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Sales comp shouldn't eat a week of your month

Every sales comp plan designed in minutes. Every payout calculated automatically.
Qobra AI agents kill the copy-paste, answer your reps and catch anomalies before payroll.
You approve, and get your week back.

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1. Transparent statements

Every rep sees how each commission is calculated, deal by deal. No black box, no surprise on payday.

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2. No-code automation

Build and update any plan, rule or exception yourself. No code, no consultant, no ticket to a developer.

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4. Payroll closings

Validate, approve and export payouts to payroll in a few clicks. Close every cycle on time, with a full audit trail.

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5. Reporting

Track quota attainment, pay versus performance and commission spend in real time, with dashboards built for finance and RevOps.

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350+ finance and RevOps teams run sales comp on Qobra

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“With Qobra, we can make plan changes very quickly. It took us one day to implement all the 2026 plans.”

Anne-Charlotte Chauvet
Head of Business Operations at n8n
“We had 8 comp plans to configure. It took a fraction of the time it would have taken me on my own.”
Emily Harte, Revenue Strategy and Operations at ElevenLabs
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Meet the three AI agents
that give you your week back.

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Sales comp management,
on autopilot

The Architect

Your plan builder that creates, edits and simulates commission plans for you.

The Sales Coach

Answers every rep question, so you don't have to.

The Analyst

Catches commission errors before your reps do.

Build and test commission plans instantly. Describe a plan in plain language, update ten plans in one prompt, and simulate the result on historical payouts before anything reaches your reps.

Build and edit plans in natural language
Onboard new admins in hours, not weeks
Simulate before you launch
Meet the Architect

Answer every rep question, automatically. "How much will I earn if I close this deal?" "Why was my commission this amount?" The Sales Coach explains each statement with concrete examples, so reps trust their numbers and stop pinging RevOps.

Cut rep questions by 90%
Let reps simulate earnings in real time
Make every plan self-explaining
Meet the Sales Coach

Catch commission errors before payout. The Analyst reconciles data across plans, tracks quota attainment and pay versus performance, and alerts your team before payroll turns into a fire drill.

Reconcile every plan automatically
Track the metrics that matter
Get alerted before errors cost you
Meet the Analyst
3xFaster to implement
“I will say the Architect has been off the charts good. It really is incredible, so I don't see this being a massive lift like in the past.”
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Khaled AlSaleh
Head of RevOps at incident.io

Qobra MCP Server

Use Qobra from Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP-compatible assistant. Pull commission data, trigger actions, and build custom workflows that run themselves, with your Qobra permissions applied to every request.

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The sales compensation platform for finance and RevOps teams

Design plans, automate every payout, give reps live visibility, track commission spend and approve before payroll. All in one place.

Automate
Design
Motivate
Analyze
Secure

Automate

Eliminate manual calculations and end-of-month chaos.

Native integrations with your data sources

Connect your CRM, data warehouse, and HR systems natively, no more manual imports or exports.

CRMs
HRIS
API

A powerful calculation engine built for real-time commission tracking

Automate every commission rule and exception to eliminate errors. Configure multi-currency, ramp-ups, true-ups, and clawbacks with full control, and calculate them in real time.

No-code
Multi-currency
Intuitive

Built-in commission letters

Centralize commission letters in Qobra: autofill them with the right data, send them for DocuSign e-signature, and chase pending signatures in one click.

PDF
E-signature
Tracking

Design

Model compensation plans with simplicity, clarity & full control.

Intuitive plan builder

Model any type of compensation plan with a flexible no-code interface and the support of The Architect, our AI agent.

No-code
Intuitive
Flexible

Sandbox environment to simulate payouts

Roll out plans with confidence by creating a sandbox that calculates commissions based on historical data.

Simulation
Control
Roll out

Custom statements and dashboards

Give sellers a tailored view of their comp: when they understand the plan, it drives the right behaviors.

Custom views
Clear statements
Transparent
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Motivate

Build trust and boost sales reps motivation.

Transparent commission calculations

Give reps full visibility into how their commissions are calculated, in real time.

Transparent calculation
Live data
Historical payouts

SPIFFs and rankings

Design and automate custom spiffs aligned with your business goals. Reps can track their live ranking in Qobra.

SPIFFs
Leaderboards
Gamification

Seamless Simulations

Kill shadow accounting for good. Reps simulate their commissions by testing any deal scenario, and always know where they stand.

Simulation
Explanation
Forecast
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Analyze

Make smarter decisions with incentive insights.

Custom reports & dashboards

Build custom reports with your own KPIs: commission costs, quota attainment, payout trends, by team, period, or plan.

Custom graphs
Built-in reports
Accuracy

Plan performance monitoring

Monitor the effectiveness of your plans and make sure payouts stay aligned with goals and performance.

