Questionnaire automation · Checked 31 October 2026
SiftHub alternative: Ziva vs SiftHub (2026)
Choose Ziva if you bid on tenders and need the whole submission written, from the proposal to the buyer’s forms and presentation, at a published price per project. Choose SiftHub if your presales team wants one AI layer across RFPs, security questionnaires, live calls and sales collateral, and is ready to buy on a custom quote.
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 SiftHub if
A presales or sales engineering team wants RFP answering alongside in-call answers, battlecards and deal briefs from its sales tools.
At a glance
Ziva and SiftHub, fact by fact.
Every SiftHub 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 | SiftHub |
|---|---|---|
| Price model | ZivaOne published price per project. You choose how many new projects you open each month. | SiftHubCustom quote, tailored to team size and use cases. Usage is counted in transactions. SiftHub pricing(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Users included | ZivaUnlimited users and unlimited company knowledge in every plan. | SiftHubUnlimited guest users on the full platform; contributor seats are an add-on on the RFP Agent. SiftHub pricing(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Features by plan | ZivaThe same capabilities in every plan. Only the number of projects changes. | SiftHubThe RFP Agent limits active projects and storage, with SSO as an add-on. The full platform adds unlimited projects, SSO and the sales collateral tools. SiftHub pricing(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. | SiftHubMost teams go live within a week; enterprise rollouts typically take 1 to 3 weeks. SiftHub homepage(opens in a new tab)SiftHub pricing(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. | SiftHubNo. It works on RFPs and questionnaires your team receives. SiftHub homepage(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. | SiftHubYes. Completes RFPs in place in Excel, Word, Google Sheets and procurement portals, keeping the original structure. SiftHub AI RFP software(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. | SiftHubPartly. Deal-specific proposals, battlecards and technical briefs from verified sources. SiftHub homepage(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 SiftHub falls short.
Taken from SiftHub’s own pages and from public reviews, each with its source.
No public price
SiftHub publishes no prices. Both the RFP Agent and the full platform need a custom quote.
“SiftHub’s pricing is tailored to your team’s size and use cases.”
SiftHub pricing(opens in a new tab)Limits on the RFP Agent
The RFP-only option caps active projects and storage and sells contributor seats and SSO as add-ons.
SiftHub pricing(opens in a new tab)Built around the sales deal
SiftHub positions itself as deal orchestration for presales and revenue teams. Finding and qualifying public tenders is not described.
SiftHub 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 SiftHub does well
- Works inside the buyer’s Excel, Word and Google Sheets files and in procurement portals through add-ins and a browser extension. SiftHub AI RFP software(opens in a new tab)
- Broad connections to sales tools such as Salesforce, HubSpot, Gong, Highspot, Seismic, SharePoint and Confluence. SiftHub homepage(opens in a new tab)
- SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022 certified. SiftHub AI RFP software(opens in a new tab)SiftHub homepage(opens in a new tab)
Switching
Moving from SiftHub 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 SiftHub: straight answers.
Does SiftHub publish its prices?
No. Both options are priced by custom quote. Ziva starts at CHF 500 (EUR 550, USD 650) per month for one project, with unlimited users.
SiftHub pricing(opens in a new tab)Do both work in the buyer’s original file?
Yes. SiftHub completes RFPs in place in Excel, Word and portals. Ziva also writes the long-form proposal and builds the pricing sheet and presentation.
SiftHub AI RFP software(opens in a new tab)Does SiftHub 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.
SiftHub homepage(opens in a new tab)Does Ziva limit projects or seats by plan?
Every Ziva plan has unlimited users, unlimited company knowledge and the same capabilities. You choose how many new projects you open each month.
Sources and method
We read SiftHub’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 SiftHub 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.