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Quote and Sign vs Better Proposals
Updated September 19, 2026. Better Proposals pricing read September 2026.
An honest comparison for people choosing proposal software. Better Proposals's prices and features are taken from betterproposals.io as read in September 2026; if something has changed since, tell us through the contact form and it will be corrected.
The short version. Better Proposals charges per user with a monthly document allowance and gives you a polished, closed product with payments and chat built in. Quote and Sign charges a flat price per account, lets the client change options on the page, keeps a verifiable acceptance record, and publishes its source code. If you are a freelancer, a studio or a small agency sending proposals rather than managing a sales floor, the flat price usually wins. If you need a native Salesforce or HubSpot app today, Better Proposals has it and we do not.
Side by side
| Quote and Sign | Better Proposals | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat per account. Free, Pro $19 a month billed yearly ($24 monthly), Business $59 ($69) with 10 seats | Starter $13, Premium $21 and Enterprise $42 per user per month, billed monthly or yearly at a discount. Fourteen-day trial, no free plan. Follow-up automation (NUDGE) is a $10 per user add-on. |
| Per-document fees | None. Fair use is 200 new proposals a day | A monthly document allowance per plan: 10 on Starter, 50 on Premium, unlimited on Enterprise. |
| Client changes options | Live: optional lines and quantities, the total updates as they read | Interactive pricing is available; options are set by the sender |
| Acceptance record | Name, time, consent text, chosen options and a SHA-256 fingerprint of the exact content, verifiable from the record file; countersign on Business | E-signature with audit trail |
| Currencies | 16, including CAD, USD, EUR and GBP | Multiple; check the plan |
| CRM and automation | Signed webhooks on Business, for Zapier, Make, n8n, HubSpot, Pipedrive | Native integrations on higher tiers |
| Source code | Open under the AGPL. Read every line or run your own copy on a free Cloudflare account | Closed |
| Export | Everything as JSON and PDF, any time; delete the account yourself | PDF export; account deletion through support |
| Sign-in | One-time email link; no passwords stored | Password and SSO |
Better Proposals figures from https://betterproposals.io/pricing, September 2026. Prices in USD. Better Proposals is a trademark of its owner; it is named here only to compare the two products.
What Better Proposals does that we do not
- Live chat with the client inside the proposal, and payment collection through Stripe, PayPal or GoCardless at the moment of signing. Quote and Sign shows your own payment link after signing instead.
- A large marketplace of designed templates across many industries, against seven built in here.
- Native integrations with HubSpot, Pipedrive, Zapier and others, and an automated follow-up add-on.
- Team features on Enterprise: content locking, user roles, a custom domain for proposal links.
What we do that Better Proposals does not
- Flat pricing. One price for the account, no seats to count, no document allowance to watch.
- The client can toggle optional lines and set quantities on the proposal page; the total updates as they read, and what they chose is part of the signed record.
- A fingerprint of the exact accepted content in the record, so either side can prove later that nothing changed.
- Open source under the AGPL. You can read how the acceptance record is built, and you can run the whole thing yourself.
- Everything exports, and you can delete your account without asking anyone.
Questions people ask
- Is Quote and Sign cheaper than Better Proposals?
- Usually, for small teams. Better Proposals: Starter $13, Premium $21 and Enterprise $42 per user per month, billed monthly or yearly at a discount. Fourteen-day trial, no free plan. Follow-up automation (NUDGE) is a $10 per user add-on. Quote and Sign is a flat price per account: free for three live proposals, Pro at 19 a month billed yearly (24 monthly), Business at 59 a month billed yearly, with no per-user or per-document fees.
- What does Better Proposals do that Quote and Sign does not?
- Live chat with the client inside the proposal, and payment collection through Stripe, PayPal or GoCardless at the moment of signing. Quote and Sign shows your own payment link after signing instead. A large marketplace of designed templates across many industries, against seven built in here. Native integrations with HubSpot, Pipedrive, Zapier and others, and an automated follow-up add-on.
- What does Quote and Sign do that Better Proposals does not?
- The client can switch optional lines on and off and set quantities on the proposal page while the total updates, and those choices are part of the signed record. The record carries a SHA-256 fingerprint of the accepted content. The product is open source under the AGPL and can be self-hosted.
- Can I move from Better Proposals to Quote and Sign?
- Yes. Start from one of the built-in templates, paste your text, and set your own prices. Every account starts with fourteen days of Pro, no card needed, and everything you make exports as JSON and PDF at any time.
Try it
Every account starts with fourteen days of Pro, no card needed, then Free for three live proposals. Try the editor without an account, start free, or read the plans.