Elastly vs Vendavo CPQ

Elastly is an AI pricing platform for retailers, manufacturers, and distributors. It recommends prices using costs, demand, competitor data, and each product’s sales history, then recalculates as those conditions change. Recommendations show contributing factors such as elasticity, competitor moves, inventory, and seasonality. Teams can review proposed prices and set automation rules, margin floors and ceilings, and limits on price changes. Approved prices can be sent to sales channels automatically; Elastly says they can go live in under 60 seconds after approval. Native connectors include Shopify, Salla, SAP, NetSuite, QuickBooks, Xero, Adobe Commerce, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, Salesforce, Amazon, and Walmart. Developers can use a REST API, webhooks, and SDKs for TypeScript, Python, PHP, Java, and Go. The platform is available on the web and through an API. A 3-day free trial requires no card, and the site says first recommendations are available within 48 hours. Paid pricing is listed from $41/mo (annual). Growth includes two connectors and manual approval; Scale adds unlimited connectors and auto-apply within guardrails. Enterprise pricing is custom.

Vendavo CPQ combines product configuration, quoting, agreement management, and approvals in a SaaS workflow for business sales teams. Configurable product logic checks compatibility and dependencies, updates available options, and turns selections into quote-ready outputs. Pricing guidance and recommendations are intended to help sellers protect margins and align deals with margin targets. The platform centralizes customer-specific and contract pricing, discount rules, and negotiated terms for use in quotes. Approval routes can reflect pricing thresholds, discount levels, and commercial risk indicators. Vendavo Analytics provides dashboards and margin analysis across quotes, agreements, customers, products, and sales segments. Machine learning models identify possible cross-sell and whitespace opportunities using purchasing patterns and product relationships. Named integrations include Salesforce, SAP, Oracle, AWS, and Microsoft Dynamics, with APIs, batch processing, and file-based connections also supported. Vendavo says customer data is encrypted at rest and in transit, with SSO, role- and attribute-based access controls, and data segmentation. It states that it undergoes annual ISO 27001, SOC 1 Type 2, and SOC 2 Type 2 audits and aligns with EU and UK GDPR and California CPRA requirements. Pricing is on request.