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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ConnectWise CPQ

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AConnectWise CPQ (formerly ConnectWise Sell, and Quosal) is the quote and proposal solution of the ConnectWise Suite. With ConnectWise Sell, users can create professional technology quotes and proposals that include rich product information, cover letters, and statements of work in minutes and automatically update their sales pipelines accordingly. The vendor says key benefits include: Save time creating IT quotes and proposals through automation …N/A

    Epicor Kinetic

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AEpicor Kinetic is a customizable, scalable, product-centric cloud ERP designed specifically for manufacturers.N/A
    Pricing
    ConnectWise CPQEpicor Kinetic
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ConnectWise CPQEpicor Kinetic
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    ConnectWise CPQEpicor Kinetic
    Considered Both Products
    ConnectWise
    Chose ConnectWise CPQ
    Bought it because of the integration to ConnectWise Manage. Did not review other products.
    Incentivized
    Epicor Software
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Would buy again
    169 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    126 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    162 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    77%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    67 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    70%
    Implementation went as expected
    93 Answers
    Features
    ConnectWise CPQEpicor Kinetic
    CPQ
    Comparison of CPQ features of ConnectWise CPQ and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    9.2
    44 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Epicor Kinetic
    -
    Ratings
    Quote sharing/sending10.044 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product configuration10.042 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configuration options10.042 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pricing rules7.743 Ratings00 Ratings
    Price adjustment10.044 Ratings00 Ratings
    Purchase history and open contracts10.038 Ratings00 Ratings
    Guided selling/Sales portal8.838 Ratings00 Ratings
    CPQ reporting & analytics6.035 Ratings00 Ratings
    CPQ-CRM integration10.041 Ratings00 Ratings
    Attachments to quotes10.041 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of ConnectWise CPQ and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Epicor Kinetic
    7.9
    52 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings8.250 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings8.129 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.537 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of ConnectWise CPQ and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Epicor Kinetic
    8.0
    151 Ratings
    6% above category average
    API for custom integration00 Ratings8.3145 Ratings
    Plug-ins00 Ratings7.7120 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of ConnectWise CPQ and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Epicor Kinetic
    8.4
    177 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.8149 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.1174 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of ConnectWise CPQ and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Epicor Kinetic
    7.6
    186 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings7.2178 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings7.4183 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings8.1174 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of ConnectWise CPQ and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Epicor Kinetic
    7.3
    199 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Accounts payable00 Ratings8.7189 Ratings
    Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.6184 Ratings
    Global Financial Support00 Ratings7.8103 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings8.2126 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings7.6151 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting00 Ratings8.1136 Ratings
    Standardized Processes00 Ratings8.0159 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of ConnectWise CPQ and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Epicor Kinetic
    8.4
    186 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Inventory tracking00 Ratings8.0185 Ratings
    Automatic reordering00 Ratings7.9111 Ratings
    Location management00 Ratings7.7145 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of ConnectWise CPQ and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Epicor Kinetic
    8.3
    189 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Pricing00 Ratings8.4176 Ratings
    Order entry00 Ratings8.3187 Ratings
    Credit card processing00 Ratings7.688 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold00 Ratings8.1165 Ratings
    Order Orchestration00 Ratings7.8119 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of ConnectWise CPQ and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Epicor Kinetic
    8.5
    161 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Billing Management00 Ratings7.8142 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings7.7137 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings7.580 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings7.981 Ratings
    Period Close00 Ratings8.2144 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of ConnectWise CPQ and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Epicor Kinetic
    9.2
    19 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Budgeting and Forecasting00 Ratings9.015 Ratings
    Project Costing00 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    Cost Capture00 Ratings10.017 Ratings
    Capital Project Management00 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Customer Contract Compliance00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Project Revenue Recognition00 Ratings9.012 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of ConnectWise CPQ and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Epicor Kinetic
    7.7
    74 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings7.767 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings7.154 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings7.244 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools00 Ratings7.051 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of ConnectWise CPQ and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Epicor Kinetic
