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Conga vs Showpad

Conga logo

Conga

Customer Success

Revenue Lifecycle Management

From
$50/month
Rated
-
Showpad logo

Showpad

Sales Enablement

Revenue Enablement Platform

From
On request
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; Showpad the pricing page names three tiers, Professional, Advanced and Expert, licensed per user, and publishes no figure for any of them, requiring a quote for each
  • They diverge on capability: Conga covers CPQ, Showpad covers Content hub.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Conga and Showpad actually diverge.

Attributes where Conga and Showpad differ
AttributeCongaShowpad
Starting price$50/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionUnknown
PlatformsWebWeb, Mobile, Offline
CategoryCustomer SuccessSales Enablement
Founded20062011

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).

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
  • SAP
  • Oracle

Only in Showpad

  • Content hub
  • Training
  • Coaching
  • Buyer engagement
  • Analytics
  • HubSpot
  • Slack
  • Ios support

Both cover

  • Salesforce
  • Microsoft Dynamics
  • 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 Showpad
  • Contract lifecycle management with approvals and e-signaturenot Showpad
  • Configure price quote workflows for complex salesnot Showpad

Showpad

  • Centralizing sales content and coaching materials for revenue teamsnot Conga
  • Running AI assisted roleplay and certification for sales trainingnot 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

Showpad

  • The pricing page names three tiers, Professional, Advanced and Expert, licensed per user, and publishes no figure for any of them, requiring a quote for each

Pricing, plan by plan

Conga

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

Showpad

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Showpad review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Conga if

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

Choose Showpad if

  • You need content hub.
  • You work on Web, Mobile, Offline.
  • You also want training.

Questions people ask

Is Conga or Showpad better?
Neither clearly leads. Conga starts at $50/month and Showpad at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Conga or Showpad?
Conga starts at $50/month and Showpad at On request.
Does Conga or Showpad run on more platforms?
Conga runs on Web. Showpad runs on Web, Mobile, Offline.
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 Showpad is typically brought in for.
What can Conga do that Showpad cannot?
Conga covers CPQ, Contract lifecycle management, Document generation, E-signatures. Showpad covers Content hub, Training, Coaching, Buyer engagement. Both handle Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, Web support.

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