Honest comparison · 2026

Pitchcraft vs Proposify (2026): One-Time Design & Graphics Alternative

Quick answer

Yes — Pitchcraft is a one-time-purchase alternative to Proposify. It costs $29 once, while Proposify runs $19+/user/mo — about $228 per year, every year. Self-hosted proposal builder with pricing tables, open tracking and click-to-sign acceptance. It is for people who want the job done on their own hardware without a renewal date — not for teams that live inside Proposify's ecosystem.

The verdict

Switch to Pitchcraft if you are an individual or small team paying Proposify $19+/user/mo for work your own machine can do. Costs less than one month of either subscription — for three seats, that's $684 a year you keep.

Stay with Proposify if your workflow depends on its integrations, you need enterprise features (SSO, admin controls, SLAs), or your team is large enough that per-seat collaboration tooling is worth the bill. Pitchcraft does not try to replicate those.

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
5-year cost$29$1,140

Where Proposify still wins

  • Ecosystem and integrations. Established tools accumulate years of third-party integrations, templates and add-ons. If your workflow is wired into Proposify's ecosystem, switching means rebuilding that plumbing — a real cost.
  • Team and enterprise features. Shared workspaces, granular permissions, SSO, audit logs and a vendor to call when something breaks — that is what the higher subscription tiers actually buy, and a pay-once app does not come with it.
  • Familiarity and hiring. Proposify is the name people already know. Onboarding a team onto a tool nobody has used before takes time the subscription never charges for.

Where Pitchcraft wins

  • Price, permanently. $29 once versus $228/yr for as long as you use it. There is no renewal, no seat count and no tier gate.
  • 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.

The math

Costs less than one month of either subscription — for three seats, that's $684 a year you keep.

  • After 1 year: Pitchcraft has cost you $29 total — Proposify has cost $228.
  • After 3 years: Pitchcraft is still $29 — the subscription is at $684.
  • After 5 years: Pitchcraft is still $29 — the subscription is at $1,140.

Common questions

Is it really free on GitHub?

Yes — Pitchcraft is MIT-licensed at github.com/bensblueprints/proposal-generator-mvp. The $29 buys the packaged Windows installer and updates; building from source is free.

Where does my proposal data live?

On your server. Pitchcraft is self-hosted in a SQLite file you can back up with cp — no per-seat pricing and no third-party cloud.

Does it replace Proposify entirely?

No, and we say so. If you need enterprise e-signature compliance, CRM sync and approval workflows, the subscriptions earn their fee. For sending proposals, tracking reads and collecting a signed yes, Pitchcraft does that once.

Try Pitchcraft — $29, one time

Or get Pitchcraft plus every other app in the suite: the OneTimeSuite bundle is currently $97, one time.