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CA View vs Conga Composer comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

CA View
Ranking in Document Management Software
16th
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Conga Composer
Ranking in Document Management Software
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Document Automation Software (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Document Management Software category, the mindshare of CA View is 1.9%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Conga Composer is 2.2%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Document Management Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Conga Composer2.2%
CA View1.9%
Other95.9%
Document Management Software
 

Featured Reviews

it_user851850 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Platform Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Helps us secure viewing of customer accounts; scalability streamlines production of large reports
You can control who views what, as far as security is concerned, in viewing customer accounts. I'm not sure if that was available in the product at the beginning, but we use it extensively now. Also expandability. It's easy to add more space to it when you need and to. If you're producing large reports it's easy to increase so you can handle the new volume that may come along.
reviewer2507763 - PeerSpot reviewer
Salesforce Specialist at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Automation has simplified daily document generation and signature workflows for our teams
I know that back then we wanted to use Conga Composer for other things than just generating the document, but Conga Composer was getting too expensive, so we didn't. I cannot say if there are improvements because I don't know anything about that and I didn't use that feature yet. What I can say is back then and today, what we do in our template is we integrate some images and some logos; so the brand consistency is made outside and then we use it in the template. Maybe now there is a feature where you can set the color directly or other things, but I'm curious how they do that. I haven't seen that feature yet. Back then we couldn't use Conga Composer offline, but I think they did some improvements on that side. I didn't work on that lately, and it's been a while since I did a new implementation on that, so I didn't hear anything negative lately.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It's easy to add more space to it when you need and to. If you're producing large reports it's easy to increase so you can handle the new volume that may come along."
"We standardized our CIS log processing with CA View. We support a whole bunch of LPARs, about 80 or so. When we go to an LPAR, we know just where the CIS log is, it's in CA View, and we know how to get to it, we don't have to search around for it."
"It's easy to add more space to it when you need to, and if you're producing large reports it's easy to increase so you can handle the new volume that may come along."
"I would suggest you strongly consider CA View and Deliver; take a big look at it, it's straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of Conga Composer is its user-friendly interface, which allows professionals to handle the product easily."
"What I like about Conga Composer is that it's much easier than Salesforce's native templating. It's simple to add merge fields, write queries to pull data and access up to four levels of related objects. This makes it very comfortable to get all the needed data into templates."
"Using Conga Composer helps us send proposals much faster—within minutes instead of hours—thus improving our sales cycle by roughly twenty to thirty percent."
"The most valuable feature is the automatic generation of invoices and the ability to merge fields from Salesforce into the document, creating a clean and professional invoice."
"Once you understand how to build the templates, it's a pretty straightforward process. It allows you to create both Word and Excel documents."
"Using Conga Composer helps us send proposals much faster—within minutes instead of hours—thus improving our sales cycle by roughly twenty to thirty percent."
"Conga Composer is easy to use, especially for C-level executives, as it simplifies the contract signing process."
"It's quite simple."
 

Cons

"I believe they do probably have a GUI interface for the laptop, so you can just use the interface instead of the mainframe ISPF interface. I think that's already available but, if not, that would be my only issue."
"There was one customer we were trying convert over, and it was complicated."
"There was one customer we were trying convert over, and it was complicated. There were retention criteria which seemed a little more limited than with some of the other products."
"I believe they do probably have a GUI interface for the laptop, so you can just use the interface instead of the mainframe ISPF interface."
"The query builder could use some updates."
"It would be better to have a custom button that automatically sends a document to the client's email and sends it for a signature with a single click."
"For newcomers to the platform, the removal of certain suggestions in recent releases can be a pain area."
"Conga is getting more and more expensive."
"The debugging skills could be improved as we need to stay alert for issues."
"The biggest area where Conga needs improvement is its documentation. The documentation is good but not up to par with other platforms like Salesforce, which has extensive documentation and a helpful community."
"When setting conditions, it doesn't work as expected, requiring us to rework the code."
"I had only one minor issue, which was resolved quickly due to their prompt assistance."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It requires other pieces of CA software and license keys, thing like that. That's one thing to keep in mind. It requires CA Common Services in order to actually be licensed to run on LPAR."
"It's not cheap, but it's not overly expensive either."
"I think the tool costs around six dollars per user."
"Regarding pricing, I believe it’s around fifty dollars, but I’m not entirely sure. Overall, I find the pricing reasonable and am quite satisfied with the product. The value we get from it justifies the cost, as it requires minimal maintenance and is straightforward to use. The functionality it provides aligns well with the investment."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
10%
Retailer
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Real Estate/Law Firm
7%
 

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Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise7
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Conga Composer?
I haven't evaluated the setup cost because back then as a consultant in a consultancy company, when we tried to check on the prices of the product, it was too expensive for our customers, so we did...
What needs improvement with Conga Composer?
I know that back then we wanted to use Conga Composer for other things than just generating the document, but Conga Composer was getting too expensive, so we didn't. I cannot say if there are impro...
What is your primary use case for Conga Composer?
I don't use Conga Composer anymore daily; we have our setup, and it's working fine, so I don't have to touch it. We have something external for contract management. I think we use DiliTrust for the...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Unicenter CA-View Output Archival and Viewing
Conga
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

DHL, Intergrupo
Arkus, CollegeTracks, Colorado Creative Industries, Davies Office, Delta Air, Depersico, Diagnostic Innovations, Digital Dolphin, Finnzymes
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