Comparison

Cuevr or Responsive: which one should you choose to answer RFPs and tenders?

Responsive, formerly RFPIO, is an RFP and questionnaire response platform, built for response teams, from emerging teams to dedicated ones. Cuevr takes the sales rep’s proposal and RFP, from deal qualification to signature. Here is what each one does for an RFP, with dated sources.

Nicolas Delignières

Facts checked on October 13, 2026 · 13 min read

At a glance

Responsive

Best for: Large RFP response teams
Reference price: Custom pricing Enterprise
Our scorecard: no average

CuevrOur tool

Best for: Close more deals with proposals
Reference price: €49 excl. VAT one plan, every feature, no minimum
Our scorecard: 4.3

* Feature available at an extra cost (paid add-on).

Criterion by criterion

The verdict

Choose based on who answers, and what.

Choose Responsive if…

A response team, at volume

A dedicated team answers RFPs, RFIs, security questionnaires or DDQs every week, with experts, lawyers and compliance.
You want a central, maintained question-and-answer library, accessible from Slack, Teams or Office.
You import Word, Excel or PDF questionnaires and return the response in their original format.
You have an annual platform budget and governance needs: SSO, CRM connectors, US government hosting as an add-on.

Less suited if

each response is first of all a sale the sales rep argues for, if you want to track reading and get it signed on the page, or start with a few seats at a public price.

Choose Cuevr if…

The RFP handled as a deal

Your sales reps answer RFPs and tenders themselves, public and private, between two proposals.
You want to start from the buyer’s documents: response framework extracted, outline following their numbering, compliance gauge before submission.
You want Cuevr AI to write from the deal qualification, your knowledge base and specialized agents designed on the best sales methods.
You also want proposals tracked reader by reader and signed on the page, from one seat.

Less suited if

you handle security questionnaires or DDQs at volume, question by question, or if you need a native CRM connector (Cuevr connects through its API and webhooks).

If you remember one thing

Responsive equips the response team and its experts; Cuevr equips the sales rep, from deal qualification to signature.

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We make Cuevr. Every fact about Responsive links to its source, checked on October 13, 2026; an error reported by a vendor is corrected within 5 business days. Method and sources

In short

Definition

Quick answer

Responsive is the right choice for a response team handling RFPs, security questionnaires and DDQs at volume, from a central library and with many contributors. Cuevr is the right choice when sales reps do the answering: it reads the buyer’s documents, public or private, follows their outline, writes with Cuevr AI, checks compliance, then tracks and gets proposals signed. The two can work side by side.

What Responsive does really well

Responsive is a mature platform for responding to complex information requests: RFPs, RFIs, security questionnaires, DDQs. For a team that answers a lot, with experts spread across the company, it is a solid choice.

The content library
Question-and-answer pairs, images and documents, AI-assisted search and maintenance, expert recommendations, in every edition [2].
Questionnaire import and export
Word, Excel and PDF questionnaires imported, standard formats (SIG, CAIQ, ILPA) recognized, response exported in the source format or in a branded template, in the Professional edition [2].
Response project management
Unlimited projects, unlimited guests (Professional); recommended authors and reviewers, content review workflows, custom roles in the Business edition [1] [2].
Requirements analysis
Requirements Analysis, a separate product, extracts the requirements of a written RFP, builds a compliance and responsibility matrix, links answers to requirements and summarizes long documents [2].
Content where people work
LookUp, a separate product, gives access to the library from Slack, Teams, Office, Chrome and Google Chat [2]. CRM connectors (Salesforce, Dynamics, HubSpot, Zoho, Pipedrive, PipelineDeals) to launch and track projects from the CRM and sync data between the two systems, sold per integration, included in the Enterprise edition [2].
Governance
SSO through OAuth or SAML included; GovCloud hosting in the United States as an add-on [2].

Three moments where they differ

Both tools answer RFPs and tenders. The difference lies in who answers and in what happens before and after the response.

