The Low-Risk and Low-Cost CPQ Alternatives in Salesforce
Discover the native Salesforce CPQ alternative apps that offer similar outcomes at a fraction of the cost.
Last updated January 23, 2026
There are several proven CPQ alternatives in Salesforce that deliver core outcomes—such as product bundles, volume pricing, and subscription management—without introducing unnecessary complexity. In many cases, simply asking “What are the alternatives to CPQ in Salesforce?” reveals that your business doesn’t need full CPQ at all. Instead, you may need a simpler, more focused app that supports your sales team with the specific functionality they actually need.
Salesforce CPQ and Revenue Cloud are powerful solutions that deliver significant benefits. However, they are also high-cost, high-risk, and packed with functionality that many businesses don’t need—particularly in the earlier stages of their Salesforce growth journey.
GSP offers a range of native Salesforce CPQ alternatives, available via flexible monthly or annual subscriptions. This approach avoids long-term lock-in while giving you the freedom to adopt only what you need, when you need it. As a result, many customers choose these Salesforce CPQ alternative apps either as a long-term solution or while evaluating or implementing full CPQ or Revenue Cloud:
- GSP Product Manager
- GSP Volume Pricing
- GSP Subscription Manager
In this article, we explain what CPQ is and why it may not be the right fit for your business today, introduce practical CPQ and Revenue Cloud alternatives in Salesforce, and show how these apps integrate seamlessly with standard Salesforce functionality to support your sales team—without the overhead of full CPQ.
The Low-Risk and Low-Cost CPQ Alternatives in Salesforce:
What is CPQ?
CPQ stands for Configure, Price, Quote. It enables sales teams to work more effectively and efficiently—spending more time with customers and less time on administration.
Sales teams typically adopt CPQ because it supports:
- Product bundles and packages
- Volume pricing
- Subscription products
- Guided product selection for quotes and opportunities
- Renewal management and revenue recognition for SaaS contracts, warranties, and support agreements
For subscription-based and SaaS businesses, CPQ also provides access to advanced revenue metrics, including MRR and ARR, as well as churn and customer lifetime value.
While the need for CPQ is very real, many businesses assume these capabilities are only available by purchasing Salesforce CPQ, Revenue Cloud, or another enterprise CPQ platform.
Spoiler alert: that assumption isn’t true—but more on that shortly.
What Problems Can CPQ Create?
Industry experts consistently agree that CPQ implementations are high risk and difficult to execute successfully for several reasons:
- They’re complex, time-consuming, and hard to get right
- Maintaining accurate, up-to-date pricing data can be challenging
- Sales teams often struggle to adopt and use the system effectively
- Getting real value from CPQ requires a significant shift in mindset—not everyone is ready for that
- Vendor lock-in creates long-term risk; choosing the wrong provider makes switching later extremely difficult
The result?
Many businesses hesitate when faced with the cost and risk of Salesforce CPQ or Revenue Cloud. And when they do, they often miss out on the very capabilities that drew them to CPQ in the first place.
It’s a costly trade-off—and one you’ll want to avoid.
What Are The CPQ Alternatives in Salesforce?
GSP offers a suite of Salesforce CPQ alternatives that deliver many of the outcomes you’re looking for—without the need to implement full CPQ.
GSP Product Manager, GSP Volume Pricing, and GSP Subscription Manager are purpose-built CPQ alternatives in Salesforce. They provide core CPQ functionality at a fraction of the cost, with minimal implementation risk, and can be deployed quickly and efficiently—without forcing radical changes to your sales processes or business model.
What Benefits Do the Salesforce CPQ Alternatives Offer?
The GSP Salesforce CPQ alternatives—GSP Product Manager, GSP Volume Pricing, and GSP Subscription Manager—deliver core CPQ functionality without the complexity of a full CPQ or Revenue Cloud system. These apps help your sales team manage product bundles, volume pricing, and subscription products efficiently and intuitively.
Create Product Bundles Easily with GSP Product Manager
GSP Product Manager replaces Salesforce’s standard “Add Products” page with a dynamic, tree-structured interface. It makes product selection smarter and faster by giving salespeople an intuitive, user-friendly way to:
- Add individual products to opportunities and quotes
- Bundle multiple products together
- Create product groups or packages
With this approach, your team can configure complex solutions in Salesforce quickly—without confusion, errors, or the need for extensive CPQ training.
What Our Customers Have to Say About the Product Manager
“Finally, we’re able to sell product bundles and packages using Salesforce, thanks to the GSP Product Manager. It’s straightforward for my team to put the bundles together, and then super-easy for salespeople to add them to opportunities. Fantastic!”
Jennifer Sykora, Head of CRM at Medora
Make Volume Pricing Effortless with GSP Volume Pricing
GSP Volume Pricing automates quantity-based discount calculations directly within Salesforce, making volume pricing simple and accurate. Salespeople can stay in Salesforce while selecting the pricing method that fits each deal:
- Bands: Apply the same discount percentage across all units
- Tiers: Apply different discount percentages for each volume band
- Increments: Increase discounts incrementally with each additional unit
With GSP Volume Pricing, your team can configure complex pricing structures quickly and confidently—without leaving Salesforce or relying on complicated manual calculations.
