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Validate every payout before it hits payroll

A multi-level commission approval workflow reviews every statement, and a full commission audit trail logs every exception and every change. Reps trust their numbers, and audits stop being a fire drill.

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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"Compensation calculations took 5 weeks, relying on multiple finance managers. Now, one person can handle everything efficiently."
Philippine Vendeuvre, Global Director Strategy & Operations at Ogury

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. No payment goes out without the right sign-offs.

Conversation flow showing Jennifer Jones asking why her deal Vertex Labs - ACME Corp closed on September 3rd is not in the monthly statement. The sales coach responds that the deal closed after the period cut-off and suggests opening a request for Finance to review. Buttons and statuses indicate Finance team validated the request and Admin applied the change.

Built-in request management.

No more commission disputes lost in email threads. Reps raise questions directly from their statements. The Sales Coach answers instantly and escalates to your admins only when needed. Every request is tracked, documented, and closed before payday.

Table listing four requests with columns Subject, User, Topic, and Owner. Subjects: Missing deal, Multi-year kicker, Target to update, Set-up fees fix. Users: Robert J., Laura S., Aaron W., Veronica W., with profile photos and message dates from 3 days to 2 weeks ago. Topics: Data issue, AE issue, SDR issue, Pre-sales issue. Owners: CRM admin, RevOps twice, Finance.

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. Sensitive compensation data stays visible to the right people, and no one else.

Organizational chart showing Beth Rodriguez as General Sales Manager at the top, reporting to her are Laura Simmons, New Car Sales Manager, and Michael Fuller, Used Car Sales Manager. Under Laura Simmons are Aaron Warren, Sales Consultant, and Amy Ortiz, BDC Representative. Under Michael Fuller are Jason Carter, Old Car Sales Rep, and Veronica Wood, BDC Representative.

Exception handling & audit trail.

Handle any exception with record splits and duplications, overrides, or manual payments, and keep full control: every adjustment is logged in the audit trail, with who did what, and when.

User interface showing activities for Robert Johnson in June 2027 for AEs US, including notes and approvals by Laura Simmons from Finance with timestamps. Laura added a note fixing a transaction with ID xe10a10938, approved a request with an override reducing YTD Commission from $77,108.77 to $60,000.00, and Robert raised an issue about a past payment one day ago.
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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

A commission approval workflow is the process by which each statement is reviewed and signed off before payouts reach payroll. In Qobra, approvals run at every level, from the rep to their manager and up to Finance, and no payment goes out without the required sign-offs. Each approval is timestamped and visible in the audit trail.

Reps raise questions or disputes directly from their statement, so nothing gets lost in email threads. The Sales Coach, Qobra's AI agent, answers most questions instantly and escalates to your admins only when needed. Every request is tracked, documented, and closed before payday.

Yes. Qobra's role-based access control lets you define custom roles with granular permissions, from full admin rights to statement-only access. Managers see their team, reps see their own statements, and sensitive compensation data stays visible to the right people only. The same permissions apply to the AI agents and the Qobra MCP server.

Qobra handles record splits and duplications, overrides, and manual payments without breaking the plan logic. Each adjustment is logged with who made it, when, and why, so exceptions stay under control and auditable at any time.

Yes. Every calculation, plan change, approval, adjustment, and export is recorded in a complete audit trail. Finance, auditors, and RevOps can trace any payout back to the rule and data behind it, which simplifies SOX and ASC 606 reviews.

Payouts are calculated in real time, statements are validated through a structured approval workflow, and disputes are resolved before payday. Once approved, payouts export to payroll in one click. Finance teams close each period on schedule, with no last-minute spreadsheet reconciliation.