Before writing: read the buyer’s documents
Responsive imports the buyer’s questionnaire, question by question, and Requirements Analysis extracts the requirements of a written RFP into a compliance matrix, with a fit analysis [2]. A project request (Intake Request, Growth edition) brings the request into the team’s queue [1]. Responsive documents no deal qualification. At Cuevr, the RFP is a deal. The tender documents, public or private, are imported into the qualification: Cuevr extracts the response framework (criteria and their weighting, deadline, documents to provide, required outline, length, price format), alongside the stakes, needs and decision makers already qualified. You answer the buyer’s framework with a deal you understand.
RFP response Sales qualification
From the comparison table
Start from the client’s stakes
Responsive
Not documented (Intake Request project request · Higher plan)
Cuevr
4-section framework, import of notes, transcripts and dictation, score, gaps, meeting scriptIncluded
When writing: who writes, from what
Responsive assembles the response from the company library, with first answers by AI in the Professional edition [2]. Advanced Responsive AI (first drafts of proposals and questionnaires, answer tuning) and AI Assistant are paid add-ons [2]; the agents and Agent Studio are only described in a vendor press release [6]. The work is split between authors, reviewers and experts. At Cuevr, the sales rep co-builds the response with Cuevr AI, which writes from three sources worked together: the deal qualification, the company’s knowledge base and specialized agents designed on the best sales methods. The outline follows the buyer’s numbering, with “The buyer asks for” under each section. Before submission, the compliance gauge counts the requirements covered, marks each one Covered or To fix and lists the documents to provide outside the document; the sales score out of 100 stays separate.
The editor and Cuevr AI
From the comparison table
Writing: sources and structure
Responsive
Answers drawn from the library, first answers by AI · Included; Advanced Responsive AI, AI Assistant · Add-on
Cuevr
Cuevr AI: deal qualification, company knowledge base, specialized agents designed on the best sales methods; outline following the buyer’s numbering, sections written one by oneIncluded
After submission: track and get it signed
Responsive exports the deliverable handed to the buyer [2]. Its edition description lists an e-signature in the platform, which tracks the status of documents sent, with no level or signer verification stated [2], and, in Enterprise, sharing answers with guests and tracking their engagement, without describing it [2]. It documents no follow-up signal. Cuevr publishes the proposal as a web page with your branding: each invited reader appears by name, with their reading time section by section, and the dashboard tells you which proposals need action today. The prospect signs where they read, after a six-digit code sent to their email; acceptance creates an evidence file linked to the signed version. For a public tender, uploading to the buyer’s platform remains up to you, and Responsive documents no upload either.
Proposal tracking E-signature
From the comparison table
Follow-up alerts for the seller
Responsive
Not documented
Cuevr
12 signals, Call back later; heat per readerIncluded
Active signer verification
Responsive
Not documented
Cuevr
Six-digit code sent to the signer’s emailIncluded

