eRFX Sourcing Portal vs Loopio

eRFX Sourcing Portal is a cloud application for aerospace estimation and procurement professionals making sourcing decisions during quoting and award. Its customer portal supports sourcing raw material, hardware, final processing, and manufactured or fabricated detail components from multiple suppliers. Buyers can generate proposals, compare costs, preselect vendors from a processing database and manage vendor NDAs. The supplier portal helps distributors, detail component manufacturers and final processing providers handle RFIs, RFPs and RFQs from multiple customers, with quick quote submission, configurable workflows and automated email messaging. eRFX is available on the web and through an API, and the site says it is integrated with CPQ Aero. Gold Supplier offers custom API configuration for ERP software. Engineering files use AWS cloud storage during bidding and are deleted after 30 days or bid closure; transmission is secured with SSL encryption. Customer Portal costs nothing, Supplier Portal costs $15 a month, and Gold Supplier costs $500 a month. Supplier portals receive a 90-day trial after registration and approval.

Loopio is a paid web and API platform for teams answering RFPs, RFIs, RFQs, DDQs, security questionnaires, and other customer questions. Teams import and organize questions, then use Loopio to fill answers into documents or web portals. Its Response Intelligence is purpose-built AI trained with more than a decade of response data and best practices. The platform connects with organizational sources such as SharePoint, Google Drive, and websites. Listed integrations include Copilot, Confluence, Glean, OneDrive, Box, Microsoft Azure, Google SSO, and an API for custom integrations. CRM integrations, custom branding, and analytics and reporting are included. Loopio supports SAML 2.0 and Google authentication, including Okta, OneLogin, Microsoft Azure, and ADFS connections. It states that it undergoes annual SOC 2 Type II audits, encrypts data with TLS v1.2 and AES256, hosts data on AWS, and meets GDPR and CCPA standards. Foundations includes 10 seats; higher plans add review, language, confidentiality, business-unit, sandbox, theme, seat, and support options.