Proposal writing · Checked 31 October 2026
Proposit alternative: Ziva vs Proposit (2026)
Choose Ziva if you need a tool you can start on today that fills the buyer’s forms and produces the full package, at a published price per project with unlimited users. Choose Proposit if you are a small business without a proposal team, can wait for a waitlist seat, and want requirement coverage and sourced drafts for USD 249 a month after three free months.
Choose Ziva if
A team with live tenders that needs the buyer’s Excel and Word files finished and the whole submission assembled.
Choose Proposit if
A small trades, facilities or IT services firm that bids now and then, has no proposal team and can join a waitlist.
At a glance
Ziva and Proposit, fact by fact.
Every Proposit 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 | Proposit |
|---|---|---|
| Price model | ZivaOne published price per project. You choose how many new projects you open each month. | PropositOne plan for one team, not priced per seat. Proposit pricing(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Published entry price | ZivaCHF 500 (EUR 550, USD 650) per month for one project, falling to CHF 400 per project at 20 a month. Annual billing saves 10%. | PropositUSD 249 a month. Proposit pricing(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. | PropositFree for the first 3 months for early-access seats, given out first come, first served from a waitlist. Proposit pricing(opens in a new tab)Proposit homepage(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. | PropositNo integration or onboarding project; start from the files you already have. Proposit FAQ(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. | PropositNo. It works from documents you upload. Proposit FAQ(opens in a new tab)Proposit 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. | PropositNot described. Drafted answers in its editor, exported when ready; formats not named. Proposit homepage(opens in a new tab)Proposit FAQ(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
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In their own words
Where Proposit falls short.
Taken from Proposit’s own pages and from public reviews, each with its source.
Access by waitlist
Proposit opens access in waves, and free seats are strictly limited.
Proposit homepage(opens in a new tab)Proposit pricing(opens in a new tab)No export formats named
The site says a finished response can be exported but does not say in which formats, or whether the buyer’s own forms are filled.
Proposit homepage(opens in a new tab)Proposit FAQ(opens in a new tab)No security or hosting detail
The homepage and FAQ say nothing about where data is hosted or how it is secured.
Proposit homepage(opens in a new tab)Proposit FAQ(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 Proposit does well
- A bid/no-bid check against your files before you start drafting. Proposit homepage(opens in a new tab)
- Each requirement marked covered, missing or still to write, with the source shown for each line. Proposit homepage(opens in a new tab)
- A flat team price rather than per-seat contracts. Proposit pricing(opens in a new tab)
Switching
Moving from Proposit 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 Proposit: straight answers.
How much does Proposit cost?
USD 249 a month for one team, free for the first three months on an early-access seat. Ziva starts at USD 650 (CHF 500) per month for one project, with unlimited users.
Proposit pricing(opens in a new tab)Can I start with Proposit today?
Access opens in waves from a waitlist. Ziva is available now, with a first-month money-back right.
Proposit homepage(opens in a new tab)Proposit pricing(opens in a new tab)Do both show where an answer comes from?
Yes. Proposit shows the source for each line; Ziva cites the documents behind each answer with a confidence score.
Proposit homepage(opens in a new tab)Sources and method
We read Proposit’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 Proposit 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.