Sales Enablement · head to head
Proposify vs Qwilr
The short version
- Each has a real cost: Proposify document sends are capped monthly and billed per overage, at 10 sends on Basic with $0.50 each beyond; Qwilr growth plan requires a minimum of 5 users at $55/user/month and Scale requires a minimum of 10 users at $75/user/month, both billed annually only
- They diverge on capability: Proposify covers Proposal templates, Qwilr covers Web-based proposals.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Proposify and Qwilr actually diverge.
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Sales Enablement).
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 Proposify
- Proposal templates
- Content library
- Electronic signatures
- Interactive pricing
- Pipedrive
Only in Qwilr
- Web-based proposals
- Interactive quotes
- E-signatures
- Video embedding
- Slack
Both cover
- Analytics
- Salesforce
- HubSpot
- Stripe
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Proposify
- Creating and sending sales proposals with e signaturenot Qwilr
- Tracking proposal engagement and approval workflowsnot Qwilr
Qwilr
- Sales teams sending interactive proposals with embedded payment collection who can commit to annual billingnot Proposify
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Proposify
- Document sends are capped monthly and billed per overage, at 10 sends on Basic with $0.50 each beyond
- The Business plan's overage rate of $0.75 per send is higher than either cheaper plan despite starting at $3,900 a year
- Document analytics, integrations and custom fields all require the Team plan at $49 per user per month
- API access and SSO are Business only
- The Basic plan includes a single collaborator seat
Qwilr
- Growth plan requires a minimum of 5 users at $55/user/month and Scale requires a minimum of 10 users at $75/user/month, both billed annually only
- Document automation beyond the free monthly allotment (10, 150 or 600 documents by tier) costs $5, $2.50 or $2.50 per additional document
- QwilrPay charges a payment processing fee on top of the subscription, ranging from 0.25% on Starter down to 0.05% on Scale
Pricing, plan by plan
Proposify
$49/month- Team$49/month
- Unlimited proposals
- Templates
- Analytics
- Business$65/month
- Roles & permissions
- Custom branding
- Integrations
Qwilr
$35/month- Business$35/month
- Unlimited documents
- Templates
- E-signatures
- Enterprise$59/month
- Custom branding
- Advanced analytics
- Integrations
Which should you pick?
Questions people ask
- Is Proposify or Qwilr better?
- Neither clearly leads. Proposify starts at $49/month and Qwilr at $35/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Proposify or Qwilr?
- Proposify starts at $49/month and Qwilr at $35/month.
- Does Proposify or Qwilr run on more platforms?
- Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
- What is Proposify best used for?
- Proposify is most often used for creating and sending sales proposals with e signature, tracking proposal engagement and approval workflows. Of those, creating and sending sales proposals with e signature and tracking proposal engagement and approval workflows are not what Qwilr is typically brought in for.
- What can Proposify do that Qwilr cannot?
- Proposify covers Proposal templates, Content library, Electronic signatures, Interactive pricing. Qwilr covers Web-based proposals, Interactive quotes, E-signatures, Video embedding. Both handle Analytics, Salesforce, HubSpot, Stripe.