Failure in complex parts, need to check the logics manually.

The software helps you understand the cost drivers for your particular part so when you send your design out for quoting you can tell if the bids are the best or if further refinement is needed.

The ability to understand true cost for any negotiation is a plus.

Also the integration of software with the existing modeling tool is quite useful and easy to fetch the results for appropriate data.

So far very good and the tech mentoring for our company has been great.

A great tool for Purchasing to understand the details of cost breakdown and negotiate with suppliers on arguable parameters.

We have accomplished some successful cases with products ending in cost reduction negotiation. It is primordial to work together in order to get beneficial results.

The tool sometimes takes longer time to cost a component, lags while connecting to server. This will get worse as the complexity increases.

It struggles with parts containing tight GD&T. And when upgrading to a new version, it is a challenge to get up and running quickly.

There are sometimes editing features that can be a little difficult to access, if they are not used frequently.

This is a great tool for costing parts and tools. Great integration with other CAD tools.

Cost avoidance and estimation. DFMA reports very useful for Purchasing for their negotiations.

APriori has proven to be a very powerful tool with a lot of potential going forward. The support teams have generally been very helpful.

Like i said, it helped up to redure our quote time and it have improved our cost reduction skills.

I really like to customization capability. Someone without a programming background can easily edit and build their own cost models.

Problems when selecting welding joints. Problem to understand the formulas and calculations for the cost structures.

It's easy to use, easy to understand the processes and easy to make changes in a  great diversity of commodities.

Overall experience with apriori is very good, its very advanced costing tool and every-time whenever i go through their helping doc.

Good & Useful but still there is a scope for development.

It is also very helpful to distinguish between cycle time and setup time as this helps to highlight part volume as a cost driver.

There can be problems when extracting the tolerances, which means it has to be done manually.

Definitely it is user friendly if basic training is given to the user to utilize the available options with appropriate instruction.

I like how aPriori is easy to use and the interface is friendly.

DFMA on Extrusion process for some complex geometries is limited.

Very good for simple production processes. More complex production process under evaluation.

Good customization of values. Good auto identifying GCDs.

They have a very talented workforce and the Customer Support is EXCELLENT.

Overall, aPriori would be a great tool for any industry that is looking to excel in industry with right evaluated approach and good understanding of Cost of the product.

A great tool to create the collaboration and transparency between the supplier and  sourcing  to build Robust Supplier relationships.

Also CAD geometry identification is great feature that allows Engineering with limited knowledge of Costing, evaluate the part cost based on design features with good confidence level.

I like the ability to modify details the VPEs and processes to more accurately model unique processes and specific features of complex parts.

Good for accurate calculate, possibility to customize, mass data handling, easy to export, import.

It's great tool we almost now able to do more costing projects which is not earlier by using excel based costing ,great for making supplier based VPE it is saved lot time for quoting.

APriori is a very robust software and capable of intensive customization. It has been relatively easy for me to adjust processes or create new ones based on site requirements.

When discussing parts with engineering and with suppliers, it is incredibly useful to be able to drill down to specific operations and have discussions around tangible times and costs.

I think the system is not integrated well with Connectwise.

Ability to get quick approvals through online approvals.

The finished products always look great. I like that we are able to highly customize our quotes with ConnectWise Sell.

Can't always trust etilize search and pricing. Basic missing functionality.

With CWSell formerly Quosal , you have templates to choose from when formatting your quotes, this make building simple quotes easy.

In addition there is no clear answer on how parts are created within CW or Sell and how those work between the system. The admin functionalities are very weak.

Slow to create templates, software is buggy and temperamental. Very difficult to format professionally.

In addition the reporting is awful. What sale program can show you a report for how many sales were won in a month, week, day...its very frustrating.

Also, I find myself struggling within the fields if it’s a large quote with a lot of products.

The QUOTE button on the Opp page still does not work, FYI.

It creates beautiful quotes that look so professional.

We get comments all the time about how great our quotes look. Definitely an improvement from our last quoting tool.

It’s super easy to use Love manage integration.

It works fairly well for what it is supposed to accomplish.

Tight integration with Connectwise and Real-time lookups for pricing and product availability make Connectwise Sell very powerful.

End user input is critical for accurate reporting. Not good as a stand alone option, so quite pricey when taking the complete ConnectWise package.

The product screens are vague they do not mirror the connectwise product screens. Which can make it difficult to work with.

I like the etilize feature to pull in product and descriptions from distributors, as well as the quote format and the ability to approve online.

Also, I find it soooooo frustrating to have an error in Quosal, but will not tell  the cause!!!  For example, our ConnectWise Admin selected some products to make inactive.

Support is generally helpful and effective in solving issues. The biggest return on the investment has been in improving consistency and efficiency in quoting.

The interface to distribution is good, real time on hand, pricing works great. Administration capability is strong.

ConnectWise Sell is easy to use and we can quickly get a professional quote out the door with Sell. Sell has streamlined the process from customer approval to ordering.

Lots of capabilities but requires a good bit of training.

The integration with Connectwise Manage as well as the user friendly web portal for clients are the some of the best features of Sell.

