Hive CPQ review
A flexible cloud CPQ with low-code tools, AI assistance, visual quoting, and broad integrations.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Hive CPQ is a cloud-based Configure, Price, Quote platform for manufacturers, sales teams, distributors, and online customers. It handles rule-based product configuration and validation, dynamic pricing, quote generation, ordering workflows, bills of material, guided selling, and RFQ handling. Its audience is especially well matched to teams selling complex products that need customer or dealer self-service, role-based permissions, and visual product presentation through interactive 2D and 3D views.
Pricing is handled through contact sales. According to the vendor's pricing page, project scope, product and process complexity, and the number of users affect cost. A 30-day trial provides a defined evaluation window, while the published offering does not represent a perpetual free plan. Hive CPQ supports web and API access, with a REST API for custom integrations. Its listed ecosystem includes Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales, Business Central, Salesforce, Zoho CRM, SAP, Odoo, Windchill, Pimcore, Perfion, Akeneo, Magento, and Microsoft Power BI.
The standout area is configurator development: Hive Design Studio provides low-code tools, while AI assistance supports configurator building, guided selling, and RFQ handling. The platform also combines configuration rules, customer-specific pricing, discount rights, portals, quote visuals, and BOM creation in one CPQ scope. Teams seeking a configurable cloud system with visual quoting and multiple enterprise-system connections should shortlist Hive CPQ. Organizations requiring on-premises deployment, open-source software, or transparent published plan rates should consider alternatives.
Hive CPQ pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Low-code configurator development with AI-assisted building and guided selling
- Dynamic pricing supports discounts, markups, volume, and customer-specific rules
- 2D and 3D visuals, bills of material, portals, and REST API support
- Where it doesn't
- Pricing requires a sales conversation rather than published plan rates
- Cloud deployment may not suit teams seeking an on-premises option
- No perpetual free plan is offered beyond the 30-day trial
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