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Based on 116 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
- Salesforce CPQ (formerly SteelBrick) ranks higher in 1 feature set: CPQ
CPQ

7.2
ConnectWise Sell
72%

8.8
Salesforce CPQ
88%
Salesforce CPQ (formerly SteelBrick) ranks higher in 10/11 features
Salesforce CPQ (formerly SteelBrick) ranks higher in 10/11 features
Quote sharing/sending

8.0
80%
42 Ratings

9.2
92%
29 Ratings
Product configuration

7.9
79%
41 Ratings

8.3
83%
30 Ratings
Configuration options

7.0
70%
40 Ratings

8.8
88%
28 Ratings
Pricing rules

8.9
89%
41 Ratings

9.1
91%
27 Ratings
Price adjustment

8.0
80%
42 Ratings

9.3
93%
29 Ratings
Purchase history and open contracts

6.0
60%
37 Ratings

8.5
85%
22 Ratings
Guided selling/Sales portal

6.0
60%
36 Ratings

8.0
80%
18 Ratings
CPQ reporting & analytics

2.0
20%
34 Ratings

8.8
88%
22 Ratings
CPQ-CRM integration

7.9
79%
39 Ratings

9.3
93%
27 Ratings
Attachments to quotes

9.9
99%
39 Ratings

8.7
87%
29 Ratings
Order capturing

N/A
0 Ratings

8.7
87%
12 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- ConnectWise Sell (formerly Quosal) is rated higher in 1 area: Support Rating
- Salesforce CPQ (formerly SteelBrick) is rated higher in 4 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Likelihood to Renew, Usability, Performance
- ConnectWise Sell (formerly Quosal) and Salesforce CPQ (formerly SteelBrick) are tied in 1 area: Product Scalability
Likelihood to Recommend

8.8
ConnectWise Sell
88%
48 Ratings

9.0
Salesforce CPQ
90%
39 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

1.0
ConnectWise Sell
10%
10 Ratings

9.1
Salesforce CPQ
91%
1 Rating
Usability

6.7
ConnectWise Sell
67%
6 Ratings

8.6
Salesforce CPQ
86%
3 Ratings
Availability

ConnectWise Sell
N/A
0 Ratings

9.1
Salesforce CPQ
91%
2 Ratings
Performance

6.3
ConnectWise Sell
63%
10 Ratings

8.2
Salesforce CPQ
82%
2 Ratings
Support Rating

8.8
ConnectWise Sell
88%
14 Ratings

7.9
Salesforce CPQ
79%
24 Ratings
Implementation Rating

8.8
ConnectWise Sell
88%
8 Ratings

Salesforce CPQ
N/A
0 Ratings
Product Scalability

8.2
ConnectWise Sell
82%
5 Ratings

8.2
Salesforce CPQ
82%
1 Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
ConnectWise Sell
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.
Client Relationship Manager
JMARK Business Solutions, Inc. IT Support and IT Services Tulsa OK, Springfield MO, Fayetteville ARInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
Salesforce CPQ
What I like best is the ease of use to be able to track all opportunities and quotes in my daily sales tracker I also like the fact that you can reorganize the view for your opportunities. For instance, it is very similar to a spreadsheet where you can filter them by date, dollar amount, name, and several other ways. I found this to be less appropriate when we have to do multiple roles while assigning one task to multiple users. Column resizing within the Quote Line Editor is not supported in the Salesforce mobile app.

Verified User
Account Manager in Finance and Accounting
Construction Company, 201-500 employeesPros
ConnectWise Sell
- 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.
Service Manager
Colorado Computer SupportInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
Salesforce CPQ
- Salesforce CPQ easily maps to standard and custom fields within the opportunity in SFDC, allowing you to avoid time spent duplicating effort or copying and pasting deal criteria.
- Salesforce CPQ connects directly to pre-determined price book, making it very easy to provide a proposal based on standard cost and/or add discounts to standard cost and reflect those reductions on the order form as appropriate.
- Salesforce CPQ provides the ability for administrators to configure workflows for approval based on certain discount %'s on the standard cost, offering a quick and easy way to route automatically through the organization for approval.
Customer Account Manager, Team Lead
Xactly CorpComputer Software, 501-1000 employees
Cons
ConnectWise Sell
- 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.
Owner
Technology Professionals, LLCInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
Salesforce CPQ
- More complex product and configuration rules seem overly complex. If any math is required in a rule, even simple quantity rules can very complicated.
- Quote templates while easy to customize are very simple in their layout. We'd like to be able to have more dynamic and visually appealing quote templates.
- Guided selling is lacking in very basic ways. You can't create questions with dependencies for "if this, then that" or an intuitive questionnaire or guided selling wizard.

