Conga Composer vs. Foxit PDF Editor

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Conga Composer
Score 9.3 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.
$30
per month per user
Foxit PDF Editor
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
FoxitPhantom PDF is a document management software offering from FoxIt.
$10.99
per month per user
Pricing
Conga ComposerFoxit PDF Editor
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Foxit PDF Editor
$10.99
per month per user
Foxit PDF Editor +
$13.99
per month per user
Foxit PDF Editor
$129.99
per year per user
Foxit PDF Editor+
$159.99
per year per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Conga ComposerFoxit PDF Editor
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Conga ComposerFoxit PDF Editor
Features
Conga ComposerFoxit PDF Editor
PDF Editors
Comparison of PDF Editors features of Product A and Product B
Conga Composer
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Ratings
Foxit PDF Editor
9.2
6 Ratings
8% above category average
Edit Text and Images00 Ratings9.25 Ratings
Merge or Split PDFs00 Ratings9.86 Ratings
Add Annotations00 Ratings9.76 Ratings
Text Recognition (OCR)00 Ratings8.86 Ratings
Page Management00 Ratings9.26 Ratings
Form Creation and Editing00 Ratings7.76 Ratings
Secure PDFs00 Ratings9.36 Ratings
Convert to Different Formats00 Ratings8.86 Ratings
Comment and Review Tools00 Ratings9.56 Ratings
Undo and Redo Actions00 Ratings9.56 Ratings
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User Ratings
Conga ComposerFoxit PDF Editor
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(138 ratings)
9.1
(36 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(15 ratings)
9.9
(2 ratings)
Usability
8.9
(7 ratings)
9.3
(10 ratings)
Availability
3.6
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
3.6
(2 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.1
(9 ratings)
8.9
(11 ratings)
Implementation Rating
4.6
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
1.8
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
2.7
(2 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
3.6
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
2.7
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
1.8
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
3.2
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Conga ComposerFoxit PDF Editor
Likelihood to Recommend
Conga
Our proposal templates use Microsoft Excel, which Conga Composer is able to communicate with quite well. These documents have complex formulas so are not able to be created in a mircosoft program that doesn't support that. There are several limitations we've had to overcome, include how data gets pulled in and is read which caused us to have to use creative ways to implement those data pieces and still requires some manual template editing once the document has been created.
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Foxit Software
Great for marking up depositions or pleadings with highlights, comments, and notes during case review.
Supports Bates stamping, password protection, and other features often required for electronic filing.

Built-in tools allow for quick and secure redaction of privileged or confidential information before sharing or filing. Less appropriate if you needed to work on real time collaboration or building complex form templates from scratch.
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Pros
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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Foxit Software
  • FoxitPhantom carries superior editing tools over Adobe Acrobat and similar products. It allows you to modify text, images, & objects in a more robust fashion
  • Integrates well with Microsoft Office products such as Word, PPT, & Excel
  • Allows you to work in a nearly paperless environment
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Cons
Conga
  • Initially, it is hard to comprehend as the setup process is a bit complex. More user adoption tools, such as tutorials and resources, would help.
  • Sometimes the error message is very generic and hard to troubleshoot.
  • Better UI would also be a plus.
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Foxit Software
  • I have a dual monitor setup at work and there are times when I wish that I could view pdf documents on both monitors at the same time. I have not yet figured out how to do that with FoxitPhantom as it appears to limit the user to displaying multiple pdf documents as separate tabs on the same screen. If dual screen is an option in the software, it needs to be more apparent.
  • I can't think of any other desired improvements. This software really does everything that I need it to do.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Foxit Software
Because very few editors are so easy to use and deploy backed by speed and performance. Foxit PDF is known for its speed and performance, allowing users to open and work with PDF files quickly and efficiently
Foxit's user-friendly interface is easy to navigate and use, making it a popular choice for users who are new to PDF software.
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Usability
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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Foxit Software
It's great tool to use for any type of business in the world and short cut the time to convert files and has other different features like I Assistant for summarizing, rewriting, and extracting key data from your documentEdit text and images, reorder, and delete pages in a PDFConvert PDFs and export to Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPointEasily create, fill, sign, and send formsAdd security and password-protect PDF filesTurn scanned documents into editable, searchable PDFsCompare two versions of a PDF to review all differencesSign documents, request signatures, and track responses in real timeSmart Redact to automatically remove sensitive informationIncludes mobile app
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Reliability and Availability
Conga
It was available, it just didn't always work depending on what glitches were happening within our app
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Foxit Software
No answers on this topic
Performance
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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Foxit Software
FoxitPhantom PDF integrates very well with the Microsoft Office products, which is where I found I use this the most. It performs about as well as can be expected, without any out of place latency. Whether it be merging, deleting, editing or rearranging pages, its performance holds up even with larger documents.
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Support Rating
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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Foxit Software
I haven't personally had interaction with the customer support from FoxitPhantom, however based on conversations I have had with members in the organization, I was given positive feedback. Their website has a lot of information and tutorials. If you need to contact them, they are quick to respond. User manuals are readily available.
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Implementation Rating
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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Foxit Software
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
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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Foxit Software
Foxit PDF Editor had the most tools that I frequently use and it had them right where I expected them. All of the others that I demoed either lacked tools I use often or were not nearly as intuitive to use.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Conga
Not fair. Its an upfront cost and then pay per use
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Foxit Software
No answers on this topic
Scalability
Conga
We used it for something simple and it was still a pain to use
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Foxit Software
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
Conga
Needs additional training on what they are selling, how to install and use to explain to customers
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Foxit Software
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Conga
  • Could really use better error handling on the product when the document doesn't generate. Zero notifications are provided right now and have no idea where in a 20 page template the error is. Need to keep cutting the template into pieces to find the error.
  • The report generates 90% of the time so far.
  • Getting easier to generate templates when knowing how the JSON will be structured to add to merged fields.
  • Use Work Plan Template Entries and Work Steps to dynamically generate many deliverables.
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Foxit Software
  • For a PDF software in a our company is difficult to translate the software performance into financial results. With a PDF software is a lot less obvious than an ERP of a Payroll System, but one advantage could be the savings that a lower cost of licensing would bring when it is used by a bigger number of users.
  • A positive impact is the ease of use when creating and filing new hired employees, but once again, it is hard to say that it is faster than a different PDF software and even if that was the case the savings in time would be probably unnoticeable. At least one would be having a process with no hassles when creating and saving your PDF documents for your employees.
  • So far no crashes. I have never heard a complain about Foxit crashing even when you have dozens of documents opened at the same time. We can't say the same when using other applications like Excel... This brings peace of mind and less frustrated users.
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ScreenShots

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