2 categories · RankedResponsive
Responsive is response management software for RFPs, questionnaires and other proposals · responsive.io ↗
Leads at enterprise. Ranked 14 of 79 for small business buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
PandaDoc is first at 30%.
Loopio is first at 31%. 5 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Ranked first. Next is AutoRFP.ai at 16%.
Why models recommend it
“Prefer specialized RFP response platforms ... (e.g., Responsive/formerly RFPIO, Loopio, or alternatives like RocketDocs, Tribble, or AutoRFP.ai)”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · first choice
“the two names that consistently top the lists for RFP response / Strategic Response Management are Responsive, formerly RFPIO, and Loopio”Muse Glimmer 30B · Direct question · first choice
“Responsive is one of the most comprehensive platforms on the market... Unmatched scalability and governance for large organizations”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Comparative question · first choice
“Choose Responsive for a complex enterprise program spanning RFPs, DDQs, security questionnaires, approvals, and analytics.”Perplexity Sonar · Comparative question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Responsive (formerly RFPIO) - Multiple users report: Complicated UI with non-intuitive features - Steep learning curve (71+ mentions on G2)”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Negative question · warning
“Avoid enterprise platforms such as Responsive, Loopio, or Qvidian until proposal volume and revenue justify custom-priced software”Perplexity Sonar · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Avoid for mid-sized: Enterprise tools like Responsive (better for large corps with dedicated RFP teams)”Grok 4.20 · Paraphrase question · warning
“What to Avoid ... Responsive ... these are usually not feasible for limited budgets”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Budget-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Responsive, over the 249 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 217 | 27 | Compare → | |
| 142 | 45 | Compare → | |
| 101 | 3 | View → | |
| 91 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 74 | 13 | Compare → | |
| 68 | 0 | View → | |
| 43 | 1 | View → | |
| 41 | 11 | Compare → | |
| 37 | 0 | View → | |
| 35 | 1 | View → |
What the models named instead of Responsive →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Responsive's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- sales and proposal teams; Bid & Proposal Managers; Sales; Marketing; InfoSec/IT; Executive Leadership; Investor Relations; Small Businesses
- Customers named
- Haworth, Microsoft, Tenable, Lighthouse, Netsmart, Payscale
- Founded
- 2015
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 232 of the 249 answers that named Responsive and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
586 of the 713 domain citations in answers naming Responsive came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Kimi K2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glossary or explainer | 37 | 3 | 2026-09-22 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-222426262 foundations of content management glossary or explainer
- 2026-08-193599068 coffee chat optimizing content health for the ai era 28th january 2026 glossary or explainer
- 2026-07-223531441 coffee chat optimizing content health for the ai era 28th january 2026 glossary or explainer
- 2026-05-203411982 coffee chat optimizing content health for the ai era 28th january 2026 glossary or explainer
- 2026-04-293347437 coffee chat optimizing content health for the ai era 28th january 2026 glossary or explainer
- 2026-03-253274659 coffee chat optimizing content health for the ai era 28th january 2026 glossary or explainer
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page responsive.io exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. Read September 29, 2026.