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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

    WORKetc

    Score7 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    WORKetc is a cloud-based business management system. With integrated CRM, project management, billing, help desk, reporting, and collaboration, teams can access one system for all relevant information. The system supports popular third-party apps such as Google Workspace, Xero Accounting, Quickbooks Online, Outlook, Dropbox, and Evernote.

    $78

    per month

    Pricing
    ConnectWise CPQWORKetc
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Starter Edition
    $78
    Per Month for up to 2 Users
    Team
    $195
    Per month for up to 3 Users (Each extra user + $49/month)
    Foundations
    $395
    Per month for up to 5 Users (Each extra user + $59/month)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ConnectWise CPQWORKetc
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    ConnectWise CPQWORKetc
    CPQ
    Comparison of CPQ features of ConnectWise CPQ and WORKetc
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    9.2
    44 Ratings
    5% above category average
    WORKetc
    -
    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 WORKetc
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    WORKetc
    7.9
    13 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings8.613 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.312 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings7.810 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings7.913 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings8.18 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings7.82 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of ConnectWise CPQ and WORKetc
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    WORKetc
    8.3
    12 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Case management00 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings8.512 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of ConnectWise CPQ and WORKetc
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    WORKetc
    7.4
    11 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Lead management00 Ratings7.710 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings7.19 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of ConnectWise CPQ and WORKetc
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    WORKetc
    8.1
    13 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Task management00 Ratings8.713 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings7.810 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings7.912 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of ConnectWise CPQ and WORKetc
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    WORKetc
    7.3
    11 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings7.59 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings7.211 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of ConnectWise CPQ and WORKetc
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    WORKetc
    8.0
    13 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Custom fields00 Ratings8.413 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings7.310 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of ConnectWise CPQ and WORKetc
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    WORKetc
    8.9
    11 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.811 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of ConnectWise CPQ and WORKetc
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    WORKetc
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Social data00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of ConnectWise CPQ and WORKetc
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    WORKetc
    7.5
    13 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings7.513 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ConnectWise CPQWORKetc
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (50 ratings)
    7.8
    (40 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (10 ratings)
    8.2
    (30 ratings)
    Usability
    9.8
    (8 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    6.3
    (5 ratings)
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.9
    (8 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ConnectWise CPQWORKetc
    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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    WORKetc
    If you are looking for a way to organize customer data and projects across regions, then WORK[etc] will get the job done. For our company, the country is divided into 3 regions and each region has a team of workers in charge of providing ongoing support services to that region. WORK[etc] has organized our company exponentially and given us a solid database to pull from to ensure we're meeting contractual requirements, providing timely deliverables and staying ahead of the game. Because I only work in a service industry, I don't know if WORK[etc] would be appropriate for product based companies, However, if you were offering anything [product or service] that required online support, the system will function well.
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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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    WORKetc
    • Connecting all the different methods of communicating with our clients into one place is the best part of the application to us. The Google Apps integration lets us update all of our WORK[etc] details directly from our email page which saves a huge amount of time. It lets us move back and forth freely between WORK[etc] tools and our Google Apps email, documents, calendar, etc. with ease.
    • Breaking work according to what we are doing helps us group and ungroup things as needed. Since we do tech support and so much more having the ability to connect projects, support cases, to dos, documents, discussions, and more all together makes it easy to work with the relationships of all the different activity.
    • We have found the discussion tool to be vital to moving things through quickly. There are many discussions that are just FYI while others really need a decision or answer form the team members. Discussions allows us to quickly note the people we need to answer us and what is there as an FYI. It keeps all that history so our decision process become documented easily and not lost in email chains.
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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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    WORKetc
