Is Conga X-Author for Excel | Microsoft Office & Excel Connector or Grid Inline Editing, Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar, Gantt Chart cheaper?

Both Conga X-Author for Excel | Microsoft Office & Excel Connector and Grid Inline Editing, Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar, Gantt Chart offer paid plans only. Conga X-Author for Excel | Microsoft Office & Excel Connector starts at paid; Grid Inline Editing, Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar, Gantt Chart starts at paid. Compare the per-tier features in the Pricing section above before committing.

Which has better reviews, Conga X-Author for Excel | Microsoft Office & Excel Connector or Grid Inline Editing, Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar, Gantt Chart?

Grid Inline Editing, Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar, Gantt Chart has the higher average rating (5.0★ from 128 reviews) compared to Conga X-Author for Excel | Microsoft Office & Excel Connector (4.7★ from 45 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.

Which is faster to set up, Conga X-Author for Excel | Microsoft Office & Excel Connector or Grid Inline Editing, Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar, Gantt Chart?

Both apps are one-click installs from the Salesforce AppExchange marketplace. Grid Inline Editing, Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar, Gantt Chart has more onboarding documentation maturity (128 reviews vs 45), which usually translates to better-tested setup wizards and quicker time-to-value. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly — read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for merchant-reported install experience.

Which works better for small vs large Salesforce AppExchange stores?

Conga X-Author for Excel | Microsoft Office & Excel Connector typically suits early-stage and growth-mode stores based on its review-base composition (45 reviews). Grid Inline Editing, Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar, Gantt Chart aligns more with early-stage and growth-mode stores (128 reviews). Larger review bases generally mean the app has been load-tested at scale — relevant if you're processing high order volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.

Can I migrate data between Conga X-Author for Excel | Microsoft Office & Excel Connector and Grid Inline Editing, Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar, Gantt Chart?

Migration support varies by app and category. Conga X-Author for Excel | Microsoft Office & Excel Connector and Grid Inline Editing, Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar, Gantt Chart both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Conga X-Author for Excel | Microsoft Office & Excel Connector" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.

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Conga X-Author for Excel | Microsoft Office & Excel Connector vs Grid Inline Editing, Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar, Gantt Chart

Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points

Conga X-Author for Excel | Microsoft Office & Excel Connector

4.7·45reviews

X-Author for Excel by Conga is a Salesforce Excel Connector which can update opportunities, assign leads, create quotes, upload data & more. Users have the power of Microsoft Office inside Salesforce. Admins drive toward 100% Salesforce adoption.

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1. Listing metadata

Field-level data

	Conga X-Author for Excel \| Microsoft Office & Excel Connector	Grid Inline Editing, Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar, Gantt Chart
Tagline	“X-Author for Excel by Conga is a Salesforce Excel Connector which can update opportunities, assign leads, create quotes, upload data & more. Users have the power of Microsoft Office inside Salesforce. Admins drive toward 100% Salesforce adoption.”246 chars	“GridMate is an all-in-one productivity suite of 32 powerful Lightning components (grids, calendars, maps, kanban) designed to boost adoption, utilization, and productivity in Salesforce by enhancing the user experience and overcoming native limitations.”253 chars
Description	1178 / 2000 chars59% used	1199 / 2000 chars60% used
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Languages	enja	enfrdejazh_CN+1 more
Platforms	Shopify	Shopify
Developer	Conga	GridPal LLC

At a glance

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Feature comparison between Conga X-Author for Excel | Microsoft Office & Excel Connector and Grid Inline Editing, Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar, Gantt Chart
Metric	Conga X-Author for Excel \| Microsoft Office & Excel Connector	Grid Inline Editing, Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar, Gantt Chart
Rating	4.7 ★	★ 5.0 ★
Total reviews	45	★ 128
Free plan	—	—
Pricing	paid	paid
Built for Shopify	—	—
Pricing tiers	1 tier	1 tier
Listed features	3	★ 9
Languages	2 supported	6 supported
Listed since	Jun 2014	Sep 2019

