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Better Proposals vs Improvado

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Better Proposals

Customer Success

Create Proposals That Win

From
$19/month
Rated
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Improvado

Marketing & Analytics

Data integration platform for marketing teams

From
$1000/month
Rated
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The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Better Proposals documents are metered by tier, at 10 a month on Starter and 50 on Premium; Improvado no pricing is published, and no cost driver or minimum is stated
  • They diverge on capability: Better Proposals covers Proposal templates, Improvado covers 500+ data source connectors.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Better Proposals and Improvado actually diverge.

Attributes where Better Proposals and Improvado differ
AttributeBetter ProposalsImprovado
Starting price$19/month$1000/month
PlatformsWebWeb, Api, Data-warehouse
CategoryCustomer SuccessMarketing & Analytics
Founded20162015

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Better Proposals

  • Proposal templates
  • Digital signatures
  • Analytics
  • Payment collection
  • Custom branding
  • Stripe
  • Zapier
  • Web support

Only in Improvado

  • 500+ data source connectors
  • Data transformation
  • Real-time syncing
  • Data warehouse integration
  • ETL capabilities
  • Data quality monitoring
  • Historical data
  • Custom connectors

Both cover

  • Salesforce
  • HubSpot

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Better Proposals

  • Sending branded sales proposals with digital signaturesnot Improvado
  • Taking payment at the point of signaturenot Improvado
  • Tracking when a prospect opens and reads a proposalnot Improvado
  • Reusable content library and templatesnot Improvado
  • Approval workflows before a proposal goes out, on the Enterprise tiernot Improvado

Improvado

  • Aggregating marketing data from many platforms into one pipelinenot Better Proposals
  • Feeding blended campaign data into BI tools and dashboardsnot Better Proposals

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Better Proposals

  • Documents are metered by tier, at 10 a month on Starter and 50 on Premium
  • The Starter plan at $13 a month is a single user
  • Custom domains, CRM integrations and the API all need Premium at $21 per user per month
  • Approvals, content locking and advanced permissions are Enterprise only at $42 per user per month
  • The Nudge follow-up feature is a $10 per user per month add-on, and custom design starts at $1,495

Improvado

  • No pricing is published, and no cost driver or minimum is stated
  • The route to a figure is a working session with a solutions engineer rather than a rate card

Pricing, plan by plan

Better Proposals

$19/month
  • Starter$19/month
    • 10 proposals/month
    • Templates
    • Analytics
  • Premium$29/month
    • Unlimited proposals
    • Custom domain
    • Integrations

Improvado

$1000/month
  • Starter$1000/month
    • Up to 20 data sources
    • Basic transformations
    • Standard support
  • Professional$2500/month
    • Up to 100 data sources
    • Advanced transformations
    • Priority support
  • Enterprise$undefined/month
    • Unlimited data sources
    • Custom integrations
    • Dedicated support

Which should you pick?

Choose Better Proposals if

  • You need proposal templates.
  • You also want digital signatures.

Choose Improvado if

  • You need 500+ data source connectors.
  • You work on Web, Api, Data-warehouse.
  • You also want data transformation.

Questions people ask

Is Better Proposals or Improvado better?
Neither clearly leads. Better Proposals starts at $19/month and Improvado at $1000/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Better Proposals or Improvado?
Better Proposals starts at $19/month and Improvado at $1000/month.
Does Better Proposals or Improvado run on more platforms?
Better Proposals runs on Web. Improvado runs on Web, Api, Data-warehouse.
What is Better Proposals best used for?
Better Proposals is most often used for sending branded sales proposals with digital signatures, taking payment at the point of signature, tracking when a prospect opens and reads a proposal, reusable content library and templates. Of those, sending branded sales proposals with digital signatures and taking payment at the point of signature are not what Improvado is typically brought in for.
What can Better Proposals do that Improvado cannot?
Better Proposals covers Proposal templates, Digital signatures, Analytics, Payment collection. Improvado covers 500+ data source connectors, Data transformation, Real-time syncing, Data warehouse integration. Both handle Salesforce, HubSpot.

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