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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "RFP response software" and as "proposal management software", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Added to the November 2026 Edition. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/sales/rfp-response-software/2026-11/enterprise

**Standing:** Responsive leads with 60% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 50 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Responsive](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/responsive/index.md) | 60% | 13% | 71 |
| 2 | [AutoRFP.ai](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/autorfp-ai/index.md) | 16% | 9% | 34 |
| 3 | [Loopio](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/loopio/index.md) | 12% | 12% | 69 |
| 4 | [RocketDocs](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/rocketdocs/index.md) | 6% | 18% | 11 |
| 5 | [PandaDoc](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/pandadoc/index.md) | 4% | 44% | 27 |
| 6 | [Upland Qvidian](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/upland-qvidian/index.md) | 2% | 22% | 46 |
| 7 | [AutogenAI](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/autogenai/index.md) | 0% | 8% | 13 |
| 9 | [Arphie](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/arphie/index.md) | 0% | 18% | 11 |
| 11 | [1up](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/1up/index.md) | 0% | 30% | 10 |
| 18 | [Inventive AI](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/inventive-ai/index.md) | 0% | 39% | 18 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 63 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: Loopio, Responsive; alternatives AutoRFP.ai, Upland Qvidian
- GPT-5.4 mini: Responsive; alternatives Loopio, Upland Qvidian
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Responsive; alternatives Arphie, AutoRFP.ai, Loopio, QorusDocs
- Perplexity Sonar: Responsive; alternatives Arphie, AutoRFP.ai, Loopio, Upland Qvidian
- Grok 4.20: Responsive; alternatives 1up, Loopio
- Mistral Small: AutoRFP.ai, Responsive; alternatives Loopio, Upland Qvidian
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Loopio, Responsive; alternatives AutoRFP.ai, RocketDocs
- Llama 4 Maverick: Responsive; alternatives AutoRFP.ai, Loopio, VisibleThread
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Responsive; alternatives 1up, Expedience Proposal Software, Loopio
- Kimi K2: Responsive; alternatives Loopio, Upland Qvidian
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Responsive; alternatives AutoRFP.ai, Loopio, PandaDoc, Upland Qvidian
- MiniMax M2.5: Responsive; alternatives Expedience Proposal Software, Loopio, RFP Software
- GPT-6 Luna: Responsive; alternatives Loopio, Upland Qvidian
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Responsive; alternatives AutoRFP.ai, Loopio, Upland Qvidian

## 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: 49 answers, 84 citations
- loopio.com: 33 answers, 48 citations
- autorfp.ai: 29 answers, 46 citations
- capterra.com: 28 answers, 37 citations
- softwareadvice.com: 27 answers, 34 citations
- sifthub.io: 26 answers, 28 citations
- g2.com: 22 answers, 33 citations
- getapp.com: 22 answers, 28 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://sifthub.io/blog/best-enterprise-rfp-response-software (19 answers)
- https://autorfp.ai/blog/best-rfp-software-for-enterprise (17 answers)
- https://loopio.com/ (16 answers)
- https://thedigitalprojectmanager.com/tools/best-rfp-software-reviewed (16 answers)
- https://guideflow.com/blog/rfp-software (15 answers)
- https://capterra.com/rfp-software (13 answers)
- https://softwareadvice.com/rfp (13 answers)
- https://autogenai.com/blog/best-rfp-software-2026 (11 answers)
- https://deeprfp.com/blog/best-rfp-tools-comparison (11 answers)
- https://responsive.io/blog/best-rfp-software (11 answers)

## Warned against

- PandaDoc: 12 of 27 labels negative. "PandaDoc or Proposify fit sales proposals rather than complex questionnaires." ... "PandaDoc at 2% 69% criticized challenger" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Loopio: 8 of 69 labels negative. "Avoid: Loopio, Responsive, and PandaDoc for this use case" (Kimi K2, budget prompt)
- Upland Qvidian: 10 of 46 labels negative. "not a good fit for enterprise proposal teams handling complex, multi-document RFPs." (Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt)
- Proposify: 7 of 9 labels negative. "Proposify and PandaDoc are proposal tools rather than RFP tools and the difference matters." ... "Limited for large enterprise RFP workflows" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Responsive at 60%.

- Inventive AI: 8% to 0%, −8. Inside the floor by 3 points · rank 4 → 18 of 63.
- AutoRFP.ai: 10% to 16%, +6. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 3 → 2 of 63.
- RocketDocs: 0% to 6%, +6. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 12 → 4 of 63.
- PandaDoc: 2% to 4%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 8 → 5 of 63.
- Upland Qvidian: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 9 → 6 of 63.
- Loopio: 13% to 12%, −1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 2 → 3 of 63.
- Responsive: 60% to 60%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 1 of 63, unchanged.
- AutogenAI: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 11 → 7 of 63.
- Arphie: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 10 → 9 of 63.
- 1up: 0% to 0%, ±0. New · not ranked in October 2026 · rank 11 of 63.
- Proposify: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 51 → 63 of 63.

## 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.