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Quoting

One quote builder for all four pricing models.

Evaluate this against your current sales tool. Comparison below.
Overview

How Quoting works.

Quoting in a partner services firm is harder than it looks. A single deal can include a multi-year license commission, a fixed-fee implementation, a retainer for ongoing work, and a time-and-materials block for change requests. Generic CPQ tools pick a default pricing model and force the rest into a workaround. PartnerView has one quote builder that handles all four pricing models natively, computes commission preview with snapshot rate logic during the quote, and tracks the quote through a full lifecycle from draft to accepted.

Where it breaks today

The specific problems Quoting solves.

01

Quote math rebuilt by hand every deal.

Seat tiers, multi-year ramps, role rates, co-sell splits. The version sent to the client is whichever sheet did not break last.

02

Generic quoting tools force one default pricing model.

Configured for fixed-fee, T&M becomes a hack. Configured for license, services scope is an afterthought. The structural difference between the four pricing models gets erased.

03

The rep cannot see what a deal earns them until after close.

Quote leaves with the projected revenue on it. The rep finds out their commission a quarter later when the vendor statement arrives. Commission stops being a real-time signal.

Compare

How a generic quoting tool compares to PartnerView.

A generic quoting tool PartnerView
Pricing models One pricing model native, the others as workarounds. Four pricing models native: Time and Materials, Fixed Fee, Retainer, License.
Quote builder Line-by-line entry, slow. A matrix builder with tab-key navigation for dense entry.
License and services License and services priced in separate documents. License lines and services lines in one quote.
Commission preview The rep sees nothing until after close. Commission preview on the quote, computed with snapshot logic.
Rate cards A flat price list. Role-based rate cards from an admin-managed catalog.
What PartnerView does

The capabilities.

The matrix quote builder.

Tab-key navigation for dense entry. Line items by role, hours, and rate. License lines for license-based sales. The total calculates itself.

Four pricing models, all native.

Time and Materials, Fixed Fee, Retainer, License. Each on its own structure, not forced into a single template.

Commission preview on the quote.

Computed with snapshot rate logic. The rep sees what the deal earns them before the quote goes out, not after the deal closes.

Quote lifecycle as a workflow.

Draft, in review, approved, sent, accepted, rejected, expired. Internal versioning. The quote record stays useful after close, not abandoned.

Dual-margin header callout.

Services margin and license margin shown separately on the quote header. The two streams never get blended into a single number that hides the truth.

Full capability set

Everything in Quoting.

The matrix quote builder

Quote builder designed for dense entry across many line items.

  • Matrix quote builder with tab-key navigation
  • Line items by role, hours, and rate
  • License lines for license-based sales
  • Automatic total calculation
  • Discount and tax support
  • Per-line cost capture, so per-line margin equals line revenue minus line cost, computed live
  • Service-duration months on every service line, feeding revenue-recognition scheduling
  • Section grouping with section subtotals
  • Line-level discount, quantity, unit price

Scenarios and approval

An Active Quote plus unlimited scenarios. Threshold-based approval gating before send.

  • Unlimited scenarios per deal as full copies that can be edited independently
  • Side-by-side scenario diff: any two scenarios, or a scenario vs Active
  • Promote-scenario-to-Active writes an audit row capturing the prior Active id and the promoting actor
  • Discount-percent and total-amount thresholds auto-flag requires_approval on save
  • Per-practice approver pool, configurable by an admin
  • Approval audit log: every approve and reject row carries actor, reason, and timestamp
  • Bypass-with-reason: admin override requires a written justification and writes an audit row

Four pricing models

All four pricing models, each on its native structure, no workarounds.

  • Time and Materials with role-based rate cards
  • Fixed Fee with milestone definition
  • Retainer with monthly recognition
  • License with ARR and commission projection
  • Role-based rate cards from an admin-managed catalog

Commission preview and quote lifecycle

Commission visible during the sale; quote as a workflow, not a one-shot document.

  • Commission preview computed with snapshot rate logic
  • Preview shown on the quote during the sales process
  • Quote lifecycle status: draft, in_review, approved, sent, accepted, rejected, expired
  • Internal draft versioning
  • Quote record retained after close, joined to the deal and project
  • PDF send records carry a revision id, so the customer-visible PDF is never overwritten silently on re-send
Where this lives

How this maps to your workflow.

See Quoting handle your actual work.

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