Conga Grid vs. GridBuddy Connect

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Conga Grid
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Conga Grid is a productivity tool within Salesforce that allows users to view, sort, and manage data batches from a single screen. It helps users to find and manage the information and insights needed with fewer clicks and less screen switching. Conga Grid helps its users to save time, improve data quality, get a clear view into needed data, and create a more productive workplace in Salesforce to drive growth across the organization. …N/A
GridBuddy Connect
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
GridBuddy Connect, from Validity, is a data productivity platform that keeps teams more focused on growing the business rather than updating data. GridBuddy Connect combines data from separate systems into an editable, spreadsheet-simple view. Users finally have all insights they need in one place, and they can engage confidently using the right data.N/A
Pricing
Conga GridGridBuddy Connect
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Conga GridGridBuddy Connect
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Conga GridGridBuddy Connect
Features
Conga GridGridBuddy Connect
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Conga Grid
7.0
3 Ratings
13% below category average
GridBuddy Connect
-
Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Conga Grid
8.5
2 Ratings
6% above category average
GridBuddy Connect
-
Ratings
Predictive Analytics8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Conga GridGridBuddy Connect
Likelihood to Recommend
9.7
(10 ratings)
7.9
(13 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Usability
7.7
(4 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Conga GridGridBuddy Connect
Likelihood to Recommend
Conga
If a user has to perform a specific update over many records, don't use a List view... use Grid. It allows users to quickly track their work, set additional formatting preferences and avoid constantly tracking work outside of Salesforce which leads data discrepencies and errors.
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Validity
1. Making broad changes to data, like moving ownership of records from one user to another for a new Sales Rep or a moved Sales Rep. 2. Making broad changes to data for product changes, product introductions and such (product naming changes, product description changes, etc.). I recently had to make a change to the name of a Product Option. Product Options are a sub-object related to Product. This name change was in 22 places. Okay, 18 [is] not a lot, but to make this change individually 22 times is still very tedious and takes too much of my time. Instead, I set up my Grid with the Object and sub-Object and made all 22 changes at once with a mass change. Piece of cake. And I don't have to go back to several of the records to see if the change was made successfully (something you have to do with Dataloader). I could see the effective change all at once on my Grid screen.
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Pros
Conga
  • A specific strength of Conga is the ability to easily produce cross-object displays where you can take information like open Opportunities and layer on information such as Activities, Orders, Opportunity Products with all related information being accessible when individual lines are selected. The reading pane functionality is a huge timesaver for reps working lists of records.
  • Another strength is Conga's ability to allow mass edit/update - for example, you can have a list of leads assigned to you, check the ones you met at a conference, and update a field on their record or assign a task or do an email send right from the list. At the same time, you can select other records, and do the mass update or mass create of tasks that are relevant for them.
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Validity
  • Reshapes the user Interface into an intuitive, clean, easy and thoughtful way, meaning Salesforce can be practically used for applications that (in my Opinion) salesforce was never designed for.
  • Mass updates are a God send, Leaving quick and meaningful notes, setting up meetings with clients or upcoming calls to maintain contact, all from the same screen without information overload... a real achievement.
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Cons
Conga
  • Sometimes Conga goes slower when using it at a high volume
  • Being able to pull more data through LinkedIn and Indeed
  • Job match function
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Validity
  • Does not allow users to create new Campaign Member records; we would like to be able to add multiple Campaign Member records to a Campaign in a Grid.
  • Does not allow users to create new Task records; we would like to be able to add multiple Tasks records related to the same user but multiple Opportunities and Contacts.
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Likelihood to Renew
Conga
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Validity
- Easy of use - Visual nature of using the product (as compared to Dataloader) - Quickness of making changes/updates/edits to long lists of records, live and real-time
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Usability
Conga
It could be easier to create views or there could be additional training with step by step examples in conga community
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Validity
- Ease of use - Real-time and visible nature of making mass changes - Ease of setting up a Grid - Ease of filtering the Grid to see the records that I need to change
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Support Rating
Conga
In general, Conga is a strong company with a depth of talent in its support team. However, when new releases occur, the changes can be somewhat jarring to users as the interface does not offer the ability to hide or show messages related to the changes - all users get the same messaging from Conga around changes to their tool.
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Validity
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Implementation Rating
Conga
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Validity
GridBuddy was very easy to implement
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Alternatives Considered
Conga
I've only used Salesforce before and am now using Conga ActionGrid. Although Salesforce is great, it is only used to log candidate information and then log actions that have been performed. With Conga ActionGrid, we are able to log more specific details about candidates, activities and follow up items. Conga ActionGrid provides more tools that would benefit many departments
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Validity
This is the 1st inline editing product we have tested. The only reason we would ever go with another product is the price.
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Return on Investment
Conga
  • It has benefited us positively, as I stated earlier- it allows us to filter down results of 65,000+ candidates to a search of 1-100 candidates.
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Validity
  • Our sales executives save a lot of time reviewing all opportunities in a single editable view.
  • Gridbuddy improves the functionality of our CRM by allowing us to edit multiple opportunities in one place.
  • It is generally faster and easier to build a report in GridBuddy than it is in SAP C4C.
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ScreenShots

Conga Grid Screenshots

Screenshot of Simple Grid View - makes Salesforce data easier to see & fast to updateScreenshot of Excel-Like Functionality - data can be edited inline, just like in a spreadsheetScreenshot of Single View For All Data - displays data across objects on a single screenScreenshot of Conditional Formatting - drives attention to key data with conditional formattingScreenshot of Mass Edit and View Related Records - related records can be displayed and edited from the same screenScreenshot of Reporting - Groups and subtotals data

GridBuddy Connect Screenshots

Screenshot of Conditional formattingScreenshot of ForecastingScreenshot of ConnectorsScreenshot of Mass UpdateScreenshot of Multi-object inline editing