IBM Sterling Configure, Price, Quote vs. QuoteWerks

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Sterling Configure, Price, Quote
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
IBM Sterling CPQ transforms and automates configuration, pricing and quoting of complex products and services.N/A
QuoteWerks
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
QuoteWerks is specialized Configuration Pricing Quoting (CPQ) software that can be used in every industry to create sales quotes and proposals. The vendor’s value proposition is that rather than relying on Microsoft Word or Excel to create quotes, users can benefit from a tool that is specialized for the task of creating quotes and proposals. QuoteWerks integrates with the user's existing CRM software and distributors. With QuoteWerks users can also submit orders…
$15
per user/per month
Pricing
IBM Sterling Configure, Price, QuoteQuoteWerks
Editions & Modules
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QuoteWerks Standard Edition
$15
per user/per month
QuoteWerks Professional Edition
$20
per user/per month
QuoteWerks Corporate Edition
$29
per user/per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Sterling Configure, Price, QuoteQuoteWerks
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsThe QuoteWerks license count is based on concurrent usage so while you may have 5 users using it, you may only need to purchase 2 licenses. The QuoteValet license count is based on daily maximum number of unique users. In addition to monthly and annual subscriptions, one-time, up-front purchasing options for edition and realtime licenses are available which include volume pricing discounts. Invest up-front and pay minor maintenance fees annually. Please contact QuoteWerks Sales at sales@quotewerks.com or 407-248-1481 to answer any questions or to obtain a personalized quote.
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Community Pulse
IBM Sterling Configure, Price, QuoteQuoteWerks
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IBM Sterling Configure, Price, Quote
Chose IBM Sterling Configure, Price, Quote
IBM CPQ being hosted in a secured information center, it ensures that customer data is encrypted to never leak to cyber attackers. Also, unlike QuoteWerks, IBM CPQ has robust configure, price and quote features for all sorts of organizations from medium-sized to enterprise …
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
IBM Sterling Configure, Price, QuoteQuoteWerks
CPQ
Comparison of CPQ features of Product A and Product B
IBM Sterling Configure, Price, Quote
10.0
9 Ratings
15% above category average
QuoteWerks
9.2
32 Ratings
7% above category average
Quote sharing/sending10.09 Ratings9.132 Ratings
Product configuration10.09 Ratings9.732 Ratings
Configuration options10.09 Ratings9.332 Ratings
Pricing rules10.09 Ratings8.926 Ratings
Price adjustment10.09 Ratings9.332 Ratings
Purchase history and open contracts10.09 Ratings9.727 Ratings
Guided selling/Sales portal10.09 Ratings8.921 Ratings
CPQ reporting & analytics10.09 Ratings8.421 Ratings
CPQ-CRM integration10.09 Ratings8.827 Ratings
Attachments to quotes10.09 Ratings9.430 Ratings
Order capturing10.09 Ratings9.812 Ratings
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
IBM Sterling Configure, Price, QuoteQuoteWerks
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(9 ratings)
9.4
(48 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(21 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(9 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(5 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.9
(9 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.7
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.8
(2 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.9
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.9
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Sterling Configure, Price, QuoteQuoteWerks
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
Were it not for the fact that IBM CPQ lacks mobile and tablet applications, I would have recommended it 100%. However, I still have that 99% recommendation rate since this solution has saved us a lot by allowing us to close more sales within a short period by creating a channel where we collaborate with customers by offering coupons, sending price lists and orders.
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Aspire Technologies, Inc.
The sales department is satisfied with QuoteWerks and this generates satisfaction throughout the company. The main recommendation is to use the free trial first in order to know what the goals of each company are according to their size and futuristic vision. QuoteWerks opening easy and robust integration with our CRMs, this also improves workflow. It works as an electronic signature that has improved working time and in general the relationship with our clients because we no longer have to ask the client to print the document and then sign it.
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Pros
IBM
  • Firstly, IBM CPQ makes it easy for customers to make rapid products purchases through configuration, pricing and ordering processes.
  • Centralizing selling procedure in one platform by communicating products pricing to clients.
  • Improving ROI by attracting customers when discounts are introduced on products as well as offering coupons.
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Aspire Technologies, Inc.
  • It offers a robust API Integration with Connectwise Manage as well as several other CRM and accounting packages.
  • It offers a robust templating system that has allowed us to remove large amounts of manual labor from our quoting system.
  • It allows you to integrate rate sheets from your leasing partners for easy leasing options.