If it's not in ConnectWise is hasn't happened is still very alive at TriTech, so we need ConnectWise Sell so the data is all in one place, it make us look smarter than we sometimes are.

Worst of all that we tested; expensive and incompetent.

Setup was pretty easy and we have been able to modify our templates without a hassle. The integration with our vendors makes setting up quotes a snap.

Also, we have no way of calculating commission correctly.

Beautiful easy to use web based interface, integrates with other systems. Overall very happy with the product.

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About aPriori:
We started with a simple idea: create a software platform with embedded product design and manufacturing intelligence to make your job faster and easier. And that starts by having a team of incredible people who know what it’s like to be in your shoes. Now, you can be at the forefront of manufacturing’s digital transformation. We’ll work with you, side-by-side, to completely evolve your business. The time for disruption is here. Welcome to aPriori.

About Our Products:
We talk a lot about creating a digital thread. But what does that mean, exactly? It means using software that connects, virtually, every aspect of your manufacturing process. All it takes is a simple upload of your CAD model. aPriori works in the background to launch a series of manufacturability and costing magic that gives everyone the critical insights they need to meet and exceed business objectives.

aP Professional:
aPriori is helping design and manufacturing teams around the globe create the products of the future. Get actionable insights to improve manufacturability at every stage of your product lifecycle. Simply upload your CAD files into aP Pro and our digital factories will run a detailed simulation of the manufacturing process in a fraction of the time it takes with manual calculation methods. Our goal? Help you to develop innovative new products that meet or exceed customer requirements while at the same time improving your product profitability.

aP Design:
aP Design allows designers to quickly upload and evaluate design variants and different material, process, and sourcing options. Build comparisons and publish the best options for review with the broader team. Your design engineer can access a powerful application which connects to a scalable and cloud-based set of costing, visualization, reporting, and administrative services.  Cost Engineers can then refine results and advise on process and sourcing options. Team leads and other stakeholders in the organization have easy access for review and feedback at any time.

aP Workspace:
aP Workspace is a new coworking application to manage scenario tasks and collaborate seamlessly with internal stakeholders on product cost, manufacturability, and sustainability. aP Workspace provides real-time collaboration and unified product design and manufacturing data in a single environment. Users create scenarios of aPriori analysis and tag colleagues in aP Workspace to pose questions, provide comments, follow up on tasks, and use traceability to understand a project’s evolution. Teams across product engineering, product cost, sourcing, and manufacturing can review product design files (e.g., 3D CAD) and design specifications from any aPriori cloud application in aP Workspace. 

aP Analytics: 
aP Analytics delivers an enterprise-quality BI reporting solution to help your product development team members make critical business decisions in seconds. aP Analytics includes web-based reporting, dashboards, ad hoc analysis, out-of-the-box reports, and an automated export of cost data to a data mart. Identify report authors with your IT team – or work with aPriori Applied Services – to quickly develop customized reports for project tracking, scenario comparison and cost driver analysis.

aP Generate:
aP Generate is a revolutionary new digital manufacturing simulation technology from aPriori that works silently in the background, automatically analyzing your digital twin CAD models every time they are checked into your Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system. No upfront work by the engineer required. The only time the engineer needs to get involved is when a potential manufacturability problem is detected by the system. aP Generate is the ideal automation solution for the entire product development team, starting with design engineering, whether they’ve been designing for four weeks or four decades. 

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Collaboration Tools

Automated Quoting

Planning Tools

Cost Tracking

Workflow Management

Spend Management

Reporting/Analytics

Supplier Management

Quotes/Estimates

Product Data Management

Design Management

Project Management

Pricing and Cost Calculations

Template Management

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Phone Support

Chat

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Videos

ConnectWise CPQ (formerly ConnectWise Sell) is a quote and request for proposal solution suitable for businesses of all sizes. Primary features include quote and proposal, product sourcing, workflow automation and sales reporting.


It allows users to create proposal presentations from pre-built templates, in which they can enter product information, pricing, agreements and more details. Users can attach supporting documents, store credit card information, capture e-signatures, update their customer relationship management (CRM) system and create interactive video proposals.


ConnectWise CPQ also provides a portal that users can use to contact their clients. The business intelligence feature provides sales analytics with supplier, product line, revenue and other reports. Users can customize their reporting dashboard. The product offers integration with various CRMs, business support software, vendors, distributors and more. Integrations include Netsuite, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, Autotask, TechData, Avalara and Dell.


It is compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems. Support is offered via email, chat and over a phone.



Content Delivery

Cataloging/Categorization

Purchase Order Management

Performance Management

Templates

Digital Signature

Electronic Signature

Product Configurator

Guided Selling

Projections

Pipeline Management

Goal Management

Content Library

eCommerce Management

Self Service Portal

Contact Management

Audit Trail

Version Control

Opportunity Management

Content Management

Price and Cost Calculations

Bills of Material

Real Time Data

Proposal Management

Client Portal

Pricing Management

Billing & Invoicing

Discount Management

Renewal Management

Customizable Branding

Approval Workflow

Third-Party Integrations

Document Management

Mac OS

Web browser (OS agnostic)

Windows 10

Pricing is based on your company’s needs. Contact ConnectWise for more information.

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