2 categories · RankedResponsive
Standing by category
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant | Since September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RFP response software | Sales | 14% | 3 of 82 | 20% | 46 | accepted challenger | |
| Proposal software | Revenue operations | 0% | 11 of 56 | 5% | 19 | accepted challenger | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
Movement
By model
How each model treated Responsive across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.ShowHide
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Mistral Small | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
By framing
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“Shortlist 3-5 Tools: Responsive (enterprise-grade collaboration), Loopio (content-focused), Arphie/1up (AI-heavy for speed), Upland Qvidian (analytics-rich).” Grok 4.20 · RFP response · scale prompt · first choice
“mainstream platforms (like Responsive/RFPIO, Loopio, or AI-first startups like 1up.ai or Tribble) are ideal” Gemini 3.5 Flash · RFP response · scale prompt · first choice
“focus on those specifically designed for RFP workflows like Loopio, Responsive (formerly RFPIO), or Qvidian” MiniMax M2.5 · RFP response · negative prompt · first choice
“positioned as a market leader for teams that want one system for RFPs, RFIs, DDQs, and vendor assessments” Perplexity Sonar · RFP response · comparative prompt · first choice
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“Be Cautious With: Responsive (formerly RFPIO) ... This is the most criticized major platform based on consistent negative feedback” Qwen 3.7 Flash · RFP response · negative prompt · hard negative
“avoid these heavyweight systems. Stick to lightweight, agile sales proposal tools.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Proposals · negative prompt · hard negative
“The AI assistant that generates RFP responses isn't always reliable, and users say it often repeats content from the library instead of creating accurate, tailored answers.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · RFP response · negative prompt · soft negative
“It has a very steep learning curve and can be intimidating for casual SME reviewers. Implementation can take anywhere from 1 to 2 months.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · RFP response · direct prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Responsive, over the 219 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Responsive was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
What carried it into the answer
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 213 of the 219 answers that named Responsive and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
675 of the 815 domain citations in answers naming Responsive came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search and answers
responsive.io ranks 5 on Google for the category's searches. In the answers, Responsive takes 14% of first choices and Loopio takes 25%.ShowHide
Search and answers
In search
Google, US estimates- Searches for its name, Google
- 12,100 a month (“responsive”)
- AI search demand for its name, est.
- 210,141 a month
- Organic visits to its site
- about 37,620 a month
- Searches its site ranks for
- 3,554 · 527 in the top three
- Sites linking to it
- 2,111
- Paid Google search
- 1 searches its ads show for, about 1 clicks and $0 a month (estimate)
In answers
This edition- First choices
- 45 across its categories
- Named in
- 219 answers
- Its own site cited
- in 213 of the answers that named it
Search figures are US estimates from DataForSEO, read September 28, 2026; AI search demand is its modeled, directional estimate, not a count of queries to any assistant. The answers are this edition's. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
What it publishes
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What it publishes
ShowHide| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glossary or explainer | 37 | 3 | 2026-09-22 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-222426262 foundations of content management glossary or explainer
- 2026-08-193599068 coffee chat optimizing content health for the ai era 28th january 2026 glossary or explainer
- 2026-07-223531441 coffee chat optimizing content health for the ai era 28th january 2026 glossary or explainer
- 2026-05-203411982 coffee chat optimizing content health for the ai era 28th january 2026 glossary or explainer
- 2026-04-293347437 coffee chat optimizing content health for the ai era 28th january 2026 glossary or explainer
- 2026-03-253274659 coffee chat optimizing content health for the ai era 28th january 2026 glossary or explainer
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page responsive.io exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. Read September 29, 2026.
Names read as Responsive
Follow Responsive
An email the morning each edition publishes: where this product moved, where it held, and by how much against the noise floor. One address, confirmed by a click; a stop link in every email.
Already following? Everything you follow, with a stop for each.
The company
Responsive.ShowHide
The company
On record
Wikidata- Website
- responsive.io
- Founded
- 2015
Fetched September 14, 2026. These describe the company, not the product's standing, and a claimed page can dispute any of them. · Wikidata · Crunchbase
In its own words
Stated by the vendor, not checked- Positioning
- #1 AI RFP software & G2 market leader; the leader in response intelligence, trusted worldwide
- For
- sales and proposal teams; Bid & Proposal Managers; Sales; Marketing; InfoSec/IT; Executive Leadership; Investor Relations; Small Businesses
- Customers named
- HaworthMicrosoftTenableLighthouseNetsmartPayscale
- Not stated on the pages read
- Price, starting price, free plan or trial, integrations, certifications, hosting
What Responsive's own pages state, read September 28, 2026: responsive.io, trust.responsive.io. A claimed page can correct any of them.
Claim this page
Claiming is free and changes nothing in the data. A claimed page shows a verified contact who is told when each edition publishes and when Responsive's standing changes by more than the noise floor; the right to propose corrections to the vendor table, meaning names the judge wrote that should or should not read as Responsive, applied by version and listed in the change log; and a one-line description supplied by the vendor and marked as such.
What a new claim receivesHide what a new claim receives
A new claim receives the current edition's vendor brief for Responsive by email, built from the raw record of the edition. It shows:
- where Responsive is named, by buyer and by framing, and which cells hold its first choices;
- the claims the models make when they name it, ranked, with the strongest and the weakest quoted;
- its vocabulary against the segment leader's, and the pages the models cited;
- who was chosen in the answers that did not name Responsive, and every reason the record gives;
- a battlecard for each top rival: the head-to-head split, why they win, and the reservation quoted against them;
- one page of published figures cleared to show a buyer.
Badges
Wins only: a badge exists where Responsive is ranked in a category's top three this edition. Three sizes, one file each, light and dark; the code is under each.ShowHide
Badges
Responsive is among the products AI models recommend first in RFP response software this edition. Each badge says so in the buyer's words, names the edition, and links to the standing. The next edition issues a new badge; this one stays true as a record of October 2026.
Badges read on light and dark pages. Alt text carries the claim, the category, the edition and the index, so it stays a citation where the image does not load.