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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Conga Composer

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AConga 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

    IBM InfoSphere Information Server

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AIBM InfoSphere Information Server is a data integration platform used to understand, cleanse, monitor and transform data. The offerings provide massively parallel processing (MPP) capabilities.N/A
    Pricing
    Conga ComposerIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Conga ComposerIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Conga ComposerIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Considered Both Products
    Conga
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    IBM
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    128 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    112 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    127 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    95 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Conga ComposerIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Conga Composer and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Conga Composer
    -
    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.7
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Connect to traditional data sources00 Ratings9.94 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL00 Ratings7.54 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of Conga Composer and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Conga Composer
    -
    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.6
    4 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Simple transformations00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Complex transformations00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of Conga Composer and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Conga Composer
    -
    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Data model creation00 Ratings8.72 Ratings
    Metadata management00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow00 Ratings8.44 Ratings
    Collaboration00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Testing and debugging00 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of Conga Composer and IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Feature
    Conga Composer
    -
    Ratings
    IBM InfoSphere Information Server
    9.7
    4 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Integration with data quality tools00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools00 Ratings9.53 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Conga ComposerIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (160 ratings)
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.4
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    3.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    3.7
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    1.8
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    2.7
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 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
    3.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Conga ComposerIBM InfoSphere Information Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Conga
    From my experience, Conga Composer is particularly well-suited for generating documents, such as quotes and contracts, directly from Salesforce. It saves us a great deal of time, which is remarkably beneficial for companies with sales teams. Not suitable for companies lacking significant Salesforce expertise or administrative support.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    Information Server is extremely useful to replace manual developments that require a lot of coding effort. It significantly increases the productivity of the initial development and the future maintenance of the processes since it has a visual development environment with self-documentation.
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    Pros
    Conga
    • One great feature of Conga Composer is the ability to create various document types, including Word files, PDFs, and even PowerPoint presentations.
    • The ability to encrypt and share data is quite impressive with Conga Composer.
    • The integration, especially with different email providers, is quite good with Conga Composer.
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    IBM
    • IIS best for ETL ,not ELT , and many and diffrent source systems.
    • It also can process big data , unstuctured data
    • It is not only DWH , you can use infosphere for analys and see the bigger architecture of your OLTP systems
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Conga
    • Not very intuitive. Once you know the system it's fine but there is a learning curve
    • I would like to see training opportunities on features that I am not using or aware of
    • I am sure I am only using about 3% of it's full potential
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    IBM
    • I would be nice to have a new web development environment for DataStage.
    • Connectivity Packs such as Pack for SAP Application are a little pricey.
    • It is confusing for new developers the possibility of developing jobs using different execution engines such as Parallel or Server.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    • Scale of implementation
    • IBM techsupport
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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
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    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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    IBM
    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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    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    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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    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    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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    IBM
    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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    IBM
    DataStage is more robust and stable than ODI The ability to perform complex transformations or implement business rules is much more developed in DS
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Conga
    Not fair. Its an upfront cost and then pay per use
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Conga
    We used it for something simple and it was still a pain to use
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    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
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    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.
    Incentivized
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    IBM
    • Productivity of the development of integration processes.
    • Better documentation and governance.
    • Reduce training costs of various technologies.
    Read full review
    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