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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Proposable

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AProposable is a sales proposal automation software solution offered by Proposable.

    $19

    per user/per month

    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
    Pricing
    ProposableResponsive
    Editions & Modules
    Solo
    $19
    per user/per month
    Team
    $39
    per user/per month
    Enterprise
    500+
    per month
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ProposableResponsive
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    ProposableResponsive
    Considered Both Products
    Proposable
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    18 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    18 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    Features
    ProposableResponsive
    Proposal Creation & Organization
    Comparison of Proposal Creation & Organization features of Proposable and Responsive
    Feature
    Proposable
    7.8
    3 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Responsive
    7.4
    17 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Proposal branding9.63 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Proposal templates8.53 Ratings5.014 Ratings
    Proposal content library updates6.83 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Guided proposal creation5.82 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Searchable proposal database8.52 Ratings7.017 Ratings
    Proposal Collaboration & Workflow
    Comparison of Proposal Collaboration & Workflow features of Proposable and Responsive
    Feature
    Proposable
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Responsive
    7.4
    17 Ratings
    9% below category average
    RFP management & response10.01 Ratings8.017 Ratings
    Proposal collaboration & approval9.12 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    User permissions/proposal editing controls7.33 Ratings9.016 Ratings
    Sales proposal workflow8.53 Ratings6.011 Ratings
    Proposal automation user interface7.72 Ratings6.016 Ratings
    Proposal Delivery
    Comparison of Proposal Delivery features of Proposable and Responsive
    Feature
    Proposable
    7.7
    3 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Responsive
    8.0
    13 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Proposal distribution6.63 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Interactive proposals9.43 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Proposal content tracking7.13 Ratings8.011 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    ProposableResponsive
    Small Businesses
    Qwilr
    Score9 out of 10
    Qwilr
    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Responsive
    Score8 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    Responsive
    Score8 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    ProposableResponsive
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (18 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (16 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (16 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ProposableResponsive
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Proposable
    It is a great solution for small to medium-sized businesses. It is fairly customizable, and their support team has been great to work with us. They have helped us build some custom workflows to push a customer straight to a credit card page once they sign the proposal. This has really helped increase conversions when signing on a new customer.
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
    1. RFPIO is perfect for searching for specific information when you are responding to an RFP. Search engine is powerful. We narrow our search using several customized filters and know we are getting a thorough search. 2. Excel responses work very well in RFPIO. 3. Typical RFPs that are formatted in Word are challenging to run via RFPIO. We struggle with this. 4. We have yet to master the template.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Proposable
    • Very professional
    • Easy to navigate and use
    • Easy to edit and draw up new proposals
    Incentivized
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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
    Proposable
    • The user interface is not intuitive and you'll need some time to understand where things are.
    • The structure of the proposals is sort of rigid and is difficult to create really beautiful documents (unless you are a genius designer).
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Proposable
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Proposable
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Proposable
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Alternatives Considered
    Proposable
    I didn't choose Proposable over DocuSign, but I did use it at a previous company. Proposable is great for the smaller business and makes the creation and sending of agreements so easy! DocuSign was nice, but it was more complex in my experience and created a bottleneck for our sales team to get approval. I'm sure this was more of our own internal process, but between the two, Proposable was much faster to get what you needed in the form of an agreement. Less time freed up more time for selling!
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Proposable
    • It has left a great impression on current prospects and clients
    • It is the easiest way to draw up terms of an agreement
    • It is the best way to track who and when a prospect is viewing a proposal
    Incentivized
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    Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
    • I don't have access to the actual ROI data, but we would continue to invest in RFPIO as a company only if it were providing us with the results to win RFPs.
    • RFPIO makes the task of filling out RFP responses much faster for me.
    • RFPIO helps our team be able to divide out RFP chores easily, because we know we all have access to the same high-quality source for information.
    Incentivized
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