The comparison table

Criterion	Responsive	Cuevr
Read the buyer’s documents
Starts from the buyer’s documents	Import of Word, Excel, PDF questionnaires; standard formats (SIG, CAIQ, ILPA) · Included; requirements extracted from a written RFP (Requirements Analysis) · Separate product	Public or private tender documents imported, response framework extracted (criteria and weighting, deadline, documents, required outline, length, price format)Included
Requirement coverage check	Compliance and responsibility matrix, answers linked to requirements (Requirements Analysis) · Separate product	Gauge of requirements covered, Covered or To fix, documents to provide outside the documentIncluded
Security questionnaires, DDQs, RFIs	Yes, standard formats; Trust Center · Separate product	No: no question-by-question library for these questionnaires
Start from the client’s stakes	Not documented (Intake Request project request · Higher plan)	4-section framework, import of notes, transcripts and dictation, score, gaps, meeting scriptIncluded
Write
Writing: sources and structure	Answers drawn from the library, first answers by AI · Included; Advanced Responsive AI, AI Assistant · Add-on	Cuevr AI: deal qualification, company knowledge base, specialized agents designed on the best sales methods; outline following the buyer’s numbering, sections written one by oneIncluded
Question-by-question answer library	Question-and-answer pairs, images, documents, recommended expertsIncluded	No: Identity, Offer, Proof knowledge base
Before submission	Recommended authors and reviewers, content review workflows · Higher plan; sales review of the response not documented	Score out of 100 (3 axes), recommendations in the text, one-click fixesIncluded
Format delivered	Export in the source format or in a branded templateIncluded	Branded web page, frozen version, 4 access modes; PDF through the browser’s print functionIncluded
Working as a team, leading the team
Working as a team	Collaboration tools, unlimited guests · Included; custom roles · Higher plan; Slack, Teams, Google Chat · Add-on; simultaneous editing not documented	Simultaneous editing, access by folder, roles, outdated versions rejected; no comments or approvalIncluded
Content in everyday tools	LookUp: Slack, Teams, Office, Chrome, Google Chat · Separate product	No
Lead the team	Basic reports and analytics · Included; Custom Report Builder · Add-on in Business, included in Enterprise; results per sales rep not documented	Team view: pipeline, won and lost, closing rate, median durations, points of attention per sales repIncluded
Track and sign
Read tracking and named readers	Status of documents sent for signature · Included; sharing answers with guests and engagement tracking · Higher plan (Enterprise), not described	Time per section, named invited readers, timelineIncluded
Follow-up alerts for the seller	Not documented	12 signals, Call back later; heat per readerIncluded
Signature: level included	E-signature listed in the platform, level not stated · Included according to the edition description, in Growth according to the pricing page	Simple electronic signature (SES), on the page being readIncluded
Active signer verification	Not documented	Six-digit code sent to the signer’s emailIncluded
Evidence	Not documented in the edition description; audit trail according to the vendor (2020 press release)	Evidence file: frozen version, SHA-256 fingerprint, consent, IP, server dateIncluded
Quote, catalog, payment	Not documented	Calculated quote (discount, VAT, 3 currencies) · Included; no catalog or payment
Connect and host
Native CRM connector	Salesforce, Dynamics, HubSpot, Zoho, Pipedrive, PipelineDeals: projects launched and tracked from the CRM, data synced · Add-on per integration, included in Enterprise	No: API and webhooks to configure
API, webhooks	API, 100 calls per 24 hours · Included; up to 5,000 · Add-on; webhooks not documented	API v1 and webhooks (14 events, proposal created from a deal)Included
Other connectors	Box, Google Drive, OneDrive, SharePoint, Dropbox · Add-on; Jira, Confluence, Highspot, Seismic · Add-on or Enterprise	No (Make or n8n through the API)
Single sign-on (SSO)	OAuth or SAMLIncluded	Not documented
Languages	Multilingual interface (languages not listed); translation of questionnaires and answers into more than 23 languagesAdd-on	Interface in French, English, SpanishIncluded
Hosting region	United States; GovCloud (United States) · Add-on; European Union not documented	France (European Union)

Each row asks both tools the same question, with the same sub-fields, then the access: Included, Higher plan (an edition above the entry edition), Add-on (paid on top of the subscription), Separate product (bought on top of response projects), Beta. “No”: the tool does not offer it; “not documented”: absent from its documentation.

Sources: Responsive [1] to [6], checked on October 13, 2026; Cuevr: Offer sheet and Getting started guide (v3). Method.

On our grid

Our grid measures what a tool brings a sales team to sign more deals with its proposals. Responsive is not proposal software: it is an RFP and questionnaire response platform. As on the parent page, it therefore has its profile, without an average: the grid measures neither the volume of questionnaires handled nor library upkeep, where it is strong. Responsive does better than Cuevr on “The deal connected to your CRM” (5 against 3). They are tied on “Build the proposal as a team” (3 against 3) and “Answer RFPs and tenders without missing anything” (5* against 5: the asterisk marks a product bought on top, Requirements Analysis). Cuevr does better on the other eight criteria.

How we score: each criterion is scored 0, 1, 3 or 5 from observable facts, written down before scoring, the same for Responsive and for Cuevr. We score the best published offer, add-ons included. The average is shown only for proposal software.

