Bidsketch alternative

The Bidsketch alternative that's easier to use

Bidsketch was one of the first online proposal tools, and it still covers the basics. It builds a proposal in steps: basics, opening sections, fees, closing sections, then a preview. In Nusii you write it on one page, set your brand once, and get a nudge when it's time to follow up.

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The short version

Bidsketch
Bidsketch is one of the first online proposal tools. You build proposals from sections and fees, clients can add optional fees and sign online, and you see how long they viewed it. Plans are priced by team size, billed monthly: $29 for one person, $79 for up to three and $149 for up to eight.
Nusii
Nusii is easier to work in. You write the whole proposal on one page, with prices in the sections they belong to, and set your brand once for everyone. Reminders tell you when to follow up, Nusii MCP lets Claude or ChatGPT draft proposals, and three people pay $49 a month.

Choose Bidsketch if you want to see how long a client read, design proposals in your own HTML and CSS, or edit them live with your team. Choose Nusii if you want proposals that are quicker to write, reminders to follow up and AI assistants on your drafts, for less once you're a team.

Nusii stands head and shoulders above Bidsketch and all the rest… a stellar product

Shane BarnesFirst Light Web Design

Why switch

Why people look for an alternative to Bidsketch

Bidsketch covers the basics of an online proposal. What people look for elsewhere is a quicker way to write, a nudge to follow up and room for a growing team.

  1. 1

    A proposal in five steps

    Basics, opening sections, fees, closing sections and a preview are separate steps, and the fees always sit between the opening and closing sections.

  2. 2

    Nothing reminds you to follow up

    Bidsketch emails you when a client views or comments, but nothing tells you when a proposal has been waiting too long.

  3. 3

    A fourth person costs $70 more

    Team covers up to three people for $79 a month. Add a fourth and you need Business, at $149.

  4. 4

    No AI, little news since 2020

    Bidsketch has no AI features or MCP server of its own, no changelog, and its blog's last post is from January 2020.

Easier to use

One page to write on, one page for your brand

Writing

The whole proposal on one page

Bidsketch builds a proposal in steps: basics, opening sections, fees, closing sections, then a preview. Each part is edited on its own, and the fees always sit between the opening and closing sections.

In Nusii you write the proposal top to bottom on one page. Sections from your library drop in already styled, prices go in whichever section they belong to, and variables fill in your client's details. Preview Proposal shows exactly what your client will see.

We initially started using Bidsketch for our proposals. Best decision ever was to move to Nusii. The application was much easier to use, allowed us to build a variety of templates that we could use for all parts of our business processes, not only Proposals.

Sheraz Harris, Marketing Manager at Websites Made Easy

In Nusii

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Sam Rivera (Bramble Coffee) ▾

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Growth marketing retainer

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Dear {{ client.first_name }}, thank you for considering Juniper Marketing. Below is our plan to grow {{ client.business }}'s online subscriptions over the next 90 days.

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We grew Larkspur's online orders 2.4x in six months with Google Ads and email flows.

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juniper marketing

Growth marketing retainer

Bramble Coffee | October 12, 2026
Proposal prepared for: Sam Rivera

Introduction

Dear Sam, thank you for considering Juniper Marketing. Below is our plan to grow Bramble Coffee's online subscriptions over the next 90 days.

Case study: Larkspur Bakery

We grew Larkspur's online orders 2.4x in six months with Google Ads and email flows.

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Design

On brand without writing code

Bidsketch gives you built-in templates in a choice of colors, or lets you upload your own design in HTML and CSS. That's full control if you or your designer write code, and a project if you don't.

In Nusii, design is one settings page: your logo, a Classic or Modern layout, header and body fonts and your colors. Set it once and every proposal from everyone on your team comes out on brand, on any screen.

Just this week, I sent a large proposal to a new client who said, ‘I don’t know what proposal software you’re using, but this is amazing and so easy to review.’

Sophie Haines, Account Executive at Buildout

Point by point

Nusii vs Bidsketch, point by point

Both send proposals clients can sign online. Bidsketch records how long a client read and takes your own HTML designs. Nusii is quicker to write in, reminds you to follow up and works with your AI assistant.