    7.9
    33 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings8.529 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of ConnectWise CPQ and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Epicor Kinetic
    8.0
    138 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings7.559 Ratings
    Contract Authoring00 Ratings7.456 Ratings
    Contract Repository00 Ratings7.758 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings7.696 Ratings
    Supplier Management00 Ratings7.6130 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of ConnectWise CPQ and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Epicor Kinetic
    7.8
    49 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Risk Repository00 Ratings8.139 Ratings
    Control Management00 Ratings7.744 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings7.440 Ratings
    Issue Detection00 Ratings8.545 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification00 Ratings7.739 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of ConnectWise CPQ and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Epicor Kinetic
    7.6
    103 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings7.971 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings7.965 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings7.556 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management00 Ratings8.086 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings7.973 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of ConnectWise CPQ and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Epicor Kinetic
    7.9
    148 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Production Process Design00 Ratings7.9119 Ratings
    Production Management00 Ratings8.2139 Ratings
    Configuration Management00 Ratings7.6106 Ratings
    Work Execution00 Ratings7.6109 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings7.7132 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of ConnectWise CPQ and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Epicor Kinetic
    8.1
    134 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings7.1107 Ratings
    Inventory Planning00 Ratings7.7131 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring00 Ratings7.8104 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of ConnectWise CPQ and Epicor Kinetic
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Epicor Kinetic
    7.9
    67 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Proposal Management00 Ratings8.254 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management00 Ratings8.063 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ConnectWise CPQEpicor Kinetic
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (50 ratings)
    8.1
    (222 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (10 ratings)
    8.8
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.8
    (8 ratings)
    8.1
    (182 ratings)
    Performance
    6.3
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.9
    (8 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    8.5
    (15 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (14 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ConnectWise CPQEpicor Kinetic
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ConnectWise
    The most powerful features are the fact that you can see when your clients have viewed your quote, and that it can pull in real-time information about the products you are selling. It is all online-based, so you can use it from anywhere which is a big advantage over other quoting tools that I have used. We don't use the procurement capabilities, but for quoting pricing and customer visibility it works fantastically.
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    Epicor Software
    I think it depends on the industry and complexity of the company. In our situation, we primarily use Epicor for financials, in a relatively simple manner. I don't think that Epicor is the most intuitive or simple to set up for our situation. I think Epicor is better suited for its target industry of manufacturing, where building out the multiple layers let's Epicor's strengths come to bear.
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    Pros
    ConnectWise
    • ConnectWise Sell does an excellent job of neatly presenting quotes and proposals to the end user. There are multiple different options for the look and function of the quotes. There are also options for custom quote templates that are designed directly for your organization.
    • ConnectWise Sell does a reasonably good job of connecting to and working with Autotask. It took our organization about 6 months to figure out the correct way to flow from quote to invoice with our systems. Sell will easily pull in your customer information from Autotask into a quote and allow you to send the quote direct from your email.
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    Epicor Software
    • MRP Processing, PO Suggestion processing and maintaining Inventory/Accounting cost consistency.
    • Freighting with speed and precision allows us to ship on time with over 10 shipping stations they all run seamlessly.
    • Using ECM, we've streamlined our AP Invoicing process and increased our teams throughput at least 2x with more speed projected.
    • Using Co-Parts with Advanced Production, we've increased inventory accuracy and accounting for parts cost in a more transparent way.
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    Cons
    ConnectWise
    • I'd like to see ConnectWise Sell develop a more user-friendly environment for advanced form and template design that doesn't require developer skills or consulting engagements. in order for us to develop these forms makes us reliant on consultants. These engagements are worth the cost, but sometimes we just don't have time to wait for them to be delivered.
    • I'd like to see ConnectWise Sell automatically generate a quote for items such as warranties or services that are expiring in ConnectWise Manage. This would save us a tremendous amount of time preparing quotes.
    • I'd like to see a new version automatically created when changes are made to a quote with the ability to reverse or revert back to a particular version. Sometimes people make mistakes and delete or change something they shouldn't have. Or customers want a change to version 1 only to change their minds when you send them the updated one, and want to go back to the original one.
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    Epicor Software
