# Bonsai alternatives: what AI models name instead, September 2026

GTM AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition. 194 of the 216 answers in the 1 category where Bonsai holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://gtm-ai-index.com/vendors/bonsai/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- PandaDoc: 66
- Responsive: 17
- Loopio: 13
- Proposify: 12
- Better Proposals: 11
- DealHub: 7

## Proposal software

**Small business**: 58 of 72 answers did not name Bonsai (Bonsai is #4 of 10 at 4%).

- PandaDoc: first choice in 24 of those 58
- Better Proposals: first choice in 10 of those 58
- Proposify: first choice in 6 of those 58
- Agiled: first choice in 2 of those 58
- Prospero: first choice in 2 of those 58
- Cone: first choice in 1 of those 58
- Proposally.ai: first choice in 1 of those 58
- Proposaly.ai: first choice in 1 of those 58

**Mid-market**: 64 of 72 answers did not name Bonsai (Bonsai is #7 of 10 at 2%).

- PandaDoc: first choice in 30 of those 64
- Proposify: first choice in 6 of those 64
- Agiled: first choice in 2 of those 64
- Qwilr: first choice in 2 of those 64
- AutogenAI: first choice in 1 of those 64
- Better Proposals: first choice in 1 of those 64
- DealHub: first choice in 1 of those 64
- DocHipo: first choice in 1 of those 64

**Enterprise**: 72 of 72 answers did not name Bonsai.

- Responsive: first choice in 17 of those 72
- Loopio: first choice in 13 of those 72
- PandaDoc: first choice in 12 of those 72
- DealHub: first choice in 6 of those 72
- GetAccept: first choice in 5 of those 72
- Salesforce Revenue Cloud: first choice in 5 of those 72
- Conga: first choice in 4 of those 72
- Bidara: first choice in 2 of those 72

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