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    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

    OneNote

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft's OneNote is a digital note-taking app, supporting photos, annotating, web page clipping, emailing, and synchronizing notes across devices.N/A
    Pricing
    Conga ComposerOneNote
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft OneNote
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Conga ComposerOneNote
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Conga ComposerOneNote
    Considered Both Products
    Conga
    Chose Conga Composer
    Adobe Sign is good for document creation, but is obviously far more limited in terms of what it can pull in terms of formatting and data. It is particularly janky when using Word documents and needs to use PDFs to get the maximum out of it.

    Steelbrick is good for quotations as …
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    128 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    25 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    25 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    127 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    25 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    95 Answers
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    16 Answers
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    User Ratings
    Conga ComposerOneNote
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (160 ratings)
    8.3
    (74 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    10.0
    (13 ratings)
    Usability
    7.4
    (7 ratings)
    7.7
    (14 ratings)
    Availability
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    3.6
    (2 ratings)
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (10 ratings)
    8.7
    (10 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)
    -
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    Professional Services
    2.7
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    1.8
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    3.3
    (2 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Conga ComposerOneNote
    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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    Microsoft
    In my opinion OneNote is a must for anyone who does business. It’s versatile, stable and sustainable. It can keep private information private - like passwords. It can be used for collaborative work - like standard operating procedures. It is fairly easy to use and far superior to pen and paper. When used for meeting notes, it can be flagged with icons that are searchable - like ideas or important items. You can even create Outlook tasks on the fly
    Incentivized
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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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    Microsoft
    • Because of its flexibility and ability to hold different types of content (text, images, tables), it is a great tool for collecting content from different resources and organizing it in one place.
    • Technical support analysts are using sections for their support case analysis; they paste pieces of logs, screen-shots, document their steps in troubleshooting etc., all in one section, to get the full picture yet stay organized.
    • The logic of content structure; Notebook>Section>Page>Paragraph, allows you to manage and collect all needed information by the areas of the user's responsibility. For example; each of my projects has its own section, in which each page is a task.
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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
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • The table editing tools are too simplistic and lack the features found in other Office products.
    • Some content loses its rich text formatting when being pasted into OneNote. A workaround is to paste the content first into Outlook or Word and then copy/pasting that into OneNote.
    • Microsoft is moving away from a local install of OneNote, which means notebooks have to be in the cloud in Office 2019. This will actually reduce the usefulness of OneNote in some environments and opens the door to competitor products.
    • Update: Microsoft has now announced that it will continue to support OneNote 2016 through 2023. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Office-365-Blog/Your-OneNote/ba-p/954922
    Incentivized
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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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    Microsoft
    As this is not a compulsory tool in our organization, I would say all depends on the decision makers, however since this is a part of MS Office, I am sure we will have it for as long as we will possibly need it. However, I would not be so sure, if it was a separate product
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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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    Microsoft
    I find OneNote incredibly usable. I'm fairly middle of the road when it comes to tech savvy-ness. The platform was very easy to learn and explore. I like that OneNote is no clunky and offers a clean interface. This is important when it comes to deciding if a tool is usable for multiple people.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    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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    Microsoft
    Overall, I rate OneNote's performance highly. In general, notebooks, sections and pages load quickly. OneNote integrates with other apps and info ca easily be shared/copied to and from the tool to other tools. Moreover, Notebooks tend to sync quickly meaning shared notebooks are up to date almost immediately provided there are no syncing issues.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Since it is part of Microsoft Office and used across the globe there are a lot of support options available. It's quickest to just do a google search which will have plenty of articles to help you since there are so many OneNote users but as an Office customer you also have access to Microsoft support and I have had good experiences with their support (probably because I'm with a large company who is a large customer to them).
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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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    Microsoft
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    I tried using Evernote and it is an equally usable tool, however, I prefer the interface and capabilities of OneNote. OneNote seems much easier to use and understand. I think that may primarily be because OneNote is a Microsoft application and I am very used to using Microsoft applications such as Word, Excel, etc. I also use OneNote to keep my grocery list. It does as good of a job as the grocery list applications out there, only I like the flexibility I have with OneNote and how I specifically do my shopping.
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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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    Microsoft
    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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    Microsoft
    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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    Microsoft
    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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    Microsoft
    • OneNote has become our organizational standard method of taking electronic notes (though some still prefer pen and paper.) It has been a zero cost outlay due to its freely available nature.
    • Its integration with other Microsoft Office products makes it easy to share notes and content between products, allowing for easy collaboration where needed.
    • OneNote's integration with OneDrive ensures that individual's notes are always safe and secure, taking away the tedious responsibility of backup from the user, and makes it happen seamlessly in the background.
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    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