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ConnectWise CPQ (formerly ConnectWise Sell, and Quosal) is the quote and proposal solution of the ConnectWise Suite. With ConnectWise Sell, users can create professional technology quotes and proposals that include rich product information, cover letters, and statements of work in minutes and automatically…
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What is ConnectWise CPQ?
ConnectWise CPQ (formerly ConnectWise Sell, and Quosal) is the quote and proposal solution of the ConnectWise Suite. With ConnectWise Sell, users can create professional technology quotes and proposals that include rich product information, cover letters, and statements of work in minutes and automatically update their sales pipelines accordingly.
The vendor says key benefits include:
- Save time creating IT quotes and proposals through automation
- Create visually appealing and presentable quotes that promote the brand
- Build and unify a consistent sales structure
- Import bill of material and deal registration documents
- Access real-time pricing and availability from major distributors
- Keep sales information in sync with integrations to CRM platforms such as Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, Autotask, and of course, ConnectWise Manage.
Additionally, with ConnectWise CPQ's online, interactive quote delivery system, clients can customize their order and accept their quote with built-in e-signature capabilities.
ConnectWise CPQ Features
CPQ Features
- Supported: Quote sharing/sending
- Supported: Credit approvals
- Supported: E-signature
- Supported: Product configuration
- Supported: Configuration options
- Supported: Pricing rules
- Supported: Price adjustment
- Supported: Purchase history and open contracts
- Supported: Guided selling/Sales portal
- Supported: Self-service CPQ
- Supported: CPQ reporting & analytics
- Supported: Proposals
- Supported: Excel integration
- Supported: CPQ-CRM integration
- Supported: Attachments to quotes
- Supported: Renewal management
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ConnectWise CPQ Integrations
- ConnectWise PSA
- NetSuite ERP
- Salesforce Sales Cloud
- Datto Autotask PSA
- Avalara
- Ingram Micro
- Microsoft Dynamics 365
- GfK Etilize
- Dell
- QuickBooks
- HP iQuote
- Tech Data
- Synnx
- D&H
- Great America
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ConnectWise CPQ Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
| Supported Countries | United States, Europe, Australia |
| Supported Languages | English |
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Reviewers rate Pricing rules highest, with a score of 8.4.
The most common users of ConnectWise CPQ are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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ConnectWise Sell is a versatile tool that serves multiple departments within an organization. Sales, engineering, project managers, and executive management all rely on ConnectWise Sell to quote IT and Managed Services Solutions. The software plays a vital role in the opportunity management process, simplifying the quoting process for hardware, software, and services. Users have praised its ability to generate clean and professional-looking quotes efficiently.
ConnectWise Sell fills a critical gap in the review process by providing a platform for quoting, purchasing, and electronic orders. It seamlessly integrates with CRM applications and major distributors, making it easy to create and customize quotes. This integration ensures accurate information and desired branding. Additionally, ConnectWise Sell offers real-time product pricing and availability confirmation, enabling quick and efficient quote creation. Its navigational ease enhances visibility into order progress, benefiting the sales team's workflow efficiency.
One of the outstanding features of ConnectWise Sell is its capability to automate the ordering process and scan SKUs for purchasing. This eliminates manual errors and improves overall accuracy. Users appreciate how ConnectWise Sell streamlines the creation of managed services proposals, project proposals, and hardware/software quotes. By providing up-to-date information on orders, this tool helps reduce time requirements and enables faster deal closures.
While ConnectWise Sell has received positive feedback from users, some have encountered challenges when integrating it with Dynamics 365. These issues include bugs and a perceived lack of support. However, despite these concerns, ConnectWise Sell remains a key tool for sales teams as it provides web solutions and integration capabilities with other products in the stack. Quosal is often mentioned alongside ConnectWise Sell as another valuable tool used for sales quotes by order management teams.
Users commonly recommend the following for ConnectWise Sell:
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Take advantage of the trial feature and try the product. Users often suggest trying out ConnectWise Sell and utilizing its trial feature to explore its capabilities and determine if it meets their needs.
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Use ConnectWise Sell as a prospecting tool. Many users recommend using ConnectWise Sell as a prospecting tool to efficiently get prospects on the phone, emphasizing its ease of use and effectiveness in this aspect.
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Consider other options and conduct thorough due diligence. Some users advise considering other alternatives before deciding on ConnectWise Sell, noting that the program may be perceived as bare-bones and not visually appealing. They suggest conducting thorough due diligence, going beyond the canned demo, and considering other available alternatives to make an informed decision.