What Our Customers Have to Say About the Volume Pricing App
“The GSP Volume Pricing app transformed the way our salespeople use Salesforce. Our volume pricing arrangements are complicated with variations by region, currency, and customer. However, we no longer maintain lots of spreadsheets with everyone using different versions because all pricing happens directly in Salesforce!”
Alex Ferrario, Revenue Operations Manager at Omada
Manage Subscription Products with Ease in GSP Subscription Manager
GSP Subscription Manager provides a comprehensive solution for managing subscription products and generating recurring revenue directly within Salesforce. The app delivers functionality that Salesforce doesn’t provide out of the box, including:
- Advanced pricing calculations for monthly or annual subscription products
- End-to-end renewal management
- Revenue recognition for contracts and services
- Detailed MRR and ARR reporting, including churn and customer lifetime value metrics
With GSP Subscription Manager, your sales and finance teams gain full visibility and control over subscription revenue—without the complexity or cost of a full CPQ implementation.
What Our Customers Have to Say About the Subscription Manager
“Using the GSP Subscription Manager means that in Salesforce, we get a complete view of the monthly and annual recurring revenue from support and warranty contracts. The app automatically generates renewal opportunities for these contracts and helps us proactively manage customer relationships."
Keith Reid, Director of Customer Support at Trimble Applanix
What Salesforce Features Can You Integrate with Salesforce CPQ Alternatives?
All three GSP Salesforce CPQ alternatives—GSP Product Manager, GSP Volume Pricing, and GSP Subscription Manager—are designed to integrate seamlessly with Salesforce’s standard features, so your team can be productive quickly and efficiently. For example:
Pricing Approval Processes
Many companies leverage Salesforce’s standard Approvals functionality to maintain margin control and enforce discount rules. For example, Omada configured business rules that allow salespeople to override the discount calculated by GSP Volume Pricing—within specified parameters—using the out-of-the-box Salesforce Approvals workflow.
Quotes and Electronic Signatures
Once sales reps configure an opportunity with GSP Product Manager, the products can be automatically included in quotes for electronic signature. This streamlines the quote-to-cash process, with signed contracts stored directly in Salesforce.
For instance, Book4Time uses GSP Product Manager to add product bundles and groups to opportunities. These products populate the relevant DocuSign template and are sent directly to the customer—accelerating approvals and reducing administrative work.
Orders and Assets
Many companies, particularly in manufacturing, rely on Salesforce Orders and Assets to track products delivered to customers. These records often integrate with ERP systems.
GSP customers frequently link Orders and Assets directly to subscriptions managed by GSP Subscription Manager. For example, at Trimble Applanix, this setup gives support teams full visibility into which modules and assets are covered under each warranty subscription—reducing errors, improving efficiency, and eliminating free support on assets not included in agreements.
Why Do Customers Choose GSP's Salesforce CPQ Alternative Apps?
Customers choose GSP Product Manager, GSP Volume Pricing, and GSP Subscription Manager because they deliver a powerful CPQ alternative in Salesforce—with rapid implementation, fast results, and lower risk at a fraction of the cost:
- Rapid implementation: Deploy the apps quickly and efficiently without disrupting your business operations.
- Fast results: Traditional CPQ projects often take one to two years to deliver value. With GSP apps, benefits are realized almost immediately.
- Risk mitigation and lower cost: These apps eliminate many of the risks and complexities of traditional CPQ while delivering similar core functionality at a fraction of the professional services and license costs.
Additionally, all apps are available via monthly or annual renewable subscriptions, so there’s no long-term lock-in—giving your business flexibility to explore other options if your needs evolve.
Which Salesforce CPQ Alternative is Right for You?
Now that you’ve seen how GSP Product Manager, GSP Volume Pricing, and GSP Subscription Manager can serve as powerful CPQ or Revenue Cloud alternatives, it’s time to try them for yourself.
You can easily install each app from the Salesforce AppExchange into your sandbox or production environment to explore how they work:
If you’d like a guided walkthrough or have questions, our team is happy to help. Simply complete the contact form to schedule a step-by-step demo and see how the apps can support your sales processes.
CPQ Alternatives in Salesforce: FAQs
CPQ stands for Configure, Price, Quote.
- Configure: includes tools to help the salesperson or customer select the correct items. This assistance is valuable when products have a high level of interdependency. For example, if I select product A, I must also choose product B or C, not product D or E.
- Price: calculations can include quantity-based discounts and other factors, such as subscription models, that complicate the process.
- Quote: the physical document listing the products and services, which is sent to the customer, often for electronic approval and signature.
CPQ systems are large and complex, and successful implementation can be costly and time-consuming. GSP provides modular apps for Salesforce that deliver a significant portion of CPQ benefits, at radically lower costs and with much faster implementation timescales.
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