Technology moves fast, but your business needs to move faster. You aren’t just looking for new features; you are looking for ways to remove friction, automate the mundane, and get straight to the insights that drive profit.
That is the philosophy behind our Winter Platform Release 2026. We have listened to your feedback—from the pricing analysts crunching numbers to the sales teams closing deals—and built a release that focuses on flexibility, speed, and intelligence. Whether you need to generate customer-specific price books in a single click or want an AI agent to spot pricing anomalies before they hurt your margins, this update puts more power in your hands.
Here is a breakdown of what is new and how it helps you work smarter.
Smart Price Management: Scale Your Strategy
Managing price books has historically been a rigid process. You often had to conform your data to the system’s template, rather than the other way around. Following our Q3 update, which introduced CSV exports, we are taking it a step further in Q4 with major enhancements to Price Book Management.
We have added three key capabilities designed to save you time and headaches:
- Bulk Consumer Setup: No more setting up consumers one by one. You can now select multiple customers or entire groups and generate price books for all of them in a single action.
- Customizable Table Structures: Data is only useful if it is readable. You now have full control over your output templates. Define the column order, rename headers to match your internal lingo, and choose exactly which pricing attributes—like effective dates or currency—you want to display.
- Effective Date Control and Dynamic Scheduling: Timing is everything. You can now control exactly which prices populate by selecting a specific Effective Date. Even better, you can schedule automatic runs. Need a price book generated every Monday morning? Set it up once, and the system handles the rest.
These updates directly address the rigidity of standard templates. By giving you control over formatting and scheduling, we help you communicate price changes proactively and maintain customer trust. It is about operational efficiency—reducing the manual effort so you can focus on strategy.
Smart Price Optimization: AI That Works for You
We are introducing powerful new ways to leverage AI, whether you are managing fixed capacity or building custom algorithms.
Overbooking Optimization (Air Cargo)
For industries with fixed capacity, like logistics, an empty slot is lost revenue. Our new Overbooking Optimization uses a neural network-powered AI model to predict trends, such as cancellations and no-shows.
By analyzing historical patterns, the model calculates the optimal level of overbooking. It balances the potential revenue gain against the risk of customer dissatisfaction, allowing you to maximize capacity utilization without crossing the line. While currently only available for Air Cargo, this technology sets the standard for how fixed-capacity industries can manage risk and revenue.
New Workflow for Neural Network-Based Price Optimization
Data preparation shouldn’t be a bottleneck. We have streamlined the workflow for neural network-based analyses, allowing you to use multiple data sets directly from PROS Data Management Platform. You no longer need to manually merge cubes or map keys across business units. Plus, we increased the attribute limit from 20 to 60 per analysis, giving you the flexibility to dig deeper.
AI Model Configurator
We believe you should own your AI journey. Our new AI Model Configurator introduces an algorithm-agnostic framework. This means you can configure and test any AI model—whether it is one of ours, a partner’s, or your own custom “Bring Your Own Science” (BYOS) algorithm—without heavy engineering support. It is designed for self-service, reducing reliance on professional services and shortening your time-to-market.
Smart Configure Price Quote: Faster, Cleaner Quoting
Speed and accuracy are the twin pillars of a successful sales cycle. We have enhanced Smart CPQ to support both.
Quote Multi-Selection Data Type
We have significantly improved usability for multi-select fields. Previously, sales reps often had to navigate clunky “Yes/No” columns. Now, the Quote Multi-Selection Data Type helps users select multiple values within a single cell.
- Dynamic Defaults: Values can be pre-selected based on external data sources like your product catalog.
- Formula Engine Integration: You can use these selections as inputs for other calculations, such as pricing adjustments.
- One-Way CRM Sync: Selected values sync directly to your CRM (Salesforce or Microsoft Dynamics), ensuring your data remains consistent downstream.
Standard Out-of-the-Box System Translations
Global business requires global tools. We are now providing eight out-of-the-box languages—English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, and Polish—for system UI elements and error messages.
