OneTimeSuite Blog · 2026

Pitchcraft vs Proposify: Open Source vs Subscription

Pitchcraft and Proposify solve the same problem from opposite directions: one is source-available software you can own outright for $29, the other is a subscription at $19+/user/mo run entirely on someone else's servers.

Head to head

PitchcraftProposify
Price$29 once$19+/user/mo
Yearly cost (3 users)$0 after purchase$684+
Pricing tables with optional add-onsYesYes
Open and read-time trackingYesYes
Click-to-sign acceptanceYesYes
CRM integrationsNoYes
Your data on your serverYesNo
Works offline / on your LANYesNo

What Pitchcraft does well

  • Block-based builder — Cover, text, pricing table, terms, testimonial and image blocks that you drag to reorder.
  • 6 starter templates — Web design, marketing retainer, consulting, video production, freelance dev, or blank.
  • Pricing tables with add-ons — Mark line items optional and your client toggles them on the live page, watching the total update before they sign.
  • Trackable share links — See when a proposal was opened, how many times, and total reading time.

What Proposify still does better

There's a real reason Proposify costs what it does: a bigger team, broader integrations and dedicated support behind it. If that ecosystem is genuinely what you need, it's worth paying for.

Which one should you pick

If your workflow depends on Proposify's specific integrations or you'd rather not run anything yourself, stay put — that's a legitimate call. If you're comfortable owning the tool and want to stop paying $19+/user/mo for a job your own hardware can do, Pitchcraft pays for itself and then some: costs less than one month of either subscription — for three seats, that's $684 a year you keep.

Try Pitchcraft — $29, once

Self-hosted proposal builder with pricing tables, open tracking and click-to-sign acceptance.