It's easy to use and easy to navigate around. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Getting a lot of error messages and it keeps freezing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Last updated: Nov 01, 2026
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It's easy to use and easy to navigate around. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Getting a lot of error messages and it keeps freezing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I started my business fairly recently so I am new to all of this and IBM has been very helpful in increasing my sales revenue Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
So far I have only used it to configure sales revenue so I don’t have any complaints yet Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
One of the main things that I love about this tool is the flexibility it gives to it pisses heaters by providing all different price tears no matter if you’re a small business or a large enterprise customer. It’s also very easy to use so there’s not too many complications with the tool itself. One other thing that makes it unique is the permission levels which make it easy for internal team is to communicate throughout the channels. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
They definitely have some packing problems where the server and API crash, they do do a good job with resolving the issue though. Also from the customer side they could do a little bit of a better job on their training into Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
IBM CPW held representatives like myself, who are in the sales role, manage leads, and pricing quotes the best. I use other systems such as Salesforce for lead management, but I prefer to use IBM CPW for price quotes because Salesforce doesn’t give this option. Out of all the systems we use that offer a pricing module, IBM CPW is the only one I can use to generate a professional quote/proposal, right from the same system where the pricing was generated from. This helps to save time, and gives a waaaayyy more professional proposal piece which is very important when trying to acquire new accounts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I wouldn’t say I dislike anything, but I will say that I do prefer other systems over this one, as far as lead management is concerned. Also, this system is very technical, and for all the other features it offers, it’s not very user-friendly, which is why I only use it for two main functions; pricing, proposals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
IBM has simplified integration so that using their products in tandem feels seamless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Cost is higher than one would expect at this point. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Easily automates configuration, pricing, and quoting of complex products and services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Need to download and install WebSphere Application Server fix pack 7 (or later). Need download and install DB2 fix pack 7 if using DB2 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like about this program is that you can manage sales channels. You can also access a lot of different things from delivery details to how your client's success is doing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What I dislike a little about this program is that there's not a lot going on for freelancers, but they make up for it in many different ways. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Configure, Price, Quote, or CPQ, is software that helps companies accurately define the price of goods across a huge and constantly changing spectrum of variables. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
At the beginning you need extra help to understand how it works. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The ease of use. It is very user friendly, even a monkey can do it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
nothing, I would change nothing, its perfect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The program is extremely easy to use and navigate between programs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Fairly happy with the program, have not been exposed to others to do a true compare. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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