Best European Proposal & Quote Management

Looking for a GDPR-compliant alternative to PandaDoc, Proposify or Qwilr? European proposal and quote-management tools cover the same ground — branded proposals, e-signature, tracking and quote-to-deal conversion — while keeping deal data under EU or EEA jurisdiction.

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10 European Proposal & Quote Management Tools

Offorte

Dutch proposal software from Breda with unlimited proposals from €12.50/month and a 14-day free trial

#1 of 10 in this category
Netherlands From €12.50/month, published tiers
Dedicated proposal software since 2010 — not a quot…Published pricing starting at €12.50/month with unl…14-day free trial with no credit card required

Xait

Norwegian enterprise proposal software (XaitPorter) for large, multi-author RFP responses, quote-only pricing

#2 of 10 in this category
Norway Quoted on request; no published tiers
Purpose-built for large, complex, multi-author RFP…Long track record in the RFP-writing space — the ve…AI-powered content library for reusing approved org…

Sellsy

French quote-to-invoice CRM from La Rochelle with published pricing from €39/user/month and built-in e-signature

#3 of 10 in this category
France From €39/user/month (annual billing), published tiers
Published per-tier pricing across all three plans,…One-click quote-to-invoice conversion ties the whol…Founded 2009, with 150+ staff and 50,000+ users cla…

Simplicate

Dutch service-business software from Groningen with a built-in quote editor from €24.50/user/month

#4 of 10 in this category
Netherlands From €24.50/user/month, published tiers
Quote editor included in every tier, not gated behi…Transparent per-user pricing published for all thre…14-day free trial with no credit card required

Foleon

Amsterdam-based interactive content platform used for sales proposals, with quote-only pricing across four tiers

#5 of 10 in this category
Netherlands Quoted on request; no published tiers
Explicitly names “Proposals” as a core use case rat…Brand Kit and governance tools aimed at large marke…Unlimited reviewers from the Team tier removes a co…

Better Proposals

London proposal software with 260+ templates, legally binding signatures and payments, from $13 per user per month annually

#6 of 10 in this category
United Kingdom From $13/user/month billed annually ($19 monthly); Premium $21, Enterprise $42; 14-day trial
Interactive proposals with pricing tables, live chat and read trackingLegally binding digital signatures and payments on every planContent library, CRM integrations, API and MCP server on Premium

Nusii

Independent Madrid proposal software with e-signing on every plan, a CRM integration set and a 60-day money-back guarantee

#7 of 10 in this category
Spain Freelancer $29/month, Agency $49/month, Business $129/month; 2 months free yearly; 14-day trial
Proposal templates with open and view notificationsOnline e-signing and Stripe payments on all plansHubSpot, Pipedrive and other CRM integrations, REST API and MCP server

Plutio

UK all-in-one business platform for freelancers and agencies with proposals, contracts and invoices on one client record

#8 of 10 in this category
United Kingdom Core $19/month, Pro $49/month, Max $199/month; 7-day free trial, no card
Proposal templates with packages, add-ons and depositsAccepted proposals can auto-create projects and invoicesContracts, invoices, time tracking and client portal in one suite

Steerlab

Paris AI platform that answers RFPs and security questionnaires, with SOC 2 assessment and AWS regions in Europe

#9 of 10 in this category
France No price list published; first RFP or questionnaire free, otherwise demo
AI-generated responses from an auto-managed content libraryChrome extension, Slack bot and co-pilot for answering in placeRole-based collaboration with SSO, SOC 2 assessed, data in AWS Europe

Tendium

Stockholm public-tender platform that finds tenders and runs the bid workflow, with unlimited users on every plan

#10 of 10 in this category
Sweden Light from €125/month; Core and Scale priced by bids per year on request; unlimited users
Tender monitoring with AI summaries and filtersBidFlow with qualification checklists and bid writing assistantAdd-on market insights for Sweden, Norway and Finland

