# Bonsai alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 229 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Bonsai holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/bonsai/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- PandaDoc: 102
- Responsive: 16
- Better Proposals: 11
- Loopio: 9
- DealHub: 5
- Proposify: 5

## Proposal software

**Small business**: 70 of 84 answers did not name Bonsai (Bonsai is #6 of 10 at 0%).

- PandaDoc: first choice in 39 of those 70
- Better Proposals: first choice in 7 of those 70
- Proposify: first choice in 3 of those 70
- Canva: first choice in 1 of those 70
- DocuSign: first choice in 1 of those 70
- FreshBooks: first choice in 1 of those 70
- Google Docs/Sheets: first choice in 1 of those 70
- Nusii: first choice in 1 of those 70

**Mid-market**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Bonsai (Bonsai is #4 of 11 at 2%).

- PandaDoc: first choice in 40 of those 75
- Better Proposals: first choice in 4 of those 75
- Proposify: first choice in 2 of those 75
- Prospero: first choice in 2 of those 75
- Pipedrive: first choice in 1 of those 75
- Proposable: first choice in 1 of those 75
- Revv: first choice in 1 of those 75

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Bonsai.

- PandaDoc: first choice in 23 of those 84
- Responsive: first choice in 16 of those 84
- Loopio: first choice in 9 of those 84
- DealHub: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Salesforce Revenue Cloud: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Conga Composer: first choice in 3 of those 84
- GetAccept: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Upland Qvidian: first choice in 3 of those 84

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.