CIS Configurator vs. Conga Composer

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CIS Configurator
Score 8.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
CIS Configurator is software that designed to help sales reps; re-sellers and customers create accurate quotes for custom products.
$6,000
5 users included
Conga Composer
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Conga Composer is a document generation and automation tool designed to simplify and streamline the process of creating and distributing customized documents, presentations, and reports. Conga Composer integrates with any data source, including CRM systems like Salesforce, and allows users to dynamically merge data from these sources into templates to generate personalized documents.
$20
per month per user
Pricing
CIS ConfiguratorConga Composer
Editions & Modules
CIS Configurator - Cloud
$6,000
5 users included
CIS Configurator - On Premise
$16,500
5 users included
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CIS ConfiguratorConga Composer
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup Fee$700 $60 per user (minimum 10 users)Optional
Additional DetailsAdditional fees apply fro setup to On Premise and SaaS $750 Training - 16 hours is recommended $2,800 Integration's are additional, price on request First year fees paid in advance and then quarterly
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User Ratings
CIS ConfiguratorConga Composer
Likelihood to Recommend
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(0 ratings)
8.6
(84 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
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(0 ratings)
9.0
(13 ratings)
Usability
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(0 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
Performance
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(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(8 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
CIS ConfiguratorConga Composer
Likelihood to Recommend
CIS Configurator
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Conga
We used to manually process information which are available in Salesforce to another system, right now we just click a button and these information is available in another system. This process eliminate human error and provide accurate information in our financial reporting. This process helps our accounting department provide efficiency and accuracy on providing data.
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Pros
CIS Configurator
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Conga
  • It is positive that Conga integrates with and is operated within SFDC
  • Conga allows users to tag any document with dynamic fields that map to SFDC and send it out for signature
  • Conga allows us to consistently produce quotes with the correct SKUs, Terms, & conditions at scale
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Cons
CIS Configurator
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Conga
  • It is challenging to go from solutions to templates and then to each account record to generate - is there a way to generate for all?
  • the search for reports is unwieldy - can there be a "recents" to cut down on what reports we are searching through? or a way to view folders.
  • i have tried saving time by having conga composer up on several records and you can't generate records. again, if there is a way to generate for all?
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Likelihood to Renew
CIS Configurator
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Conga
Though I love how easily Conga Composer ties into Salesforce and its given analytics, it takes a lot of data entry to get up and running. I don't love that sometimes queries can take a long time to pull. I like keeping our marketing templates consistent via templates in the system. Pulling multiple objects into one report is fantastic too.
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Usability
CIS Configurator
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Conga
It's a fairly simple tool to integrate into your current business structure. When we've had issues, we were able to resolve them extremely quickly. The users click a button and it can bring in all the quote lines, and our credit application seamlessly into our tool. I'd definitely recommend it to other colleagues
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Performance
CIS Configurator
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Conga
This product appears to work well. It was not a fit for us this time, but we would consider in future
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Support Rating
CIS Configurator
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Conga
It's been hit and miss depending on the issue. We use javascript to generate the urls which has confused many techs even though it generates a clean url - they are overwhelmed by the concept of code and can't understand that the url is all that matters.
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Implementation Rating
CIS Configurator
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Conga
It was painful internally to build out all of the templates, but the actual implementation of the product was okay.
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Alternatives Considered
CIS Configurator
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Conga
I think Nintex is the primary competitor for Conga Composer, but I have not personally used it. I was not present for the decision to purchase Conga but I would recommend it in future document automation vendor selection processes because I have seen how well it works! We are especially fond of complementary features in Conga Composer, including Conga Email Templates and Conga Global Merge.
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Return on Investment
CIS Configurator
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Conga
  • Without Conga Composer we wouldn't be able to auto generate documents in Salesforce, the extra customisation is needed.
  • The ROI is obvious when it comes to having customised documents
  • As long as the data is available in Salesforce, it's available in Conga, and so we have no issues with it's efficiency
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ScreenShots

CIS Configurator Screenshots

Screenshot of Web enabled Configure Price QuoteScreenshot of Generate accurate item lists and BOM'sScreenshot of Create your product rules for guided sellingScreenshot of Quote edit screen for all users

Conga Composer Screenshots

Screenshot of how documents are created automatically, directly from SalesforceScreenshot of documents generated with any data, from any object - standard or customScreenshot of Conga Document GenerationScreenshot of popular document formats available, like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, HTML, and PDFScreenshot of how large documents are sent via a link - and they provide visibility into customer document engagementScreenshot of how multiple documents can be sent with one or no clicks