# Proposal software: 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 a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/revops/proposal-software/2026-10

This is the permanent record of the October 2026 Edition, published October 1, 2026 and superseded since.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/index.md

**Standing:** PandaDoc leads with 65% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 49 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) | 65% | 11% | 72 |
| 2 | [Better Proposals](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/better-proposals/index.md) | 10% | 14% | 35 |
| 3 | [DealHub](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/dealhub/index.md) | 8% | 0% | 15 |
| 4 | [Prospero](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/prospero/index.md) | 6% | 0% | 14 |
| 9 | [Qwilr](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/qwilr/index.md) | 0% | 6% | 47 |
| 10 | [Proposify](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/proposify/index.md) | 0% | 15% | 59 |
| 11 | [Responsive](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/responsive/index.md) | 0% | 5% | 19 |
| 12 | [GetAccept](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/getaccept/index.md) | 0% | 7% | 14 |
| 13 | [Loopio](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/loopio/index.md) | 0% | 14% | 21 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 55 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: PandaDoc; alternatives Loopio, Proposify, Qwilr
- GPT-5.4 mini: PandaDoc; alternatives Proposify, Qwilr
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: PandaDoc; alternatives DealHub, Loopio, Proposify, Qwilr
- Perplexity Sonar: PandaDoc; alternatives GetAccept, Proposify, Qwilr, Responsive
- Grok 4.20: PandaDoc; alternatives DealHub, GetAccept, Proposify, Qwilr
- Mistral Small: PandaDoc; alternatives Proposable, Proposify
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: PandaDoc; alternatives Loopio, Proposify, Qwilr
- Llama 4 Maverick: PandaDoc; alternatives Proposify, Qwilr, Responsive
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: DealHub, PandaDoc; alternatives GetAccept, Proposify
- Kimi K2: PandaDoc; alternatives Loopio, Qwilr
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: PandaDoc; alternatives GetAccept, Loopio, Proposify, Qwilr
- MiniMax M2.5: PandaDoc; alternatives DealHub, GetAccept, Proposify, Qwilr
- GPT-6 Luna: PandaDoc; alternatives Proposify, Qwilr
- Muse Glimmer 30B: PandaDoc; alternatives Arphie, Proposable, Proposify, Qwilr

## Sources the answers cite

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

- pandadoc.com: 40 answers, 64 citations
- qwilr.com: 39 answers, 55 citations
- g2.com: 33 answers, 86 citations
- guideflow.com: 33 answers, 34 citations
- getaccept.com: 30 answers, 34 citations
- responsive.io: 28 answers, 36 citations
- proposify.com: 26 answers, 39 citations
- zapier.com: 19 answers, 19 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://responsive.io/blog/best-proposal-software-comparison (26 answers)
- https://guideflow.com/blog/best-proposal-software (25 answers)
- https://getaccept.com/blog/proposal-software (23 answers)
- https://pandadoc.com/blog/proposal-software (18 answers)
- https://qwilr.com/blog/best-proposal-automation-software (18 answers)
- https://zapier.com/blog/best-proposal-software (17 answers)
- https://monday.com/blog/crm-and-sales/best-proposal-management-software (14 answers)
- https://pandadoc.com/blog/proposal-software-crm-integration (14 answers)
- https://qwilr.com/blog/best-proposal-software (13 answers)
- https://sifthub.io/blog/best-proposal-software-tools (13 answers)

## Warned against

- Proposify: 9 of 59 labels negative. "Avoid Proposify if you need contract management or have high proposal volume" (Kimi K2, negative prompt)
- PandaDoc: 8 of 72 labels negative. "Avoid PandaDoc if mobile experience or complex editing is critical" (Kimi K2, negative prompt)
- Bidsketch: 5 of 6 labels negative. "Often called out for not keeping up with modern design expectations, lacking polish in templates and UI." (Grok 4.20, negative prompt)
- Better Proposals: 5 of 35 labels negative. "Why to avoid: Users frequently complain that the software is "terrible" and "complicated."" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: PandaDoc at 67%.

- PandaDoc: 49% to 67%, +18. Cleared the floor by 7 points · rank 1 of 54, unchanged.
- Proposify: 13% to 0%, −13. Cleared the floor by 2 points · rank 2 → 10 of 54.
- DealHub: 2% to 10%, +8. Inside the floor by 3 points · rank 8 → 2 of 54.
- Better Proposals: 2% to 7%, +5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 7 → 3 of 54.
- Qwilr: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 4 → 9 of 54.
- Loopio: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 9 → 12 of 54.
- Prospero: 4% to 5%, +1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 5 → 4 of 54.
- Bonsai: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 10 → 6 of 54.
- Proposable: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 11 → 7 of 54.
- Responsive: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 16 → 11 of 54.
- GetAccept: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 15 → 13 of 54.

## 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.