Better Proposals alternatives for HubSpot

5 Best Better Proposals Alternatives in 2026

Teams often look past Better Proposals when HubSpot is the system of record but proposals still live in a separate web app, with templates and activity split from deals, quotes, and contracts in Google or Microsoft files. Below are the tools those buyers compare in 2026, starting with Portant for HubSpot-native automation from your existing templates.

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Top pick

1. Best overall alternative: Portant.

Portant is the HubSpot-certified document app: generate, personalize, send, sign, and store quotes, proposals, and contracts from your own Google and Microsoft templates, with every document written back to the CRM as a real record. If you are weighing Better Proposals for interactive links and CRM sync, Portant is the pick when HubSpot should own the full lifecycle without a separate template world.

Create any document straight from HubSpot

Generate personalized quotes, contracts and proposals using Google Docs, Slides, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and PDFs—directly in HubSpot.

Edwin van der Maas

“With Portant, I run documents directly from HubSpot. No jumping between platforms. No copying data.”

Edwin van der Maas · Operations Lead, 2manydots

Generate any document from HubSpot

Personalize with HubSpot data, e-signatures & more

Design fully customized documents using any HubSpot data and line items, plus AI content, e-signatures, and Stripe payment links, all aligned with your brand.

Natalie Reeder

“At RepCard, Portant gave us an end-to-end automated workflow inside HubSpot, we replaced manual agreement creation at scale.”

Natalie Reeder · Revenue Operations, RepCard

Personalize with HubSpot data, e-signatures and more

Send, sign, and deliver with built-in approvals

Create workflows that send, sign and save your documents automatically. Add a human in the loop and a review step for approvals and better team collaboration.

Lisa Holmes

“Portant was the simplest and quickest signing integration I’ve ever implemented, it works natively with HubSpot.”

Lisa Holmes · Consultant, Monoceros Services

Send, sign and deliver with approvals

Sync and track everything in HubSpot

Every document gets its own HubSpot record with full status and history. Build reports to track views, status, and signatures in real time. Automatically sync files to Google Drive or OneDrive.

Megan Marohn

“When the executive team asks for an extension document, Portant gets it to them in about an hour, it’s empowered my whole team.”

Megan Marohn · Operations, Boomerang Capital

Sync and track everything in HubSpot

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing

Prices below are annual billing (same as the default on our pricing page). Open full pricing to switch monthly or compare every feature.

Free

For individuals getting started

$0 /month

30 credits/month · 1 user

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  • Document workflows
  • Template gallery
  • HubSpot integration
  • Single eSignature per doc
  • Chat and email support

Pro

For professionals who need more

$42 /month

billed annually

2,000 credits/month · 1 user

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  • Everything in Free
  • PDFs without Portant branding
  • Send emails from aliases
  • Auto-trigger from deals
  • Multiple eSignatures per doc
  • Conditional logic & line items
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Team

For teams sharing workflows

$125 /month

billed annually

5,000 credits/month · 5 users

Try for free
  • Everything in Pro
  • Shared workflows
  • Custom branded eSign portal
  • 5 users included (+$30/user)
  • Team admin panel
  • Approval workflows & priority support

Enterprise

Advanced security and support

Custom

Tailored to your needs

Contact sales
  • Everything in Team
  • Custom credit limits
  • Advanced security
  • Custom billing (PO/ACH/wire)
  • Dedicated account manager

PandaDoc overview

2. PandaDoc

A common pick when teams want a full document and CPQ-style stack with a built-in editor, similar breadth to what buyers weigh against Better Proposals.

Strengths

  • Editor, library, CPQ-style features, and e-signatures in one product.
  • HubSpot integration for syncing deals, line items, and document activity.

Weaknesses

  • Templates usually live in PandaDoc rather than staying as live Google or Microsoft files on the record.
  • Another subscription and admin surface next to HubSpot for RevOps to govern.

Proposify overview

3. Proposify

Often shortlisted with Better Proposals when sales wants libraries, roles, and repeatable proposal sending, without HubSpot owning every document object end to end.

Strengths

  • Proposal templates, approvals, and content governance built for sales teams.
  • Clear fit when the proposal is the main artifact in the cycle.

Weaknesses

  • Not the same as generating quotes, contracts, and decks from HubSpot with Google or Microsoft as the live source.
  • Deep CRM-native document records and reporting usually need another layer.

Qwilr overview

4. Qwilr

A strong option when you want interactive web pages instead of PDF attachments, with a polished buyer experience that often sits next to Better Proposals on shortlists.

Strengths

  • Modern microsite-style proposals with analytics on engagement.
  • HubSpot integration options for teams connecting CRM data to outbound pages.

Weaknesses

  • Not a HubSpot-inside document automation layer for every file type and template format.
  • Google Docs, Word, Slides, and PowerPoint do not stay the merge source the way Portant uses them.