Prepare and write the proposal

01Start from the client’s stakes

Responsive

Nothing dedicated to qualifying a deal

Cuevr

4 sections, import of notes, transcripts and dictation, missing information and recommendations, warning below the target score before writing

02A complete proposal without starting from scratch

Responsive

Answers assembled from the company library for the buyer’s questions; first answers by AI included (Professional); Advanced Responsive AI and AI Assistant as add-ons, with no effect on the score

Cuevr

Outline suggested from the qualification, sections written with the Identity, Offer and Proof base as context, questions on the gaps

03A beautiful, on-brand proposal, with no layout work

Responsive

On-brand export templates, unlimited; no block-based composition documented

Cuevr

Brand taken from the website, brand studio, 4 variants, applied to every proposal; sections built from layouts and blocks

04Know before sending whether it convinces

Responsive

Content review by reviewers; no sales analysis of the response documented

Cuevr

Score out of 100, three axes, recommendations in the text, “Accept” and “Move” in one click

05Build the proposal as a team

Responsive

Collaboration, unlimited guests, roles; simultaneous editing not documented

Cuevr

Simultaneous editing, access by folder and roles; no comments or proposal approval

Get it signed

06Know who reads and when to follow up

Responsive

Deliverable handed to the buyer; status of documents sent for signature; guest “engagement tracking” (Enterprise) not described

Cuevr

Time per section, named invited readers, heat, Never opened, Inactive, Strong return, Call back later signals

07Get signed without friction or dispute

Responsive

E-signature listed in the platform, with no level, signer verification or evidence documented

Cuevr

Signature on the page being read; six-digit code sent to the signer’s email, included; frozen version, SHA-256 fingerprint, evidence file

08Price and collect payment in the proposal

Responsive

No quote, catalog or payment documented

Cuevr

Calculated quote, no catalog or payment

RFPs, CRM and team

09Answer RFPs and tenders without missing anything

Responsive

Questionnaires imported and handled question by question; requirements of a written RFP extracted into a compliance matrix, answers linked to requirements (Requirements Analysis, separate product)

Cuevr

Tender documents imported, public or private; response framework, required outline, compliance gauge, documents to provide

10The deal connected to your CRM

Responsive

Salesforce, Dynamics, Zoho, HubSpot, Pipedrive, PipelineDeals connectors: projects launched and tracked from the CRM, data synced both ways; included in Enterprise, per integration otherwise

Cuevr

API: proposal created from a deal; webhooks: reads, signature and outcome sent back; to be configured

11Lead the sales team

Responsive

Basic reports and analytics; custom reports as an add-on (Business) or included (Enterprise)

Cuevr

Team view: pipeline, deals won and lost, closing rate, median durations, signatures, points of attention per sales rep

Average of the criteria

Responsiveno average

Cuevr4.3 / 5

* Feature available at an extra cost (paid add-on).

Pricing

The reference price is the price of the plan that carries the grid’s scores, excluding asterisked add-ons, per user per month billed annually. Responsive publishes no per-user price.

Tool	Reference price	Price shown	What the price includes	Extra add-ons	Free trial
Responsive	Custom pricing: Enterprise includes CRM connectors (criterion 10); Requirements Analysis (criterion 9) is bought separately	Emerging edition: “Starting from $10,000”, with no period or number of users, without CRM connectors included; Growth and Enterprise on quote	Annual platform subscription, plus user licenses, plus add-ons and services; 12-month minimum term as standard	Advanced Responsive AI, AI Assistant, translation, CRM connectors, Custom Report Builder, GovCloud, extra API calls; Requirements Analysis, LookUp and Trust Center are separate products: prices not published	Proof of concept “for qualifying situations”, on request from sales
Cuevr See pricing	€49 excl. VAT per user per month billed annually; one plan, every feature, from one seat	€49 excl. VAT billed annually, €69 excl. VAT billed monthly	Every feature per user; cancel anytime, with no refund for the current period	No add-ons: signature, API and webhooks, RFP mode and 1,500 Cuevr AI credits per user per month are in the plan	14 days, no credit card (5 proposals created, 1 sent), every feature, signature included

The FAQ on the pricing page also mentions a Lite edition for small businesses, with no published price or content. Public prices checked on October 13, 2026, with no currency conversion. Responsive: [1]. All Cuevr pricing →

« We won our first deal through Cuevr. The tool truly made the difference in helping us stand out from competitors who stayed surface-level. The format was a hit with the client too: "easy to pick up and share." »

Jérémy Sollier

CEO, Yes We Dev

Switching from Responsive to Cuevr

Set up your branding
Cuevr picks up your website’s logo and colors when you sign up; the brand studio then sets fonts, cover and variants. Your responses and proposals go out with your branding. Getting started: visual identity →
Fill the knowledge base
Cuevr reads your website, then your files: up to 15 documents, including your best responses exported from Responsive. Your offers, your references and your proof become the material for Cuevr AI. Getting started: knowledge base →
Import the documents for your next RFP
Once RFP mode is enabled, upload the instructions to bidders or the specifications into the qualification: Cuevr extracts the response framework, which you review. Getting started: qualify the prospect →
Write, then check compliance
Cuevr AI suggests an outline following the buyer’s numbering and writes the sections you keep; the analysis shows the gauge of requirements covered and the documents to provide. Getting started: analyze the proposal →

Before you switch tools

Can Cuevr and Responsive be used together?

