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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Conga Advantage CPQ

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AConga CPQ empowers sales, partners, and customers to efficiently configure complex products and services offerings, and provide personalized prices and quotes, utilizing codified product and pricing information - to drive higher win rates and a more pleasurable buying experience. Conga CPQ also helps to maintain a single price book, discounting structure, and quoting structure across all channels. With an API-first approach, configuration, pricing, or quoting…

    $35

    per month per user

    SAP Sales Performance Management

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AFor salespeople, tools to accelerate business outcomes with sales planning, automated sales management processes, incentive compensation management, and the ability to analyze sales performance at scale.

    $744

    per year

    Pricing
    Conga Advantage CPQSAP Sales Performance Management
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Conga Advantage CPQSAP Sales Performance Management
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Conga Advantage CPQSAP Sales Performance Management
    Considered Both Products
    Conga
    No answer on this topic
    SAP
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    47 Answers
    95%
    Would buy again
    55 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    44 Answers
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    43 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    46 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    56 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    73%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    33 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    77%
    Implementation went as expected
    27 Answers
    82%
    Implementation went as expected
    41 Answers
    Features
    Conga Advantage CPQSAP Sales Performance Management
    CPQ
    Comparison of CPQ features of Conga Advantage CPQ and SAP Sales Performance Management
    Feature
    Conga Advantage CPQ
    8.6
    65 Ratings
    2% below category average
    SAP Sales Performance Management
    -
    Ratings
    Quote sharing/sending8.860 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product configuration9.260 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configuration options8.960 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pricing rules8.760 Ratings00 Ratings
    Price adjustment9.161 Ratings00 Ratings
    Purchase history and open contracts7.849 Ratings00 Ratings
    Guided selling/Sales portal8.746 Ratings00 Ratings
    CPQ reporting & analytics7.154 Ratings00 Ratings
    CPQ-CRM integration8.657 Ratings00 Ratings
    Attachments to quotes8.955 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order capturing8.931 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Conga Advantage CPQ and SAP Sales Performance Management
    Feature
    Conga Advantage CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Performance Management
    7.9
    40 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Personalized dashboards00 Ratings7.536 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings8.120 Ratings
    KPIs00 Ratings7.926 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings8.523 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings8.018 Ratings
    Revenue Forecasting00 Ratings7.419 Ratings
    Pipeline Analytics00 Ratings7.532 Ratings
    Sales ICM
    Comparison of Sales ICM features of Conga Advantage CPQ and SAP Sales Performance Management
    Feature
    Conga Advantage CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Performance Management
    8.1
    49 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Sales compensation plan creation00 Ratings8.845 Ratings
    Complex sales crediting00 Ratings8.443 Ratings
    Sales compensation process automation00 Ratings8.446 Ratings
    Incentive auditing/regulation compliance00 Ratings8.042 Ratings
    Sales compensation dashboards & forecasting00 Ratings7.341 Ratings
    Incentive modeling00 Ratings7.628 Ratings
    Agile incentive strategy00 Ratings7.932 Ratings
    ICM mobile visibility00 Ratings8.027 Ratings
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    Conga Advantage CPQSAP Sales Performance Management
    Small Businesses
    QuoteWerks
    Score9.8 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    QuoteWerks
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Xactly
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Agentforce Revenue Management
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Xactly
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Conga Advantage CPQSAP Sales Performance Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (82 ratings)
    8.5
    (57 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.8
    (10 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.3
    (53 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    1.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (39 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Conga Advantage CPQSAP Sales Performance Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Conga
    It is well suited to providing quick pricing recommendations, allowing those who are quoting to get our agreements out efficiently. Where I find there may be some limitations is around the details that it uses to establish recommendations and the overrides. For example it would be nice to have a way to set overrides for those criteria like length of agreement, etc. and have it apply across the board
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    SAP Sales Performance Management from Success Factors works great if the incentive calculation is simple. However, if it contains a lot of constraints and filters or is dynamic, it is not friendly to changes or complexity in terms of configuration and time to calculate the incentives. The advantages of using SAP Sales Performance Management are that the process is controlled, the data is in the cloud, and the roles and permissions make it more secure.
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    Pros
    Conga
    • The perceived power strength is that it is supposed to contain CPQ, Contract Management, Document generation and template manipulation, and cash/invoice process all in one wrapped package.
    • It was developed on the Force.com platform.
    • They provide multiple releases of their product per year.
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    • Configurable out of the box.
    • Allows for complex compensation rules (Rate tables, MDLTs, etc).
    • Has the ability to build cross-channel (non-hierarchy) relationships. For us, this is very powerful.
    • Can build a large data warehouse of commissionable data.
    • Speed to market can be as fast as minutes.
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    Cons
    Conga
    • Our number one complaint with Conga CPQ has been speed. In my experience, Conga CPQ is extremely slow, especially for large orders.
    • In my opinion, the configuration methods of Conga CPQ are outdated and error-prone. One literally puts configurations into string-based custom settings, including the API field names. This often leads to deployment issues and run-time configuration errors.
    • In my experience, Conga CPQ is everything but simple to develop. You need things like a 12-step pricing callback to support custom pricing.
    • In my experience, Conga CPQ support is not responsive.
    • When it comes time to lock in a renewal contract for Conga CPQ, in my experience, they delay engagement, so you are truly behind the 8 ball when it comes time to decide if you are going to continue with Conga CPQ.
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    • Using names to reference payees in the compensation platform, instead of their ID
    • Allow an Advisor to see their compensation as well as how their employees compensation without requiring to proxy
    • Expose all variables within the application to the dashboard, to allow them to be used for data insights, without requiring any extra work.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Conga
    The rating is based on several things: 1) Ongoing support requirements being able to be addressed by cross training existing Salesforce administrators 2) Apttus superior corporate vision for the quote to cash space 3) Apttus execution of the corporate vision with automated agents (Max), and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning offerings to leverage the investment in Configure Price Quote 4) Apttus corporate health and investment in the product line
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    I would use this product if it were needed due to very complex plans/organization
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    Usability
    Conga
    Conga CPQ is a great tool but lacks good support and [a] very limited knowledge base which doesn't include day to day errors which users face, thus leading us to support and take more time in turn. Also cart performance can be improved drastically which will enhance the user experience as the user doesn't have to wait for the pricing.
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    SAP
    My rate is 9 because there is always a way to improve a system. In this case the usability is high but there are some thing that could be improve like usability of report and the payment detail page and also clud be more and more useful is in lookuptable there are some orders or a research tab
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Conga
    I have not heard of any issue
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Conga
    Tier1/tier 2 support can only handle native functionality. Customizations have to be escalated to developers which aren’t included in the support program.

