Axonom Powertrak vs Hive CPQ

Axonom Powertrak is a cloud-based visual CPQ suite for configuring products, pricing them, and preparing quotes and orders. Its configurators support static-image, interactive 2D, 3D, and virtual-reality product experiences. Rules can manage dependencies, quantity checks, price adjustments, bundles, and cross-sell suggestions. Powertrak Quoting creates quotes, estimates, invoices, sales orders, and purchase orders, with multiple price lists, tiered discounts, optional products, and bundles. Guided Selling uses a behavior-driven questionnaire to recommend products and accessories and generate quotes. Axonom lists integrations with Microsoft Dynamics 365, Salesforce, Oracle, NetSuite, and Macola, while standalone use is also available. The Partner Portal offers self-service tools for partners, resellers, and distributors; role-based controls can limit deal visibility to a partner’s sales channel. Solutions are described for apparel, aviation, and heavy-equipment manufacturers. A mobile AR app requires iOS or Android devices supporting ARKit or ARCore; the VR Design Viewer is read-only. Axonom says its 2D configurator is less suitable for engineer-to-order workflows that create new parts during sales or for organizations without product artwork. Pricing is on request.

Hive CPQ is configure, price, and quote software for manufacturers selling complex products. It brings product configuration, pricing, and quoting together for sales teams, dealers, distributors, and online customers. Its rule-based configurator is designed to reduce configuration and order errors. The pricing engine supports option-, attribute-, bill-of-materials-, grid-, cost-plus-, volume-, price-list-, and custom pricing models. Teams can create quotes with visuals and bills of materials, generate technical and calculation sheets, order summaries, manuals, and safety instructions, and turn approved quotes into orders. Quotes can be generated in over 20 languages. Hive AI processes incoming RFQs, guides buyers through configurations, and helps teams build and maintain configurators. Listed integrations include Microsoft Dynamics products, Salesforce, Zoho CRM, inriver, Bluestar PLM, and Ridder IQ; a backwards-compatible REST API supports customer-built integrations. Hive says it is ISO 27001 certified and GDPR compliant, stores data in Germany and Europe, and has 99.8% average uptime. Pricing is on request, based on project scope, complexity, and user count. A 30-day trial includes a dedicated sandbox and Hive Academy training.