Key takeaways

  • Offorte ranks #1 among European proposal tools because it is the only one here built purely as proposal software, with published unlimited-proposal pricing from €12.50 per month and a 14-day trial.
  • The category splits three ways: sales proposal builders (Offorte, Better Proposals, Nusii, Foleon), bid and RFP response tools (Xait, Steerlab, Tendium) and quoting built into a wider suite (Sellsy, Simplicate, Plutio).
  • Seven of the ten publish a starting price. Xait, Foleon and Steerlab publish none, and Tendium prices only its monitoring plan (from €125 per month). Better Proposals, Nusii and Plutio price in US dollars despite being European companies.
  • None of the ten has a permanent free plan. Eight offer a trial or a free first use: Offorte, Better Proposals and Simplicate (14 days), Sellsy (15), Plutio (7), Nusii (14 days with a card), Tendium (Core plan) and Steerlab (first RFP or questionnaire free). Xait is demo-only and no trial was found for Foleon.
  • Hosting is rarely stated: Offorte names Amsterdam servers, Sellsy says it is hosted in France, Steerlab states AWS regions in Europe, and Better Proposals names AWS without a region. Only Steerlab states its own SOC 2 assessment.
  • Seven are EU-established, Xait (Stavanger) is in the EEA but not the EU, and Better Proposals and Plutio are UK companies covered by an EU adequacy decision rather than EU establishment. Oneflow and Contractbook are deliberately not on this page, as they are listed under e-signatures.

Proposal and quote management software turns a sales offer, a tender response or a quote into a branded, trackable document that a buyer can approve and sign online, then hands the won deal to invoicing or delivery. Seven of the ten tools on this page are EU-established, Xait is in Norway (EEA, not EU) and Better Proposals and Plutio are in the United Kingdom, so the vendor and the contract sit under European law, unlike PandaDoc, Proposify or Qwilr.

European proposal & quote management compared

European proposal & quote management tools compared on position, country, entry price and best use
PositionToolEstablishedEntry priceBest for
#1 Offorte Netherlands Standard €12.50/month for one user with unlimited proposals and 200 products; Premium from €49/month (€390/year) for five users to €98/month (€780/year) for ten, with 2,000+ products Small and mid-size sales teams wanting a dedicated, transparently priced proposal tool
#2 Xait Norway Quoted on request; no published tiers Large organisations running high-volume, multi-author tender and RFP responses
#3 Sellsy France Standard €39/user/month (€47 monthly billing), Evolution €59 (€71), Elite €99 (€119), billed annually, excluding VAT French and EU SMEs wanting quotes, e-signature and invoicing in one system
#4 Simplicate Netherlands Organize €24.50, Rise €26, Optimize €27 per user per month; 15% discount for annual billing Dutch and EU service businesses wanting quotes tied to project delivery and billing
#5 Foleon Netherlands Quoted on request across four tiers (Grow, Scale, Team, Enterprise) plus agency plans; no published numbers Marketing and enablement teams needing on-brand interactive proposals at scale
#6 Better Proposals United Kingdom Starter $13, Premium $21, Enterprise $42 per user per month billed annually ($19, $29 and $49 billed monthly; annual saves up to 35%); Elite on invoice for a minimum of 10 users Small sales teams and agencies wanting interactive proposals with signing and payments
#7 Nusii Spain Freelancer $29/month, Agency $49/month, Business $129/month; two months free on yearly billing; extra users $19 (Agency) or $29 (Business) each per month Agencies and consultants wanting simple proposals with e-signing and CRM links
#8 Plutio United Kingdom Core $19/month (solo, 9 active clients), Pro $49/month (30 contributors), Max $199/month (unlimited); two months free on yearly billing Freelancers and small agencies wanting proposals, contracts and invoicing in one suite
#9 Steerlab France No price list published; first RFP or questionnaire is free, otherwise demo and quote Presales and proposal teams answering many RFPs and security questionnaires
#10 Tendium Sweden Light from €125/month (tender monitoring); Core and Scale scale with bids per year, on request; unlimited users on all plans Suppliers selling to the public sector who need to find and win tenders

Every European proposal & quote management tool reviewed

#1 Offorte

Breda, Netherlands Founded 2010 Standard €12.50/month for one user with unlimited proposals and 200 products; Premium from €49/month (€390/year) for five users to €98/month (€780/year) for ten, with 2,000+ products 14-day free trial, no credit card required

Best for: Small and mid-size sales teams wanting a dedicated, transparently priced proposal tool

  • Operating company. Offorte
  • Jurisdiction. EU (Netherlands)
  • Where the data sits. Data stored on secure servers in Amsterdam over SSL with daily backups, as stated by the vendor
  • Independent checks. No ISO 27001 or SOC 2 certification published
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. PandaDoc, Proposify, Qwilr

Offorte is a proposal-software company based in Breda, in the south of the Netherlands, and has built nothing else since it was founded in 2010. The entire product is a proposal editor, not a quoting module bolted onto a broader CRM, which is the clearest difference from Sellsy and Simplicate on this page.

Pricing is published rather than quote-only. The Standard plan is €12.50 a month for one user, with 200 products in the library and unlimited proposals, while Premium scales in blocks of five users from €49 a month (€390 a year) for five users to €98 a month (€780 a year) for ten, with a library of 2,000-plus products.

