A less bloated alternative to PandaDoc

Choosing proposal software is difficult. There are quite a few options, some considerably better than others. So in our completely biased opinion, where does PandaDoc stack up?

PandaDoc are an interesting company. They’re not really a proposal company - they’re more a document signing service like Docusign or Signable.

PandaDoc

Better Proposals

Digital signatures
Digital Signatures
Ready to use templates
Ready to use templates

200+

200+

Document analytics
Document analytics
Integrations
Integrations

36

40+

Free trial
Free trial
Custom domain
Custom domain
Custom branding
Custom branding
Document tracking
Document tracking
Live chat
Live chat
Document Checker
Document Checker
Payment integrations
Payment integrations

Stripe, PayPal

Stripe, GoCardless, PayPal

Who is PandaDoc for?

At the core of it, PandaDoc is great for corporates. Lots of different options with signature rules, permissions and user roles. All things that companies with 100+ salespeople need. They’re great for that. But if you’re looking for software that can help you scale your business and take care of you as you grow, Better Proposals is the way to go.

In Better Proposals, setting up user permissions and workflow approvals is as simple as the editor. We don’t like complicating things, so you’ll be ready to go in just a few clicks. We’re designed for helping small businesses scale and automating sales workflows for the big ones.

Switching from PandaDoc?

Read our guide to help you easily switch from PandaDoc, learn how to set up your Better Proposals account, import templates, and more.

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Who are you trying to impress?

When you’re sending a proposal, who are you trying to impress? Your potential customer we should hope. The main fallback with PandaDoc is the fact that their document builder / proposal designer doesn’t actually allow you to create anything that looks very visually impressive. It’s a document signing service for big corporations. Fancy design isn’t something that is typically required.

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Why our customers love us

Love Better Proposals! My clients are always super impressed when they get them and often ask how to set it up. Definitely one of the best investments I've made.

Mukarram Ismail

Mukarram Ismail
CEO of AgoraWave

Every business is struggling in some way or another at the moment but one thing we're finding easy is get proposals signed and deals done thanks to how quick and easy it is for us to create proposals and our clients to sign them

Myusp Tim

Tim Coe
Marketing Consultant

I save over 100 hours a month using Better Proposals. It's the best investment one can make to improve their work schedule and client conversion

Yousif Jabak

Yousif Jabak
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The main issue with PandaDoc

Of course, design is subjective but from a visual perspective, which do you think is going to do you more good when sending to your client?

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This is one of their public showcase templates

...or Better Proposals

When sending a proposal to a potential client, you want to build trust and the quickest way to do that (all things being equal) is by sending through an amazing looking proposal. If you send something that looks like a legal document with an attempt to win the business, it’s always going to be an uphill struggle.

quotes
proposals
quotes
contracts
contracts
contracts

200+ free templates

No design skills required

Process, share, and store your proposals quicker, easier, and more securely than ever.
And the best part is, you won't need a team to make it perfect.

Here's what they look like on mobile

Scroll through one of our proposals on the left, compare it to PandaDoc's on the right

Right now in the Better Proposals library, there are over 200 templates and 40+ integrations to choose from with more being added regularly.

Speed of sending

There’s always going to be a compromise. If you had unlimited time, you could make something look good in PandaDoc but what you really want are fast, efficient, quality proposals sent in minutes. That’s exactly what Better Proposals will give you.

You set all your branding up in one place and simply alter the content for your client each time. We have an unofficial tagline here which is ‘Just Write’. That’s all you’ll need to do - just focus on your client and their problems and explaining how you’ll solve them. Let us worry about the rest.

Our Proposal Editor

Zero learning, automatically designed, lightning fast.

Price

PandaDoc is not aimed at the freelancer / small business. That is evident and they brutally punish you in their pricing. You can read more about PandaDoc Pricing here but the upshot is they hook you in with crazy low pricing on a plan that isn't sustainable then force you to pay 5x just to continue using it as you were. It's not a scam but it is very clever on their part.

Try Better Proposals for 14-Days Free

You can use Better Proposals for 14 days with no restrictions and full support from our amazing team of proposal writing geniuses. If you’re looking for a corporate solution, we can help on the software side of things but we're not going to give you the "steak and strip club" style selling that others will.

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Documents that work for you, not against you

Start sending beautifully designed, error-free documents that inspire immediate trust with your clients.
Automate tasks, track your deals, and always follow up at the right time.

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