Step 1 of 3
Every question drafted
Velstrian Bid drafts each question from your answer library, your past bids or the tender itself, inside its word limit.
Honest comparison
Velstrian Bid vs AutogenAI
A bid suite for small and mid size firms, public and private work, with published pricing, set against an enterprise AI bid-writing engine. What each one does, where each one wins, and every competitor figure sourced.
Your first 7 days are free. A card is needed to start.Updated 26 July 2026
Velstrian Bid helps small and mid size firms find and answer tenders, for public and private work, from £49 per month. AutogenAI is an enterprise AI bid-writing engine sold on request to bid teams of five or more. They aim at different buyers. This page compares them feature by feature, states Velstrian Bid's prices, marks any figure AutogenAI does not publish as Not published, and lists every source with a date.
Which should you choose?
Choose AutogenAI if
- You run an enterprise bid team of five or more across multiple sectors.
- You want a mature, venture-backed engine with a large content library.
- You are comfortable with enterprise, quote-on-request pricing.
- You already have your own tender pipeline and do not need UK discovery built in.
Choose Velstrian (Velstrian Bid) if
- You bid for public and private work: public contracts arrive each morning, and a private client's tender you upload.
- You are a small or mid size firm that wants published pricing from £49 per month.
- You need Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and EU TED discovery refreshed daily.
- You want the AI blocked from inventing a figure, with a note on every draft saying AI helped (PPN 017).
- You need social value added up in code and proof of delivery after you win.
At a glance
Scroll the table sideways
| Feature | Velstrian Bid | AutogenAI |
|---|---|---|
| Category | UK bid and tender management suite | Enterprise AI bid-writing engine |
| Finds public contracts for you (Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland, EU TED) | Yes, refreshed daily at 06:00 UTC | Not built in. Bring your own pipeline |
| Drafting grounded in your own past bids | Yes | Yes, retrieval over your content library |
| Figure-grounding (AI blocked from inventing a number) | Yes, a fixed check in code | Not stated publicly |
| A note on every draft saying AI helped write it (the PPN 017 disclosure public buyers expect) | Yes | Not stated publicly |
| Social value (the local good you do) added up in code | Yes, worked out in code | General engine, not a dedicated calculator |
| Proof of delivery after you win (Procurement Act 2023 s.52 / s.71) | Yes | Procurement Act 2023 alignment stated |
| Published price | Yes | No |
| Starting price | £49/month | Not published (enterprise, quote on request) |
| Best for | Small and mid size firms bidding for public and private work | Enterprise bid teams of 5+ |
What buyers check first
Traceability
Can every figure in a draft be traced back to your own records?
Read in full: Traceability
- Every £ and % in a draft is checked against a set of allowed figures computed from your own data, and the draft is rejected if a figure is not in that set. Every AI-assisted draft carries a PPN 017 AI-use disclosure and waits for a named person to approve it before you submit.
- Not stated publicly. The sources at the foot of this page describe retrieval over a content library the customer builds from its own past bids, and an automated compliance review. They document no check of this kind.
Data governance
Where your data is kept, and how it is protected.
Read in full: Data governance
- AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit, customer data stored in the EU (Ireland), UK GDPR compliant, ICO registered, and follows ISO/IEC 27001. Security sets out each control.
- Not documented in the sources at the foot of this page. This page states nothing about it.
UK regulatory alignment
How each tool handles the UK rules a public buyer checks.
Read in full: UK regulatory alignment
- A PPN 017 AI-use disclosure on every AI-assisted draft, social value calculated in code against the weighting the buyer published rather than by the AI, and post-award delivery evidence against Procurement Act 2023 sections 52 and 71.
- Procurement Act 2023 alignment is stated in the dated comparison at the foot of this page. PPN 017 disclosure and a dedicated social value calculation are not stated publicly.
Velstrian Bid's lines are first party and checkable against the product. The AutogenAI lines repeat only what the vendor's published material or the dated sources at the foot of this page actually state. Where something is not published, this page says so rather than inferring it. The full table is above.
Step 1 of 3
Where Velstrian Bid loses honestly
A balanced comparison has to concede the gaps. AutogenAI is a larger, better-funded company with a longer track record and an engine built for high-volume, multi-sector enterprise bidding. If you need that breadth, dedicated account management at enterprise scale, or a content engine tuned across many industries, AutogenAI is the more established option, and Velstrian Bid, as a newer product for small and mid size firms, is not trying to be that. Velstrian Bid is deliberately focused: small and mid size firms bidding for public and private work, grounded answers, social value and delivery evidence. The two are not mutually exclusive. Some teams run an enterprise engine for the largest proposals and Velstrian Bid for UK tender discovery, social-value scoring and post-award evidence.
The longer read
Each product in full, and the prices side by side. Open a line when you want the detail.
What is AutogenAI?
AutogenAI is an AI bid-writing engine that generates and reviews proposal content using retrieval over a content library the customer builds from its own past bids. Independent listings describe it as pitched at enterprise bid teams of five or more, sector-agnostic, with an automated compliance review and stated alignment to the Procurement Act 2023. It does not include a UK tender discovery feed. Customers bring their own pipeline.
