Bidsketch vs Calisto Proposals
Bidsketch sells plans by team size: one, three or eight users. Calisto Proposals has no team size: each proposal is charged once, with the signature inside.
Offers for leaving Bidsketch
Every offer below is live right now. Some are specific to this switch, some apply to everyone leaving another platform.
Credit
Your remaining contract becomes Calisto credit
Upload the contract you are still bound by. We read what is left on the term and credit that amount to your Calisto wallet once you have cancelled — every signature, every product, paid from it.
Import from Bidsketch.
Nothing is written until you have seen what will come across.
Bidsketch sells a plan by team size. Calisto Proposals charges per proposal.
A plan charges every month for the team it is sized for. A proposal is charged once, when it reaches the client.
Feature by feature
Calisto Proposals beside Bidsketch, feature by feature.
| Feature | Calisto Proposals | Bidsketch |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | ||
| Charged once per proposal, never per userBidsketch sells plans sized by the number of users. | ✓ | ✗ |
| No annual term or monthly planBidsketch bills monthly or yearly. | ✓ | ✗ |
| No send limit or proposal cap to run out ofPaid Bidsketch plans include unlimited proposals. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Anyone in the account can send without a seatPlans cover up to one, three or eight users. | ✓ | ✗ |
| A month with no proposal sent costs nothing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Building | ||
| Templates saved with their design | ✓ | ✓ |
| Client side | ||
| E-signature included, with no separate signing product to buyBidsketch's starter plan has no electronic signatures. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Where it stops | ||
| Your own domain on the client link | ✗ | ✓ |
| Public API and developer access | ✗ | ✓ |
| Contacts, deals, price book and payments in the same system as the proposal | ✓ | ✗ |
The plan is the start of the bill, not the end of it.
What Bidsketch prices separately, beside what a Calisto proposal already carries.
Users by the plan
Bidsketch plans cover up to one, three or eight users, paid monthly or for the year. Calisto has no team size; anyone in the account sends.
Signatures above the starter plan
The starter plan has no electronic signatures. Every Calisto proposal carries its signature, and every signer, inside its one charge.
Versions and change orders
Calisto keeps every version of a proposal with a price comparison between any two, and raises change orders against an accepted proposal.
Calisto Proposals is priced per proposal. Never per seat.
What Bidsketch publishes, beside what Calisto Proposals charges. No figure is converted between currencies; a rate is shown only where it is published.
List prices as published on 2026-09-13; a figure is shown only in the currency the vendor publishes it in. Source
Leaving Bidsketch
Sent and signed proposals stay with Bidsketch, with their signatures. Export them before you close the account. Templates rebuild in the block editor, and every proposal you send from Calisto keeps its own version history.
Upload the contract from the offer above. We read the term, the fees and the notice period, and hold what leaving costs you as credit in your Calisto wallet. Cancel, show us the proof, and it is released. A person reviews some claims, such as a contract in another currency.
The pricing section on this page reads the live catalogue and is the authority on the figure. A proposal is charged once, when it first reaches your client. The signature, every signer, reminders, re-sends and new versions are inside that charge. Quotes cost nothing.
Two things, both stated plainly. A government ID check on a signer is its own product, priced per check. A change order signed after the proposal is accepted is its own envelope, charged as Calisto Sign.
The table above says so plainly. Your own domain and a public API are theirs; the deal, the price book and the payment the proposal belongs to are ours.
Bring your Bidsketch data with you.
Upload your current contract and we will read the cancellation terms and credit your wallet for what leaving costs you. Bring your records across with a CSV import. Setup costs nothing.