Proposals and contracts, October 2026: 1 open gap — 0 closed, 3 opened.

What was read

6 companies placed; 1 read during October 2026.

• PandaDocSep 30, 2026
• ProposifySep 30, 2026
• QwilrSep 30, 2026
• Better ProposalsSep 30, 2026
• Proposal software pricingSep 30, 2026
• Freelancers and studios sending quotesSep 30, 2026

Gaps closed and opened

4 themes were raised about two or more of 5 read companies; 1 shares no word with anything a company declares. Against the previous month: 3 gaps opened and 0 closed (0 now share a word with a declared capability, 0 no longer raised about two companies). Themes are compared by their words, so a theme the reading reworded counts as one closed and one opened.

Opened · 3

Billing, fees and cancellation, Customer support, Usage limits and caps

Now answered in the declared names · 0

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No longer raised about two companies · 0

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• ◌ Billing, fees and cancellationraised about 3 of 5 · no declared match
• ◌ Usage limits and capsraised about 3 of 5 · no declared match
• ● Price levelraised about 3 of 5
• ◌ Customer supportraised about 2 of 5 · no declared match

Who entered

0 companies placed; 4 products sighted by a search and not yet read (Proposal.biz, AutoRFP.ai, Smart Pricing Table, Prospero).

• Proposal.biz — sighted Oct 5, 2026 · source
• AutoRFP.ai — sighted Oct 5, 2026 · source
• Smart Pricing Table — sighted Oct 5, 2026 · source
• Prospero — sighted Oct 5, 2026 · source

Pricing moves

5 of 6 read companies have a pricing entry on record; none recorded a pricing change this month.

• PandaDoc [FACT] Sep 30, 2026PandaDoc's published tiers are Free eSign ($0, ~5 docs/month), Starter ($19/user/month annual, $35 monthly), Business ($49/user/month annual, $65 monthly), and custom Enterprise pricing. source
• Proposify [COMPANY CLAIM] Sep 30, 2026Third-party pricing trackers report Proposify's Basic plan at roughly $19-29/user/month, Team at roughly $41-49/user/month, and Business as custom-priced (cited from ~$65/user/month up to ~$3,900/year), sold with annual, quarterly, and monthly billing options and no permanent free plan, only a free trial. source
• Qwilr [COMPANY CLAIM] Sep 30, 2026Multiple third-party pricing trackers converge on a roughly $35-39/user/month 'Business' or 'Starter' entry tier and a $55-59/user/month higher tier (sometimes called 'Enterprise' or 'Growth', sometimes with a 5-10 seat minimum), but exact tier names, seat minimums, and whether a free plan exists vary significantly across sources dated within the last year. source
• Better Proposals [FACT] Sep 30, 2026Better Proposals prices on a per-user basis across three tiers: Starter, Premium, and Enterprise, each with monthly and annual billing options. source
• Proposal software pricing [COMPANY CLAIM] Sep 30, 2026PandaDoc's Starter plan is priced at $19/user/month billed annually ($35/month billed monthly), and Business at $49/user/month annually ($65/month monthly), with custom Enterprise pricing and a free plan. source

What users raised

15 themes raised by users; the most raised: Billing, fees and cancellation (3 of 5), Price level (3 of 5), Usage limits and caps (3 of 5).

• Billing, fees and cancellation 3/5
• Price level 3/5
• Usage limits and caps 3/5
• Customer support 2/5
• Ads, spam and notifications 1/5
• advanced features locked behind higher tiers 1/5
• Analytics and reporting 1/5
• bloated/expensive as platforms expand into CLM 1/5
• cannot edit documents after sending 1/5
• Collaboration and permissions 1/5
• Complexity, setup and learning curve 1/5
• Feature gating behind higher tiers 1/5
• Free tier, trial and paywalled features 1/5
• Inconsistent formatting 1/5
• Interface and design 1/5

Funding by quarter

0 rounds recorded across 2 read quarters; sums are floors per currency and per tag, never combined.

• 2025-Q1not read
• 2025-Q2not read
• 2025-Q3not read
• 2025-Q4not read
• 2026-Q1not read
• 2026-Q2not read
• 2026-Q30 rounds
• 2026-Q40 rounds

The ledger this month

1 observed claim recorded this month.

• PRODUCT · 1