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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

    PandaDoc

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/APandaDoc headquartered in San Francisco offers their eponymous electronic signature platform for sales teams, containing sales proposal automation and CPQ (configure, price, quote) features, and integration with CRMs.

    $35

    per month per seat

    airSlate SignNow

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AsignNow is an eSignature solution with mobile apps for iOS and Android. signNow can be integrated into popular platforms and offers SaaS, public cloud, and private cloud deployment options with the same underlying API. This enables customers to leverage the power and usability of the signNow eSignature platform, while meeting their particular security and compliance requirements.

    $1.50

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    Pricing
    Conga ComposerPandaDocairSlate SignNow
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Starter
    $35
    per month per seat
    Business
    $65
    per month per seat
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Site License
    $1.50
    one-time fee per signature invite
    Business
    $20
    per month
    Business Premium
    $30
    per month
    Enterprise
    $50
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Conga ComposerPandaDocairSlate SignNow
    Free Trial
    YesYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional-$8 per user/month
    Additional DetailsPandaDoc offers a free eSign plan and 3 paid packages for eSigning and document automation. All plans include unlimited documents and eSignatures. Evaluations start with a free 14-day trial. Up to a 46% discount for annual pricing.All subscriptions include unlimited number of users. Up to a 60% discount available for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Conga ComposerPandaDocairSlate SignNow
    Considered Multiple Products
    Conga
    Chose Conga Composer
    We have used PandaDoc and with our personal experience, we can say that Composer is way better as it lets us pull data from multiple Salesforce objects, apply conditional logic, and generate highly customized documents.
    Incentivized
    Chose Conga Composer
    I've used PandaDoc before; it is nowhere near as good as Conga Composer in terms of usability and end-user experience. Conga is much more valuable and business-oriented.
    Incentivized
    Chose Conga Composer
    Conga Composer was easier to use by far than PandaDoc and had more options than DocuSign for our particular org.
    Incentivized
    Chose Conga Composer
    Benchmarking is upcoming. Conga Composer was already implemented when I joined the company
    Incentivized
    Chose Conga Composer
    Conga was always the standard when first evaluating, it has the track record over others and was most used and felt it would handle our needs.
    Incentivized
    PandaDoc
    Chose PandaDoc
    HelloSign required an extra step for users to get verified before signing (poor user experience) SignNow was a good alternative except for it lacked HubSpot integration. DocuSign was much more expensive. PandaDoc had the right features at the right price, plus the integration …
    Incentivized
    Chose PandaDoc
    DocuSign and SignNow have a feature that allows you to create a signing link that you can send in an email or post on a website (like an intranet). When there are roles set up within a document, PandaDoc only allows you to complete the information from the interface and enter …
    Incentivized
    Chose PandaDoc
    We have used SignNow and DocuSign.