The editor covers interactive content blocks, a native digital signature, PDF export, an AI text writer, branding, read tracking and client-facing input forms.

Premium adds a custom domain, automations and reminders, account sharing with permissions and an API with webhooks, and a Zapier connection covers roughly 1,300 other systems rather than named CRM connectors. Offorte does not publish a named security certification and describes hosting as secure servers in Amsterdam over SSL with daily backups.

What Offorte does well

  • Dedicated proposal software since 2010, not a module of a CRM or ERP suite
  • Published pricing from €12.50 per month with unlimited proposals from the entry tier
  • 14-day free trial with no credit card required
  • AI text writer, native digital signature and PDF export from the Standard plan
  • Hosting stated as Amsterdam servers with daily backups

Where Offorte falls short

  • No named security certification such as ISO 27001 or SOC 2
  • Premium pricing scales in blocks of five users rather than per seat
  • No named native CRM integrations; relies on Zapier and its API
  • Not built for large multi-author tender documents

Standout feature. Unlimited proposals from the €12.50 per month Standard tier, where most competitors cap proposal volume even on an entry plan.

#2 Xait

Stavanger, Norway Quoted on request; no published tiers No free trial; demo only

Best for: Large organisations running high-volume, multi-author tender and RFP responses

  • Operating company. Xait
  • Jurisdiction. EEA, not EU (Norway)
  • Where the data sits. Vendor describes enterprise-level security with role-based permissions and security containers; hosting region not stated
  • Independent checks. No named certification stated on the pages reviewed
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. PandaDoc, Loopio, Responsive (RFPIO)

Xait is a Norwegian proposal-software company headquartered in Stavanger, with additional offices in the UK, the US and France. Its flagship product, XaitPorter, does a job most tools on this page do not attempt: large, multi-author RFP and proposal documents with dozens of contributors working in the same file at once, aimed at energy and renewables, government contracting, construction and manufacturing organisations that respond to complex tenders.

The platform is cloud-based co-authoring with section-level permissions, automated formatting and numbering that stays consistent as sections are edited independently, section-specific change logs with the ability to revert, an AI-powered content library for reusing approved content, and section workflows with task monitoring, deadlines and commenting. None of it is aimed at a five-minute one-page quote.

There is no published pricing anywhere on the site and no advertised free trial, so every engagement starts with a scheduled demo. The vendor describes enterprise-level security with role-based permissions and security containers for sensitive content, and names no certification on the pages we reviewed. Norway is in the EEA but not the EU.

What Xait does well

  • Built for large, multi-author tender and RFP documents with section-level permissions
  • The vendor states 25+ years in business
  • AI-powered content library for reusing approved organisational content
  • Section change logs and workflows suited to teams with dozens of contributors

Where Xait falls short

  • No published pricing; every deal starts with a demo request
  • No free trial advertised
  • Overkill for a small sales team sending straightforward quotes
  • Norway is EEA but not EU, and no named certification is stated

Standout feature. Cloud co-authoring for large multi-contributor RFP documents, a niche the self-serve proposal tools do not enter.

#3 Sellsy

La Rochelle, France Founded 2009 Standard €39/user/month (€47 monthly billing), Evolution €59 (€71), Elite €99 (€119), billed annually, excluding VAT 15-day free trial; no permanent free plan

Best for: French and EU SMEs wanting quotes, e-signature and invoicing in one system

  • Operating company. Sellsy
  • Jurisdiction. EU (France)
  • Where the data sits. Described by the vendor as conceived, developed, operated and hosted in France
  • Independent checks. No named certification stated on the pages reviewed
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. PandaDoc, Bonsai, HoneyBook

Sellsy is a French CRM and invoicing platform headquartered in La Rochelle, with additional offices in Bordeaux and Barcelona, founded in 2009 and now describing itself as run by more than 150 staff serving over 50,000 users. The vendor describes the platform as conceived, developed, operated and hosted in France.

Quotes and e-signature sit inside its combined Sales and Invoicing product across three published tiers: Standard at €39 a user a month billed annually (€47 monthly), Evolution at €59 (€71 monthly) and Elite at €99 (€119 monthly), all excluding VAT. Every tier includes quote creation, templates, read tracking and one-click conversion from an accepted quote into an invoice.

Electronic signature is included at every tier but capped by plan, at 50 signatures a year on Standard, 200 on Evolution and 500 on Elite. There is no permanent free plan, only a 15-day trial, and quoting cannot be bought as a standalone tool. For a team that wants the sell-to-bill cycle in one product, that bundling is the point.