Verified User
Analyst in Other
Biotechnology Company, 1001-5000 employeesPricing Details
ConnectWise Sell
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—ConnectWise Sell Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
—Salesforce CPQ
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
Starting Price
$30 Per User per Month
Salesforce CPQ Editions & Modules
Edition
Basic | $301 |
---|---|
Professional | $501 |
Enterprise | $751 |
- Per User per Month
Additional Pricing Details
—Likelihood to Renew
ConnectWise Sell
ConnectWise Sell 1.0
Based on 10 answers
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
Manager of Information Systems
InfoSystems, IncInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Salesforce CPQ
Salesforce CPQ 9.1
Based on 1 answer
The company is very easy to work with and is growing by leaps and bounds. We do not anticipate switching vendors anytime in the near future
Business Process Analyst
Ingenious MedInformation Technology and Services, 201-500 employees
Usability
ConnectWise Sell
ConnectWise Sell 6.7
Based on 6 answers
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.
Manager of Sales Support
Five Nines Technology GroupInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Salesforce CPQ
Salesforce CPQ 8.6
Based on 3 answers
After the initial set up, end users who are not the most tech savy are generally finding it easy to navigate
Business Process Analyst
Ingenious MedInformation Technology and Services, 201-500 employees
Performance
ConnectWise Sell
ConnectWise Sell 6.3
Based on 10 answers
I dont think we use this tool to potential
Service Operations Manager
Path ForwardInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Salesforce CPQ
Salesforce CPQ 8.2
Based on 2 answers
No answer on this topic is available.
Support Rating
ConnectWise Sell
ConnectWise Sell 8.8
Based on 14 answers
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
Business Analyst
MCPcInformation Technology and Services, 201-500 employees
Salesforce CPQ
Salesforce CPQ 7.9
Based on 24 answers
There have been some issues with multi-year pricing of certain products and services which we have been assured will be resolved but I guess are still underway, the support team apart from this has not been needed much and in the rare scenarios, it has been needed the resolutions of conflicts has been prompt and quick, so the overall support would have my high regards for being so helpful and customer-oriented so as to assure good performance of their toolset and customer satisfaction.
Business Development Manager
EMTEX ENGINEERING PRIVATE LIMITEDMachinery, 201-500 employees
Implementation Rating
ConnectWise Sell
ConnectWise Sell 8.8
Based on 8 answers
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.
VP, Operations
Integrated Media TechnologiesInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
Salesforce CPQ
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
ConnectWise Sell
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.
Director of IT
W3ITComputer & Network Security, 1-10 employees
Salesforce CPQ
There is no comparison to a fully functional instance of CPQ. Nothing comes close due to the amount of customization and ease of use that CPQ offers once it's fully built out. Other solutions may be easier to build or administer, but for the users and business needs, CPQ is the best solution possible.
Sales Operations Manager
TessianComputer & Network Security, 51-200 employees
Scalability
ConnectWise Sell
ConnectWise Sell 8.2
Based on 5 answers
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.
Admininstrative Coordinator
The Technology Group, LLCNanotechnology, 11-50 employees
Salesforce CPQ
Salesforce CPQ 8.2
Based on 1 answer
No answer on this topic is available.
Return on Investment
ConnectWise Sell
- 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.
Purchasing Specialist
CarefreeITInformation Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
Salesforce CPQ
- The use of Steelbrick has created significant positive productivity for Mitsubish Electric sales. An online price book and quote input function, along with the ability to clone a quote to efficiently start a new quote has improved sales process and inventory planning. This elevated our sales teams from monthly spreadsheet submissions to real time opportunity and inventory planning.
- Use of SteelBrick also improved customer service. When a customer places an order today, the sales order processing team has ready access to approved proposals and pricing, instead of looking for the appropriate spreadsheet file containing a customer proposal.
Director of Information Technology
Mitsubishi Electric Cooling & HeatingElectrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 201-500 employees