If you didn’t know already, Qvidian’s been around for a while—nearly 50 years in fact! We pioneered the proposal automation industry, setting the groundwork for a technological revolution that continues to transform the way sales professionals work. When you’ve been the industry-leader in proposal automation for as long as we have, you tend to encounter a myth or two sprouting up in the wild.

Whether it’s claims about narrow use-cases or limited collaboration, we’ve heard them all and are here to put those myths to rest and highlight how Qvidian remains the gold-standard for proposal automation.

Myth #1: Qvidian has a narrow, Word-only use case

Many of our competitors like to claim that Qvidian has a narrow use case, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. In reality, users across industries use Qvidian for way more than just RFx responses. Our users use Qvidian daily to respond to complex security and due diligence questionnaires, craft powerful sales presentations, and produce business-winning sales docs of all types.

Additionally, Qvidian’s native integrations with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint meet users where they are, allowing them to seamlessly create industry-standard structured and formatted documents. By working directly with Word and PowerPoint, users maintain their formatting, styles, and branding without the complex manual work (and formatting headaches/frustration) required to convert and adjust content to fit a new platform. Taken together, these features allow companies, like financial services firm Rehmann, to create 400+ proposals per year, decreasing their labor savings by 50% and getting to first draft in around 15 minutes!

Myth #2: Qvidian’s AI is rudimentary

Let’s be honest for a second: AI has been at the heart of Qvidian from the very beginning. With nearly 50 years of experience crafting automation, we were using AI and machine learning to automatically answer questions and suggest relevant answers before it became a tech buzzword.

We’ve also partnered with the industry-giants of AI technology, like IBM watsonx, to deliver a suite of generative AI tools to our users that keeps their data safe and secure while delivering consistent and accurate responses in record time. Our users trust in Qvidian AI Assist to harness powerful AI features such as:

• Automatic answering using machine learning
• Relevant content suggestions based on library content
• Revising and rewriting existing content with generative AI
• Querying and analyzing documents using generative AI

In head-to-head competitions with other generative-AI platforms, Qvidian outperforms the competition by producing consistent, trustworthy, and reliable content outputs. The end result is an AI platform that requires far less human correction, saving our users a whole lot of time and effort.

Myth #3: Qvidian’s content management is limited and time-consuming

While some competitors critique our structured approach to content management, we know one thing to be absolutely true: a strong foundation is critical to success. Qvidian’s structured approach to content management is a no-brainer, ensuring long-term compliance and consistency, while reducing future errors in proposal responses.

Our content library features robust features for advanced search, content tagging, metadata, linked content IDs, style templates, and so much more. Why? Because, with our nearly 50 years of industry experience, we know that our users manage hundreds, if not thousands, of content records daily. In fact, companies like Jack Henry & Associates use Qvidian’s content library to keep detailed info on 150+ products while answering 70K questions annually!

By providing our users with the customizable tools they need to best manage and structure their content, we’re setting them up for future success while helping them streamline their content organization and win more deals in record time.

Myth #4: Qvidian has limited collaboration

The modern sales team is highly collaborative. A proposal professional might reach out to multiple departments to create one business-winning proposal. That’s why we’ve kept collaboration at the core of Qvidian. Our users can utilize a range of collaborative features to help streamline their work, such as:

• In-product messaging threads
• Native integrations with top industry software like Word, Teams, SharePoint, and Salesforce
• Assign tasks to users
• Build and set custom workflows for stakeholders
• Custom user/role-based permissions to give teams access to exactly what they need

Enterprise companies like UPMC’s Insurance Services Division use these collaborative features to increase their content usage by 208% while building an efficient and scalable process that works for everyone.

Additionally, Qvidian integrates with industry-leading CRM software to enhance our users’ workflows, ensuring that sales teams can access (and report on) relevant proposal content efficiently.

Leading the industry for nearly five decades

Qvidian has pioneered the proposal automation industry for nearly 50 years. From our first foray into automation to our modern AI-first approach, we’ve led the charge every step. Industries across the globe rely on Qvidian, and we’re proud to be the trusted automation solution for enterprise and mid-market companies.

As we continue to evolve to meet the needs of complex proposal management, we’re sure that more myths about Qvidian’s capabilities will develop. But, rest assured, our award-winning teams of industry experts will be working overtime to crush common myths and help customers find the perfect solution that helps them save time and win more. Ultimately, though, there’s really only one way to know if the rumors are true: schedule a demo and see Qvidian for yourself!