Questionnaire automation · Checked 31 October 2026
Steerlab alternative: Ziva vs Steerlab (2026)
Choose Ziva if you bid on tenders and need the whole submission written, from the proposal to the buyer’s own forms and presentation, at a published price per project. Choose Steerlab if your presales, proposal and security teams answer RFPs and security questionnaires and want win-probability and competitor-bias signals alongside the answers. Steerlab publishes no price after the free first questionnaire.
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 Steerlab if
A presales or security team in Europe answers recurring questionnaires and wants answer automation with win insights and EU data storage.
At a glance
Ziva and Steerlab, fact by fact.
Every Steerlab 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 | Steerlab |
|---|---|---|
| Price model | ZivaOne published price per project. You choose how many new projects you open each month. | SteerlabNot published. The website has no pricing page. Steerlab homepage(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. | SteerlabThe first RFP or questionnaire is free, no credit card required. Steerlab start for free(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. | SteerlabNo. It works on RFIs, RFPs and questionnaires your team receives. Steerlab 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. | SteerlabNot described on its homepage or features page. Steerlab homepage(opens in a new tab)Steerlab features(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Hosting | ZivaCloud hosting in Switzerland, the EU or the US. | SteerlabAWS regions in Europe, replicated within Europe. SOC 2 assessed. Steerlab security(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 Steerlab falls short.
Taken from Steerlab’s own pages and from public reviews, each with its source.
No public price
Steerlab has no pricing page. After the free first questionnaire, the cost is set in a sales conversation.
Steerlab homepage(opens in a new tab)It starts once the RFP has arrived
The product answers RFIs, RFPs and security questionnaires you receive. Finding public tenders happens elsewhere.
Steerlab homepage(opens in a new tab)Answers more than proposals
The site describes generating responses and insights. Writing a long-form tender proposal in the buyer’s template is not described.
Steerlab homepage(opens in a new tab)Steerlab features(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 Steerlab does well
- A first RFP or questionnaire free, without a card. Steerlab start for free(opens in a new tab)
- Win probability and competitor-bias detection alongside the answers. Steerlab features(opens in a new tab)
- Data stored in Europe and a SOC 2 assessment across all five trust criteria. Steerlab security(opens in a new tab)
Switching
Moving from Steerlab 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.
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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 Steerlab: straight answers.
Does Steerlab publish its prices?
No. Ziva does: from CHF 500 (EUR 550, USD 650) per month for one project, with unlimited users and the same capabilities in every plan.
Steerlab homepage(opens in a new tab)Can I try both on a real tender?
Steerlab does your first RFP or questionnaire free. Ziva starts paid with a first-month money-back right, so you can run a full bid and ask for a refund within the first month.
Steerlab start for free(opens in a new tab)Where is my data hosted?
Steerlab stores data in AWS regions in Europe. Ziva offers cloud hosting in Switzerland, the EU or the US.
Steerlab security(opens in a new tab)Does Steerlab 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.
Steerlab homepage(opens in a new tab)Sources and method
We read Steerlab’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 Steerlab 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.