Performance
Live tracking
Fairness

Budget & cost control

Forecast payouts accurately, generate accruals effortlessly, and keep budgets tight with no end-of-quarter surprises.

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Accruals
CAC
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Secure

Validate payouts with confidence.

Multi-level statement approval

From the rep to their manager and beyond, every statement is reviewed and approved at each level before payouts are sent to payroll.

Approvals
Multi-level
Payroll automation

Built-in request management

No more commission disputes lost in email threads. Reps raise questions directly from their statements. Every request is tracked, documented, and closed before payday.

Centralized
Audit trail
Adjustments

Role-Based Access Control

Define custom roles with granular permissions. Control exactly what each user can see and do, from full admin rights to statement-only access.

Security
Role-based views
Custom roles
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Built for every team that touches sales comp

ForRevOps & Operations
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Ship plan changes in hours, automate the busywork, and shift from running commissions to supervising them.

ForFinance
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Accurate payouts, controlled cost of sales, and an audit trail that makes every number defensible.

ForSales leaders
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Reps who trust their numbers sell more. Transparency, live rankings, and instant answers keep the floor motivated.

ForSales Comp teams
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Close every period on time, cut the question flood, and report to execs in minutes, not weekends.

ForHR
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Keep variable pay fair and compliant, and send clean data to payroll on time, without chasing spreadsheets every month.

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4.8/5
with 1,000+ reviews
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“I would say the tooling is very simple. You can see where the variables are coming from, so it was very easy and quick for our team.”
Jessica Ho, RevOps Manager at ElevenLabs
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“Since we’ve had Qobra, we’ve seen between 15 and 20% progress towards our objectives.”
Fabian Q. Veit, CEO at Make
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“It’s more the fact that I just don’t have to worry about commissions anymore.”
Chris Cook, RevOps Director at GoCardless
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“At the end of every period, when we run commissions right now, we do a simple check with our finance team, and that’s it.”
Derek Boelig, VP RevOps at DataSnipper
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Fewer days. Fewer errors.
Fewer questions.

Days saved, errors caught, questions answered. Here's what finance and RevOps teams get back after switching.

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5+ days saved
every cycle, on manual checks
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100% reliable payouts
errors caught before they reach a rep
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90% fewer rep questions
answered by AI before they reach you

Why teams leave spreadsheets and legacy tools for Qobra

Spreadsheets break, legacy tools need consultants, vibe-coded tools can't be trusted with payroll. Qobra gives you speed and control, without the dependency.

Autonomy

Make any change yourself, in minutes

Qobra is intuitive and flexible, so your admins are fully autonomous. New rules, exceptions and adjustments are made in a few clicks.

Time-to-value

Live in weeks, not months

Skip the painful setup. Native integrations, the Architect to build your first plans from day one, and a dedicated CSM. No external consultants required.

Trust

End commission disputes

Calculations are fully transparent, and reps can ask the Sales Coach, which answers instantly. Every request is tracked and resolved before payday.

Control

Eliminate costly payout errors

Qobra calculates every rule, exception and clawback with full traceability, on every cycle.

Motivation

Supercharge sales motivation

Keep reps engaged with real-time earnings, live rankings, SPIFFs and deal simulations.

Compliance

Stay audit-ready, always

Multi-level approvals, full audit trail and role-based access, with SOC 2 Type II and GDPR compliance.

“One thing that stands out right away is the transparency into how things are being calculated. That’s something I haven’t seen before and I think that’s amazing to have.”
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Priyanka Dalal
Finance & Compensation at Sendoso
Integrations

Plugs into the tools you already use

Qobra connects natively to your CRM, data warehouse, HRIS and ERP, so commissions run on the same data, refreshed in real time. And yes, you can still make manual adjustments.

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CRM & ERP
HRIS
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Data Warehouses & Databases
File Storage Systems
Qobra MCP Server
Use Qobra from Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP-compatible assistant. Pull commission data, trigger actions, and build custom workflows that run themselves, with your Qobra permissions applied to every request.
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Security and Control

Enterprise-grade security built into every layer.

Time back. More trust.
Their words, not ours.

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“Qobra increased my team’s confidence, which directly impacts sales performance.”
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RevOps Manager
ElevenLabs
“I don’t really get questions anymore. Reps can see exactly what they’re paid on, and it saves me a lot of time.”



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VP Global Sales
DataSnipper
“Qobra has significantly improved my team’s productivity. They no longer have to calculate their commissions manually, and it gives them more confidence in the process.”
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RevOps Manager
DataSnipper
“Reps can ask themselves: if I close this $100K deal, how much more commission will I make? That little extra can motivate them to close.”
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“We went from 14 to 18 days to 2 days, sometimes 1.”
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