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Agiloft Contract Lifecycle Managment (CLM) vs PandaDoc comparison

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Automation Anywhere
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Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
661
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Management (BPM) (2nd), Robotic Process Automation (RPA) (2nd), Process Mining (1st), Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) (1st), Agentic Automation (1st), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (2nd), AI Legal & Compliance (1st), AI Finance & Accounting (1st), AI Procurement & Supply Chain (1st)
Agiloft Contract Lifecycle ...
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
Contract Management Software (2nd)
PandaDoc
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
eSignature (Electronic Signature) (3rd), Document Generation Tools (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

Contract Management Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Agiloft Contract Lifecycle Managment (CLM)5.3%
DocuSign CLM5.1%
SAP Ariba Contracts4.3%
Other85.3%
Contract Management Software
eSignature (Electronic Signature) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
PandaDoc1.7%
DocuSign11.5%
Adobe Sign5.0%
Other81.8%
eSignature (Electronic Signature)
 

Featured Reviews

Venkat Sivaprakash - PeerSpot reviewer
Management Consultant at Accenture
Has significantly improved document-driven workflows and reduced processing time across finance and HR functions
Automation Anywhere has evolved significantly and upgraded itself to provide agentic AI and AI-based automation solutions for document automation. The product has matured considerably over time. We can create workflows that can call an API. We can include prompts in particular workflows for ChatGPT-related functions, connecting to an LLM and RAG to perform tasks. For document automation, modern features are available to train documents, ensuring high accuracy and repeatability over time. The system is very easy to use. I recently completed a course in document automation, typically designed for people involved in coding and technical aspects. Though I understand coding comprehensively, I don't do actual coding. The course was very accessible. Currently, extensive coding isn't necessary due to the hybrid model incorporating GenAI aspects, low-code, no-code capabilities, APIs, and numerous pre-built objects in Automation Anywhere. The features include GenAI-driven prompting methods and workflow creation capabilities. In these workflows, we can create decision boxes and call APIs without coding. We simply pull objects, drop them, connect them, and add minimal coding when needed. The most crucial aspect isn't coding but rather sizing the automation and fleshing out the details. Automation Co-pilot takes notes and performs automated analysis. It can extract details from videos, summarize conversations, and provide detailed information. During calls, it identifies instructions and performs tasks such as preparing reports and reconciliation. Automation Anywhere can also connect with Microsoft Co-pilot. Through Co-pilot, real-time operations can be executed, allowing direct interaction between vendors and automation through this component.
reviewer2884323 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Of Global Procurement at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Centralized contract repository has improved visibility and supports detailed spend analysis
Agiloft Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) could be improved in the area of catering more from a CLM perspective. Unlike vendors in this area like Ariba, Coupa, Icertis, and Ivalua, which also provide the sourcing side—RFX, RFP, RFI, auction—through the tool, that area within Agiloft Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) is lacking. I would be happy to see those modules well-placed and well-balanced based on how other competitors are catering to that requirement. I would also like to see various enhancements within the dashboard and customization based on client and customer requirements. That is something that I would like to see more within the dashboard and the tool. If I had to pick one area where Agiloft Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) could be improved, it would be better slice-and-dice options within the dashboard. That is something that is very important and critical for me. I chose 8 out of 10 because there are certain areas where Agiloft Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) would need to look at what their competitors are doing. CLM is a very hot area for procurement because it is used by direct and indirect procurement folks. Based on those requirements, use cases, and especially based on what clients need and how their competitors are performing, I think there is room for improvement on the enhancement side, improving the overall customer experience on the dashboard, having more layouts, and having the option to slice and dice the spend and the orders. It would also be good to have different charts and infographics based on the contracts that have been uploaded, which provides a picture to the procurement person. For example, when they are doing a renewal or want to work with the same vendor, it provides some sort of ammunition to make an informed decision and ensure that the data coming out of the tool represents factual insights. This will help drive savings, better outcomes with the supplier, and better stakeholder engagement. It is all linked to how the tool can be more efficient and effective.