AppRanks verdict

Generated from live data on this page

Based on the data on this page, Grid Inline Editing, Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar, Gantt Chart is the stronger choice for most Salesforce AppExchange merchants — 5.0★ vs Conga X-Author for Excel | Microsoft Office & Excel Connector's 4.7★ is a meaningful gap that usually reflects real product or support quality differences across the user base. Pricing entry tiers: Conga X-Author for Excel | Microsoft Office & Excel Connector at paid, Grid Inline Editing, Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar, Gantt Chart at paid. Check each app's tier structure for the capacity limits you actually need before deciding — the headline number is the same shape, but the gating shape per tier (apps, orders, integrations) varies. Grid Inline Editing, Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar, Gantt Chart has the larger user base (128 reviews vs 45), which usually maps to broader integration coverage, faster bug-fix cadence, and a deeper bench of community workflow patterns. Conga X-Author for Excel | Microsoft Office & Excel Connector's smaller cohort can be an advantage for niche workflows where the bigger app has accumulated bloat. Recommended by store size: small/early-stage merchants who need fast install and low risk should default to Grid Inline Editing, Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar, Gantt Chart; mid-market and enterprise merchants with specific feature requirements should evaluate both — Conga X-Author for Excel | Microsoft Office & Excel Connector's 45-review base may include the workflow context that matches your specific use case better than Grid Inline Editing, Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar, Gantt Chart's broader-but-shallower coverage. This verdict is generated from the live marketplace data on this page — rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position all refresh from the canonical Salesforce AppExchange listing every 24 hours. AppRanks does not accept payment to influence comparison outcomes; the methodology is documented on the About page and applies identically to every pair on the site.

Read each app's audit: Conga X-Author for Excel | Microsoft Office & Excel Connector audit • Grid Inline Editing, Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar, Gantt Chart audit

Listed	June 25, 2014	September 13, 2019

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3. Features

As listed by each developer

Conga X-Author for Excel | Microsoft Office & Excel Connector

Use Excel as a Salesforce UI for an infinite amount of use cases: opportunity forecasts, forms, grids for any object, territory re-assignments, compliance forms, data migration between orgs, multi-worksheet processes, risk assessments, import/export data
Use unlimited related and unrelated standard or custom objects simultaneously to create, retrieve, update, delete and upsert data across an infinite number of Microsoft Excel worksheets for a powerful data loader.
Formats include lists, parent-child (n-tier), matrices, transpositions and forms. Name lookups are resolved automatically with no need for IDs in most cases. Use existing Excel workbooks, Excel templates or start fresh in new Excel documents.

Grid Inline Editing, Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar, Gantt Chart

GRIDS Unlock flexible grids that leverage your existing metadata including Related Lists, List Views, quick actions, and flows. Enjoy inline editing, mass actions, Excel-like functionality, filters, grouping, sorting, conditional coloring, and more.
MAP LIST Visualize and act on records with Google Maps in Salesforce. Plot standard/custom objects, filter by radius, apply conditional coloring, and run mass actions, all in one view. It's a powerful, affordable alternative to Salesforce Maps.
MULTI CALENDAR Streamline field service scheduling and beyond with a drag-and-drop calendar. Gain a horizontal, resource-based calendar view in Salesforce with filters, conditional coloring, and mass actions to plan, assign, and manage with clarity.
SINGLE CALENDAR Simplify appointment scheduling in Salesforce with a unified drag-and-drop calendar. This Salesforce calendar scheduling solution delivers real-time visibility with filters, color-coded events, and custom layouts for team alignment.
KANBAN BOARD Visualize pipelines, projects or cases with a customizable kanban board Salesforce teams love. Drag, drop, edit and run mass actions in real time. A smarter kanban Salesforce experience with stages, conditional coloring, and custom actions.
GANTT CHART Visualize projects with a Gantt chart Salesforce users trust. Create tasks, groups, and milestones inline, drag-and-drop to reschedule, link dependencies, and edit in place—making it the ultimate project management tool Salesforce teams need.
FILE EXPLORER Enhance Salesforce document management with seamless cloud integrations, dynamic views, and flexible permissions. GridMate File Explorer redefines Salesforce file management with bulk upload/download, cut-copy-paste, and in-app search.
...And many other components The GridMate suite also includes the Compact Calendar, Pivot Grid, List View Grid, Related List Grid, Report Table, List View Kanban, Object Timeline, Record App Switcher, Record Card, Record KPI, Chrome Extension, and more.
USE CASES • INDUSTRIES • TEAMS • CLOUDS GridMate supports 60+ use cases spanning data management, file and project management, scheduling, reporting, and more - built for every industry, any team, and all Salesforce Clouds with seamless adaptability.

