Conga Sign vs. Windward Core

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Conga Sign
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Conga now offers electronic signature, via Conga Sign.N/A
Windward Core
Score 9.1 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Windward’s low-code document generation solution embeds into any application, enabling users to populate data-smart documents within the familiar landscape of Microsoft Office. It's a solution from PDFTron since the April 2021 acquisition.
$190
per month
Pricing
Conga SignWindward Core
Editions & Modules
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Windward Hub Standard
$19.00
Per User, Per Month (10 user minimum)*
Windward Hub Premium
$49.00
Per User, Per Month (10 user minimum)*
Windward Core Pro
$547.00
per month*
Windward Core Flex
$605.00
per month*
Windward Hub Enterprise
Custom Pricing
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Conga SignWindward Core
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details*Pay annually: 15% discount 10% discount for quarterly payment of Windward Core.
More Pricing Information
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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Score 8.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
Conga SignWindward Core
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(13 ratings)
9.1
(25 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(10 ratings)
9.1
(16 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Conga SignWindward Core
Likelihood to Recommend
Conga
Our use case for Conga Sign is pretty straightforward. Because of this, there is not much about it that would be considered excessive or inappropriate. It suits our needs as a tool to record data provided by a signer. It can also be launched from inside Salesforce via a custom button for ease of use.
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Apryse
Great for Technical Users. It's great for people a bit more on the technical side. It allows developers to quickly create and modify reporting templates without having to modify source code or make updates to a repository. Potentially Difficult for Non-Technical Users. Making substantial changes to the data portions of reporting can be a bit difficult for non-technical users. While Windward's tools for this are great, it still requires an understanding of the database schema which not all users will have.
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Pros
Conga
  • Agreements are sent digitally which reduces the time to get printed document.
  • The user has the option to forward to a relevant party where he might not be the correct person.
  • Reduces the turnaround was taking signatures from multiple stakeholders can be done digitally.
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Apryse
  • Native Office output -- not nested tables and/or horrible RTF like other tools generate.
  • Ease of use -- once the data sources are set up, creating tables is as simple as drag and drop (okay, maybe not exactly that simple, but you can certainly create a table of data using drag and drop, then format it and manipulate it as needed).
  • Responsive developers and support -- when I've had questions, they've been addressed VERY quickly and professionally.
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Cons
Conga
  • Some businesses still don't consider digital signing of critical documents a legit way.
  • Conga sign still doesn't allow sending of multiple files for signing.
  • There is a slight rendering time we have noticed while the customer opens the document which can be reduced.
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Apryse
  • It is hard to pick out the tags if they are mixed in with a block of text.
  • Using report variables in select statements causes the selection list of available fields to not show anything.
  • The color themes do not match the office selection and it feels very disconnected.
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Usability
Conga
We're a relatively high-skilled team and we all find Conga Sign's user-friendliness very low for all user types. It should not take a highly skilled tech person to complete documents. Documents need to be user friendly for all user types.
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Apryse
For the most part, the Windward report designer is intuitive for our users; but there are a few areas where it is less intuitive. In these cases, our users need to search Windwards support wiki site, or even contact their support technicians. This can also be due to the short time we've had Windward and our lack of knowledge.
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Support Rating
Conga
Conga's success team was excellent and very responsive.
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Apryse
Support is something they take pride in. Once an issue is raised, they are quick to respond and provide details on a fix. No complaints on support here.
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Alternatives Considered
Conga
Conga Sign is much more affordable than DocuSign for our organization and we are using Conga Composer already to create documents. We found that the integration between Conga Composer and Conga Sign was easier to use and we have a nice discount from Conga due to us adopting several of their products. DocuSign for the price point didn't make sense to us and it has less write-back functionality with Salesforce.
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Apryse
We evaluated several other products to integrate with our new software, but Windward Studios was an obvious standout above the majority. Other applications required some level of software development knowledge and experience to create templates and a much steeper learning curve. After consideration of ease of use, as well as a cost-comparison between different products, Windward Studios was the most suitable product to meet our needs.
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Return on Investment
Conga
  • We are growing our Strategic Partners and each requires a signed agreement, very essential to growing our business
  • We need to update our Plan Administration agreements and having automation for getting and tracking all of the signatures is vital
  • Conga Sign is good enough for all our use cases so we don't have to worry about using 3 or 4 solution platforms to gather signatures.
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Apryse
  • As a fully integrated solution, the ROI is impacted when a client gets stickier with our solution because they see the benefit of Windward.
  • Support has been fantastic for our development team so that as we integrate the solutions we have a clear and clean design.
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ScreenShots

Conga Sign Screenshots

Screenshot of A signature solution for SalesforceScreenshot of Signing Simplified - transaction creation with the click of a buttonScreenshot of Setup - pulls in customer dataScreenshot of Signs From Any Device - eSignature for every scenarioScreenshot of Matches Company BrandingScreenshot of Automates the Revenue Process - automates eSignature

Windward Core Screenshots

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