Ignition vs GoProposal
Updated August 6, 2026· every figure checked against the vendor’s own pricing page
They are not the same product, and the price comparison only makes sense once that is said. Both charge per account rather than per seat. For a firm of 3, Ignition is $149 a month on Core and GoProposal is $255 on Premium — because GoProposal's three cheaper tiers include one or two users and it publishes no per-extra-seat rate, so a three-person firm's cheapest option is its top tier. Both verified August 6, 2026. The difference that matters more: Ignition collects client payments and charges $503 a month on 3 people, 30 active clients and $20,000 of client payments a month across 10 payments, while GoProposal publishes no payment fee at all because it is proposal and engagement-letter software rather than a billing platform.
The subscription is not the cost. 4 of the 8 tools here take a cut of every client payment that passes through them, and 2 of those publish the whole charge; the other 2 publish their own share and point at the payment processor for the rest, so no all-in figure for them appears on this site. Where a vendor states that a fee is borne by the client rather than the firm, it is reported in its own column and never folded into the firm’s total — and never dropped either, because it is still a real cost of collecting the money.
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Side by side for a firm of three
| Tool | Subscription for 3, month to month | The firm's share of card fees | Total the firm pays | What the vendor says the client pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ignition | $149/mo Core | $503/mo the whole fee | $652/mo | — |
| GoProposal | $255/mo Premium | Nothing — publishes no payment fee | $255/mo | — |
Both price the account rather than the seat, which is unusual: 4 of the 8 tools in this index charge per user instead. But they build the allowance differently. Ignition includes 3 users on Core and meters separately on active clients. GoProposal includes 2 users on its Standard tier and 10 on Premium, with no per-extra-user rate published anywhere, so the user count decides the tier outright.
The subscription is not the cost. 4 of the 8 tools here take a cut of every client payment that passes through them, and 2 of those publish the whole charge; the other 2 publish their own share and point at the payment processor for the rest, so no all-in figure for them appears on this site. A fee a vendor states the client bears is reported separately and never folded into the firm's total — and never dropped, because it is still a real cost of collecting the money.
Ignition’s tiers
| Tier | Non-annual price | Billed annually | Who and what it includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo | $49/mo | $39/mo | 1 user account · 20 active clients with signed agreements · $7 per additional active client |
| Core | $149/mo | $99/mo | 3 user accounts · 50 active clients with signed agreements · $5 per additional active client |
| Pro | $279/mo | $229/mo | 15 user accounts · 350 active clients with signed agreements · $3 per additional active client |
| Pro+ | $499/mo | $399/mo | Unlimited user accounts · 600 active clients with signed agreements · $2 per additional active client |
GoProposal’s tiers, and the currency underneath them
| Tier | Non-annual price | Billed annually | Who and what it includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo | $75/mo | Not published | 1 user · 5 Proposals |
| Basic | $120/mo | Not published | 1 user · 10 Proposals |
| Standard | $150/mo | Not published | 2 users · 50 Proposals |
| Premium | $255/mo | Not published | 10 users · Unlimited Proposals |
One thing about these figures is worth knowing before quoting them. GoProposal publishes two different sets of figures for the same four tiers: dollars in the visible pricing table ($75 / $120 / $150 / $255) and pounds in the page's own structured data (GBP 65 / 95 / 130 / 205). The ratio between them is not constant across the tiers, so the dollar figures are not a straight conversion of the pounds and neither set can be derived from the other. Both are published here and neither is adopted. GoProposal also prints “per month / excl VAT” on every card, so a UK buyer adds VAT to the figure shown. It is the only tool in this index that publishes two sets of numbers for the same tiers.
GoProposal publishes no annual billing option at all — there is no monthly-versus-annual toggle on its pricing page — so unlike Ignition there is no committed-term discount to weigh. Its trial is the longest here at 30 days: “No Card Details Needed”
The real difference: one of them collects the money
Ignition charges on every payment that passes through it and publishes the whole schedule. GoProposal publishes none, and its pricing page does not mention collecting client payments at all. That is not a gap in GoProposal's disclosure; it is what the product is. “GoProposal publishes no payment-processing fee of its own, and its pricing page contains no reference to collecting client payments at all. That is the expected state for a tool that produces proposals and engagement letters rather than billing through them, and it is not opacity.”
| Tool | Charge | Shape | Who pays | Whole fee? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ignition | Credit or debit card, domestic “"ccDomesticPercentage":"2.5"” | 2.5% plus $0.3 | The firm | Yes |
| Ignition | Bank account, ACH or direct debit “"bankAccountPercentage":"1"” | 1% plus $0.3 capped at $5 | The firm | Yes |
So a like-for-like comparison has to add whatever you would pay a separate processor alongside GoProposal, and that is a figure neither vendor publishes and this site will not invent. What can be said precisely is what each vendor charges: Ignition's own published rates, and GoProposal's zero.
This page compares what each vendor publishes about price, fees and terms. It makes no claim about which tool produces better proposals, converts more of them, or is nicer to use, because those are not things a pricing page can establish and we have not used them.
Which is cheaper, and on what
On subscription for a firm of 3, Ignition is cheaper by $106 a month, and the gap widens to $156 if Ignition is bought on annual billing, which GoProposal does not offer. On total cost of running billing through the tool, the comparison cannot be made from published figures alone, because GoProposal does not do that job. Both statements are true and neither is the whole answer.
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Frequently asked questions
Is GoProposal cheaper than Ignition?
For a firm of 3 on subscription, no: GoProposal $255 a month on Premium against Ignition $149 on Core, verified August 6, 2026. GoProposal's cheaper tiers include one or two users and it publishes no per-extra-seat price, so a three-person firm cannot buy them.
Does GoProposal charge payment processing fees?
It publishes none. GoProposal's pricing page contains no reference to collecting client payments, no processing rate and no card fee. It is proposal and engagement-letter software; Ignition bills the client through the proposal and publishes a full fee schedule for doing so.
Are GoProposal prices in dollars or pounds?
Both, at figures that are not a conversion of each other. The visible table shows $75, $120, $150 and $255; the page's own structured data prices the same 4 tiers at GBP 65, GBP 95, GBP 130 and GBP 205. The ratio differs on every tier, so neither set can be derived from the other and we publish both rather than treating one as the other's equivalent. GoProposal also prints "per month / excl VAT" on every card, so VAT is added on top for a UK buyer.
Does GoProposal have annual billing?
Not on its pricing page. There is no monthly-versus-annual toggle and all four tiers are published as flat monthly prices, so there is no committed-term discount to compare against Ignition's, which is $50 a month on the Core tier.
Which has the longer free trial?
GoProposal, at 30 days against Ignition's 14. Neither asks for a card to start. Ignition adds that up to $10,000 of payments process with no fee during its trial, which GoProposal has no equivalent of because it processes none.
How we verify this
Every figure on this page was read from the vendor’s own page and is stored with that page’s URL, a verbatim quote, and the date it was checked (most recent: August 6, 2026). 2 of these 8 pricing pages could not be read with a plain HTTP request and were read in a browser at the same URL, with each billing option selected in turn. Payment fees are only counted against a firm where the vendor states the firm bears them; where a vendor states the client bears one, it is published separately rather than added or hidden. Where a vendor publishes only its own share of a payment fee and points at a processor for the rest, no all-in total is computed, because the vendor has not published one. Totals are arithmetic on published figures only, and where a vendor prints a yearly total but no monthly equivalent, dividing that total by twelve is labelled where it appears. See our editorial standards and how we verify.
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