Tender search and bidding · Checked 31 October 2026
Tendium alternative: Zephior vs Tendium (2026)
Choose Zephior if you want to browse tenders for free and pay a published price per project for the bid itself, with the buyer’s files finished and a bid team on call. Choose Tendium if you want monitoring, tender documents and award data in one subscription from EUR 125 a month, and can buy its bid writing on a quoted plan.
Choose Zephior if
You want free search, a public price for bid work, the buyer’s forms and template completed, and help from bid professionals when a deadline is tight.
Choose Tendium if
You want a monitoring feed with tender documents and award data, and are comfortable with sales-led pricing for the bidding tools.
At a glance
Zephior and Tendium, fact by fact.
Every Tendium 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 | Tendium |
|---|---|---|
| Price model | ZephiorOne published price per project. You choose how many new projects you open each month. | TendiumLight has a published starting price. Core and Scale are quoted and scale with bids per year. Tendium 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%. | TendiumLight from EUR 125 a month: search, AI summaries, documents, updates and awards. Tendium pricing(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Users included | ZephiorUnlimited users and unlimited company knowledge in every plan. | TendiumUnlimited users on every plan. Tendium 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. | TendiumThe bid workspace, writing assistant and content library start at Core, which has no public price. Intelligence is an add-on. Tendium pricing(opens in a new tab)Tendium Bid Studio(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Time to the first bid | ZephiorNo library to build first. Upload past bids and documents as they are and start on a live tender, or on one you submitted before. | TendiumSelf service on Light, personal onboarding on Core, custom on Scale. Tendium 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. | TendiumPaid. Claims coverage of public tenders across Europe from 28,000 sources. Tendium coverage(opens in a new tab)Tendium homepage(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Fills the buyer’s own Excel and Word files | ZephiorYes. Ziva fills the buyer’s own Excel workbook in place and works inside their Word templates, keeping tabs, layout and formatting. | TendiumPre-fills Word and Excel forms from company data, in Core and above. Tendium Bid Studio(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. | TendiumIts assistant drafts bid responses for review, in Core and above. Tendium Bid Studio(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
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In their own words
Where Tendium falls short.
Taken from Tendium’s own pages and from public reviews, each with its source.
Bid writing has no public price
Writing tools start at Core, and Core and Scale are quoted. Only the search plan has a price on the page.
Tendium pricing(opens in a new tab)Intelligence is an unpriced add-on
The Intelligence add-on is listed without a price or terms.
Tendium pricing(opens in a new tab)Few independent reviews
We found one review on G2 and none on Capterra.
Tendium reviews on G2(opens in a new tab)Tendium on Capterra(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 Tendium does well
- Unlimited users on every plan. Tendium pricing(opens in a new tab)
- Search inside tender documents, with updates and award decisions. Tendium Find(opens in a new tab)
- Drafting and form filling inside Word and Excel. Tendium Bid Studio(opens in a new tab)
Switching
Moving from Tendium 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 Tendium: straight answers.
Is Zephior’s tender search free?
Yes. The public tender directory on zephior.com/tenders is free to browse, without an account. Tendium’s entry plan for search starts at EUR 125 a month.
Tendium pricing(opens in a new tab)Does Tendium publish a price for bid writing?
No. Its writing tools are in Core and Scale, which are quoted. Ziva Projects starts at CHF 500 (EUR 550) per month for one project, with every capability included.
Tendium pricing(opens in a new tab)Do both include unlimited users?
Yes. Ziva also includes unlimited company knowledge in every plan.
Tendium pricing(opens in a new tab)Can Ziva fill the buyer’s own forms?
Yes. Ziva fills the buyer’s Excel forms and price sheets in place and writes inside their Word templates.
Does Zephior offer managed bid help?
Yes. Our Zelius bid team can take on a tender with you, scoped per bid.
Sources and method
We read Tendium’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 Tendium 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.