What Sellsy does well

  • Published per-tier pricing across all three plans, in EUR and excluding VAT
  • One-click quote-to-invoice conversion in the same product
  • E-signature included at every tier rather than as a separate add-on
  • Hosting stated as France, with offices in La Rochelle, Bordeaux and Barcelona

Where Sellsy falls short

  • No permanent free plan, only a 15-day trial
  • E-signatures are capped per year, even at 500 on Elite
  • Quoting is bundled with the CRM and invoicing suite, not sold standalone
  • No named certification stated on the pages reviewed

Standout feature. One-click conversion from an accepted quote into an invoice, with e-signature at every published tier.

#4 Simplicate

Groningen, Netherlands Founded 2014 Organize €24.50, Rise €26, Optimize €27 per user per month; 15% discount for annual billing 14-day free trial, no credit card required

Best for: Dutch and EU service businesses wanting quotes tied to project delivery and billing

  • Operating company. Simplicate Software B.V.
  • Jurisdiction. EU (Netherlands)
  • Where the data sits. Not stated on the pages reviewed
  • Independent checks. No named certification found on the pricing or about pages checked
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. PandaDoc combined with a PSA/CRM tool, Bonsai, HoneyBook

Simplicate is a Dutch service-business platform founded in 2014 and based in Groningen, with a second office in Amsterdam. Rather than selling quoting as a standalone product, it bundles a custom-styled quote editor into a suite covering CRM, sales, projects, hours, invoicing and HR. The operating company is Simplicate Software B.V.

It is published across three tiers: Organize at €24.50 a user a month, Rise at €26 and Optimize at €27, each with a 15% discount for annual billing. The quote editor is included in every tier, and an accepted quote can move straight into project delivery, time tracking and invoicing without leaving the system. What separates the tiers is mostly reporting depth and support.

Rise adds advanced reporting, productivity targets and price agreements, while Optimize adds a dedicated customer success manager, priority support and benchmarking. Because quoting is one module inside a PSA and CRM suite, it is not a fit for a team that only wants a proposal tool, and no named certification or hosting region was found on the pages we reviewed.

What Simplicate does well

  • Quote editor included in every tier, not gated behind a premium plan
  • Transparent per-user pricing for all three tiers
  • 14-day free trial with no credit card required
  • Quotes flow into project delivery, time tracking and invoicing in the same suite

Where Simplicate falls short

  • Not a dedicated proposal tool; quoting is one module of a PSA and CRM suite
  • The three tiers sit close together in price, with differences in reporting and support
  • No named certification published on the pages reviewed
  • Hosting region not stated on the pages reviewed

Standout feature. A custom-styled quote editor included in every tier of a full service-business suite, feeding project delivery and invoicing.

#5 Foleon

Amsterdam, Netherlands Founded 2013 Quoted on request across four tiers (Grow, Scale, Team, Enterprise) plus agency plans; no published numbers No free trial or free plan found

Best for: Marketing and enablement teams needing on-brand interactive proposals at scale

  • Operating company. Foleon
  • Jurisdiction. EU (Netherlands)
  • Where the data sits. Not stated on the pages reviewed
  • Independent checks. No named certification found on the pricing or about pages checked
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. PandaDoc, Qwilr, Showpad Content

Foleon is an Amsterdam-based content platform, founded in 2013, with a second office in Brooklyn, New York; the Amsterdam office is its headquarters. Rather than a dedicated quote tool, it builds interactive Foleon Docs, branded scrollable digital documents, and names Proposals as one of its core use cases alongside buyer-enablement content, decks and microsites.

The product spans four tiers, Grow, Scale, Team and Enterprise, plus separate agency plans, and every tier is priced on request. Features scale from templates and a limited Brand Kit on Grow, through advanced personalization on Scale, to unlimited reviewers on Team and workflow governance tools on Enterprise.

The vendor states more than 1,100 active customers and over 130,000 Foleon Docs published, figures it reports about itself. There is no published pricing and no free trial or free plan found, which makes Foleon the least transparent tool in this category to budget for, and a heavier, more design-oriented platform than a team needs for simple quote sending.

What Foleon does well

  • Names Proposals as a core use case rather than treating quoting as an afterthought
  • Brand Kit and governance tools for keeping proposal branding consistent
  • Unlimited reviewers from the Team tier removes a sign-off bottleneck
  • Established since 2013, with 1,100+ customers claimed by the vendor

Where Foleon falls short

  • Fully quote-only pricing across all four tiers
  • No free trial or free plan found
  • A broader interactive-content platform, heavier than simple quote sending
  • No named certification or hosting region on the pages reviewed

Standout feature. Unlimited reviewers and Brand Kit governance from the Team tier up, built for large on-brand sales organisations.

