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What does PandaDoc do?

Tool: PandaDoc

The Tech: Document Automation

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Their Pitch

Make proposals that make impressions.

Our Take

It's a Word processor with e-signatures built in. You drag-and-drop pricing tables and contracts, send them, then actually know if people opened them.

Deep Dive & Reality Check

Used For

  • +**Your proposals disappear into email black holes with zero visibility** → See exactly when prospects open, how long they spend on each page, and get alerts when they finally sign
  • +**You're recreating the same pricing tables and terms in Word for every deal** → Templates with smart fields that auto-fill from your CRM data, cutting proposal time from hours to minutes
  • +**Half your deals stall because someone forgot to chase signatures** → Automated reminders and approval workflows that route to the right people automatically
  • +Real-time collaboration in deal rooms - your whole team can comment and edit without email chains
  • +Collects payments directly in documents - they can sign and pay with a credit card in one flow

Best For

  • >Your sales team is losing deals because nobody knows who promised what
  • >You're spending 3 hours crafting proposals in Word just to email PDFs into the void
  • >Chasing signatures feels like a full-time job and you're tired of playing email tag

Not For

  • -Solo freelancers or tiny teams - you'll hit the 5 document limit on the free plan by day three and the paid plans cost more than you make
  • -Companies that only need basic e-signatures - you're paying for proposal bells and whistles when DocuSign would be cheaper
  • -Anyone wanting something simple - the workflow builder and conditional logic will have you watching tutorials for hours

Pairs With

  • *HubSpot (syncs deal data so your proposals auto-fill with contact info and pricing)
  • *Salesforce (where your sales reps live but wish had better document tools)
  • *Zapier (connects to whatever other tools your sales ops person insists you need)
  • *Stripe (processes the payments when people actually sign your proposals)
  • *DocuSign (what you're probably replacing, unless you only need basic signatures)
  • *Google Drive (where your old proposal templates are rotting)
  • *Slack (where your team gets notifications about signed deals and complains about mandatory fields)

The Catch

  • !The free plan's 5-doc limit sounds fine until you hit it mid-month and your deals are stuck
  • !Annual commitment required for bulk features and integrations - monthly pricing is 20-30% higher
  • !Your team will spend the first week figuring out conditional fields and approval workflows instead of selling

Bottom Line

Turns your proposal chaos into a tracked, templated machine that shows you exactly who's ghosting you.