Better Proposals
Proposal builder with e-signatures, payments and open tracking
Better Proposals report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 17, 2026
Best for designed proposals that clients sign and pay
Better Proposals is a proposal tool first: good-looking proposals with pricing tables clients can play with, open tracking, and a signature and payment at the end. So we've graded it against its own rivals, like PandaDoc and Prospero. Three people on Premium pay $63 a month billed yearly, capped at 50 documents a month.
Who Better Proposals is for
- Great if you're an agency or freelancer sending designed proposals
- Handy when you want the client's deposit paid the moment they sign
- Good for sales teams that need a manager's OK before a proposal goes out
Who Better Proposals is not for
- Not for you if you just need contracts signed, as it's built for proposals
- Tight if you send more than 50 documents a month, as only Enterprise lifts the limit
- Pricey if you want automatic follow-ups, as Nudge is $10 a user on top
Why Better Proposals gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money$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.
- CFree plan and trialNo 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.
- CFeaturesTemplates, 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.
- CEase of useNo 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.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with Stripe, PayPal, GoCardless, HubSpot, Salesforce and Zapier, and an API from Premium. No phone or desktop app.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Better Proposals's own pages on 17 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Better Proposals's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 3 of the 13 other e-signature and proposal tools we grade, and level with 2.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 0 of 13) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $13 a month for each person, against a middle price of $11.50 for the category: 8 of the 13 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 6 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 14 e-signature and proposal tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Better Proposals’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 4 of 13, level with 5
- CFree plan and trialAbove 1 of 13, level with 10
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 13, level with 8
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 13, level with 7
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 13, level with 12
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 14 e-signature and proposal tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Better Proposals, or make your own?
Your call
You could make the core of Better Proposals for yourself: documents, templates and forms.
What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. It costs $156 a year.
What you could make
- Documents, templates and forms: an app builder makes these well.
- It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too.
What you could not
- It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team.
- It plugs into other products, Stripe, PayPal and GoCardless among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. Better Proposals’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Better Proposals?
Better Proposals is a proposal tool first: you build proposals, quotes and contracts from templates and a content library, send them as web pages and see when the client opens and reads them. Clients sign inside the document and can pay through Stripe, PayPal or GoCardless. Plans are priced per user and set a monthly send limit, from 10 documents on Starter to unlimited on Enterprise.
Better Proposals is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $13 per user / month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly). See every plan
Good for
- 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
Worth knowing
- 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.
Key features
- 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.
Better Proposals pricing
- Starts at
- $13 per user / month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial, no credit card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $13per 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 | $21per 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 | $42per user / month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly) | Unlimited documents, plus content locking, simultaneous editing, inline comments, manager approvals and advanced permissions. |
Read from betterproposals.io on Oct 17, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Better Proposals before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave 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.
Stated on betterproposals.io
Works with
- Stripe
- PayPal
- GoCardless
- HubSpot
- Salesforce
- Zapier
Better Proposals alternatives
- Better Proposals vs PandaDoc
Free plan · from $19/mo
- Better Proposals vs Prospero
Free trial · from $12/mo
- Better Proposals vs Docusign
Free trial · from $11/mo
- Better Proposals vs SignWell
Free plan · from $10/mo
- Better Proposals vs Dropbox Sign
Free plan · from $15/mo
Common questions
Is Better Proposals free?
No, Better Proposals is a paid product, but you can try it first. 14-day free trial, no credit card required.
How much does Better Proposals cost?
Better Proposals lists 3 plans. Starter: $13 per user / month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly). Premium: $21 per user / month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly). Enterprise: $42 per user / month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly). Prices were read from betterproposals.io on Oct 17, 2026.
What platforms does Better Proposals work on?
Better Proposals is available on Web.
Does Better Proposals offer any discounts?
Better Proposals publicly lists the following: Save up to 35% with annual billing.
Does Better Proposals have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 17, 2026. Better Proposals is listed for Web.
Does Better Proposals have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 17, 2026. Better Proposals is listed for Web.
Is Better Proposals open source?
Better Proposals is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 17, 2026.
Does Better Proposals have an API?
Yes. Better Proposals offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Better Proposals integrate with?
Better Proposals's listing names Stripe, PayPal, GoCardless, HubSpot, Salesforce and Zapier. A listing names up to eight integrations, so it may connect to more.
Who makes Better Proposals?
Better Proposals is made by Better Proposals.
What are the alternatives to Better Proposals?
The closest alternatives to Better Proposals in our directory are PandaDoc, Prospero, Docusign, SignWell and Dropbox Sign. Each one has a side-by-side comparison with Better Proposals.
How does Better Proposals compare with other e-signature and proposal tools?
Better Proposals's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 3 of the 13 other e-signature and proposal tools we grade, and level with 2. It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 0 of 13) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Is Better Proposals good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Better Proposals C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $13 a month for each person, against a middle price of $11.50 for the category: 8 of the 13 others that charge start lower. On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 6 tools score higher and cost less.
Could I make my own version of Better Proposals?
You could make the core of Better Proposals for yourself: documents, templates and forms. What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. It costs $156 a year. What you could not make: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. It plugs into other products, Stripe, PayPal and GoCardless among them, and has an API. This is a judgement from its listing. We have not built one.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 17, 2026.