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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 5 judge labels across 4 categories by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/salesforce-cpq

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Proposal software](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/revops/proposal-software/index.md) | 0% | 53 | 50% | 2 |
| [Contract lifecycle management and e-signature](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/revops/contract-lifecycle-management-and-e-signature/index.md) | 0% | 80 | 100% | 1 |
| [Pricing optimization](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/revops/pricing-optimization/index.md) | 0% | 97 | 0% | 1 |
| [Value selling tools](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/sales/value-selling-tools/index.md) | 0% | 98 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "If you need complex CPQ with rule-based pricing and enterprise sales complexity, look at Salesforce CPQ" (GPT-5.4 mini, Proposals)

## And against it

- "look at Salesforce CPQ or DealHub, but they're often more expensive and heavier for mid-sized teams" (Grok 4.20, Proposals)
- "those that are too complex (enterprise tools like Salesforce CPQ or Conga)" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, CLM)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Salesforce CPQ, from 10 of the 21 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- g2.com: 7
- softwareadvice.com: 5
- oneflow.com: 4
- pandadoc.com: 4
- proposify.com: 4
- thedigitalprojectmanager.com: 4
- capterra.com: 3
- capterra.com.au: 3
- getaccept.com: 3
- responsive.io: 3

### Pages cited

- https://proposify.com/: 3
- https://softwareadvice.com/proposal-management: 3
- https://thedigitalprojectmanager.com/tools/best-proposal-software: 3
- https://capterra.com.au/directory/10032/proposal-management/software: 2
- https://g2.com/categories/proposal: 2
- https://getaccept.com/blog/proposal-software: 2
- https://getaccept.com/blog/proposal-software-platforms-for-enterprise-sales-teams: 2
- https://oneflow.com/blog/best-quoting-software: 2

## The company

Salesforce; https://www.salesforce.com; San Francisco, United States; founded 1999; about 35,000 employees (2019); public, CRM on New York Stock Exchange. From Wikidata, fetched 2026-09-14.

## In its own words

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

- Positioning: Configure, price, and quote with an agentic CPQ (https://www.salesforce.com/sales/cpq)
- Price stated: Revenue Cloud Growth: $ 150 USD/User/Month (Billed annually); Revenue Cloud Advanced: $ 200 USD/User/Month (Billed annually) (https://www.salesforce.com/sales/cpq)
- Starting price: 150 (https://www.salesforce.com/sales/cpq)
- Customers named: AdMed, Inc.

## 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.