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Conga Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) vs Ironclad comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Automation Anywhere
Sponsored
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
666
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Management (BPM) (2nd), Robotic Process Automation (RPA) (2nd), Process Mining (1st), Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) (1st), Agentic Automation (1st), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (2nd), AI Legal & Compliance (1st), AI Finance & Accounting (2nd), AI Procurement & Supply Chain (1st)
Conga Contract Lifecycle Ma...
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
34
Ranking in other categories
Product Configuration and Quoting (1st), Contract Management Software (1st)
Ironclad
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
eSignature (Electronic Signature) (9th), Contract Management Software (3rd)
 

Featured Reviews

Venkat Sivaprakash - PeerSpot reviewer
Management Consultant at Accenture
Has significantly improved document-driven workflows and reduced processing time across finance and HR functions
Automation Anywhere has evolved significantly and upgraded itself to provide agentic AI and AI-based automation solutions for document automation. The product has matured considerably over time. We can create workflows that can call an API. We can include prompts in particular workflows for ChatGPT-related functions, connecting to an LLM and RAG to perform tasks. For document automation, modern features are available to train documents, ensuring high accuracy and repeatability over time. The system is very easy to use. I recently completed a course in document automation, typically designed for people involved in coding and technical aspects. Though I understand coding comprehensively, I don't do actual coding. The course was very accessible. Currently, extensive coding isn't necessary due to the hybrid model incorporating GenAI aspects, low-code, no-code capabilities, APIs, and numerous pre-built objects in Automation Anywhere. The features include GenAI-driven prompting methods and workflow creation capabilities. In these workflows, we can create decision boxes and call APIs without coding. We simply pull objects, drop them, connect them, and add minimal coding when needed. The most crucial aspect isn't coding but rather sizing the automation and fleshing out the details. Automation Co-pilot takes notes and performs automated analysis. It can extract details from videos, summarize conversations, and provide detailed information. During calls, it identifies instructions and performs tasks such as preparing reports and reconciliation. Automation Anywhere can also connect with Microsoft Co-pilot. Through Co-pilot, real-time operations can be executed, allowing direct interaction between vendors and automation through this component.
Sakshi Thakur - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Automation has transformed complex contract lifecycles and now supports high-volume workflows
The only drawback of Conga Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) is that it does not work for small-scale business areas because I have implemented it for one customer with four or five pages of templates and three to four record types. For that small business, Conga Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) does not work well because it is a bit complicated. Sometimes all customers need is a click of a button to go in and do things, and Conga Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) is a bit complicated for such kinds of businesses. There are definitely areas where Conga Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) could be easier to use for smaller businesses, particularly making processes more streamlined and user-friendly.
Stephane Muller - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager, Contract Management Team at Amadeus
Automated NDA workflows have streamlined contract drafting and approvals for my team
The best features Ironclad offers are that it is very easy to use and very easy to customize; you do not need to be a developer to customize it and to create your own workflows. When I say it is easy to customize, I mean creating the questions and creating the conditions in the template. For example, if you have different businesses and depending on the type of business, you want to customize a document such as an NDA, it is quite easy to do it by yourself inside Ironclad. Ironclad has impacted my organization positively because it is more efficient, allowing us to spend less time on easy tasks and therefore spend more time on more complex tasks. I would estimate 15 to 20% time saved on our side indicates the efficiency gains.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Automation Anywhere is very easy to use; it's a low-code platform that a person who doesn't have any technical knowledge can use."
"Automation Anywhere offers the capability of integrating the DLL files with meta bot and hence the developer can use DLL files to connect to applications likes outlook, SAP, etc"
"The built-in features, such as the connector builder and AI development tools, are easily accessible, keeping the software up-to-date."
"This RPA tool is a leader in the market, and I have had a very good experience working with Automation Anywhere."
"We are able to satisfy our clients in ways that we did not think was possible."
"No other competitor has this email trigger, so it saves a lot of time if you automate the process. We don't need to fix a time for a task to run. It gives the feature of on demand execution for any task. Whenever a user wants, it can send a mail and get the task done as soon as possible."
"In Automation Anywhere we liked the drag-and-drop and easily stitching the recording of mouse control and keyboard controls."
"I like the diversity. Every year, maybe even every six months, new modules are introduced to the program, and module enhancements are added to the toolbox to make automating various applications or situations easier."
"The automation and document generation in Conga Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) have made things easier for my team, saving time and reducing errors."
"Overall, Conga Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) has increased operational efficiency, improved contract turnaround times, and provided greater control over the contract lifecycle."
"The best feature of Conga Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) is the versioning capability because you can see the updates and everybody can see the changes."
"Conga Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) has positively impacted my organization, and I have noticed improvements in productivity, accuracy, and turnaround times."
"A 25% to 40% reduction in standard agreements is what we have achieved, and the centralized repository also improved the reporting on contract renewals and expiration and helped the team to identify and address those bottlenecks more quickly."
"Because of these processes, the customer can send out thousands of contracts in one go instead of creating them and having a lot of people appointed to do this job, and it is a one-person job now."
"The valuable aspects are ease and speed."
"Since we have pre-approved templates and standard clauses in Conga Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), we can use them wherever we want, and it provides very faster contract creation with reduced legal risk."
"The best features Ironclad offers are that it is very easy to use and very easy to customize; you do not need to be a developer to customize it and to create your own workflows."
 

