# Oracle CPQ: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 42 judge labels across 2 categories by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/oracle-cpq

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [CPQ](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/revops/cpq/index.md) | 0% | 86 | 49% | 41 |
| [Proposal software](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/revops/proposal-software/index.md) | 0% | 46 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "If you are a Manufacturer with thousands of parts: Choose Oracle CPQ or SAP CPQ." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, CPQ)
- "Drawbacks: High cost, long implementation timelines, and complex administrative maintenance." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, CPQ)
- "Large enterprises with complex catalogs, pricing, approvals, and high quote volumes" (GPT-6 Luna, CPQ)
- "Best for: Large enterprises, especially those already using Oracle ecosystems" (Kimi K2, CPQ)

## And against it

- "Buying full enterprise tools (e.g., Oracle CPQ, Conga Enterprise) when a lighter tool would suffice often leads to high maintenance costs" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, CPQ)
- "Avoid enterprise CPQs like ... Oracle or SAP unless you have a much larger budget." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, CPQ)
- "Enterprise-grade CPQs like Oracle CPQ are often recommended to be avoided initially" (Mistral Small, CPQ)
- "The tools to be most cautious about are Salesforce CPQ and Oracle CPQ Cloud" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, CPQ)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Oracle CPQ, from 144 of the 160 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- g2.com: 88
- softwareadvice.com: 68
- selecthub.com: 47
- zapier.com: 46
- albato.com: 43
- capterra.com: 42
- oracle.com: 31 (its own site)
- pandadoc.com: 30
- atwix.com: 29
- guideflow.com: 28

### Pages cited

- https://softwareadvice.com/cpq: 57
- https://albato.com/blog/publications/best-cpq-software: 43
- https://zapier.com/blog/cpq-software-vendors: 42
- https://selecthub.com/c/cpq-software: 40
- https://atwix.com/b2b-ecommerce/best-cpq-software: 29
- https://g2.com/categories/cpq/enterprise: 28
- https://capterra.com/cpq-software: 27
- https://guideflow.com/blog/best-cpq-software: 26

## The company

Oracle Corporation; https://www.oracle.com/; Bengaluru, India; founded 1977; about 162,000 employees (2025); public, ORCL on Nasdaq. From Wikidata, fetched 2026-09-14.

## In its own words

What Oracle CPQ's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: a cloud-based, globally accessible quoting tool that supports structured pricing and customized proposals (https://www.oracle.com/customers/dnv-cpq)
- For: Professional services (https://www.oracle.com/customers/dnv-cpq)
- Free plan or trial: Request a CPQ Demo (https://www.oracle.com/cx/sales/cpq)
- Customers named: DNV

## Record

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