These translations are AI-generated and maintained by us. This eliminates the need for manual CSV uploads and ensures your international teams get a localized experience from day one. It reduces maintenance costs and improves adoption by speaking your users’ language—literally.
Rebate Management: Mass Updates Made Simple
Managing rebates often involves spreadsheets and manual entry, which is a recipe for errors. Our new Rebate Spreadsheet Upload helps you import rebate data directly into the platform.
You can now edit and upload thousands of rebate agreements simultaneously using pre-formatted Excel templates. This feature ensures data consistency and saves your team hours of tedious data entry. It is a simple fix for a complex problem, allowing you to handle mass updates in minutes.
AI Agents: Your New Digital Teammates
This release introduces a suite of AI Agents designed to assist specific roles within your organization. These aren’t just chatbots; they are intelligent assistants that actively monitor and improve; enhance; fine-tune your workflows.
Pricing Agent: Designed for analysts, this agent silently detects pricing anomalies and sends email alerts. It helps you use natural language to dig into analytics and catch profit leaks before they spread.
Selling Agent: This agent helps Account Executives navigate complex catalogs. Sales reps can use natural language to find products and add them to a quote, speeding up the sales process and improving the customer experience.
Operations Agent: For data analysts, this agent simplifies troubleshooting. You can ask questions about data loading, record changes, and error trends using plain English, helping you address; tackle; dig into issues quickly.
We have also added the ability to review chat history and track credit consumption, so you have access to valuable insights from recent conversations and full visibility into your AI usage.
Platform Services and Data Management: The Backbone of Success
A robust platform needs a strong foundation. We have bolstered our integration and data handling capabilities to help ensure your systems talk to each other seamlessly.
- Integration Demo Environment: We now support seamless data flow across SAP S/4HANA, Dynamics F&O, and PROS. This validates integration capabilities for critical master data, ensuring accuracy and scalability for enterprise deployments.
- Custom Datasets: We are introducing Pipelines as first-class objects. You can now load files as-is into Custom Datasets and map them later. This decouples storage from transformation, allowing for faster implementation and more flexible data ingestion.
- PROS DataStore: To accelerate your ROI, we now provide shared, PROS-managed data sets, starting with Currency and Exchange Rates. You can link and sync this data directly, ensuring your pricing is always based on the most current rates, without the hassle of sourcing feeds yourself.
Ready to Upgrade?
The Winter Platform Release 2026 is about removing barriers. We are stripping away the technical hurdles—rigid templates, manual data entry, complex integrations—so you can focus on what matters: driving profitable growth.
From the strategic power of AI optimization to the practical efficiency of bulk price book updates, these features are designed to help you navigate a complex market with confidence.
Reach out to your account manager today to learn more about these updates and how to start using them in your organization. Let’s make this winter your most productive season yet.
Frequently Asked Questions
The release introduces significant enhancements to Price Book Management, including bulk consumer setup for generating multiple price books at once, customizable table structures for tailoring output formats, and dynamic scheduling to automate price book creation on a recurring basis.
Specifically for Air Cargo, Overbooking Optimization uses a neural network AI model to analyze historical data and predict customer cancellations and no-shows. This helps businesses to strategically overbook to maximize capacity utilization and revenue while managing risk.
The CPQ tool now includes an enhanced Quote Multi-Selection Data Type, which helps sales reps select multiple options in a single field. It also features dynamic default values, integration with the formula engine, and a one-way sync to CRM systems like Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics.
The release introduces three AI Agents: the Pricing Agent, which detects pricing anomalies; the Selling Agent, which helps sales reps find products using natural language; and the Operations Agent, which simplifies data troubleshooting for analysts.
The update introduces Custom Datasets, allowing teams to load files as-is and map data later, which speeds up implementation. It also includes the PROS DataStore, providing direct access to PROS-managed data sets like currency exchange rates, which reduces the need for sourcing third-party data feeds.