Building a proposal
Bidsketch: In steps: opening sections, fees and closing sections from your library, each edited on its own and always in that order. Variables and a cover page.
Nusii: On one page, top to bottom: sections from your templates and library, prices in any section, and variables. Your branding takes care of the look.
Design
Bidsketch: Built-in templates in a choice of colors, or your own design in HTML and CSS.
Nusii: Your logo, a Classic or Modern layout, two fonts from a handpicked 12 and your colors. Set once.
Optional prices
Bidsketch: Optional fees your client adds or removes, and you can pre-select them.
Nusii: Optional sections and line items your client ticks, or one option to pick from several, with the total updating as they choose.
Accepting
Bidsketch: Typed or drawn signatures on Solo, Team and Business, with the client's email and IP logged, and you can countersign. The Starter plan has none.
Nusii: On every plan, your client types their name or draws a signature (you can require one), and you can sign too. Send it to several people, with more than one signer on Business. Accept This Proposal stays in the header.
Getting paid
Bidsketch: No payment integration. The approval message can ask for a deposit, and FreshBooks users can turn an accepted proposal into an invoice.
Nusii: A deposit or the full amount by Stripe right after signing, in the same visit, on Agency and Business.
Tracking
Bidsketch: Each view, with the viewer's email, IP address and how long they viewed it, plus PDF downloads or prints.
Nusii: Email opened, proposal opened and on which device, PDF downloaded, accepted and paid, all in the proposal's activity.
Following up
Bidsketch: An email when your client views, comments on, accepts or declines a proposal.
Nusii: An email when your client opens your email or proposal, accepts, declines or asks a question, plus reminders when it's still waiting after the days you pick, on Agency and Business.
Working together
Bidsketch: Teammates make live edits to a proposal and leave comments your client can't see, with User, Power User and Admin roles.
Nusii: Everyone works from the same templates, sections and branding, with private notes on each proposal. Permissions on Business.
Price for a team
Bidsketch: Per plan, billed monthly: Solo $29 for one user, Team $79 for up to 3, Business $149 for up to 8.
Nusii: $29 for one user, $49 for three, then $19 for each extra user.
Integrations
Bidsketch: FreshBooks, Salesforce, Harvest, Basecamp 2 and Zapier, plus Make and Pabbly Connect.
Nusii: HubSpot, Pipedrive, OnePageCRM and Less Annoying CRM, Zapier, Make, Stripe, Slack, Basecamp and seven live chat tools. CRMs and Stripe on Agency and Business.
API
Bidsketch: A REST API with webhooks that can create proposals but not send them. Its documentation was last updated in 2016.
Nusii: On every plan: create and send proposals, read activity, webhooks, a CLI and SDKs.
AI assistants
Bidsketch: No AI features and no MCP server of its own. Assistants can reach it through Zapier or a third-party server.
Nusii: Nusii MCP on every plan, hosted by Nusii, for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Microsoft Copilot.
Free trial
Bidsketch: 14 days, with a credit card, and a money-back guarantee.
Nusii: 14 days, with a credit card, and a 60-day money-back guarantee.

After you send

Reminders to follow up, and Claude or ChatGPT on your drafts

Following up

Know when they read it, and when to check in

Both email you when your client opens your proposal. Bidsketch also records how long they viewed it, which Nusii doesn't.

Nusii emails you when your client opens your email and your proposal, and when they accept, decline or ask a question. The proposal's activity also shows which device they used, PDF downloads and payments. And when a proposal is still waiting after a few days, Nusii reminds you to check in, on Agency and Business.

For me, it’s important to understand what a client has been doing with my proposal. Nusii gives me analytics, which is so important!

Erik van der Zijden, Founder & CEO at Synappz
API and AI

Claude or ChatGPT, working on your proposals

Bidsketch has no AI features and no MCP server of its own. An assistant can only reach it through Zapier or a third-party server, and its API documentation was last updated in 2016.

Nusii MCP connects Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Microsoft Copilot to your proposals on every plan. Ask for a draft from your template, change the pricing in a sentence, then review and send it in Nusii. Assistants only work on drafts: sending is always done by you. The API, webhooks, a CLI and SDKs come with every plan too.

See the Nusii API, the CLI and Nusii MCP.

We use Nusii via API, command line and AI agents to go through a process from call transcripts, emails, standards, rate card and much more to build a proposal.

Michael Sale, Founder at Something Pressing

The same in ChatGPT, Gemini and Microsoft Copilot

What it costs

The same for one person, less for a team

Both price by plan, with users included. On your own, both cost $29 a month, and Bidsketch Solo gives you more room: unlimited proposals and your own domain. For a team, Bidsketch goes from $79 for three people to $149 for four to eight, while Nusii adds $19 for each person after the first three. Prices as of October 2026, billed monthly.

