--- description: Review of Variabl Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Variabl | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Sales Performance Management Software](/directory/4481/sales-performance-management/software) > [Variabl](/software/414622/zencentiv) # Variabl Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/414622/zencentiv Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/414622/zencentiv?page=2) > Variabl is an AI-native incentive compensation management platform built for companies that need to manage sales commissions, bonus programs, and performance incentives with greater speed, accuracy, and flexibility. It helps organizations replace spreadsheets, manual processes, and rigid legacy systems with modern software designed for how compensation operations actually work today. Many commission tools were built for stable environments where plans rarely change. Variabl was built for continuous change. Companies can update compensation plans, quotas, territories, crediting rules, and payout logic without expensive rebuilds, heavy consulting engagements, or operational disruption. This gives finance, RevOps, and sales leadership the ability to adapt quickly as the business evolves. At the core of the platform is a high-performance calculation engine designed to process complex compensation models at scale. Effective-dated rules preserve historical accuracy while allowing future changes to be implemented cleanly. Native support for prior-period adjustments, clawbacks, true-ups, carry-forwards, and exceptions helps teams manage real-world compensation scenarios with confidence. Variabl also prioritizes transparency and trust. Detailed audit trails, version control, role-based permissions, and governance features help companies maintain control in highly visible compensation environments. Sellers gain clearer insight into how they are paid through intuitive statements, dashboards, and payout explanations that reduce confusion and disputes. The platform supports enterprise requirements such as multi-entity organizations, global teams, multiple currencies, varied calendars, and complex organizational structures. Robust integrations connect compensation data across CRM, ERP, HRIS, payroll, and other business systems, helping teams maintain a reliable source of truth. Variabl also uses AI where it creates practical value. Rather than replacing human judgment, AI is applied to reduce manual effort, improve data management, accelerate setup, and help users quickly understand payouts and performance information. This approach increases adoption by making daily work easier while preserving control. For growing and enterprise organizations, compensation operations can become a bottleneck that slows trust, productivity, and revenue execution. Variabl helps remove that friction by enabling faster commission cycles, fewer errors, better visibility, and a scalable foundation for future growth. In simple terms, Variabl is commission software built for complexity, built for change, and built for companies that have outgrown spreadsheets and legacy tools. > > Verdict: Rated **5.0/5** by 10 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **5.0/5** | 10 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 100% | (10/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: ZenCentiv ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$35.00 - **Pricing model**: Per User (Free Trial) - **Target Audience**: 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - API - Accounting - Activity Dashboard - Approval Process Control - Audit Trail - Bonus Management - Budget Management - Commission Calculator - Commission Management - Commission Overrides - Commission Rules/Conditions - Commission Scheduling - Commission Statements - Compensation Management - Compensation Plan Modeling - Compensation Statements - Customisable Reports - Customisable Templates - Data Import/Export - Document Management ## Integrations (11 total) - HubSpot CRM - HubSpot Sales Hub - NetSuite - Oracle Cloud EPM Planning - Oracle Sales - Salesforce CPQ & Billing - Salesforce Sales Cloud - Snowflake - Workday HCM - Zoho CRM - Zoho CRM Plus ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Sales Performance Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4481/sales-performance-management/software) ## Related Categories - [Sales Performance Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4481/sales-performance-management/software) - [Commission Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4589/commission/software) - [Compensation Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/428/compensation-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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We have a hockey stick bonus for our outside sales team that has been tricky to maintain. I've looked at the logic and am totally blown away at his logical approach. Each year our comp plans have added a new winkle where he had to think "outside the box" to make it work. I would give me a call late at night or over the weekend and he always came up with an ingenious workaround that made updates easy to implement during the fiscal year. We were going to switch from Xactly to Zencentiv but our company was sold before we were able to switch over. I can see that a number of his Xactly workarounds are built into Zencentiv \[sensitive content hidden\] uses these same concepts in Zencentv that he developed for our Xactly comp plans. Zencentiv, as a result, is designed to a more robust compensation program that is more intuitive, easy to use and maintain than out commission programs in the market. Dashboards and analytic reports are built into his program. They don't require additional program knowledge. They are created and updated as your specific comp plan is being built in the program . One of the bonuses that you will have with Zencentiv is \[sensitive content hidden\]. He is always available and willing to help fix your problems at a moments notice. He provides each of his customers with the "RED CARPET" treatment. > > **Cons**: There isn't anything that I didn't like. If there is an issue the program, \[sensitive content hidden\] finds a way to update it so that problem disappear. The program is flexible, intuitive \& easy to use. > > I have used Zen and found it easy to use. One of the biggest issues I have had is doing prior period quota and attainment adjustments. In Zen, this is easy to do and doesn't involve a lot of manual hours to update ----- ### "Manager Global Sales Commission" — 5.0/5 > **Elena** | *20 September 2024* | Telecommunications | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: User friendly application; easy to understand the logic behind the calculations. Easy to set up the templates for routing the plans to the employees; huge plus for the auditors. I appreciate the Customer Support from the team and the flexibility to customize the plans set up in ZenCentiv for us to meet our objectives. The team releases the new features monthly and accommodates our suggestions for a product. > > **Cons**: I do not have anything negative to say about the system, but we are looking forward to the updates on reporting and Dashboards for the managers. > > The major reason for us to switch to ZenCentiv was the bonus objectives calculations for the Professional Services Team, our bonus matrix is very complex and has a lot of different objectives based on the job title, and we looked for the system that can handle the variety of objectives and will be helpful for the managers to transition from the excel to a system. Overall, I am happy with the system and appreciate the team accommodating all our requests. I feel like it is custom made system just for us. ----- ### "My sales comp software" — 5.0/5 > **Peter** | *6 October 2022* | Transportation/Trucking/Railroad | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: It saves us a lot of time helping sales reps understand their compensation and commissions. We used to spend hours going through this stuff, now it feels a bit more transparent. > > **Cons**: We requested a couple of features specific to our industry. Otherwise, we’re pretty happy with it. ----- ### "Incentive Comp Platform for for Incentive Comp Pros" — 5.0/5 > **Henry** | *3 July 2024* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Intuitive menu/component-based comp plan configuration, which requires little technical expertise and keeps complexity to a minimum. > > **Cons**: Nothing comes to mind\! ZenCentiv is evolving quickly and is always improving and adding new functionality. ----- ### "Our commission tool" — 5.0/5 > **Maksim** | *20 September 2022* | Music | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: It helps our sales people keep track of deal flow and stay hyped to sell, sell, sell. It's simplified commissions a lot. We used to use spreadsheets and it just wasn't working with a growing sales team. The ease of use is unreal, we were ready to go in a couple of days. The plans / templates are nice. > > **Cons**: No issues honestly. More integrations are always a plus. > > This software helped us understand our sales compensation and how to automate a lot of what we were doing manually. 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