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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Conga CLM

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AConga CLM (formerly Conga Contracts, or Novatus) is a contract management software solution built around features such as contract creation, automated notifications, and approval and workflows.N/A

    Emptoris

    Score5.5 out of 10
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    $59

    Per User Per Month

    Pricing
    Conga CLMEmptoris
    Editions & Modules
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    Emptoris
    $59.00
    Per User Per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Conga CLMEmptoris
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing built for your business: Every business is unique—your budget, process, and tech are constantly evolving. That's why Conga crafts customized pricing, built to your needs. Our pricing prioritizes: Business needs Commitment to partnership Flexibility Budget alignment Competitive pricing Transparency—
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    Community Pulse
    Conga CLMEmptoris
    Considered Both Products
    Conga
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    IBM
    Chose Emptoris
    Ability to handle high volume of contracts; configurability and customization of fields; scalability for large number of users; ability to handle lengthy contracts with many fields & variables; organization and role-based security; ability to maintain on our own servers instead …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    91%
    Would buy again
    80 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    67 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    77 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    79%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    42 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    78%
    Implementation went as expected
    56 Answers
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    Features
    Conga CLMEmptoris
    Contract Authoring
    Comparison of Contract Authoring features of Conga CLM and Emptoris
    Feature
    Conga CLM
    7.9
    28 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Emptoris
    8.3
    4 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Contract creation9.227 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Contract templates7.627 Ratings7.84 Ratings
    Clause library/saved fields7.728 Ratings8.34 Ratings
    Guided logic7.326 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Contract Collaboration
    Comparison of Contract Collaboration features of Conga CLM and Emptoris
    Feature
    Conga CLM
    7.5
    27 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Emptoris
    7.9
    4 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Contract sharing8.027 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Contract editing8.926 Ratings8.74 Ratings
    Collaborating on contracts7.226 Ratings7.53 Ratings
    MS Word plug-in5.523 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Approval process7.627 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Interdepartmental workflows7.825 Ratings7.84 Ratings
    Contract Monitoring
    Comparison of Contract Monitoring features of Conga CLM and Emptoris
    Feature
    Conga CLM
    8.6
    26 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Emptoris
    7.8
    5 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Contract database8.626 Ratings7.75 Ratings
    Contract search8.625 Ratings7.55 Ratings
    Contract milestone reminders & alerts8.323 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    Custom contract reports8.324 Ratings7.44 Ratings
    Tracking contract status8.425 Ratings8.44 Ratings
    Compliance check7.822 Ratings7.93 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Conga CLMEmptoris
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.9
    (28 ratings)
    8.1
    (15 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Conga CLMEmptoris
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Conga
    With having all of our contracting through the Salesforce system, the ability to allow our legal teams to do more with generating documents, have controls over redlines, etc is ideal. When sales needs to make additional revisions to the underlying data, however, it can be lacking in strong tools.
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    IBM
    If you have a highly bureaucratic organization that is heavily focused on procurement, Emptoris can provide some value. It seemed to be very good at linking the contract information to procurement for better spend control. If you are trying to implement a standalone contract management solution that allows you to easily create contracts and store them in a central location, this isn't the tool for you. There doesn't appear to be a simplified implementation. In general, when a SaaS solution has a complicated and expensive implementation, I am very skeptical. This does not show that the vendor is trying to move customers forward on a single code base. If that many things need to be done during implementation, you are starting to customize the solution for every customer. This hurts the vendor's ability to scale and make improvements in the future.
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    Pros
    Conga
    • Contract Management is the biggest selling point. With Conga CLM, it's easy to search, audit, and reference documents.
    • Syncs beautifully with Salesforce (and some others), so contracts and customer data stay connected. Saves time and reduces manual work.
    • Live dashboards let you track contract statuses without having to dig through emails or call someone.
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    IBM
    • Document protection - the Check Out contract feature is a great way to allow external parties to make modifications to contract language without the ability to accept those changes. Those redlines can then be imported back into Emptoris and reviewed or further modified as needed.
    • Notifications & reminders - you can trigger an email manually from within the system, or you can configure automated notifications andreminders to alert users when a new task is received or has aged a given amount of days, etc.
    • Interview wizard - there is a lot of value in the interview wizard. Administrators can configure screens with selecting options via check boxes, radio buttons, or typed-in values. Variables and conditions can be used to selectively populate fields within the contract or apply other options, making for a quick and convenient method to generate contracts conforming to corporate standards.
    • Field customization - administrators can customize a list of options for various fields including contract substatus, address type, and user created business term variables.