Yes, they serve different teams. The response team keeps Responsive for security questionnaires, DDQs and RFPs at volume, with its library. Sales reps use Cuevr for their proposals and the RFPs they carry themselves, from deal qualification to signature.

Does Cuevr answer public tenders?

Yes. RFP mode starts from the tender documents you import, instructions to bidders or specifications, whether the buyer is public or private. Cuevr extracts the response framework, suggests an outline following the buyer’s numbering and checks requirement coverage. Uploading to the buyer’s platform remains up to you.

Does Cuevr have an answer library like Responsive?

No. Cuevr relies on a knowledge base in three sections (Identity, Offer, Proof), approved by the owner or an administrator, and on templates shared after approval. It has no question-by-question library for security questionnaires or DDQs at high volume: that is Responsive’s ground.

Does Cuevr have e-signature?

Yes, included and unlimited: a simple electronic signature (SES), legally binding. The signer verifies their email with a six-digit code, and each acceptance creates an evidence file linked to the signed version. It is neither advanced nor qualified. In the European Union, it cannot be denied legal effect as evidence solely because it is electronic (eIDAS Regulation, Article 25); in the United States, the ESIGN Act also recognizes it.

Does Cuevr connect to my CRM?

Through its API and webhooks, included in the plan: a proposal is created from a CRM deal, and reads, signature and outcome flow back to your tools, for example with Make or n8n. Cuevr has no ready-made native connector: the scenario is set up once.

Where is my data hosted?

Cuevr is hosted in France. Data is kept in the European Union.

How much does Cuevr cost?

€49 excl. VAT per user per month billed annually, €69 excl. VAT billed monthly, one plan, every feature, from one seat. Trial: 14 days, no credit card (5 proposals created, 1 sent).

Method and sources

We compare the two tools on the moments of an RFP response and of a proposal-led sale, keeping the rows where Responsive does as well or better. Each row answers on the same scale for both tools: never a tick against a nuance. The facts about Responsive come from its contractual edition description and its pricing page, read on the date shown; a feature seen only in a press release or in marketing is written “according to the vendor” or not at all. The facts about Cuevr come from our offer and documentation. The scores apply our editorial grid, the same for every tool; Responsive, which is not proposal software, has its profile without an average. We make Cuevr. A vendor can report an error to us: we correct it within 5 business days.

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All read on October 13, 2026. Levels: doc (contractual edition description, privacy policy, read directly), pricing (official price page), vendor (vendor page outside the documentation: product, press release), third party.

1Responsive, “Response Projects Pricing”pricing
2Responsive, “Description of Subscription Services”doc
3Responsive, “Privacy Policy”doc
4Responsive, Salesforce integrationvendor
5Responsive, press release on e-signaturevendor · July 22, 2020
6Responsive, “Spring 2025 Release”vendor · May 19, 2025
7Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 (eIDAS), Article 25official text
CCuevr, Offer sheet and Getting started guidevendor doc · October 13, 2026

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Why do so many deals fail?

The closing problem

Why your proposal matters

Cuevr or Responsive: which one should you choose to answer RFPs and tenders?

Choose based on who answers, and what.

A response team, at volume

The RFP handled as a deal

In short

What Responsive does really well

The content library

Questionnaire import and export

Response project management

Requirements analysis

Content where people work

Governance

Three moments where they differ

Before writing: read the buyer’s documents

When writing: who writes, from what

After submission: track and get it signed

The comparison table

On our grid

Pricing

Switching from Responsive to Cuevr

Set up your branding

Fill the knowledge base

Import the documents for your next RFP

Write, then check compliance

Before you switch tools

Method and sources

Answer your next RFP with Cuevr.

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