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DocsAutomator vs. Quotient

Quotient leaves follow-ups to you. By default it puts a sent quote on your follow-up list after 3 days, and again after 14, then waits for someone on your team to send each one. DocsAutomator emails the reminders itself, every 3 days by default. It can also make the quote from your data in the first place, in your own Google Doc or Word template.

Professional is $29 a month for 100 documents, a dollar more than Quotient's one-person Solo plan, and it covers your whole team. Billed yearly, it's $19 a month.

Two weeks after you send a quote

The first two weeks of one quote, with default settings
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Quotient
Day 0
By a person
Quote sent
Day 3
By a person
On your follow-up list. Someone sends the follow-up or schedules it.
Day 14
By a person
On the list again. Someone sends it.
DocsAutomator
DocsAutomator
Day 0
Automatic
Quote sent
Day 3
Automatic
Reminder emailed
Day 6
Automatic
Reminder emailed
Day 9
Automatic
Reminder emailed
Quotient also flags a quote that's unopened after 12 hours. Both tools let you change these days.

Quotient's help center puts it plainly: "Follow-up emails are never sent automatically." Someone on your team sends them from the dashboard, one by one or in bulk, or schedules each one for later.

In DocsAutomator, reminders are on by default for new automations. Space them anywhere from 1 to 30 days apart, and send up to 10. Each quote shows where it stands: Not opened yet, Read, not accepted, Accepted or Declined, with the client's reason. The request expires after the number of days you set (30 by default), and we warn you 2 days before it expires. More on Acceptance.

Where a quote can start

DocsAutomator

Your quote is a Google Doc or Word file with placeholders, and your data fills it in. That data can come from:

Your CRM can start one through Zapier, Make or n8n, and your own software through the REST API.

Quotient

A person builds each quote in Quotient's editor: pick the contact, add a title and the items, and fill in any Smart Tags before it can be sent.

Other tools can send Quotient leads and contacts, through Zapier or its Lead Form, and someone turns each lead into a quote. CSV import covers contacts and items, not quotes. No API for creating quotes is listed on its integrations page or in its help center, as of October 2026.

Once the quote is accepted

In Quotient, the client clicks Accept Quote on the quote's web page, with an optional checkbox or a drawn or typed signature. Quotient keeps a Digital Fingerprint with the quote: the time, the verified email, the IP address and the device. With Xero or QuickBooks connected it creates the invoice. To change an accepted quote, you undo the acceptance, which deletes the acceptance data and the options the client picked.

In DocsAutomator, the client opens the quote from the email, types their name and clicks Accept, or declines and gives a reason. The accepted PDF gets a Certificate of Acceptance as its last page, with each name, email, time and IP address, and it's sealed, so any later change shows. Every recipient gets the PDF by email, and it's saved to Google Drive or back on the record the quote came from. A webhook fires when it's accepted, so your other tools can take the next step. Acceptance doesn't yet support documents that oblige a consumer to pay.

Quotient and DocsAutomator on one quote

Follow-ups
DocsAutomator: Emailed automatically, every 3 days and up to 3 times by default.
Quotient: Flagged on your dashboard after 3 and 14 days by default. A person sends or schedules each one.
Starting a quote from another tool
DocsAutomator: Forms, Google Sheets, Airtable, Notion, Zapier, Make, n8n, the REST API, ChatGPT and Claude.
Quotient: Zapier and the Lead Form create leads and contacts. Someone turns each lead into a quote.
What the client opens
DocsAutomator: The quote in their browser, opened from the email. They read it and click Accept, with no account.
Quotient: A link in the email to the quote as a web page. PDF download is off by default.
Choices on the quote
DocsAutomator: You set these for each client before the quote goes out: line items and totals from your data, and sections shown or hidden by rules you set.
Quotient: Optional items, multiple-choice items and editable quantities, with the total updating as the client picks.
After the client accepts
DocsAutomator: A sealed PDF with a Certificate of Acceptance goes to every recipient and to Google Drive or the record. A webhook tells your other tools.
Quotient: A Digital Fingerprint is kept with the quote. With Xero or QuickBooks connected, an invoice is created.
Monthly price
DocsAutomator: Professional: $29 a month for 100 documents, or $19 billed yearly. Business: $79 a month for 1,000. Every team member is included.
Quotient: Solo: $28 a month for 1 team member and 100 quotes. Team: $48 a month for up to 5 members and unlimited quotes, then $8 a month per extra member.
Email from your own address
DocsAutomator: From your own Gmail or Outlook on Business and Scale. Professional sends from DocsAutomator's address.
Quotient: From your own domain, $8 a month extra per account.
Free trial
DocsAutomator: Unlimited test documents, watermarked, no credit card.
Quotient: 21 days with every feature, no credit card.

Quotient details as of October 21, 2026, from its pricing page and help center. US prices in USD, billed monthly unless stated. More on DocsAutomator pricing.

Moving from Quotient

Quotient exports your price items and your quotes as CSV files. Put the price items in a Google Sheet or an Airtable table, and your quote template pulls the items and prices from there. Your terms and conditions go into the template once, and your contacts become the recipients.

Our founder helps you move over personally, at no extra cost. Or we set it up for you: done-for-you setup is $499, one time, with a yearly plan.

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