vs. Legacy CPQ
CPQ prices a configuration.
We build it.
Traditional CPQ is brilliant at turning choices into a price and a proposal. But the quote is where it stops — someone still has to translate that sale into something the factory can build. That translation is where days, errors, and margin disappear.
1 Buyer configures
The Cascade · 3 Bed / 2 Bath
2 Product updates live
3 BOM resolves
The outcome difference
A quote your factory has already agreed to build — not one engineering has to re-check.
| Dimension | Legacy CPQ | Manufacts.ai |
|---|---|---|
| What it produces | A price and a proposal document. | A price and a complete, costed, manufacturable BOM. |
| Single source of truth | Sales-side only; engineering lives elsewhere. | One model shared by sales, engineering, and the shop floor. |
| Rules | Pricing & compatibility rules for the quote. | Structural BOM rules + configuration constraints, versioned with Explain. |
| Pricing tied to real cost | Margin is estimated; cost lives in another system. | Price sits next to the rolled-up BOM cost — margin is visible. |
| Visual 3D of the exact config | Static images or generic renders, if any. | Live, configuration-accurate 3D and walkthrough. |
| Parametric quantities | Options are flat line items. | Quantities computed from dimensions and formulas. |
| Hand-off to manufacturing | Re-keyed into ERP by hand. | Resolved BOM flows automatically — no re-keying. |
| Engineering change & audit | Out of scope. | ECO/ECN + full entity-level audit built in. |
Comparison reflects typical capabilities of the category, not any single named product. Your mileage will vary by vendor and configuration.
Quote → BOM
The configuration resolves into a buildable bill of materials, automatically.
Visible margin
Price sits beside rolled-up cost, so you stop quoting away your profit.
Zero re-keying
No manual hand-off from the sale to the shop floor.
Keep the fast quoting. Lose the translation step.
See a configuration become a costed, manufacturable BOM in one continuous flow — on your own product.
No rip-and-replace — Manufacts runs alongside your ERP and CAD. Prefer email? hello@manufacts.ai