On-line or hosted configurators are way over priced. For the type of configuration you can do on most hosted configurators with the price you pay, you might as well just paid a programmer to build your own custom application.

We all know, custom apps are a serious money drain. Once you create it, you have to maintain it. Why not just pay for one that is already built and fits all your needs?

Usually cash flow or the risk of the true use of a configurator is what slows or evens stops the purchase of configurator software. That is why hosted or online configurators were created. Many say they can do it all, but can they really?

If they could then everyone would be using them as long as the price is right.

I believe that www.configuratorplus.com can host nearly every possible online configuration. With a true rules based and stateless configurator, it is awesome. The price is incredible as well. To have unlimited use is crazy, the only charge is a monthly charge per rule file. That is great considering you can get your entire sales force to configure orders or products 100% accurate every time now for one low price. Not by use.

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