Bitanap Marion - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Development Manager at Nestle
Digital workflows have transformed contract signing and save time with remote approvals
In my opinion, the best features PandaDoc offers include ease of template creation, integration with other tools such as HubSpot, a user-friendly interface, and customizable templates. The integration with HubSpot enhances the overall user experience for my team, especially for the less technical users. PandaDoc has positively impacted my organization by being really helpful, especially as a game-changer when dealing with documents with our remote clients. We are able to send them the documents, and they can sign using their phone, so they do not have to come all the way to our office to sign the documents. They save a lot of time and cost, achieving approximately 70 to 80 percent time saved and cost savings from traveling. I also value the ability to obtain signatures from our clients, making us more efficient and saving time and money. The pricing model of PandaDoc is far superior to that of other competitors, thus being very cost-effective and affordable. It definitely helps us provide a better customer experience to retain our customers as they know we are very professional.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"What really helps RPA to grow is the cognitive part of it. That's where the product is really good. Initially, it started out as RPA, but now there is a cognitive aspect to it. That's a key value to it."
"None of the commands are unique to Automation Anywhere, which allows beginners to leverage external knowledge."
"The features that we found most valuable have been just automating manual processes. We are able to integrate and work with applications that users typically work with. That has been the best feature for us right now."
"I like the new GenAI and Automation Co-Pilot, which is something like attended automation."
"There are quite a few very strong features available to users."
"I strongly recommend Automation Anywhere as a compelling platform for RPA needs."
"The Excel operations are very good."
"Many tasks take a long time for a person to do them. Automation Anywhere enables us to do those jobs in less time."
"It is obvious to me that Agiloft can handle much more than contract management, as the specific requirements that were not part of Agiloft's initial configuration were implemented seamlessly."
"Agiloft Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) makes it easier to share links within our teams by providing a centralized contract repository, which I need in the global procurement area where I work on various contracts: mid-size contracts, lower-hanging fruit contracts, and the big-ticket contracts."
"With Agiloft, everything is organized in one place, with data in tables and our own archival elsewhere in our cloud."
"When we launched Agiloft Contract Lifecycle Managment (CLM), it was a much-needed contract management system in my past role, solving a big problem for us in terms of contract intake, negotiation, management, as well as providing a centralized repository that we used as our source of truth for audit purposes, which had a huge impact on us in being compliant."
"Project HOME has easily recovered its initial capital outlay in the first year from simple centralization and automated approval tracking."
"Agiloft Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) has helped us realize what we were lacking and helped us choose a replacement vendor that was better suited to our needs."
"We have been working with Agiloft Contract Management Suite for the past 6 months and have found it an extremely useful and user friendly solution to our contract management challenge."
"Agiloft Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) has positively impacted my organization by improving the lifecycle of contract reviews and approvals, which may have saved some time for the legal team to do other work."
"PandaDoc is one of the best tools available in the market, and I believe it is the best tool available in the market."
"PandaDoc is a great tool, especially when sending contracts to my clients."
"We have been able to retain our clients globally, sending documents, letters, and everything through PandaDoc with a professional appearance, and they are able to sign it on the go, especially using their mobile phones, and they are very satisfied with our services."
"PandaDoc is a very powerful tool and is very cost-effective, making it affordable for any size of organization."
"The best features PandaDoc offers are the intuitive and visual interface, along with how organic the use is."
"PandaDoc has positively impacted my organization by helping to move the approvals faster and get the agreements in."
"My main use case for PandaDoc is that it has been a game changer, especially in my organization because it saves our sales reps hours per week on documentation."
"The best features PandaDoc offers include the ease of creating a document and getting it signed, and the signed copies are also delivered to the parties, which is great."
 

