No more typing reviews! Try our Samantha, our new voice AI agent.

Conga Composer vs PandaDoc comparison

Why PeerSpot?

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Conga Composer
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Document Management Software (3rd), Document Automation Software (1st)
PandaDoc
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
eSignature (Electronic Signature) (4th), Document Generation Tools (1st)
 

Featured Reviews

KS
Salesforce Application Support Specialist at Vectra AI
Document creation has become faster and more accurate but complex templates still need improvement
In terms of improvements for Conga Composer, we did start seeing a lot of requests related to customization, which were initially difficult. As people got to know that it's very easy to customize it, we started to get those more and more, and we saw fewer errors. Earlier, there were many requests to manually adjust the contract value, which was not possible with the CPQ quote documents. With Conga Composer, we can customize it to some level. For exception cases, we can modify the template and generate the contract in a way they want it. While we did not record any metrics, looking at the overall tickets and the reduction in errors we used to see, I think it has improved efficiency by a lot, and our stakeholders agree. However, I would say that despite being easy to set up these templates, there are limitations around looping. Some functionalities break when dealing with large templates, around 30 to 40 pages long. We jumped on their support, but we could not come to a resolution, so we ended up reducing the overall complexity of our template. I think Conga Composer could improve its adoption for Conga Composer Sign. Right now, the adoption is not very great. People use Conga Composer mainly for document generation and then go separately for DocuSign. To get a better hold of the market, Conga should definitely invest more into Conga Composer Sign.
Bitanap Marion - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Development Manager at Nestle
Digital workflows have transformed contract signing and save time with remote approvals
In my opinion, the best features PandaDoc offers include ease of template creation, integration with other tools such as HubSpot, a user-friendly interface, and customizable templates. The integration with HubSpot enhances the overall user experience for my team, especially for the less technical users. PandaDoc has positively impacted my organization by being really helpful, especially as a game-changer when dealing with documents with our remote clients. We are able to send them the documents, and they can sign using their phone, so they do not have to come all the way to our office to sign the documents. They save a lot of time and cost, achieving approximately 70 to 80 percent time saved and cost savings from traveling. I also value the ability to obtain signatures from our clients, making us more efficient and saving time and money. The pricing model of PandaDoc is far superior to that of other competitors, thus being very cost-effective and affordable. It definitely helps us provide a better customer experience to retain our customers as they know we are very professional.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Conga Composer helps to create documents faster and saves time."
"It's quite simple."
"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."
"I have never faced any issues with stability."
"The main benefits I have seen from using Conga Composer are that while Salesforce provides features to build documents or cases that function as quote summaries, they have limitations, and after choosing Conga, we discovered that it already has many features that enable us to easily build complex templates and it works perfectly with our business use cases, which is why we selected it."
"The most valuable feature of Conga Composer is its user-friendly interface, which allows professionals to handle the product easily."
"Once you understand how to build the templates, it's a pretty straightforward process. It allows you to create both Word and Excel documents."
"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."
"My main use case for PandaDoc is that it has been a game changer, especially in my organization because it saves our sales reps hours per week on documentation."
"The best features PandaDoc offers include the ease of creating a document and getting it signed, and the signed copies are also delivered to the parties, which is great."
"Since using PandaDoc, we have been able to save costs and time, with estimated savings of 40 to 50 percent."
"PandaDoc offered the best feature in its template functionality, which made things a little bit easier; we would have everything saved when it came to all the legal jargon, and it allowed us to quickly fill in the table with the job titles and the services, and it would calculate everything immediately."
"We have been able to retain our clients globally, sending documents, letters, and everything through PandaDoc with a professional appearance, and they are able to sign it on the go, especially using their mobile phones, and they are very satisfied with our services."
"PandaDoc is a game changer for our organization."
"PandaDoc is a very powerful tool and is very cost-effective, making it affordable for any size of organization."
"The best features PandaDoc offers are the intuitive and visual interface, along with how organic the use is."
 

Cons

"The only improvement I'd like to see is the ability to hide a single column within a grouped table, which I couldn't figure out how to do."
"Honestly, when I was a consultant, Conga Composer was okay, but then when you went a bit outside and wanted to take Conga Sign, which was called Conga Sign back then, but maybe they changed the name now, all those things were getting very expensive."
"However, I would say that despite being easy to set up these templates, there are limitations around looping; some functionalities break when dealing with large templates, around 30 to 40 pages long, and even after working with support we ended up reducing the overall complexity of our template."
"Conga Composer is somewhat slow."
"Conga is getting more and more expensive."
"One downside of Conga Composer is that it requires integration with other tools for the signing process. Apart from that, I find nothing major to be improved."
"We have not been using Conga Composer extensively or deeply to look for improvements."
"When setting conditions, it doesn't work as expected, requiring us to rework the code."
"One way PandaDoc can be improved is that sometimes the automatic placement of fields is incorrect."
"One area that PandaDoc needs to improve is the design of documents, which is a bit limiting when compared to something such as Word or Google Docs."
"I wish PandaDoc would be more affordable for automations, as the credits we have are very limited and expensive for the agreements sent by automations."
"One aspect I would improve about PandaDoc is that the templating feature could be more expandable, such as allowing the ability to draw images."
"One way PandaDoc can be improved is that it does not have the greatest notifying system; sometimes it can be annoying."
"PandaDoc can be improved by making formatting and adding graphics and visual elements much easier."
"The only problem I noticed with one of the automations I was creating was the ability for the customer to choose what product they want to add into their invoice."
"Sometimes the fillable fields in PandaDoc don't automatically map properly, requiring manual adjustments, which can be somewhat time-wasting."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"I think the tool costs around six dollars per user."
"It's not cheap, but it's not overly expensive either."
Information not available
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Document Generation Tools solutions are best for your needs.
920,769 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Construction Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
13%
Energy/Utilities Company
13%
Computer Software Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise17
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Conga Composer?
Not Sure, As i implemented the Quote Documents as per business need but client directly buy it for salesforce
What needs improvement with Conga Composer?
In terms of improvements for Conga Composer, we did start seeing a lot of requests related to customization, which were initially difficult. As people got to know that it's very easy to customize i...
What is your primary use case for Conga Composer?
One of the main use cases for Conga Composer would be to generate quote documents. We had different types of quote documents in our business process, so we used different kinds of Conga Composer te...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PandaDoc?
The polished, professional look of every PandaDoc document never fails to impress our clients. It is highly recommended.
What needs improvement with PandaDoc?
Sometimes the fillable fields do not automatically map properly, and I have to manually adjust them.
What is your primary use case for PandaDoc?
We use PandaDoc in my organization to create quotes, proposals, and also data rooms for larger opportunities to share other documents such as security docs, accounting docs, and much more. We also ...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Conga
No data available
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Arkus, CollegeTracks, Colorado Creative Industries, Davies Office, Delta Air, Depersico, Diagnostic Innovations, Digital Dolphin, Finnzymes
TapInfluence, Bonusly, Crystal Ball, Datanyze, RadialSpark