Enterprise deals · Checked 31 October 2026
Realm alternative: Ziva vs Realm (2026)
Choose Ziva if you need the whole submission produced, from narrative to pricing sheet and presentation, at a published price per project. Choose Realm if your revenue team wants one AI workspace for RFP answers, security questionnaires and other sales work such as business cases and call follow-ups, connected to many knowledge tools. Realm publishes no prices for its four tiers.
Choose Ziva if
A bid team that wants the proposal, the buyer’s files and the presentation finished together, with a price it can see upfront.
Choose Realm if
A B2B software revenue team that answers RFPs and questionnaires and also wants agents for sales tasks across its CRM and knowledge tools.
At a glance
Ziva and Realm, fact by fact.
Every Realm 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 | Realm |
|---|---|---|
| Price model | ZivaOne published price per project. You choose how many new projects you open each month. | RealmFour tiers by team size and RFP volume. Prices are not published. Realm RFP software(opens in a new tab)Realm pricing page (returns not found)(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. | RealmDemo on request. No free trial is described. Realm 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. | RealmImplementation in under 24 hours. Realm RFP software(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. | RealmYes. Sources procurements globally and gives a go/no-go recommendation. Realm homepage(opens in a new tab)Realm RFP software(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. | RealmYes. Imports Excel, CSV, PDF and Word and exports in the format received. Realm RFP software(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Languages | ZivaDrafts and answers in more than 100 languages. | RealmMore than 100 languages, with two-way translation. Realm RFP software(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
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In their own words
Where Realm falls short.
Taken from Realm’s own pages and from public reviews, each with its source.
No public price
Realm describes four tiers but publishes no figures, and its pricing page returns a not-found error.
Realm RFP software(opens in a new tab)Realm pricing page (returns not found)(opens in a new tab)Answers more than proposals
The product centres on drafting RFP answers and questionnaires. Building a pricing workbook or presentation is not described.
Realm RFP software(opens in a new tab)Realm 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 Realm does well
- Returns answers in the buyer’s original document layout, across Excel, Word, PDF and CSV. Realm RFP software(opens in a new tab)
- Fast start: implementation in under 24 hours, and drafts without library maintenance per a customer story. Realm RFP software(opens in a new tab)Realm homepage(opens in a new tab)
- ISO 27001 certified, with GDPR and HIPAA compliance and many knowledge connectors. Realm homepage(opens in a new tab)Realm RFP software(opens in a new tab)
Switching
Moving from Realm 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 Realm: straight answers.
Does Realm publish its prices?
No. It names four tiers by team size and RFP volume. Ziva starts at CHF 500 (USD 650) per month for one project, with unlimited users.
Realm RFP software(opens in a new tab)Do both return the buyer’s original file?
Yes. Both export in the buyer’s format. Ziva also writes the long-form proposal and builds the pricing sheet and presentation.
Realm RFP software(opens in a new tab)Do both help find tenders?
Yes. Realm sources procurements with a go/no-go score. Zephior’s public tender directory on zephior.com/tenders is free to browse without an account.
Realm homepage(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 Realm’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 Realm 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.