Tender search · Checked 31 October 2026
Sorsera alternative: Zephior vs Sorsera (2026)
Choose Zephior if you want free tender search and then the response written, with the buyer’s forms and template finished. Choose Sorsera if you bid in the Baltics or across the EU via TED and want monitoring, requirement extraction and a team bid board, from EUR 129 a month with a free tier. Sorsera’s AI drafts tenders for buyers, not responses for suppliers.
Choose Zephior if
A team that wants to find tenders for free and have Ziva draft the response, fill the buyer’s files and assemble the package.
Choose Sorsera if
A Baltic supplier, or a buyer publishing its own tenders, that wants monitoring, requirement checklists and partner search in one tool.
At a glance
Zephior and Sorsera, fact by fact.
Every Sorsera 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 | Zephior | Sorsera |
|---|---|---|
| Price model | ZephiorOne published price per project. You choose how many new projects you open each month. | SorseraMonthly plans with AI credits and monitoring profiles. A free plan with no time limit. Sorsera pricing(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Published entry price | ZephiorCHF 500 (EUR 550, USD 650) per month for one project, falling to CHF 400 per project at 20 a month. Annual billing saves 10%. | SorseraPro EUR 129, Team EUR 239, Business EUR 379 a month, excluding VAT. Annual billing gives two months free. Sorsera pricing(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Users included | ZephiorUnlimited users and unlimited company knowledge in every plan. | SorseraUnlimited users on every plan, including Free. Sorsera pricing(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Features by plan | ZephiorThe same capabilities in every plan. Only the number of projects changes. | SorseraFree has search. Pro adds the bid workspace and alerts; Team adds AI pre-analysis and tasks. Sorsera pricing(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Trying it first | ZephiorStart paid, with a first-month money-back right: ask for a refund within the first month and you get the full amount back. | SorseraFree plan without a card, and a 14-day trial of the paid plans. Sorsera pricing(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Public tender search | ZephiorYes. 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. | SorseraYes, with a free plan. Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and EU-wide TED, plus national portals. Sorsera homepage(opens in a new tab)Sorsera pricing(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Full proposal package | ZephiorYes. Proposal, forms, pricing sheet and presentation as finished Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files. | SorseraNo. Requirement extraction, a document checklist and a compliance check. Bid text is not drafted. Sorsera homepage(opens in a new tab)Sorsera pricing(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
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In their own words
Where Sorsera falls short.
Taken from Sorsera’s own pages and from public reviews, each with its source.
It does not write the response
Sorsera’s AI extracts requirements and checks compliance for suppliers. Its drafting feature writes tenders for buyers, not bids.
Sorsera pricing(opens in a new tab)Sorsera homepage(opens in a new tab)AI work runs on credits
Each plan has a monthly AI credit allowance, from 100 on Free to 5,000 on Business.
Sorsera pricing(opens in a new tab)
Where Zephior goes further
What changes for your bid team.
Free search, then the bid
The public tender directory on zephior.com/tenders is free to browse without an account. When a tender fits, Ziva reads the full tender package and drafts the response.
Qualification on the documents
Before you commit a team, Ziva reads the tender documents against what your company can prove and shows where you are strong, where you are exposed and what only you can answer.
The submission files, finished
Ziva fills the buyer’s own Excel forms and price sheets, writes the proposal in their Word template and assembles the package as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files.
A bid team when you need one
Our Zelius bid team can take on a tender with you in the same workspace, scoped per bid.
What Sorsera does well
- A free plan with no time limit and unlimited users on every plan. Sorsera pricing(opens in a new tab)
- Requirements linked to their source page, with a compliance check. Sorsera homepage(opens in a new tab)
- Winner, contract price and buyer history data, plus tools for buyers. Sorsera homepage(opens in a new tab)
Switching
Moving from Sorsera to Zephior.
- 1
Search the same market for free
Open zephior.com/tenders and search the countries and categories you monitor today. No account is needed to browse.
- 2
Take one tender into a bid
Pick a live tender, upload its documents and a few past bids into a Ziva project, and let Ziva qualify it and draft the response.
- 3
Measure the work left over
Measure what is left for your team: the forms, the price sheet and the proposal. That is where a bid is won or lost.
- 4
Decide on evidence
Each Ziva product has a first-month money-back right, so you can test it on a real bid before you change anything else.
Questions
Zephior vs Sorsera: straight answers.
Is Zephior’s tender search free?
Yes. The public tender directory on zephior.com/tenders is free to browse, without an account. Sorsera also has a free plan, with paid plans from EUR 129 a month.
Sorsera pricing(opens in a new tab)Does Sorsera write bids?
No. It extracts requirements, builds checklists and checks compliance. Ziva drafts the response, fills the buyer’s forms and assembles the package.
Sorsera pricing(opens in a new tab)Sorsera homepage(opens in a new tab)Which countries does Sorsera cover?
Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, plus EU-wide tenders from TED. Ziva works on tenders in more than 100 languages.
Sorsera homepage(opens in a new tab)Sources and method
We read Sorsera’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 Sorsera 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.