Overall, it is recommended to try out ConnectWise Sell using its trial feature, utilize it as a prospecting tool, and carefully consider other options while conducting thorough due diligence before making a decision.
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February 24, 2022
Before you Buy, ask other MSP about their Support
We have been using Sell for years now, we have come off of QuoteWerks. We moved to Sell because Connectwise purchase sell several years ago and it also integrated into Quick Books. Sell front end and quoting system works fine and not a lot of issues, the backend purchasing side of things has been riddled with problems. Connectwise purchased sell from qual awhile back and then Connectwise got acquired, the support for this product is poor, Connectwise always to me has always been poor when coming to support for their product. They do have chat support that does get online quickly but chat does not do remote shadow support so things seem to take longer. If the chat can not fix the issue they open a support ticket, the response from their support is about 4 to 5 days if you badger them, first they send you an electronic mail that usually hits your spam, they hardly ever pick up the phone and call you directly. Connectwise provides help desk software, it's puzzling why their support is so poor.
- Quoting engine is good
- Electronic Sign off is easy
- The install support team was good
- Support, Call back in the Same Day like your competitors DO
- When asked to talk with a manager, have a manger call back
- Hire more support to lower your response time
September 21, 2017
Your ticket to the big leagues.
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
Quosal is used by our sales, account management, purchasing, and accounting department. Since our transition to Quosal back in 2012, we have realized significant improvements in several key areas of our business. Our sales pipeline average has decreased by 50% while our hardware/software revenue has increased 200% without adding any additional resources. Quosal's API has given us the ability to completely automate our sales process; we are able to produce very impressive sales proposals in a fraction of the time. The manually data entry that previously consumed our sales and accounting resources is now achieved with the simple click of a mouse.
- Quosal has integration with several accounting packages and CRMs. This is key if you want to automate your business processes.
- Quosal's 'Order Porter' (e-quote system) is very end-user friendly. It can be setup to allow your customers to pick and remove products, change quantities, and electronically approve the quote. It can also be configured to capture payment via credit card, paypal, or leasing terms.
- Etilize Live, a module within Quosal, integrates with most major vendor catalogs to provide real-time pricing simply by entering the product sku. It also allows us to place orders with our vendors from within Quosal. We can guarantee that we are getting the best pricing available without the need to shop each vendor website.
- The first year we were using Quosal, they were consistently posting new 'How to' videos and live training sessions to help users become familiar with the software features and best practices. While those videos are still available, they are becoming less relevant with each software version patch. The help manual documentation should be updated with the software versions as well.
September 13, 2017
ConnectWise Sell is my most favorite quoting system of all time!
ConnectWise Sell has been tremendous in the efficiency of providing complicated WIFI solutions for our WIFI customers. "CWS" has addressed our need to simplify, shorten turn-times, and ease of reference for quotes sent. We also love if we forgot a detail, item, etc., just after emailing the customer, we can fix before the customer sees it. All you have to do is make the fix in the quote, and quickly republish, all without resending again to the customer.
- The feature of making master templates and template TABS is a very nice feature for making quotes faster, even when the scenario isn't a perfect match for the template. That is what the template TABS are used in our organization to quickly get the match we need, adjust, and the quote is sent.
- If you will take the time to make your templates, you will save a lot of time. We went from quotes taking 30-1hr, to 15 mins.
- Because "CWS" stores all your quotes it is easy to pull up anything sent to your customer, who made it, and when it was sent, and all the details of the noted project.
- The republish feature is nice for when you forgot an detail, item, etc. Simply, go back to your quote add it and republish all without having to resend the quote to the customer.
- "CWS" is buggy! For us we had to make everyone an admin, since the approved by manager feature doesn't always work. In our department, we have done our own work-around for now, while we wait for "CWS" to fix this bug.
- When making a template, you cannot copy items from another template. You will need to make a fake quote and pull items from it if you have a well made tab of organized items. This is far better and faster than adding one by one items from ConnnectWise's Product List you created there.
- Errors do not tell you the cause. For example, if an item is discontinued by your ConnectWise Admin in the Product List, your "CWS" quote will not publish.
September 05, 2017
Black and white
We use ConnectWise Sell for all quoting purchasing and now, electronic orders. ConnectWise Sell is a very intricate part of our opportunity management process. We are soon to be implementing Success List to encourage AND hold our sales team accountable.
