License & Deployment Mix: 15 tools – all commercial (no viable OSS engine), 14 SaaS.
This directory covers CPQ engines – the software that drives complex product configuration with rules, rule-driven pricing (volume / tier / contract / regional / approval-gated), and the workflow that gets a validated configuration through to a customer-ready quote.
A true CPQ engine is the configurator + pricing engine + approval workflow combined. It is not the same as the quote document tool (PandaDoc, Proposify, Better Proposals, Qwilr) that takes already-decided line items and produces a polished PDF – those live in Quote and Proposal Documents. CPQ vendors need a deeper category of their own because the buying motion, integration surface, and operational characteristics are quite different from quote-doc tools.
What Distinguishes a “Real” CPQ
When evaluating whether a tool is a CPQ engine vs. a quote-doc with a bit of configurability, look for:
- Rule-based product configurator – the configurator enforces compatibility constraints, dependencies, mutual exclusions, and minimum/maximum combinations. A rep can’t generate a quote for a hardware bundle missing the required power supply or an SaaS plan with conflicting modules.
- Pricing engine with externally defined rules – volume tiers, contract pricing, regional pricing, currency conversion, time-bounded promotions, approval-gated discounts – all configured by the pricing-ops team rather than hard-coded in the document
- Approval workflow – a deal that exceeds a discount threshold or a margin floor automatically routes to the manager / VP / CFO for approval before the quote can be sent
- Integration with a system of record – typically the CRM (Salesforce, Dynamics) or ERP (SAP, Oracle); the CPQ owns the configurator and pricing, the system of record owns the deal and order
- Quote-doc handoff – the final customer-facing PDF/web is often generated by a paired quote-doc tool (PandaDoc, DocuSign Gen, Conga Composer) rather than by the CPQ itself
If a tool ticks all five, it’s a CPQ engine and belongs here. If it ticks one or two, it’s a CPQ-light or quote-doc tool and belongs in Quote and Proposal Documents.
The information on these pages was researched by a combination of human review and large language models. To suggest an addition or correction, please contact us. Prepared by Rhodium Systems Inc., author of the ResorsIT platform — a unified IT operations management platform for IT teams and MSPs that integrates a curated suite of open-source, commercial, and SaaS applications into a single system with shared identity, single sign-on, access control, and a common audit trail. Use this catalogue only as a starting point for your own research, and review any tool carefully against your own requirements before relying on it. Catalogue data version 2026.197.
Comparison
Cross-tool comparison tables for the CPQ engines in this category.
The information below is point-in-time and captured from each vendor’s documentation / website at the time of writing; treat as a shopping aid, not a contract.
1. License and Pricing Model
| Tool | License | Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| Salesforce CPQ | Proprietary | Per-user / per-server-tier; bundled with Salesforce Sales Cloud Performance/Unlimited or licensed separately |
| DealHub CPQ | Proprietary | Per-user subscription; mid-market and enterprise tiers |
| ConnectWise Sell | Proprietary | Per-user; bundled in ConnectWise PSA suites |
| QuoteWerks | Proprietary | Per-user one-time + annual support; on-prem perpetual licence |
| Oracle CPQ | Proprietary | Per-user / per-server; enterprise contract |
| SAP CPQ | Proprietary | Per-user; enterprise contract |
| Conga CPQ | Proprietary | Per-user; enterprise contract |
| Tacton CPQ | Proprietary | Per-user; enterprise contract |
| Cincom CPQ | Proprietary | Per-user; enterprise contract |
| Configit | Proprietary | Per-user; enterprise contract |
| Experlogix CPQ | Proprietary | Per-user; mid-market and enterprise tiers |
| Epicor CPQ (KBMax) | Proprietary | Per-user; mid-market and enterprise tiers |
| Vendavo | Proprietary | Enterprise; per-user + data-volume |
| PROS Smart CPQ | Proprietary | Enterprise; per-user + data-volume |
| Logik.io | Proprietary | Per-user; modern cloud subscription |
There is no production-grade open-source CPQ – see the README for why.
