Tender risk review · Checked 31 October 2026
TenderScan AI alternative: Ziva vs TenderScan AI (2026)
Choose Ziva if you need the tender qualified against your own evidence and then the full response written, with the buyer’s files finished. Choose TenderScan AI if you want a quick, one-off clause risk check on a contract or tender, at AED 99 per document with no subscription. It gives a verdict and a PDF report, not a submission.
Choose Ziva if
A bid team that needs the go or no-go decision and then the narrative, forms and pricing sheet produced in the buyer’s own files.
Choose TenderScan AI if
A UAE or GCC contractor that wants a fast second opinion on liquidated damages, bonds and payment terms before deciding to bid.
At a glance
Ziva and TenderScan AI, fact by fact.
Every TenderScan AI 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 | TenderScan AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price model | ZivaOne published price per project. You choose how many new projects you open each month. | TenderScan AIPay per analysed document. No subscription and no credit packs. TenderScan AI pricing(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Published entry price | ZivaCHF 500 (EUR 550, USD 650) per month for one project, falling to CHF 400 per project at 20 a month. Annual billing saves 10%. | TenderScan AIAED 99 per decision, with a launch offer of AED 10 for one analysis. Enterprise volumes on request. TenderScan AI pricing(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. | TenderScan AINo free trial of the analysis; the launch offer prices one analysis at AED 10. 27 free calculators and checklists need no signup. TenderScan AI pricing(opens in a new tab)TenderScan AI 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. | TenderScan AIUpload a PDF of up to 100 pages and get a verdict in about 30 seconds. TenderScan AI homepage(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. | TenderScan AINo. A UAE tender directory profiles issuing entities, but you upload the tender yourself. TenderScan AI UAE tender directory(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. | TenderScan AINo. Output is a GO / NO-GO / NEGOTIATE verdict, clause-by-clause findings and a PDF report. TenderScan AI homepage(opens in a new tab)TenderScan AI pricing(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Languages | ZivaDrafts and answers in more than 100 languages. | TenderScan AI35+ languages auto-detected in uploaded documents. TenderScan AI pricing(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
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In their own words
Where TenderScan AI falls short.
Taken from TenderScan AI’s own pages and from public reviews, each with its source.
It stops at the verdict
TenderScan AI reviews risk in the document you upload. Writing the response, forms or pricing is not part of the product.
TenderScan AI homepage(opens in a new tab)TenderScan AI tender document check(opens in a new tab)Priced per document
Each analysis is a separate purchase at AED 99, so a team reviewing many tenders and amendments pays for each one.
TenderScan AI pricing(opens in a new tab)Built around the UAE
Its tender directory and free tools are aimed at UAE contractors and entities such as DEWA, RTA and ADNOC.
TenderScan AI UAE tender directory(opens in a new tab)TenderScan AI 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 TenderScan AI does well
- Very fast, low-cost clause risk review with page and clause citations. TenderScan AI homepage(opens in a new tab)
- Construction-specific checks: liquidated damages caps, bonds, retention and FIDIC terms. TenderScan AI tender document check(opens in a new tab)
- No subscription; buy one analysis at a time. TenderScan AI pricing(opens in a new tab)
Switching
Moving from TenderScan AI 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 TenderScan AI: straight answers.
How much does TenderScan AI cost?
AED 99 per analysed document, with a launch offer of AED 10 for one analysis and no subscription. Ziva is priced per project, from CHF 500 a month for one project with unlimited users.
TenderScan AI pricing(opens in a new tab)Does TenderScan AI write tender responses?
No. It returns a bid or pass verdict and a risk report. Ziva qualifies the tender against your evidence and drafts the full response in the buyer’s files.
TenderScan AI homepage(opens in a new tab)TenderScan AI tender document check(opens in a new tab)Can I use both?
Yes. A specialist contract risk check can sit beside Ziva, which then carries the bid through to finished submission files.
TenderScan AI tender document check(opens in a new tab)Sources and method
We read TenderScan AI’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 TenderScan AI 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.