Better Proposals vs PandaDoc
We give Better Proposals a 2.2 GPA and PandaDoc a 2.0, out of 4.0. Better Proposals grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Better Proposals
Proposal builder with e-signatures, payments and open tracking
PandaDoc
Proposals, quotes and contracts with e-signatures and tracking
How we grade them
| 2.2GPABetter ProposalsFair | 2.0GPAPandaDocFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C$63 a month for three on Premium, billed yearly ($21 a head, $29 monthly), with 50 documents a month; Starter is one user and 10 documents. Against its own rivals that's mid-priced: dearer than Prospero at $12 a head, well under PandaDoc Business at $49. | D$57 a month for three on Starter, billed yearly ($19 a head, $35 monthly), for unlimited documents but only 5 templates. What you'd pick PandaDoc for, pricing tables, auto reminders and analytics, needs Business: $147 a month for three, four times this category's middle. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but a 14-day free trial with no card needed. That's long enough to build a proposal or two and send one to a real client. | CFree eSign covers 5 documents a month, 2 recipients each and 5 templates, with no integrations. Fine for a freelancer now and then; a team sending 20 a month is past it in the first week. The 14-day Business trial allows 50 documents. |
| Features | CTemplates, a content library, interactive pricing tables, open tracking, signing and payment by Stripe, PayPal or GoCardless, with approvals on Enterprise. It does the proposal job fully, but that's a smaller job than general signing, and follow-up nudges are a $10 add-on. | CThe editor, Word import, Stripe payments and, on Business, quotes, pricing tables, approvals and analytics. That's a lot. But bulk send, forms and recipient verification are add-ons priced through sales, where plain signing apps include them. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. It's a web app where the work is building proposals, templates and a content library, so there's some setting up before it pays off. | CThere's an iPhone app but no store rating on record. The editor does a lot, and there's real setting up before it pays off: templates, pricing tables and a content library to build. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with Stripe, PayPal, GoCardless, HubSpot, Salesforce and Zapier, and an API from Premium. No phone or desktop app. | BWeb and iPhone, with HubSpot, Pipedrive, Microsoft Dynamics, Stripe, QuickBooks, Slack and Canva, Salesforce as an add-on, an API and links to ChatGPT and Claude. No Android or desktop app is listed. |
| Best for | designed proposals that clients sign and pay | proposals and quotes that get signed and paid |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Better Proposals and PandaDoc. How we grade
Price against what you get
Better Proposals starts at $13 a month for each person and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. PandaDoc starts at $19 a month for each person and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Better Proposals starts $6 a month lower. Of the other e-signature and proposal tools on the chart, 6 score higher than Better Proposals for less, and 6 score higher than PandaDoc for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Better Proposals starts at $13 per user / month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly). PandaDoc starts at $19 per user / month, billed annually ($35 billed monthly).
- PandaDoc has a free plan. Better Proposals does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only PandaDoc lists an iOS app.
- Better Proposals also covers forms.
At a glance
| Better Proposals | PandaDoc | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $13 per user / month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly) | $19 per user / month, billed annually ($35 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | Free eSign plan: 5 documents a month with up to 2 recipients each, 5 templates and basic fields, with no third-party integrations. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial, no credit card required | 14-day free trial on the Business plan: up to 50 documents with a business email |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Made by | Better Proposals | PandaDoc |
| Price read from | betterproposals.io | support.pandadoc.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Better Proposals
- Agencies and freelancers who send designed proposals and want to know when they are read
- Service businesses that take a deposit as the client signs
- Sales teams that need manager approval before a proposal goes out
PandaDoc
- Sales teams that send proposals and quotes and want to see when they are read
- Agencies and service firms that take payment as the client signs
- Occasional senders: the free plan covers 5 documents a month
Worth knowing
Better Proposals
- Starter allows one user and 10 documents a month; Premium raises it to 50, and only Enterprise removes the send limit.
- CRM integrations, the API and Zapier start at Premium, $21 per user / month billed annually.
- The Nudge follow-up tool is an add-on at $10 per user a month, and custom template design starts at $1,495.
PandaDoc
- Starter keeps the 5-template limit of the free plan; unlimited templates, pricing tables and analytics start at Business, $49 per user / month billed annually.
- The Salesforce integration, bulk send, forms and recipient verification are paid add-ons priced through sales.
- SSO, custom roles and webhooks need the Enterprise plan, which is priced through sales.
- The free plan has no third-party integrations and limits each document to 2 recipients.
Key features
Better Proposals
- Templates and content library
- Unlimited templates and the content library of reusable sections come with every plan, along with merge tags and a Word importer.
- Interactive pricing tables
- Clients can pick options in a pricing table inside the proposal, and totals are recalculated as they choose.
- Open tracking and notifications
- See when a client received, opened and read a document, with live notifications on every plan.
- Signatures and payments
- Clients sign in the document with built-in digital signatures and can pay at once through Stripe, GoCardless or PayPal.
- Branding
- Every plan allows full brand customization, and fonts can come from Google Fonts, Adobe Fonts or your own files; a custom domain starts at Premium.
- Team review
- Enterprise adds simultaneous editing, inline comments, manager approvals before sending and locked content sections.
PandaDoc
- Drag-and-drop document editor
- Build proposals and contracts from blocks, import Word files and apply design themes; from Business, reuse sections from a content library.
- Quotes and pricing tables
- Business adds a quote builder, pricing tables with optional items and a product catalog that can pull products in from a CRM.
- Payments at signing
- Recipients can pay as they sign through Stripe on every paid plan, and through PayPal, Square, Authorize.net or QuickBooks Payments from Business.
- Document analytics
- Business shows when a document was opened and how far it got, with an activity timeline, reporting and automatic reminders.
- Approval workflows
- From Business, route a document to approvers, in order or as groups, before it goes out; conditional approvals cost extra on Business.
- AI assistant
- An AI assistant can edit document text, and PandaDoc connects to ChatGPT and Claude through its own app and connector.
Plans
Better Proposals
Starter$13
per user / month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly)
One user and 10 documents a month, with e-signatures, interactive pricing tables, payments, the content library and analytics.
Premium$21
per user / month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly)
Unlimited users and 50 documents a month, plus a custom domain, CRM integrations, expiry dates, API, Zapier and onboarding forms.
Enterprise$42
per user / month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly)
Unlimited documents, plus content locking, simultaneous editing, inline comments, manager approvals and advanced permissions.
PandaDoc
Free eSign$0
5 documents a month, 2 recipients per document, 5 templates and basic fields; no integrations and only admin roles.
Starter$19
per user / month, billed annually ($35 billed monthly)
Unlimited documents and e-signatures, the drag-and-drop editor, design themes, Word import, up to 5 templates and Stripe payments.
Business$49
per user / month, billed annually ($65 billed monthly)
Unlimited templates, quote builder and pricing tables, approvals, document analytics, branding, auto reminders and CRM links.
EnterpriseCustom
Sold through sales: SSO, custom roles, redlining, conditional content for senders, webhooks and multiple workspaces.
Ways to pay less
Better Proposals
- Annual discount
Save up to 35% with annual billing
Better Proposals lists Starter at $13 per user a month billed annually against $19 monthly, Premium at $21 against $29 and Enterprise at $42 against $49.
PandaDoc
- Annual discount
Lower price with annual billing
PandaDoc's plan comparison lists Starter at $19 per user a month billed annually against $35 monthly, and Business at $49 against $65.
