Conga Composer vs. SAP Ariba

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Conga Composer
Score 8.6 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
SAP Ariba
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
With advanced tools to automate manual processes and support close collaboration with suppliers, SAP Ariba helps streamline source-to-pay processes across organizations.N/A
Pricing
Conga ComposerSAP Ariba
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Conga ComposerSAP Ariba
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Conga ComposerSAP Ariba
Considered Both Products
Conga Composer

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SAP Ariba
Chose SAP Ariba
Ariba was selected as part of an overall ERP solution at our client, Panasonic. The solution was selected as it provided a comprehensive solution for accounting, procurement, budgeting, planning, bill payment, and reporting. As far as I can determine, the solution was a very …
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User Ratings
Conga ComposerSAP Ariba
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(149 ratings)
7.9
(217 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(15 ratings)
7.6
(6 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(7 ratings)
7.9
(169 ratings)
Availability
3.6
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
3.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(10 ratings)
5.5
(21 ratings)
Implementation Rating
3.8
(5 ratings)
7.3
(1 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
3.2
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Conga ComposerSAP Ariba
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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SAP
Adopted by various vendors, hence easy to reach out to do business. Enables centralized supplier onboarding and integrates with other CLM SAAS products. In general, it’s a great tool that has streamlined procurement and supplier management, though there’s still some room to improve usability and integration. Overall, it’s reliable and delivers strong value.
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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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SAP
  • Complete Procurement of Inventory step easy through GUI-Ariba integration once Purchase order is created and it is sent to the SAP Ariba Supplier Network. Vendor confirms the order and sends notification of Inbound Delivery to the warehouse through ASN and the Inbound process, Goods Receipt Process, Unloading, Put away process easy.
  • SAP Ariba integrates the different SAP Sourcing platforms, services and their tools in order to optimize operations, saves cost and meeting customer requirements through its easy to use tools. Such as integration with SAP S/4 HANA, SAP EWM using Idocs for End to End sourcing and Procurement coverage.
  • As a part of the SAP Direct Sourcing suite, it helps allow customer manage their direct materials in the single dashboard and helping customer to have view of the comprehensive info about BoM and the structure. Based on requirements, buyers can run materials and/or entire Bill of Materials. When these are sent from ERP to SAP Ariba, managers can manage them in the direct spend dashboard. Can search for desired items in the dashboard and view details of BoM or deeper view of information of the material. Buyers can run sourcing, run details for materials, create material quotes, and create pricing using book quotes.
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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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SAP
  • While SAP Ariba offers workflow capabilities, users have suggested more advanced customization options for workflows
  • SAP Ariba has a mobile app, users have suggested improvements in terms of functionality and responsiveness. Enhancements to the mobile app could provide a more seamless and efficient experience for users on the go
  • SAP Ariba integrates well with various enterprise systems, users have reported that the initial setup and integration processes can be complex. Improvements in integration tools and documentation could facilitate a smoother onboarding experience
  • AP Ariba provides robust reporting and analytics capabilities, some users desire greater flexibility in creating and customizing reports. Improvements in the ability to generate ad-hoc reports and customize dashboards could enhance analytics capabilities
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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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SAP
Ariba is an excellent product for managing the buying activities and the sourcing activities. Ariba helps in setting up purchasing rules. Ariba ensures approval and compliance in place. Ariba ensures we get the right price through sourcing events
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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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SAP
After implementing SAP Ariba, our procurement operations have improved significantly. We know what to order, when, how much to order, and the dollar value we will spend. This helps us manage our inventory better and improve cash flow. Also, API enables us to integrate with external modules like logistics and freight booking and tracking.
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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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SAP
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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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SAP
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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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SAP
Customer support has always been top notch. From small configuration changes to overall process changes, support has the teammates in place with excellent knowledge and is able to provide solutions based on business challenges quickly. Their customer support through their Account teams continues to be hands on and very responsive to needs in a timely fashion.
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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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SAP
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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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SAP
It improves over all vendor management system of an organization by providing less costly ways of procurement and making business simple. AribaSAP Ariba digitally transforms your supply chain, procurement and contract management process. acts as supply chain, procurement service to do business globally In today’s world, there is a need to control your supply chain and to collaborate with your suppliers in an efficient way. To enable healthy supply chain, you need to have suppliers with visibility to every part of procurement process so that they can maintain an efficient supply chain and help organizations to grow their and own business..
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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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SAP
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Scalability
Conga
We used it for something simple and it was still a pain to use
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SAP
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Professional Services
Conga
Needs additional training on what they are selling, how to install and use to explain to customers
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SAP
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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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SAP
  • We saved nearly 10% of planned costs due to the large database of vendors we created within the company as a whole.
  • Saving in time due to shortening of procurement cycles. Procurement activities were never on the critical path and were accomplished with less Supply Chain resources than originally planned.
  • In the process we created a huge database of Vendors and Pricing which well be beneficial in our future projects.
  • It is an excellent tool and just what are business required and could afford.
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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

SAP Ariba Screenshots

Screenshot of the advanced tools that automate manual processes and support close collaboration with suppliers. The SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing solution help streamline procure-to-pay processes across organizations.Screenshot of SAP Ariba's digitalization, which covers processes from contract requests, authoring, and workflows to negotiation, approval, and execution for lower costs and improved relationships.Screenshot of an instance of SAP Ariba's support for industry-specific processes and systems. This helps process manufacturers, retailers, and discrete manufacturers that rely on external manufacturers to capture more savings by improving source-to-contract processes and supplier collaboration.Screenshot of the digitalizing and automating of invoice management over a global business network, in SAP Ariba. This delivers visibility and efficiency to capture more early-payment discounts and optimize working capital.