2. Industry Sub-Segment
| Tool | Software / SaaS | MSP / IT channel | Manufacturing | Pricing-optimisation | Enterprise generalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salesforce CPQ | Strong | Possible | Possible | Limited | Strong |
| DealHub CPQ | Strong | Limited | Limited | Limited | Strong |
| ConnectWise Sell | – | Strong | – | – | – |
| QuoteWerks | – | Strong | – | – | – |
| Oracle CPQ | Strong | Limited | Strong | Possible | Strong |
| SAP CPQ | Strong | – | Strong (SAP-shop) | Possible | Strong |
| Conga CPQ | Strong | Limited | Strong | – | Strong |
| Tacton CPQ | – | – | Strong | – | – |
| Cincom CPQ | – | – | Strong | – | Strong |
| Configit | – | – | Strong (complex products) | – | – |
| Experlogix CPQ | Possible | – | Strong (Dynamics-shop) | – | Mid-market |
| Epicor CPQ | – | – | Strong (Epicor-shop) | – | – |
| Vendavo | – | – | Strong | Strong | Strong |
| PROS Smart CPQ | – | – | Strong | Strong | Strong |
| Logik.io | Strong | Limited | Possible | – | Mid-market |
3. Configurator Depth
The configurator is the heart of a CPQ. Depth varies enormously: a software-CPQ might enforce 50 simple rules; a manufacturing CPQ might enforce 50,000 rules across thousands of options.
| Tool | Rule complexity | Visual / 3D | Constraint-engine notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salesforce CPQ | Moderate | Limited | Apex-based; rule complexity scales with custom code |
| DealHub CPQ | Moderate | – | Modern rule UI; faster to author than legacy CPQ |
| ConnectWise Sell | Low to moderate | – | MSP-bundle complexity, not industrial complexity |
| QuoteWerks | Low to moderate | – | Long-running rule engine; predictable and well-known |
| Oracle CPQ | High | Limited | Mature; large-enterprise rule sets supported |
| SAP CPQ | High | Limited | SAP variant configurator integration for deepest cases |
| Conga CPQ | High | Limited | Salesforce-platform; scales with Apttus heritage rules |
| Tacton CPQ | Very high | Yes (3D) | Constraint-based modelling – different paradigm than rule-only engines; handles very large dependency networks |
| Cincom CPQ | High | Yes (3D) | Long-running manufacturing CPQ; rule + table-driven |
| Configit | Very high | – | “Virtual Tabulation” pre-computes valid configurations – handles rule sets that bring rule-only engines to a crawl |
| Experlogix CPQ | Moderate to high | Yes | Strong configurator at mid-market |
| Epicor CPQ | High | Yes (3D) | KBMax 3D visual configurator is a standout |
| Vendavo | Moderate | – | Configurator secondary to pricing engine |
| PROS Smart CPQ | Moderate to high | – | Configurator secondary to pricing science |
| Logik.io | Moderate | – | Modern; positions on speed of configurator authoring |
4. Pricing Engine
| Tool | Volume / tier | Contract pricing | Currency / region | Approval workflow | AI-driven recommendations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salesforce CPQ | Yes | Yes (with Steelbrick legacy) | Yes | Yes | Limited (Einstein add-ons) |
| DealHub CPQ | Yes | Yes (strong) | Yes | Yes | Limited |
| ConnectWise Sell | Yes | Limited | Yes | Limited | – |
| QuoteWerks | Yes | Limited | Yes | Limited | – |
| Oracle CPQ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (mature) | Limited |
| SAP CPQ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited |
| Conga CPQ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited |
| Tacton CPQ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited |
| Cincom CPQ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited |
| Configit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited |
| Experlogix CPQ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited |
| Epicor CPQ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited |
| Vendavo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (core capability) |
| PROS Smart CPQ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (core capability) |
| Logik.io | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited |
5. Deployment Model
| Tool | SaaS | Customer-managed cloud | On-prem |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salesforce CPQ | Yes (Salesforce platform) | – | – |
| DealHub CPQ | Yes | – | – |
| ConnectWise Sell | Yes | – | Limited (older versions) |
| QuoteWerks | – | – | Yes (the long-running on-prem standard) |
| Oracle CPQ | Yes (Oracle Cloud) | – | – |
| SAP CPQ | Yes (SAP Cloud) | – | – |
| Conga CPQ | Yes (Salesforce platform) | – | – |
| Tacton CPQ | Yes | Limited | Limited |
| Cincom CPQ | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Configit | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Experlogix CPQ | Yes | – | – |
| Epicor CPQ | Yes | – | Limited |
| Vendavo | Yes | – | – |
| PROS Smart CPQ | Yes | – | – |
| Logik.io | Yes | – | – |
QuoteWerks is the on-prem option in this category by long-standing convention. Cincom CPQ and Configit support on-prem because their large-enterprise customers sometimes require it.