Just you
Bidsketch: $29 on Solo: unlimited proposals and your own domain.
Nusii: $29 on Freelancer, with 5 active proposals at a time, or $49 on Agency for reminders and your own domain.
A team of 3
Bidsketch: $79 on Team.
Nusii: $49 on Agency, with 20 active proposals at a time.
A team of 4
Bidsketch: $149 on Business, which covers up to 8 people.
Nusii: $68 on Agency.
A team of 5
Bidsketch: $149 on Business.
Nusii: $87 on Agency, or $129 on Business with permissions and 50+ active proposals.
A team of 8
Bidsketch: $149 on Business.
Nusii: $144 on Agency, or $216 on Business.

Monthly prices on both sides. The Starter plan on Bidsketch's pricing page, for one person and 25 clients, is billed yearly and has no e-signatures or your own domain, so it isn't in the table. On Nusii, the Agency plan adds reminders, your own domain and CRM integrations for up to three people.

Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial and a 60-day money-back guarantee. Compare the plans

I’ve closed over $400K in new business since becoming a user and I plan to stick with the small team behind it for years to come.

Jay TurnerOwner & Consultant, LibraryHR

Which should you use?

An honest answer: it depends on how you sell

Stick with Bidsketch if…

  • You want to see how long a client spent on your proposal.
  • You or your designer want to build its design in HTML and CSS.
  • Your team edits proposals together, live.
  • You work alone with many proposals open at once: Solo has no limit for $29.
  • You invoice in FreshBooks or sell from Salesforce.

Good fit: A freelancer or small team that's happy with how it works today, invoices in FreshBooks and likes to know how long a client read.

What Bidsketch does well

  • How long a client viewed the proposal
  • Your own HTML and CSS designs, or built-in templates
  • Live editing with your team, with comments your client can't see
  • Unlimited proposals and your own domain for $29 on your own
  • Up to eight people on one plan for $149

Choose Nusii if…

  • You want to write a proposal top to bottom, not in steps.
  • You'd rather set your brand once than code a design.
  • Your team is growing past three people.
  • You want Claude or ChatGPT working with your proposals.

Good fit: An agency or consultancy of two to eight people that wants proposals quick to write and on brand, with reminders to follow up.

The trade-offs

  • No time viewed: you see opens, downloads, acceptance and payment
  • No custom HTML or CSS: a theme, your colors and two fonts
  • Active proposals at a time: 5 on Freelancer, 20 on Agency, 50+ on Business
  • Reminders, your own domain and Stripe need Agency
  • The free trial asks for a credit card (with a 60-day money-back guarantee)

Switching

Moving from Bidsketch to Nusii

Your proposals come with you as content. Copy your best one in once, and the sections and fees you reuse become templates, sections and line items.

What comes with you

Your sections and fees
Copy your best proposal into Nusii once and save it as a template. Its sections stay sections, its fees become line items, and optional fees become optional line items.
Your content library
The opening and closing sections you reuse become sections you drop into any proposal.
Your look
Your logo, brand colors, fonts and a cover image appear on every proposal you send.

What works differently

How you write
There are no steps. Your opening sections, fees and closing sections become one proposal you write top to bottom, with prices in whichever section they belong to.
Your design
Nusii doesn't take custom HTML or CSS. You pick a Classic or Modern layout, two fonts and your colors, and the theme does the rest.
What you track
You'll see when a client opens your email and your proposal, downloads the PDF, accepts and pays, but not how long they viewed it.

How we help

  • Most people are set up within a day.
  • We'll jump on a call to help set up your account and first template.
  • Free proposal templates to start from if you'd rather not copy your own.

Start from a free proposal template or see how templates work.

It’s just so easy to use. I hired a salesperson who wasn’t very technical and she was able to use Nusii in only a few minutes without problem.

Gina NievesCEO & Founder, MarkNet Group

Customers who switched

Tried the others, stayed with Nusii

I think over the 20 years of business I’ve tried a half a dozen proposal and estimation apps. The only one that I’ve found that really checks all the boxes is Nusii. They have really found a sweet spot on features. And honestly, the best customer support of all the apps I use. Keep up the good work!

