IBM Sterling Configure, Price, Quote vs. Qwilr

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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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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• 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.

• 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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• 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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• 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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Great product with great service.

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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Timely and courteous response time from IBM Support any time there was a request that needed to be made.

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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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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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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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• 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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• 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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