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Better Proposals vs Salesloft

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Better Proposals

Customer Success

Create Proposals That Win

From
$19/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Salesloft

Sales Enablement

The Modern Revenue Workspace

From
$75/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

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; Salesloft the Internet Archive's capture of SalesLoft's pricing page on 3 December 2020 named four distinct packages, Prospect (lead generation), Sell (opportunity management), Engage (post-sale customer experience), and Enterprise (full revenue lifecycle), with no figures published, only 'Request a Quote'.
  • They diverge on capability: Better Proposals covers Proposal templates, Salesloft covers Cadences.

Where they differ

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

Attributes where Better Proposals and Salesloft differ
AttributeBetter ProposalsSalesloft
Starting price$19/month$75/month
PlatformsWebWeb, Ios, Android
CategoryCustomer SuccessSales Enablement
Founded20162011

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

Only in Salesloft

  • Cadences
  • Email tracking
  • Dialer
  • Deals management
  • Conversation intelligence
  • Microsoft Dynamics
  • LinkedIn
  • Zoom

Both cover

  • Salesforce
  • HubSpot
  • Web support

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 Salesloft
  • Taking payment at the point of signaturenot Salesloft
  • Tracking when a prospect opens and reads a proposalnot Salesloft
  • Reusable content library and templatesnot Salesloft
  • Approval workflows before a proposal goes out, on the Enterprise tiernot Salesloft

Salesloft

  • Prospectingnot Better Proposals
  • Deal managementnot Better Proposals
  • Sales coachingnot Better Proposals
  • Revenue forecastingnot 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

Salesloft

  • The Internet Archive's capture of SalesLoft's pricing page on 3 December 2020 named four distinct packages, Prospect (lead generation), Sell (opportunity management), Engage (post-sale customer experience), and Enterprise (full revenue lifecycle), with no figures published, only 'Request a Quote'.

Pricing, plan by plan

Better Proposals

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

Salesloft

$75/month
  • Essentials$75/month
    • Cadences
    • Email tracking
    • Dialer
  • Advanced$125/month
    • All Essentials features
    • Deals
    • Conversations
  • PremierFree
    • All Advanced features
    • Forecasting
    • Pipeline analytics

Which should you pick?

Choose Better Proposals if

  • You need proposal templates.
  • You also want digital signatures.
Better Proposals review

Choose Salesloft if

  • You need cadences.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want email tracking.
Salesloft review

Questions people ask

Is Better Proposals or Salesloft better?
Neither clearly leads. Better Proposals starts at $19/month and Salesloft at $75/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Better Proposals or Salesloft?
Better Proposals starts at $19/month and Salesloft at $75/month.
Does Better Proposals or Salesloft run on more platforms?
Better Proposals runs on Web. Salesloft runs on Web, Ios, Android.
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 Salesloft is typically brought in for.
What can Better Proposals do that Salesloft cannot?
Better Proposals covers Proposal templates, Digital signatures, Analytics, Payment collection. Salesloft covers Cadences, Email tracking, Dialer, Deals management. Both handle Salesforce, HubSpot, Web support.
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