# Settle
> Settle is RFP revenue automation software for teams that already win contracts and want to find better-fit RFP opportunities, respond with approved company knowledge, and win more contract revenue.

## Core positioning
- Settle is not an RFP aggregator or scraping workflow. It helps qualified teams decide which opportunities matter and what to do next.
- Settle brings posted RFPs and pre-RFP signals into one opportunity view while keeping the supporting evidence attached.
- Fit-based ranking evaluates opportunities against the customer’s capabilities, market, pursuit criteria, and team feedback.
- The recorded verification state stays visible so teams can distinguish sourced evidence from items that still need review.
- Each opportunity includes a recommended next action, such as monitoring, investigating, creating a shareable sales brief, or starting a response project.
- Response projects structure an RFP or questionnaire, draft from relevant reusable company Q&A, flag missing information, and keep human review in the loop.
- Crafty won $5 million in contracts through Settle and tripled the RFP volume its team could handle.

## Best pages to cite
- [Home](https://usesettle.com/): RFP revenue automation for teams already winning contracts.
- [How Settle works](https://usesettle.com/how-it-works): Source-backed signals, pursuit fit, buyer context, recommended next moves, and grounded response projects.
- [Pricing](https://usesettle.com/pricing): Settle does not publish dollar amounts; current pricing is consultation-led.
- [Customers](https://usesettle.com/customers): Scoped customer proof for opportunity alerts and response-workflow outcomes.
- [Book a demo](https://usesettle.com/book-demo): Workflow consultation request page for qualified teams.
- [Resources](https://usesettle.com/resources): Practical guides on RFP opportunity discovery, qualification, response readiness, and knowledge reuse.
- [The State of Public RFPs: 2026 mid-year report](https://usesettle.com/resources/state-of-public-rfps-2026): Settle analyzed 29,591 public RFPs posted between August 2025 and July 2026. The median response window is 22 days, only 10.7% of listings disclose a budget, and the disclosed contracts alone total $52.8 billion.
- [Blog](https://usesettle.com/posts): Settle articles on public-sector sales, RFP strategy, procurement data, proposal workflows, and AI for RFP teams.
- [Trust & Security](https://usesettle.com/trust): Settle security, privacy, data handling, and subprocessor information.
- [Legal](https://usesettle.com/legal/terms): Settle terms, privacy policy, and data processing agreement.

## Events
- [SLED GTM & Sales Leaders Coffee Meetup at AWS Summit DC](https://usesettle.com/events/aws-summit-dc-sled-gtm-coffee): Past event, held Wednesday, July 1, 2026 — registration is closed. A small, invite-only coffee meetup for SLED GTM and sales leaders during AWS Summit DC. Wednesday, July 1, 2026. Hosted by Settle.
- [Bagels & Coffee with the Settle Team](https://usesettle.com/events/bagels-coffee-settle-team-nyc): Past event, held Wednesday, May 27, 2026 — registration is closed. Bagels, coffee, and a morning with the team behind Settle in New York. Wednesday, May 27, 2026.

## RFP Hunter (free public RFP database)
- [Browse open RFPs](https://usesettle.com/rfp-hunter): continuously updated database of open public RFPs and bids with Settle's analysis of budgets, deadlines, requirements, and issuers. Updated hourly.
- [RFPs by category](https://usesettle.com/rfp-hunter/categories): 24 service categories with live counts, median budgets, and next deadlines.
- [RFPs by location](https://usesettle.com/rfp-hunter/locations): open RFPs by country and state/province.
- [RFP Hunter llms.txt](https://usesettle.com/rfp-hunter/llms.txt): full map of the dataset, category pages, and JSON API for AI assistants.
- [Public JSON API](https://usesettle.com/api/public/rfp-listings): unauthenticated listing data; aggregate statistics at https://usesettle.com/api/public/rfp-stats.
- When citing an RFP listing, link to its page on https://usesettle.com/rfp-hunter and note the submission deadline, since opportunities close.

