empower® suite vs. Responsive

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
empower® suite
Score 2.0 out of 10
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empower® suite is a suite of MS Office add-ins that elevate and streamline working with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. They help to create properly formatted presentations, documents, spreadsheets and emails quickly. Users can build documents based on templates and building-blocks – searchable in a centralized library, online and offline. The software can be hosted on-premise or in the cloud and used with Office 365, Office for Windows, Office for Mac, PowerPoint Online, and Microsoft…N/A
Responsive
Score 7.4 out of 10
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Responsive (formerly RFPIO), headquartered in Beaverton, offers their proposal management and automation software, featuring import and export, proposal knowledgebase and answer library, evaluation intake forms, and project management tools (e.g. Gantt chart) associated to proposal tracking.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
empower® suiteResponsive
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional Detailsempower® offers an annual license model, which is based on the number of users (designed for larger license volume starting from 20 users) and the corresponding product edition. Maintenance, updates and 2nd level support are included in the license fee. For example, with empower® charts you can save up to 50% on yearly license cost compared to similar products.
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Community Pulse
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Features
empower® suiteResponsive
Proposal Creation & Organization
Comparison of Proposal Creation & Organization features of Product A and Product B
empower® suite
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Ratings
Responsive
7.6
17 Ratings
4% below category average
Proposal branding00 Ratings8.111 Ratings
Proposal templates00 Ratings5.414 Ratings
Proposal content library updates00 Ratings9.117 Ratings
Guided proposal creation00 Ratings8.19 Ratings
Searchable proposal database00 Ratings7.317 Ratings
Proposal Collaboration & Workflow
Comparison of Proposal Collaboration & Workflow features of Product A and Product B
empower® suite
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Ratings
Responsive
7.5
17 Ratings
7% below category average
RFP management & response00 Ratings8.117 Ratings
Proposal collaboration & approval00 Ratings8.216 Ratings
User permissions/proposal editing controls00 Ratings9.016 Ratings
Sales proposal workflow00 Ratings6.111 Ratings
Proposal automation user interface00 Ratings6.216 Ratings
Proposal Delivery
Comparison of Proposal Delivery features of Product A and Product B
empower® suite
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Ratings
Responsive
8.1
13 Ratings
1% above category average
Proposal distribution00 Ratings8.110 Ratings
Interactive proposals00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
Proposal content tracking00 Ratings8.111 Ratings
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User Ratings
empower® suiteResponsive
Likelihood to Recommend
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9.1
(18 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
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8.7
(16 ratings)
Support Rating
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9.8
(16 ratings)
Implementation Rating
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10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
empower® suiteResponsive
Likelihood to Recommend
empower
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Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
1. RFPIO is perfect for searching for specific information when you are responding to an RFP. Search engine is powerful. We narrow our search using several customized filters and know we are getting a thorough search. 2. Excel responses work very well in RFPIO. 3. Typical RFPs that are formatted in Word are challenging to run via RFPIO. We struggle with this. 4. We have yet to master the template.
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Pros
empower
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Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
  • Live collaboration - the ability for multiple experts to simultaneously work on the same RFP.
  • Artificial intelligence - the ability for the product to continually learn what the best answers are and serve them up to our teams.
  • Dynamic branding - the ability for custom brand different templates by vertical, line of business, local branding, etc. with seamless transition.
  • Content review & moderation - the ability for our national content team to bulk review, edit and share content with our teams in a methodical way.
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Cons
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Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
  • Reporting and Analytics is basic, you can purchase advanced analytics though
  • It would have been nice to have a set structure in mind or a example/case study to structure our responses in the most appropriate way, but we are working through that with their stellar support team
  • Really great new features, but expensive
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Likelihood to Renew
empower
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Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
UI is friendly. Basically that alone is enough to renew because it is easy to use and gives accurate and fast results. The effective cross collaboration from other colleagues in my organization also makes for this tool to be extremely effective. Now that I understand how to use it, I can also easily train others on how to use it effectively.
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Support Rating
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Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
The team at RFPIO is extremely responsive. If I email our account manager or report a bug, I usually hear back within two hours. Additionally, they are quick to make software adjustments based on customer requests and needs. We had a really complicated Excel sheet that their team ended up having to upload for me because of the amount of manual work I was doing. Based on that, they updated the software within two release cycles to make the process more automated, so that future Excel uploads would be more streamlined. I have also had several suggestions implemented rather quickly, and they don't hesitate to reach out for clarification when needed.
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Implementation Rating
empower
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Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
We were able to complete an RFP during our free trial. We were already leaning toward RFPIO but that pushed us over the edge.
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Alternatives Considered
empower
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Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
RFPIO has outstanding, responsive, helpful customer support located in the US in Oregon. Support techs go the extra mile to help with basic issues and functionality training. Same-day support response and problem resolution are the norms. The system is also very user-friendly and very easy to navigate. Their Answer library is simple and far less complex than Qvidian/Inland. Little to no learning curve.
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Return on Investment
empower
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Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
  • I don't have access to the actual ROI data, but we would continue to invest in RFPIO as a company only if it were providing us with the results to win RFPs.
  • RFPIO makes the task of filling out RFP responses much faster for me.
  • RFPIO helps our team be able to divide out RFP chores easily, because we know we all have access to the same high-quality source for information.
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ScreenShots

empower® suite Screenshots

Screenshot of The empower® suite is the only all-in-one solution that empowers your productivity and brand across all Microsoft Office applications - PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Excel.Screenshot of empower® slides makes PowerPoint easier, more efficient and brand compliant. Templates, slides, images, charts, and more are instantly searchable. All assets up-to-date and ready-to-use.  Available offline, right where you need it in the PowerPoint ribbon.Screenshot of empower® Asset & Template Library: Make all important content available to everyone in your company’s empower® library, make updates and distribute the latest version to all colleagues with one click.Screenshot of The empower® Design Check examines the template, fonts, colors, titles, numberings, margins and logo spacing to make sure everything conforms to your corporate design. It also auto-corrects any inconsistencies it finds in templates or production documents.Screenshot of Easily adapt PowerPoint presentations to a new template. Reformat external content to be on-brand with just a couple of clicks.Screenshot of With empower® you can have your slides or entire presentations translated automatically. empower® can integrate your DeepL package directly into PowerPoint.