- Easy Flow
- Templates
- Status updates in the Opportunity from ConnectWise Sell
- Integration with Ingram
- Form builder.. it's great but I dont have time to sit and go through all of that, so we usually have to pay for an updated form.
- Carrying the pictures of hardware, not having to re-add every time.
- Bundles with electronic orders would really help us out.
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
As a hardware centric Value Added Reseller involved in the Hardware, Software and Services game. We needed an intelligent, Integrated quoting tool that was both sales friendly and rich in features. Quosal allows our sales team to create beautiful quotes and proposals that have the flair and style our marketing team wants, with the back end data that our management and procurement teams needs while still being easy to use.
- Custom made templates for Quotes, Proposals and profit sheets make document delivery easy.
- Live data feeds from our vendors simplify the shopping experience for our sales staff and historical pricing alerts make the pricing experience for our customers smooth and intelligent.
- The ability to mass import data directly from vendor spreadsheets helps to make complex quotes simple and quick.
- We have found that removing the eye candy helps performance on older, less capable workstations.
- We are currently looking to move our Quosal database to Micorsoft Azure cloud database to make our infrastructure more secure.
- Adoption to any tool is tough, it's important to stay on the sales team to insure they understand the real business value of a unified quoting tool.
June 30, 2017
ConnectWise Sell, I was sold at hello.
We use ConnectWise Sell as our primary quoting tool for customers. We used it back when it was referred to as Quosal and stuck with it as it transitioned to its new branding. It fully integrates with our CRM application and allows us to easily create, customize and get quotes out the door. Its integration with all our major distributors and product information catalog makes it a winner.
- Hosted on Azure and we have had minimal down time.
- Integrates with many other systems for a seamless experience.
- Support is excellent and they listen when you make suggestions and requests!
- Since the servers are on shared systems, sometime things slow down when usage is high. Not to a point where it is unusable though.
- A little grace period when adding licenses would be nice. When you hit your limit you cannot have any new users log on unless you disable an existing user. It takes a day or two for new users to activate.
June 29, 2017
ConnectWise Sell, the real Sell
We are an MSP and use ConnectWise to track tickets across the clients that we directly support. We have integrated the ConnectWise API to a number of event-driven products, like our backup and recovery reports and network sensors. We also use ConnectWise on the sales and marketing side to track opportunities, close deals, and complete leads. On the finance side, we use ConnectWise to post purchase orders and invoicing. This was primarily talking about ConnectWise manage, for Connectwise Sell we use it to do 99 percent of our quotes with the program. We use connectwise sell to create opportunities and pull it back into connectwise manage. We solve the problem of getting out quotes quickly and accurately.
- The strengths of ConnectWise has to be with its integration to the ConnectWise manage CRM, this allows us to create a quote and win it in minutes.
- We like the fact that we can have one of our distributors create a quote, and as a reseller we can pull that quote into ConnectWise Sell with just the quote number.
- The ability for ConnectWise sell to be sent directly to clients if the OrderPorter feature is activated saves our account reps time and is a custom letter and landing page our customers can access.
- The ConnectWise Platform has its idiosyncrasies, the process of winning quotes is a struggle since most times we have to win the quote from the ConnectWise Manage and it goes unwon in ConnectWise Sell.
- The PowerBI integration is really helpful when you only have a few different vendors, but the tool gets overwhelmed when you have 10 or more different companies you buy from. We have also seen that you have to keep your Data clean or what you will be looking see in PowerBI is completely wrong.
- The reporting in ConnectWise is powerful but complex. We at Lockstep use a ton of different reporting tools, but do not enjoy the reporting that ConnectWise does. It is bulky and hard to navagate.
- We use a tiered sales commission and finance has brought to our attention that this is something that ConnectWise can not handle.
June 29, 2017
Connect Your Sales Team!
We are using ConnectWise Sell to streamline and standardize our quoting process. This system provides us with professional looking quotes, and the ability to deliver them to our clients in a variety of ways. Before we began using it our quotes were done in Word and Excel formats, and combined into a PDF for presentation to our clients. ConnectWise Sell allows us to spend 80% less time building a quote with the use of templates, and getting the information our clients requested quickly.
ConnectWise Sell provides us the metrics and reporting we didn't have using a manual quoting process. Our close rate has increased 80%, and our sales team sees the results in real time. The integration into ConnectWise Manage has made it easy for our sales opportunities to be generated into orders, and move effortlessly thru the purchasing and service processes.