Cons

"Sometimes, the ESX services will stop. We are working with IT to resolve this, as it's not our fault. Automation Anywhere is stopping the service, and during that time, the bot will be stopped. Right now, we are logging into the client machine and restarting/rebooting them, then restarting the services. As some of our processes run at night, we won't know that the service is down since our processes run 24/7. This issue is then escalated to the manager. This is the current challenge that we are facing, and we would like them to improve this."
"I would like more cognitive abilities, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. E.g., if I see you, your facial recognition has to be there. If I send your picture, it should tell me your name, where you are from, and when I met you because we forget people. It should have these type of capabilities."
"As we expand our components of the Automation Anywhere platform that we utilize, we need better connections between them."
"I am looking for artificial intelligence and machine learning. I hope that they introduce them in A2019. I'm looking forward to what will be there in A2019 because that's the area that we need to go forward. We are looking for Automation Anywhere to put up their efforts to make it easier by incorporating artificial intelligence and machine learning. Along with RPA, this would make our automation journey very easy. We can bring more processes into automation, that's where I am looking for automation to focus on."
"The implementation process is complex, as there is integration with other applications."
"Unfortunately, this process was not used for a long time due to latency issues and a functionality gap."
"The assign value function is not there in the A2019 Community edition, which makes it hard for a developer to manipulate the data."
"They sell every different functionality in too many separate packages, making the procurement process complicated as it requires paying additional licensing for more features."
"The only drawback of Conga Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) is that it does not work for small-scale business areas because I have implemented it for one customer with four or five pages of templates and three to four record types."
"I would tell others looking into using Conga Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) that it is useful, but the licenses are a bit expensive compared to the other contract lifecycle managements in the market."
"One challenge is the initial setup and configuration, especially for complex workflows and approval hierarchies."
"I believe Conga Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) should improve by including e-sign directly in the CLM without a third-party integration."
"The user interface can sometimes feel complex for new users and may require additional training."
"Conga Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) has too much customization, making it not that easy to scale it up and scale it out."
"To improve Conga Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), there are just a couple of things that need to be fixed."
"The only issue was in X-Author 2.0 where there was a bug; whenever the agreement document was opened and we were already logged in to X-Author 2.0, it was automatically checking out that particular agreement document."
"Ironclad can be improved by integrating with artificial intelligence; it does already, but it is not really useful at the moment as it has many bugs and a lot of inaccuracy."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Additional costs will be for the machines and the number of machines that you are using. You can deploy virtually as well as on physical machines. In both the situations, you do need to allocate a certain budget for securing the machines and where the software will be installed and running. The machines cannot be used for anything else, because only a certain bot can run at a certain time. You need to be very particular about your scheduling of running the bots, and while the bot is running nobody can use the machine. You cannot have an agent working on a machine and the bot running in the background. It has to be completely dedicated. Then there are the network bandwidth requirements and space requirements, which are additional costs apart from the licensing and software costs. The developer is also going to charge you for their coding time too."
"There is a free trial so that they can get an overview, and there are different licenses that are very affordable and can suit every business model."
"I would like them to have better license management."
"It is the most economically friendly and it provides you with a lot of functions."
"We have saved a lot of money on taxes based on the stuff that we run."
"Automation Anywhere's pricing falls within the mid-range, but the long-term benefits outweigh the initial investment."
"Automation Anywhere is affordable."
"It saves on the quality of work, because the quality can be bad when somebody's doing it. If a bot does the work, it's faster and comes with good quality. These are two important things along with the cost saving in the long run. That's where the value is."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
Legal Firm
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Healthcare Company
12%
Construction Company
7%
University
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business161
Midsize Enterprise86
Large Enterprise561
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise25
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Questions from the Community

How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?
It depends on your use case. Is it simply to automate a couple of processes? Is it to augment a human team? AA is ver...
How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?
From my experience using AA tool, it depends on the applications that you want to automate, because there some applic...
How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?
It is a highly preferred RPA tool. You can check my Automation Anywhere Review to know more.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Conga Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM)?
Regarding pricing, it is a little bit higher, but when we go for bulk purchase, we do receive some discounts.
What needs improvement with Conga Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM)?
Conga Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) could be improved as sometimes when we click on the document, it indicates ...
What is your primary use case for Conga Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM)?
My main use case for Conga Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) is generating documents, so once we click on a button,...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Ironclad?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing was acceptable.
What needs improvement with Ironclad?
Ironclad can be improved by integrating with artificial intelligence; it does already, but it is not really useful at...
What is your primary use case for Ironclad?
My main use case for Ironclad is drafting contracts, creating the first version of the contract, validating, approvin...
 

Also Known As

Automation Anywhere, Testing Anywhere, Automation Anywhere Enterprise, Agentic Process Automation System (Now Certified for WorkSpaces)
The Apttus Intelligent Cloud, Conga CLM AI
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Sample Customers

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