    • Approvals - many different options are available to configure approvals to trigger automatically upon presenting and/or executing the contract including specific individuals, one or more approver groups, or based upon various criteria including terms within the contract, type of contract, or the contract's owning organization.
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    Cons
    Conga
    • X-author for Word can be improved as it does not maintain a stable connection and the org gets disconnected frequently.
    • It does not support grandparent relationship for merge field population.
    • A separate package needs to be installed for the integration of CPQ and CLM tools from Conga.
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    IBM
    • Reporting, Emptoris comes with standard reports which can not always can be fit into our business. This needs to be improved. I hope Emptoris is addressing this issue in their latest releases.
    • Though the feature of editing language in MS word is excellent, loading MS word takes time.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Conga
    Simple and easy to use for the legal team to creates contracts in Salesforce and with the help of conga contract attaches the different clauses through the bundle and sends them for negotiation and for signature. This is the primary work they do from Conga contracts. We had solution which is build using conga contracts, conga composer and conga sign
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    IBM
    There are a lot of new, exciting products coming out in every field and I believe that there is always something better right over the horizon. If it was my choice, I would review my usage of Emptoris and other software periodically to make sure I'm using the most efficient software possible.
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    Usability
    Conga
    The current version is probably about a five. The new version, I have not used it a lot. I've only done some testing around in it, not a lot. I'd say it's probably a seven or eight.
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    IBM
    Emptoris is a pretty robust tool overall. Learning curve is small and it is simple to use
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    Reliability and Availability
    Conga
    Conga CLM’s availability has been solid in my experience as for a logistics company like ours that needs access across time zones and departments, Conga CLM is a great solution.
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    IBM
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    Performance
    Conga
    Conga CLM performs reliably across our organization. It handles large volumes of contracts without lag, keeps workflows flowing smoothly, and processes automation tasks efficiently. The system remains responsive, even during busy days, no performance lag.
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    IBM
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    Support Rating
    Conga
    Very very difficult to get support. The support team is great for simple, general questions. If we ran into anything complex, we usually would figure it out before they could help us. We often were bounced around from rep to rep
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    IBM
    The above rating for the overall support from Emptoris is for their product / product support, roll out training and refresher training / ongoing training, which is not only good but superior. There is no major or reconizable bad review that can be given to Emptoris at this point in time, from where is stands.
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    In-Person Training
    Conga
    Conga University is very well made. Loved it!
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    IBM
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    Online Training
    Conga
    Conga University is the best! loved it. The courses are very well designed which makes learning easy and great. I have taken courses for conga contracts, composer, conga sign, and conga batch. Courses are beneficial if you want to implement Conga products for your clients or for your organization. Highly recommended to sign up for Conga university and start learning
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    IBM
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    Implementation Rating
    Conga
    The process involved Salesforce object creation and fields with installing conga contracts and conga composer and setting up security for the users
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    IBM
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    Alternatives Considered
    Conga
    We looked at several contract management tools like Adobe Acrobat Sign for business, dousign cl, and Ironclad before choosing conga clm. While each had its strengths, conga clm stood out because of its powerful automation, deep Salesforce integration , and flexible setup options. Unlike the others it offers a complete solution everything from creating and approving contracts to getting the signed all in one place. It turned out to be the best fit for our growing company since it handles complex processes easily and keeps everyone across departments on the same page.
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    IBM
    I am a fan of Ariba to be used for the entire lifecycle of Sourcing. From RFX's to cutting PO's. I feel Emptoris misses the boat on the idea of a "One Stop Shop" for all of your Sourcing/Purchasing needs
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    Scalability
    Conga
    Based on my experience using Conga CLM across a growing logistics operation with varied departments, I’d confidently rate its overall scalability a 9 out of 10. Provides multi site support, has proven ready for the long haul and provides a secure environment.
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    IBM
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    Return on Investment
    Conga
    • Clients have reported a huge improvement in the time spent in processing contracts.
    • Better management of contract data.
    • Ease in forwarding for signatures.
    • Overall transparency in data.
    • Provides an opportunity for managers and supervisors to easily keep track of the work done by their teams.
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    IBM
    • We won the 2005 Baseline Magazine Award for best ROI related to a technology implementation with an ROI 5544% (see 2005 Baseline ROI Awards, GlaxoSmithkline).
    • We always felt we could do "two times the work, with half the people and deliver double the savings".
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    ScreenShots

    Conga CLM Screenshots

    Screenshot of Conga CLM: Contract request wizardScreenshot of Conga CLM: Agreement detailScreenshot of Conga CLM: Parallel reviewScreenshot of Conga CLM: Importing an offline documentScreenshot of Conga CLM: Agreement hierarchy