The Better Proposals Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Better Proposals in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Better Proposals
The Insider’s Guide
Proposal builder with e-signatures, payments and open tracking
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among e-signature and proposal tools, read from Better Proposals’s own pages.
Made by Better Proposals · checked Oct 17, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Better Proposals’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Better Proposals’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 17, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.2
GPA, above 3 of the 13 other e-signature and proposal tools we grade
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.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Better Proposals, taken from its own pages and our grades.
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.
- 1
Best for designed proposals that clients sign and pay
So we've graded it against its own rivals, like PandaDoc and Prospero.
- 2
Paid plans start at $13 a month for each person
As its pricing page puts it: $13 per user / month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly).
- 3
You can try it first
14-day free trial, no credit card required
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
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.
- 6
Interactive pricing tables
Clients can pick options in a pricing table inside the proposal, and totals are recalculated as they choose.
- 7
Open tracking and notifications
See when a client received, opened and read a document, with live notifications on every plan.
- 8
A 2.2 GPA, above 3 of 13
That is against the other e-signature and proposal tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Your call
You could make the core of Better Proposals for yourself: documents, templates and forms.
Better Proposals at a glance
- Pricing
- Free trial, from $13 per user / month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial, no credit card required
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- Better Proposals
- Category
- E-Signatures & Proposals
- Our grade
- 2.2 GPA, fair
The report card
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.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Free plan and trial | C | No 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. |
| Features | C | Templates, 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. |
| Ease of use | C | No 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. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web only, with Stripe, PayPal, GoCardless, HubSpot, Salesforce and Zapier, and an API from Premium. No phone or desktop app. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
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 it 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
Good to know
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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$13
A month to start, for each person
Better Proposals is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $13 per user / month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly).
That's long enough to build a proposal or two and send one to a real client.
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.
Trying it first
14-day free trial, no credit card required
Read from betterproposals.io on Oct 17, 2026.
Ways to pay less
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.
Stated on betterproposals.io
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
Proposal builder with e-signatures, payments and open tracking. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, templates, documents, forms.
Web only, with Stripe, PayPal, GoCardless, HubSpot, Salesforce and Zapier, and an API from Premium.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- Stripe
- PayPal
- GoCardless
- HubSpot
- Salesforce
- Zapier
Better Proposals is made by Better Proposals.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
3/13
Other e-signature and proposal tools it is graded above
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
- CFree plan and trialAbove 1 of 13
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 13
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 13
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 13
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 14 e-signature and proposal tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Better Proposals is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
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.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
PandaDoc, Prospero, Docusign, SignWell and Dropbox Sign
The 5 tools Better Proposals is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.0GPA
PandaDoc
Free plan · from $19/mo
Proposals, quotes and contracts with e-signatures and tracking.
- 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.
- 2.4GPA
Prospero
Free trial · from $12/mo
Proposal software with templates, tracking and built-in e-signatures.
- Better Proposals also covers forms.
- 2.6GPA
Docusign
Free trial · from $11/mo
E-signature service for sending, signing and tracking agreements.
- Only Docusign lists iOS and Android apps.
- 2.6GPA
SignWell
Free plan · from $10/mo
E-signatures priced by sender, with unlimited documents on paid plans.
- SignWell has a free plan. Better Proposals does not, though it has a free trial.
- Better Proposals also covers forms.
- 2.0GPA
Dropbox Sign
Free plan · from $15/mo
E-signature app from Dropbox with unlimited requests on paid plans.
- Dropbox Sign has a free plan. Better Proposals does not, though it has a free trial.
- Better Proposals also covers forms.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
14
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
Could I make my own version of Better Proposals?
You could make the core of Better Proposals for yourself: documents, templates and forms.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Better Proposals’s own pages on Oct 17, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 17, 2026. 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.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Better Proposals. Prices change, so check betterproposals.io before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
1,880
Tools graded, in 47 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
ToolGPA is free to read. It may earn a commission from affiliate links and it works with sponsors, but anything paid for is labelled and no one can pay for a grade. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
1,880
tools graded
47
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Better Proposals, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/better-proposals
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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See our other guides
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- BoldSign Insider's GuideLow-cost e-signature app and API from Syncfusion3.0 GPA
- Zoho Sign Insider's GuidePer-user e-signature app from Zoho with a free single-user plan3.0 GPA
- Docusign Insider's GuideE-signature service for sending, signing and tracking agreements2.6 GPA
Choosing software? Every tool graded, every price dated.
Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Better Proposals’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. ToolGPA uses affiliate links and may earn a commission from them, and it works with sponsors; anything paid for is labelled, and no one can pay for a grade. Better Proposals is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Better Proposals. Prices and plans change: check betterproposals.io before you buy.