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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Conga Grid

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AConga 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. Using…N/A

    Microsoft Excel

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Excel is a spreadsheet application available as part of Microsoft 365 (Office 365), or standalone, in cloud-based and on-premise editions.

    $6.99

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    Pricing
    Conga GridMicrosoft Excel
    Editions & Modules
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    Excel with Microsoft 365
    $6.99
    per month
    Excel for 1 PC or Mac
    $139.99
    perpetual license
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Conga GridMicrosoft Excel
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Conga GridMicrosoft Excel
    Considered Both Products
    Conga
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
    78 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    70 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    76 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    46 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
    54 Answers
    Features
    Conga GridMicrosoft Excel
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Conga Grid and Microsoft Excel
    Feature
    Conga Grid
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Microsoft Excel
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    Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Conga Grid and Microsoft Excel
    Feature
    Conga Grid
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Microsoft Excel
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    Predictive Analytics8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Conga GridMicrosoft Excel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (10 ratings)
    9.0
    (78 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    9.9
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    8.5
    (23 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    10.0
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    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
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    8.0
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    Configurability
    -
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    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    10.0
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    Product Scalability
    -
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    10.0
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    Vendor post-sale
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    User Testimonials
    Conga GridMicrosoft Excel
    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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    Microsoft
    I don't really know another program as powerful as Excel. I've used Google Doc programs but do not feel they come close. So far, anytime I've needed a table of some sort for data, whether it's budget oriented or information off a survey, the best system has been Excel. We do web audits on occasion and we create an Excel worksheet featuring every URL of the pages we're auditing, notes, data about the content, information about files attached to the page and other information to help us determine what pages need updating, deleting or otherwise. We also use Excel primarily to export our Google Analytics to in order for us to create reports for clients that need to see specific information about their traffic.
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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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    Microsoft
    • It is very good at embedded formulas and tying cells to one another
    • It allows me to compare deals terms on a side-by-side basis and talk my clients through it easily.
    • It is very helpful as well in terms of allowing me to filter/sort results in many different ways depending on what specific information I am most interested in prioritizing.
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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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    Microsoft
    • Excel offers collaboration features that allow multiple users to work on the same spreadsheet, but managing changes made by different users can be challenging. Excel could improve its features by offering more granular control, better tracking of changes, and more robust conflict resolution tools.
    • Itcan be a barrier to productivity when importing and exporting data from other applications or file formats. To improve its features, it should offer better support for standard file formats and more robust error handling and reporting tools.
    • Excel can be challenging for finance students and working professionals, but it can be improved by offering more robust tutorials, better documentation, and more user communities and support forums.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Conga
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Excel remains the industry standard for spreadsheets and has maintained simple and straight-forward formula writing methods. Although there is a learning curve to do more complex calculations, there are countless help sites and videos on the Internet for almost any need.
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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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    Microsoft
    I'm giving it a 7 because it is my go to. But the fact other prefer Google Sheets when working with a team does get irritating. I've used the online version of Microsoft Excel that other teams can get into and it still seems behind Google Sheets. It's a little clanky and slow? If that's even a term.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Conga
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    I have rarely, if ever, had issues with its availability.
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    Performance
    Conga
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Excel load and performs calculations immediately. It integrate well with all Microsoft Office applications and does not slow them down.
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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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    Microsoft
    I have not had to use it often, but it is good.
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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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    Microsoft
    Out of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power BI, IBM SPSS, and Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel is by far the most common tool used for anything data-related across organizations. Accordingly, our organization has also implemented Microsoft Excel as a first-step tool. We recently adopted Microsoft Power BI (the free version), and use it occasionally (mostly for creating dashboards), but it is less commonly understood by stakeholders across our organization and by our clients. Accordingly, Microsoft Excel is more user-friendly and because of its popularity, we can easily look up how to do things in the program online. Google Sheets is a comparable alternative to Microsoft Excel, but because it's cloud-based and we have sensitive data that needs to be protected, we chose against using this software. Finally, a few users (including myself) have access to and utilize IBM's SPSS. For my role, it's a helpful tool to do more rigorous analyses. However, because of its cost and limited functionality as a simple spreadsheet, we only use it for more complex analyses.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Conga
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    N/A I was not involved in this process.
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    Scalability
    Conga
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Each user can use it to whatever level of expertise they have. It remains the same so users can contribute to another's work regardless of whether they have more or less expertise
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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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    Microsoft
    • Excel has positively impacted the business as it has increased our efficiency.
    • It also saves us the time that we would have spent on making the calculations that it does for us.
    • Since it works on all devices and is compatible with both Windows and Mac, we do not have to invest in any other alternative.
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    ScreenShots

    Conga Grid Screenshots

    Screenshot of a simple grid view. This makes Salesforce data easier to see & fast to update.Screenshot of Excel-Like Functionality, where data can be edited inline, just like in a spreadsheet.Screenshot of a single view for all data. This displays data across objects on a single screen.Screenshot of conditional formatting, which drives attention to key data.Screenshot of the interface to mass edit and view related records. Related records can be displayed and edited from the same screen.Screenshot of reporting, which groups and subtotals data.