Doug OuversonPrincipal, Web By Doug

Nusii is constantly upgrading their platform for their customers’ needs and they actually listen to you if you have a request for improvement!

Linda MusselwhiteCo-founder, Musselwhite Marketing

I’ve been using Nusii since 2018 and I couldn’t praise it enough. Nusii has everything an agency needs and they often release improvements or new features that make a real difference to our proposal workflow. I highly recommend Nusii.

Oliver MartinFounder, NO LABEL Studios

Frequently asked questions

Nusii vs Bidsketch: your questions

What’s the difference between Nusii and Bidsketch?

Both build proposals from reusable sections, with optional prices and e-signatures. Nusii is easier to work in: you write the whole proposal on one page and set your brand once, reminders tell you when to follow up, and Nusii MCP lets Claude or ChatGPT draft proposals for you. Bidsketch shows how long a client viewed a proposal and lets you design it in your own HTML and CSS.

Is Nusii easier to use than Bidsketch?

For most people, yes. Bidsketch builds a proposal in steps: basics, opening sections, fees, closing sections, then a preview. In Nusii you write it on one page, with prices in the sections they belong to, and your branding is set once for everyone. Bidsketch gives you more design control if you code your own HTML and CSS.

Is Nusii cheaper than Bidsketch?

For a team, yes. Bidsketch Team is $79 a month for up to three people, and a fourth person means Business at $149. Nusii's Agency plan is $49 a month for three people, then $19 for each extra user, so four people pay $68 and five pay $87. On your own, both cost $29 a month, and Bidsketch Solo includes unlimited proposals and your own domain. Prices as of October 2026, billed monthly.

Is Bidsketch still being updated?

Bidsketch is still sold, and its help center has articles updated in 2024 and 2025. It doesn't publish a changelog, though: its blog's last post is from January 2020, and its API documentation was last changed in 2016.

Can Nusii show how long a client viewed my proposal?

No, and that's a trade-off. Nusii shows when your client opens the email and the proposal, on which device, when they download the PDF, and when they accept and pay, and emails you when they open it and when they accept. Bidsketch records how long a client viewed the proposal.

Can I use my own HTML and CSS design in Nusii?

No. In Nusii you set your logo, a Classic or Modern layout, two fonts and your colors once, and every proposal follows. If you want to code the design yourself, Bidsketch lets you upload your own HTML and CSS.

Does Nusii have optional fees like Bidsketch?

Yes. Make a section or a line item optional and your client ticks the ones they want, or give them several options to pick one from, with the total updating as they choose. Both tools let clients pick extras before they sign.

Are e-signatures included on every plan?

In Nusii, yes: your client types their name and can draw a signature right in the proposal, on every plan, and you can require a drawn one. You can sign the proposal yourself too, and on Business more than one person on your client's side can sign. Bidsketch includes e-signatures, with your countersignature, on its Solo, Team and Business plans; its Starter plan leaves them out.

Can my clients pay a deposit when they sign?

In Nusii, yes. Connect Stripe and set a deposit, and your client is asked to pay right after signing, in the same visit, on the Agency and Business plans. Bidsketch has no payment integration: its approval message can ask for a deposit, and its FreshBooks integration can create the invoice.

Can I use ChatGPT or Claude with Nusii, and with Bidsketch?

With Nusii, yes, on every plan. Nusii MCP connects Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Microsoft Copilot to your account, so you can draft proposals from your templates, update pricing and ask about your pipeline. Assistants only work on drafts: sending is always done by you. Bidsketch has no AI features or MCP server of its own, so an assistant can only reach it through Zapier or a third-party server.

Does Nusii work with my CRM and invoicing tools?

Nusii connects to HubSpot, Pipedrive, OnePageCRM and Less Annoying CRM, and to hundreds more tools, FreshBooks among them, through Zapier and Make. It also works with Stripe, Slack, Basecamp and seven live chat tools. CRM integrations and Stripe come with Agency and Business, and the API and webhooks with every plan.

How do I move from Bidsketch to Nusii?

Copy your best proposal into Nusii and save it as a template: its sections stay sections and its fees become line items. Set your branding once, connect Stripe if you take deposits, and you're ready. Most people are set up within a day, and we'll jump on a call to help.

Comparing other tools? See how Nusii compares with Proposify, PandaDoc, Better Proposals, Qwilr and Prospero, or see our comparison of the best proposal software.

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