ConnectWise CPQ vs. Pega Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ConnectWise CPQ
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
ConnectWise 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
Pega Platform
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Pega Platform is a combined business process management and robotic process automation (RPA) platform with advanced workforce analytics from Pegasystems.
$0.45
one-time fee per case**
Pricing
ConnectWise CPQPega Platform
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Low-code Factory Edition
$0.45
one-time fee per case**
Standard Edition
$0.80
one-time fee per case**
Enterprise Edition
Custom Quote
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ConnectWise CPQPega Platform
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details**350,000 cases / year minimum. Additional cases available in blocks of 150,000.
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Community Pulse
ConnectWise CPQPega Platform
Features
ConnectWise CPQPega Platform
CPQ
Comparison of CPQ features of Product A and Product B
ConnectWise CPQ
9.3
44 Ratings
6% above category average
Pega Platform
-
Ratings
Quote sharing/sending10.044 Ratings00 Ratings
Product configuration10.042 Ratings00 Ratings
Configuration options10.042 Ratings00 Ratings
Pricing rules8.243 Ratings00 Ratings
Price adjustment10.044 Ratings00 Ratings
Purchase history and open contracts10.038 Ratings00 Ratings
Guided selling/Sales portal8.638 Ratings00 Ratings
CPQ reporting & analytics6.035 Ratings00 Ratings
CPQ-CRM integration10.041 Ratings00 Ratings
Attachments to quotes10.041 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
ConnectWise CPQ
-
Ratings
Pega Platform
5.3
63 Ratings
37% below category average
Dashboards00 Ratings4.062 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings6.062 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings6.061 Ratings
Process Engine
Comparison of Process Engine features of Product A and Product B
ConnectWise CPQ
-
Ratings
Pega Platform
8.0
66 Ratings
4% below category average
Process designer00 Ratings8.965 Ratings
Process simulation00 Ratings7.857 Ratings
Business rules engine00 Ratings9.965 Ratings
SOA support00 Ratings7.251 Ratings
Process player00 Ratings7.048 Ratings
Support for modeling languages00 Ratings5.46 Ratings
Form builder00 Ratings9.059 Ratings
Model execution00 Ratings8.756 Ratings
Collaboration
Comparison of Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
ConnectWise CPQ
-
Ratings
Pega Platform
9.0
50 Ratings
8% above category average
Social collaboration tools00 Ratings9.050 Ratings
Content Management Capabilties
Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Product A and Product B
ConnectWise CPQ
-
Ratings
Pega Platform
4.4
9 Ratings
59% below category average
Content management00 Ratings4.49 Ratings
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User Ratings
ConnectWise CPQPega Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(49 ratings)
6.0
(73 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
1.0
(10 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(7 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
6.3
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
5.9
(8 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.8
(4 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.2
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ConnectWise CPQPega Platform
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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Pegasystems
Pega Platform has introduced the low code feature, using app studio seasonal and professional developer can develop application easily and quickly. The initial application can be build by Business analyst and product owner who has less knowledge of Pega Platform, further application can be enhanced/extended by professional developer. We can develop end to end application and promote to higher environment. Easily we can perform parallel development using branch.
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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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Pegasystems
  • Quick development time. Much of the Pega "rules" are easy to configure and implement.
  • Visually friendly and modern. Much of the UI/UX elements in the system are continuously supported and updated, giving a nice feel to the apps.
  • Many of the configurations and rules Pega gives to the developers can also be delegated to business users. The organization and structure of the client's business can easily be adapted in the Pega platform.
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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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Pegasystems
  • Need more learning materials. For Beginners who have previous programming experience with another language takes more time to learn.
  • If the developer is met with an issue in pega platform , they have to rely on Pega supporting team to fix it.
  • Customization is available but is not encouraged. Pega does not support faults that occur in customized solutions.
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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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Pegasystems
Pegasystems has continued to demonstrate a strong partnership with our organization and investment in their product that aligns with our overall vision and need. Pegasystems has engaged us at every level, with the assistance of minor defects to the overall roadmap planning and alignment of our goals
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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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Pegasystems
Pega Platform is enhancing its product and launching new features day by day which help to achieve customers needs. If I talk about the earlier version of Pega Platform (i.e. pega v5 and 6.3) there were many numbers of limitations in Pega Platform and if we need to do some customization then needed to write custom java and jave scripts to achieve the functionally. Now I can say Pega Platform is running with market trends and demand. Pega Platform is giving all the options which support the current technologies like decisioning capabilities, real time processing, mashup, process fabrics etc..
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Performance
ConnectWise
I dont think we use this tool to potential
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Pegasystems
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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Pegasystems
It’s very slow sometimes, but that may be our servers. Also the Knowledge Library needs some work - again, not sure if it’s our setup or what- but I’m unable to search the body of an article for content, so I have to be very intentional with tagging, but it’s not ideal.
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Online Training
ConnectWise
No answers on this topic
Pegasystems
The online training is an excellent one, but still it is missing hands on development.
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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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Pegasystems
Implementation is totally depend up on the requirement
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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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Pegasystems
We did evaluate multiple products offerings with Pega Platform capabilities and observed that Pega PRPC rules engine and case management capabilities are better over so many BPM Tools. We also conducted a detailed study with developers to identify the best products out of Suite of BPM products. It's observed that Rules engines integration is very streamlined with forms in Pega whereas other tools multiple have powerful data model capabilities but lacks the ease of creating business rules.
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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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Pegasystems
No answers on this topic
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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Pegasystems
  • For one of the applications we worked on, we were able to reduce the processing time on a case from 2 days to 20 minutes by utilizing Pega
  • We were able to resolve the issue of the routing of cases to users based on a specific algorithm by use of Pega
  • Pega case management feature was extensively used in one of the application to establish a parent-child relationship which was very helpful for all the business users
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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