5. Search rankings

Top 5 keywords · shared rankings prioritized

Keyword	Conga X-Author for Excel \| Microsoft Office & Excel Connector	Grid Inline Editing, Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar, Gantt Chart
excel	#2	#8
powerful forms	#16	#53
free form	#88	#57
forms	#44	#117
contact form	#91	#72

9. App details

Long-form description · keyword frequency

Conga X-Author for Excel | Microsoft Office & Excel Connector

Anything you can do in Salesforce you can now do faster & easier in Excel. • Create & update Salesforce records from Excel • Use Salesforce picklists in Excel • Adhere to all Salesforce rules, permissions & workflows • Use Excel analytics with live Salesforce data • Build logic & calculations in Excel & easily use results in Salesforce X-Author is the only solution that completely integrates Excel & Salesforce. Build your own Applications in minutes with point-and-click convenience – no coding necessary. Transform standalone Excel workbooks into enterprise applications, or create templates from scratch. • Enterprise: Control any number of Salesforce objects & processes in one workbook • Data Administration: Migrate and maintain data in record time • Presto: Run Excel formulas and macros in Salesforce • Excel Analytics: Deliver fully configured Excel reports & run analytics with ease X-Author Out-of-the-Box Applications are available for everyday needs, including: • Account Management • Opportunity Management • Campaign Management • Quoting in Excel Available to use with PCs, Mac computers, iPads and Google Sheets. This product was formerly Apttus X-Author.

Top keywords

excel11×7.01%
salesforce9×5.73%
analytics3×1.91%
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data3×1.91%
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Grid Inline Editing, Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar, Gantt Chart

GridMate redefines the Salesforce user experience. It provides a suite of components to simplify complex data management: - Inline create, edit & delete - Inline grids with inline record details - Multi copy-paste from CSV & Excel - Mass actions: -- Create, edit, delete -- Quick actions -- Emailing -- Approval -- Calling flow -- Sharing -- Assignment -- Lead conversion - Conditional coloring - Filtering & sorting - Columns freezing - User-defined filters - Aggregation handling - Export data grid to CSV & Excel - Related list as Accordion, Cards, Tabs - Multi Calendar - Grids for flows - Smart Grids - FieldSet Grids - Dynamic FieldSet Grids - Parent Related List Grid - Related List Grid - List View Grid - User Grids - Pivot Grids - Kanban Board - Gantt Chart - File Explorer Supports standard & custom objects on all Salesforce Clouds & Platforms. 👋🏻 Trialforce available for a test drive or contact us for a free demo. 👋🏻 Please install GridMate Extension unmanaged package to support quick actions👇🏼 Production: https://login.salesforce.com/packaging/installPackage.apexp?p0=04t3i000002nGle Sandbox: https://test.salesforce.com/packaging/installPackage.apexp?p0=04t3i000002nGle

Top keywords

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grids7×3.78%
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salesforce4×2.16%
actions3×1.62%
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Conga X-Author for Excel | Microsoft Office & Excel Connector vs Grid Inline Editing, Related List & List View Grids, Multi Calendar, Gantt Chart

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