Better Proposals vs Qwilr (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Better Proposals and Qwilr share a 2.2 GPA, neither has a free plan, and Better Proposals starts cheaper, at $13 a month for each person against $35 a month for each person.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
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
Qwilr
Interactive web proposals and quotes with e-signatures
Which one is for you
Pick Better Proposals if
- Fits if you're an agency or freelancer sending designed proposals
- Works for sellers who want the client's deposit paid the moment they sign
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you just need contracts signed, as it's built for proposals
- Tight if you send more than 10 documents a month on Starter or 50 on Premium, as only Enterprise lifts the limit
- Pricey if you want automatic follow-ups, as Nudge is $10 a user on top, and custom template design starts at $1,495
- Skip it if you need CRM integrations, the API or Zapier on Starter, as they start at Premium at $21 a user
- Not for you if you want a phone or desktop app, since it runs on the web only
Pick Qwilr if
- Fits if you send quotes to clients and want them to accept and pay on the same page
- Works for a small sales team on yearly billing
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you send many documents: Starter has 40 a year, then $2.50 each
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $49 against $35 on yearly billing
- Skip it if you need Salesforce or team permissions, as they're Scale only
- Watch out: Growth requires 5 users and Scale requires 10, both billed annually only
- Watch out: API access carries usage costs on every plan
How we grade them
| 2.2GPABetter ProposalsFair | 2.2GPAQwilrFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | C$35 a user a month billed yearly ($49 monthly), above the category's dearer-quarter start of $29 but short of its dearest tenth. Starter includes only 40 documents a year. |
| 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. | CA 14-day trial of Starter with no card. After it ends, account access stops. |
| 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. | CInteractive quotes, e-sign, QwilrPay, analytics, an automation engine and branding controls. Gaps: document counts per plan, API access with usage costs, and Salesforce only on Scale. |
| 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. | CNo store rating on record. A web app where you build page templates and wire up a CRM. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with Stripe, PayPal, GoCardless, HubSpot, Salesforce and Zapier, and an API from Premium. No phone or desktop app. | BWeb only, with HubSpot, Salesforce, Zoho, Pipedrive, Dynamics, QuickBooks, Stripe and Slack connections. |
| Best for | designed proposals that clients sign and pay | interactive proposals and quotes with signing |
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 Qwilr. 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. Qwilr starts at $35 a month for each person and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Better Proposals starts $22 a month lower. Of the other e-signature and proposal tools on the chart, 9 score higher than Better Proposals for less, and 13 score higher than Qwilr 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 also covers forms.
- Qwilr also covers workflow automation and quotes and estimates.
At a glance
| Better Proposals | Qwilr | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $13 per user / month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly) | $35 per user / month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial, no credit card required | 14-day free trial of Starter, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Better Proposals | Qwilr |
| Price read from | betterproposals.io | qwilr.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
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.
Qwilr
- Each plan includes a set number of documents; extra ones cost $2.50 each pay-as-you-go, or from $1.50 in prepaid bundles.
- Growth requires at least 5 users and Scale at least 10, both billed annually only.
- API access carries usage costs on every plan, and the Salesforce integration is on Scale only.
- After the trial ends, pages stay live for 30 days but account access stops.
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.
Qwilr
- Interactive quotes
- Quote tables, tiered plans and an ROI calculator let buyers adjust options, and an accept block lets them agree with one click.
- E-sign on every plan
- Signatures from one or several signers are collected inside the page, with an audit trail of the document and PDF export.
- QwilrPay
- Partial, full or recurring payments can be collected on the page. The fee on payments is 0.09% on Starter and 0% on Growth and Scale.
- Analytics and notifications
- Alerts fire when pages are viewed, accepted or stall, and analytics show where prospects spend time. Identity analytics show who viewed.
- Smart Proposal Engine and automation
- On Scale, proposals are generated from rules a team sets, and CRM data can pre-fill pages. An API and an MCP server are on every plan.
- Branding and security controls
- Password, time, view-count and email-domain limits protect pages. Custom domains and fonts come with the higher plans.
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.
Qwilr
Starter$35
per user / month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly)
Unlimited pages, e-sign, analytics, QwilrPay, HubSpot, Zoho and Pipedrive, and the MCP. 40 free documents a year.
Growth$55
per user / month, annual billing only, minimum 5 users
Adds a customer success manager, Dynamics, automations, custom branding, identity verification. 200 free documents. Sold by demo.
Scale$75
per user / month, annual billing only, minimum 10 users
Adds Salesforce, conditional content, Smart Proposal Engine, AI Prefill and team permissions. 600 free documents. Sold by demo.
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.
Qwilr
- Annual discount
Starter is $35 a user on annual billing
The pricing page shows Starter at $35 per user a month billed annually, a 29% saving against $49 billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Better Proposals or Qwilr?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Better Proposals is cheaper to start with: $13 a month for each person, against $35 a month for each person for Qwilr. Better Proposals starts at $13 per user / month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly), and Qwilr starts at $35 per user / month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Better Proposals or Qwilr?
As of Nov 12, 2026, neither Better Proposals nor Qwilr has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.