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

Gane Index, October 2026 Edition. Asked as "proposal software" and as "sales proposal and quote document tool", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/revops/proposal-software/2026-10/enterprise

This is the permanent record of the October 2026 Edition, published October 1, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/revops/proposal-software/enterprise/index.md

**Standing:** PandaDoc leads with 19% of first choices; verdict contested. 52 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) | 19% | 29% | 58 |
| 2 | [Responsive](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/responsive/index.md) | 12% | 7% | 43 |
| 3 | [Conga Composer](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/conga-composer/index.md) | 12% | 4% | 25 |
| 5 | [Loopio](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/loopio/index.md) | 6% | 5% | 38 |
| 6 | [DealHub](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/dealhub/index.md) | 6% | 0% | 19 |
| 8 | [GetAccept](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/getaccept/index.md) | 4% | 0% | 18 |
| 10 | [Better Proposals](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/better-proposals/index.md) | 4% | 45% | 11 |
| 20 | [Upland Qvidian](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/upland-qvidian/index.md) | 0% | 16% | 19 |
| 37 | [Proposify](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/proposify/index.md) | 0% | 41% | 41 |
| 38 | [Qwilr](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/qwilr/index.md) | 0% | 41% | 27 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 66 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: no first choice; alternatives Conga Composer, DealHub, GetAccept, PandaDoc
- GPT-5.4 mini: Responsive; alternatives Fresh Proposals, PandaDoc, Salesforce Revenue Cloud
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: GetAccept; alternatives Conga Composer, DealHub, Loopio, PandaDoc
- Perplexity Sonar: PandaDoc; alternatives Conga Composer, GetAccept, Qwilr, Responsive
- Grok 4.20: Salesforce CPQ; alternatives DealHub, PandaDoc, Proposify
- Mistral Small: PandaDoc; alternatives GetAccept, Loopio, Oneflow
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Responsive; alternatives Loopio, PandaDoc, Proposify, Upland Qvidian
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Conga Composer; alternatives GetAccept, PandaDoc, Proposify, Upland Qvidian
- Kimi K2: Loopio, Responsive; alternatives Conga Composer, PandaDoc, Qwilr
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Responsive; alternatives Loopio, PandaDoc, Proposify, Upland Qvidian
- MiniMax M2.5: PandaDoc, monday CRM; alternatives Proposify, Qwilr, SiftHub
- GPT-6 Luna: DealHub; alternatives Loopio, PandaDoc, Responsive
- Muse Glimmer 30B: PandaDoc; alternatives Proposify, Qwilr

## Sources the answers cite

76 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- responsive.io: 44 answers, 63 citations
- getaccept.com: 41 answers, 58 citations
- pandadoc.com: 31 answers, 50 citations
- monday.com: 26 answers, 32 citations
- sifthub.io: 26 answers, 28 citations
- inventive.ai: 25 answers, 35 citations
- proposify.com: 25 answers, 30 citations
- qwilr.com: 23 answers, 37 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://responsive.io/blog/best-proposal-software-comparison (35 answers)
- https://getaccept.com/blog/proposal-software-platforms-for-enterprise-sales-teams (30 answers)
- https://monday.com/blog/crm-and-sales/best-proposal-management-software (24 answers)
- https://getaccept.com/blog/proposal-software (24 answers)
- https://flowcase.com/blog/top-proposal-management-solutions-for-enterprise-12-solutions-compared (23 answers)
- https://sifthub.io/blog/best-proposal-software-tools (23 answers)
- https://autogenai.com/blog/best-proposal-management-software (15 answers)
- https://blog.hubspot.com/agency/proposal-software (14 answers)
- https://qwilr.com/blog/best-proposal-automation-software (13 answers)
- https://loopio.com/blog/best-proposal-software (12 answers)

## Warned against

- Proposify: 17 of 41 labels negative. "Proposify caters to small companies, so it lacks many core functionalities... that larger sales organizations consider business-critical." (Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt)
- PandaDoc: 17 of 58 labels negative. "Avoid for enterprise bid management, RFP response, government contracting, or formal compliance-heavy procurement" (MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt)
- Qwilr: 11 of 27 labels negative. "Avoid general-purpose tools like Proposify, Qwilr, or PandaDoc for federal work requiring SF330 compliance" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Better Proposals: 5 of 11 labels negative. "large enterprises should avoid—or exercise extreme caution when evaluating—the following five categories... Freelancer- and SMB-Centric Proposal Tools Examples: Better Proposals, Bonsai, Prospero, Nusii" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: PandaDoc at 17%.

- DealHub: 11% to 4%, −7. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 3 → 8 of 62.
- PandaDoc: 22% to 17%, −5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 1 of 62, unchanged.
- Conga Composer: 7% to 11%, +4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 5 → 4 of 62.
- Upland Qvidian: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 9 → 18 of 62.
- Loopio: 4% to 7%, +3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 8 → 5 of 62.
- GetAccept: 7% to 4%, −3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 6 → 7 of 62.
- Better Proposals: 2% to 4%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 17 → 10 of 62.
- AutogenAI: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 18 → 12 of 62.
- Proposify: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 16 → 49 of 62.
- Responsive: 13% to 13%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 2 of 62, unchanged.
- Conga CPQ: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 11 of 62, unchanged.
- Qwilr: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 48 → 24 of 62.

## Record

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