Tender search · Checked 31 October 2026
TEXFY alternative: Zephior vs TEXFY (2026)
Choose Zephior if you want free tender search and the bid itself written, from the proposal to the buyer’s forms, with unlimited users. Choose TEXFY if you only need simap.ch alerts and help with Swiss paperwork such as the federal self-declaration. Its Pro plan costs CHF 49.90 per person a month and does not describe proposal writing.
Choose Zephior if
You want the offer itself drafted from your past bids and references, in German, French or Italian, with the whole team working on it at no extra cost per person.
Choose TEXFY if
You are a small Swiss supplier who wants simap.ch alerts, a cover letter template and a tidy file of proofs, and writes the offer yourself.
At a glance
Zephior and TEXFY, fact by fact.
Every TEXFY 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 | TEXFY |
|---|---|---|
| Price model | ZephiorOne published price per project. You choose how many new projects you open each month. | TEXFYPer person per month, with a free plan. TEXFY 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%. | TEXFYFree plan for one person. Pro CHF 49.90 per person a month, cancellable monthly. TEXFY pricing(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Users included | ZephiorUnlimited users and unlimited company knowledge in every plan. | TEXFYFree: one person. Pro: priced per person. TEXFY 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. | TEXFY30 days of Pro free, without payment details. TEXFY homepage(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. | TEXFYChoose services and cantons in a few minutes. TEXFY homepage(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. | TEXFYYes. simap.ch, plus listings from 30 countries via TED. TEXFY 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. | TEXFYPro creates a Word cover letter with your logo and a prefilled federal self-declaration. TEXFY pricing(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Languages | ZephiorDrafts and answers in more than 100 languages. | TEXFYGerman, French, Italian and English. TEXFY homepage(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Hosting | ZephiorCloud hosting in Switzerland, the EU or the US. | TEXFYEU data centres of US-based providers (Netherlands and Frankfurt), with AI processing in Dublin, according to its privacy policy. TEXFY privacy policy(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 TEXFY falls short.
Taken from TEXFY’s own pages and from public reviews, each with its source.
The free plan is narrow
One search subscription, a digest on Monday mornings only, 100 MB of storage, no AI summary and no team.
TEXFY pricing(opens in a new tab)Cost grows with every colleague
Pro is priced per person, so each colleague who works on a bid adds CHF 49.90 a month.
TEXFY pricing(opens in a new tab)Caps on the paid plan
Pro is limited to 20 search subscriptions and 5 GB of storage.
TEXFY pricing(opens in a new tab)Data does not stay in Switzerland
Its privacy policy names US-based hosting and AI providers, and says Google may cache data in any country.
“Google kann die Daten in jedem Land zwischenspeichern”
TEXFY privacy policy(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 TEXFY does well
- A permanent free plan, without payment details. TEXFY homepage(opens in a new tab)TEXFY pricing(opens in a new tab)
- Practical Swiss bid admin: a prefilled self-declaration, a proof package and reminders for expired proofs. TEXFY pricing(opens in a new tab)
- All four Swiss working languages. TEXFY homepage(opens in a new tab)
Switching
Moving from TEXFY 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 TEXFY: straight answers.
Is Zephior’s tender search free?
Yes. Browse the public tender directory on zephior.com/tenders without an account, with no limit on people or searches.
Does TEXFY write the offer?
No. Its product pages describe search, alerts and paperwork templates. Ziva drafts the offer from your past bids and references, in the buyer’s template.
TEXFY pricing(opens in a new tab)TEXFY homepage(opens in a new tab)Does TEXFY charge per user?
Yes. Pro costs CHF 49.90 per person a month. Ziva includes unlimited users in every plan.
TEXFY pricing(opens in a new tab)Does Ziva work in French and Italian?
Yes. Ziva drafts in more than 100 languages, including German, French and Italian.
Can Ziva be hosted in Switzerland?
Yes. Ziva offers cloud hosting in Switzerland, the EU or the US; the Swiss option keeps your application data and files in Switzerland.
Sources and method
We read TEXFY’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 TEXFY has changed, tell us at hello@zephior.com and we will correct it.
Try it on a real bid
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Compare what comes back.
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