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Better Proposals vs Conga

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Better Proposals

Software

Create Proposals That Win

From
$19/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Conga

Software

Revenue Lifecycle Management

From
$50/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Better Proposals documents are metered by tier, at 10 a month on Starter and 50 on Premium; Conga conga's pricing page publishes no rate, no plan tier and no product list, and offers only a Get Conga Pricing enquiry button
  • They diverge on capability: Better Proposals covers Proposal templates, Conga covers CPQ.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Better Proposals and Conga actually diverge.

Attributes where Better Proposals and Conga differ
AttributeBetter ProposalsConga
Starting price$19/month$50/month
Founded20162006

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Better Proposals

  • Proposal templates
  • Digital signatures
  • Analytics
  • Payment collection
  • Custom branding
  • HubSpot
  • Stripe
  • Zapier

Only in Conga

  • CPQ
  • Contract lifecycle management
  • Document generation
  • E-signatures
  • Workflow automation
  • Microsoft Dynamics
  • SAP
  • Oracle

Both cover

  • Salesforce
  • Web support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Better Proposals

  • Sending branded sales proposals with digital signaturesnot Conga
  • Taking payment at the point of signaturenot Conga
  • Tracking when a prospect opens and reads a proposalnot Conga
  • Reusable content library and templatesnot Conga
  • Approval workflows before a proposal goes out, on the Enterprise tiernot Conga

Conga

  • Generating quotes, contracts and documents from CRM datanot Better Proposals
  • Contract lifecycle management with approvals and e-signaturenot Better Proposals
  • Configure price quote workflows for complex salesnot Better Proposals

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Better Proposals

  • Documents are metered by tier, at 10 a month on Starter and 50 on Premium
  • The Starter plan at $13 a month is a single user
  • Custom domains, CRM integrations and the API all need Premium at $21 per user per month
  • Approvals, content locking and advanced permissions are Enterprise only at $42 per user per month
  • The Nudge follow-up feature is a $10 per user per month add-on, and custom design starts at $1,495

Conga

  • Conga's pricing page publishes no rate, no plan tier and no product list, and offers only a Get Conga Pricing enquiry button
  • Pricing is handled case by case through sales rather than through published tiers
  • Conga's CPQ product is now branded Advantage CPQ and is positioned as an integration on top of an existing CRM, so a Salesforce or equivalent CRM licence is required separately

Pricing, plan by plan

Better Proposals

$19/month
  • Starter$19/month
    • 10 proposals/month
    • Templates
    • Analytics
  • Premium$29/month
    • Unlimited proposals
    • Custom domain
    • Integrations

Conga

$50/month
  • Essentials$50/month
    • Document generation
    • E-signatures
    • Templates
  • Professional$100/month
    • CPQ
    • CLM
    • Workflow automation

Which should you pick?

Choose Better Proposals if

  • You need proposal templates.
  • You also want digital signatures.
Better Proposals review

Choose Conga if

  • You need cpq.
  • You also want contract lifecycle management.
Conga review

Questions people ask

Is Better Proposals or Conga better?
Neither clearly leads. Better Proposals starts at $19/month and Conga at $50/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Better Proposals or Conga?
Better Proposals starts at $19/month and Conga at $50/month.
Does Better Proposals or Conga run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Better Proposals best used for?
Better Proposals is most often used for sending branded sales proposals with digital signatures, taking payment at the point of signature, tracking when a prospect opens and reads a proposal, reusable content library and templates. Of those, sending branded sales proposals with digital signatures and taking payment at the point of signature are not what Conga is typically brought in for.
What can Better Proposals do that Conga cannot?
Better Proposals covers Proposal templates, Digital signatures, Analytics, Payment collection. Conga covers CPQ, Contract lifecycle management, Document generation, E-signatures. Both handle Salesforce, Web support.
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