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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ConnectWise CPQ

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AConnectWise 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 …N/A

    Salesforce Revenue Cloud

    Score8.8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Salesforce Revenue Cloud (formerly Salesforce CPQ or SteelBrick) is built and delivered on the Salesforce Platform and Salesforce1 Mobile App which enables users to create accurate sales quotes quickly and submit error-free orders on the fly from any device.

    $30

    Per User per Month

    Pricing
    ConnectWise CPQSalesforce Revenue Cloud
    Editions & Modules
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    Basic
    $30
    Per User per Month
    Professional
    $50
    Per User per Month
    Enterprise
    $75
    Per User per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ConnectWise CPQSalesforce Revenue Cloud
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    ConnectWise CPQSalesforce Revenue Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    ConnectWise
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    21 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    Features
    ConnectWise CPQSalesforce Revenue Cloud
    CPQ
    Comparison of CPQ features of ConnectWise CPQ and Salesforce Revenue Cloud
    Feature
    ConnectWise CPQ
    9.4
    43 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Salesforce Revenue Cloud
    7.7
    32 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Quote sharing/sending10.043 Ratings7.931 Ratings
    Product configuration10.042 Ratings5.132 Ratings
    Configuration options10.041 Ratings5.130 Ratings
    Pricing rules10.042 Ratings8.029 Ratings
    Price adjustment10.043 Ratings8.031 Ratings
    Purchase history and open contracts10.038 Ratings9.024 Ratings
    Guided selling/Sales portal8.037 Ratings6.020 Ratings
    CPQ reporting & analytics6.035 Ratings8.924 Ratings
    CPQ-CRM integration10.040 Ratings9.929 Ratings
    Attachments to quotes10.040 Ratings9.031 Ratings
    Order capturing00 Ratings8.014 Ratings
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    ConnectWise CPQSalesforce Revenue Cloud
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    Enterprises
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    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ConnectWise CPQSalesforce Revenue Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (49 ratings)
    8.0
    (48 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    1.0
    (10 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    6.3
    (5 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.9
    (8 ratings)
    7.9
    (12 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ConnectWise CPQSalesforce Revenue Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ConnectWise
    The most powerful features are the fact that you can see when your clients have viewed your quote, and that it can pull in real-time information about the products you are selling. It is all online-based, so you can use it from anywhere which is a big advantage over other quoting tools that I have used. We don't use the procurement capabilities, but for quoting pricing and customer visibility it works fantastically.
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    Salesforce
    What I like best is the ease of use to be able to track all opportunities and quotes in my daily sales tracker I also like the fact that you can reorganize the view for your opportunities. For instance, it is very similar to a spreadsheet where you can filter them by date, dollar amount, name, and several other ways. I found this to be less appropriate when we have to do multiple roles while assigning one task to multiple users. Column resizing within the Quote Line Editor is not supported in the Salesforce mobile app.
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    Pros
    ConnectWise
    • ConnectWise Sell does an excellent job of neatly presenting quotes and proposals to the end user. There are multiple different options for the look and function of the quotes. There are also options for custom quote templates that are designed directly for your organization.
    • ConnectWise Sell does a reasonably good job of connecting to and working with Autotask. It took our organization about 6 months to figure out the correct way to flow from quote to invoice with our systems. Sell will easily pull in your customer information from Autotask into a quote and allow you to send the quote direct from your email.
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    Salesforce
    • Salesforce CPQ easily maps to standard and custom fields within the opportunity in SFDC, allowing you to avoid time spent duplicating effort or copying and pasting deal criteria.
    • Salesforce CPQ connects directly to pre-determined price book, making it very easy to provide a proposal based on standard cost and/or add discounts to standard cost and reflect those reductions on the order form as appropriate.
    • Salesforce CPQ provides the ability for administrators to configure workflows for approval based on certain discount %'s on the standard cost, offering a quick and easy way to route automatically through the organization for approval.
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    Cons
    ConnectWise
    • 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.
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    Salesforce
    • Our Salesforce is very messy, which tells me it's not super easy to clean up.