    • The one key issue that it doesn't solve is resource utilisation. You are able to add the number of hours that each "to do" will take but you can't allocate that to an employee and then aggregate all that up to show how much capacity you are using or have left.
    • One if its great benefits is its flexibility but that is also a drawback because there are multiple ways to do the same thing. This means that to ensure consistency across all employees having your own business procedures on how to use WORKetc is vital.
    • Some of the financial processes don't fully reflect UK practice currently. For instance it doesn't deal with VAT on expenditure well. However we have been assured that this is being resolved.
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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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    WORKetc
    We, as a company, have put a lot of time and energy into building the system to where it is for us today. With its constant improvements and our continually learning and developing, I couldn't imagine moving away from WORKetc to try a different system out. This really does give us everything that we've wanted/needed in a system without having to utilize 2-3 different products. The part that makes this so unique compared to other systems that we've used in the past is the fact that it has a project management piece built in, and that in itself is a huge driving point in why we will continue to use this.
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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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    WORKetc
    My staff hates it, our clients require transparency and you manual have to enter notes, billing is horrific, as it does not subtotal by type - so as a T&M shop there is no way to easily see how much was spent to each matter or service type.
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    Reliability and Availability
    ConnectWise
    No answers on this topic
    WORKetc
    It never let me down. The support team never let me down.
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    Performance
    ConnectWise
    I dont think we use this tool to potential
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    WORKetc
    WORKetc compares well in regards to speed and reliability to other cloud-based products we use such as Google for Work. Compared to our old in-house based CRM, it is a superstar; faster, more reliable and easily run on a variety of browsers and smart phones. The program loads fast as do data screens for contacts, projects, invoices and more
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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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    WORKetc
    WORKetc offers maybe the best support in the business. Product documentation and training resources are outstanding. Support tickets or inquiries are answered quickly. If you do need to address an issue in person, it is easy to schedule a 15 or 30 minute live call with their fantastic support staff who are fast, friendly and skilled
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    Online Training
    ConnectWise
    No answers on this topic
    WORKetc
    They know their stuff. They listen to your use cases. They get back to you.
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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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    WORKetc
    The implementation of the system was fairly easy. Because of our previous experience with a similar system, we were ready and working on the product as soon as we announced the switch. The system also allowed us to simplify our processes by integrating timesheets and project management directly into our CMS.
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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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    WORKetc
    We needed a CRM that would work with US. We found WORK [etc] was exactly what we needed. being able to customize the CRM around our company and further change as we go has been the best thing about it. We haven't been locked into how it is set up and can change it very quickly.
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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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    WORKetc
    Everything is related. You can scale up your team rapidly.
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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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    WORKetc
    • Setting up project templates is time-consuming - if you want to do it right. Nevertheless, it is well worth it! Routine complex projects that used to require at least six people and at least as many "silos of information" are now done with two or three people, and - at most - 2 or 3 silos of information. And that's only because I haven't fully integrated the program with our Accounting programs (and there is an API for Quickbooks). I'd say the initial investment of perhaps 80 hours on my part was saved five or ten times over during our first six months, with better accuracy, accountability, and documentation. Since then, the ROI is at least 20 or 30 times annually of my time...the one thing I can't buy more of.
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    ConnectWise CPQ Screenshots

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    WORKetc Screenshots

    Screenshot of WORKetc's customizable dashboard - gives an instant bird's eye view of data. A summarized widget for all of WORKetc's modules can be added to the dashboard, while those that are not needed can be hidden and the most important can be dragged to the top.Screenshot of WORKetc contacts - organized in a single location. Every item created, every activity worked on, and all email correspondence can be traced back to a contact. These automatically become accessible and trackable from that contact's activity history stream, a filterable, customizable list that tracks the relationship with that contact.Screenshot of WORKetc's projects - the bins for everything related to a client including tasks, sub-projects, discussion, files, timesheets, expenses, and other items. WORKetc allows unlimited nesting of sub-projects within projects and an unlimited number of tasks within each sub-project. Multiple project views are available, including project tree view and a Gantt Chart.Screenshot of one of WORKetc has over 40 "out of the box" reports, giving access to needed stats and information. The reports that are used most often can be kept in the "My Reports" tab to keep them at the forefront of the reporting area. Reports can also be bookmarked.