Conga Composer vs Windward Core comparison

Conga and Windward Studios are both solutions in the Document Generation Tools category. Additionally, 100% of Conga users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Windward Studios users who would recommend it.

Conga Composer

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Windward Core

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100% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between Conga Composer and Windward Core based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Document Generation Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Conga Composer vs. Windward Core

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Categories and Ranking

Conga Composer

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Document Management Software (6th), Document Automation Software (1st)

Windward Core

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Reporting (23rd), Document Generation Tools (1st)

Featured Reviews

Yashashvini YAGATI MATH

Salesforce Consultant at Cognizant

Useful for creating templates on Salesforce object records

What I like about Conga Composer is that it's much easier than Salesforce's native templating. It's simple to add merge fields, write queries to pull data and access up to four levels of related objects. This makes it very comfortable to get all the needed data into templates. We can use Word templates with Word boxes and customize everything. Its conditions are very easy to write and hide content based on requirements. When used with DocuSign, Conga Composer can calculate currency fields that DocuSign can't. We can default to PDF and hide content to reduce errors. We can generate invoices by clicking a button and hiding tables, which we can't do in DocuSign. We can download and attach documents to notes and attachments or any field we require. The solution with Salesforce allows us to generate templates with a single click after some configuration steps.

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Christopher Heinz

Sr. Systems Analyst at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Strong layout and design capabilities; leverages every aspect available in Word-native formatting

The licensing key is a little bit twitchy. I'd like to see more HTML formatting support in templates. It has a basic stock of HTML formatting capability, but it doesn't have a rich vocabulary. I have to work around that sometimes. The help documentation and blog posts are extensive, but not always up to date. The error reports also need improvement. If you don't key it in right, it's a little hard to find the root cause. It gives you information as much as it can, but it doesn't really hone in and tell you explicitly what you should do to correct the problem.

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

Pros

"I find the Conga email template creation and the document template creation features very useful."

"Conga Composer offers extensive customization and flexibility, that allows us to create documents that perfectly align with our branding and specific business requirements."

"The most valuable feature of Conga Composer is its user-friendly interface, which allows professionals to handle the product easily."

"Once you understand how to build the templates, it's a pretty straightforward process. It allows you to create both Word and Excel documents."

"The initial setup of Conga Composer is easy."

"I like that Conga Composer allows for the generation of PDFs according to specific requirements by creating templates and pulling all the information added into those fields."

"Conga Composer is easy to use, especially for C-level executives, as it simplifies the contract signing process."

"It's quite simple."

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"Thanks to Windward, our documents need very few tweaks and are usually "customer-ready" right out of the box."

"Some of our clients are looking at the nested filtering which is coming out. That's going to be a huge benefit for them because they're going to be able to nest and loop while they're also looking at filtering out certain data elements."

"The integration with MS Office is an advantage, creating a better user experience."

"It has the ability to easily integrate into existing apps with little code. If you know how to use MS Office, you can create a report."

"Technical support is very good. They reply immediately and follow-up with any questions."

"The most valuable feature is that it provides good, dynamic document-generation performance and the documents are being generated reliably."

"The quality of the layouts and designs is second to none. Windward's ability to help us generate templates, for which we can actually tag documents, is the key feature that we use."

"From an integration perspective, they provide the code for you to easily integrate with existing applications."

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Cons

"One downside of Conga Composer is that it requires integration with other tools for the signing process. Apart from that, I find nothing major to be improved."

"The query builder could use some updates."

"The only improvement I'd like to see is the ability to hide a single column within a grouped table, which I couldn't figure out how to do."

"For newcomers to the platform, the removal of certain suggestions in recent releases can be a pain area."

"I had only one minor issue, which was resolved quickly due to their prompt assistance."

"It would be better to have a custom button that automatically sends a document to the client's email and sends it for a signature with a single click."

"The initial setup is at an intermediate level of difficulty since understanding Conga Composer for the first time can be confusing."

"Conga is getting more and more expensive."

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"Their PDF needs improvement. We've run into some issues when we tried to generate a Word document. If we try to generate the same document in PDF, sometimes it doesn't look exactly the same."

"The next release could benefit from a cloud-based environment."

"It needs the ability to drill down in a single report (i.e., interactive) into data."

"They could make the document creation performance faster. I'm not saying it's slow but it takes time to create the PDFs. If they could make it faster, that would be one area for improvement."

"There are some Excel formatting things that you lose when you implement a template: some default Excel validation scripts, macros. You could create them in Excel if you were just using Excel, but in creating a template that generates a report, some of those validation things are lost."

"One thing that frustrated us a little bit is that we have to use the Office PDF generation, because the native PDF generation is always slightly different compared to the one in Office. The formatting is just a little bit off here and there... This means that we need to have Office installed on the server to be able to generate these documents via API."

