# Bidsketch review (2026): is it worth $23 a month, billed yearly?

> Proposal software with templates, analytics and e-signatures

Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Bidsketch is a proposal tool where users assemble proposals from reusable templates, fees and designs, send them through a client landing page and capture e-signatures online. It reports when clients open a proposal. Plans differ by number of users, and every plan has unlimited proposals and clients.

- **Category:** E-Signatures & Proposals
- **Made by:** Bidsketch (since 2009)
- **Website:** https://www.bidsketch.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you add people, since Team is $47 and Business $119 a month for the same features.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 12, 2026, Bidsketch is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $23 per month for 1 user, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** 14-day free trial on every plan; reminder email 3 days before it ends.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Solo | $23 per month for 1 user, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly) | Unlimited proposals and clients, analytics, e-signatures, your own domain, real-time collaboration and team management. |
| Team | $47 per month for up to 3 users, billed yearly ($79 billed monthly) | The same features as Solo for up to 3 users. The page marks it as the recommended plan. |
| Business | $119 per month for up to 8 users, billed yearly ($149 billed monthly) | The same features as Solo for up to 8 users. |

Read from https://www.bidsketch.com/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Bidsketch before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Yearly billing saves up to 40%** (Annual discount): Solo and Business save 20% on yearly billing and Team saves 40%, for example Team at $47 a month against $79 billed monthly. Source: https://www.bidsketch.com/pricing/
- **Free for non-profits** (Nonprofit): The pricing page says Bidsketch is free for non-profits or if you write an honest review of it. Terms are not detailed. Source: https://www.bidsketch.com/pricing/

## Key features

- **Proposal templates and fees:** Content, fee tables and designs are dropped into reusable templates, with client and company names filled in automatically.
- **Electronic signatures:** Clients sign online when they approve a proposal. An export to PDF is also available.
- **Client landing page:** Each proposal is viewed through a unique encrypted link on a custom client landing page, which the site says is not public.
- **Proposal analytics:** Web-based analytics and instant notifications show when a client opens a proposal or needs a follow-up.
- **Team features:** Every plan lists real-time collaboration and team management, and a custom domain for proposals.
- **Invoicing and tool connections:** The home page shows connections to Zapier, Harvest, FreshBooks and Basecamp, and the footer links an API.

## Good for

- Design, development, marketing and SEO agencies
- Freelancers who send proposals often and want flat pricing
- Small teams of up to 3 or 8 people

## Worth knowing

- Plans differ only by user count: 1, up to 3 and up to 8 users.
- A cheaper starter plan at $15 a month exists but has 25 clients, no e-signatures and no custom domains.
- The pricing page says Bidsketch is free for non-profits or for anyone who writes an honest review.
- The footer links an API, but the pages read do not say which plans include it.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Bidsketch is proposal software with templates, analytics and e-signatures, from $23 a month billed yearly for one user. The plans differ only by user count, the cheaper $15 plan drops e-signatures, and the 14-day trial is on every plan with a reminder before it ends.

- **Value for money: C.** Solo is $23 a month billed yearly ($29 monthly) for 1 user, between the category's middle at $15 and its dearer quarter at $29. Team is $47 for 3 users and Business $119 for 8.
- **Free plan and trial: D.** A 14-day trial on every plan, with a reminder email three days before it ends, which points to a card on file. No free plan.
- **Features: C.** Proposal templates and fees, e-signatures, a client page, analytics, team features and invoicing connections. It does proposals, not the wider signing and contract work, and the pages do not say which plans include the API.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You build templates and fee tables before the first proposal goes out.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with Zapier, Harvest, FreshBooks and Basecamp connections.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Bidsketch's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among e-signature and proposal tools

- Bidsketch's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 2 of the 37 other e-signature and proposal tools we grade, and level with 9.
- It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 2 of 37) and worst on free plan and trial (D, above 2).
- Its paid plans start at $23 a month, against a middle price of $13.20 for the category: 22 of the 33 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 11 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/e-signatures

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** The plain part of Bidsketch you could make: quotes and estimates, documents and templates. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 26 of the 37 other e-signature and proposal tools grade higher. It costs $276 a year.

- You could make: Quotes and estimates, documents and templates: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: Several people working in it at the same moment.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Zapier, Harvest and FreshBooks among them, and has an API.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Zapier, Harvest, FreshBooks, Basecamp

**Tags:** Quotes and estimates, Documents, Templates, Real-time collaboration, Public API

## Alternatives

- [Proposify](https://toolgpa.com/tools/proposify): Proposal, quote and e-signature software for sales teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bidsketch-vs-proposify)
- [Nusii](https://toolgpa.com/tools/nusii): Proposal software with e-signing for agencies and consultants. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bidsketch-vs-nusii)
- [Better Proposals](https://toolgpa.com/tools/better-proposals): Proposal builder with e-signatures, payments and open tracking. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/better-proposals-vs-bidsketch)
- [Qwilr](https://toolgpa.com/tools/qwilr): Interactive web proposals and quotes with e-signatures. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bidsketch-vs-qwilr)
- [PandaDoc](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pandadoc): Proposals, quotes and contracts with e-signatures and tracking. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bidsketch-vs-pandadoc)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026:

- https://www.bidsketch.com/pricing/
- https://www.bidsketch.com
- https://www.bidsketch.com/about/

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