Zephior vs Hudson / Together
Put the production agent alongside your team.
Choose Ziva when you want your team to direct original-file production and revisions with reusable company instructions. She can carry the recurring document work, with Zelius available for a separately scoped preparation mandate. Hudson’s current Together offer combines proposal services, libraries and AI-enabled tools for teams choosing that external delivery model.
Where Ziva makes the difference
Get more of the work off your team’s desk.
Have Ziva perform the file changes
Ask her to complete the original workbook, restructure the methodology and prepare annexes or slides. She can change calculations, tables and layout. Your team can hand the production assignment to the product instead of implementing every change identified in an advisory or review session.
Retain company standards in the working context
Ziva keeps terminology, document conventions and repeatable preparation instructions across assignments. Source-scoped access, current reviewer context and accepted file history support controlled correction. The company can reuse its method as well as its previous content.
Compare the right level of service
Together’s expert-support route and its full outsourcing offer have different responsibilities. Zelius can separately carry agreed preparation when you want that external outcome. Compare like-for-like work, rather than treat access to advice or AI tools as proof that the whole package is produced for you.
Where each fits
Start with the job you need done.
Consider Hudson / Together for
Organizations seeking proposal consultancy for US and international public or commercial work.
Choose Zephior for
Suppliers seeking independent software or agreed preparation with an external tender partner.
The current brand is Together
The site builds on Hudson’s proposal-services business.
Hudson current Together brand and proposal consultancy(opens in a new tab)The services span the process
Opportunity qualification, management, writing and submission support are described.
Together current management, writing, AI and libraries(opens in a new tab)Technology and knowledge are included
AI tools and structured proposal libraries support delivery.
Together current management, writing, AI and libraries(opens in a new tab)Across the bid lifecycle
Follow the work, stage by stage.
Compare the published scope with the work your team needs. A capability to verify is an evaluation question, rather than proof a product cannot do it.
Discover
Find the next opportunityOpportunity identification is part of the service proposition. Agree recurring monitoring sources.
Together current management, writing, AI and libraries(opens in a new tab)Search supported public procurement markets with Discover and receive company-specific monitoring through Intelligence.
Qualify
Decide where to investBid/no-bid, risk and compliance-gap work support selection.
Together current management, writing, AI and libraries(opens in a new tab)Assess relevance, requirements and evidence gaps. A preliminary Intelligence recommendation is distinct from a complete tender-document audit.
Pursue
Shape the bid strategyCapture strategy, stakeholder coordination and planning support pursuit.
Together current management, writing, AI and libraries(opens in a new tab)Bring in Zelius for pursuit sparring, bid strategy, specialist coordination and a scoped delivery plan.
Remember
Reuse company evidenceStructured proposal libraries and company evidence inform responses.
Together current management, writing, AI and libraries(opens in a new tab)Turn existing documents and diagrams into reusable company evidence. Select the sources for each bid, review proposed knowledge changes and carry company terminology and working instructions into later assignments.
Respond
Produce the actual filesWriting, review, design and AI-enabled tools support production.
Together current management, writing, AI and libraries(opens in a new tab)Give Ziva the buyer’s original files and the outcome. She can fill workbook cells, revise document content and layout, build calculations and prepare related Word, Excel, PDF and presentation deliverables.
Review and deliver
Move to approved outputFinal submission management is described. Confirm customer approval, authority and proof of completion.
Together current management, writing, AI and libraries(opens in a new tab)Keep source-scoped reviewers, comments and accepted document history beside production. Review and restore prior accepted versions. Zelius can handle separately agreed submission work with customer approval and authority.
Zephior combines separately purchasable software and managed services. Customer decisions, declarations, pricing and final approval remain with the customer. Product access and service scope follow the chosen plan and agreement.
Pricing and ownership
Price the work completed, not just the subscription.
Hudson / Together
The reviewed pages lead to a consultation; no universal numerical current fee was verified. Quote full proposal preparation separately from askabidwriter.com Premium, where the customer retains writing responsibility. Confirm the named delivery team, file scope, review rounds, turnaround, portal actions and term.
Together current management, writing, AI and libraries(opens in a new tab)Together expert review while the customer writes(opens in a new tab)Zephior
Projects starts at CHF 500 per month for one Project Key, with unlimited users and company knowledge within one organization. Independent Intelligence starts at CHF 199 per month for one country. New software access starts paid with the published first-month money-back conditions. Zelius services have their own agreed scope and fees.
See current Zephior pricing ↗Compare the exact managed mandate, or the exact support subscription, without blending their responsibilities.
Published prices are starting points, not like-for-like quotes. Confirm currency, taxes, billing period, scope and current terms with each provider.
Make the evaluation useful
Bring a tender your team knows.
Use a past submitted tender as a benchmark, or a suitable live package. Compare the evidence, the final output and the work left for your team.
Choose the service model
Decide whether your team writes or commissions complete preparation.
Check jurisdiction and specialists
Name the actual market, contract vehicle, language and specialist review required.
Inspect evidence and files
Trace a claim and review narrative, workbook and annexes together.
Agree the completion boundary
State customer facts, price approval, portal authority, revisions and reusable handover.
Questions before you choose
A closer look.
Is Hudson still presented only under the Succeed name?
The reviewed current site presents Together: The Hudson Collective.
Hudson current Together brand and proposal consultancy(opens in a new tab)Does expert support mean someone else writes the whole bid?
Not necessarily. The separate Premium support page says customers write their proposals with expert review and guidance.
Together expert review while the customer writes(opens in a new tab)Sources and comparison method
Reviewed 19 October 2026. Competitor descriptions use the official product and pricing sources below. These are published capabilities, not results from a controlled product trial. Zephior publishes this comparison and has a commercial interest in your choice. Workflow recommendations are our assessment.
- Hudson current Together brand and proposal consultancy ↗(opens in a new tab)
- Together current management, writing, AI and libraries ↗(opens in a new tab)
- Together expert review while the customer writes ↗(opens in a new tab)
For Zephior’s current offer, see Ziva, Zelius and pricing. Ask us to demonstrate any requirement that is essential to your decision.
Your next opportunity
Bring the work.
See how far Zephior takes it.
Discuss your markets, a representative tender and the parts your team wants to hand over.