# Proposal software for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, September 2026

Gane Index, September 2026 Edition. Asked as "proposal software" and as "sales proposal and quote document tool", six framings each, to twelve models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/revops/proposal-software/2026-09/enterprise

This is the permanent record of the September 2026 Edition, published September 15, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/revops/proposal-software/enterprise/index.md

**Standing:** PandaDoc leads with 22% of first choices; verdict contested. 54 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [PandaDoc](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/pandadoc/index.md) | 22% | 35% | 55 |
| 2 | [Responsive](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/responsive/index.md) | 13% | 12% | 33 |
| 3 | [DealHub](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/dealhub/index.md) | 11% | 11% | 28 |
| 5 | [Conga Composer](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/conga-composer/index.md) | 7% | 10% | 29 |
| 6 | [GetAccept](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/getaccept/index.md) | 7% | 8% | 25 |
| 8 | [Loopio](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/loopio/index.md) | 4% | 9% | 33 |
| 9 | [Upland Qvidian](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/upland-qvidian/index.md) | 4% | 7% | 14 |
| 11 | [Conga CPQ](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/conga-cpq/index.md) | 2% | 0% | 10 |
| 16 | [Proposify](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/proposify/index.md) | 2% | 42% | 36 |
| 17 | [Better Proposals](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/better-proposals/index.md) | 2% | 60% | 15 |
| 18 | [AutogenAI](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/autogenai/index.md) | 0% | 9% | 11 |
| 48 | [Qwilr](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/qwilr/index.md) | 0% | 39% | 28 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 70 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: DealHub, PandaDoc; alternatives ClientPoint, Conga Composer, Oneflow, SiftHub
- GPT-5.4 mini: Loopio, Responsive; alternatives GetAccept, Oracle CPQ, Proposify, Qwilr
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: PandaDoc; alternatives Conga Composer, DocuSign Gen, Loopio, Proposify
- Perplexity Sonar: GetAccept; alternatives AutogenAI, PandaDoc, Responsive
- Grok 4.20: Salesforce Revenue Cloud; alternatives Conga CPQ, Oracle CPQ
- Mistral Small: GetAccept, PandaDoc; alternatives Conga Composer, DealHub
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Responsive; alternatives Loopio, QorusDocs, Upland Qvidian
- Llama 4 Maverick: Proposify; alternatives GetAccept, Qwilr
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: PandaDoc, Responsive; alternatives Conga Composer, Proposify
- Kimi K2: Responsive, Upland Qvidian; alternatives Conga Composer, Loopio, PandaDoc, SiftHub
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: PandaDoc; alternatives GetAccept, Proposify, Qwilr
- MiniMax M2.5: PandaDoc; alternatives GetAccept, Salesforce CPQ

## Sources the answers cite

23 of 72 answers came back with a source list, from 4 of 12 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- getaccept.com: 15 answers, 23 citations
- responsive.io: 13 answers, 22 citations
- sifthub.io: 9 answers, 11 citations
- autogenai.com: 8 answers, 11 citations
- flowcase.com: 7 answers, 8 citations
- inventive.ai: 6 answers, 10 citations
- loopio.com: 6 answers, 9 citations
- proposify.com: 6 answers, 9 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://getaccept.com/blog/proposal-software (12 answers)
- https://getaccept.com/blog/proposal-software-platforms-for-enterprise-sales-teams (9 answers)
- https://sifthub.io/blog/best-proposal-software-tools (9 answers)
- https://autogenai.com/blog/best-proposal-management-software (8 answers)
- https://responsive.io/blog/best-proposal-software-comparison (7 answers)
- https://guideflow.com/blog/best-proposal-software (6 answers)
- https://swydo.com/blog/best-proposal-software (6 answers)
- https://flowcase.com/blog/top-proposal-management-solutions-for-enterprise-12-solutions-compared (5 answers)
- https://lindy.ai/blog/proposal-software (5 answers)
- https://oneflow.com/blog/best-proposal-management-software (5 answers)

## Warned against

- PandaDoc: 19 of 55 labels negative. "Verdict: Avoid for enterprise bid management, RFP response, government contracting, or formal compliance-heavy procurement." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt)
- Proposify: 15 of 36 labels negative. "Limited scalability for complex RFPs... SMB/mid-market focus: Lacks deep content auditing features for high-volume, global enterprise compliance" (Kimi K2, negative prompt)
- Qwilr: 11 of 28 labels negative. "Avoid general-purpose tools like Proposify, Qwilr, or PandaDoc for federal work requiring SF330 compliance" (Mistral Small, negative prompt)
- Better Proposals: 9 of 15 labels negative. "Limited enterprise features: Lacks sophisticated analytics, advanced engagement tracking, and extensive security/compliance features" (Kimi K2, negative prompt)

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, September 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.