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I am looking for a product configurator for products with high complexity. The main goal is to allow a sales person to configure the product in a correct and working manner. The product is a combination of hard- and software options. The options for sure have dependecies (so option A needs B and C) and can also exclude each other. The performance requirements of the software related to the hardware need to be considered. So some rules need to be defineable. Does anybody know a tool (preferred open source) doing that job? Thanks for your help.

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Edit your question to include a tag of what operating system you are using. – Nifle Apr 14 '10 at 9:22
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My company makes a product configurator platform. Check us out at www.treehouselogic.com

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Thanks, looks interesting. Any price indication? – Netsrac Apr 15 '10 at 10:04
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I would recommend Configur8or.

It does exactly what you ask for and more, although it is not open source. They would be quite happy to show you through an online GoToMeeting too!

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Thanks. I will have a closer look. Any idea about the pricing? Looks like an expensive commercial product for enterprises. – Netsrac Apr 15 '10 at 10:02
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I am one of the developers of KBMax, a SAAS web-based product configurator that allows definition of complex rules to automate the creation of pricing, reporting, BOM's, and even engineering CAD models and drawings.

It's not the cheapest option out there, but it is the best in my unbiased opinion :)

Check it out at www.kbmax.com

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Perhaps puppet would fit your bill?

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This could help to configure the hardware but it is not exactly what I am looking for. – Netsrac Apr 15 '10 at 10:05
Welcome to Super User! Could you outline what puppet does? – Tom Wijsman Nov 2 '11 at 15:03
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well, if you have not so many dependencies, so you can create one product table with all possible products, you can use the widget from www..sellector.com. It is not exact a productconfigurator more a product selection but it can handle lists of thousends of products.

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Thanks. As you said the dependencies are the issue. So as I understood sellector you can create a plain table and filter for the different columns/attributes. This will not be sufficient. But thanks again for the hint. – Netsrac Apr 15 '10 at 10:04
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Maybe Configuratorone could be an option or Wecalc.

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Welcome to Super User! Could you outline what these do? – Tom Wijsman Nov 2 '11 at 15:03
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