Best Conga CLM Alternative in the UK (2026)

Conga CLM is a well established contract platform, strongest for organisations built around Salesforce, but its Salesforce centric model and enterprise scope do not fit every UK team. Buyers often look for an alternative when they are not on Salesforce, when they want deeper AI, or when they want published pricing and a lighter tool. This guide explains what Conga CLM does well, why UK teams look elsewhere, and the real alternatives compared fairly. ## What Conga CLM is and who it suits Conga CLM, which grew from the Apttus heritage, is an enterprise contract lifecycle platform known for deep Salesforce integration and strong configuration around quote to cash and revenue operations. It covers authoring, negotiation, approvals, signature, repository and obligation management, and connects contracts tightly to the Salesforce record. Conga CLM suits mid market and enterprise organisations that run their business on Salesforce and want contracts woven into that system, with the budget and team to configure it. For a Salesforce heavy operation, that integration is a real strength. ## Why UK teams look for an alternative Several reasons recur. Teams not standardised on Salesforce lose much of Conga's advantage, so they look for a more neutral tool. Some want deeper AI, both for drafting contracts from scratch and for per clause review of third party paper. Pricing is enterprise and quote based, so teams wanting published per seat costs look elsewhere. Implementation can be a real project that smaller teams cannot resource. And some simply want a lighter tool for routine contracts or a simpler repository. Conga is strong in its niche; the question is whether that niche is yours. ## The real alternatives, compared fairly Juro is a browser native contract automation platform popular with UK scale ups, strong at high volume routine contracts and business self service within guardrails. It suits teams wanting speed and a modern editor, not a Salesforce build. Pricing is quote based. Summize is a UK contract intelligence tool that works inside Word, Teams and Slack, strong for faster review and intake without a new system. It suits in house teams focused on review speed. Pricing is quote based. Icertis is a mature enterprise CLM for very large, multi entity organisations needing broad governance at scale. It suits buyers who need enterprise breadth beyond a Salesforce tie in. Pricing is enterprise and quote based. DocuSign CLM suits organisations already on DocuSign that want workflow and a repository on top. Pricing is quote based and scales with modules. Adira is an AI legal operating system built on Anthropic's Claude that drafts, reviews, edits and tracks contracts in one workspace, and is the option to weigh if deep AI and transparent pricing matter more than a Salesforce tie in. ## Where Adira fits, and where it does not Adira's honest edges are specific. It publishes per seat pricing, roughly 70 and 140 pounds per seat per month billed annually as an approximate conversion from its US rates of about 89 and 179 US dollars, with a 7 day trial; check current figures and your local rate on the Adira site before committing. It generates execution ready drafts from a brief and models each contract as a structured clause tree with per clause risk on a document intelligence dashboard. A company persona tunes drafts to how your business actually contracts, and it does not train on your contract corpus, with the Enterprise tier adding SSO and SAML, audit logs and data residency. Adira reports that 18 law firms use it and rank it highly, with contract review cut from 10 to 12 days down to under 2 hours in those deployments, which is Adira's own measured result to test on your paper. Be honest about the trade off: Adira is India first in its deepest coverage and expanding, so a UK team should confirm UK and EU depth in the trial, and if your business truly runs on Salesforce and you need contracts woven into quote to cash, Conga CLM still has the edge there. See how Adira approaches drafting and review. ## How to choose Start from why Conga CLM is not the fit. If it is that you are not on Salesforce, almost any neutral tool here will serve you better. If it is high volume routine contracts, look at Juro. If it is faster review inside your tools, look at Summize. If you need enterprise governance beyond a Salesforce tie in, compare with Icertis. If it is AI drafting and per clause review with pricing you can see upfront, put Adira on the shortlist. Then run the same real contract through your two or three finalists, let the daily users try each, judge the AI on your own paper, and model the fully loaded three year cost. Insist on trialling each tool on your own messy paper rather than a clean demo file, be honest about implementation effort, and weigh published per seat pricing against quote only plans when you build the cost model. The best alternative is the one that matches how you actually work, not the deepest Salesforce integration if you do not use Salesforce. This article is general information, not legal or procurement advice.