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Conga vs Natero

Conga logo

Conga

Software

Revenue Lifecycle Management

From
$50/month
Rated
-
N

Natero

Software

Predictive Customer Success Platform

From
$800/month
Rated
-

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Conga conga's pricing page publishes no rate, no plan tier and no product list, and offers only a Get Conga Pricing enquiry button; Natero acquired by Freshworks in May 2019 and folded into the Freshsuccess product line, so it is no longer sold as Natero
  • They diverge on capability: Conga covers CPQ, Natero covers Predictive health scores.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Conga and Natero actually diverge.

Attributes where Conga and Natero differ
AttributeCongaNatero
Starting price$50/month$800/month
Founded20062012

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 Conga

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

Only in Natero

  • Predictive health scores
  • Machine learning
  • Customer journey analytics
  • Playbooks
  • Risk detection
  • Freshworks
  • Slack
  • Zendesk

Both cover

  • Salesforce
  • Web support

What people use each for

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

Conga

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

Natero

  • Customer Successnot Conga
  • Predictive Analyticsnot Conga
  • Machine Learningnot Conga

Where each one falls short

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

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

Natero

  • Acquired by Freshworks in May 2019 and folded into the Freshsuccess product line, so it is no longer sold as Natero
  • natero.com no longer resolves

Pricing, plan by plan

Conga

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

Natero

$800/month
  • Growth$800/month
    • Predictive health
    • Playbooks
    • Reporting
  • Enterprise$2000/month
    • Custom ML models
    • Advanced API
    • Dedicated support

Which should you pick?

Choose Conga if

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

Choose Natero if

  • You need predictive health scores.
  • You also want machine learning.

Questions people ask

Is Conga or Natero better?
Neither clearly leads. Conga starts at $50/month and Natero at $800/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Conga or Natero?
Conga starts at $50/month and Natero at $800/month.
Does Conga or Natero run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Conga best used for?
Conga is most often used for generating quotes, contracts and documents from crm data, contract lifecycle management with approvals and e-signature, configure price quote workflows for complex sales. Of those, generating quotes, contracts and documents from crm data and contract lifecycle management with approvals and e-signature are not what Natero is typically brought in for.
What can Conga do that Natero cannot?
Conga covers CPQ, Contract lifecycle management, Document generation, E-signatures. Natero covers Predictive health scores, Machine learning, Customer journey analytics, Playbooks. Both handle Salesforce, Web support.

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