CaptivateIQ Alternative for Individual Sales Reps

Let's be honest: if you're searching for "CaptivateIQ alternative," one of two things is happening. Either your company uses CaptivateIQ and you hate it, or you looked at CaptivateIQ and realized it's way more than you need.

This article is for the second group—individual sales reps who just want to track their commission without enterprise software and enterprise pricing.

What CaptivateIQ Is (And Isn't)

CaptivateIQ is excellent software. It handles complex comp plans, integrates with Salesforce, provides audit trails for finance teams, and scales to thousands of reps. If you're a VP of Sales Ops buying for a 200-person team, it's probably the right choice.

But if you're an individual rep? CaptivateIQ isn't built for you. You can't just sign up and start using it. Your company has to buy it, implement it, and maintain it. The pricing starts around $30-50 per user per month with annual contracts and minimum seat counts.

For a single rep who just wants to track their own deals? That's overkill.

What You Actually Need

If you're an individual rep, your requirements are probably simple:

• Log deals and see commission calculated correctly
• Handle tiered commission (different rates at different thresholds)
• Track progress toward quarterly goals
• Maybe different rates for 1-year vs 2-year contracts
• Export data for taxes or to verify your employer's numbers

That's it. You don't need Salesforce integration. You don't need team dashboards. You don't need approval workflows or audit trails.

CaptivateIQ vs Comish

Feature	CaptivateIQ	Comish
Target user	Sales ops / Finance teams	Individual reps
Pricing	$30-50/user/month	$5/month
Requires company purchase	Yes	No
Implementation time	Weeks to months	5 minutes
Salesforce integration	Yes	No
Tiered commission	Yes	Yes
Multi-year contract rates	Yes	Yes
Team dashboards	Yes	No
Audit trails	Yes	No
Export to PDF/CSV	Yes	Yes

When to Choose CaptivateIQ

• Your company is buying (not you personally)
• You need CRM integration for automatic deal sync
• You have a sales team of 20+ people
• Finance needs detailed audit trails
• Your comp plans are genuinely complex (clawbacks, draws, splits, etc.)

When to Choose Comish

• You're paying personally (or expensing a small amount)
• You're comfortable with manual deal entry
• You just need accurate commission calculations
• You want to start tracking today, not in 6 weeks
• $5/month is more attractive than $50/month

The Bottom Line

CaptivateIQ is great software for the right use case. But if you're an individual rep who just wants to track your own commission without waiting for your company to buy enterprise software, it's not the answer.

Comish costs $5/month, takes 5 minutes to set up, and handles tiered commission calculations that would make your spreadsheet cry. That's the whole pitch.