    • I always have a really hard time removing a contacts from an account - it seems like you can't simply remove the relationship so we have lots of people named DO NOT CONTACT or things of that nature.
    • Sometimes when saving it doesn't seem like things actually save.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ConnectWise
    We are in our 4th year with Quosal and fully expect to renew again and again. With their development of additional features such as the Order Porter, Visual Quoting and others, we see the adoption rates continuing to rise while making our time to quoted shorter and shorter. Quosal and ConnecWise's vision of automated quoting is an exciting frontier that we are very happy to be a part of
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    Salesforce
    The company is very easy to work with and is growing by leaps and bounds. We do not anticipate switching vendors anytime in the near future
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    Usability
    ConnectWise
    Quosal is a very solid product with a LOT of functionality. Quosal has two main products that they offer, 'Quosal Sell' and 'Quosal Create.' If you are looking for an "out-of-the-box" or "ready to use" quoting software, I would recommend Quosal Sell. If you are interested exploring advanced functionality and integration or have a resource on staff willing to assume an "admin" role, I would highly recommend Quosal Create.
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    Salesforce
    After the initial set up, end users who are not the most tech savy are generally finding it easy to navigate
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    Performance
    ConnectWise
    I dont think we use this tool to potential
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    ConnectWise
    Have to wait till 11pm EST time to get someone knowledgeable. That sucks truly. Almost half my day is gone. They need to provide premium support, where I can contact a "real" Quosal rep, anytime of the day or night 24/7
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    Salesforce
    There have been some issues with multi-year pricing of certain products and services which we have been assured will be resolved but I guess are still underway, the support team apart from this has not been needed much and in the rare scenarios, it has been needed the resolutions of conflicts has been prompt and quick, so the overall support would have my high regards for being so helpful and customer-oriented so as to assure good performance of their toolset and customer satisfaction.
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    Implementation Rating
    ConnectWise
    Great implementation, the Quosal team has a smart and well planned process to guide your team through the process. More importantly, they understand the challenges with change and user adoption.
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    ConnectWise
    When it comes to the quoting layout Sell gives you so many more customization options. The item inventory is also easier to maintain. Sell is by far the best selling module that I have used thus far and it has helped keep us more organized.
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    Salesforce
    There is no comparison to a fully functional instance of CPQ. Nothing comes close due to the amount of customization and ease of use that CPQ offers once it's fully built out. Other solutions may be easier to build or administer, but for the users and business needs, CPQ is the best solution possible.
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    Scalability
    ConnectWise
    Connectwise Sell is listening and building their software to fit the needs of their customers. Sell is consistently looking to us for feedback and making sure their product is working for us as partners/customers. We feel we are generally behind on getting to know their updates and software upgrades. They are a great vendor and wonderful corporation.
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    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    ConnectWise
    • Customer satisfaction improvement. It's an impressive and professional way to present information that our customers appreciate. They not only have a clear way of knowing exactly what is being proposed, but now have another method they can use to easily track and organize approved/ not-approved quotes.
    • Improved brand consistency. We have a reputable, trusted image that projects across our client portfolio (not to mention within our community) and this system helps to promote and maintain our transparency and professional image.
    • Following up and referencing past quotes is made easy and quickly, which has benefited us from a time-cost savings perspective.
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    Salesforce
    • Salesforce CPQ has helped a lot with overall visibility to the quote to order process. Reps have more insight into the business and the business has more insight into Sales Rep interactions. This makes troubleshooting issues much easier.
    • Our reporting capabilities have improved immensely. The ability to easily create fields allows you to capture new data points very easily.
    • Communication in Salesforce CPQ and Salesforce, in general, is a big improvement for our business. The ability to have a chatter feed on any object is very helpful. This can also be used for feed tracking to give some basic change management controls/history.
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    ConnectWise CPQ Screenshots

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    Salesforce Revenue Cloud Screenshots

    Screenshot of Configure. Price. Quote. Anytime, anywhere, on any device.