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Valorx Fusion: The best X-Author alternative

Discover the most powerful, versatile, and effective alternative to X-Author.

CRM-Connected spreadsheets

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Power complex quoting and forecasting with CRM-connected spreadsheets.

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Comparing Valorx Fusion to X-Author

Fusion

X-Author

2-way connectivity to your existing spreadsheets

Professional services implementation and support

Limited

Multi-object capabilities

Allows third-party APIs

Allows for complex data models, queries, and workflows

Limited

High-volume data performance

High

Limited

Packaging

Standalone

Bundled with Conga CPQ

Different record types in one view

AppExchange average rating

5.0 out 5

4.7 out 5

Express mode

Integrates with

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excel

Available on

windows-icon mac-icon
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Pre-built apps for top use cases

Latest release

July of 2023

March of 2022

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2-way connectivity to your existing spreadsheets

Professional services implementation and support

Multi-object capabilities

Allows third-party APIs

Allows for complex data models, queries, and workflows

High-volume data performance

High

Packaging

Standalone

Different record types in one view

AppExchange average rating

5.0 out 5

Express mode

Integrates with

excel google-sheets-icon

Available on

windows-icon mac-icon

Pre-built apps for top use cases

Latest release

July of 2023

X-Author

2-way connectivity to your existing spreadsheets

Professional services implementation and support

Limited

Multi-object capabilities

Allows third-party APIs

Allows for complex data models, queries, and workflows

Limited

High-volume data performance

Limited

Packaging

Bundled with Conga CPQ

Different record types in one view

AppExchange average rating

4.7 out 5

Express mode

Integrates with

excel

Available on

windows-icon

Pre-built apps for top use cases

Latest release

March of 2022

What the best teams say about Valorx Fusion

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"Extremely powerful and fast. We use Valorx as a rapid data entry tool, taking full advantage of the fact-copy features of Excel. The Valorx team are also very helpful in ensuring our success with their product."

Luke Farbotko

Global Platforms Delivery Lead, CXC GLOBAL

Adobe-min

"Besides the efficiency gains, Valorx has helped us mitigate data leakage and improve data accuracy. I highly recommend Valorx to anyone who works with Salesforce data."

Ben Wong

Sales Operation Manager, ADOBE

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"Valorx has made complicated data uploads quick and easy, saving valuable time. The implementation was quick and the support simply top notch!"

Dawn Jamieson

Business Operations Manager, Nvidia

Why people choose Valorx Fusion

Keep your existing spreadsheet

Mitigate change management by working with your existing spreadsheets. Connect them to Salesforce and continue working the way you always have, whether building quotes, forecasting, managing pipeline, or administering your CRM instance.

Make Salesforce data work for you

Work with an unlimited number of records and across multiple objects in a single view. Connect your existing spreadsheet (Excel or GSheet) to Salesforce and get the best of both worlds.

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Experience the value of Fusion immediately

With Valorx Fusion, Adobe’s team was able to achieve time savings beyond expectations. Their reconciliation process, which often took 2-3 weeks, was reduced to just three days.

LP - X-author - Experience the value of Fusion immediately

Valorx Fusion FAQs

Valorx Fusion handles more complexity than X-Author, while remaining flexible and user-friendly. Valorx Fusion supports complex data models, queries, and workflows, and does not slow down when dealing with high volumes of data. In comparison, X-Author only provides limited support for complex systems and struggles with high volumes of data. Valorx Fusion is also more versatile and adaptable to user needs. With Valorx Fusion, you can see multiple record types in one view, work productively in Express Mode, and access it on both PC and Mac. Valorx Fusion also offers pre-built apps for a range of use cases. X-Author provides none of these features and flexibility and is only available on PC.

Valorx Fusion eliminates the need to import or export data. It turns your Excel spreadsheet into your Salesforce interface, allowing you to manage your Salesforce data directly from your Excel spreadsheet with a seamless connection.

Valorx Fusion allows professionals to work in Excel with Salesforce data and build high-volume quotes, without that data ever leaving Salesforce. This eliminates the need for moving data sets around or being entirely dependent on the Salesforce interface. Instead, professionals maintain high data hygiene and get to work the way they’re used to using Excel to manage their Salesforce data.

Valorx Fusion is for Salesforce owners who seek to enhance the efficiency and user experience of Salesforce. Those tasked with managing and optimizing Salesforce implementations across departments, now have a powerful tool to integrate Excel's familiar spreadsheet functionality with live Salesforce data. This simplifies data management and complex quoting processes, while reducing friction around process adoption enabling Salesforce professionals to provide more value to their teams with less effort and greater control.

Valorx Fusion creates a 2-way connection between your Excel spreadsheets and Salesforce. This allows you to work with Salesforce data directly in your Excel spreadsheet in real-time. When you save your work, all your Salesforce records are updated to reflect the latest changes.

Excel at data management with Valorx Fusion