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Cons
IBM
  • Unfortunately, IBM CPQ does not have on-premises applications to use while not connected to the internet. This is no more a challenge since we have a robust WIFI connection in our organization premises.
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Aspire Technologies, Inc.
  • QuoteWerks can be a little clunky at times, but overall is easy to use.
  • QuoteWerks could be a little more visibly attractive, but it gets the job completed.
  • QuoteWerks Has added a couple of features that I would rather not see there - a view of all of the open quotes for a customer just muddies up the screen and it asks you if you want to save a quote at the most inopportune times.
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Likelihood to Renew
IBM
No answers on this topic
Aspire Technologies, Inc.
We will renew because QuoteWerks has all the capabilities we require for our business processes and our reps like it. The support is top notch and the pricing model saves us considerable money over SaaS models. I also feel confident that Aspire Technologies will continue to improve and add features
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Usability
IBM
No answers on this topic
Aspire Technologies, Inc.
In my experience, QuoteWerks is incredibly easy to get started with and very intuitive to putting together your first quote. It also has a depth of features that has not only allowed us to enhance our own internal quote / order / invoice production, but also implemented into other businesses has increased their quote production significantly.
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Reliability and Availability
IBM
No answers on this topic
Aspire Technologies, Inc.
QuoteWerks is a very stable, robust solution. In my experience: bugs in the software are rare; any crashes or system failures are usually due to other infrastructure issues rather than the software itself, i.e. a problem with the network or server, an issue with a.n.other piece of software on the User's workstation that has a knock-on effect on QuoteWerks.
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Performance
IBM
No answers on this topic
Aspire Technologies, Inc.
Once set up and running, and particularly when running the more reliable, faster Corporate edition rehosted to SQL Server, then QuoteWerks performs very well. The only reason for the slight mark down here is that QuoteWerks is very sensetive to having a database connection. If there is an issue whereby the connection to the server is lost (network glitch for example) then whereas Outlook (or a.n.other piece of software) might just wait and poll in 30 seconds time, QuoteWerks will crash and potentially a User lose all changes to the document(s) that they were working on.
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Support Rating
IBM
Timely and courteous response time from IBM Support any time there was a request that needed to be made.
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Aspire Technologies, Inc.
Quotewerks Support and the UK Distributor here have always been responsive to our requests and in particular helped us out when we need some new functionality which then got added in the next build...this really impressed me and showed that where case was made, they readily embraced it and the new build was completed within 60 days.
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In-Person Training
IBM
No answers on this topic
Aspire Technologies, Inc.
There is in-person training offered in Orlando, but our company did not want to spend the money.
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Online Training
IBM
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Aspire Technologies, Inc.
Originally it was weak, but they have really stepped up.
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Implementation Rating
IBM
No answers on this topic
Aspire Technologies, Inc.
I do not have any key insights on the implementation so I cannot provide any valuable information here. I do know, however, that the process went well when we switched from a old platform to a new hyperconverged solution to host Quotewerks. It seemed to be a quick process and our engineer was able to do so almost seamlessly.
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
There are tons of Configure, Price and Quote software, but I have not used a lot of them. However, unlike IBM CPQ, HubSpot Sales Hub isn’t operated in compliance with any ISO standards and secured in a data center making it easy to leak customer sensitive data such as payment details.
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Aspire Technologies, Inc.
Both this software were similar in what they do and pricing, however, the QuoteWork software in my opinion does a better job recording and tracking communications between personnel and clients. QuoteWerks also gives a lot of data that might seem like overkill, but having too much information is better than too little.
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Scalability
IBM
No answers on this topic
Aspire Technologies, Inc.
We've implemented QuoteWerks in both micro ("one man band") businesses as well as much larger organisations. With QuoteWerks Corporate editions option to host the backend database on SQL Server (a very powerful and scaleable database platform) it's possible to work effectively with QuoteWerks in an organisation with many 100 Users. The flexibility of the product also lends itself very well to evolving with a growing business and having various individual user configurations to help them work best with the software in their individual role in the organisation.
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • Reporting analytics help us to transform static data into real-time insights that enable us to determine company financial standing.
  • Data recovery and backup have maintained and governed vital organization data from catastrophes.
  • Pricing, configuration, and quotation procedures enables us to automate selling channel that help customers make rapid informed decisions.
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Aspire Technologies, Inc.
  • QuoteWerks definitely allows us to be more responsive to our clients purchasing and planning requirements.
  • QuoteWerks ease of use and more structured sales quoting process makes it easier to bring new staff on-board and maintain better consistency to our sales quoting approach.
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