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

Gane Index, November 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/2026-11/enterprise

**Standing:** PandaDoc leads with 30% of first choices; verdict contested. 57 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) | 30% | 18% | 65 |
| 2 | [Responsive](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/responsive/index.md) | 14% | 7% | 46 |
| 3 | [DealHub](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/dealhub/index.md) | 9% | 0% | 16 |
| 5 | [Loopio](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/loopio/index.md) | 5% | 7% | 42 |
| 6 | [Conga Composer](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/conga-composer/index.md) | 5% | 7% | 30 |
| 7 | [GetAccept](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/getaccept/index.md) | 5% | 14% | 29 |
| 8 | [Upland Qvidian](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/upland-qvidian/index.md) | 4% | 11% | 19 |
| 10 | [QorusDocs](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/qorusdocs/index.md) | 2% | 0% | 12 |
| 11 | [Proposify](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/proposify/index.md) | 2% | 29% | 45 |
| 19 | [Oracle CPQ](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/oracle-cpq/index.md) | 0% | 12% | 17 |
| 20 | [Qwilr](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/qwilr/index.md) | 0% | 26% | 31 |
| 76 | [Better Proposals](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/better-proposals/index.md) | 0% | 82% | 11 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 76 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: GetAccept; alternatives DealHub, Loopio, PandaDoc, Responsive
- GPT-5.4 mini: GetAccept, Responsive; alternatives Conga Composer, DealHub, Oracle CPQ, Qwilr
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Responsive; alternatives Conga Composer, Loopio, PandaDoc, QorusDocs
- Perplexity Sonar: PandaDoc; alternatives Conga Composer, Loopio
- Grok 4.20: Responsive; alternatives Loopio, PandaDoc, Proposify
- Mistral Small: PandaDoc, Responsive; alternatives Conga Composer, GetAccept
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: PandaDoc, Responsive; alternatives GetAccept, Loopio, Upland Qvidian
- Llama 4 Maverick: PandaDoc; alternatives GetAccept, Proposify, Qwilr
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Upland Qvidian; alternatives CommandAI, Conga Composer, PandaDoc, Proposify
- Kimi K2: PandaDoc; alternatives Conga Composer, Responsive
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: PandaDoc; alternatives DealHub, GetAccept, Responsive, Salesforce CPQ
- MiniMax M2.5: PandaDoc, Responsive; alternatives Loopio, Oracle CPQ, Proposify
- GPT-6 Luna: DealHub; alternatives Loopio, PandaDoc, Responsive
- Muse Glimmer 30B: PandaDoc; alternatives Conga Composer, Responsive

## Sources the answers cite

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

- g2.com: 36 answers, 68 citations
- getaccept.com: 31 answers, 40 citations
- proposify.com: 30 answers, 38 citations
- softwareadvice.com: 26 answers, 39 citations
- responsive.io: 22 answers, 32 citations
- pandadoc.com: 21 answers, 51 citations
- capterra.com: 20 answers, 39 citations
- oneflow.com: 19 answers, 22 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://getaccept.com/blog/proposal-software-platforms-for-enterprise-sales-teams (21 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/proposal (18 answers)
- https://softwareadvice.com/proposal-management (17 answers)
- https://proposify.com/ (15 answers)
- https://gane.ai/index/gtm/revops/proposal-software/enterprise (14 answers)
- https://oneflow.com/blog/best-proposal-management-software (14 answers)
- https://freshbooks.com/hub/estimates/best-proposal-software (13 answers)
- https://getaccept.com/blog/proposal-software (12 answers)
- https://thedigitalprojectmanager.com/tools/best-proposal-software (12 answers)
- https://responsive.io/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/G2CR_GR1129_Responsive_Grid_Report_Enterprise_Proposal_Winter_2025_V1.pdf (11 answers)

## Warned against

- Proposify: 13 of 45 labels negative. "Designed primarily for agencies and small teams... its workflow and governance depth are not on par with enterprise-grade platforms." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- PandaDoc: 12 of 65 labels negative. "Avoid These Models Per-user SaaS pricing (e.g., PandaDoc $19–$99/user/month... becomes prohibitively expensive and unpredictable" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, budget prompt)
- Better Proposals: 9 of 11 labels negative. "Built for freelancers and very small agencies; lacks advanced workflow automation, robust role-based permissions, and deep system integrations." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- Qwilr: 8 of 31 labels negative. "Qwilr 41% 11 of 27 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 5 hard negative" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: PandaDoc at 30%.

- PandaDoc: 19% to 30%, +11. Inside the floor by 0 points · rank 1 of 76, unchanged.
- Conga Composer: 12% to 5%, −7. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 3 → 6 of 76.
- Upland Qvidian: 0% to 4%, +4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 20 → 8 of 76.
- Better Proposals: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 10 → 76 of 76.
- DealHub: 6% to 9%, +3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 6 → 3 of 76.
- Responsive: 12% to 14%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 2 of 76, unchanged.
- QorusDocs: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 21 → 10 of 76.
- Proposify: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 37 → 11 of 76.
- Oracle CPQ: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 14 → 19 of 76.
- Loopio: 6% to 5%, −1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 5 of 76, unchanged.
- GetAccept: 4% to 5%, +1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 8 → 7 of 76.
- Qwilr: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 38 → 20 of 76.

## Record

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