Conga CLM vs. SAP Ariba

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Conga CLM
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Conga CLM (formerly Conga Contracts, or Novatus) is a contract management software solution built around features such as contract creation, automated notifications, and approval and workflows.N/A
SAP Ariba
Score 7.9 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 CLMSAP Ariba
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Conga CLMSAP Ariba
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional DetailsPricing built for your business: Every business is unique—your budget, process, and tech are constantly evolving. That's why Conga crafts customized pricing, built to your needs. Our pricing prioritizes: Business needs Commitment to partnership Flexibility Budget alignment Competitive pricing Transparency
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Conga CLMSAP Ariba
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Conga CLM
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Features
Conga CLMSAP Ariba
Contract Authoring
Comparison of Contract Authoring features of Product A and Product B
Conga CLM
8.5
87 Ratings
5% above category average
SAP Ariba
-
Ratings
Contract creation9.085 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract templates8.781 Ratings00 Ratings
Clause library/saved fields8.677 Ratings00 Ratings
Guided logic7.770 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Collaboration
Comparison of Contract Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Conga CLM
8.1
81 Ratings
2% below category average
SAP Ariba
-
Ratings
Contract sharing8.575 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract editing8.575 Ratings00 Ratings
Collaborating on contracts8.370 Ratings00 Ratings
MS Word plug-in7.772 Ratings00 Ratings
Approval process8.074 Ratings00 Ratings
Interdepartmental workflows7.870 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Monitoring
Comparison of Contract Monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Conga CLM
8.7
81 Ratings
6% above category average
SAP Ariba
-
Ratings
Contract database8.776 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract search8.576 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract milestone reminders & alerts8.473 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom contract reports8.474 Ratings00 Ratings
Tracking contract status8.676 Ratings00 Ratings
Compliance check8.563 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract Management
Comparison of Contract Management features of Product A and Product B
Conga CLM
8.3
53 Ratings
6% above category average
SAP Ariba
-
Ratings
Contract Storage8.851 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced Search and Filtering8.448 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable Contract Templates8.348 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow Acceleration7.845 Ratings00 Ratings
E-Signatures8.646 Ratings00 Ratings
Reminders and Alerts8.248 Ratings00 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting8.549 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with other Systems8.045 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Conga CLMSAP Ariba
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(90 ratings)
7.9
(190 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
(3 ratings)
7.0
(5 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(5 ratings)
7.9
(142 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(4 ratings)
5.5
(21 ratings)
In-Person Training
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(2 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Conga CLMSAP Ariba
Likelihood to Recommend
Conga
With having all of our contracting through the Salesforce system, the ability to allow our legal teams to do more with generating documents, have controls over redlines, etc is ideal. When sales needs to make additional revisions to the underlying data, however, it can be lacking in strong tools.
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SAP
SAP Ariba is pivotal for our organization's supply chain requirements. The purchasing department needs it for vendor purchase order issuance and vendor order management. We can check procurement history for the last purchased price, standard price, price breaks, lead time for products, vendor, and alternate vendor details.
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Pros
Conga
  • Unified Storage. All contracts are stored in a single, centralized repository, providing a comprehensive view of the entire contract lifecycle, including versions, negotiations, approval history, and metrics.
  • Easy Search. Advanced search capabilities, including natural language search, allow users to quickly find specific contracts or clauses.
  • Dynamic Approvals: Automate approval workflows to speed up the contract approval process and ensure compliance with company policies.
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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
  • X-author for Word can be improved as it does not maintain a stable connection and the org gets disconnected frequently.
  • It does not support grandparent relationship for merge field population.
  • A separate package needs to be installed for the integration of CPQ and CLM tools from Conga.
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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
Simple and easy to use for the legal team to creates contracts in Salesforce and with the help of conga contract attaches the different clauses through the bundle and sends them for negotiation and for signature. This is the primary work they do from Conga contracts. We had solution which is build using conga contracts, conga composer and conga sign
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SAP
Established product and we are now using it as a mean for our procurement transformation
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Usability
Conga
The current version is probably about a five. The new version, I have not used it a lot. I've only done some testing around in it, not a lot. I'd say it's probably a seven or eight.
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SAP
While its great at usability. I would love ut have it more simplified. I would like to advocate for some personas who are non tech savvy or who have less or no experience in procurement. I sometimes feel that the valley of user learning fir such personas is quite steep and it may take them long time of learning to get adept to the platform.
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Reliability and Availability
Conga
We never faced any issue till date
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SAP
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Performance
Conga
Everything is perfect
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SAP
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Support Rating
Conga
Very very difficult to get support. The support team is great for simple, general questions. If we ran into anything complex, we usually would figure it out before they could help us. We often were bounced around from rep to rep
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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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In-Person Training
Conga
Conga University is very well made. Loved it!
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SAP
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Online Training
Conga
Conga University is the best! loved it. The courses are very well designed which makes learning easy and great. I have taken courses for conga contracts, composer, conga sign, and conga batch. Courses are beneficial if you want to implement Conga products for your clients or for your organization. Highly recommended to sign up for Conga university and start learning
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SAP
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Implementation Rating
Conga
The process involved Salesforce object creation and fields with installing conga contracts and conga composer and setting up security for the users
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SAP
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Alternatives Considered
Conga
Conga CLM capabilities and speed is very good compared to other CLM solutions and also scalable and easy to configure and manage the enhancements. Conga CLm is also great for multiple verticals and users from various departments can easily adopt to the CLM applications or tool. The eas of use is also a factor
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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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Scalability
Conga
We are fully satisfied with the over all experience using conga contract
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SAP
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Return on Investment
Conga
  • Clients have reported a huge improvement in the time spent in processing contracts.
  • Better management of contract data.
  • Ease in forwarding for signatures.
  • Overall transparency in data.
  • Provides an opportunity for managers and supervisors to easily keep track of the work done by their teams.
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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 CLM Screenshots

Screenshot of Conga CLM: Contract request wizardScreenshot of Conga CLM: Agreement detailScreenshot of Conga CLM: Parallel reviewScreenshot of Conga CLM: Importing an offline documentScreenshot of Conga CLM: Agreement hierarchy

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.