Questionnaire automation · Checked 31 October 2026
Anchor AI alternative: Ziva vs Anchor (2026)
Choose Ziva if you bid on tenders and need the narrative, the buyer’s files and the presentation finished together, at a published price per project. Choose Anchor if your sales, solutions and security teams answer RFPs, RFIs and vendor portals from CRM and knowledge-base content and want answers tailored to each deal. Anchor publishes no price and starts with a demo.
Choose Ziva if
A bid team that answers public tenders and bespoke RFPs and needs the full submission, not only questionnaire answers.
Choose Anchor if
A software company’s pre-sales and security teams that answer recurring questionnaires and vendor portals and want CRM context in each answer.
At a glance
Ziva and Anchor, fact by fact.
Every Anchor 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 | Anchor |
|---|---|---|
| Price model | ZivaOne published price per project. You choose how many new projects you open each month. | AnchorNot published. The site offers a demo and has no pricing page. Anchor homepage(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Users included | ZivaUnlimited users and unlimited company knowledge in every plan. | AnchorInvite as many teammates as needed, with no per-seat pricing. Anchor 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. | AnchorNo trial described; you book a demo. Anchor 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. | AnchorNo. It works on RFPs and questionnaires you bring, with bid qualification on the document. Anchor homepage(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. | AnchorNot described. Autofills up to 95% of questions with cited sources, plus document summaries and risk checks. Anchor response automation(opens in a new tab)Anchor homepage(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 Anchor falls short.
Taken from Anchor’s own pages and from public reviews, each with its source.
No public price
Anchor has no pricing page and every route leads to booking a demo.
Anchor homepage(opens in a new tab)Answers more than proposals
Anchor presents itself as a response platform for sales, solutions and security teams. Writing a long-form tender proposal is not described.
Anchor homepage(opens in a new tab)Anchor response automation(opens in a new tab)It starts once the RFP has arrived
The product works on documents you bring. Finding public tenders happens elsewhere.
Anchor homepage(opens in a new tab)
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 Anchor does well
- Every answer cites its source, and answers draw on CRM, case studies and competitive intel. Anchor homepage(opens in a new tab)Anchor response automation(opens in a new tab)
- No per-seat pricing; collaborate without seat limits. Anchor homepage(opens in a new tab)
- Vendor-portal automation, and SOC 2 Type II, GDPR and CCPA compliance by its own account. Anchor homepage(opens in a new tab)
Switching
Moving from Anchor 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 Anchor: straight answers.
Does Anchor publish its prices?
No. Ziva does: from CHF 500 (USD 650) per month for one project, with unlimited users and the same capabilities in every plan.
Anchor homepage(opens in a new tab)Do both include unlimited users?
Anchor says it has no per-seat pricing. Every Ziva plan includes unlimited users and unlimited company knowledge.
Anchor homepage(opens in a new tab)Does Anchor find public tenders?
No. Zephior’s public tender directory on zephior.com/tenders is free to browse, and a tender you find can go straight into a Ziva project.
Anchor homepage(opens in a new tab)Sources and method
We read Anchor’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 Anchor 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.