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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Bidsketch

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ABidsketch is a sales proposal automation software solution offered by Bidsketch.

    $149

    per month

    Bigtincan Engagement

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AModus (formerly App Data Room) is designed to drive sales success, by helping customers create and distribute content for the most critical moments of their sales process. The vendor boasts more than 120,000 sales and marketing professionals are using Modus to conduct 250,000 Critical Customer Conversations every day.N/A

    Proposify

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AProposify is an online proposal software designed to give users control and visibility into the most important stage of a sales process: the close. From deal design to sign-off, the vendor states users get the confidence and flexibility to dominate deals, and further states users will: Create impressive sales documents that stay consistent and error-free. Receive the insights to scale a process, make timely engagements, and accurately…

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    Pricing
    BidsketchBigtincan EngagementProposify
    Editions & Modules
    BidSketch
    $149.00
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BidsketchBigtincan EngagementProposify
    Free Trial
    NoYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptionalOptional
    Additional Details—The off-the-shelf version starts at $45 per user per month. Whitelabel, integrations, enterprise pricing and authentication packages available on request.Get a free trial version of our Team Plan for 14 days. You're welcome to switch to our Free plan if you need more time with the product. No credit card required. No contracts. Pick the plan that meets your needs when you're ready.
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    BidsketchBigtincan EngagementProposify
    Considered Multiple Products
    Bidsketch
    Chose Bidsketch
    Bidsketch was probably the quickest to get set up and working with, however, I feel it lacks some advanced functionality and customization that may be available in other products. There were some more expensive options I've tried that offered some of the additional features I …
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    Proposify
    Chose Proposify
    We prefer the user interface and design more compared to Bidsketch. Probably the best advantage of Proposify is the detailed reporting and notifications of the actions by the recipients - we have a detailed breakdown of who has viewed our proposals, how many time it has been …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
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    64%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    82%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    BidsketchBigtincan EngagementProposify
    Proposal Creation & Organization
    Comparison of Proposal Creation & Organization features of Bidsketch and Bigtincan Engagement and Proposify
    Feature
    Bidsketch
    5.0
    3 Ratings
    44% below category average
    Bigtincan Engagement
    -
    Ratings
    Proposify
    7.6
    23 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Proposal branding5.03 Ratings00 Ratings9.223 Ratings
    Proposal templates5.03 Ratings00 Ratings9.223 Ratings
    Proposal content library updates5.03 Ratings00 Ratings8.419 Ratings
    Guided proposal creation5.03 Ratings00 Ratings3.82 Ratings
    Searchable proposal database5.03 Ratings00 Ratings7.323 Ratings
    Proposal Collaboration & Workflow
    Comparison of Proposal Collaboration & Workflow features of Bidsketch and Bigtincan Engagement and Proposify
    Feature
    Bidsketch
    7.8
    2 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Bigtincan Engagement
    -
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    Proposify
    5.6
    22 Ratings
    34% below category average
    RFP management & response8.12 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Proposal collaboration & approval8.22 Ratings00 Ratings7.321 Ratings
    User permissions/proposal editing controls8.12 Ratings00 Ratings4.719 Ratings
    Sales proposal workflow7.32 Ratings00 Ratings6.619 Ratings
    Proposal automation user interface7.32 Ratings00 Ratings3.82 Ratings
    Proposal Delivery
    Comparison of Proposal Delivery features of Bidsketch and Bigtincan Engagement and Proposify
    Feature
    Bidsketch
    5.4
    3 Ratings
    39% below category average
    Bigtincan Engagement
    -
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    Proposify
    7.5
    23 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Proposal distribution6.03 Ratings00 Ratings9.221 Ratings
    Interactive proposals5.03 Ratings00 Ratings5.721 Ratings
    Proposal content tracking5.03 Ratings00 Ratings7.822 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    Qwilr
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    Mediafly
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Qwilr
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Mediafly
    Score7.7 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    ClearSlide
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BidsketchBigtincan EngagementProposify
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    8.7
    (23 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    10.0
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    -
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    User Testimonials
    BidsketchBigtincan EngagementProposify
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Bidsketch
    I think Bidsketch would work well for any small business or freelancer looking for a low-cost, simple to use proposal software solution. It's quick and easy to set up and provides everything you need for more cases. If you're looking for something with more flexibility or features that Bidsketch does not offer then you may need to keep looking.
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    Bigtincan
    ADR is a great interactive tool for B2B businesses that sales deals one-on-one with the customer. I don't think it would be well suited for B2C businesses because of the need and cost for individual licenses per user. I would highly recommend this tool to B2B companies that practice traditional sales with a technological edge.
    Incentivized
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    Proposify
    It is costly to properly set up Proposify and retain its use ongoing. If you have a plan to implement your proposals you can get some good cost-saving use from it. I cannot stress enough to have your assets, graphics, and snippets ready before you start. I also recommend that you fully understand templates and asset library or you will quickly be overwriting templates and themes with client-specific verbiage.
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    Pros
    Bidsketch
    • Pre-written proposals for many scenarios.
    • Integrations with 3rd party apps.
    • Own domain for branding.
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    Bigtincan
    • Allows us to include video collateral in our portfolio
    • Allows visibility into an activity that the recipient performs once collateral is sent to them
    • Provides analytics around most and least used pieces of collateral
    • Allows our marketing team to generate and upload new collateral on demand
