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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Conga Composer

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AConga Composer is a document generation and automation tool designed to simplify and streamline the process of creating and distributing customized documents, presentations, and reports.

    $30

    per month per user

    Responsive

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AResponsive (formerly RFPIO), headquartered in Beaverton, offers their proposal management and automation software, featuring import and export, proposal knowledgebase and answer library, evaluation intake forms, and project management tools (e.g. Gantt chart) associated to proposal tracking.N/A
    Pricing
    Conga ComposerResponsive
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Conga ComposerResponsive
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Conga ComposerResponsive
    Considered Both Products
    Conga
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
    105 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    18 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    90 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    105 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    18 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    64 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    78 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    Features
    Conga ComposerResponsive
    Proposal Creation & Organization
    Comparison of Proposal Creation & Organization features of Conga Composer and Responsive
    Feature
    Conga Composer
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive
    7.4
    17 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Proposal branding00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Proposal templates00 Ratings5.014 Ratings
    Proposal content library updates00 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Guided proposal creation00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Searchable proposal database00 Ratings7.017 Ratings
    Proposal Collaboration & Workflow
    Comparison of Proposal Collaboration & Workflow features of Conga Composer and Responsive
    Feature
    Conga Composer
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive
    7.4
    17 Ratings
    9% below category average
    RFP management & response00 Ratings8.017 Ratings
    Proposal collaboration & approval00 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    User permissions/proposal editing controls00 Ratings9.016 Ratings
    Sales proposal workflow00 Ratings6.011 Ratings
    Proposal automation user interface00 Ratings6.016 Ratings
    Proposal Delivery
    Comparison of Proposal Delivery features of Conga Composer and Responsive
    Feature
    Conga Composer
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive
    8.0
    13 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Proposal distribution00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Interactive proposals00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Proposal content tracking00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
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    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Conga ComposerResponsive
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (112 ratings)
    9.0
    (18 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (15 ratings)
    8.7
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    7.4
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    3.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.5
    (9 ratings)
    9.8
    (16 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    3.7
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    1.8
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    2.7
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    2.7
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    1.8
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    3.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Conga ComposerResponsive
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Conga
    From my experience, Conga Composer is particularly well-suited for generating documents, such as quotes and contracts, directly from Salesforce. It saves us a great deal of time, which is remarkably beneficial for companies with sales teams. Not suitable for companies lacking significant Salesforce expertise or administrative support.
    Incentivized
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
    1. RFPIO is perfect for searching for specific information when you are responding to an RFP. Search engine is powerful. We narrow our search using several customized filters and know we are getting a thorough search. 2. Excel responses work very well in RFPIO. 3. Typical RFPs that are formatted in Word are challenging to run via RFPIO. We struggle with this. 4. We have yet to master the template.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Conga
    • One great feature of Conga Composer is the ability to create various document types, including Word files, PDFs, and even PowerPoint presentations.
    • The ability to encrypt and share data is quite impressive with Conga Composer.
    • The integration, especially with different email providers, is quite good with Conga Composer.
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
    • Live collaboration - the ability for multiple experts to simultaneously work on the same RFP.
    • Artificial intelligence - the ability for the product to continually learn what the best answers are and serve them up to our teams.
    • Dynamic branding - the ability for custom brand different templates by vertical, line of business, local branding, etc. with seamless transition.
    • Content review & moderation - the ability for our national content team to bulk review, edit and share content with our teams in a methodical way.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Conga
    • Not very intuitive. Once you know the system it's fine but there is a learning curve
    • I would like to see training opportunities on features that I am not using or aware of
    • I am sure I am only using about 3% of it's full potential
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
