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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

    Gong

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AGong helps people and companies reach their potential. The Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform™ enables customer-facing teams to take advantage of their most valuable assets – customer interactions, which the Gong platform automatically captures and analyzes. Gong then delivers insights at scale, to empower revenue and go-to-market teams to determine the best actions for winning outcomes. The vendor boasts companies like Morningstar Inc., Paychex, LinkedIn,…N/A
    Pricing
    CaptivateIQGong
    Editions & Modules
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    CaptivateIQGong
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    CaptivateIQGong
    Considered Both Products
    CaptivateIQ
    Chose CaptivateIQ
    CaptivateIQ was much more easy to use by all parties involved including finance, accounting, sales, customer success and marketing. CaptivateIQ was also much less expensive in tracking commissions and other areas of our payouts when compared to Salesforce and other comparable …
    Incentivized
    Chose CaptivateIQ
    Xactly was much harder to use. That is why I really appreciate how easy CaptivateIQ is to use and get the information you need.
    Incentivized
    Chose CaptivateIQ
    We were previously using Spiff for our commission calculation, but it required much more time for implementation, handled exceptions much more poorly, and overall needed more hands-on support from us than we wanted. The design of dashboards and team structures is also much …
    Incentivized
    Chose CaptivateIQ
    I don't remember which ADP product I used at my previous company, but it was pretty clunky to use. The UI felt like it was 10-15 years out of date compared to CaptivateIQ, and while that may seem like a minor point, it made the user experience annoying.
    Incentivized
    Chose CaptivateIQ
    This is the first automate compensation tracking tool I've used.
    Incentivized
    Chose CaptivateIQ
    Captivate is a great tool to use to keep your commission and earnings on track! And it's easy to use.
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    Gong.io
    Chose Gong
    We felt that Gongs forecasting was superior in terms of functionality and user experience
    Incentivized
    Chose Gong
    I have not used anything aside from Gong
    Incentivized
    Chose Gong
    None
    Incentivized
    Chose Gong
    I was not in charge of selecting Gong.io for my company; it was already in place when I joined. However, I would have chosen it knowing what I know now, given that my only other experience with a comparable software was an internal system in place at my last job that was …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    99%
    Would buy again
    350 Answers
    99%
    Would buy again
    645 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    236 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    413 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    350 Answers
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    645 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    206 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    365 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    175 Answers
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    283 Answers
    Features
    CaptivateIQGong
    Sales ICM
    Comparison of Sales ICM features of CaptivateIQ and Gong
    Feature
    CaptivateIQ
    8.2
    337 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Gong
    -
    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
    Conversation Intelligence Software Features
    Comparison of Conversation Intelligence Software Features features of CaptivateIQ and Gong
    Feature
    CaptivateIQ
    -
    Ratings
    Gong
    8.8
    224 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Speech-to-Text Transcription00 Ratings9.0221 Ratings
    Keyword Detection00 Ratings9.0219 Ratings
    Sentiment Analysis00 Ratings8.1198 Ratings
    Speaker Diarization00 Ratings8.7211 Ratings
    Call Recording Playback00 Ratings9.6223 Ratings
    Call Summarization00 Ratings9.1222 Ratings
    Conversion Metrics00 Ratings8.4198 Ratings
    Keyword Search & Retrieval00 Ratings8.9215 Ratings
    Call Tagging00 Ratings8.7203 Ratings
    Integration with CRM Systems00 Ratings8.9198 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    CaptivateIQGong
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    Wingman (legacy product)
    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Everstage
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Wingman (legacy product)
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Salesforce Spiff
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CaptivateIQGong
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (353 ratings)
    9.2
    (669 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    9.4
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (15 ratings)
    9.0
    (437 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (53 ratings)
    8.2
    (100 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    4.6
    (6 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CaptivateIQGong
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Gong.io
    I think Gong is well suited when you are having a company that makes a lot of calls to clients or receives a lot of calls. It is very important. I think, from a business standpoint, to log all of the calls and conversations that are had to use in case anything ever comes up. Also, just to make sure that your employees are doing well on the calls, because you cannot monitor every single call personally. Having this as a reference point to listen to things that might be important versus not is awesome. it might be less appropriate if you are not really interacting a ton with the clients. If you are more so just doing business meetings, then it might not be needed. However, I do think it's a great tool overall because it provides the AI note recap from the calls and logs everything that might be helpful for any reason
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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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    Gong.io
    • Provides executive summaries for meeting notes and email follow ups.
    • AI Briefs allow anyone to seek information on a particular customer in a matter of seconds.
    • Scores calls such as EBRs or new business sales calls that can be used by management for coaching.
    • Provides accurate forecasting and visibility to sales leaders.
    • Theme spotter can be used to gather feedback and provide data to management for opportunities we continuously here from our clients.
    • Accurately depict key points from conversations and allows for different brief themes to quickly get the information needed for teammates throughout the organization.
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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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    Gong.io
    • A history tracker (similar to Google Sheets/Excel) - it'd be nice to see WHO was changing certain fields and when exactly.
    • Dark mode.
    • A quick checklist when getting started to ensure I'm getting the most out of the platform (e.g., Gong Connect, Gong Import).
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Gong.io
    I don't make these decisions for our company, but I would highly encourage our use of Gong to continue. Gong has been very helpful in my sales role in terms of staying organized and on top of accounts, completing actions in a timely manner, and moving deals forward with better insights
    Incentivized
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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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    Gong.io
    It does great for all the things I've mentioned. I didn't give it a 10/10 because I still think there is room to improve as far as improving the quality of the insights that are more actionable. I.e. this happened so you should think about doing this thing as a next step.
    Incentivized
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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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    Gong.io
    I give them a 10 because, I have been using Gong for over a year now and have never had issues or concerns go un resolved in a day or two. Their communication is impeccable and their tech support is very hands on and prompt
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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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    Gong.io
    This is nothing something I'm able to answer
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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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    Gong.io
    It stacks up in a different way. All of these companies try to do some feature that Gong does. Like Call recording, call analysis, AI discovery, Forecasting and Sales Activity tracking. Gong beats most, Otter.ai is a growing competitor though.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    CaptivateIQ
    No answers on this topic
    Gong.io
    I was not involved with the process
    Incentivized
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    Professional Services
    CaptivateIQ
    No answers on this topic
    Gong.io
    I was not involved with the process
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Gong.io
    • I don't have specific metrics since this feature isn't used in my job personally, but I do know that our sales and CS teams use Gong with SFDC opportunities to help with forecasting closed won opportunities based on intent captured within the call.
    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.

    Gong Screenshots

    Screenshot of Coach reps into sales superstars. Replicate what works by turning objective, data-based guidance into coachable moments for managers, peer-to-peer coaching, and self-driven improvements — without any drama.Screenshot of Find the truth in your pipeline. There are risks hiding in your pipeline, deals, and customer interactions. Get true visibility from contact to close so you can address them and call the right forecast every time.Screenshot of Bet big. And win. Gong’s early insights into what’s working — and what's not — gives your team the confidence to take big-bet initiatives to market successfully.