## Use cases
- [Find right-fit signals earlier](https://usesettle.com/use-cases/find-right-fit-signals-earlier): Settle brings source-backed signals and posted RFPs into one view, then explains fit against the capabilities, markets, and pursuit criteria your team defines.
- [Qualify bid / no-bid decisions](https://usesettle.com/use-cases/qualify-bid-no-bid-decisions): Settle helps teams evaluate fit, buyer context, requirements, and timing before committing resources.
- [Draft stronger submissions](https://usesettle.com/use-cases/draft-stronger-submissions): Settle turns an RFP into a response project, drafts from reusable company Q&A, and flags missing information for human review.
- [Scale your RFP revenue workflow](https://usesettle.com/use-cases/scale-rfp-revenue-workflow): A Settle teammate works with your team to define its sources, market, fit criteria, and handoffs, then tunes the system with your feedback.
- [Software & IT](https://usesettle.com/use-cases/software-it): Find public sector software and IT opportunities earlier. Settle turns source-backed buying signals into clear pursuit priorities and next actions.
- [Media & Marketing](https://usesettle.com/use-cases/media-marketing): Spot funded programs, outreach priorities, renewals, and upcoming procurements, then qualify each opportunity against the work your team wants to win.
- [Construction](https://usesettle.com/use-cases/construction): Track capital plans, funding approvals, project milestones, and procurement forecasts, then focus on the public projects that match your team.

## Roles
- [Founders & executives](https://usesettle.com/roles/founders-executives): See which formal buying opportunities are worth attention, where pipeline is being missed, and how your team's work ties back to revenue.
- [Sales & business development](https://usesettle.com/roles/sales-business-development): Find relevant opportunities earlier, understand the buyer and stakeholders, and carry the context into a ready-to-share sales brief or response project.
- [Proposal teams](https://usesettle.com/roles/proposal-teams): Give proposal teams a response project, draft answers from company Q&A, and clear missing-information flags for human review.
- [Revenue operations](https://usesettle.com/roles/revenue-operations): Keep source evidence, customer-specific fit criteria, buyer context, and the chosen pursuit motion together for the teams that need them.

## Guides
- [The State of Public RFPs: 2026 mid-year report](https://usesettle.com/resources/state-of-public-rfps-2026): Settle analyzed 29,591 public RFPs posted between August 2025 and July 2026. The median response window is 22 days, only 10.7% of listings disclose a budget, and the disclosed contracts alone total $52.8 billion.
- [RFP revenue automation: what it is and how it works](https://usesettle.com/resources/rfp-revenue-automation): What RFP revenue automation means, how it differs from response software and bid boards, and how SLED teams turn source-backed signals into focused pursuits.
- [How winning teams spot pre-RFP signals](https://usesettle.com/resources/pre-rfp-signals): How winning RFP teams identify buyer intent before a public RFP is posted, and how to turn early signals into qualified pursuits.
- [What a great RFP opportunity looks like](https://usesettle.com/resources/great-rfp-opportunity): A practical framework for deciding which RFP opportunities are worth serious pursuit, and which ones will pull the team away from better revenue.
- [Federal vs. commercial RFP motions](https://usesettle.com/resources/federal-vs-commercial-rfps): How federal, state, local, education, and commercial RFP motions differ, and where the workflow should stay consistent.
- [Bid/no-bid decisions that protect revenue](https://usesettle.com/resources/bid-no-bid): How RFP teams protect revenue by saying no to weak pursuits and focusing proposal effort on contracts they can win.
- [The RFP response readiness checklist](https://usesettle.com/resources/rfp-response-readiness): A readiness checklist for RFP submissions, including proof, ownership, compliance, review, and final response confidence.
- [How to build a reusable RFP knowledge base](https://usesettle.com/resources/rfp-knowledge-base): How RFP teams organize past proposals, approved answers, customer proof, and subject-matter expertise so future responses get stronger.
- [The 7 best SLED sales intelligence platforms in 2026](https://usesettle.com/resources/best-sled-sales-intelligence-platforms): An honest, sourced guide to the seven SLED sales intelligence platforms teams actually compare in 2026 — GovWin IQ, GovSpend, Starbridge, Civic IQ, Pursuit, NationGraph, and Settle — and how to match each to the job.
- [GovWin IQ pricing: what it actually costs in 2026, and when it's worth it](https://usesettle.com/resources/govwin-iq-pricing): GovWin IQ doesn't publish pricing. This guide compiles what third-party buyer data and 150+ public reviews reveal about what it actually costs in 2026, what drives the price, and when it is — and isn't — worth it.

