BlackCurve vs Powertrak CPQ

BlackCurve is pricing software for retailers that need to monitor competitors and make pricing decisions. Its Tracker edition gathers competitor prices from Google Shopping every day throughout the year and presents insights in dashboards and reports. New products can be matched automatically to competitor products, while users can add Google Shopping pages as alternative matches. Reports are available as dashboards or spreadsheets, on demand or on a schedule. For automated pricing, the Shopify app supports dynamic rules with safeguards and lets retailers schedule price updates. The Commander edition can use sales history, stock levels, and marketing performance as pricing inputs. Integrations include BigCommerce, PrestaShop, Magento, Shopify, WooCommerce, Amazon, eBay, and other listed services; data can also move through a RESTful API, dedicated integrations, or SFTP. Team, Professional, and Enterprise plans are listed at £199 a year, £699 a year, and £1,300 a year, respectively. Monthly billing is available by contacting BlackCurve. The 30-day trial provides the full Enterprise plan, but new customers must purchase setup services.

Powertrak CPQ is a cloud-based suite for configuring products, preparing quotes, and moving sales toward orders. It is aimed at manufacturers selling highly configurable products made to order. Sales teams, partners, and customers can build product configurations from 2D drawings or 3D models, adding parts with drag-and-drop controls. Quoting supports sales quotes, estimates, invoices, sales orders, and purchase orders, with multiple price lists, tiered discounts, optional or bundled products, and cross-sell and upsell opportunities. Guided Selling uses a step-by-step questionnaire to guide product selection and generate quotes or orders. Customer and partner portals add self-service configuration, quoting, and ordering, plus relationship tracking, support, case submissions, and loyalty management. The suite also provides augmented and virtual reality views of configured products on supported mobile devices. Integrations include Microsoft Dynamics 365, Salesforce, Oracle, NetSuite, and Macola; it can also run standalone. It is available on Android, iOS, and the web. Pricing is on request.