CPQ guides & comparisons
Find your next step from spreadsheets to CPQ.
Start with the quoting problem you want to solve. These guides help you assess the fit, prepare a useful pilot, and compare software against the work your team actually does.
Getting started
Manufacturing CPQ
Configure valid product options, use spreadsheet pricing, and create quotes. A practical starting point for small and midsize manufacturers.
Excel to CPQ
Prepare CSV and Excel product data, map options and prices, verify a known configuration, and publish a working configurator without programming.
Door configurator
Try an interactive door configurator without signing up. Change model, width, finish, and quantity and see prices from the source spreadsheet.
How it works
See the workflow from product spreadsheets to verified configuration, published revisions, and customer quotes in ReadyVariant.
FAQ
Answers about supported Excel files, pricing, setup, customer trials, and the current scope of ReadyVariant manufacturing CPQ.
Contact
Contact Aswin, founder of ReadyVariant, to discuss a spreadsheet-based quoting workflow and a pilot with one product family.
Buying guides
CPQ for small manufacturers
Evaluate CPQ for a small manufacturing business. Define a focused pilot, prepare product data, and measure the work needed to create a reliable quote.
Product configurator software
Compare product selectors, spreadsheet configurators, rules engines, and visual configurators. Choose software around your product data and quoting needs.
Manufacturing quoting software
Decide whether you need a quote template, product configurator, CPQ, or job-cost estimating tool. See how spreadsheet prices become customer quotes.
Setup guides
Comparisons
ReadyVariant vs DriveWorks
Compare ReadyVariant and DriveWorks for manufacturing CPQ. Understand spreadsheet quoting versus CAD automation, visualization, and integrated workflows.
ReadyVariant vs Tacton
Compare ReadyVariant and Tacton by configuration complexity, source data, and BOM requirements. Find out when a focused spreadsheet CPQ pilot fits.
ReadyVariant vs Configure One
Compare ReadyVariant and Configure One for manufacturing quoting, BOMs, production routings, and ERP handoff. Evaluate a focused spreadsheet CPQ pilot.
New to CPQ?
Start with the manufacturing CPQ overview, then use the buying guides to distinguish product selection, configuration, pricing, and document creation. A clear description of the problem makes it easier to evaluate software and avoid building a process around features you do not need.
Ready to try your files?
Read the Excel preparation guide and implementation checklist. Gather a product family with known combinations and prices, and a reference quote you can reproduce. The door demo is available without signup and includes its source spreadsheet.
See it with your own data.
Start with one spreadsheet and a result you already know.