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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

    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASugar Sell from SugarCRM is a collaborative CRM, allowing users to track and monitor activities, map each customer’s journey. Sugar Sell replaces former editions of the SugarCRM product, including the SugarCRM Community Edition, the open source edition, which is discontinued.

    $19

    per month per user (3 users minimum, billed annually)

    Pricing
    ConnectWise CPQSugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Essentials
    $19
    per month (billed annually) per user (3 user minimum, 9 user maximum)
    Standard
    $59
    per month (billed annually) per user (10 User Minimum)
    Advanced
    $85
    per month (billed annually) per user (10 user minimum)
    Premier
    $135
    per month (billed annually) per user (10 user minimum)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ConnectWise CPQSugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
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    Community Pulse
    ConnectWise CPQSugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Considered Both Products
    ConnectWise
    No answer on this topic
    SugarCRM
    Chose Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    SugarCRM is more stable and affordable.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    70%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    ConnectWise CPQSugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    CPQ
    Comparison of CPQ features of ConnectWise CPQ and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    9.2
    44 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    -
    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
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of ConnectWise CPQ and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    4.8
    33 Ratings
    48% below category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings5.032 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings6.028 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings6.026 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings7.026 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings7.029 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings3.026 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings4.024 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings3.030 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings2.025 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of ConnectWise CPQ and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    2.3
    24 Ratings
    108% below category average
    Case management00 Ratings3.024 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings2.019 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings2.017 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of ConnectWise CPQ and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    5.5
    25 Ratings
    34% below category average
    Lead management00 Ratings6.022 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings5.023 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of ConnectWise CPQ and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    3.0
    28 Ratings
    88% below category average
    Task management00 Ratings4.026 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings3.018 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings2.024 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of ConnectWise CPQ and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    3.3
    28 Ratings
    79% below category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings3.024 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings2.025 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings5.027 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of ConnectWise CPQ and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    5.5
    29 Ratings
    33% below category average
    Custom fields00 Ratings6.029 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings5.026 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings6.019 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings5.025 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of ConnectWise CPQ and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    5.5
    27 Ratings
    42% below category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings5.021 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings6.026 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of ConnectWise CPQ and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    3.0
    19 Ratings
    86% below category average
    Social data00 Ratings3.019 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings3.016 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of ConnectWise CPQ and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    4.5
    19 Ratings
    50% below category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings5.019 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings4.013 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of ConnectWise CPQ and Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    4.0
    20 Ratings
    62% below category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings4.020 Ratings
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    ConnectWise CPQSugar Sell (SugarCRM)
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    QuoteWerks
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Salesflare
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    QuoteWerks
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Agentforce Revenue Management
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ConnectWise CPQSugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (50 ratings)
    2.0
    (59 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (10 ratings)
    8.2
    (26 ratings)
    Usability
    9.8
    (8 ratings)
    3.0
    (10 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    6.3
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.9
    (8 ratings)
    9.1
    (12 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ConnectWise CPQSugar Sell (SugarCRM)
    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.
    Incentivized
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    SugarCRM
    Sugar CRM is a good tool, but it's complex to customize. It often requires expensive 3rd partners to implement more complex scenarios that SugarCRM struggles to support; coming back with explanations was usually time-consuming and unsupported. The back end is overly complex in terms of what it needs to be, with many redundant database tables and columns.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    SugarCRM
    • Great way to keep myself organized. I do not miss appointments with clients since within the system I can input my appointment time and also send out a reminder to my clients.
    • It has a nice layout [that] does not seem to be cluttered. I find it to be very user friendly.
    • It has customizable dashboards which I find beneficial
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    SugarCRM
    • The back-end programming (logical hooks) for advanced customizations could benefit from a more user-friendly interface
    • General layout could be improved by the addition of modern templates to customize the standard look and feel
    • Support communities could be further improved with the addition of videos on how to do specific configuration, modules.
    Incentivized
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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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    SugarCRM
    Our organization will continue to use Sugar as long as it remains cost effective and it addresses the majority of our needs. I will, however, recommend looking into other options once our needs increase and there is additional budget for some bigger named and more robust platform options. I feel if the application was friendlier to end users we would get better productivity as well.
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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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    SugarCRM
    There's a learning curve associated with Sugar. Right away, it's not as easy as an out-of-the-box CRM. Once you learn how to use Sugar, the system fits what your needs are. With any other CRM, you'd be trying to figure out how your company can best fit the CRM. You don't want to change your business cycle for your CRM, the CRM should fit your business cycle.
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    Reliability and Availability
    ConnectWise
    No answers on this topic
    SugarCRM
    SugarCRM has never been down for us.
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    Performance
    ConnectWise
    I dont think we use this tool to potential
    Incentivized
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    SugarCRM
    No response time issues ever. Very productive due to its ease of use.
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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
    Incentivized
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    SugarCRM
    The support overall at least for us has been phenomenal. Anytime that the system has any Issues at all IT gets in contact from someone from support to get the system back up and running. Have never gone more than 30 minutes with the system not working. So overall I will be definetely recommending this system in any other company that I may work for in the future.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    ConnectWise
    No answers on this topic
    SugarCRM
    We feel clasroom training is essential to ensure user adoption and buy-in. Video and on-line training courses gave their place but being in a classroom setting enables the Team to make any potential CRM issues visble right up front.
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    Online Training
    ConnectWise
    No answers on this topic
    SugarCRM
    Only part of an implemementation as noted previously.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    SugarCRM
    Study, study, and study. Be prepared to train everyday until all processes are flowing nicely. The CRM is the elephant and figuring out where to take the first bite can be a challenge. But there is only one way to eat this elephant, one bite at a time. Systematic planning is very important.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    SugarCRM
    SugarCRM is a lot better in many ways then LogicsCRM which I started using when I started as a sales rep at Community Tax. Yet there is still room for a lot of improvements to accommodate a steady workflow. They integration of old CRM files seems to have worked great from Logics to Sugar.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    SugarCRM
    Works from 2-300 Users in our experience.
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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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    SugarCRM
    • Overall seems to be more expensive than other subscription based CRMs.
    • Has positively impact our sales team to make more efficient and accountability among sales teams. Also allows for high level aggregated reporting
    • Has been impactful for all teams, not only sales to track individual activity on a daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis
    Incentivized
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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

    Sugar Sell (SugarCRM) Screenshots

    Screenshot of a view of Sugar Sell's contacts listScreenshot of Sugar Sell's analyticsScreenshot of a Sugar Sell dashboard