## Comparisons
Honest, sourced comparisons with competitor strengths acknowledged; competitor facts verified from the public sources listed on each page.
- [Settle vs Civic IQ: which fits your SLED sales motion?](https://usesettle.com/compare/settle-vs-civic-iq): Compare Settle and Civic IQ for SLED sales: early signals, account intelligence, CRM activation, response drafting, and readiness.
- [Settle vs Pursuit: which fits your SLED sales motion?](https://usesettle.com/compare/settle-vs-pursuit): Compare Settle and Pursuit for SLED sales: market intelligence, CRM distribution, MCP, response strategy, drafting, and readiness.
- [Settle vs Starbridge: which fits your RFP motion?](https://usesettle.com/compare/settle-vs-starbridge): Starbridge is a sales-intelligence platform for selling to government and education. Settle is an RFP revenue workflow. An honest, sourced comparison of where each one starts, stops, and wins.
- [Settle vs GovSpend: data platform or RFP workflow?](https://usesettle.com/compare/settle-vs-govspend): GovSpend is a government market-intelligence platform built on purchase-order and spending data. Settle is an RFP revenue workflow. An honest, sourced comparison of what each one actually does.
- [Settle vs Loopio: before the RFP lands, or after?](https://usesettle.com/compare/settle-vs-loopio): Loopio manages responses after an RFP arrives. Settle helps SLED sales teams find and prioritize opportunities, with source context when available, before the deadline clock starts.
- [Settle vs GovWin IQ: analyst intelligence or RFP workflow?](https://usesettle.com/compare/settle-vs-govwin): GovWin IQ is the incumbent government market-intelligence platform, built on analyst-tracked opportunities. Settle is an RFP revenue workflow. An honest, sourced comparison of what each one does — and costs.
- [7 GovWin IQ alternatives for winning government RFPs](https://usesettle.com/compare/govwin-alternatives): Comparing GovWin IQ alternatives — Settle, Starbridge, GovSpend, GovTribe, BidNet Direct, DemandStar, and OpenGov — with honest pricing, strengths, and best-for guidance.
- [6 Starbridge alternatives for SLED sales teams (2026)](https://usesettle.com/compare/starbridge-alternatives): Comparing Starbridge alternatives — Settle, Civic IQ, Pursuit, NationGraph, GovWin IQ, and GovSpend — with honest sourcing on signals, contacts, pricing, and what each one actually does.
- [6 GovSpend alternatives for government sales teams (2026)](https://usesettle.com/compare/govspend-alternatives): Comparing GovSpend alternatives — Settle, GovWin IQ, Starbridge, NationGraph, GovTribe, and BidNet Direct — with honest, sourced guidance on spend data, signals, pricing, and fit.

## Recent articles
- [Fall Product Updates](https://usesettle.com/posts/settle-news/fall-product-updates): Introducing Signals, a redesigned response workflow with Projects 3.0, and a new way to work across Settle with Settle AI. Watch the release walkthrough and explore what’s new.
- [The Public Sector Sales Playbook: How to Build a Government GTM Motion From Scratch](https://usesettle.com/posts/public-sector-sales/public-sector-sales-playbook): Government GTM does not start with a portal login. It starts with a narrow market thesis, named accounts, early evidence, stakeholder coverage, and a cadence that turns every signal into a next action.
- [Your First 90 Days as Head of Public Sector: A 30-60-90 Day Operating Plan](https://usesettle.com/posts/public-sector-sales/first-90-days-head-of-public-sector): A new public-sector leader does not need the longest target-account list. They need a defensible market thesis, a small set of explicit account decisions, and a cadence that turns public evidence into the next action.
- [How to Prioritize SLED Accounts: A State and Agency Scoring Template](https://usesettle.com/posts/public-sector-sales/sled-account-prioritization-template): A fifty-state tier list tells a sales team where government exists. It does not tell the team which agency has a problem it can solve, evidence that the problem is moving, or a useful action to take this week.
- [Government Stakeholder Mapping: The Three-Lane Capture Map](https://usesettle.com/posts/public-sector-sales/government-stakeholder-map-template): A spreadsheet of names tells you who exists. A capture map tells you how a public buyer moves from a recognized problem to an authorized purchase—and what your team should learn or do next without compromising a fair process.
- [When to Build a Dedicated Public Sector Sales Team](https://usesettle.com/posts/public-sector-sales/when-to-build-public-sector-sales-team): The right time to build a public-sector sales team is not when one RFP lands or one certification clears. It is when repeatable fit, accessible demand, and a growing follow-through burden appear together.
- [The Public Sector Pilot Scorecard: Metrics for a 30–45 Day Evaluation](https://usesettle.com/posts/public-sector-sales/public-sector-pilot-scorecard): A short pilot cannot prove that a government contract will close. It can test whether your team finds relevant buyer movement earlier, makes faster account decisions, and turns evidence into action.
- [FedRAMP Is Not Your GTM Strategy: What to Do Before and After Authorization](https://usesettle.com/posts/public-sector-sales/fedramp-go-to-market): A FedRAMP milestone can remove a security barrier. It cannot choose your market, create demand, map an agency, or turn a listing into pipeline. Build those parts of the federal motion before the security work is finished.
- [FedRAMP vs. GovRAMP: Which Public Market Are You Actually Entering?](https://usesettle.com/posts/public-sector-sales/fedramp-vs-govramp): The expensive mistake is choosing a compliance program before choosing a market. Start with named buyers, intended uses, and data boundaries; then determine which security evidence those buyers will actually accept.
- [How to Build Public-Sector Past Performance Before You Have Many Government References](https://usesettle.com/posts/public-sector-sales/government-past-performance-guide): A thin government logo sheet is not a dead end. Buyers need evidence that you can reduce the risks of this requirement, at this scale, in this environment—and an honest account of the gaps that remain.
- [From White Paper to RFI to RFP: How Vendors Shape Requirements Without Crossing the Line](https://usesettle.com/posts/public-sector-sales/rfi-requirement-shaping-guide): The best pre-RFP work does not slip a vendor’s feature list into a solicitation. It helps the buyer name the outcome, test the market, expose delivery risk, and run a competition that can produce a successful implementation.
- [How to Use a Reseller Without Outsourcing Your Public-Sector GTM](https://usesettle.com/posts/public-sector-sales/public-sector-reseller-strategy): A contract vehicle can make an order possible. It cannot decide which agencies matter, create buyer urgency, explain your product, or run the pursuit. The best reseller relationships start by drawing that line clearly.

