Quosal, Inc. will launch the first all-in-one software platform that automates sales quote and proposal preparation, delivery and management.

 

With Quosal, salespeople can create timely, accurate, high-quality, attractive quotes or proposals with up-to-the-minute pricing and availability, promotions, product specs and images in a fraction of the time.

 

“Quotes and Proposals represent a mission-critical CRM business process that has received almost no help and attention from the CRM marketplace,” said CEO Kent McNall. “With Quosal, salespeople now have the ability to create the simplest quote or the most complex proposal with a single tool.”

 

Quosal will be available both as a browser-based SaaS (News - Alert) and as a desktop-installed package with zero differences in product look, feel, performance and features. For managers, Quosal delivers transparency and deep visibility into the quote and proposal cycle, eliminates backlog and shortens sales cycles.

 

“Quosal eliminates many of the manual processes and heavy lifting required to produce a high-quality, attractive document, including accurate and up-to-the-minute pricing and supporting content,” McNall said. “It also allows you to choose what format and how you deliver the document to your customer.”

 

Quosal says it’s the first commercially available business application built using the new Microsoft (News - Alert) Windows Presentation Foundation. In addition to providing identical Web browser and desktop application functionality, Quosal boasts an incredibly fresh and engaging Apple (News - Alert)-like user interface, including animated, icon-based navigation, 3D effects and transitions, and the ability to expand and contract (scale) application workspace and much more.

 

“The new graphical WPF interface from Microsoft opens new worlds of possibilities for business applications,” said McNall. “Engaged and delighted users are more productive, more creative, learn faster and work better. Spend two minutes with Quosal, and it’s hard to go back.”

 

The product’s calling card has the ability to handle both quotes and proposals. Many companies need to create one or the other, but some need both.

 

Quotes are typically short documents on a pre-defined form, centered on product and pricing information, while proposals can be much larger, providing not only pricing and description information on products and services, but more extensive narration, contract terms and legalese, options and product documentation.

 

The needs and requirements of these two types of documents have common aspects, but are different – Quosal is the first software package that can completely produce and manage both types of documents. Additionally, Quosal is deeply integrated with Microsoft Word and popular CRM and contact management software such as Salesforce.com (News - Alert) and ACT! and automatically supports and updates the information needed by those systems for all quote and proposal activities.

 

Other features include a dynamic “no import” library of product e-catalogs for instant pricing, availability, product content and images across industries; highly-flexible publication formats and delivery options; deep integration with Word; international currency converter and managing “nuts and bolts” detailed pricing.

 

Quosal will be priced at single-user desktop licenses starting at $299, and will offer competitive upgrades at $199. SaaS pricing starts at $35 per month per user. For more information please visit www.quosal.com.