6. Ecosystem Fit
| Tool | Salesforce CRM | Microsoft Dynamics | SAP S/4HANA | Oracle CX | ConnectWise PSA | Standalone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salesforce CPQ | Native | – | – | – | – | – |
| DealHub CPQ | Strong | Strong | – | – | – | Yes |
| ConnectWise Sell | Limited | Limited | – | – | Native | – |
| QuoteWerks | Strong | Strong (Dynamics, Zoho) | – | – | Strong | Yes |
| Oracle CPQ | – | – | Limited | Native | – | – |
| SAP CPQ | Limited | – | Native | – | – | – |
| Conga CPQ | Native | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tacton CPQ | Yes | Yes | Yes | – | – | Yes |
| Cincom CPQ | Yes | Yes | Yes | – | – | Yes |
| Configit | Yes | Yes | Yes | – | – | Yes |
| Experlogix CPQ | Yes | Native | Yes | – | – | Yes |
| Epicor CPQ | Yes | Yes | – | – | – | Yes |
| Vendavo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | – | Yes |
| PROS Smart CPQ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | – | Yes |
| Logik.io | Native | Yes | – | – | – | Yes |
7. SSO / OIDC (Authentik)
CPQ tools serving large enterprise generally have mature SSO.
| Tool | OIDC | SAML 2.0 | SCIM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salesforce CPQ | Yes (via Salesforce) | Yes | Yes |
| DealHub CPQ | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ConnectWise Sell | Limited | Yes | Limited |
| QuoteWerks | Limited | Limited | – |
| Oracle CPQ | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SAP CPQ | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Conga CPQ | Yes (via Salesforce) | Yes | Yes |
| Tacton CPQ | Yes | Yes | Limited |
| Cincom CPQ | Yes | Yes | Limited |
| Configit | Yes | Yes | Limited |
| Experlogix CPQ | Yes | Yes | Limited |
| Epicor CPQ | Yes | Yes | Limited |
| Vendavo | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PROS Smart CPQ | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Logik.io | Yes | Yes | Yes |
For Authentik integration, SAML is the broadest path; OIDC is increasingly supported across the category.
Per-Tool Evaluations
| Tool | File |
|---|---|
| Salesforce CPQ | salesforce-cpq.md |
| DealHub CPQ | dealhub-cpq.md |
| ConnectWise Sell | connectwise-sell.md |
| QuoteWerks | quotewerks.md |
| Oracle CPQ | oracle-cpq.md |
| SAP CPQ | sap-cpq.md |
| Conga CPQ | conga-cpq.md |
| Tacton CPQ | tacton-cpq.md |
| Cincom CPQ | cincom-cpq.md |
| Configit | configit.md |
| Experlogix CPQ | experlogix-cpq.md |
| Epicor CPQ | epicor-cpq.md |
| Vendavo | vendavo.md |
| PROS Smart CPQ | pros-smart-cpq.md |
| Logik.io | logik-io.md |
See Also
- README.md – conceptual overview, sub-segments, the OSS picture
- Quote and Proposal Documents – quote/proposal document tools (often used alongside a CPQ for the final PDF)
- CRM / SFA – CRM systems that own the deal record
- ERP & Accounting – ERP systems that own the order record
- PSA / MSP Platforms – PSA platforms with built-in quoting
- Digital Signatures / E-Sign – e-signature for accepted quotes
Tools
16 tools.
Cincom CPQ
Cincom CPQ is one of the longest-running CPQ products, predating most of the modern cloud-CPQ vendors. Cincom Systems itself dates to 1968 and the CPQ product has been in continuous development since the late 1990s.
