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    empower® suite

    Score2 out of 10
    N/Aempower® suite is a suite of MS Office add-ins that elevate and streamline working with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. They help to create properly formatted presentations, documents, spreadsheets and emails quickly. Users can build documents based on templates and building-blocks – searchable in a centralized library, online and offline. The software can be hosted on-premise or in the cloud and used with Office 365, Office for Windows, Office for Mac, PowerPoint Online, and Microsoft…N/A

    Responsive

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AResponsive (formerly RFPIO), headquartered in Beaverton, offers their proposal management and automation software, featuring import and export, proposal knowledgebase and answer library, evaluation intake forms, and project management tools (e.g. Gantt chart) associated to proposal tracking.N/A
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    empower® suiteResponsive
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    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional Detailsempower® offers an annual license model, which is based on the number of users (designed for larger license volume starting from 20 users) and the corresponding product edition. Maintenance, updates and 2nd level support are included in the license fee. For example, with empower® charts you can save up to 50% on yearly license cost compared to similar products.
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    empower® suiteResponsive
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    empower
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    empower® suiteResponsive
    Proposal Creation & Organization
    Comparison of Proposal Creation & Organization features of empower® suite and Responsive
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    Ratings
    Responsive
    7.4
    17 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Proposal branding00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Proposal templates00 Ratings5.014 Ratings
    Proposal content library updates00 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Guided proposal creation00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Searchable proposal database00 Ratings7.017 Ratings
    Proposal Collaboration & Workflow
    Comparison of Proposal Collaboration & Workflow features of empower® suite and Responsive
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    Responsive
    7.4
    17 Ratings
    9% below category average
    RFP management & response00 Ratings8.017 Ratings
    Proposal collaboration & approval00 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    User permissions/proposal editing controls00 Ratings9.016 Ratings
    Sales proposal workflow00 Ratings6.011 Ratings
    Proposal automation user interface00 Ratings6.016 Ratings
    Proposal Delivery
    Comparison of Proposal Delivery features of empower® suite and Responsive
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    empower® suite
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    Responsive
    8.0
    13 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Proposal distribution00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Interactive proposals00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Proposal content tracking00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    User Ratings
    empower® suiteResponsive
    Likelihood to Recommend
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    9.0
    (18 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    8.7
    (16 ratings)
    Support Rating
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    9.8
    (16 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
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    User Testimonials
    empower® suiteResponsive
    Likelihood to Recommend
    empower
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
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    Pros
    empower
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
    • Live collaboration - the ability for multiple experts to simultaneously work on the same RFP.
    • Artificial intelligence - the ability for the product to continually learn what the best answers are and serve them up to our teams.
    • Dynamic branding - the ability for custom brand different templates by vertical, line of business, local branding, etc. with seamless transition.
    • Content review & moderation - the ability for our national content team to bulk review, edit and share content with our teams in a methodical way.
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    Cons
    empower
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
    • Reporting and Analytics is basic, you can purchase advanced analytics though
    • It would have been nice to have a set structure in mind or a example/case study to structure our responses in the most appropriate way, but we are working through that with their stellar support team
    • Really great new features, but expensive
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    Likelihood to Renew
    empower
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
    UI is friendly. Basically that alone is enough to renew because it is easy to use and gives accurate and fast results. The effective cross collaboration from other colleagues in my organization also makes for this tool to be extremely effective. Now that I understand how to use it, I can also easily train others on how to use it effectively.
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    Support Rating
    empower
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
    The team at RFPIO is extremely responsive. If I email our account manager or report a bug, I usually hear back within two hours. Additionally, they are quick to make software adjustments based on customer requests and needs. We had a really complicated Excel sheet that their team ended up having to upload for me because of the amount of manual work I was doing. Based on that, they updated the software within two release cycles to make the process more automated, so that future Excel uploads would be more streamlined. I have also had several suggestions implemented rather quickly, and they don't hesitate to reach out for clarification when needed.
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    Implementation Rating
    empower
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
    We were able to complete an RFP during our free trial. We were already leaning toward RFPIO but that pushed us over the edge.
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    empower
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
    RFPIO has outstanding, responsive, helpful customer support located in the US in Oregon. Support techs go the extra mile to help with basic issues and functionality training. Same-day support response and problem resolution are the norms. The system is also very user-friendly and very easy to navigate. Their Answer library is simple and far less complex than Qvidian/Inland. Little to no learning curve.
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    Return on Investment
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    empower® suite Screenshots

    Screenshot of The empower® suite is the only all-in-one solution that empowers your productivity and brand across all Microsoft Office applications - PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Excel.Screenshot of empower® slides makes PowerPoint easier, more efficient and brand compliant. Templates, slides, images, charts, and more are instantly searchable. All assets up-to-date and ready-to-use.  Available offline, right where you need it in the PowerPoint ribbon.Screenshot of empower® Asset & Template Library: Make all important content available to everyone in your company’s empower® library, make updates and distribute the latest version to all colleagues with one click.Screenshot of The empower® Design Check examines the template, fonts, colors, titles, numberings, margins and logo spacing to make sure everything conforms to your corporate design. It also auto-corrects any inconsistencies it finds in templates or production documents.Screenshot of Easily adapt PowerPoint presentations to a new template. Reformat external content to be on-brand with just a couple of clicks.Screenshot of With empower® you can have your slides or entire presentations translated automatically. empower® can integrate your DeepL package directly into PowerPoint.