Enterprise deals · Checked 31 October 2026
Ombud alternative: Ziva vs Ombud (2026)
Choose Ziva if you answer tenders and RFPs and need the proposal, the buyer’s files and the presentation finished, at a published price per project. Choose Ombud if your pre-sales team wants one platform for sales engineering work, such as demo scripts and technical assessments, alongside RFP and security questionnaire responses. Ombud publishes no price.
Choose Ziva if
A bid team that answers public tenders and bespoke RFPs and needs the buyer’s own files and the full package finished.
Choose Ombud if
An enterprise software pre-sales team that wants sales engineering and response management in one Salesforce-connected platform.
At a glance
Ziva and Ombud, fact by fact.
Every Ombud 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 | Ombud |
|---|---|---|
| Price model | ZivaOne published price per project. You choose how many new projects you open each month. | OmbudNot published. The website offers a demo request. Ombud homepage(opens in a new tab)Ombud product overview(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. | OmbudDemo on request. No free trial is described. Ombud 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. | OmbudNo. It works on RFPs, RFIs, DDQs and questionnaires your team receives. Ombud product overview(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. | OmbudExports to Excel, Word and PDF. Filling the buyer’s original file in place is not described. Ombud product overview(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. | OmbudPartly. Covers RFP responses, proposals, SOWs, security questionnaires and client presentations. Ombud homepage(opens in a new tab)Ombud product overview(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 Ombud falls short.
Taken from Ombud’s own pages and from public reviews, each with its source.
No public price
Neither the homepage nor the product overview gives a price; the route is a demo request.
Ombud homepage(opens in a new tab)Ombud product overview(opens in a new tab)Built around pre-sales
Ombud presents itself as a RevOps platform, with response management as one of two assistants next to sales engineering.
“The Orchestrated RevOps Platform”
Ombud homepage(opens in a new tab)It starts once the request has arrived
The product manages requests your team receives. Finding and qualifying public tenders happens elsewhere.
Ombud product overview(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 Ombud does well
- Covers a wide range of documents: RFPs, RFIs, DDQs, security questionnaires, proposals and SOWs. Ombud product overview(opens in a new tab)
- A recommendation engine that surfaces current approved answers, and a live web view for sharing responses. Ombud product overview(opens in a new tab)
- Enterprise references such as UKG, Rapid7 and Anaplan, with Salesforce and SAML single sign-on. Ombud homepage(opens in a new tab)Ombud product overview(opens in a new tab)
Switching
Moving from Ombud 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 Ombud: straight answers.
Does Ombud 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.
Ombud homepage(opens in a new tab)Does Ombud fill the buyer’s own Excel or Word file?
Ombud exports to Excel, Word and PDF. Ziva fills the buyer’s own workbook in place and writes inside their Word template.
Ombud product overview(opens in a new tab)Does Ombud 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.
Ombud product overview(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 Ombud’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 Ombud 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.