#6 Better Proposals

London, United Kingdom Founded 2014 Starter $13, Premium $21, Enterprise $42 per user per month billed annually ($19, $29 and $49 billed monthly; annual saves up to 35%); Elite on invoice for a minimum of 10 users 14-day free trial, no credit card required

Best for: Small sales teams and agencies wanting interactive proposals with signing and payments

  • Operating company. Advantix Technologies Limited (Companies House 08961263)
  • Jurisdiction. United Kingdom (adequacy decision, outside the EEA)
  • Where the data sits. Hosted on AWS data centres (region not stated); AES-256 encryption at rest and in transit
  • Independent checks. Hosting infrastructure is stated as ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certified (AWS); regular third-party penetration testing by CREST-approved testers; no certification of its own named
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. PandaDoc, Proposify, Qwilr

Better Proposals is run by Advantix Technologies Limited, a company registered in England and Wales (number 08961263) at 843 Finchley Road in London and incorporated in 2014. It sells browser-based proposal software: templates, interactive pricing tables, a reusable content library, open tracking with live notifications, payment collection and legally binding digital signatures. The site offers over 260 free document templates.

Pricing is published in US dollars per user per month: Starter $13, Premium $21 and Enterprise $42 when billed annually, or $19, $29 and $49 when billed monthly, plus an Elite plan on invoice for a minimum of ten users. Premium adds a custom domain, CRM integrations, automatic expiry dates, an API, Zapier and an MCP server, and Enterprise adds content locking, simultaneous editing, inline commenting and manager approvals.

There is a 14-day free trial without a credit card. The service runs on AWS data centres, the vendor says, with AES-256 encryption and regular penetration testing by CREST-approved testers, though the region is not stated. Its terms are governed by English law, so as a UK company it relies on the EU adequacy decision rather than EU establishment.

What Better Proposals does well

  • Published per-user pricing and a 14-day trial without a card
  • Digital signatures, payments and content library on every plan
  • Approvals, content locking and simultaneous editing on Enterprise
  • Verifiable UK company number and English-law terms

Where Better Proposals falls short

  • Priced in US dollars despite being a UK company
  • AWS hosting region not stated
  • Per-user pricing grows quickly for larger teams
  • UK company, so EU adequacy rather than EU establishment

Standout feature. Legally binding signatures, payments and a 260-template library on every plan from $13 per user per month billed annually.

#7 Nusii

Madrid, Spain Founded 2013 Freelancer $29/month, Agency $49/month, Business $129/month; two months free on yearly billing; extra users $19 (Agency) or $29 (Business) each per month 14-day free trial (credit card required) and a 60-day money-back guarantee

Best for: Agencies and consultants wanting simple proposals with e-signing and CRM links

  • Operating company. Nusii Proposals S.L. (VAT ID B-87346920)
  • Jurisdiction. EU (Spain)
  • Where the data sits. Not stated on the pages reviewed
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. PandaDoc, Proposify, Bidsketch

Nusii is operated by Nusii Proposals S.L. (VAT ID B-87346920), headquartered in Madrid and, according to its own about page, founded in 2013 and self-funded with no outside investors. It sells proposal templates, online and PDF proposals, open and view notifications, e-signatures and payments through Stripe, aimed at marketing agencies, consultants, sales teams and SaaS companies.

Pricing is published in US dollars: Freelancer at $29 a month with five active proposals and one user, Agency at $49 with 20 active proposals and three users, and Business at $129 with more than 50 active proposals and five users, with extra users at $19 and $29. Online e-signing is on every plan, and two months are free on yearly billing.

The trial is 14 days and needs a credit card, backed by a 60-day money-back guarantee. Integrations include HubSpot, Pipedrive, OnePageCRM, Basecamp, Stripe, Slack, Zapier and Make, plus a REST API and an MCP server. The contract is governed by Spanish law with arbitration in Madrid, and the pages we reviewed do not state a hosting region or a certification.

What Nusii does well

  • Published pricing with e-signing on every plan
  • Wide CRM and automation integration list plus API and MCP server
  • 60-day money-back guarantee
  • Independent and self-funded, with a verifiable Spanish entity

Where Nusii falls short

  • Active-proposal limits on every plan
  • Priced in US dollars
  • Trial needs a credit card
  • No hosting region or certification stated on the pages reviewed

Standout feature. A self-funded Madrid vendor with e-signing on every plan and a 60-day money-back guarantee.

