--- description: Review of Merkato Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Merkato | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice AU --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Proposal Management Software](/directory/4252/proposal-management/software) > [Merkato](/software/303419/merkato) # Merkato Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/303419/merkato Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/303419/merkato?page=2) > Merkato is a proposal management software solution, also known as CPQ software (configure, price, quote software. Merkato helps businesses configure customer requirements, calculate financial consequences, manage dealers, and document quotations. Key features include sales forecasting, pricing management, guided selling, knowledge recording and user management. Administrators can create documents such as offers, bids, parts lists, proposals, and purchase and sales orders. Additionally, Merkato lets stakeholders integrate the system with several third-party applications including Salesforce Sales Cloud and SAP Business One. > > Verdict: Rated **4.1/5** by 15 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.1/5** | 15 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Quootz - **Founded**: 2010 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: EUR 15,000.00 - **Pricing model**: Per Feature (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Pricing based on purchase and M\&S. Or pricing based on SaaS. - **Target Audience**: 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: Arabic, Basque, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, European Portuguese, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese - **Available Countries**: American Samoa, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cook Islands, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guam, Guyana, Kiribati, Luxembourg, Micronesia, Nauru and 18 more ## Features - 2D Drawing - 3D Digital Asset Management - 3D Imaging - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Approval Process Control - Approval Workflow - Audit Trail - Automated Quoting - Business Process Control - CRM - Catalog Management - Client Portal - Collaboration Tools - Commercial/Industrial - Content Library - Contract/License Management - Correlation Analysis - Cost Database - Customisable Branding ## Integrations (30 total) - AFAS Software - Act\! - Bemet - Dynamics 365 - Epicor Catalog for Automotive - Epicor Eclipse - Exact Globe - Exact Online Accounting - GLOVIA G2 - HubSpot CRM - IFS Cloud ERP - Infor CloudSuite Industrial (SyteLine) - Infor CloudSuites (LN) - Isah ERP - JD Edwards EnterpriseOne ... and 15 more integrations ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Proposal Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4252/proposal-management/software) ## Related Categories - [Proposal Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4252/proposal-management/software) - [Sales Force Automation Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/254/sales-force-automation/software) - [Sales Forecasting Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4678/sales-forecasting/software) - [HVAC Estimating Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/47/mechanical-and-hvac-estimating-software/software) - [CPQ Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4407/cpq/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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The specific application for a business can be simple and straightforward or very complex with multiple components, layers and subprojects, this only depends on the need of the company or business unit. There are a lot of possibilities to generate output formats, set up user groups and authorisations and apply API's to other CRM/ERP/PLM software. Very scalable as well in configurater scope as in the number of users and dealers. > > **Cons**: In some cases it can be challenging for the administrator to achieve the exact layout of the entry screen when a mix of column widths is desired. Also the creation of documents requires some experience when a more complex mix of data filtering, layout components and text formats is used. For the end user the initial order overview interface could be improved by allowing a bit more finetuning. > > Overall Merkato has played a big role in transferring company \& product know how from experts heads into business rules within the software. This decreased input errors dramatically and enabled a transfer to a configure to order process while the number of special requests have reduced. The number of dealers and users has tripled during the implementation phase and the output parameters from Merkato are used in sales, engineering, logistics, production and final delivery. ----- ### "Best value for money in CPQ" — 5.0/5 > **Marc** | *12 January 2023* | Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: - Very (\!) advanced configurations possible- Easy to deploy- Training ensures you can become completely self-sufficient and do not depend on the Merkato consultants- Very reactive consultants when needing that special trick to get things done- Ease to use the tool in complex sales channels (multiple users with different rights and branding) > > **Cons**: I do not have any negative experiences so far ----- ### "Powerful, flexible CPQ software that dramatically speeds up quote generation" — 4.0/5 > **Kira** | *21 September 2026* | Information Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Merkato's rule-based configuration engine is extremely powerful. It allows us to manage complex, custom product options and pricing logic without needing custom code for every change. I love the direct copy-and-paste integration with Excel, which made setting up initial pricing tables and updates remarkably fast. It has significantly reduced pricing errors and halved the time it takes our team to generate clean, professional proposals. > > **Cons**: Because the configuration options and business logic capabilities are so extensive, there is a bit of a learning adjustment process during the initial setup phase. Formatting complex multi-page document templates takes some trial and error at first to get the exact layout desired, though customer support was very responsive in helping us refine them. > > Merkato has simpleflied our end-to-end quotation and ordering workflow. It serves as a central repository for product knowledge, ensuring that sales reps can accurately configure products and calculate margins without constantly pulling engineers or product managers into every deal. Once set up, the platform runs reliably in the cloud and saves us a substantial amount of administrative overhead each week." ----- ### "A program with many possibilities" — 4.0/5 > **Olav** | *3 September 2020* | Maritime | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: It is possible to make adjustments yourself without extensive IT knowledge > > **Cons**: When the system has been built up piece by piece and change upon changes has been implemented, it is difficult to find errors. Starting all overagain sometimes seems the best solution, but this takes too much time and outsorsing it is quite expensive > > Nice program, service/helpdesk is good ----- ### "Great Configurator" — 5.0/5 > **Jeffrey** | *15 September 2020* | Medical Devices | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: - Easy to use - Functionality - Fast processing - Cloud based - Good connections available with other software - Fast \& effective support team > > **Cons**: - Look and feel are outdated. This will be improved in de upcoming years. - The search bar in the media or CRM info in the backend is missing. This will be a new feature in the new release, hopefully next year. > > The overall experience is great. The program is in our company used as customer order portal. On a daily basis, about 700 orders are configured and ordered. It is automatically send to our ERP in which a script turns the info to sales and work orders. Merkato is also used inside the company to make work-orders ourselves. With these 2 groups working in Merkato, about 50 users are simultaneously working in the program. This is all going very smoothly. Our proces and products require regular adjustments and therefore the Merkato template has to be adjusted often. This is something that can we can do ourselves. This makes it the perfect configurator for us. ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/303419/merkato?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/303419/merkato) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data