Sales & Customers · Quotations
VanVed vs PandaDoc
for Quotations
Why businesses choose VanVed over PandaDoc
For an Indian business these are not really the same product. PandaDoc has no concept of GST — no GSTIN, no CGST/SGST/IGST split, no HSN — so a quote it produces cannot become a compliant Indian tax invoice without retyping it somewhere else. VanVed computes the split from place of supply, validates the GSTIN, and turns the accepted quote into a GST invoice in one idempotent step, all inside a subscription that does not count users or documents.
Capability by capability
Every row below is what our 2026 research found — including the rows we lose.
| Capability | VanVed | PandaDoc |
|---|---|---|
| Indian GST on the document | CGST/SGST/IGST by place of supply, GSTIN validated, HSN/SAC per line, GST-correct totals computed server-side | None — no GSTIN field, no CGST/SGST/IGST engine, no HSN |
| E-signature | No signature. The customer clicks Accept and we record their name, email, IP and timestamp | Unlimited legally binding e-signatures on every plan, with a signing certificate and tamper-proof seal |
| Approval before a quote goes out | No approval chain — an org admin or the owner sends it | Approvers and approval order from Starter; discount-triggered conditional approvals on Business |
| Knowing the customer opened it | No view tracking — the share link records acceptance, not reading | Per-page time spent, view counts and link clicks — but only on Business and Enterprise |
| Quote becomes an invoice | Yes — one idempotent step to a GST invoice that carries the accepted tax and discounts across | No invoicing layer; it hands off to an accounting integration |
| Revisions | Numbered revisions with the previous one marked superseded and kept | Version control exists; templates capped at 5 on Free and Starter |
| Product catalogue on lines | Lines pull from your own inventory items, or you type them free-form | Pricing tables and quote builder — Business plan and above only |
| What you pay | Part of the organization subscription; no per-user charge and no document limit | $19/user/mo Starter, $49/user/mo Business before analytics or pricing tables; no INR pricing published |
Where PandaDoc is ahead of us today
PandaDoc is a genuine proposal system and we are a quotation form. It signs: unlimited legally binding e-signatures on every plan, with a signing certificate and a full audit trail, while our 'acceptance' is a click on a link with an IP address logged next to it. It routes for approval before anything reaches a customer, including approvals triggered by the discount on a line. It tells you the customer spent ninety seconds on the pricing page. We do none of that. The quote does now render as a real PDF and can be pushed to the customer over WhatsApp, but our Send button still only flips a status.
We publish this because a comparison that only flatters us is worth nothing to you. If one of these gaps is the thing you actually need, PandaDoc may well be the better buy.
What VanVed's Quotations module does
- GST-compliant quotes
Create quotations with GST compliance built in for Indian businesses.
- Numbered in order
Your quotations are numbered in sequence for your business alone.
- Revision tracking
Track revisions to a quotation instead of losing the history.
- Invoice conversion
Convert an accepted quotation straight into an invoice.