Next level proposal writing
November 19, 2021

Next level proposal writing

Katyryna Gaudet, MBA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with PandaDoc

PandaDoc is currently used by the sales team only at our organization. It allows users to curate sales templates and internal authority approvals with ease. PandaDoc enables us to have asynchronous collaboration on proposals across verticals and sales portfolios. The integration with Salesforce allows us to pull the data into proposal decreasing human error - name, title, legal company names, etc.

Pros

  • Integration with Salesforce.
  • Moving pages and sections on each page with ease.
  • Client to electronically sign and results in real time.
  • Adding of templates, images, pricing.

Cons

  • Integration with Grammarly or some spell check and grammar program.
  • Allowing hi-resolution pictures only.
  • Internal approval (made in template) allow for transfer of approval when on out of office - vacation, leave, sick, etc.
  • Storytelling for clients and new clients in what we do.
  • Professionalism over an email proposal.
  • Templates and integration with Salesforce have decreased turnaround and wait times to get information to clients.
  • Provide a new client with information on what, why and how we provide services without recommended solutions.
  • Presentation to internal stakeholders on what we are working on with clients.
The integration and service level for us is better with PandaDoc. We are able to adjust, embedded and showcase images, from the content library with ease and the tables allow us to tell our story without having to write too many paragraphs.
Salesforce Lightning Platform (formerly Salesforce App Cloud), LinkedIn Sales Navigator, LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com)

Do you think PandaDoc delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with PandaDoc's feature set?

Yes

Did PandaDoc live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of PandaDoc go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy PandaDoc again?

Yes

  1. Well suited for sales teams for product and sales services. Ability to curate quick templates for existing clients and in-depth templates for new clients to showcase the Why and How in what we do.
  2. We have stakeholders centralized for overall contracts and not within our team, so PandaDoc is solely used for a proposal with our team, as we are not approved to use it as a binding legal contract.

Evaluating PandaDoc and Competitors

Yes - As previously mentioned Proposify. We found for proposal writing it had limited capabilities to add images, tables, structure to tell our story.
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
Usability - it needed to have value and the integration needed to be easy and not bog the sales team down in curating new proposals. Their focus is to sell and not be slowed down by our processes and programs.
I was not part of the selection process, but I encourage the users - not just the decision-makers - to use the product as they would for any live client interaction and gather extensive feedback.

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