HotDocs by CARET vs. Qwilr

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HotDocs by CARET
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
HotDocs is a document automation and assembly software product, acquired and now supported by AbacusNext since 2017.
$25
per user/per month
Qwilr
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Qwilr is designed to change the way a business creates and shares documents on the web. This solution allows businesses to turn traditional documents into powerful and interactive webpages that look great on any device. The vendor says this in turn offers businesses access to analytics and other helpful tools when sharing quotes, proposals and presentations with clients.
$39
per month
Pricing
HotDocs by CARETQwilr
Editions & Modules
Basic
$25
per user/per month
Enterprise
Contact sales team
Business
$39
per month per user
Enterprise
$590
per month 10 users
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HotDocs by CARETQwilr
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details—Qwilr is a freemium product. Users upgrade to the Business or Enterprise plans for access to premium features, like advanced analytics, security and branding controls, get sales material accepted, e-signed and collect payments via Stripe.
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Community Pulse
HotDocs by CARETQwilr
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
HotDocs by CARETQwilr
Proposal Creation & Organization
Comparison of Proposal Creation & Organization features of Product A and Product B
HotDocs by CARET
-
Ratings
Qwilr
8.4
8 Ratings
6% above category average
Proposal branding00 Ratings8.48 Ratings
Proposal templates00 Ratings8.38 Ratings
Proposal content library updates00 Ratings8.57 Ratings
Guided proposal creation00 Ratings8.47 Ratings
Searchable proposal database00 Ratings8.56 Ratings
Proposal Collaboration & Workflow
Comparison of Proposal Collaboration & Workflow features of Product A and Product B
HotDocs by CARET
-
Ratings
Qwilr
8.6
8 Ratings
6% above category average
RFP management & response00 Ratings8.46 Ratings
Proposal collaboration & approval00 Ratings8.47 Ratings
User permissions/proposal editing controls00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
Sales proposal workflow00 Ratings9.47 Ratings
Proposal automation user interface00 Ratings8.87 Ratings
Proposal Delivery
Comparison of Proposal Delivery features of Product A and Product B
HotDocs by CARET
-
Ratings
Qwilr
9.8
8 Ratings
21% above category average
Proposal distribution00 Ratings9.97 Ratings
Interactive proposals00 Ratings9.78 Ratings
Proposal content tracking00 Ratings9.78 Ratings
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User Ratings
HotDocs by CARETQwilr
Likelihood to Recommend
7.4
(9 ratings)
8.4
(8 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Usability
5.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
8.5
(2 ratings)
9.4
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
4.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
HotDocs by CARETQwilr
Likelihood to Recommend
CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
It is well suited in the organisations which deals with lots of paper work like legal, teaching, research, etc as they need similar kind of documents again and again. In a typical office set up it is of great use by human resource, marketing and legal department. Hot docs is not suitable if you have a proprietary or solo business as it do not caters to them.
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Qwilr
It is great for presentations to customers and keeping them engaged in your presentation. Although it is great for creating a highly customizable presentation, some users may want even more control over font, font size and font color. Some of my colleagues have expressed some dissatisfaction with the formatting as well as saving any formatting changes that have made.
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Pros
CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
  • Personalized training. We were able to get an expert on a video call who walked us through solutions to each of our unique problems (i.e. all fifty states have different notary blocks, how can we auto-populate it when the state of the deal is selected?).
  • Team access. Multiple people can work with the templates at once, thus allowing the members of our team who deal with financials to work on their documents while others focus on the organizational and legal documents.
  • Once you have successfully drafted your templates, it runs incredibly smooth (barring any minor hiccups that happen with software updates) and efficiently.
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Qwilr
  • It has different and useful templates that can help you start creating amazing presentations
  • It is really intuitive to use
  • It can incorporate files from other companies like: Drive and YouTube in a really organic way.
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Cons
CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
  • Most HotDocs templates demand high-level code. This includes complicated Word codes
  • Using HotDocs is incredibly user-friendly. Creating and maintaining templates is a programming task
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Qwilr
  • Quick support
  • Wish it was easier to turn the links on and off.
  • Some of their custom block styles could be easier to edit.
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Likelihood to Renew
CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
No answers on this topic
Qwilr
Great product with great service.
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Usability
CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
Could be more intuitive - could even "suggest" fill-ins with the option to take or not take the suggestion.
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Qwilr
At the beginning, there is a slight learning curve, but once you get the way out of it, it becomes easy to use.
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Support Rating
CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
I haven't had to contact HotDocs very often for support. I suppose I rated them mid-level simply because I would like to see more online training options or white papers to view to assist with learning. I want to understand how to do something versus having it done for me.
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Qwilr
Onboarding was very organized and simple. Our account manager made it easy for our team to learn the tool by organizing several group training sessions.
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Implementation Rating
CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
If you use WordPerfect X9 - choose"no word-processing software."
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Qwilr
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
I haven't evaluated other products. We are so used to HotDocs that it would be difficult for us to switch to something else. We continue to use HotDocs because switching cost is high once you have already started. Be careful before beginning to use this program, as it is hard to breakaway.
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Qwilr
Qwilr was a really quick and easy setup, which I think is great for smaller teams that have simple sales processes and cycles. Once more complication is it will fall short in providing the level of control and detail that is needed for a larger sales team. The end product is very elegant but comes down to the needs of the organization.
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Return on Investment
CARET (Abacus Data Systems, Inc. )
  • Time savings by employees when generating documents mean better ROI efficiency for labor.
  • Faster, more accurate turnaround for documents needing to be generated from templates.
  • Large capital expenditure depending on the number of users and developers.
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Qwilr
  • Increased efficiency when using Qwilr's library content to create proposals.
  • Can save existing building blocks to use toward future proposals.
  • Can keep track of analytics on who is viewing the documents sent.
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ScreenShots

Qwilr Screenshots

Screenshot of Projects DashboardScreenshot of Quoting toolScreenshot of Block stylesScreenshot of TemplatesScreenshot of WYSIWYG webpage creator/editorScreenshot of Analytics