuotaPath
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Everstage
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Salesforce Spiff
    Score8.8 out of 10
    CaptivateIQ
    Score9.3 out of 10
    CaptivateIQ
    Score9.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CaptivateIQEverstageQuotaPath
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (353 ratings)
    9.1
    (226 ratings)
    9.8
    (23 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    8.4
    (14 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (15 ratings)
    9.2
    (31 ratings)
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    Availability
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    8.6
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    Performance
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    8.6
    (3 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    9.0
    (53 ratings)
    7.9
    (10 ratings)
    9.9
    (11 ratings)
    In-Person Training
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    4.6
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    Online Training
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    8.2
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    Implementation Rating
    8.2
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    7.3
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    Configurability
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    7.7
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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    7.3
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    Ease of integration
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    8.6
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    Professional Services
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    User Testimonials
    CaptivateIQEverstageQuotaPath
    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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    Everstage
    Everstage is well suited for smaller sales teams as it is little rigid with handling changes and maintenance is a task. Managing and computing on everstage is accurate and fast but making changes will require you to take help from the support team. They have an amazing support team to help you out.
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    QuotaPath
    Well suited for getting your sales team visibility on their efforts, it’s great for showing how and why commissions payout as they do with each deal. Adjustments can also be made very quickly on the backend if needed. It’s straightforward and quick to set up and doesn’t require much training, which is very good for smaller-end businesses and sales forces. It doesn’t work well with more nuanced deals that may age multiple pay points or for larger sales forces, and some custom CRMs will have trouble or be incompatible.
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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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    Everstage
    • User friendly UI - It is easy to navigate the platform and learn the details without any additional help.
    • Ability to show the underlying formula that was used to calculate commissions.
    • Provide visibility on how far the consultant is from achieving their quarterly quota.
    • Automatically publish leader board for the team based on performance that drives the sense of friendly competition to succeed.
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    QuotaPath
    • We don’t have to calculate commissions in Excel anymore! It takes a fraction of the time it used to calculate commissions. Saves about 1-2 days on month end close. I like that it is easy for me and reps to drill down and see the calculations of their payouts. Reps can see calcs all month long instead of having to wait until the end of the month, so acts as a motivator. Sales managers can manage their direct reports better.
    • When I first started using QP, I was not thrilled with the quota attainment reporting for dollars, percent, and team management. I’m glad that they added leaderboards and are working on better reporting. I like the UX and UI of the whole software.
    • I like being able to export the following easily to Excel – resolved payouts for all payouts, payouts by rep, and Ledger (ASC 606) info.
    • Admins can request that reps acknowledge their plans through QP, which helps with compliance and ensures we are in agreement with calculations. I like that they are adding a docusign feature.
    • You can easily adjust earnings if a correction is needed, even after the month is closed. Just make sure you reverse from the end of the process (i.e. undo in ledger, undo the resolved payout, delete the unresolved payout, un-approve the deal).
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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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    Everstage
    • Improving the user interface of Everstage could enhance its usability and make it more intuitive for team leaders and users.
    • Offering more advanced customization options would provide organizations with greater flexibility to tailor Everstage to their specific needs.
    • Integration with Third-Party Tools would be very helpful.
    • Developing a mobile app for Everstage would provide users with the convenience of accessing the tool on-the-go.
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    QuotaPath
    • More workspace roles with the ability to customize what each user is able to do. Currently, there's only member and team manager. The team manager currently has too much power and we want to remove some of the things they're able to do like approve deals.
    • When you sync a deal from the CRM, you can override the earnings but you cannot override the field value you're syncing over. It would be great if that was possible.
    • When you want to exclude a deal, you have to go in the filters and add a rule to exclude the ID. It would be better if there's an option to reject deals in certain paths as an approver.
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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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    Everstage
    The reason to give this rating is corely because of multiple level analysis, everstage provide product level analysis which is truly beneficial for any business manager, we can understand which product is doing good in the organization and we can understand which sales executive is selling more which course. The sales executives can understand their next stage of the incentive and monthly target left to do
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    QuotaPath
    I don't have buying decision but we have input on the software or solutions we use and this has been a game changer to review our commissions. Quota Path makes it very easy to ensure we are on target. Saves us a lot of time compared to using spreadsheets
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    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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    Everstage
    Everstage provides a modern functional incentive platform that supports accurate sales compensation calculation. With Everstage in place our organization is experienced a huge savings in time and costs, and was able to boot sales team engagement. From automation to compensation visibility, analytics to integration with our back office systems and CRM, Everstage covered all our bases.
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    QuotaPath
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    CaptivateIQ
    No answers on this topic
    Everstage
    All team have nothing but high praise for the live element of Everstage -
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    QuotaPath
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    CaptivateIQ
    No answers on this topic
    Everstage
    Pages load quickly and dashboards refresh reliably under normal conditions. Reports complete in reasonable timeframes for standard queries. The Salesforce integration runs smoothly without noticeable slowdowns
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    QuotaPath
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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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    Everstage
    It's Wonderful. They have been accessible when in need. the response is immediate and genuine. the support wait time is not too long either. when a fault is pointed out, thy accept it and try to work on it and within a week they try to find a better option to resolve the issue. Accepting and working to deliver better is really appreciable thing. Kudos to the team on that
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    QuotaPath
    I ran into some issues with setting up an MRR earning path. Their customer service team was readily available to assist, provide guidance and get their hands on our setup, which made getting this up and running much easier. Also (shame on me), I missed a couple of calls with my CSM, Daniel, but he never got frustrated with my absence. In fact, he was always able to reschedule and was flexible with my schedule — when we were able to connect, he was a major, major help.
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    In-Person Training
    CaptivateIQ
    No answers on this topic
    Everstage
    our team leader spoke very highly of the training and the positive experience. This then brought the team on board and were looking forward to a positive experience of a product to minimise manual tasks and room for human error ! All the team have nothing but high praise for the product.
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    QuotaPath
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    Online Training
    CaptivateIQ
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    Everstage
    Our team leader in US was responsible and involved with this and they spoke very highly of the training and product. This is what really brought the whole team on board. From this response and interaction the team really looked forward to using the product which was a great intro !!!
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    QuotaPath
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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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    Everstage
    Our team leader led the implementation - but then implemented with our team directly and all of our team comment very positively about EverStage
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    QuotaPath
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    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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    Everstage
    It was a company decision, Excel was not automated and had high chances of human error and if not updated properly there may be chances of someone losing out on their attainment Ever stage being automated and linked to salesforce there is very less probability of mistake and also transparency in the records
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    QuotaPath
    Xactly Incent was very difficult to configure. And UI wasn't very friendly. Spiff and CaptivateIQ had a good UI but the learning and coding required was going to be too much for the short window of time before implementation was due. QuotaPath was able to build our comp plans in less than a month so we could focus on the necessary configuration of data in Salesforce.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    CaptivateIQ
    No answers on this topic
    Everstage
    I don’t have this visibility. But heard from team it good
    Incentivized
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    QuotaPath
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    CaptivateIQ
    No answers on this topic
    Everstage
    Sales, Finance, and HR all operate off the same platform without friction. Managing multiple incentive plans across B2B and B2C segments simultaneously demonstrated its scalability firsthand.
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    QuotaPath
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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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    Everstage
    • It helps me to track my progress in terms of Commission earned and motivate me to work harder to earn more.
    • It's Statement feature helps me to track my previous performance.
    • It's user friendly interface helps every individual to get all details very easily.
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    QuotaPath
    • Reduce commission calculations from a full day to minutes
    • Provides both managers and reps with insight into their earnings
    • Highly flexible plan structuring that allowed us to pay based on our objectives
    • While saving money on the elimination of manual commission processing (+/12c days per year) I believe the real payback has been the way it has helped us to better incentivize and motivate our reps
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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.