AutogenAI is a well-funded, enterprise-scale company. It raised a $39.5m Series B in December 2023, led by Salesforce Ventures and Spark Capital, taking total investment to $65.3m at the time. If you run a large, multi-sector bid team and want a mature engine with a big content library, that scale is a genuine strength, and it is one Velstrian Bid does not match today.
AutogenAI does not publish a price. Its pricing is enterprise, quoted on request, so any specific figure you see quoted elsewhere is a third-party estimate rather than a vendor rate. On this page we mark it as Not published.
What is Velstrian Bid?
Velstrian Bid is Velstrian's UK bid and tender management suite, live and ready to use today. It is built for small and mid size firms that write their own bids, for public and private work. It tracks Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and EU TED, drafts answers grounded in the supplier's own submitted bids, and calculates social value in code. Its defining rule is figure-grounding: before a draft is shown, every £ and % in the prose is checked against a set of allowed figures computed from your own data, and if a number is not in that set the draft is rejected. Every AI-assisted draft also carries a PPN 017 AI-use disclosure and waits for a person to approve it.
After award, Velstrian Bid keeps the commitment you bid attached to the contract: delivery percentages with a RAG status, evidence capture, monthly social-value reports, and checks against the Procurement Act 2023 KPI duties in sections 52 and 71. It is built for small and mid size firms answering public and private tenders, not for enterprise-wide proposal automation.
Velstrian Bid publishes its pricing. Starter is £49 per month for 1 user, Pro is £149 per month for 5 users with post-award delivery tracking, and Portfolio is £549 per month for 10 users. Once your account is open you set it up and run it yourself, with no consultant needed, and you pay by card, held securely by Stripe and never stored by us.
Pricing compared
This is the clearest difference between the two. Velstrian Bid states its numbers in public: £49 and £149 per month, on a page anyone can read without a sales call. You can sign up and start the same day, with no call needed. AutogenAI publishes no price and sells through a quote-on-request enterprise process. For a small supplier that wants to know the cost before committing time, published pricing matters, and Velstrian Bid gives it. For an enterprise procurement team used to negotiated contracts, a quote-based model is normal and AutogenAI's scale may justify it.
Frequently asked questions
Is Velstrian Bid or AutogenAI cheaper?
Velstrian Bid publishes its prices: Starter is £49 per month and Pro is £149 per month, and once your account is open you set it up and write your bids yourself, paying by card. AutogenAI does not publish a price. It is sold as an enterprise subscription on request, so a direct number-to-number comparison is not possible from public information.
Does AutogenAI publish its pricing?
No. AutogenAI lists no public price and quotes enterprise customers on request. Figures that circulate online are third-party estimates, not vendor-published rates.
Which is better for a small supplier or SME?
Velstrian Bid is built for small and mid size firms bidding for public and private work, with published plans from £49 per month. AutogenAI is built for enterprise bid teams of five or more, so it tends to be more than a small supplier needs.
Does AutogenAI find tenders for me?
AutogenAI has no built-in UK tender discovery feed. You bring your own pipeline. Velstrian Bid tracks Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and EU TED and refreshes the feed every morning at 06:00 UTC.
Can either tool stop the AI inventing figures?
Velstrian Bid checks every figure in code before a draft is shown: every £ and % in a draft has to exist in an allowed-figure set computed from your own data, or the draft is rejected. We cannot verify an equivalent guarantee in AutogenAI's public materials.
Is AutogenAI a bigger company than Velstrian?
Yes. AutogenAI is venture-backed and enterprise-scale, having raised a $39.5m Series B in December 2023 and $65.3m in total. Velstrian Bid is a newer product from Velstrian, focused on small and mid size UK firms.
Does either cover social value maths?
Velstrian Bid calculates social value in code against the weighting the buyer published, and the AI never computes the total. AutogenAI is a general bid-writing engine rather than a dedicated social-value calculator.
Can I use both Velstrian Bid and AutogenAI?
Yes. Some teams run an enterprise engine for large, complex proposals and use Velstrian Bid for UK and EU tender discovery, social-value scoring and post-award delivery evidence. The two are not mutually exclusive.
Sources
Read the 5 sources, each dated and linked
- AutogenAI pricing and positioning (enterprise, on request; bid teams of 5+; no built-in tender discovery; Procurement Act 2023 alignment). CleanTender, "7 Best AI Tender Software for UK Contracts (2026)", 29 April 2026. cleantender.co.uk/resources/comparisons/ai-tender-software
- AutogenAI listing showing no vendor-published price. GetApp UK, AutogenAI, accessed 26 July 2026. getapp.co.uk/software/2072629/autogenai
- AutogenAI $39.5m Series B (Salesforce Ventures, Spark Capital, Blossom Capital) and $65.3m total investment. FinSMEs, 6 December 2023. finsmes.com/2023/12/autogenai-raises-39-5m-in-series-b-funding.html
- Velstrian Bid capabilities, figure-grounding, PPN 017, PPN 026 and Procurement Act 2023 s.52 / s.71 (first party). Velstrian, Velstrian Bid product page.
- Velstrian Bid pricing: Starter £49/month, Pro £149/month, Portfolio £549/month (first party). Velstrian, Pricing.
Related comparisons
See the price.
Published pricing from £49/month. Start today. No sales call needed.