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Know where every commission dollar goes

Qobra's commission reporting software tracks your true cost of sales, spots plans that overpay before they burn budget, and forecasts payouts with no end-of-quarter surprises. Sales comp becomes a lever, not just a cost.

Rated 4.8/5 with 1,000+ reviews

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

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“One thing that stands out right away is the transparency into how things are being calculated.”
Priyanka Dalal, Finance & Compensation at Sendoso

Build custom reports and share live dashboards.

Build custom reports with your own KPIs: commission costs, quota attainment, payout trends, by team, period, or plan. Share live dashboards with Finance and leadership instead of exporting spreadsheets.

Bar chart titled Ranking & Pacing Sales showing Annual pacing (purple) and YTD Target achievement (yellow) for statement users. William leads annual pacing at 160%, followed by Aaron, Mark, and Robert around 115-120%. YTD Target achievement is highest for William just below 80%, with other users ranging down to about 10% for Patricia. Users include William, Aaron, Mark, Robert, Rebecca M., Amy, Austin, Catherine, Rebecca T., Michael, Nicholas, Lisa, Laura, Veronica, and Patricia along the horizontal axis, with percentages from 0% to 160% on the vertical axis.

The Analyst, your AI reporting agent.

The Analyst aggregates commission data across all your plans in seconds and turns any natural language question into a report. It even flags anomalies before they reach payroll.

Chat interface showing user Laura Simmons asking how each region is pacing against quota. Analyst responds that EMEA and US are ahead of target, with EMEA up 12% on new logo deals, US up 4%, and CA 3% behind. A horizontal bar chart displays progress with colored bars for EMEA (orange), US (yellow), and CA (purple). Below is a purple button labeled 'Open the Q3 commission cost report.'

Plan performance monitoring.

Monitor the effectiveness of your plans and make sure payouts stay aligned with goals and performance. Prevent overpayment and underpayment with fast, accurate simulations of comp plan scenarios.

Scatter plot showing the relationship between average year-to-date (YTD) target achievement and average percentage of overtime (OTE) payout, with a yellow trend line. Data points labeled with user names include Veronica Wood near 40% YTD and 25% OTE, Rebecca Martinez around 70% YTD and 75% OTE, Robert Johnson near 110% YTD and 190% OTE, and William Cook around 120% YTD and 115% OTE. Most points cluster near the trend line, indicating a positive correlation.

Budget & cost control.

Forecast payouts accurately, generate accruals effortlessly, and keep budgets tight with no end-of-quarter surprises. Drill down to deal-level data to measure margins and your true cost of sales.

Table showing an opportunity for Unit 827 – Riverside with an amount of $890k, closing on Jan 12, 2027, owned by Jason Carter. Below, a payout breakdown lists Jason Carter (Listing Agent) with $5,000, Laura Simmons (Team Lead) with $1,500, and Robert Johnson (ISA) with $200, each accompanied by a small portrait photo.
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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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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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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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Your frequently asked questions

Sales commission analytics is the reporting layer of a compensation platform: it turns payout data into metrics such as commission cost, cost of sales, quota attainment, and payout trends. In Qobra, these reports run on the same data as the commission calculations, so Finance and RevOps analyze actual payouts, not an export that is already out of date.

Qobra reports on commission costs by team, period, or plan, quota attainment, payout distribution, pay-for-performance ratio, accruals, and forecasted payouts. You build custom reports with your own KPIs and share live dashboards with leadership instead of sending spreadsheets.

The Analyst aggregates commission data across all your plans in seconds, answers natural language questions with a ready-to-share report, and flags anomalies before they reach payroll. It only sees the data the user is allowed to access, and every number traces back to the underlying deals and rules.

Qobra shows what each plan, team, and deal actually costs in commissions, so you can spot inefficient plans before they burn budget. Drill down to deal-level data to measure margins, compare plan scenarios, and keep payouts aligned with revenue goals.

Yes. Qobra forecasts payouts from pipeline and historical data and generates accruals automatically at each close, so Finance books commission expenses accurately and avoids end-of-quarter surprises. Forecasts update as deals move through the CRM.

Qobra's plan performance monitoring compares payouts with goals and results: attainment distribution, over- and underpayment, and the behaviors each plan drives. Simulate alternative scenarios on real data to fix a plan before the next period rather than after the damage is done.