    Everstage Screenshots

    Screenshot of on-demand commission data and advanced payout forecasting to drive performance of customer-facing teams .Screenshot of commission plans that can be configured from scratch or with readily-available templates using Everstage's no-code plan designer.Screenshot of the integrations available with the entire techstack including CRMs, ERP, HRIS, data warehouses and more to collect, calculate and communicate payout data.Screenshot of Everstage’s custom dashboards and advanced reporting provide commission tracking, as a single source of truth.Screenshot of where commission budgets can simulate how much payees will earn against each commission plan using the Time Machine feature.

    QuotaPath Screenshots

    Screenshot of the scalable team workflows that automate commission management, with task prioritization and success insights.Screenshot of the home experience for reps to create ownership for their compensation, where they can see updates from the last time they logged in (including deals with commissions earned), understand how they are performing, and forecast earnings based on their pipeline.Screenshot of quota attainment tracking and forecasting, to understand how individual reps and teams are pacing toward goals, with leaderboards to motivate teams with friendly competition.Screenshot of payout schedules for earned amounts, with the option to split commissions into multiple payouts with installments, and explanations of clawbacks to catch overpayments. Reps can cross-reference their earnings and know exactly what will be on their paycheck.Screenshot of the AI-Powered Plan Builder, which enables quick setups and adjustments to build and execute your comp plans in QuotaPath. Describe your plan in a few words, or upload a PDF of your plan, and allow AI to configure it for QuotaPath.Screenshot of the self-serve integrations to connect data, with CRM connections like HubSpot and Salesforce and invoicing systems like Quickbooks and Stripe.