#8 Plutio

London, United Kingdom Founded 2017 Core $19/month (solo, 9 active clients), Pro $49/month (30 contributors), Max $199/month (unlimited); two months free on yearly billing 7-day free trial with full access, no credit card required

Best for: Freelancers and small agencies wanting proposals, contracts and invoicing in one suite

  • Operating company. Plutio Ltd (Companies House 09856706)
  • Jurisdiction. United Kingdom (adequacy decision, outside the EEA)
  • Where the data sits. Product hosting region not stated; some processors, such as payment and AI providers, are in the United States under standard contractual clauses
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. Bonsai, HoneyBook, PandaDoc

Plutio Ltd (Companies House 09856706, England and Wales, incorporated 2015) launched its product in November 2017 and describes itself as bootstrapped and remote-first, with a team across the UK and Europe. It is an all-in-one business platform for freelancers, agencies and small teams, in which proposals are one module alongside projects, contracts, invoices, time tracking and a branded client portal.

Proposals use templates and dynamic content, allow packages and add-ons for the client to choose from, can be localised by language and currency, support deposits and several signature methods, and expire on a set date. When a proposal is approved and signed, the platform can create the project, invoice and further workflow steps automatically from templates.

Pricing is in US dollars: Core $19 a month for a solo user with nine active clients, Pro $49 with 30 contributors and Max $199 with unlimited contributors, with two months free on yearly billing and a 7-day trial without a card. The product hosting region is not stated, and some processors, such as payment and AI providers, are in the United States under standard contractual clauses.

What Plutio does well

  • Proposals, contracts, invoices and projects share one client record
  • Approved proposals can create projects and invoices automatically
  • Published pricing with a 7-day trial and no card
  • No feature gating between plans, according to the vendor

Where Plutio falls short

  • Built for freelancers and small teams, not for enterprise sales orgs
  • Priced in US dollars, and Core limits active clients
  • Hosting region not stated; some processors in the United States
  • UK company, so EU adequacy rather than EU establishment

Standout feature. A signed proposal can create the project and invoice automatically in the same suite.

#9 Steerlab

Paris, France Founded 2023 No price list published; first RFP or questionnaire is free, otherwise demo and quote First RFP or security questionnaire free; "Try for free" on the site

Best for: Presales and proposal teams answering many RFPs and security questionnaires

  • Operating company. Steerlab SAS (SIREN 979285681)
  • Jurisdiction. EU (France)
  • Where the data sits. Stored in AWS regions in Europe and replicated across regions within Europe
  • Independent checks. SOC 2, assessed against all five Trust Services Criteria (as stated by the vendor)
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. Loopio, Responsive (RFPIO), Qvidian

Steerlab SAS (SIREN 979285681, registered in Paris in August 2023) sells an AI platform that answers RFIs, RFPs and security questionnaires. It generates responses from an auto-managed content library, tracks progress and collaboration, and offers extensions through a Chrome extension, a Slack bot and a co-pilot, plus built-in connectors to source data. It is a response tool, so it sits next to Xait and Tendium rather than Offorte.

On security, the vendor states that data is stored in AWS regions in Europe and replicated across regions within Europe, encrypted at rest with AES-256, with tenant isolation, MFA and SSO, and says it is SOC 2 assessed against all five Trust Services Criteria. That is the most specific security statement on this page. Its terms are governed by French law with non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Paris courts.

No price list is published; the site offers "your first RFP or questionnaire is on us" and a try-for-free path, and otherwise a demo. As a company founded in 2023 it has a short track record, and its alternatives page positions it directly against Responsive (formerly RFPIO), so expect it to be evaluated against those larger US tools.

What Steerlab does well

  • Purpose-built for RFPs and security questionnaires, with an auto-managed content library
  • SOC 2 assessment stated against all five Trust Services Criteria
  • Data in AWS regions in Europe, replicated within Europe
  • First RFP or questionnaire free to try

Where Steerlab falls short

  • No published price list
  • Founded in 2023, with a short track record
  • Not a sales proposal or quoting tool
  • Runs on AWS, so the hosting provider is a US company even if the regions are European

Standout feature. The only tool here that states its own SOC 2 assessment alongside European-only AWS regions.