License: Proprietary (proprietary) · Kind: web · Deploy: saas · SSO: OIDC
Configit
Configit is a Danish CPQ vendor that focuses on the most complex-product configuration cases – products where the number of valid configurations is astronomical and rule-only engines simply fall over.
License: Proprietary (proprietary) · Kind: web · Deploy: saas · SSO: OIDC
Conga CPQ
Conga CPQ (formerly Apttus CPQ) is a mature enterprise CPQ built on the Salesforce platform, originally one of Salesforce’s Strategic ISV partners before Salesforce acquired Steelbrick (now Salesforce CPQ) and started competing more dir…
License: Proprietary (proprietary) · Kind: web · Deploy: saas · SSO: OIDC
ConnectWise Sell
ConnectWise Sell (formerly Quosal) is the quoting and proposal automation tool within the ConnectWise ecosystem.
License: Proprietary (proprietary) · Kind: web · Deploy: saas · SSO: none
ConnectWise Sell / CPQ
Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ) tool (formerly Quosal) purpose-built for MSPs; commonly bolted onto ConnectWise PSA.
License: Proprietary (proprietary) · Kind: web · Deploy: saas · SSO: none
Evaluated under CRM / SFA.
DealHub CPQ
DealHub is an enterprise CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) platform that targets mid-market and enterprise sales organizations with complex pricing, product configuration, and approval requirements.
License: Proprietary (proprietary) · Kind: web · Deploy: saas · SSO: none
Epicor CPQ (formerly KBMax)
Epicor CPQ (formerly KBMax, acquired by Epicor in 2021) is a manufacturing- focused CPQ with a distinctive 3D visual configurator – the configurator is genuinely visual rather than form-based, with the configured product render…
License: Proprietary (proprietary) · Kind: web · Deploy: native, saas · SSO: OIDC
Experlogix CPQ
Experlogix is a mid-market CPQ with a strong reputation in the Microsoft Dynamics 365 ecosystem.
License: Proprietary (proprietary) · Kind: web · Deploy: saas · SSO: OIDC
Logik.io
Logik.io is a newer cloud-native CPQ (founded around 2020) that positions on configurator-authoring speed and developer experience.
License: Proprietary (proprietary) · Kind: web · Deploy: saas · SSO: OIDC
Oracle CPQ
Oracle CPQ (originally BigMachines, acquired by Oracle in 2013) is a mature enterprise CPQ engine that sits within the Oracle CX (Customer Experience) suite alongside Sales Cloud, Commerce, Service, and Marketing.
License: Proprietary (proprietary) · Kind: web · Deploy: saas · SSO: OIDC
PROS Smart CPQ
PROS Smart CPQ is part of the broader PROS platform that combines pricing science (PROS originated in airline revenue management and has decades of pricing-optimisation IP), deal configuration, and CPQ in one suite.
License: Proprietary (proprietary) · Kind: web · Deploy: saas · SSO: OIDC
QuoteWerks
QuoteWerks is the dominant quoting tool in the MSP and VAR channel, with over 20 years of market presence.
License: Proprietary (proprietary) · Kind: web · Deploy: native · SSO: none
Salesforce CPQ
Salesforce CPQ (formerly Steelbrick) is an enterprise CPQ platform built natively on the Salesforce platform.
License: Proprietary (proprietary) · Kind: web · Deploy: saas · SSO: none
SAP CPQ
SAP CPQ (formerly CallidusCloud CPQ) is SAP’s cloud configure-price-quote engine, offering deep native integration with S/4HANA’s variant configurator, pricing engine, and sales-order data.
License: Proprietary (proprietary) · Kind: web · Deploy: saas · SSO: OIDC
Tacton CPQ
Tacton CPQ is a manufacturing-focused CPQ distinguished by its constraint-based configuration engine – a different paradigm from rule-only engines used by most CPQs.
License: Proprietary (proprietary) · Kind: web · Deploy: native, saas · SSO: OIDC
Vendavo
Vendavo is a proprietary B2B pricing-optimization and CPQ platform that combines AI- driven price recommendations and margin analytics with rule-based pricing and configurator capabilities.
License: Proprietary (proprietary) · Kind: web · Deploy: saas · SSO: OIDC