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    Proposify
    • TEMPLATES: The ability to work from customizable yet standardized templates allow for a consistent end-user experience for our clients, and elevates the perceived professionalism of our sales team.
    • ANALYTICS: Unlike merely sending estimates or proposals via email, the tracking analytics available within Proposify's dashboard not only enables our project managers to more strategically engage with clients, but also gives our upper management an objective way to track the effectiveness of our sales team.
    • EASE-OF-USE: Overall, Proposify's platform is easy to use and the UX is intuitive enough that the learning curve to use it is minimal.
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    Cons
    Bidsketch
    • REALLY PRICEY for a small business/freelancer that doesn't do a lot of proposals each month. Would be nice if they offered a per proposal pricing for the smaller guys.
    • Wish there was more customization of the design/layout to better fit in with branding.
    • Also would like to be able to mark a proposal private.
    Incentivized
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    Bigtincan
    • I wish the App UI was the same across all platforms. The app looks different on Windows than iOS.
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    Proposify
    • Export into Word would be useful
    • SFDC integration sometimes doesn’t seem to search/find contacts/opps perfectly
    • Some of controls (editing proposals and templates) could be more clear/intuitive
    • Difficult for businesses where redlined contracts/proposals may find this software does not support client/vendor collaboration
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Bidsketch
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    Bigtincan
    App Data Room has been instrumental in allowing our sale representatives to present up-to-date and innovative marketing collateral to potential customers. A second value add is that our Marketing Department is able to create and upload the most current material to the app so that our sales representatives have access to the most up-to-date information to present to our customers.
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    Proposify
    We require a fair amount of back and forth of editing so this tool while helpful is not ideal for us
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    Usability
    Bidsketch
    I'd say Bidsketch is very easy to use. I don't think most people would have any problem getting comfortable with this software. I was able to get up and running very quickly. Their template library is a great resource to get a professional proposal up and out the door fast.
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    Bigtincan
    Overall, the App Data Room product is easy to use. Our Marketing Department is able to quickly upload updated and new material once they create the documents. Users are able to quickly find material filed by subject matter. Once the appropriate material is located, it can be presented on their iPad and emailed to prospective customers who indicate interest in the products.
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    Proposify
    Overall it's great. There's definitely a learning curve, and I wish that some things were easier to use. For example, changing images isn't the easiest thing to do in it, but I'd love to be able to quickly add and change header images in my proposals. So far I've figured it out, but each time I do it I forget how it's done since it's not intuitive.
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    Support Rating
    Bidsketch
    Although I didn't need to reach out to support much, they seemed to do a very good job. I've also heard great things about the team through people I've talked to so I wouldn't expect anyone to run into issues with regards to their support. Their support definitely was not a factor in my ultimately not sticking with the product.
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    Bigtincan
    The few support requests that we have submitted have been resolved within 2 business days. The App Data Room staff has also been responsive to suggestions from our staff to upgrade the product - specifically in the area of analytics.
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    Proposify
    I've actually never used Proposify support, so I'm unable to speak about it. I suppose that's a good thing. If I did need to use it, I would hope that they'd be responsive and intelligent, but, again, since everything has worked smoothly I don't really know how the support functions or how good it is.
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    Implementation Rating
    Bidsketch
    No answers on this topic
    Bigtincan
    No, key insights. Implementation was easy. The App Data Room staff hosted initial training sessions for our support personnel, and then these support persons conducted training and support sessions for our users.
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    Proposify
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    Alternatives Considered
    Bidsketch
    We used DocSend to track our outgoing proposals but after testing Bidsketch we never returned back. It is simply better suited for us as we send out tens of proposals every week and the professional output and management of proposals won us over.
    Incentivized
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    Bigtincan
    We've used custom developed tools in the past but the upfront cost is very high and the solution we had was very costly to update. We did not have a CMS previously so real-time updates were unheard of. App Data Room has all of the features we previously had plus so much more.
    Incentivized
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    Proposify
    It was highly recommended by an associate and we have been on the receiving end of Proposify proposals and impressed by it. I don't recall if we looked at others but if we did they paled in comparison. There was no question as to using Proposify. It met all the needs, was easy to use, looks great and was exactly what we wanted and needed.
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    Return on Investment
    Bidsketch
    • The proposals do look professional (even if you can't fully customize to your brand) and make a great impression on the potential client.
    • The cost of Bidsketch is prohibitive if you don't do a lot of proposal writing on a regular basis.
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    Bigtincan
    • I don't have any hard numbers. But all I get are good reviews and compliments from our sales team and customers who interact with ADR.
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    Proposify
    • The detailed proposal has saved me time explaining a game plan to potential clients.
    • They have customizable tables where the client can choose how many of a certain item they desire. For instance, if they want to buy graphics from you, they can choose how many. This allows for increasing profits by putting the choice in the customer's hand.
    • When you send a contract you are alerted when a customer views the proposal. This has saved me time and money trying to go back and forth with my customers.
    Incentivized
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    Proposify Screenshots

    Screenshot of Business Proposal MetricsScreenshot of Proposal EditorScreenshot of Pipeline Viewer