Conga Composer vs. Formstack Documents

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Conga Composer
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Conga Composer is a document generation and automation tool designed to simplify and streamline the process of creating and distributing customized documents, presentations, and reports. Conga Composer integrates with any data source, including CRM systems like Salesforce, and allows users to dynamically merge data from these sources into templates to generate personalized documents.
$20
per month per user
Formstack Documents
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
Formstack Documents (formerly WebMerge, acquired by Formstack April 2019) is an online service that automates the document creation process. It allows users to create customized PDF and Word documents for contracts, applications, government forms, and more.N/A
Pricing
Conga ComposerFormstack Documents
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Conga ComposerFormstack Documents
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Conga Composer
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
Conga ComposerFormstack Documents
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(84 ratings)
8.5
(9 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(13 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.3
(8 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Conga ComposerFormstack Documents
Likelihood to Recommend
Conga
We used to manually process information which are available in Salesforce to another system, right now we just click a button and these information is available in another system. This process eliminate human error and provide accurate information in our financial reporting. This process helps our accounting department provide efficiency and accuracy on providing data.
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Formstack
[Formstack Documents (formerly WebMerge) is] well suited for a mid-size organization that has multiple data inputs and needs to provide structure and professional document generation. As helpful as it is, the cost would prevent smaller businesses from realizing the cost savings that a larger one will.
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Pros
Conga
  • It is positive that Conga integrates with and is operated within SFDC
  • Conga allows users to tag any document with dynamic fields that map to SFDC and send it out for signature
  • Conga allows us to consistently produce quotes with the correct SKUs, Terms, & conditions at scale
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Formstack
  • Excellent integration with other popular platforms
  • Clear and usable documentation to walk through setup in a number of scenarios
  • Responsive support that provided appropriate answers when we had questions
  • Flexibility in use cases that support multiple modes of use
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Cons
Conga
  • It is challenging to go from solutions to templates and then to each account record to generate - is there a way to generate for all?
  • the search for reports is unwieldy - can there be a "recents" to cut down on what reports we are searching through? or a way to view folders.
  • i have tried saving time by having conga composer up on several records and you can't generate records. again, if there is a way to generate for all?
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Formstack
  • We've had some issues with document formatting when the Formstack document comes through. Nothing outrageous, but it has been very inconvenient and annoying.
  • The Formstack website is not attractive or user friendly.
  • I think it could be clearer to Formstack users that it is a tool that needs another tool, not a tool all its own.
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Likelihood to Renew
Conga
Though I love how easily Conga Composer ties into Salesforce and its given analytics, it takes a lot of data entry to get up and running. I don't love that sometimes queries can take a long time to pull. I like keeping our marketing templates consistent via templates in the system. Pulling multiple objects into one report is fantastic too.
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Formstack
Ease of use, nice functionality that saves time
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Usability
Conga
It's a fairly simple tool to integrate into your current business structure. When we've had issues, we were able to resolve them extremely quickly. The users click a button and it can bring in all the quote lines, and our credit application seamlessly into our tool. I'd definitely recommend it to other colleagues
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Formstack
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Performance
Conga
This product appears to work well. It was not a fit for us this time, but we would consider in future
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Formstack
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Support Rating
Conga
It's been hit and miss depending on the issue. We use javascript to generate the urls which has confused many techs even though it generates a clean url - they are overwhelmed by the concept of code and can't understand that the url is all that matters.
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Formstack
Support was always readily available and happy to assist whenever I had a question or needed help. Great experience every time.
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Implementation Rating
Conga
It was painful internally to build out all of the templates, but the actual implementation of the product was okay.
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Formstack
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Alternatives Considered
Conga
I think Nintex is the primary competitor for Conga Composer, but I have not personally used it. I was not present for the decision to purchase Conga but I would recommend it in future document automation vendor selection processes because I have seen how well it works! We are especially fond of complementary features in Conga Composer, including Conga Email Templates and Conga Global Merge.
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Formstack
Each of the programs above answered a specific call to action. While each addressed a small portion of our need, they never quite fit the bill for what we needed. It was actually a representative from three of the ones above which selected WebMerge. They wanted to sell their product, but knew that we would be unfulfilled if we went with them
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Return on Investment
Conga
  • Without Conga Composer we wouldn't be able to auto generate documents in Salesforce, the extra customisation is needed.
  • The ROI is obvious when it comes to having customised documents
  • As long as the data is available in Salesforce, it's available in Conga, and so we have no issues with it's efficiency
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Formstack
  • The return on investment has been very good. It's very cost effective product. Our service team is on the phone and it takes away from the customer service if they are having to input the same information on applications. Web Merge eliminates additional key strokes while giving customers more time to run their business.
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ScreenShots

Conga Composer Screenshots

Screenshot of how documents are created automatically, directly from SalesforceScreenshot of documents generated with any data, from any object - standard or customScreenshot of Conga Document GenerationScreenshot of popular document formats available, like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, HTML, and PDFScreenshot of how large documents are sent via a link - and they provide visibility into customer document engagementScreenshot of how multiple documents can be sent with one or no clicks