    Both are good for signature capture, but PandaDoc has a wide range of ability with allowing for electronic proposals with media presentations embedded to be sent along with agreements and signature capture capabilities. The functionality is so …
    Incentivized
    Chose PandaDoc
    PandaDoc is comparable to Conga in every way. In most cases, it is a matter of preference as to which option you go with. I am not sure how they stack up against each other in price.
    Incentivized
    Chose PandaDoc
    We initially chose PandaDoc because it could do the basic things we needed to accomplish given the short amount of time we needed to search for a provider. Its price was the biggest factor, beating other competitors; however, with the sudden change in price, we needed to look …
    Incentivized
    Chose PandaDoc
    To be honest the competition is quite tight but where PandaDoc has excelled was in the integrations with sales CRM/pipeline software and how easy it is to convert a sales lead into a contract, and automatically feeding this information back into your sales pipeline to retain …
    Incentivized
    Chose PandaDoc
    PandaDoc's integration with Pipedrive and template design capabilities helped it win out over these other services. Again, the major complaint is not having a radio button in as a form element. It is desperately needed and still means we are hanging on to these other services …
    Incentivized
    Chose PandaDoc
    We looked at Conga as an alternative for PandaDoc. While we found that more or less the two solutions had feature parity, with a few exceptions on both sides. Pricing was similar between both platforms with differences based on feature requirements. The deciding factor …
    Incentivized
    Chose PandaDoc
    The awesome part of PandaDoc is for the price you are getting both a document management and e-signature application. The ability to quickly embed videos, links and pictures in templates also makes this product stand out from its competition. PandaDoc's support team is awesome, …
    Incentivized
    airSlate, Inc
    Chose airSlate SignNow
    The most cost-effective platform for our size and needs. Some had barriers such as needing to download an application or not a household name, and thus, needed some more "pointing out" and following up with. SignNow also has a great, Incognito Alerts setting where you can …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    128 Answers
    96%
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    96%
    Would buy again
    116 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    112 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    204 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    111 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    127 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    221 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    117 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    80 Answers
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    174 Answers
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    95 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    182 Answers
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    99 Answers
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    User Ratings
    Conga ComposerPandaDocairSlate SignNow
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (160 ratings)
    8.5
    (329 ratings)
    8.0
    (128 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    9.1
    (18 ratings)
    9.8
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    7.4
    (7 ratings)
    8.3
    (23 ratings)
    8.9
    (13 ratings)
    Availability
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    3.6
    (2 ratings)
    9.6
    (21 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (10 ratings)
    6.1
    (23 ratings)
    7.0
    (23 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    3.7
    (5 ratings)
    6.3
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    1.8
    (1 ratings)
    2.8
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    2.7
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (20 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    2.7
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    1.8
    (1 ratings)
    9.7
    (20 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    3.3
    (2 ratings)
    6.7
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Conga ComposerPandaDocairSlate SignNow
    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.
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    PandaDoc
    Best suited for after demonstrations when requested by the prospect when they are looking for pricing with T&C. The data room is also great that acts like a drop box for opportunities and their contacts. Helps share pertinent information with others in the organization.
    Incentivized
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    airSlate, Inc
    SignNow is particularly useful for simple documents, forms and contracts where there the fields are pretty standards- names, signature block, title. It would be helpful to have features that allow substitution of certain fill in the blanks such that allow you to use the same template but first have a dialog to integrate language for a person, corporation, partnership or LLP. I'm a lawyer and having the ability to assemble variation of this nature into one template would be helpful. Also (and it may do this) the ability to change the actual form/document within the a template would be useful.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    PandaDoc
    • Allows clients to remotely execute documents.
    • Tracks the progress of document execution.
    • Emails clients to remind them to sign documents so we don't have to follow up.
    • Emails us when documents have been fully executed.
    • Provides an easy-to use interface to place signatures, dates, and other information on our forms.
    Incentivized
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    airSlate, Inc
    • Ease of setting up documents that require eSignatures
    • Ability to manage the order in which the document needs to be eSigned
    • Tracking the status of who has signed and who hasn't
    • Ability to 're-send' invites to team members who might have missed the original invite
    • Ability to download the eSigned documents for internal record keeping
    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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    PandaDoc
    • Sometimes the fillable fields don't automatically map properly and you have to manually adjust.
    • Plan tiers and pricing recently changed, so now we get less value and less features (limited templates, no more pricing tables or invoicing/connected payment) for the same price, which is pricy for a small business.
    • Easier, integrated invoicing as an included feature (so we don't have to use a different software for invoicing/payment collection) would be ideal. You have to upgrade to the Business Plan for this.
    Incentivized
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    airSlate, Inc
    • When using shared templates, the option to rename the document is at the bottom of the signatures page. I would like that to be visible sooner as some of my team misses it and sends documents to clients with the templated name instead of the correct name because they forgot to scroll down far enough to see it.
    • CC'ed contacts used to show suggestions as you typed the email if you've sent that person a document before, but that functionality no longer shows on our account. I'd like to see that brought back.
    • It would be nice if we could add folders to our documents page so that we could sort sent and signed documents into individual client folders. The search feature works fine, but folders would help clean up the view for my team.
    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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    PandaDoc
    The reason I gave it a rating of 7 is because it's probable, but not for sure. This is because there are a few little things we don't love about pandadoc. Mostly that there is not conditional logic such as: they must either fill this field out OR this one. Also it's a little pricey. But we'll probably stay because it's good enough and a pain to switch to something new
    Incentivized
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    airSlate, Inc
    The features are too limited. The biggest issue though is the flexibility for editing existing forms without having to create a whole new form. The other issues are its payment partner options, lack of automation, and logic flow. We plan to quit this software and use other software in its place.
    Incentivized
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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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    PandaDoc
    Once you get the hang of it, it's very easy to use. There can be a slightly steep learning curve to get fully in on the system. The new editor v2 has really improved usability and allows us to collaborate on documents simultaneously. Once the templates and library items are set up, a new document, whether it be a sales or HR document, takes very little time to complete.
