Questionnaire automation · Checked 31 October 2026
Arphie alternative: Ziva vs Arphie (2026)
Choose Ziva if you bid on tenders and need the whole submission written, from narrative to forms, at a published price per project. Choose Arphie if your sales and security teams mainly answer RFPs and security questionnaires from knowledge already in Google Drive, SharePoint or Confluence. Arphie publishes no price.
Choose Ziva if
A bid team answers public tenders and bespoke RFPs and needs the narrative, the buyer’s files and the presentation finished together.
Choose Arphie if
A software sales or security team answers recurring questionnaires and wants answers drawn live from its existing sales knowledge tools.
At a glance
Ziva and Arphie, fact by fact.
Every Arphie 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 | Arphie |
|---|---|---|
| Price model | ZivaOne published price per project. You choose how many new projects you open each month. | ArphieNot published. The website has no pricing page. Arphie homepage(opens in a new tab)Arphie pricing on G2(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Time to the first bid | ZivaNo library to build first. Upload past bids and documents as they are and start on a live tender, or on one you submitted before. | ArphieSwitching usually takes less than a week, with white-glove onboarding. Arphie features(opens in a new tab)Arphie 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. | ArphieNo. It works on RFPs and questionnaires you import. Arphie features(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Fills the buyer’s own Excel and Word files | ZivaYes. Ziva fills the buyer’s own Excel workbook in place and works inside their Word templates, keeping tabs, layout and formatting. | ArphieYes. Exports the completed RFP or questionnaire into the original Excel or Word document. Arphie features(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 Arphie falls short.
Taken from Arphie’s own pages and from public reviews, each with its source.
No public price
Arphie does not publish pricing on its website, and G2 notes that no pricing has been provided.
“Arphie has not provided pricing information”
Arphie pricing on G2(opens in a new tab)It starts once the RFP has arrived
The product works on documents you import. Finding and qualifying public tenders happens elsewhere.
Arphie features(opens in a new tab)Answers more than proposals
Arphie presents itself as knowledge agents for go-to-market teams. Writing a long-form tender proposal is not described on its feature page.
Arphie features(opens in a new tab)Arphie 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 Arphie does well
- Writes answers back into the buyer’s original Excel or Word document. Arphie features(opens in a new tab)
- Fast switching from older RFP tools, with hands-on onboarding. Arphie features(opens in a new tab)
- Live connections to knowledge tools such as Google Drive, SharePoint, Confluence and Notion, and an annual SOC 2 Type 2 audit. Arphie integrations(opens in a new tab)Arphie security(opens in a new tab)
Switching
Moving from Arphie 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.
- 3
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.
- 4
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 Arphie: straight answers.
Does Arphie 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.
Arphie pricing on G2(opens in a new tab)Do both fill the buyer’s original file?
Yes. Both return answers into the buyer’s Excel or Word document. Ziva also writes the long-form proposal and builds the pricing sheet and presentation.
Arphie features(opens in a new tab)Does Arphie 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.
Arphie features(opens in a new tab)Does Ziva charge per user?
No. Every Ziva plan includes unlimited users and unlimited company knowledge.
Sources and method
We read Arphie’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 Arphie 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.