1up vs Inventive

Looking for Inventive alternatives?

Find out how 1up compares to clunky RFP Management Tools.

1upInventive
1-linerAutomate RFPs, questionnaires, and sales questionsManage RFP response library
Free Trial✅ Yes, 14-day free trial for all users.❌ No
Self Service✅ Yes, 1up is fully self-service❌ No, Inventive requires a sales-assisted setup that can take several days
Pricing📅 1up starts at $250 / month for the Starter Plan with unlimited answers.🤑 Priced higher with discounted plans available for multi-year contracts
Setup time⚡ Minutes❗Days/Weeks
Answer Generation😀 Unlimited😀 Unlimited
Easy Knowledge Base Setup😀 Connect documents, URLs, and previously completed RFPs. 1up also automatically ingests your website URLs.😔 Requires users to manually highlight Q&A during import. Does not crawl  web URLs automatically. Users must setup the library with the help of Inventive
Automated Questionnaire Answering✅ Yes, 1up automates Questionnaires in Excel, Word, and PDF format❗Inventive requires manual column mapping, highlighting, and setup before generating answers.
Automated Knowledge Base Maintenance😀 1up integrates with sources like Google Drive, Confluence, and Notion, and automatically updates your knowledge sources continually within seconds. Conflicting answers are de-duplicated automatically.😔 Inventive requires manual user oversight to approve knowledge updates and conflicting answers.
3rd Party Chat Integrations✅ Add 1up to Slack, MS Teams, and Google Chat to enable fast answers to any question❌ Inventive does not have a public integration with Slack, MS Teams, or Google Chat.
Easy to use UI🏃 Lightweight interface with minimal setup time. 1up is designed to be fully self-service and easy to use.😕 Complex, confusing interface with  manual oversight when uploading and answering questionnaires.
Automate Web-based Questionnaires💻 Answer web portal based questionnaire with 1up's RFP Browser Extension❌ No, Inventive does not have a browser extension
Live Chat Support🙋‍♀️ Yes, live chat support powered by humans.❌ No live chat support (email only).
Trust Center✅ 1up provides a customizable Trust Hub that Sales, Security, and IT teams can use.❌ Inventive does not provide a Trust Center or similar features.

See Why 1up is Faster and Easier

Skip researching and writing answers - 1up automatically generates the best answer based on all your internal and external knowledge.

1up is built to automate RFPs, questionnaires, and sales questions end-to-end, while Inventive focuses on managing an RFP response library. 1up eliminates manual setup and oversight so teams can move faster and answer more requests with less effort.

Why Teams Prefer 1up

  • 95%
    Faster questionnaire completion. WalkMe and JumpCloud slashed response time after implementing 1up.
  • 2x
    Questionnaire at-bats more than doubled after automating the process with 1up.
  • Global
    Automation across multiple languages for sales teams and customers worldwide.
James Herbert Jumpcloud Quote

How Jumpcloud Doubled Questionnaire Completion Rates with 1up

The IAM leader was overwhelmed with complex security questionnaires. Find out how JumpCloud was able to double their completion rate and complete questionnaires in minutes.

See how WalkMe (SAP) reduced RFP response time by up to 90%

By centralizing the WalkMe knowledge base and automating answer generation, 1up enabled the industry leader to respond to more opportunities and win deals faster.

Pradeep Nayar WalkMe (SAP)
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