    • In Application Studio, there are quite a few things that you just have to know in order to really get it to work right. Such as when you are updating a dataview you have to save them refresh and then go back to the wizard to get the added fields that you may have added from a BAQ.
    • When running MRP it has a tendency to stall or not finish on occasion. This is a problem as we do not get any PO Suggestions when this happens.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ConnectWise
    We are in our 4th year with Quosal and fully expect to renew again and again. With their development of additional features such as the Order Porter, Visual Quoting and others, we see the adoption rates continuing to rise while making our time to quoted shorter and shorter. Quosal and ConnecWise's vision of automated quoting is an exciting frontier that we are very happy to be a part of
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    Epicor Software
    Easy to use, reliable, known product, best product configurator, Epicor continues to offer improvements every year.
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    Usability
    ConnectWise
    Quosal is a very solid product with a LOT of functionality. Quosal has two main products that they offer, 'Quosal Sell' and 'Quosal Create.' If you are looking for an "out-of-the-box" or "ready to use" quoting software, I would recommend Quosal Sell. If you are interested exploring advanced functionality and integration or have a resource on staff willing to assume an "admin" role, I would highly recommend Quosal Create.
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    Epicor Software
    There is always room for improvement! I've used Great Plains ERP/MS Dynamics and Epicor my entire career. both do some things really well. Both could learn from each other. The KInetic user interface is much better than the classic windows overall. Please keep adding more functionality to the core financials!!! You need the accountants to be on your side.
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    Performance
    ConnectWise
    I dont think we use this tool to potential
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    Epicor Software
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    ConnectWise
    Have to wait till 11pm EST time to get someone knowledgeable. That sucks truly. Almost half my day is gone. They need to provide premium support, where I can contact a "real" Quosal rep, anytime of the day or night 24/7
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    Epicor Software
    If the answer to your problem is not readily available in an answer book, your response or solution will take months, if you get one at all. Problems need to be sent to support and duplicated by them before they try to fix it. This is extremely frustrating because you have to prove to Epicor that you are having an issue. If by some miracle you get by this barrier, your problem is submitted to development for review. You can't speak to them or communicate in any way directly. This group appears to be completely unconcerned about user issues or customer service. Our experiences have been negative across the board.
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    Implementation Rating
    ConnectWise
    Great implementation, the Quosal team has a smart and well planned process to guide your team through the process. More importantly, they understand the challenges with change and user adoption.
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    Epicor Software
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    ConnectWise
    When it comes to the quoting layout Sell gives you so many more customization options. The item inventory is also easier to maintain. Sell is by far the best selling module that I have used thus far and it has helped keep us more organized.
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    Epicor Software
    Most of my histories with SAP directly. I didn't really have any negative experiences. The only thing I could say is that I always had to go to somebody else to solve the problem that I can solve first person now with Epicor Kinetic.
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    Scalability
    ConnectWise
    Connectwise Sell is listening and building their software to fit the needs of their customers. Sell is consistently looking to us for feedback and making sure their product is working for us as partners/customers. We feel we are generally behind on getting to know their updates and software upgrades. They are a great vendor and wonderful corporation.
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    Epicor Software
    Using the word Scalability usually implies an increase of use, or adding the use of other features. Making the product put to good/proper use for small companies without the need for full-time support, whilst integrity is maintained it is an entirely different topic. In my view, the current company may have acquired a full truck with options, where initially a small pick-up may have been better suited.
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    Return on Investment
    ConnectWise
    • Customer satisfaction improvement. It's an impressive and professional way to present information that our customers appreciate. They not only have a clear way of knowing exactly what is being proposed, but now have another method they can use to easily track and organize approved/ not-approved quotes.
    • Improved brand consistency. We have a reputable, trusted image that projects across our client portfolio (not to mention within our community) and this system helps to promote and maintain our transparency and professional image.
    • Following up and referencing past quotes is made easy and quickly, which has benefited us from a time-cost savings perspective.
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    Epicor Software
    • We have increased our lead time of orders by about a week.
    • We have increased our output of product by 10% with the same amount of staff.
    • We were able to leverage Kinetic to optimize our business while moving two facilities.
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    ScreenShots

    ConnectWise CPQ Screenshots

    Screenshot of Sell DashboardScreenshot of Sell EtilizeScreenshot of Sell IntelScreenshot of Sell Order Porter E-SignatureScreenshot of Sell Place Order

    Epicor Kinetic Screenshots

    Screenshot of Production ManagementScreenshot of Role-Based Analytics and Business IntelligenceScreenshot of Planning and SchedulingScreenshot of Shipping and ReceivingScreenshot of the General LedgerScreenshot of Training and Development