Zephior vs Tendly
Choose the work Ziva can perform in the files.
Choose Ziva when you want flexible document production under your own team’s direction, with Zelius available for separately scoped preparation. Tendly already combines software and expert bid services. The useful distinction is the product assignment and actual managed mandate, not human support versus no support.
Where Ziva makes the difference
Get more of the work off your team’s desk.
Delegate the original-file changes to the product
Ziva can complete the buyer workbook, revise the methodology and build supporting slides or annexes. She can change formulas, tables and layout directly. Your team can use the agent to perform the work, rather than buy a service simply to move draft text into the response package.
Reuse your method across later opportunities
Retain company terminology, formatting rules and recurring preparation instructions with Ziva. Combine them with selected evidence and guidance for the current buyer. The result is less repeated briefing and more of the company’s working method available in the next bid.
Keep the product and expert mandates clear
Source-scoped review and accepted document versions support the company team’s production. Zelius can separately carry agreed preparation. Compare that scope with Tendly Strategist’s actual technical, commercial and qualification work, including the full subscription and success-linked commitment.
Where each fits
Start with the job you need done.
Consider Tendly for
Teams seeking cross-market intelligence, AI response tools and a recurring tender-expert service.
Choose Zephior for
Suppliers choosing independent software purchases or a scoped external partner for selected bids.
The service includes prepared bids
Strategist experts assess opportunities and prepare technical, commercial and qualification documents.
Tendly Strategist preparation and success-fee terms(opens in a new tab)Software also produces responses
Document generation and review extend beyond discovery.
Tendly document generation(opens in a new tab)Human support has explicit commercial terms
Strategist combines a recurring subscription with an agreed winning-bid percentage.
Tendly Strategist preparation and success-fee terms(opens in a new tab)Across the bid lifecycle
Follow the work, stage by stage.
Compare the published scope with the work your team needs. A capability to verify is an evaluation question, rather than proof a product cannot do it.
Discover
Find the next opportunityMatching covers the advertised market set and company profile. Verify the specific buyer sources.
Tendly current market and workflow scope(opens in a new tab)Search supported public procurement markets with Discover and receive company-specific monitoring through Intelligence.
Qualify
Decide where to investRequirements, risk and gain assessments inform bid selection.
Tendly Strategist preparation and success-fee terms(opens in a new tab)Assess relevance, requirements and evidence gaps. A preliminary Intelligence recommendation is distinct from a complete tender-document audit.
Pursue
Shape the bid strategyExperts provide pursuit and bid-strategy guidance.
Tendly Strategist preparation and success-fee terms(opens in a new tab)Bring in Zelius for pursuit sparring, bid strategy, specialist coordination and a scoped delivery plan.
Remember
Reuse company evidenceCompany details and tender context inform generated responses.
Tendly document generation(opens in a new tab)Turn existing documents and diagrams into reusable company evidence. Select the sources for each bid, review proposed knowledge changes and carry company terminology and working instructions into later assignments.
Respond
Produce the actual filesSoftware and expert preparation cover technical and commercial documents.
Tendly document generation(opens in a new tab)Tendly Strategist preparation and success-fee terms(opens in a new tab)Give Ziva the buyer’s original files and the outcome. She can fill workbook cells, revise document content and layout, build calculations and prepare related Word, Excel, PDF and presentation deliverables.
Review and deliver
Move to approved outputThe bidder reviews, signs and approves; clarify the exact portal action in the agreement.
Tendly Strategist preparation and success-fee terms(opens in a new tab)Keep source-scoped reviewers, comments and accepted document history beside production. Review and restore prior accepted versions. Zelius can handle separately agreed submission work with customer approval and authority.
Zephior combines separately purchasable software and managed services. Customer decisions, declarations, pricing and final approval remain with the customer. Product access and service scope follow the chosen plan and agreement.
Pricing and ownership
Price the work completed, not just the subscription.
Tendly
Tendly lists Free with 20 one-time credits, Professional €29 and Enterprise €149 monthly. Strategist is €199 monthly plus a success fee agreed in writing before work starts. Paid software allowances are 200 or 400 monthly credits; purchased credit packs do not expire, while plan credits reset. Seven-day paid-plan trials are advertised. Confirm term, tax, service capacity and success-fee conditions.
Tendly current software plans and credits(opens in a new tab)Tendly Strategist preparation and success-fee terms(opens in a new tab)Zephior
Projects starts at CHF 500 per month for one Project Key, with unlimited users and company knowledge within one organization. Independent Intelligence starts at CHF 199 per month for one country. New software access starts paid with the published first-month money-back conditions. Zelius services have their own agreed scope and fees.
See current Zephior pricing ↗Compare the complete software or managed agreement, including usage, required work and contingent fees.
Published prices are starting points, not like-for-like quotes. Confirm currency, taxes, billing period, scope and current terms with each provider.
Make the evaluation useful
Bring a tender your team knows.
Use a past submitted tender as a benchmark, or a suitable live package. Compare the evidence, the final output and the work left for your team.
Choose the same opportunity
Ask both services to specify the files, specialist inputs and preparation they will deliver.
Inspect a qualification gap
Trace the requirement and the action to obtain proof before the offer is approved.
Review the commercial terms
Define success, the percentage base, subscription commitment and fees if the tender changes or is withdrawn.
Approve and submit deliberately
Assign factual confirmation, signatures, portal operations and retention of the buyer’s receipt.
Questions before you choose
A closer look.
Does Tendly offer human tender preparation?
Yes. Strategist explicitly provides expert preparation under a monthly-plus-success-fee offer.
Tendly Strategist preparation and success-fee terms(opens in a new tab)Is software administration required to commission Zelius?
No. Managed preparation has its own agreed scope and fees.
Sources and comparison method
Reviewed 19 October 2026. Competitor descriptions use the official product and pricing sources below. These are published capabilities, not results from a controlled product trial. Zephior publishes this comparison and has a commercial interest in your choice. Workflow recommendations are our assessment.
- Tendly current market and workflow scope ↗(opens in a new tab)
- Tendly document generation ↗(opens in a new tab)
- Tendly Strategist preparation and success-fee terms ↗(opens in a new tab)
- Tendly current software plans and credits ↗(opens in a new tab)
For Zephior’s current offer, see Ziva, Zelius and pricing. Ask us to demonstrate any requirement that is essential to your decision.
Your next opportunity
Bring the work.
See how far Zephior takes it.
Discuss your markets, a representative tender and the parts your team wants to hand over.