# CPQ: what AI models recommend, October 2026 Gane Index, October 2026 Edition. Asked as "CPQ software" and as "configure, price, quote tool", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/revops/cpq/2026-10 This is the permanent record of the October 2026 Edition, published October 1, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/revops/cpq/index.md **Standing:** DealHub leads with 57% of first choices; verdict consensus. 54 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts. ## First-choice share | Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels | |---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | [DealHub](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/dealhub/index.md) | 57% | 9% | 57 | | 2 | [PandaDoc](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/pandadoc/index.md) | 15% | 7% | 41 | | 3 | [QuoteWerks](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/quotewerks/index.md) | 9% | 4% | 23 | | 5 | [Conga CPQ](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/conga-cpq/index.md) | 4% | 23% | 35 | | 6 | [HubSpot Commerce Hub](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/hubspot-commerce-hub/index.md) | 2% | 4% | 25 | | 7 | [Proposify](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/proposify/index.md) | 2% | 8% | 12 | | 10 | [Salesforce Revenue Cloud](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/salesforce-revenue-cloud/index.md) | 2% | 44% | 66 | | 11 | [Experlogix](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/experlogix/index.md) | 0% | 8% | 24 | | 12 | [Tacton](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/tacton/index.md) | 0% | 9% | 11 | | 13 | [PROS Smart CPQ](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/pros-smart-cpq/index.md) | 0% | 10% | 10 | | 28 | [SAP CPQ](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/sap-cpq/index.md) | 0% | 38% | 26 | | 62 | [Oracle CPQ](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/oracle-cpq/index.md) | 0% | 38% | 32 | Rank is by share of first choices among all 65 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: DealHub; alternatives Conga CPQ, HubSpot Commerce Hub - GPT-5.4 mini: DealHub; alternatives Conga CPQ, SAP CPQ, Salesforce Revenue Cloud - Gemini 3.5 Flash: DealHub; alternatives Epicor CPQ, Experlogix, NetSuite CPQ, Nue - Perplexity Sonar: DealHub; alternatives BetterCommerce CPQ, Experlogix, Salesforce Revenue Cloud - Grok 4.20: DealHub; alternatives Conga CPQ, Experlogix, PandaDoc - Mistral Small: DealHub - DeepSeek V4 Flash: DealHub; alternatives Conga CPQ, Experlogix, HubSpot Commerce Hub - Llama 4 Maverick: DealHub; alternatives Experlogix, Zuora CPQ - Qwen 3.7 Flash: DealHub; alternatives Conga CPQ, Experlogix, Oracle CPQ, PROS Smart CPQ - Kimi K2: DealHub; alternatives Conga CPQ, HubSpot Commerce Hub, PandaDoc - GLM 4.7 FlashX: DealHub; alternatives Combeenation, Experlogix - MiniMax M2.5: DealHub; alternatives Experlogix, Salesforce Revenue Cloud - GPT-6 Luna: DealHub; alternatives Experlogix, Salesforce Revenue Cloud - Muse Glimmer 30B: DealHub; alternatives Experlogix, Salesforce Revenue Cloud ## Sources the answers cite 81 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers: - qobra.co: 44 answers, 44 citations - albato.com: 35 answers, 35 citations - guideflow.com: 33 answers, 34 citations - monday.com: 32 answers, 36 citations - g2.com: 28 answers, 70 citations - everstage.com: 26 answers, 28 citations - pandadoc.com: 24 answers, 37 citations - conga.com: 24 answers, 27 citations Pages named in the most answers: - https://qobra.co/blog/cpq-software (43 answers) - https://albato.com/blog/publications/best-cpq-software (35 answers) - https://guideflow.com/blog/best-cpq-software (32 answers) - https://everstage.com/cpq/best-cpq-software (25 answers) - https://monday.com/blog/crm-and-sales/cpq (25 answers) - https://learn.g2.com/best-cpq-software (23 answers) - https://bettercommerce.io/blog/how-to-evaluate-cpq-software (18 answers) - https://sybill.ai/blogs/best-cpq-software (17 answers) - https://pandadoc.com/blog/best-cpq-software (14 answers) - https://zendikt.com/top-10-cpq-software (14 answers) ## Warned against - Salesforce Revenue Cloud: 29 of 66 labels negative. "Salesforce CPQ is now end of sale for new customers... Any CPQ that is being phased out or has a clear successor you'd be forced to migrate to soon." (GPT-5.4 mini, negative prompt) - Oracle CPQ: 12 of 32 labels negative. "avoid enterprise-grade CPQs like Salesforce CPQ, Oracle CPQ Cloud, or DealHub initially" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, budget prompt) - SAP CPQ: 10 of 26 labels negative. "If you are not already deeply embedded in the SAP ecosystem (S/4HANA, ECC), avoid." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt) - Conga CPQ: 8 of 35 labels negative. "some Conga products are described as hard to configure and difficult for teams to troubleshoot without vendor support" (GPT-5.4 mini, negative prompt) ## Movement since September 2026 Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. Same leader: DealHub at 58%. - DealHub: 62% to 58%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 1 of 61, unchanged. - PandaDoc: 13% to 16%, +3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 2 of 61, unchanged. - HubSpot Commerce Hub: 4% to 2%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 4 → 5 of 61. - Conga CPQ: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 9 → 6 of 61. - Salesforce Revenue Cloud: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 14 → 9 of 61. - QuoteWerks: 9% to 9%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 3 of 61, unchanged. - Proposify: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 6 → 7 of 61. - Experlogix: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 12 → 10 of 61. - PROS Smart CPQ: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 11 of 61, unchanged. - Tacton: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 10 → 12 of 61. - SAP CPQ: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 55 → 26 of 61. - Oracle CPQ: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 63 → 59 of 61. ## Record - Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology - License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, October 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.