CPQ · Named, not rankedApttus
Named, too few times to rank.
A product needs 10 labels in a category before a share is stated. Apttus has 6.
Why models recommend it
No positive label carried a quote.
What gives them pause
“Apttus (due to its complexity and potential for vendor regret)”Llama 4 Maverick · Negative question · warning
“their core quoting engines can become brittle and cumbersome "black boxes" that lock you into expensive upgrade cycles”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Complexity and bloat: Historically known for being heavy, slow, and requiring significant customization.”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Apttus is mentioned as one of the CPQ tools that can be unnecessarily complex and difficult to manage”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Apttus, over the 14 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → | |
| 7 | 0 | View → | |
| 6 | 1 | View → | |
| 6 | 0 | View → | |
| 5 | 0 | View → | |
| 3 | 0 | View → | |
| 2 | 0 | View → | |
| 2 | 0 | View → | |
| 2 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 8 of the 14 answers that named Apttus and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Thirty-five of the thirty-eight domain citations in answers naming Apttus came from a third party's page. Three were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 473 | 4 | 2026-09-18 | ||
| Case study | 145 | 2 | 2026-09-09 | ||
| News or press | 76 | 3 | 2026-08-12 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 56 | 2 | 2026-07-22 | ||
| Conference or event | 24 | 0 | 2025-09-17 | ||
| Report or ebook | 22 | 1 | 2026-08-03 | ||
| Comparison | 12 | 3 | 2026-09-08 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 10 | 0 | 2026-04-15 | ||
| Template or tool | 1 | 1 | 2026-08-21 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-18Cpq for complex products blog
- 2026-09-17Cpq integration with crm erp blog
- 2026-09-09Clarivate case study
- 2026-09-08Build vs buy ai software infographic comparison
- 2026-08-25Cpq for manufacturing rhi magnesita case study
- 2026-08-21Eu ai act checklist template or tool
Events in person
- October 14, 2026 to October 15, 2026Conga Connection 2026Amsterdam, Netherlands · hosts
- October 26, 2026 to October 29, 2026The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA)Miami Convention Center, Miami, United States · sponsors
- October 27, 2026 to October 30, 2026PPS profitABLE26: AtlantaAtlanta, United States · sponsors
- October 28, 2026Conga Customer Tour: San FranciscoOracle Park, San Francisco, United States · sponsors
- November 1, 2026 to November 3, 2026IFMA President’s Conference 2026Scottsdale, United States · sponsors
- November 12, 2026Conga Customer Tour: AtlantaTruist Park, Atlanta, United States · sponsors
- November 17, 2026 to November 20, 2026Microsoft IgniteMoscone Center, San Francisco, United States · sponsors
- November 30, 2026 to December 4, 2026AWS ReInventSands Expo Convention Center, Las Vegas, United States · sponsors
- March 1, 2027 to March 3, 2027Conga Connect 2027Orlando, United States · hosts
- September 23, 2026Conga Customer Tour: BostonFenway Park, Boston, United States · sponsored
- October 8, 2025Conga Connection EMEA 2025Pullman Paris Tour Eiffel, Paris · hosted
As the event pages on conga.com state them, read September 28, 2026.
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page conga.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.