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Crossbeam vs Qwilr

Crossbeam logo

Crossbeam

Affiliate Marketing

Partner ecosystem platform for revenue teams

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Qwilr logo

Qwilr

Sales Enablement

Beautiful Proposals and Quotes

From
$35/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Crossbeam has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Crossbeam the first paid plan is $4,800 a year and includes a single full access seat, with additional seats at $1,800 a year each; Qwilr growth plan requires a minimum of 5 users at $55/user/month and Scale requires a minimum of 10 users at $75/user/month, both billed annually only
  • They diverge on capability: Crossbeam covers Account mapping, Qwilr covers Web-based proposals.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Crossbeam and Qwilr actually diverge.

Attributes where Crossbeam and Qwilr differ
AttributeCrossbeamQwilr
Starting priceFree$35/month
Free tierYesNo
CategoryAffiliate MarketingSales Enablement
Founded20182014

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), platforms (Web), 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 Crossbeam

  • Account mapping
  • Secure data sharing
  • Co-selling workflows
  • Partner scoring
  • Revenue attribution
  • Snowflake

Only in Qwilr

  • Web-based proposals
  • Interactive quotes
  • E-signatures
  • Analytics
  • Video embedding
  • Stripe

Both cover

  • Salesforce
  • HubSpot
  • Slack
  • Web support

What people use each for

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

Crossbeam

  • Mapping overlapping accounts and pipeline with partner companiesnot Qwilr
  • Running a partner ecosystem programme with shared datanot Qwilr

Qwilr

  • Sales teams sending interactive proposals with embedded payment collection who can commit to annual billingnot Crossbeam

Where each one falls short

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

Crossbeam

  • The first paid plan is $4,800 a year and includes a single full access seat, with additional seats at $1,800 a year each
  • The free plan caps Deal Navigator and Pipeline Generation at 10 records each and offers no record exports at all
  • Record exports are the ladder, at 5,000 on Connector, 25,000 on Supernode and 100,000 on Enterprise
  • Sales seats are a separate $40 per user per month on top of the plan
  • SAML SSO and advanced access controls are excluded from the Connector plan
  • Both upper tiers are custom priced

Qwilr

  • Growth plan requires a minimum of 5 users at $55/user/month and Scale requires a minimum of 10 users at $75/user/month, both billed annually only
  • Document automation beyond the free monthly allotment (10, 150 or 600 documents by tier) costs $5, $2.50 or $2.50 per additional document
  • QwilrPay charges a payment processing fee on top of the subscription, ranging from 0.25% on Starter down to 0.05% on Scale

Pricing, plan by plan

Crossbeam

Free
  • FreeFree
    • Unlimited partners
    • Account mapping
    • Basic analytics

Qwilr

$35/month
  • Business$35/month
    • Unlimited documents
    • Templates
    • E-signatures
  • Enterprise$59/month
    • Custom branding
    • Advanced analytics
    • Integrations

Which should you pick?

Choose Crossbeam if

  • You need account mapping.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You also want secure data sharing.
Crossbeam review

Choose Qwilr if

  • You need web-based proposals.
  • You also want interactive quotes.
Qwilr review

Questions people ask

Is Crossbeam or Qwilr better?
Neither clearly leads. Crossbeam starts at Free and Qwilr at $35/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Crossbeam or Qwilr?
Crossbeam has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Crossbeam and $35/month for Qwilr.
Does Crossbeam or Qwilr run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
Can I use Crossbeam for free?
Yes. Crossbeam has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Qwilr starts at $35/month.
What is Crossbeam best used for?
Crossbeam is most often used for mapping overlapping accounts and pipeline with partner companies, running a partner ecosystem programme with shared data. Of those, mapping overlapping accounts and pipeline with partner companies and running a partner ecosystem programme with shared data are not what Qwilr is typically brought in for.
What can Crossbeam do that Qwilr cannot?
Crossbeam covers Account mapping, Secure data sharing, Co-selling workflows, Partner scoring. Qwilr covers Web-based proposals, Interactive quotes, E-signatures, Analytics. Both handle Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Web support.
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