What users are saying about
Cincom CPQ vs Tacton
3 Ratings
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Based on 3 reviews and ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Cincom CPQ
No answers on this topic
Tacton
For design automation for SOLIDWORKS, I feel Tacton Design Automation is the best solution out there. It's simple to develop and implement for the design/engineering department. But can be implemented within the sales team as well with Tacton CPQ. When a company has products that are modular and/or have many sizing updates, this is where Tacton excels. If you have products that are completely customized, then Tacton or even design automation isn't the best suited for that.
Design Automation Developer / Implementer
ClearsStream Environmental, Inc.Civil Engineering, 11-50 employees
Feature Rating Comparison
CPQ
Cincom CPQ
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Tacton
9.9
Quote sharing/sending
Cincom CPQ
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Tacton
10.0
Product configuration
Cincom CPQ
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Tacton
10.0
Configuration options
Cincom CPQ
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Tacton
9.4
Pricing rules
Cincom CPQ
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Tacton
10.0
Price adjustment
Cincom CPQ
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Tacton
10.0
Attachments to quotes
Cincom CPQ
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Tacton
10.0
Pros
Cincom CPQ
No answers on this topic
Tacton
- Tacton has a non-linear solver, meaning it can solve lots of equations without them being is a particular order. This enables the software to be incredibly flexible.
- Tacton has a great interface to set up configurators for people to use. No knowledge of programming languages is required. The configurator uses equations similar to Excel equations to control what the users options are.
- Tacton has the ability to easily add lists of data like product lists, beam or pipe sizes that because available for user selections or for calculations.
- The Tacton configurator also automatically builds the user interface as you set up user inputs making it much easier to set up then competitor software.
Principal Mechanical Engineer
ClearStream EnvironmentalCivil Engineering, 11-50 employees
Cons
Cincom CPQ
No answers on this topic
Tacton
- Layout mode is probably the most lacking aspect of the software (within Tacon Design Automation Engineer). Something so powerful as having modular parts should be more heavily supported. Although, I've heard Tacton is focusing on updating this with better functionality.
- The constraint editor does not display complex/lengthy constraints very well. I end up using Excel to visually break out in cells the different aspects of the constraint.
Design Automation Developer / Implementer
ClearsStream Environmental, Inc.Civil Engineering, 11-50 employees
Alternatives Considered
Cincom CPQ
No answers on this topic
Tacton
Drive Works is the main competitor for the TactonWorks module of Tacton. We actually discovered DriveWorks and purchased it before we discovered Tacton and started to use it. Once we discovered Tacton we liked it so much better we dropped using DriveWorks and switched to Tacton. I think you could accomplish what you need to in DriveWorks, but it is easier to setup in Tacton and Tacton has alot of features that really can make your product configurators nice
Principal Mechanical Engineer
ClearStream EnvironmentalCivil Engineering, 11-50 employees
Return on Investment
Cincom CPQ
No answers on this topic
Tacton
- Time to produce submittals went from 1-2 weeks down to a couple of days. Then, once approved, normally to produce the fabrication drawings (70+ unique parts) it would take from 4-6 weeks. We can get it down to as little as a few days.
Design Automation Developer / Implementer
ClearsStream Environmental, Inc.Civil Engineering, 11-50 employees
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Pricing Details
Cincom CPQ
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Tacton
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No