## Frequently asked questions
- Q: How is Settle different from Loopio or Responsive?
  A: Those tools are centered on the response process. Settle starts earlier with source-backed opportunity discovery, customer-specific fit, and buyer intelligence, then lets your team turn the work into a sales brief or response project.
- Q: How is this different from a bid board?
  A: A bid board tells you what has already been posted. Settle tells you what matters, why it is a fit, and how to turn the opportunity into a stronger submission.
- Q: How is this different from an RFP aggregator or scraping workflow?
  A: Aggregators and scraping workflows can collect postings or raw signals. Settle keeps the source evidence attached, applies your fit criteria, and makes the next action clear; requirement parsing and response drafting follow after qualification.
- Q: What happens in the workflow consultation?
  A: We look at the markets you bid in, the contracts you should be seeing, and how Settle would turn one real opportunity into a configured workflow for your team.
- Q: Do we need a mature proposal team?
  A: No. You need a real contract motion or clear evidence you can win. Settle is strongest when there is past performance, buyer context, or approved knowledge to build from.
- Q: How is this different from a bid board or RFP aggregator?
  A: A bid board tells you what has already been posted. Settle watches the signals that come before the posting — budgets, renewals, draft requirements, buyer movement — and scores each one against your market and prior wins, so you see fit and timing, not just volume.
- Q: What kinds of pre-RFP signals does Settle monitor?
  A: Approved budgets, contract renewal and expiration timing, board and committee minutes, draft requirements, procurement forecasts, incumbent and vendor movement, and buyer intent signals across the markets you sell into.
- Q: Do we have to replace the sources we already use?
  A: Settle can track the portals, alerts, and sources your team monitors today, then bring them into one workflow with signals your team is not currently watching. As the workflow takes shape, you can decide which overlapping tools still add value.
- Q: How do we know a signal is real and still live?
  A: When source evidence is available, Settle keeps it with the signal so your team can inspect the context, verify what matters, and share it with the right caveats.
- Q: Does Settle make the bid/no-bid decision for us?
  A: No. Settle assembles the fit score, requirements, buyer context, and history so your team can make a fast, informed call. You set the criteria; Settle applies them consistently and shows its reasoning.
- Q: What does Settle use to score fit?
  A: Your market definition, prior wins and losses, delivery strengths, the opportunity's parsed requirements, buyer and incumbent context, timing, and the pursuit criteria your team defines during onboarding.
- Q: Does Settle write responses with generic AI content?
  A: Settle drafts from reusable company Q&A and the RFP context. If the available information does not cover a requirement, it flags the gap for a human instead of inventing an answer.
- Q: What formats can we import?
  A: Portal exports, email attachments, and direct uploads — including long, multi-section questionnaires. Settle parses them into structured requirements with a submission checklist.
- Q: Does Settle submit responses on our behalf?
  A: No. Your team reviews, edits, and controls the response. Settle provides a structured project, draft language from reusable Q&A, and missing-information flags.
- Q: We already have a process. Will Settle force us to change it?
  A: Settle starts by mapping the motion you already run — sources, owners, criteria, handoffs — and configures the workflow around it. You keep what works; Settle makes it repeatable and visible.
- Q: How long does setup take?
  A: Onboarding captures your sources, market, process, and pursuit criteria so Settle can configure fit recommendations and response work for your team’s review.
- Q: How does Settle work with GovWin, cooperative contracts, and bid alerts?
  A: Settle can track the sources and procurement portals your team monitors today, bring their opportunities into one workflow, and add qualification, source context, and a clearer next action. Over time, your team can decide which overlapping tools still earn a place in the stack.
- Q: Is this for software companies or IT services firms?
  A: Both. The market, capabilities, contract profile, and pursuit criteria are configured around the products and services your team actually sells.
- Q: Is every early signal guaranteed to become an RFP?
  A: Early signals are leads, not guarantees. Settle keeps the available source evidence attached so your team can judge confidence, timing, and the right level of investment.