    • Reporting and Analytics is basic, you can purchase advanced analytics though
    • It would have been nice to have a set structure in mind or a example/case study to structure our responses in the most appropriate way, but we are working through that with their stellar support team
    • Really great new features, but expensive
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Conga
    Though I love how easily Conga Composer ties into Salesforce and its given analytics, it takes a lot of data entry to get up and running. I don't love that sometimes queries can take a long time to pull. I like keeping our marketing templates consistent via templates in the system. Pulling multiple objects into one report is fantastic too.
    Incentivized
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
    UI is friendly. Basically that alone is enough to renew because it is easy to use and gives accurate and fast results. The effective cross collaboration from other colleagues in my organization also makes for this tool to be extremely effective. Now that I understand how to use it, I can also easily train others on how to use it effectively.
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    Usability
    Conga
    It's a fairly simple tool to integrate into your current business structure. When we've had issues, we were able to resolve them extremely quickly. The users click a button and it can bring in all the quote lines, and our credit application seamlessly into our tool. I'd definitely recommend it to other colleagues
    Incentivized
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Conga
    It was available, it just didn't always work depending on what glitches were happening within our app
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Conga
    This product appears to work well. It was not a fit for us this time, but we would consider in future
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Conga
    It's been hit and miss depending on the issue. We use javascript to generate the urls which has confused many techs even though it generates a clean url - they are overwhelmed by the concept of code and can't understand that the url is all that matters.
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
    The team at RFPIO is extremely responsive. If I email our account manager or report a bug, I usually hear back within two hours. Additionally, they are quick to make software adjustments based on customer requests and needs. We had a really complicated Excel sheet that their team ended up having to upload for me because of the amount of manual work I was doing. Based on that, they updated the software within two release cycles to make the process more automated, so that future Excel uploads would be more streamlined. I have also had several suggestions implemented rather quickly, and they don't hesitate to reach out for clarification when needed.
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    Implementation Rating
    Conga
    It was painful internally to build out all of the templates, but the actual implementation of the product was okay.
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
    We were able to complete an RFP during our free trial. We were already leaning toward RFPIO but that pushed us over the edge.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Conga
    I think Nintex is the primary competitor for Conga Composer, but I have not personally used it. I was not present for the decision to purchase Conga but I would recommend it in future document automation vendor selection processes because I have seen how well it works! We are especially fond of complementary features in Conga Composer, including Conga Email Templates and Conga Global Merge.
    Incentivized
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
    RFPIO has outstanding, responsive, helpful customer support located in the US in Oregon. Support techs go the extra mile to help with basic issues and functionality training. Same-day support response and problem resolution are the norms. The system is also very user-friendly and very easy to navigate. Their Answer library is simple and far less complex than Qvidian/Inland. Little to no learning curve.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Conga
    Not fair. Its an upfront cost and then pay per use
    Incentivized
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Conga
    We used it for something simple and it was still a pain to use
    Incentivized
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Conga
    Needs additional training on what they are selling, how to install and use to explain to customers
    Incentivized
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Conga
    • Could really use better error handling on the product when the document doesn't generate. Zero notifications are provided right now and have no idea where in a 20 page template the error is. Need to keep cutting the template into pieces to find the error.
    • The report generates 90% of the time so far.
    • Getting easier to generate templates when knowing how the JSON will be structured to add to merged fields.
    • Use Work Plan Template Entries and Work Steps to dynamically generate many deliverables.
    Incentivized
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
    • I don't have access to the actual ROI data, but we would continue to invest in RFPIO as a company only if it were providing us with the results to win RFPs.
    • RFPIO makes the task of filling out RFP responses much faster for me.
    • RFPIO helps our team be able to divide out RFP chores easily, because we know we all have access to the same high-quality source for information.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Conga Composer Screenshots

    Screenshot of how documents are created automatically, directly from SalesforceScreenshot of documents generated with any data, from any object - standard or customScreenshot of Conga Document GenerationScreenshot of popular document formats available, like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, HTML, and PDFScreenshot of how large documents are sent via a link - and they provide visibility into customer document engagementScreenshot of how multiple documents can be sent with one or no clicks