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Responsive vs Tender Mole
Both stand on bid management software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
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Choose Responsive if your team handles recurring proposal or questionnaire work and needs responses grounded in organizational content. Its AI response generation, TRACE Score, and integrations are central reasons to consider it. The $10,000-per-year starting price and lack of a free plan may lead smaller teams to look elsewhere.
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Tender Mole brings response drafting, review, collaboration, and pre-bid tools into a web platform. Teams can compare the listed plan access and trial against their tender workflow needs.
Visit Tender MoleThe facts
| Responsive | Tender Mole | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | A free trial |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | API, Extension, Web | Web |
| Lowest paid plan | Emerging Edition: $10,000 a year | Sales/Collaborator: £810 a year |
| Plans published | 3 | 5 |
| Maker | Responsive | Tender Mole |
| Website | responsive.io | tendermole.com |
| On bid management software | #38 of 94 | #34 of 94 |
Responsive: what it does well
- AI drafts tailored answers from trusted content and prior successful responses.
- TRACE Score rates five aspects of AI-generated responses on a 0–100 scale.
- Includes built-in e-signatures and client activity tracking.
- Lists 32 integrations, including CRM, storage, and collaboration tools.
- Word integration supports finding and inserting recommended content.
What to know first
- No free plan is available.
- Emerging Edition starts at $10,000 per year.
- Growth and Enterprise pricing is available only by contacting sales.
Tender Mole: what it does well
- AI drafts answers using tender and customer context.
- Answer scoring highlights gaps and suggests improvements.
- Bulk question uploads support Word and Excel.
- Integrates with Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, and Zoho.
- Hosted exclusively in UK AWS data centres.
What to know first
- No free plan is listed.
- Sales/Collaborator costs £75 a month.
- Bid User costs £125 a month.
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