If you run Salesforce CPQ, your CFO or CIO has probably asked you a direct question: are we being forced off this product, and what happens at our next renewal? The short answer is that Salesforce CPQ reached end of sale in March 2025. That is not the same as...
If you sell machines, systems, or projects rather than SKUs, the difference between engineer-to-order (ETO) and configure-to-order (CTO) determines how your quoting system has to behave. Salesforce CPQ was built around a bundle-and-option model, and that model fits...
If you run Salesforce CPQ, you are probably being asked a simple question with no simple answer: how long would a move actually take? Salesforce stopped selling Salesforce CPQ to new customers in 2025, so planning conversations are happening now. Existing customers...
If you run Salesforce CPQ today, the integration question has changed. It used to be enough to ask whether a quoting tool "worked with Salesforce." Now that Salesforce CPQ has reached end of sale and Salesforce's strategic investment has moved elsewhere, you need to...
Salesforce CPQ was built to remember a deal as a subscription: a term, a contract, assets, amendments, and renewals. That model works well until a quote also has to carry equipment, installation labor, a multi-year service plan, and a usage-based component that nobody...