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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Conga CPQ

    Score8.5 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 capabilities that can…

    $35

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    DialSource

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ADialSource helps customer-facing teams have better conversations. DialSource is an enterprise software company that provides software to businesses to make, receive and manage customer-facing communications. DialSource’s applications for Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics CRM are designed to automate recurring sales and service tasks, eliminate manual activity logging and streamline CRM management; while…N/A
    Pricing
    Conga CPQDialSource
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    Pricing Offerings
    Conga CPQDialSource
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
    Additional Details—Please contact us to learn more and review pricing options for your organization.
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    Community Pulse
    Conga CPQDialSource
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    Conga
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    DialSource
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    36 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    35 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    35 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    71%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    17 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    76%
    Implementation went as expected
    19 Answers
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    Features
    Conga CPQDialSource
    CPQ
    Comparison of CPQ features of Conga CPQ and DialSource
    Feature
    Conga CPQ
    8.5
    42 Ratings
    2% below category average
    DialSource
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    Ratings
    Quote sharing/sending8.740 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product configuration8.642 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configuration options8.642 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pricing rules8.040 Ratings00 Ratings
    Price adjustment8.140 Ratings00 Ratings
    Purchase history and open contracts8.434 Ratings00 Ratings
    Guided selling/Sales portal8.132 Ratings00 Ratings
    CPQ reporting & analytics7.236 Ratings00 Ratings
    CPQ-CRM integration9.339 Ratings00 Ratings
    Attachments to quotes9.340 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order capturing8.716 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Conga CPQDialSource
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (56 ratings)
    9.6
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.8
    (9 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
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    Performance
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    6.0
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    1.0
    (3 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Conga CPQDialSource
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Conga
    Conga CPQ is flexible in the price setup. We achieve a lot of customized pricing setups using CPQ. Usage flowing into billing works well also. The Conga cart is a huge painpoint for us. We bill each route and trip we run individually so we have a very large amount of manual, complex cart configuration.
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    DialSource
    A software that I highly recommend. We all managed to learn how to use it and in a short time we were already increasing the number of daily calls handled. Customers also increased and the performance of the agents increased by 100%, and that is why we did not change our call software.
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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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    DialSource
    • It is very useful; all the information that throws in detailed reports, management, and performance of the trainee staff, as we can notice their failures and correct them.
    • A very easy to use software, it is very intuitive and dynamic, which makes the learning curve is fast.
    • It also serves to monitor the activities of the staff already working and closely supervise the work of all agents: remote and local.
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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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    DialSource
    • I don't see any areas of improvement at this time.
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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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    DialSource
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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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    DialSource
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    Conga
    I have not heard of any issue
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    DialSource
    No answers on this topic
    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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    DialSource
    If I have an issue with the interface between Salesforce.com and Dialsource, usually the Support team is reaching out to me to let me know the connection between the two programs has been altered or disconnected before I even get a chance to realize it myself.
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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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    DialSource
    No answers on this topic
    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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    DialSource
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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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    DialSource
    DialSource Telephony is way better than the others: no delay, no static, clear consistent voice quality.
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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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    DialSource
    • We feel that this software fulfills all its purposes, which is to get closer to our customers and that our agents can attend each call efficiently, achieving excellent communication with our buyers. This has allowed us to increase staff performance, productivity and above all sales.
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    ScreenShots

    Conga CPQ Screenshots

    Screenshot of Unlimited Product Capability - Can validate any combination of rules & constraints with an unlimited number of configuration attributes​.Screenshot of Model & deploy any pricing structure or strategy​ - pricing intelligence & discounting rules​ and profitability insights ​& margin visibility​Screenshot of Simple to complex product & pricing configurations​Screenshot of Helps sellers to quote accurately and spend less time selling, no matter how complex a business becomes.

    DialSource Screenshots

    Screenshot of Increase your outbound team’s speed to lead from hours to seconds. Use pre-recorded voicemails to gain back days of wasted time and leverage call recording and compliance features to coach your team and promote best practices.Screenshot of Route incoming calls to the right agent every time with Automatic Call Distributor (ACD). Ensure your teams never miss a call or voicemail, no matter where they are.Screenshot of Leverage the full power of Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics by connecting into your existing automation. Drive custom workflow automation through a simplified interface and display different dispositions based on the user role, team, or stage of engagement.Screenshot of Monitor inbound call flow, routing, and agent availability in real-time. Manage agents and call queues across call centers and inbound teams from a single dashboard. Increase coaching capacity by leveraging call data and stereo recordings with third-party applications to track and analyze performance.Screenshot of Connect calls to outcomes and improve your data. Our custom reports are native to the CRM, so call analytics, and agent performance are all available in the reporting tools you already know. Never miss a sales activity.Screenshot of Our network of tier one carriers ensures that you will have reliable call quality across every agent. Maintain your current dial tone provider and avoid the upheaval of changing business phone systems. Our team of telephony engineers control our carrier network and can optimize call routing to remove latency and reroute calls if any carrier is experiencing an outage. We give your team a CTI solution they can trust.