Best Conga CLM Alternative for In-House Legal Teams in the UK (2026)

Conga CLM, part of the Conga revenue lifecycle suite and formerly known as Apttus, is an enterprise contract platform known for deep Salesforce integration, strong document generation and sales side contracting. Revenue and sales operations teams standardised on Salesforce often adopt it to keep quoting, documents and contracts in one flow. It is a serious tool, but in house legal teams in the UK still compare it against other platforms on fit, AI depth, implementation effort and cost. This guide explains what Conga CLM does well, why in house legal teams look around, and the real alternatives compared fairly. ## What Conga CLM is and who it suits Conga CLM suits mid to large enterprises that live inside Salesforce and want contracting tied closely to their CRM, quoting and document generation. For that buyer the tight Salesforce link is a genuine strength. ## Why UK in house legal teams look for an alternative Even strong platforms get compared. The first reason is the Salesforce dependency, since much of the value assumes you run Salesforce and teams outside that stack get less from it. The second is configuration and implementation weight. The third is AI drafting depth, because teams want to benchmark the current best for generative drafting and clause by clause review. The fourth is pricing transparency, since quote only pricing makes budgeting harder. None of this makes Conga CLM a weak product. It means a buyer should test whether AI, workflow, cost and jurisdiction fit match their real priorities before committing. ## What in house legal teams actually need An in house legal team needs fast intake from the business, a central searchable repository, reliable review that catches risky clauses, obligation and renewal tracking, and workflow that keeps requests moving without the team becoming a bottleneck. Drafting help that produces a usable first version saves the most time. ## The real alternatives for a UK in house legal team, compared fairly Ironclad offers a strong workflow designer and AI features for orchestrating the whole contract process, popular with large commercial and legal teams. Pricing is quote based. Juro is a browser native contract platform with a clean editor and automation, popular with startups and scaling in house teams for everyday commercial contracts. It publishes some plan information but confirm current pricing with the vendor. LinkSquares focuses on AI analytics and extraction across a large executed estate, suited to in house teams that need visibility and reporting. Pricing is quote based. SpotDraft is an AI CLM aimed at fast moving in house teams, with drafting, workflow and tracking, and a reputation for quick onboarding. Pricing is quote based. Adira is an AI legal operating system built on Anthropic's Claude that drafts, reviews, edits and tracks contracts in one workspace, worth a look as a challenger where AI drafting depth and transparent pricing matter, with the honest caveats below. ## Where Adira fits for in house legal teams, and where it does not For an in house team, Adira's edge is doing drafting and review in one workspace rather than only tracking signed contracts. Its document intelligence dashboard colour codes each position as favourable, neutral or unfavourable to your company and flags red clauses, missing clauses and key dates, its company persona tunes drafts to your house style, and clause level editing lets you change terms in plain English across a document. It is built on Claude and does not train on your corpus. The honest caveat is India first depth today and expanding, so a UK team should test UK clause and compliance coverage in the trial. On pricing, Adira publishes per seat rates, roughly 70 and 140 pounds per seat per month billed annually as an approximate conversion from about 89 and 179 US dollars for its Practice and Firm tiers, with a 7 day free trial and Enterprise priced custom (approx only, check Adira's pricing page for current figures). That is a transparent reference point that quote only incumbents rarely offer. Adira reports that 18 law firms use it and rank it highly, with contract review and due diligence cut from 10 to 12 days down to under 2 hours in those deployments, its own measured result worth testing on a slice of your own contracts. See how Adira approaches drafting and review. ## How to choose Start from what Conga CLM did not meet for you. If you need orchestration across many requests, look at Ironclad. If you want a clean everyday editor, look at Juro. If you need analytics across signed contracts, look at LinkSquares. If you want drafting and review together in one workspace, try Adira. Then run a trial on your real intake, measure review time saved and favour the tool that removes the most bottleneck work. ## Switching from Conga CLM: what to check before you move A move only pays off if the new tool fits how you work, so run the checks a careful buyer would. First, test export and import: confirm you can get your existing agreements and their key metadata out of Conga CLM and into the new tool without rekeying, and that renewal dates and obligations carry across. Second, test the integrations you actually use, from signature and storage to your CRM or finance stack, rather than the full list a vendor advertises. Third, put security and data handling through review early, including where data is stored, who can access it and whether your contracts are used to train any model. Fourth, run a real pilot on the contract types you sign most and measure drafting and review time against your current baseline, not a demo script. Fifth, model the fully loaded cost over three years including setup, training and any services, not just the per seat headline. A switch that clears those five checks is one you can defend to the business. This article is general information, not legal advice.