1up vs Responsive (RFPio)

Looking for Responsive alternatives?
Find out how 1up compares to legacy RFP Project Management Tools.

1up

Responsive

1-liner

Automate RFPs and questionnaire responses

Proposal and RFP response management.

Free Trial

✅ Yes, 14-day free trial for all users.

❌ No, there is no free trial offered by Responsive.

Self Service

✅ Yes, 1up is fully self-service

❌ No, Responsive sales team is involved in all PoV deployments

Pricing

📅 1up starts at $250 / month for the Starter Plan with unlimited answers.

🤑 You must contact Responsive directly, speak with a sales person, and jump through several hoops before learning pricing. Annual Plans only.

Setup time

⚡ Minutes

❗Days/Weeks

Easy Knowledge Base Setup

😀 Connect documents, URLs, and previously completed RFPs to be up and running in minutes

😔 Requires you to set up a Q&A library using a rigid document structure

Automated Knowledge Base Maintenance

😀 1up integrates with sources like Google Drive, Confluence, and Notion, and updates your knowledge database continually anytime the sources of truth are updated.

😔 Requires you to manually review and update your Q&A library.

3rd Party Chat Integrations

✅ Connect 1up to Slack, MS Teams, and Google Chat to enable fast answers to any sales question

❌ Integrates with CRM tools but lacks Chat Integrations for live Q&A

Easy to use UI

🏃 Lightweight interface with minimal setup time. 1up is extremely easy to navigate and get used to.

😕 Complex UI with numerous project management features. Requires a time–consuming learning curve.

Automate Web-based Questionnaires

💻 The 1up Browser Extension automates answers in any web portal based questionnaire

❌ No, questionnaires must be uploaded manually

Live Chat Support

🙋‍♀️ Yes, with a real human

⌛ No, requires opening a ticket system and responds during business hours.

Time to Complete a 500-Row Questionnaire

⚡ Minutes

❗Hours/Days

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why did users choose 1up over Responsive?

1up is designed to automate RFPs and questionnaires end-to-end, while Responsive is a legacy RFP project management tool. Responsive focuses on managing workflows and projects; 1up focuses on actually answering questions faster with AI-driven automation.

How does setup and usability compare between 1up and Responsive?

1up is fully self-service and can be live in minutes by connecting documents, URLs, and prior RFPs. Responsive requires sales-assisted PoV deployments, rigid knowledge base structures, and extensive onboarding, often taking days or weeks before teams see value.

Does Responsive offer a customer-facing Answer Hub like 1up?

No. Responsive does not offer a customer-facing Answer Hub or Trust Center at all. 1up provides a shareable Answer Hub that Sales, Security, and IT teams can use externally to handle security questions, FAQs, and repeat requests - dramatically reducing one-off RFPs and follow-ups.

Which platform completes large questionnaires faster?

1up completes large questionnaires - such as 500-row RFPs - in minutes, including Excel, Word, PDF, and web portals via its browser extension. Responsive requires manual uploads and project-based workflows, which commonly turn the same work into hours or days.

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Why Teams Prefer 1up

95%

Faster questionnaire completion. WalkMe and JumpCloud slashed response time after implementing 1up.

Questionnaire at-bats more than doubled after automating the process with 1up.

Global

Automation across multiple languages for sales teams and customers worldwide.

“The time we save with 1up has changed how we work. Our team speeds through DDQs and spends time polishing responses instead of writing them from scratch.“

James Herbert

Sales Engineering

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Jumpcloud

How JumpCloud Doubled Sales Questionnaire Completion with 1up

JumpCloud is now seeing a 95% completion rate of their sales questionnaires through automation with 1up - more than double what it was.

“1up has demonstrated exceptional capability in addressing complex technical sales queries with precision.“

Pradeep Nayar

Global bid manager

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WalkMe

How WalkMe® Reduced RFP Response Time by up to 90%

By centralizing the WalkMe knowledge base and automating RFP management, 1up created space for sales reps, sales engineers, and account executives to spend their time on customer-facing tasks, like conversations, context, and collaborations.