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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Conga Advantage CPQ

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AConga CPQ empowers sales, partners, and customers to efficiently configure complex products and services offerings, and provide personalized prices and quotes, utilizing codified product and pricing information - to drive higher win rates and a more pleasurable buying experience. Conga CPQ also helps to maintain a single price book, discounting structure, and quoting structure across all channels. With an API-first approach, configuration, pricing, or quoting…

    $35

    per month per user

    SAP Sales Cloud

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ASAP Sales Cloud (formerly SAP Cloud for Sales) is a cloud sales application with sales automation, enterprise resource planning (ERP) integration, and collaboration capabilities.N/A
    Pricing
    Conga Advantage CPQSAP Sales Cloud
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Conga Advantage CPQSAP Sales Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Conga Advantage CPQSAP Sales Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Conga
    No answer on this topic
    SAP
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    47 Answers
    91%
    Would buy again
    120 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    44 Answers
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    111 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    46 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    127 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    73%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    77%
    Implementation went as expected
    27 Answers
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    99 Answers
    Features
    Conga Advantage CPQSAP Sales Cloud
    CPQ
    Comparison of CPQ features of Conga Advantage CPQ and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Conga Advantage CPQ
    8.6
    65 Ratings
    2% below category average
    SAP Sales Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Quote sharing/sending8.860 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product configuration9.260 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configuration options8.960 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pricing rules8.760 Ratings00 Ratings
    Price adjustment9.161 Ratings00 Ratings
    Purchase history and open contracts7.749 Ratings00 Ratings
    Guided selling/Sales portal8.646 Ratings00 Ratings
    CPQ reporting & analytics7.154 Ratings00 Ratings
    CPQ-CRM integration8.657 Ratings00 Ratings
    Attachments to quotes8.955 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order capturing8.831 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Conga Advantage CPQ and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Conga Advantage CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    8.5
    153 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings8.3145 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.8147 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings8.2131 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings9.0143 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings8.2137 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings7.9134 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings8.7134 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings8.9138 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings8.5132 Ratings
    Customer Service & Support
    Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Conga Advantage CPQ and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Conga Advantage CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    8.9
    131 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Case management00 Ratings8.8126 Ratings
    Call center management00 Ratings9.2115 Ratings
    Help desk management00 Ratings8.9116 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Conga Advantage CPQ and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Conga Advantage CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    8.1
    132 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Lead management00 Ratings8.1131 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings8.1113 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Conga Advantage CPQ and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Conga Advantage CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    8.3
    144 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Task management00 Ratings8.4136 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings8.4114 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings8.2132 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Conga Advantage CPQ and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Conga Advantage CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    8.4
    142 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings8.1132 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings9.0133 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings8.1137 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Conga Advantage CPQ and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Conga Advantage CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    8.2
    139 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Custom fields00 Ratings7.9139 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings7.9132 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings8.6115 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings8.2124 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Conga Advantage CPQ and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Conga Advantage CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    9.2
    142 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings9.3136 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.1136 Ratings
    Social CRM
    Comparison of Social CRM features of Conga Advantage CPQ and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Conga Advantage CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    9.1
    99 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Social data00 Ratings8.799 Ratings
    Social engagement00 Ratings9.495 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Conga Advantage CPQ and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Conga Advantage CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    8.5
    118 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings8.3114 Ratings
    Compensation management00 Ratings8.794 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Conga Advantage CPQ and SAP Sales Cloud
    Feature
    Conga Advantage CPQ
    -
    Ratings
    SAP Sales Cloud
    8.2
    123 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings8.2123 Ratings
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    Score9.7 out of 10
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    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Conga Advantage CPQSAP Sales Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (82 ratings)
    8.5
    (164 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.8
    (10 ratings)
    8.1
    (15 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.0
    (10 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.0
    (4 ratings)
    5.8
    (13 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    1.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.6
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (124 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Conga Advantage CPQSAP Sales Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Conga
    It is well suited to providing quick pricing recommendations, allowing those who are quoting to get our agreements out efficiently. Where I find there may be some limitations is around the details that it uses to establish recommendations and the overrides. For example it would be nice to have a way to set overrides for those criteria like length of agreement, etc. and have it apply across the board
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    SAP
    SAP Sales Cloud is highly suited for manufacturing and distribution enterprises and especially for people and companies who are already into SAP architecture. It is also great for industries which are consumer-packaged goods oriented, and it is highly structured for B2B sales which has predictive pipelines. I would say it is less suited for hyper growth or newer startups, especially people who are not familiar with the SAP ERP. It is multi-dimensional and has complex matrix structures, so it is a bit difficult to learn, and it might be daunting for new people.
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    Pros
    Conga
    • The perceived power strength is that it is supposed to contain CPQ, Contract Management, Document generation and template manipulation, and cash/invoice process all in one wrapped package.
    • It was developed on the Force.com platform.
    • They provide multiple releases of their product per year.
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    SAP
    • I love its ability to automate the entire sales process for us.
    • Another thing I love is how it combines data from different touchpoints to provide a 360-degree view of the customer.
    • What I like best about SAP Sales Cloud is the real-time analytics it provides for my organization.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Conga
    • Our number one complaint with Conga CPQ has been speed. In my experience, Conga CPQ is extremely slow, especially for large orders.
    • In my opinion, the configuration methods of Conga CPQ are outdated and error-prone. One literally puts configurations into string-based custom settings, including the API field names. This often leads to deployment issues and run-time configuration errors.
    • In my experience, Conga CPQ is everything but simple to develop. You need things like a 12-step pricing callback to support custom pricing.
    • In my experience, Conga CPQ support is not responsive.
    • When it comes time to lock in a renewal contract for Conga CPQ, in my experience, they delay engagement, so you are truly behind the 8 ball when it comes time to decide if you are going to continue with Conga CPQ.
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    SAP
    • One area of concern is the many data silos that are present within SAP sales cloud
    • While creating filters for accessing sales lead reports, the accuracy is missing sometimes.
    • The product is quite vast and a lot more learning material and knowledge base documents are required.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Conga
    The rating is based on several things: 1) Ongoing support requirements being able to be addressed by cross training existing Salesforce administrators 2) Apttus superior corporate vision for the quote to cash space 3) Apttus execution of the corporate vision with automated agents (Max), and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning offerings to leverage the investment in Configure Price Quote 4) Apttus corporate health and investment in the product line
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    SAP
    SAP sales enables organizations to manage their sales activities, such as inquiries, quotations, orders, deliveries, billing, and payments. Also integrates with other SAP modules, such as finance, logistics, and marketing, to provide a comprehensive solution for managing the entire sales cycle. thats makes SAP a good choice
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Conga
    Conga CPQ is a great tool but lacks good support and [a] very limited knowledge base which doesn't include day to day errors which users face, thus leading us to support and take more time in turn. Also cart performance can be improved drastically which will enhance the user experience as the user doesn't have to wait for the pricing.
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    SAP
    In short, SAP CRM is a complete service that will help improve marketing strategy and productivity. It covers various topics, from big data analytics to resource management and housing sales data. SAP CRM has a long list of features and can do them all.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Conga
    I have not heard of any issue
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    SAP
    Product was mostly available. A couple accessibility issues did exist when sending API calls, and there was either no response, or a delayed response.
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    Support Rating
    Conga
    Tier1/tier 2 support can only handle native functionality. Customizations have to be escalated to developers which aren’t included in the support program.