"The reason it took us so long to get the system up and running is that the APIs could be improved a bit. It could be a little bit more interoperable with software, without having to do a lot of the heavy lifting that we had do to get it in."

"The error reports also need improvement. If you don't key it in right, it's a little hard to find the root cause. It gives you information as much as it can, but it doesn't really hone in and tell you explicitly what you should do to correct the problem."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's not cheap, but it's not overly expensive either."

"I think the tool costs around six dollars per user."

"Regarding pricing, I believe it’s around fifty dollars, but I’m not entirely sure. Overall, I find the pricing reasonable and am quite satisfied with the product. The value we get from it justifies the cost, as it requires minimal maintenance and is straightforward to use. The functionality it provides aligns well with the investment."

"Pricing is a bit higher than normal desktop applications, but it's well worth it. The ROI is simple to understand and the monthly payment for an annual license is affordable and worth it."

"They are fair and flexible. They are willing to work with your current architecture to make sure you have the best deal."

"The pricing is very reasonable for what it provides. The report builder is about one grand per user... We are paying for a support contract, which is 20 percent of the price, but because the licenses are perpetual, I think the pricing is very reasonable."

"We negotiated our prices many years ago, and while they go up a little bit here and there, they've been pretty steady."

"The pricing is fair. The way that they have it priced is the Windward Designer has a price that's associated with it. Then, depending on the number of cores that you're looking for, that is the price that you pay. The more cores that you want, the more expensive it is."

"Pricing is something I complain about. Production pricing is okay, but for a testing environment the pricing looks a bit high to me."

"Windward is very expensive when the volume of documents being generated is low and it is cheap when the volume is high."

"For what you're getting, it's an extremely good value."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Healthcare Company

10%

Retailer

10%

Real Estate/Law Firm

Financial Services Firm

20%

Performing Arts

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	4

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	19
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	8

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Conga Composer?

Conga Composer is reasonably priced. There is a free initial package that lasts for thirty days, which allows potential users to evaluate its fit for their needs without immediate financial commitm...

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What needs improvement with Conga Composer?

I did not try multiple features; I just generated PDFs by merging fields and creating templates. If any improvement is needed, I would raise a case with Conga Composer for those features.

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What is your primary use case for Conga Composer?

We are using Conga Composer in our Salesforce environment to dynamically generate documents. For example, if we have a customer and need to finalize a business deal, we capture deal data. Suppose y...

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Conga

Windward, Windward Studios

Overview

Conga Composer® optimizes your Salesforce investment by removing the roadblocks associated with document creation. Create and deliver robust, sophisticated documents with ease, including presentations, sales documentation and reports by merging data from any standard or custom object into richly-formatted templates

Conga Workflow® Trigger the execution of individual Composer solutions via Salesforce workflow rules without user interaction.

Conga Mail Merge® Simplify mass mailings by generating hundreds of printable letters, labels and envelopes at once

Enhance your Conga Composer solution with these increased capabilities:

Conga Conductor® Launch on-demand or scheduled Conga Composer solutions in batches, saving time, effort and money when you need to run the same Composer solution for many records at once or on a recurring interval.

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What is Windward Studios?

For over a decade, Windward has been a leader in the software development industry by creating the most innovative and advanced document automation and reporting software on the planet.

Data-Driven Document Automation

Generate stunning documents that incorporate relevant data easily and seamlessly.

Visually Striking Designs

Our software provides innovative tools and features to build beautiful designs and stunning layouts, all within the familiar Microsoft Office Suite. Your imagination is the only limitation.

Agile Document Logic

We offer the best document automation software for the new millennium. With our conditional logic functionality, you can swiftly personalize the document content to gratify your end users.

Huge Time Saver

Looking for faster template creation that enables you to keep pace with your business? With our software, template creation takes minutes and you do not need any programming experience to get it done.

Exceptionally Intuitive Interface

Our program's design offers documents that can be edited, customized and designed using MS Office. Enjoy a stress-free document automation experience in programs you already know.

Efficient Savings

Significantly reduce the resources and time required for template development by using our streamlined template design and document automation tools.

Windward Studios

Sample Customers

Arkus, CollegeTracks, Colorado Creative Industries, Davies Office, Delta Air, Depersico, Diagnostic Innovations, Digital Dolphin, Finnzymes

HAL, Inc., Axe Group, White Clark Group, Blueprint Software, Aspect Security, Nucleus Software, LeBlanc’s Food Stores, South Sound 911, Aegon, Barclays, Fidelity Investments, ArisGlobal LLC, USDA, RepLink, AON Hewitt

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