Cons

"The starting price, which is a one-off fee is a bit high and this may deter mid and small-sized companies from acquiring and decide to shun the platform."
"The biggest challenge that I have with Automation Anywhere is the pace of upgrades that they do. We are not an IT company, we are a mining company. We are very conservative in doing our upgrades and moving from one platform to another. Upgrades are one of the challenges we are having with Automation Anywhere."
"There is an issue with security where users can see the values in the credential vault."
"Since it is not an in-house solution for ERP systems or CRM systems, automating those things requires additional effort."
"The OCR component should allow integration with 3rd party OCR. This way we can use the best of breed solution along with AA or allow better control over OCR packages to be customized."
"They need to make the solution more robust."
"We had a major issue when it came to single sign-on. We couldn't get it working. There was a bug in Automation Anywhere that eventually got solved just a few weeks back. However, we have not implemented it. We have had hiccups with the single sign-on, but otherwise it was a smooth setup. We are not using single sign-on because of this bug."
"I am looking for artificial intelligence and machine learning. I hope that they introduce them in A2019."
"Agiloft Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) could be improved in the area of catering more from a CLM perspective."
"One area of improvement I would suggest Agiloft to focus on would be how users interact with attachments to records."
"There are many improvement points for Agiloft Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM)."
"Every software can improve, so better integration with the Oracle financial system and out-of-the-box integrations would certainly add a lot more value, particularly for procurement and sales contracts."
"If there is an area for improvement, it would be in the mobile aspect."
"One possible area of improvement would be reporting."
"Requests were clunky. Once we got it into the system, the process did not work well for redlining and negotiations."
"Agiloft Contract Lifecycle Managment (CLM) is very difficult to set rules and to follow based on contract type, as the mapping and the level of tech and coding that is needed for that requires developer skills."
"I think PandaDoc could be improved, especially in terms of the UI, which could be improved somewhat."
"Sometimes the fillable fields in PandaDoc don't automatically map properly, requiring manual adjustments, which can be somewhat time-wasting."
"One way PandaDoc can be improved is that sometimes the automatic placement of fields is incorrect."
"PandaDoc can be improved with up-to-date documentation that would be helpful, especially for new learners, along with better handling of license and license add-ons, and allowing coordination of fields across roles or user sections."
"I think PandaDoc could be improved in that sometimes after uploading a Word file, a notification is already sent out without me having the opportunity to insert an e-sign box, which is frustrating."
"The needed improvements for PandaDoc include that the workflow functionality is limited."
"PandaDoc can be improved by making formatting and adding graphics and visual elements much easier."
"There are not a lot of areas for improvement. However, it could have better integration with meeting tools so you can go over a proposal with clients face-to-face."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"My understanding is that the license cost of Automation Anywhere is more reasonable than UiPath and Blue Prism."
"Licensing costs range from $50,000 to $200,000."
"IQ Bots are very costly. It's not a sustainable bot for us as of now. We will look for better, alternate options for that."
"It is not cheap, with costs ranging between 700 to 800 dollars per month. While Power Automate is cheaper at 15 dollars per month, Automation Anywhere offers superior features, user-friendliness, and smoothness."
"Automation Anywhere offers a subscription-based licensing model for cloud, on-premises, and hybrid deployments."
"There is an annual license to use the solution."
"My only suggestion in terms of pricing is very generic and that is to consider that as much as RPA saves cost and does automation, please get a realistic estimation done on whether you are really achieving any ROI over your investment with RPA."
"The cost of this solution is a little bit high, but it is worth the price."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
10%
University
10%
Wholesaler/Distributor
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
Construction Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
11%
Energy/Utilities Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business157
Midsize Enterprise82
Large Enterprise558
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise17
 

Questions from the Community

How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?
It depends on your use case. Is it simply to automate a couple of processes? Is it to augment a human team? AA is ver...
How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?
From my experience using AA tool, it depends on the applications that you want to automate, because there some applic...
How good is Automation Anywhere for RPA processes?
It is a highly preferred RPA tool. You can check my Automation Anywhere Review to know more.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Agiloft Contract Lifecycle Managment (CLM)?
I did not manage the pricing, setup cost, or licensing since when I joined the team, the setup was already done by Ag...
What needs improvement with Agiloft Contract Lifecycle Managment (CLM)?
You can build automation workflows similar to robotic process automation with Agiloft Contract Lifecycle Management (...
What is your primary use case for Agiloft Contract Lifecycle Managment (CLM)?
My main use case for Agiloft Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) is to help our colleagues in Siemens digitize the co...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for PandaDoc?
The polished, professional look of every PandaDoc document never fails to impress our clients. It is highly recommended.
What needs improvement with PandaDoc?
Sometimes the fillable fields do not automatically map properly, and I have to manually adjust them.
What is your primary use case for PandaDoc?
We use PandaDoc in my organization to create quotes, proposals, and also data rooms for larger opportunities to share...
 

Also Known As

Automation Anywhere, Testing Anywhere, Automation Anywhere Enterprise, Agentic Process Automation System (Now Certified for WorkSpaces)
Agiloft Contract Management Suite
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Sample Customers

Google, Linkedin, Cisco, Juniper Networks, DellEMC, Comcast, Mastercard, Quest Diagnostics
Contract Mgmt: WeWork, Chevron, CSFI, Retrophin, Roche Diagnostics, Genentech, Global Healthcare Exchange, Fitch Ratings, Safehorizon, American Greetings, Doosan, Family Impact Network, Peloton Therapeutics, San Mateo County, Insmed, Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas, Kaiser Permanente
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