    I go ahead and copy the people I directly worked with on implementation for assistance. I would rate them an 8 for support assistance.
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    SAP
    SAP's customer service is quick and efficient, with a response time of fewer than some minutes. In either case, you'll get instant help from the vendor or online forums. In addition, the vendor provides excellent global support for this tool. Like Salesforce, SugarCRM, etc., it's probably fine as a standalone CRM option.
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    Online Training
    Conga
    We attended 5 hours worth of webinars early on.

    We had to understand how objects worked to figure out how to structure our data.

    I would have liked more in-depth training but it would have been an additional cost
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    SAP
    Training was mostly completed over a couple conference calls, and reading the API documentation. Our developers were able to implement quickly after reading the documentation.
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    Implementation Rating
    Conga
    Be iterative. Take the opportunity to build a catalog based on how Apttus works well. Learn the tool yourself or use an SI. Take the time to build a configuration / pricing migration tool with X-Author for Excel or roll your own. Stick with OOTB Apttus as any customization will cost you every time a new version is released
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    SAP
    I would rate the implementation a 7. While the process overall was successful, there were challenges related to data migration, integration with other systems, and initial user adoption. However, the support from SAP during the implementation phase was helpful, and we were able to resolve the major issues as the process progressed.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Conga
    We selected Apttus CPQ over SteelBrick due to the simplicity of SteelBrick's out of the box pricing and ability to customize quoted products. As a global organization with selling a highly configurable products, we felt the ability of Apttus to handle our requirements as standard functionalty rather than a customization was a material difference between the platforms.
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    SAP
    These other products are not fully focused on sales. Of course you can create a workflow for your employees but they have too much info that youll probably won't end Up using. Also their AI assistance is not that accurate when you need some advice or personalized Insights. That's why we swapped to another software that was focused on the sales funnel.
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    Scalability
    Conga
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    1. It much needed to the end-user like sales person and marketing team to read the real time analysis for better decision making and deal closing. 2. Cost calculation and tracking becomes easier on go. 3. HR department, sales and marketing teams are getting insights for further improvement of the process of sales and conversion rate. 4. Easier to know customer behavior and taste.
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    Return on Investment
    Conga
    • The ability to generate engineered configurations that is right by construction has reduced the cycle time of the customer engagement. The fact that we are able to guide the process and end up with a validated bill of material reduces the iterations with the customers.
    • As long as the validations rules are correct the generated bill of material is accurate. We are now looking at using Apttus to perform quality checks in our product rules since the tool is able to test different configurations quickly and efficiently.
    • Configuration that use to take weeks and consumed valuable engineering resources has been transformed to become a customer facing application that is simple enough for customer to self-service.
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    SAP
    • Integration with additional sales tools, such as LinkedIn Sales Navigator, greatly improves the speed and efficiency of our entire process.
    • Standard templates facilitate easy and efficient lead interaction.
    • The time is reduced and representative job productivity increases when SAP Sales Cloud is used.
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    ScreenShots

    Conga Advantage CPQ Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Product's Capabilities. It can validate any combination of rules & constraints with an unlimited number of configuration attributes​.Screenshot of the interface to model & deploy any pricing structure or strategy​ - pricing intelligence & discounting rules​ and profitability insights ​& margin visibility​.Screenshot of the interface for product & pricing configurations​, for simple and complex products.Screenshot of the quoting interface.

    SAP Sales Cloud Screenshots

    Screenshot of the SAP Sales Cloud dashboard, where users can can automate critical selling processes and give sellers AI-based recommendations. The dashboard features:
Cloud deployment
A unified view of customers
An optimised mobile selling experience
AI-driven insights, recommendations, and analytics
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