    I go ahead and copy the people I directly worked with on implementation for assistance. I would rate them an 8 for support assistance.
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Conga
    We attended 5 hours worth of webinars early on.

    We had to understand how objects worked to figure out how to structure our data.

    I would have liked more in-depth training but it would have been an additional cost
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Conga
    Be iterative. Take the opportunity to build a catalog based on how Apttus works well. Learn the tool yourself or use an SI. Take the time to build a configuration / pricing migration tool with X-Author for Excel or roll your own. Stick with OOTB Apttus as any customization will cost you every time a new version is released
    Incentivized
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    SAP
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Conga
    We selected Apttus CPQ over SteelBrick due to the simplicity of SteelBrick's out of the box pricing and ability to customize quoted products. As a global organization with selling a highly configurable products, we felt the ability of Apttus to handle our requirements as standard functionalty rather than a customization was a material difference between the platforms.
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    SAP
    Faster implementation, more user-friendly interface, and lower reliance on IT made Sales Performance Management solutions from SAP SuccessFactors an easy choice over Xactly. SAP's allowance for complex modeling helped us choose it over Varicent. The faster development and high intuitive nature of Sales Performance Management solutions from SAP SuccessFactors also made it a better platform than previous usage of Performio.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Conga
    • The ability to generate engineered configurations that is right by construction has reduced the cycle time of the customer engagement. The fact that we are able to guide the process and end up with a validated bill of material reduces the iterations with the customers.
    • As long as the validations rules are correct the generated bill of material is accurate. We are now looking at using Apttus to perform quality checks in our product rules since the tool is able to test different configurations quickly and efficiently.
    • Configuration that use to take weeks and consumed valuable engineering resources has been transformed to become a customer facing application that is simple enough for customer to self-service.
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    SAP
    • The efficiencies gained by moving from reports and spreadsheet alone has earned us a positive ROI.
    • SAP Commissions speed to the market allows us to quickly and cheaply change our direction to meet market demands.
    • Our sales force's engagement has drastically improved. We are now paying monthly instead of quarterly and have earned their trust.
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    ScreenShots

    Conga Advantage CPQ Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Product's Capabilities. It can validate any combination of rules & constraints with an unlimited number of configuration attributes​.Screenshot of the interface to model & deploy any pricing structure or strategy​ - pricing intelligence & discounting rules​ and profitability insights ​& margin visibility​.Screenshot of the interface for product & pricing configurations​, for simple and complex products.Screenshot of the quoting interface.

    SAP Sales Performance Management Screenshots

    Screenshot of a dashboard in SAP SuccessFactors Incentive Management, used to motivate sales teams to maximize performance.Screenshot of SAP SuccessFactors Territory and Quota, a solution to improve quota management and territory planning.Screenshot of SAP SuccessFactors Agent Performance Management, used to empower agents for productive field selling.Screenshot of SAP SuccessFactors Agent Lifecycle Management, a solution to optimize sales agent lifecycle management and experiences.