#10 Tendium

Stockholm, Sweden Light from €125/month (tender monitoring); Core and Scale scale with bids per year, on request; unlimited users on all plans Free trial offered on the Core plan; Light is self-service

Best for: Suppliers selling to the public sector who need to find and win tenders

  • Operating company. Tendium AB (org. no. 559169-6843)
  • Jurisdiction. EU (Sweden)
  • Where the data sits. Not stated on the pages reviewed
  • Source code. Closed source
  • Replaces. Mercell, spreadsheet-based tender tracking

Tendium AB (org. no. 559169-6843, Tegnérgatan 38, Stockholm) runs a business-to-government sales platform. It monitors public procurement notices with filters and AI summaries, helps qualify tenders with smart checklists and manages the bid itself through BidFlow, with tasks, a content library and a writing assistant. The vendor states 1,350 customers and one million public tenders, figures it reports about itself.

Pricing is published in euros as plans: Light from €125 a month for tender monitoring, Core with the BidFlow bid workflow and a free trial, and Scale with unlimited filters and bidflows, single sign-on and user permissions. Core and Scale scale with the number of bids per year and are quoted, and every plan includes unlimited users. An add-on for market insights covers Sweden, Norway and Finland.

Tendium is a tender and bid tool, not a sales proposal or quoting tool, so it is the right comparison for Xait and Steerlab rather than Offorte. The company entry comes from the Swedish company register mirror at allabolag.se, because Tendium's own legal pages could not be read, so the governing law and hosting region are not verified here.

What Tendium does well

  • Finds tenders and runs the bid workflow in one product
  • Unlimited users on every plan
  • Published entry price in euros from €125 per month
  • Nordic market insights as an add-on for Sweden, Norway and Finland

Where Tendium falls short

  • Only the monitoring plan has a published price; bid workflow plans are quoted
  • Not a sales proposal or quoting tool
  • Governing law and hosting region not verified from the vendor
  • Market-insight add-on covers only Sweden, Norway and Finland

Standout feature. Tender discovery and the bid workflow in one platform, with unlimited users on every plan.

Published pricing or a sales call?

Seven of the ten tools publish a starting price. Offorte starts at €12.50 per month for one user with unlimited proposals, Simplicate at €24.50 per user per month, Sellsy at €39 per user per month billed annually, Better Proposals at $13 per user per month billed annually, Nusii at $29 per month, Plutio at $19 per month and Tendium at €125 per month for its Light monitoring plan.

The three dedicated enterprise tools differ. Xait and Foleon publish no numbers at all and start every deal with a demo or a quote, and Steerlab lists no prices either, offering the first RFP or questionnaire free instead. For Xait that is normal enterprise RFP practice, and for Foleon pricing depends on content volume and brand governance.

Look at what each price buys. Offorte sells one user or blocks of five, Nusii includes a set number of users and active proposals in each plan, Sellsy, Simplicate and Better Proposals price per user, Plutio prices by contributors and active clients, and Tendium includes unlimited users on every plan and scales its workflow plans by the number of bids per year. A team of ten pays very different amounts depending on that structure.

What actually differs between these tools?

The first difference is the job. Offorte, Better Proposals and Nusii create sales proposals with signing and tracking. Foleon builds interactive branded documents for large marketing and sales organisations. Xait, Steerlab and Tendium answer tenders and RFPs, with Xait built for many authors in one document, Steerlab for AI-assisted answering of RFPs and security questionnaires, and Tendium for finding public tenders and running the bid workflow.

The second is whether quoting is the product or a feature. Sellsy bundles quotes and e-signature with CRM and invoicing, Simplicate bundles a quote editor into a PSA suite for service businesses, and Plutio combines proposals with contracts, invoices and projects for freelancers and agencies. An accepted quote flows straight into an invoice or project in these, which dedicated tools cannot do without an integration.

The third is evidence. Steerlab states a SOC 2 assessment, Offorte names its hosting city, Sellsy states hosting in France, and Better Proposals describes AWS infrastructure and CREST penetration testing. The others state little about hosting or certification on the pages we reviewed.

Does company ownership matter for a proposal vendor?

Proposals contain pricing, margins and customer names, which is some of the most sensitive commercial data a company holds, so who owns the vendor matters beyond the hosting region.

GetAccept shows the risk. It is of Swedish origin and contracts through GetAccept AB, but its own terms describe that company as a subsidiary of GetAccept Inc. and its footer carries a San Francisco address, so it is not listed here. AutogenAI states that it is headquartered in New York City and is also excluded.

Some listed vendors have US presence without a US parent: Foleon has a second office in Brooklyn, and Xait has offices in the UK, the US and France, with its headquarters in Stavanger. Where we cite offices, they are what the vendor states, and ownership of privately held vendors is not always public.

