Tender and contract analysis · Checked 31 October 2026
Aitenders alternative: Ziva vs Aitenders (2026)
Choose Ziva if you need the response itself finished, with the buyer’s Excel forms filled and the full package produced, at a published price per project with unlimited users. Choose Aitenders if you are a construction or infrastructure contractor whose main job is reading thousands of tender and contract documents for requirements, risks and contradictions.
Choose Ziva if
A bid team that needs the proposal written, the buyer’s forms filled and the package assembled, at a known price.
Choose Aitenders if
A large construction or engineering contractor that needs requirement and risk analysis across very large tender and contract packs.
At a glance
Ziva and Aitenders, fact by fact.
Every Aitenders entry links to its source and shows when we checked it. Where we could not find a published fact, we left the row out.
| Fact | Ziva | Aitenders |
|---|---|---|
| Price model | ZivaOne published price per project. You choose how many new projects you open each month. | AitendersNot published. Team Access is licensed per team member or per project; Enterprise is a dedicated instance. Aitenders homepage(opens in a new tab)Aitenders product(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Users included | ZivaUnlimited users and unlimited company knowledge in every plan. | AitendersTeam Access for 5 to 100 users; Enterprise for 50+ users. Aitenders homepage(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Trying it first | ZivaStart paid, with a first-month money-back right: ask for a refund within the first month and you get the full amount back. | AitendersA demo, or a pilot on one real project with one team. Aitenders homepage(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Public tender search | ZivaYes. The public tender directory on zephior.com/tenders is free to browse, without an account. Ziva Intelligence, search and analysis for one country, is CHF 199 per month. | AitendersNo. It analyses tender documents you supply. Aitenders homepage(opens in a new tab)Aitenders product(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Full proposal package | ZivaYes. Proposal, forms, pricing sheet and presentation as finished Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files. | AitendersNot described. The Write module drafts content from requirements and past projects and checks coverage. Aitenders product(opens in a new tab)Aitenders homepage(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Languages | ZivaDrafts and answers in more than 100 languages. | Aitenders15 languages. Aitenders product(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Hosting | ZivaCloud hosting in Switzerland, the EU or the US. | AitendersHosted in France, with backup in Germany; on-premise or self-hosted also available. Aitenders product(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
Ziva prices exclude VAT. See current pricing for every plan and currency.
In their own words
Where Aitenders falls short.
Taken from Aitenders’s own pages and from public reviews, each with its source.
No public price
The site lists deployment options but no prices; you request a demo.
Aitenders homepage(opens in a new tab)Aitenders product(opens in a new tab)Built for construction
The product and its customers are framed around construction, engineering and infrastructure contracts.
Aitenders homepage(opens in a new tab)Aitenders product(opens in a new tab)Analysis first, writing second
Most of the product reads and checks documents; the drafting module is described in a single line, and the finished submission files are not.
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Where Ziva goes further
What changes for your bid team.
The buyer’s file comes back finished
Ziva fills the buyer’s own workbook, cell by cell, with its tabs and formatting intact, and writes the narrative inside their Word template. What you send back is their file, ready to submit.
The whole proposal package
Cover letter, contents, tables, charts, pricing sheet with working formulas and the presentation: Ziva produces the full package as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files.
Every answer shows its evidence
Each answer cites the documents it came from and shows a confidence score for how well your evidence supports it, preferring your newest approved wording. Reviewers approve, comment and restore earlier versions on the answer itself.
Priced per project, for the whole team
No platform fee and no seats. Every plan includes unlimited users, unlimited company knowledge and the same capabilities, monthly or annual.
What Aitenders does well
- Requirement, clause and risk extraction across up to 5,000 documents per project, flagging contradictions and missing information. Aitenders product(opens in a new tab)
- Named construction customers including Vinci, Colas and Equans. Aitenders homepage(opens in a new tab)
- European hosting with an on-premise option, and a Word add-in. Aitenders product(opens in a new tab)Aitenders homepage(opens in a new tab)
Switching
Moving from Aitenders to Ziva.
- 1
Bring your answers and past bids
Export your answer library and recent submissions and upload them as they are, in Excel, Word or PDF. Ziva turns them into company knowledge with sources, with no column mapping.
- 2
Run one bid side by side
Take a tender you submitted before, or a live one, and run it in Ziva during your first month. Compare the finished files with your original submission.
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Invite the whole team
Every plan has unlimited users, so subject experts, legal and finance can review in Ziva from the first bid without a seat budget.
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Decide on evidence
If the first month does not convince you, ask for your money back. Keep your current tool until Ziva has produced a package you would send.
Questions
Ziva vs Aitenders: straight answers.
How much does Aitenders cost?
It publishes no prices; licences are per team member or per project after a demo. Ziva starts at CHF 500 (EUR 550, USD 650) per month for one project, with unlimited users.
Aitenders homepage(opens in a new tab)Does Aitenders write the proposal?
Its Write module drafts content from requirements and past projects. Ziva produces the full package: proposal, filled forms, pricing sheet and presentation.
Aitenders product(opens in a new tab)Does Aitenders find tenders?
No. It analyses documents you bring. Zephior’s public tender directory on zephior.com/tenders is free to browse.
Aitenders product(opens in a new tab)Sources and method
We read Aitenders’s own website and, where noted, public review pages. Last full check: 31 October 2026. Review quotes are short excerpts from the named page. Zephior publishes this page and sells Ziva; our facts follow our published pricing and product pages. If anything about Aitenders has changed, tell us at hello@zephior.com and we will correct it.
Try it on a real bid
Bring a tender you know.
Compare what comes back.
Run a live tender, or one you submitted before, in your first month. If Ziva does not convince you, you get your money back.