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Responsive

RFP response platform formerly RFPIO, built for revenue teams that need bid content to live close to Salesforce

From $22000/year (USD)

Price may vary with exchange rates

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Irish Compliance Assessment

Verified pass Partial · caveats Not supported
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Revenue Integration

No native Revenue Online Service (ROS) connection. Tax submissions must be exported and filed manually, or handled via a paired Irish accounting tool.

verified 2026-05-28 · scope: not supported
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PAYE Modernisation

Not a payroll product. Real-time PAYE reporting required since 2019 is out of scope.

verified 2026-05-28 · scope: not a payroll product
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Irish Bank Feeds

No native AIB / BOI / PTSB feed. Bank reconciliation flows rely on third-party gateways.

verified 2026-05-28 · via third-party gateway
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SEPA / Irish IBAN

No native SEPA Direct Debit XML export. Collection requires a third-party gateway.

verified 2026-05-28 · SEPA via gateway
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VAT Handling

Irish VAT rates are not handled natively. Manual workarounds required.

verified 2026-05-28 · scope: not supported
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Irish Support

No Irish-business-hours support tier. Tickets answered from the vendor HQ time zone.

verified 2026-05-28 · support hours: HQ
GDPR Data Residency EU & US data centres - self-host or EU-only setting required for guaranteed EU residency verified 2026-05-28

Overview

Responsive (formerly RFPIO until the 2022 rebrand) is a Beaverton, Oregon-headquartered RFP response platform founded in 2015. It pitches itself at revenue operations rather than bid-desk specialists: the answer library, project workflow, and content recommendation engine are designed to plug into Salesforce, HubSpot, Microsoft Dynamics, and Seismic so bid content is part of the same customer record as the deal pipeline. For Irish SMEs the value is integration depth: if your sales team already runs Salesforce, Responsive bid responses link back to the opportunity, the contact, and the win-loss notes. Pricing is quote-only, USD-denominated, and typically lands in the USD 22,000 to USD 75,000 per year band depending on user count and content library size. Hosting is in AWS US regions (us-west-2 primary); EU data residency is offered on enterprise tiers as an explicit configuration but is not the default. Responsive publishes a Data Processing Agreement with Standard Contractual Clauses and is SOC 2 Type II certified. The Data Protection Commission has issued no decisions naming Responsive or RFPIO. Pricing in USD.

Editor's verdict on Responsive

stamped 2026-05-28

Responsive is the natural choice for Irish SMEs whose sales motion runs through Salesforce, HubSpot, or Microsoft Dynamics, and who want bid content to live as close to the CRM as possible. The integration story is the strongest in the category and the rebrand from RFPIO has not damaged the product roadmap. For Irish buyers the headline difference vs Loopio is the availability of EU data residency on enterprise tiers, although it requires explicit configuration. If your bid team is small and your library is shallow, Responsive is over-specified; if your revenue operations team owns bid content as part of the customer record, Responsive is the right pick.

Irish compliance score

Responsive Irish compliance score0 of 6 pass
CRO active
Revenue integration
PAYE Modernisation
Irish bank feeds
GDPR (EU residency)
Irish support
Responsive Irish compliance score
CriterionStatusNote
CRO activeNot met
Revenue integrationNot met
PAYE ModernisationNot met
Irish bank feedsNot met
GDPR (EU residency)Not met
Irish supportNot met

Pros and Cons

Pros

  • Deepest Salesforce, HubSpot, and Microsoft Dynamics integrations in the category
  • EU data residency available on enterprise tiers (explicit configuration required)
  • SOC 2 Type II certified, with a current DPA and Standard Contractual Clauses for international transfers
  • Content recommendation engine surfaces relevant library answers based on project context
  • Strong API and Zapier integrations for bid-team automation

Cons

  • EU data residency requires explicit configuration and typically a higher-tier contract
  • USD-only pricing introduces currency exposure for Irish budgets
  • Quote-only pricing makes shortlisting expensive (procurement cycle adds 2 to 4 weeks)
  • The rebrand from RFPIO is still recent; some integration docs and community content still reference the old name
  • No Irish support staff and no eTenders.gov.ie or OGP framework awareness

Best For

Company Size

21-50 employees51-200 employees201-500 employees

Sectors

TechProfessional ServicesFinancial Services

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Head-to-Head Comparisons

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Two close matches.pick on accountant familiarity and Irish support.

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Verification Notes

Seeded as part of bid-writing-software category launch (buyer-side mirror of Tenderwatch PR #152). Pricing band is editorial estimate based on industry-reported ranges; vendor publishes quote-only. EU data residency offered on enterprise tiers but not as default; flag for verification by the weekly verify-vendors cron.

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