Cincom CPQ vs encoway CPQ

Cincom CPQ helps customers, direct sales teams and dealers configure, price and quote complex manufacturing products. Its rules- and role-based interface can block invalid combinations and suggest compatible features, while visual configuration shows the product being built in real time. Sales automation covers configuration, pricing, quotes, approvals and related workflows. Ecommerce capabilities include guided selling, live pricing and inventory, 2D and 3D visualization, automated quotes and contracts, approvals and e-signatures. The platform connects with CRM, ERP, PLM, CAD, ecommerce, analytics, e-signature and marketing systems; named CRM systems include Microsoft Dynamics, Salesforce, Oracle and SAP. APIs and connectors, including REST APIs for ERP data flow, support integrations. Deployment can be cloud-based or on premises, with multilingual interfaces, localized and multi-currency pricing, and region-specific rules. Cincom CPQ is available through API, self-hosted and web platforms. Pricing is on request. Cincom is headquartered in Cincinnati and was founded in 1968.

encoway CPQ helps manufacturers configure variant-rich products, calculate prices and create quotations. Its modular setup combines CPQ Studio, CPQ Sales and CPQ Showroom. CPQ Studio is used to build product logic, manage product data and bring in data from other systems. CPQ Sales translates customer needs into technical product features through Guided Selling, with 2D or 3D visualization and augmented reality. The software can generate quotations and other documents in a customer’s corporate design. It integrates with Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Salesforce and SAP ERP, including LO-VC model transfer, KMAT configuration and automated SD document creation. Its Unicode-capable products and interfaces have no stated limit on mapped languages. Operating models include cloud, private cloud, SaaS and on-premises; hybrid deployment is also listed. SaaS hosting uses Microsoft Azure West Europe, while on-premises deployment keeps sensitive product and price data inside the customer’s firewall. Pricing is on request. Web and self-hosted platforms are listed.