# CPQ for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, September 2026

Gane Index, September 2026 Edition. Asked as "CPQ software" and as "configure, price, quote tool", six framings each, to twelve models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/revops/cpq/2026-09/enterprise

This is the permanent record of the September 2026 Edition, published September 15, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/revops/cpq/enterprise/index.md

**Standing:** Salesforce Revenue Cloud leads with 61% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 49 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Salesforce Revenue Cloud](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/salesforce-revenue-cloud/index.md) | 61% | 18% | 72 |
| 2 | [Oracle CPQ](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/oracle-cpq/index.md) | 18% | 15% | 60 |
| 3 | [DealHub](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/dealhub/index.md) | 6% | 9% | 46 |
| 4 | [SAP CPQ](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/sap-cpq/index.md) | 6% | 15% | 48 |
| 5 | [Conga CPQ](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/conga-cpq/index.md) | 4% | 6% | 48 |
| 6 | [PROS Smart CPQ](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/pros-smart-cpq/index.md) | 4% | 7% | 29 |
| 7 | [Tacton](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/tacton/index.md) | 0% | 5% | 20 |
| 11 | [Experlogix](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/experlogix/index.md) | 0% | 30% | 10 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 52 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Oracle CPQ, Salesforce Revenue Cloud; alternatives SAP CPQ
- GPT-5.4 mini: Salesforce Revenue Cloud; alternatives Conga CPQ, DealHub, Oracle CPQ, SAP CPQ
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: DealHub, Salesforce Revenue Cloud; alternatives Conga CPQ, Oracle CPQ, SAP CPQ, Tacton
- Perplexity Sonar: Salesforce Revenue Cloud; alternatives Conga CPQ, DealHub, Oracle CPQ, SAP CPQ
- Grok 4.20: Oracle CPQ, Salesforce Revenue Cloud; alternatives Conga CPQ, SAP CPQ
- Mistral Small: Salesforce Revenue Cloud; alternatives Conga CPQ, DealHub, Oracle CPQ, PROS Smart CPQ
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Salesforce Revenue Cloud; alternatives Conga CPQ, Oracle CPQ, PROS Smart CPQ, SAP CPQ
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Salesforce Revenue Cloud; alternatives Konfig, Microsoft Dynamics 365 CPQ, Oracle CPQ, Zingier
- Kimi K2: Salesforce Revenue Cloud; alternatives Conga CPQ, Oracle CPQ, PROS Smart CPQ, SAP CPQ
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Salesforce Revenue Cloud; alternatives Conga CPQ, DealHub, Oracle CPQ, PROS Smart CPQ
- MiniMax M2.5: Salesforce Revenue Cloud; alternatives Guideflow, Turnstile

## Sources the answers cite

23 of 72 answers came back with a source list, from 4 of 12 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- guideflow.com: 13 answers, 14 citations
- monday.com: 11 answers, 15 citations
- cincom.com: 9 answers, 13 citations
- dealhub.io: 8 answers, 9 citations
- mobileforce.ai: 8 answers, 9 citations
- cpq-integrations.com: 8 answers, 8 citations
- qobra.co: 8 answers, 8 citations
- salesbricks.com: 8 answers, 8 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://guideflow.com/blog/best-cpq-software (13 answers)
- https://monday.com/blog/crm-and-sales/cpq (8 answers)
- https://qobra.co/blog/cpq-software (8 answers)
- https://cincom.com/blog/cpq/best-cpq-tools (7 answers)
- https://cpq-integrations.com/blog/leading-cpq-software-vendors-us-2026 (7 answers)
- https://gartner.com/reviews/market/configure-price-quote-applications (7 answers)
- https://monday.com/blog/crm-and-sales/cpq-software (7 answers)
- https://salesbricks.com/blog/best-cpq-software (7 answers)
- https://dealhub.io/blog/cpq/best-cpq-software-2026 (6 answers)
- https://mobileforce.ai/blog/best-cpq-software-in-2025-complete-guide-to-ai-powered-quote-configuration-pricing (6 answers)

## Warned against

- Salesforce Revenue Cloud: 13 of 72 labels negative. "Clunky UX leading to low sales adoption; performance degradation with high-volume or multi-dimensional quotes... Avoid/Be Cautious If: Not fully Salesforce-native" (Grok 4.20, negative prompt)
- Oracle CPQ: 9 of 60 labels negative. "enterprise buyers are advised to avoid monolithic architectures if they need a diverse stack and composable integrations" (Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt)
- SAP CPQ: 7 of 48 labels negative. "Complex setup/integration outside SAP ecosystem; unintuitive UI for subscriptions/amendments; resource-intensive" (Grok 4.20, negative prompt)
- DealHub: 4 of 46 labels negative. "may cost less to deploy, but it is usually not the safest answer for thousands of users with complex enterprise requirements" (Perplexity Sonar, budget prompt)

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, September 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.