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Salesforce CPQ is not end of life. That is the harder problem.

Salesforce CPQ is not end of life. That is the harder problem.

by Daniel Kube | Sep 1, 2026 | AI and Finance, Blog Post, Pricing Strategy, Revenue Innovations, salesforce alternative

Salesforce CPQ end of life has no date, so the decision defaults to later, every year, while the discovery bill grows. Decide at today’s size. Salesforce just took the deadline off the table, and that is the worst news your quoting roadmap has had all year. Read...
Top 5 best CPQ for technology service providers in 2026, ranked on governance and lifecycle change

Top 5 best CPQ for technology service providers in 2026, ranked on governance and lifecycle change

by Malika Durrani | Aug 14, 2026 | Blog Post, CPQ, CPQ Strategy

The best CPQ for technology service providers is not the one with the most AI features. By the end of this year almost everyone will have those. The platforms that matter can govern what the AI decides, because that is where these projects fail. Five clear that bar....
Salesforce CPQ End of Sale: enjoy the rest of summer, but decide before fall planning locks.

Salesforce CPQ End of Sale: enjoy the rest of summer, but decide before fall planning locks.

by Daniel Kube | Jul 31, 2026 | Blog Post, CPQ Strategy, salesforce alternative

Executive summary Salesforce CPQ is End of Sale, not End of Life. Nothing shuts off. But Salesforce’s strategic quote-to-cash investment has moved to the Agentforce Revenue Management suite, and Revenue Cloud Advanced is now CPQ’s designated successor. The real...
What Is a Commercial Control Plane?

What Is a Commercial Control Plane?

by Daniel Kube | Jul 14, 2026 | AI and Finance, Blog Post, Revenue Architecture, Revenue Lifecycle Management, salesforce alternative, Thought Leadership

A 2026 CFO guide to pricing, margin, and AI quotes: where commercial authority should live, and how to prove the rule applied to a deal was the rule Finance intended. Executive summary A commercial control plane is the governed layer where an enterprise defines and...
What Salesforce Cannot Retire

What Salesforce Cannot Retire

by Daniel Kube | Jun 16, 2026 | Blog Post, Revenue Architecture, salesforce alternative, Thought Leadership

Your Certifications Are Changing. Your Judgment Is Not. By Daniel Kube, CEO, servicePath™ Salesforce is retiring 24 certifications, renaming 16 more, and has already moved the CPQ that thousands of teams built their revenue operations around to End of Sale. Here is...
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