HubSpot Quotes overview

5. HubSpot Quotes

The built-in option when you want to stay in HubSpot for simple quotes before interactive proposal tools, complex layouts, or a dedicated document record on every deal.

Strengths

  • Native to the CRM with no extra vendor for basic quoting.
  • Line items and deals stay in one system.

Weaknesses

  • Limited compared with dedicated proposal software or full document automation.
  • Advanced layouts, approvals, and multi-format documents often need a higher tier or an add-on.

Portant vs Better Proposals

What’s the best alternative to Better Proposals?

Feature-by-feature view for HubSpot teams: native Quotes, PandaDoc, Proposify, Qwilr, and Better Proposals, with Portant on the right.

HubSpot Quotes PandaDoc Proposify Qwilr Better Proposals Portant
Native integrations
Google Workspace
Microsoft 365
HubSpot
Templates store
HubSpot
Saves documents as a record
Syncs across Deals, Contacts & Companies
Generate documents from any property
Document activity log
Use Cases
Dynamic Proposals
Quotes
Contracts
Templates
Google Docs & Word
Google Slides & Powerpoint
PDF templates
Send, Sign + Approvals
Multiple e-signatures
Team approval workflows
Send from Gmail & Outlook
Additional features
HubSpot workflow triggers
Tables & Line items
AI content fields
Team roles
Reporting & Security
HubSpot-native Reports & Dashboards
SOC 2 / HIPAA / ISO certified

FAQs

Which tool fits your team?

Pick the situation closest to yours for a quick recommendation and a link to the full write-up on this page.

Suggestion: Portant. Outputs stay on the deal with your existing Google or Microsoft files, without rebuilding everything in a separate proposal app.

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Suggestion: PandaDoc when you want quotes, contracts, and a built-in editor in one vendor, knowing templates usually live in that app.

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Suggestion: HubSpot Quotes until you hit limits on decks, contracts, or complex layouts. Then add a doc layer.

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Suggestion: Qwilr for microsite-style proposals and engagement data. Add another layer if every quote and contract must live as a HubSpot record from Google or Microsoft files.

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Suggestion: Proposify when decks and libraries lead the workflow, rather than every document type living on the CRM record.

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Suggestion: Use the comparison table. Portant is the rightmost column.

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When the CRM should own the full document story, Portant keeps create-through-sign on the record with live deal fields from your Google and Microsoft templates. Better Proposals centres on web links and its own editor, with HubSpot CRM sync and optional launcher workflows on higher tiers.

  • HubSpot-certified; documents and versions stay tied to contacts, companies, and deals.
  • Reuse Google Docs, Word, Slides, and PowerPoint instead of migrating templates into a proprietary builder.
  • Approvals, signing, and tracking without hopping between tools. See pricing.

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Real results from Portant customers.

Sam Clarke

Portant saved our sales team countless hours every week automating documents.

Sam Clarke, Co-Founder at Clipboard

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Teams have switched to Portant

We’re seeing higher average closed revenue with Portant and faster days to close, it’s showing us a material impact on sales velocity.

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Founder & Leadership, Upflowy

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Portant has been a game-changer for Clipboard! It’s saved our sales team countless hours every week by generating order forms, proposals and contracts with info from HubSpot automatically filled in.

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Sam Clarke

Co-Founder, Clipboard

With Portant, I run documents directly from HubSpot. No jumping between platforms. No copying data.

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Edwin van der Maas

Operations Lead, 2manydots

Portant replaced three separate tools for us. One platform handles docs, signatures, and follow-ups without leaving HubSpot.

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Rachel K

RevOps Manager, Mid-Market

Portant was the simplest and quickest signing integration I’ve ever implemented, it works natively with HubSpot.

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Lisa Holmes

Consultant, Monoceros Services

At RepCard, Portant gave us an end-to-end automated workflow inside HubSpot, we replaced manual agreement creation at scale.

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Natalie Reeder

Revenue Operations, RepCard

We’re seeing higher average closed revenue with Portant and faster days to close, it’s showing us a material impact on sales velocity.

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Tom P

VP Sales, Enterprise SaaS

Love this product. Have been using it for over a year and the integration to Google Workspace is awesome. Lots of credit for listening to your users!

DI

Duncan I

Web, Google & WordPress

When the executive team asks for an extension document, Portant gets it to them in about an hour, it’s empowered my whole team.

MM

Megan Marohn

Operations, Boomerang Capital

Truly a gamechanger! Portant streamlines these tasks and allows me to focus on the things that require my attention and problem-solving!

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Jordan H

Administrator, Mid-Market

This software brilliantly takes over the tedious process of creating and sending invoices. This not only saves time but massively reduces errors of data entry.

LG

Lukas G

E-commerce Business Owner

This product is a gamechanger for all of those painful manual document merges. Love what you and the team have built!

MB

Matthew B

Founder & Leadership, Upflowy

Our reps used to spend 30 minutes per proposal. Now it’s under two minutes and the documents look better than ever.

JS

James S

Sales Director, Agency

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