- It provides our company with a standardized quoting process. Everyone works the same way, uses the same templates, and generates a professional quote. Nothing gets left out or missed.
- Portal provides your sales staff and management with a complete view of their efforts. They see in real time what opportunities are in the pipeline, and how successful their efforts are when these opportunities are won.
- Provides a collaborative platform for our sales team to work on customer quotes. We can now have 2 or 3 members working in the same quote whereas before we had to wait for someone to free up the document before others could access it.
- It allows us to provide much more information in our quotes by attaching documents to the quote. Things like manufacturer specifications or brochures can now be easily attached into the quotes making it a presentation instead of a bunch of line items with numbers.
- ConnectWise Sell is customizable to meet the needs of my company. This is so important to us because similar products only allow you to do what they design it for. Our business changes regularly and we need our software systems to be agile and adaptive to it.
- I'd like to see ConnectWise Sell develop a more user-friendly environment for advanced form and template design that doesn't require developer skills or consulting engagements. in order for us to develop these forms makes us reliant on consultants. These engagements are worth the cost, but sometimes we just don't have time to wait for them to be delivered.
- I'd like to see ConnectWise Sell automatically generate a quote for items such as warranties or services that are expiring in ConnectWise Manage. This would save us a tremendous amount of time preparing quotes.
- I'd like to see a new version automatically created when changes are made to a quote with the ability to reverse or revert back to a particular version. Sometimes people make mistakes and delete or change something they shouldn't have. Or customers want a change to version 1 only to change their minds when you send them the updated one, and want to go back to the original one.
June 26, 2017
ConnectWise Sell, a great Proposal tool!
We use Connectwise Sell for all our proposal needs. All of our sales and back office staff have access to it. It has been invaluable as a solution that makes proposing complex quotes simple. Furthermore, it produces great looking quotes. Its integration with Etilize allows us to produce realtime pricing quotes and greatly assists in our ordering process.
- Template for consistent quoting
- The electronic delivery and acceptance system
- Etilize Integration
- ConnectWise Manage Integration
- The editing of order port templates is more complex than I wish it was.
June 23, 2017
ConnectWise Sell streamlines sales process
We use Connectwise Sell for our account managers to streamline the quoting process and provide up to date pricing and availability while preparing the quote. The built-in features and link with ConnectWise Manage have streamlined our sales process and workflow from the quote to the implementation and customer satisfaction has increased.
- The integration of Connectwise Sell and Manage make the whole sales process seamless.
- Using Sell in conjunction with Etilize for up to date pricing and availability and Order Porter helps insure accurate pricing is quoted. The quote approval process also adds another layer of protection to help make sure all quotes going out are correct and there are no surprises after the deal is won.
- The visibility of Order Porter views is a nice tool for our account managers. They can see when the quotes are being looked at and this can often times lend itself to a good time to make a follow up call.
- My biggest complaint about Sell is the form designer. Trying to make changes on the forms you use for quoting is a horrible process. We have put off updating our forms just because of the amount of time it takes to figure it out and often times we have to pay for professional services to assist in getting the new forms together.
- There is not a good way to introduce 3rd party pricing sheets to the catalog. All the linked downloads are with the big distributors, would be nice to be able to download the smaller price sheets from other vendors we deal with.
All sales quotes are done using Quosal. Our PSA is ConnectWise and the integration with Quosal was the driving force in our selection.
- ConnectWise integration. Opportunities are linked to Quosal quotes.
- GreatAmerica Leasing tie in. Allows us to add lease estimates to our quotes with a few clicks.
- Reasonably easy to use as long as we don't want to do too much.
- Hard to use for complex comparisons, choices, options, etc.
- Order Porter is a nice feature but it not very user-friendly. Should not have to train our clients on how to use the order site. Should be more intuitive.
- Not very customizable. Yes there are settings that can be changed but to do any real customization requires extensive effort.
March 17, 2017
The 'Can Do' Quoting System!
We use Quosal as our primary quoting service, used by the purchasing, marketing and executive management teams for all services related to reselling technology requested by our clients for hardware/software sales and services, generating new contracts for prospective partners or customers in addition to all forms of contract renewals, as well as quoting new technology to upgrade services, hardware, software or to propose the implementation of various projects.
