Proposal writing · Checked 31 October 2026
AutogenAI alternative: Ziva vs AutogenAI (2026)
Choose Ziva if you want a published price, the whole bid team in the workspace without licences, and the buyer’s workbook, forms and template completed alongside the narrative. Choose AutogenAI if your priority is long-form narrative and grant writing for a licensed team of writers, and you are ready for a sales-led contract with no public price.
Choose Ziva if
A bid team needs the full submission (narrative, buyer spreadsheets, forms and presentation) and wants every contributor in it at a published price per project.
Choose AutogenAI if
A large proposal or grant-writing team wants an established narrative-writing platform, with formal security certifications, and buys through a sales process.
At a glance
Ziva and AutogenAI, fact by fact.
Every AutogenAI 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 | AutogenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Price model | ZivaOne published price per project. You choose how many new projects you open each month. | AutogenAINot published. The website’s route to a price is “Book a Demo”. AutogenAI homepage(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Users included | ZivaUnlimited users and unlimited company knowledge in every plan. | AutogenAILicensed per user, according to G2 reviewers. AutogenAI reviews on G2(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. | AutogenAINo search product. Its qualify feature extracts key information from proposal documents you already have. AutogenAI Qualify and Extract(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. | AutogenAINarrative drafting: it turns an outline into a review-ready first draft. AutogenAI Write(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
| Languages | ZivaDrafts and answers in more than 100 languages. | AutogenAIMultilingual generation. No list of languages is published. AutogenAI blog: AutogenAI vs Responsive(opens in a new tab) Checked 31 October 2026 |
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In their own words
Where AutogenAI falls short.
Taken from AutogenAI’s own pages and from public reviews, each with its source.
No public price
Pricing is not published; the website routes every visitor to a demo.
AutogenAI homepage(opens in a new tab)Every contributor needs a licence
G2 reviewers describe per-user licensing, which makes occasional reviewers a cost decision.
“everyone has to have a licence”
AutogenAI reviews on G2(opens in a new tab)Drafts still need work
Reviewers report output that needs more editing before it is usable.
“requiring additional refinement for optimal results”
AutogenAI reviews on G2(opens in a new tab)Mostly text
Reviewers ask for more tables and graphics in the output.
“utilise graphics and tables, as oppose to just text”
AutogenAI reviews on G2(opens in a new tab)A learning curve
Learning curve and user difficulty appear among the recurring themes in G2 reviews.
“interface can be clunky”
AutogenAI reviews on G2(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 AutogenAI does well
- Strong long-form narrative and grant writing, built with proposal writers. AutogenAI Write(opens in a new tab)
- Externally audited security, including ISO 27001, SOC 2 and Cyber Essentials Plus. AutogenAI help: data security(opens in a new tab)
- A large base of named enterprise and public-sector-adjacent customers. AutogenAI homepage(opens in a new tab)
Switching
Moving from AutogenAI 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 AutogenAI: straight answers.
Does AutogenAI publish its prices?
No. AutogenAI quotes after a demo. Ziva’s prices are public: from CHF 500 (USD 650) per month for one project, with unlimited users.
AutogenAI homepage(opens in a new tab)Does AutogenAI find public tenders?
No. It works on documents you already have. Zephior’s public tender directory on zephior.com/tenders is free to browse.
AutogenAI Qualify and Extract(opens in a new tab)Can Ziva write long-form narrative like AutogenAI?
Yes. Ziva writes the full proposal in your or the buyer’s template, with contents, tables and charts, and also fills the buyer’s spreadsheets and forms.
Does Ziva charge per user?
No. Every Ziva plan includes unlimited users and unlimited company knowledge.
Does Zephior offer human bid writers?
Yes. Our Zelius bid team can take on a tender with you in the same Ziva workspace, scoped per bid.
Sources and method
We read AutogenAI’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 AutogenAI 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.