Better Proposals vs Bigtincan Digital Sales Rooms

Better Proposals is a web service for preparing and sending proposals and other documents, with built-in electronic signatures, payment collection, and client activity tracking. Its analytics can show whether a document was received, opened, read, forwarded, downloaded, or signed, as well as time spent on individual sections. Users can take payments through documents and proposals, with integrations including Stripe, GoCardless, and PayPal. Advanced CRM integrations are available for HubSpot and Salesforce. The service supports custom branding and offers more than 260 free document templates. Teams can assign roles, manage access and permissions, track progress, and control who can send documents. Signatures are stated to comply with EU and US electronic signature legislation. Proposals are designed for phones and computers, and the service is accessible wherever there is an internet connection. Starter costs $13 per user per month when billed annually and allows one seat and 10 documents each month. There is no free plan; a 14-day trial requires no credit card or cancellation.

Bigtincan Digital Sales Rooms provide sellers and customers with a shared space to collaborate and exchange documents before and after a purchase. Sellers can brand a room with a buyer’s logo, revise its contents and access as the relationship changes, and assign co-owner, publisher or viewer roles. Buyers can comment on individual sentences to start threaded discussions. Access options include Private Rooms, time-limited authentication links and CRM contact data integration. Analytics show interactions at file, page or slide, and version level; rooms also record shares and contacts added by buyers. Genie Assistant can create buyer-specific rooms, while buyers can query room content with SearchAI. The product connects with tools across CRM, communications, sales, content management, endpoint management, learning and identity management. Its Salesforce integration can look up and create leads and contacts, link stories to campaigns, and log actions and meetings. Supported environments include Android, Chrome, iOS, macOS, Windows and browser-enabled devices. Pricing is available on request.