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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BrightGauge

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/ABrightGauge is a BI tool from ConnectWise that puts essential information in one place, providing visibility for more informed decisions. The user can customize BrightGauge dashboards and sync other business tools in its BI dashboard software for ultimate visibility. Users can also display data with embeddable gauges on public sites.

    $325

    per month

    Conga Grid

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AConga Grid is a productivity tool within Salesforce that allows users to view, sort, and manage data batches from a single screen. It helps users to find and manage the information and insights needed with fewer clicks and less screen switching. Conga Grid helps its users to save time, improve data quality, get a clear view into needed data, and create a more productive workplace in Salesforce to drive growth across the organization. …N/A
    Pricing
    BrightGaugeConga Grid
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $325
    per month
    Enterprise
    $449
    per month
    Enterprise+
    $635
    per month
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    Pricing Offerings
    BrightGaugeConga Grid
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup Fee$499 one-time feeOptional
    Additional DetailsSet up fee is waived for Enterprise+ customers. A discount is offered for annual billing.—
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    Community Pulse
    BrightGaugeConga Grid
    Considered Both Products
    ConnectWise
    No answer on this topic
    Conga
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    BrightGaugeConga Grid
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of BrightGauge and Conga Grid
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    8.1
    14 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Conga Grid
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    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.210 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.814 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of BrightGauge and Conga Grid
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    7.7
    14 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Conga Grid
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    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.414 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.513 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages4.67 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.213 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of BrightGauge and Conga Grid
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    7.9
    14 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Conga Grid
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    Publish to Web9.410 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF7.414 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning5.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.214 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of BrightGauge and Conga Grid
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    5.9
    12 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Conga Grid
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    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.16 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining2.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of BrightGauge and Conga Grid
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    8.7
    14 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Conga Grid
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.614 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.313 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.313 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of BrightGauge and Conga Grid
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    6.8
    7 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Conga Grid
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    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile5.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of BrightGauge and Conga Grid
    Feature
    BrightGauge
    7.4
    8 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Conga Grid
    -
    Ratings
    REST API8.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API9.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)3.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    BrightGaugeConga Grid
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (14 ratings)
    8.8
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    9.4
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BrightGaugeConga Grid
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ConnectWise
    BrightGauge lets us know when we have critical issues that need solving. A massive influx of tickets all at the same time triggers an investigation. Usually, it is tied to a server going down, which we can address. It would not be helpful for a small MSP or IT department with just a few daily tickets. The stats are better used to track a large amount of clients.
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    Conga
    If a user has to perform a specific update over many records, don't use a List view... use Grid. It allows users to quickly track their work, set additional formatting preferences and avoid constantly tracking work outside of Salesforce which leads data discrepencies and errors.
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    Pros
    ConnectWise
    • SQL queries can be presented in many different ways to illustrate the data. They can be used in lists, graphs, meter, etc.
    • The datasets frequency of updates can be customized to from 5 minutes to annually. It's very granular in this respect.
    • It allows dashboards to be shared outside your organization with clients, partners, and vendors to maximize collaboration and reporting.
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    Conga
    • A specific strength of Conga is the ability to easily produce cross-object displays where you can take information like open Opportunities and layer on information such as Activities, Orders, Opportunity Products with all related information being accessible when individual lines are selected. The reading pane functionality is a huge timesaver for reps working lists of records.
    • Another strength is Conga's ability to allow mass edit/update - for example, you can have a list of leads assigned to you, check the ones you met at a conference, and update a field on their record or assign a task or do an email send right from the list. At the same time, you can select other records, and do the mass update or mass create of tasks that are relevant for them.
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    Cons
    ConnectWise
    • Annual or more than annualized data is desperately needed for MSPs to show trends, current limitation is previous 240 days for ConnectWise tickets
    • Alerts when datasets do not sync properly, I have to rely on my team to notice vs get an automated alert from BrightGauge
    • Small thing, but it would be nice to have more options on the report scheduler to enable a start date. If you wish to do it quarterly, you have to start the schedule exactly 3 months from the next run.
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    Conga
    • Sometimes Conga goes slower when using it at a high volume
    • Being able to pull more data through LinkedIn and Indeed
    • Job match function
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    Usability
    ConnectWise
    Usability is BrightGauge's strength. Granting the ability of virtually any user to be able to create a dashboard is incredibly valuable. If an organization very simple and straight forward reporting needs then BrightGauge is a perfect fit for them. Connecting to the dataset we used was very quick and easy and I imagine it would be the same for any major data source you would like to pull from.
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    Conga
    It could be easier to create views or there could be additional training with step by step examples in conga community
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    Support Rating
    ConnectWise
    Anytime I have reached out to the BrightGauge support team they have been quick, responsive, and solved my issue. They go out of their way to be helpful!
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    Conga
    In general, Conga is a strong company with a depth of talent in its support team. However, when new releases occur, the changes can be somewhat jarring to users as the interface does not offer the ability to hide or show messages related to the changes - all users get the same messaging from Conga around changes to their tool.
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    Alternatives Considered
    ConnectWise
    I'm not aware of any other competitors to Bright Gauge that we selected. They seem to be very close to managed IT service providers and have been great at tailoring their support to the PSAs like ConnectWise, AutoTask, etc. I can see Bright Gauge getting more and more popular as time goes by
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    Conga
    I've only used Salesforce before and am now using Conga ActionGrid. Although Salesforce is great, it is only used to log candidate information and then log actions that have been performed. With Conga ActionGrid, we are able to log more specific details about candidates, activities and follow up items. Conga ActionGrid provides more tools that would benefit many departments
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    Return on Investment
    ConnectWise
    • We were purchased by a large PE firm because we could easily show CSAT ratings.
    • The easily trackable stats are suitable for the C-Suite to see which division is the most profitable.
    • We won 60,000 MRR by displaying to potential customers how we track important issues with the gauges.
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    Conga
    • It has benefited us positively, as I stated earlier- it allows us to filter down results of 65,000+ candidates to a search of 1-100 candidates.
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    ScreenShots

    Conga Grid Screenshots

    Screenshot of Simple Grid View - makes Salesforce data easier to see & fast to updateScreenshot of Excel-Like Functionality - data can be edited inline, just like in a spreadsheetScreenshot of Single View For All Data - displays data across objects on a single screenScreenshot of Conditional Formatting - drives attention to key data with conditional formattingScreenshot of Mass Edit and View Related Records - related records can be displayed and edited from the same screenScreenshot of Reporting - Groups and subtotals data