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    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

    IBM Digital Commerce

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AIBM Digital Commerce is an e-commerce platform that is designed to deliver omni-channel shopping experiences, including mobile, social, and in-store. In June 2019, IBM Digital Commerce was acquired by HCL Technologies.N/A
    Pricing
    ConnectWise CPQIBM Digital Commerce
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    ConnectWise CPQIBM Digital Commerce
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    ConnectWise CPQIBM Digital Commerce
    CPQ
    Comparison of CPQ features of ConnectWise CPQ and IBM Digital Commerce
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    9.2
    44 Ratings
    5% above category average
    IBM Digital Commerce
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    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
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of ConnectWise CPQ and IBM Digital Commerce
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Digital Commerce
    7.6
    3 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Product catalog & listings00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Product management00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Bulk product upload00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Branding00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Mobile storefront00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Product variations00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Website integration00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Visual customization00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    CMS00 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of ConnectWise CPQ and IBM Digital Commerce
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Digital Commerce
    6.0
    3 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Checkout user experience00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of ConnectWise CPQ and IBM Digital Commerce
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Digital Commerce
    6.0
    3 Ratings
    33% below category average
    eCommerce security00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of ConnectWise CPQ and IBM Digital Commerce
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Digital Commerce
    7.0
    3 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Promotions & discounts00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    SEO00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of ConnectWise CPQ and IBM Digital Commerce
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Digital Commerce
    6.2
    3 Ratings
    26% below category average
    Multi-site management00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Order processing00 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    Inventory management00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Shipping00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Custom functionality00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ConnectWise CPQIBM Digital Commerce
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (50 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (10 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.8
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    6.3
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.9
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ConnectWise CPQIBM Digital Commerce
    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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    IBM
    I think WebSphere Commerce is well suited for customers looking to sell products online that need robustness and scalability as a priority. It provides a complete order cycle out of the box, or you can integrate with your existing order fulfillment. Online shopping models like digital subscriptions or a marketplace are not well suited as it requires a lot of customization
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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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    IBM
    • Websphere commerce provides efficient contract based pricing. Contract based pricing greatly helps in handling prices for different business
    • Catalog filtering is one other strength of websphere commerce, as it helps to filter the show only those products that the customer is entitled to
    • Extended site model is one other strength of WCS as it greatly helps in having multiple e-commerce sites for different demographics, for branding etc
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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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    IBM
    • The e-Marketing spots contain content associated with marketing activities to target customer segment - needs some improvement. The algorithm to set up the priority of each of the Web Activity with in eMarketing spot is little bit confusing.
    • The catalog load can be simplified.
    • WebSphere Commerce is a huge application - someone needs to spend at least 5-6 years to learn about the whole application.
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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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    IBM
    The scalability and various configurations of the product allows for a wide range of e-commerce site features. It provides a storefront to begin with so it helps with speeding up development.
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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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    IBM
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    Performance
    ConnectWise
    I dont think we use this tool to potential
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    IBM
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    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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    IBM
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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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    IBM
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    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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    IBM
    IBM Digital Commerce was a lot more customizable and had a good engine for us to make enhancements. We were not locked down to certain integrations and we were able to utilize a lot of the features outside of the box vs using a prescribed set of features and functionality that other tools would force us to use
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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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    IBM
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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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    IBM
    • For our clients in the apparel industry, the flexibility that WCS provides to scale up really helped their online business to grow tremendously.
    • Our client in the restaurant industry can't quite leverage what WCS has to offer though as it doesn't really fit their shopping model.
    • Another positive impact is that it allows our clients to streamline their commerce system in interacting with their backend.
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