    Incentivized
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    airSlate, Inc
    In terms of core functionality - adding options for signatures, text, dates, check boxes, etc., as well as customising the body of the request, the title of the request, follow-ups / reminders for signature, etc., SignNow is great. It's really easy to navigate and use in this regard. SignNow loses points when it comes to the end-user who needs to sign. There's an option for them to either use the app (which is most prominent in the page that shows when they open the request) or to sign using their browser (which is much smaller). I had my assistant create this step by step guide for our clients, so they can complete the request the way we need them to:https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FopYjlykHMFjIAQjgaNLtNIvSCQND_kb86-U9bA5M2A/edit?usp=sharing As far as I'm aware, you can't make it mandatory for them to draw their signature, and there's no option to remove the prompt for them to download the app when signing on their mobile device. I really wish these were options, but they don't take away from the fact it does what it is intended to do, and it does it well.
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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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    PandaDoc
    We haven't had any real issues regarding downtime as of yet.
    Incentivized
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    airSlate, Inc
    SignNow is always available when I need it. It seems that most updates occur outside of business hours so I have full functionality when I need it most between the hours of 8am-6pm EST. There has only been I time when I experience application errors when I need to use the system but it did not last long and the issue was resolved within a few hours.
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    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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    PandaDoc
    The documents load quickly for the most part but sometimes if there are larger documents with a high number of variables it could take a bit longer to get the document to show up. Most of the time the document comes on the screen relatively quickly allowing for quick access to documents to be edited and sent out.
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    airSlate, Inc
    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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    PandaDoc
    Recently I could not upload a pdf to a contract - support was very responsive and easy to work with. They got back to me the next day with an apparent fix - however when I opened the document nothing had changed. I then could not respond to the rep who was helping me because it was a "no-reply address", the problem still has not been solved and we had to make alternate arrangements to get this to the client. Never had it happen before and was only with this one contract.
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    airSlate, Inc
    781 / 5,000Translation resultsTranslation resultMy experience with airSlate SignNow support has been super ok so far. I only had to contact them once because a document got stuck when I was signing it, so I sent them an email and they responded the next day. They solved the problem, but I found it a bit slow... They could have more direct support, like live chat or even WhatsApp. I believe that if there was a subscription plan for dedicated support it would also be very interesting. For example, a large company with several signature routines, including important signatures that block important workflow processes and sometimes with high added value, these companies, due to the risks, do not want to stop a process because of a signature, so they would not mind investing a little more in dedicated support. Minha experiência com o suporte do airSlate SignNow foi super ok até agora. Só precisei entrar em contato uma vez porque um documento travou na hora de assinar, aí mandei um e-mail e eles responderam no dia seguinte. Resolveram o problema, mas achei meio demorado... podia ter um suporte mais direto, tipo chat ao vivo ou até WhatsApp, acredito que se houvesse um plano de assinatura para suporte dedicado também seria bem interessante, por exemplo uma empresa grande com varias rotinas de assinaturas, entre elas temos assinaturas importantes que travem procesos de Workflow importantes e as vezes de alto valor agregrado, essas empresas devido as riscos não querem parar um processo por conta de um assinatura, por isso não ligariam de investir um pouco mais em suporte dedicado.
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    Online Training
    Conga
    No answers on this topic
    PandaDoc
    No answers on this topic
    airSlate, Inc
    It was nice to be shown the basics of the system and be able to see or understand the specific functions our company would need to use, such as the template creation, document grouping and document group templates. Being taught on how to use these functions, made learning them much easier.
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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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    PandaDoc
    Implementation was before the time I was here at Riafox, however, support has been great in assisting to merge spaces and upgrade to 2.0 Editor.
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    airSlate, Inc
    Make sure you know exactly what you need before implementation and be sure to ask how to use the most important functions of the system that you will be using.
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    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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    PandaDoc
    We used Dropbox back when it was still HelloSign. At the time, new templates were very hard to create. We had to upload a PDF and then add the fields from there. With PandaDoc, we are able to drag and drop the text, images, logos, and fields we need easily. This has saved our team an immense amount of time.
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    airSlate, Inc
    I chose airSlate SignNow over DocuSign primarily due to the superior ease of use and a more intuitive user interface (UI). airSlate SignNow's UI stood out with its simplicity and well-thought-out design, making the entire process of signing and managing documents much more straightforward.The drag-and-drop functionality and the ability to customize signature fields in airSlate SignNow were additional factors that tipped the scale in its favor. These features not only streamlined the signing process but also allowed for a more personalized and efficient document management experience.
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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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    PandaDoc
    No answers on this topic
    airSlate, Inc
    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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    PandaDoc
    It's scalable
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    airSlate, Inc
    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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    PandaDoc
    No answers on this topic
    airSlate, Inc
    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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    PandaDoc
    • We have greatly increased the efficiency in which we can get signatures from individuals for documents and increase productivity.
    • We have been able to find older documents very easily.
    • W-9 have been very difficult due to Section 3, but this was addressed with conditional logic
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    airSlate, Inc
    • SignNow is far more economical than any other signature program I have ever seen.
    • SignNow performs all the tasks that the more expensive competition does.
    • SignNow does not require my clients to set up an account with a user name and password.
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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

    PandaDoc Screenshots

    Screenshot of some of the custom-designed themes, templates, embedded rich media, and interactivity to give every deal the opportunity to get noticed.Screenshot of automatic notifications, on-the-fly editing, CRM Integrations, and integrated eSignatures.Screenshot of reporting, with drill down to the deal level with proposals, to pick which deals to include (or exclude).Screenshot of legally binding eSignaturesScreenshot of centralized communications to streamline the negotiation process, and make revisions in real-time in a single location.Screenshot of document analytics that display what’s really happening after documents are sent with real-time reporting on engagement and activity on the documents. This enables teams to respond faster to prospects.

    airSlate SignNow Screenshots

    Screenshot of dashboardScreenshot of teams and their foldersScreenshot of integrations availableScreenshot of fillable fields in signNow editor