- Seamless integration with ConnectWise
- Simplistic way in which to build a professional, clean quote that can be made as extensive or as concise as you choose
- Auto populating fields for thumbnails when adding products to quotes
- Live, up-to-date pricing for a list of vendors that populates for a selection of your choice simply by inputting the product ID
- Detailed reporting and analytics functions that tracks quoting progress and displays success rates
- Has integrated within the system a clever sales team/individual recognition program that can be utilized to create internal contests that promote healthy competition and camaraderie
- Would prefer to have the option to archive and organize accumulated (past) quotes in customized groups/folders
- Would prefer to have a less complicated setup process to customize the templates and set up the administrators/users upon upgrading to Quosal Sell
March 15, 2017
Good but not great and very expensive
We use Quosal to send quotes out to our customers and to see if they have opened the quote. This helps us know when to make a contact and elicit feedback from our customers. In addition, it helps us close deals. The Connectwise integration is nice because you can easily convert quotes to sales orders.
- Connectwise Linking
- Email notifications when a prospect opens a quote
- Utilize integration
- Incredibly Slow
- Clunky Interface
- Lack of ease in formatting your proposals
- Big changes to the templates require a support ticket with Quosal, and they charge you for it
January 05, 2016
Quosal Review - Largest Quosal User
Quosal provides quotes and sales management for over 300 proposals per month. I can't disclose the exact numbers but it's in the millions as to what we quote per month. It's being used throughout the company, from executive management all the way down to the customer service representatives. Its strength is the quick nature in which we can prepare and deliver a quote in a really professional way. Its weakness are the bugs that pop up from now and then but they usually get fixed in the monthly Quosal updates.
- Professional looking documents delivered to customers.
- The speed of rate in which we can turn a phone call to a quote to a opportunity to a win.
- The accessibility from accessing our quotes on the web via a secure connection. Giving us the ability to look at quotes on our iPads and smartphones.
- The ability to link to our CRM system which is on the exact page as Quosal.
- There are bugs that seem to pop up every now and then but they are usually corrected within the monthly updates.
- The database structure and API to our CRM has flaws in it that are due to the limitations of the CRM API.
- We sometimes come in to the software being down after an update that happens overnight.
- Quosal is a west coast company and they pawn their support off to their sister CRM company in the morning. Those support reps are usually clueless and give you wrong answers so its always best to wait till 11am EST to get a Quosal rep.
November 11, 2015
Quosal may have a cutesy logo, but they make a serious tool...
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Quosal is used across multiple departments at our firm, from sales to purchasing. We utilize the Etilize function that queries our distributors' databases to do research on products and availability. We previously used a product called Channel Online that required a lot of manual input, especially when quoting from vendors like Dell. Quosal provides a quote and proposal platform that keeps our presentation consistent, reduces manual entry errors, and largely speeds up the quoting process. The fact that you can use it to electronically process orders with the major channel distributors is a huge plus, and it's integration with ConnectWise removes the human error factor when transferring your purchases to the billing department.
- Quosal really speeds up the quoting process, especially if you have repeatable processes or items that you sell. We've created boiler plate templates for installations, and that alone shaves five to ten minutes off generating a quote.
- Quosal's tight integration with ConnectWise has streamlined our purchasing and billing process. The fact that I hands the pricing, cost, part numbers and customer information directly into the system removes human error, saves paper, and dramatically reduces the time required for our billing department to accurately bill products and projects.
- We quote a large number of Dell machines, and Quosal's ability to copy and paste the XML quotes into the Quosal workspace is a HUGE timesaver.
- Quosal Create is a resource heavy system, and will run slow on machines that are 3-4 years old.
- Quosal's tax system is not flawless. It has priced the taxes incorrectly on a number of quotes even though the back end is set up correctly.
- Quosal create is not truly compatible with touch screen systems. If you use something like a Microsoft Surface or the Leap Motion controller, Quosal's screen refresh will lock up and you have to restart the program and not use the touch interface.
July 08, 2015
Quosal - online quoting at its finest
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Quosal is used as UTG's primary quote and proposal delivery tool. Quosal streamlines repeat quote creation, order processing, pipeline management, and real-time pricing & inventory from major distributors.
- The Order Porter function was a game changer for UTG when we adopted Quosal four years ago. We can deliver quotes to clients via one URL, update the quote as required, and still use the same URL eliminating the need for bulky PDFs going across the wire.
- Quosal Sell adds pipeline management and extended reporting functions to help SELL and keep track of customer interactions.
- The integration with ConnectWise opportunities gets better and better with each new release!
- The ability to look at two quotes at the same time would be beneficial.