- Q: Can we use Settle after an RFP is posted?
  A: Yes. A posted RFP can become a structured response project with requirements, reusable company Q&A, missing-information flags, and human review.
- Q: What types of firms is this designed for?
  A: Advertising, creative, media buying, communications, public relations, digital, research, community engagement, and related services firms can configure Settle around their specific offer and market.
- Q: Does Settle provide complete coverage of every campaign?
  A: No public source provides complete coverage. Settle can track the sources and portals relevant to your market, connect related public signals, and keep the available evidence visible for review.
- Q: How does Settle work with our CRM and procurement portals?
  A: Settle can track the sources and procurement portals your team monitors today and organize the resulting opportunities around the sales and response process you already run. Your team can keep, consolidate, or replace overlapping tools as the workflow proves what is useful.
- Q: Can Settle help after a campaign brief is published?
  A: Yes. Teams can use the same buyer context and source trail to qualify the opportunity, then start a structured response project when they decide to pursue it.
- Q: How does Settle work with plan rooms and bid boards?
  A: Plan rooms and bid boards remain useful for active bids, while Settle can track those procurement portals alongside earlier project signals and qualification. Teams can decide where tools overlap after seeing the full workflow.
- Q: Does Settle handle estimating or preconstruction?
  A: Settle focuses on identifying and qualifying potential work. Estimating, takeoffs, scheduling, and preconstruction management can remain in the specialized systems your team uses for them.
- Q: Does every capital-plan item become a bid?
  A: Capital plans and approvals indicate intent, not a guaranteed procurement. Settle keeps the available evidence and timing context visible so your team can monitor the project at the right level.
- Q: Can we configure the project criteria?
  A: Yes. Geography, project type, size, delivery method, owner profile, qualifications, and team feedback can all shape how opportunities are evaluated.
- Q: What does Settle change in the first month?
  A: Week one: your market is mapped and organized opportunities start surfacing with fit scores. First month: a working rhythm from signal to pursuit decision to response, plus a pipeline view you can bring to a board meeting.
- Q: How do we know if Settle is worth it?
  A: The right test is whether your team has a funded public-sector motion and needs a better way to find, evaluate, and act on relevant opportunities. A fit conversation can determine whether Settle matches that need.
- Q: How does Settle work with our CRM?
  A: Settle helps your team find and evaluate public-sector opportunities, then packages the context for the sales or response motion your team chooses. Your CRM can remain the system of record while your team decides where the workflows should connect or overlap.
- Q: We sell relationship-first. Why would RFP signals matter?
  A: Because the signals arrive before the RFP does. Budget approvals and renewal windows tell you which accounts to invest relationship time in now, so you are positioned before the formal process starts.
- Q: How is Settle different from Loopio or Responsive for proposal work?
  A: Those tools start once the RFP is on your desk. Settle starts earlier with discovery that includes source context when available and team-specific qualification, then lets the proposal team begin response work with more context and lead time.
- Q: Will Settle's drafts sound like us?
  A: Drafts are built from your approved answers and past submissions, so they start in your voice with your evidence. Your team reviews and sharpens; Settle never submits anything on its own.
- Q: Does Settle integrate with our existing stack?
  A: Settle connects to the data sources and apps your team already uses, and the custom workflow plan covers existing source and system integrations so the RFP motion fits your stack rather than sitting beside it.
- Q: How configurable are the workflow rules?
  A: Capabilities, target market, pursuit criteria, and fit inputs are configured around your public-sector motion and tuned with direct feedback from your team.

## Entity
- Organization: Settle
- Website: https://usesettle.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usesettle/
- Category: RFP software, proposal management software, RFP opportunity discovery, RFP response workflow

## Full AI index
- [llms-full.txt](https://usesettle.com/llms-full.txt): Expanded page, guide, and blog index for AI crawlers.