How we selected and ranked these 10 tools

Every tool on this page is in the European Purpose directory, which means the operating company is established in Europe and we have verified that from the company register or the vendor's own legal notice rather than from a marketing page. Tools headquartered outside Europe are not eligible, however good they are.

  1. Feature verification (weight: 40%). We check each capability against the vendor's own documentation and product pages, and record what the tool does rather than what the category is assumed to include.
  2. Ease of adoption (weight: 30%). Integrations, published API access, trial availability and how much configuration stands between signing and a usable result.
  3. Value and transparency (weight: 30%). Published pricing counts in a vendor's favour; quote-only pricing is recorded as quote-only rather than estimated. We weigh what a buyer gets for the entry price, not the headline feature count.
  4. Editorial review. Every page is researched and drafted with AI assistance, and the compliance and pricing claims are checked against the vendor's documentation before it is published under the founder's editorial responsibility. The three weights above decide the order; a position is a ranking against the other European tools in this category, not an absolute score.

Vendor-reported outcomes — ROI figures, margin uplift, time saved — are labelled as vendor claims wherever they appear on this page. We have not audited them, and neither has anyone else who quotes them. Read our full editorial process for how pages are re-verified.

Frequently asked questions

Offorte ranks #1 in this directory because it is the only tool built purely as proposal software, with published unlimited-proposal pricing from €12.50 per month and a 14-day free trial.

The right answer still depends on the job: Better Proposals or Nusii for sales proposals with signing and payments, Xait or Steerlab or Tendium for tenders and RFPs, Sellsy, Simplicate or Plutio if quoting should feed invoicing or project delivery, and Foleon for brand-governed interactive proposals across a large marketing team.

Offorte, Better Proposals and Nusii are the closest like-for-like replacements, with templates, tracking and signing. Sellsy, Simplicate and Plutio replace them as part of a wider CRM, invoicing or project suite, Foleon replaces them for interactive branded documents, and Xait, Steerlab and Tendium cover the tender and RFP side that PandaDoc and Loopio serve.

It splits by how dedicated the tool is. Offorte starts at €12.50 per month for one user with unlimited proposals, Plutio at $19 per month, Simplicate at €24.50 per user per month, Nusii at $29 per month, Sellsy at €39 per user per month annually and Better Proposals at $13 per user per month billed annually ($19 monthly). Tendium starts at €125 per month for tender monitoring with unlimited users. Xait, Foleon and Steerlab publish no price.

No permanent free plan exists among the ten. Offorte, Simplicate and Better Proposals offer a 14-day free trial without a card, Sellsy a 15-day trial, Plutio a 7-day trial without a card, Nusii a 14-day trial that needs a card plus a 60-day money-back guarantee, and Tendium a free trial on its Core plan. Steerlab makes the first RFP or questionnaire free. Xait is demo-only and no trial was found for Foleon.

Xait, built around XaitPorter, for cloud co-authoring of large multi-contributor proposal and RFP documents in energy, government contracting, construction and manufacturing. Steerlab suits teams that answer many RFPs and security questionnaires and want AI-drafted responses from a content library. Tendium suits suppliers selling to the public sector that need to find tenders and run the bid workflow in one place.

Offorte includes a native digital signature from the Standard plan. Better Proposals states legally binding digital signatures on every plan and Nusii states online e-signing on every plan. Sellsy includes e-signature at every tier but caps it at 50, 200 and 500 signatures per year on Standard, Evolution and Elite. Plutio offers several signing methods on proposals. Xait, Foleon, Steerlab and Tendium are document or workflow tools and do not position e-signature as a feature on the pages we reviewed.

Four say something on their own pages. Offorte names secure servers in Amsterdam, Sellsy says the platform is hosted in France, Steerlab states AWS regions in Europe replicated within Europe, and Better Proposals names AWS data centres without a region. The other six do not state a hosting region on the pages we reviewed, and Plutio lists some US processors under standard contractual clauses.

Three of the ten. Xait is headquartered in Stavanger, Norway, which is in the EEA but not the EU. Better Proposals (Advantix Technologies Limited) and Plutio Ltd are English companies, and the United Kingdom is covered by an EU adequacy decision rather than EU establishment. The other seven are in the Netherlands (Offorte, Simplicate, Foleon), France (Sellsy, Steerlab), Spain (Nusii) and Sweden (Tendium).

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If you build a European proposal or quote-management tool that belongs here, tell us about it. Every suggestion is checked against the same criteria as the tools above: European ownership and hosting, a real product, and pricing we can verify. A listing is editorial, and we say so on this page where placement is paid.

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