Public sector sales intelligence · Checked 31 October 2026
Stotles alternative: Zephior vs Stotles (2026)
Choose Zephior if you want free tender search and then the whole submission produced, with the buyer’s forms and template finished. Choose Stotles if you sell to the UK public sector and want early buyer signals, expiring contracts and framework intelligence, with Bid Studio for bid/no-bid and first drafts from £495 a month. Its drafts are a starting point that your team refines.
Choose Zephior if
A bid team that wants to find tenders for free and have Ziva draft the response, fill the buyer’s files and assemble the package.
Choose Stotles if
A public sector sales team that wants pre-tender signals, buyer contacts and framework intelligence alongside a shared bid hub.
At a glance
Zephior and Stotles, fact by fact.
Every Stotles 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 | Stotles |
|---|---|---|
| Price model | ZephiorOne published price per project. You choose how many new projects you open each month. | StotlesTwo products, Sales Studio and Bid Studio, each with a free plan, a Growth plan and custom Expert pricing. A bundle is available. Stotles 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%. | StotlesBid Studio Growth from £495 a month. Sales Studio Growth from £475 a month. Bundle Growth from £873 a month. Stotles 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. | StotlesBid Studio Growth includes 15 AI bid/no-bid reports and 5 bid projects a month. Unlimited projects need Expert. Stotles 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. | StotlesFree plans; Bid Studio Free includes 3 AI bid/no-bid reports. No trial of paid plans is described. Stotles 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. | StotlesYes, with a free plan for tender tracking and pre-tenders. Expiring contracts and buyer profiles are paid. Stotles 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. | StotlesPartly. A tailored first draft for you to refine. Filling buyer forms and Word export are not described. Stotles Bid Studio(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
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In their own words
Where Stotles falls short.
Taken from Stotles’s own pages and from public reviews, each with its source.
Five bid projects a month on Growth
Bid Studio Growth caps work at 15 AI reports and 5 bid projects a month. Unlimited projects are on the custom Expert plan.
Stotles pricing(opens in a new tab)A first draft, then your team writes
Stotles positions its AI output as a first draft to refine, not a finished submission in the buyer’s files.
“so you can refine, not write from scratch”
Stotles Bid Studio(opens in a new tab)Two products to buy
Market intelligence and bid work are separate studios with separate prices, or a bundle from £873 a month.
Stotles 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 Stotles does well
- Pre-tender signals, expiring contracts and framework intelligence. Stotles pricing(opens in a new tab)
- Free plans for tender tracking and a few bid/no-bid reports. Stotles pricing(opens in a new tab)
- Bid/no-bid reports that pull out criteria, budget limits and compliance needs. Stotles Bid Studio(opens in a new tab)
Switching
Moving from Stotles 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 Stotles: straight answers.
Is Zephior’s tender search free?
Yes. The public tender directory on zephior.com/tenders is free to browse, without an account. Stotles also has a free tracking plan, with buyer and expiry intelligence on paid plans.
Stotles pricing(opens in a new tab)Does Stotles write bids?
Bid Studio generates a first draft for your team to refine. Ziva drafts the response, fills the buyer’s forms and assembles the full package.
Stotles Bid Studio(opens in a new tab)How many bids can I run?
Stotles Bid Studio Growth includes 5 bid projects a month. Ziva charges per project, so you choose how many new projects you open each month.
Stotles pricing(opens in a new tab)Sources and method
We read Stotles’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 Stotles 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.