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out of 5"This is a great product that does just what it says it will do - makes the time-consuming laborious process of shredding an RFP systematic and complete."
"Provides a great way to rapidly itemize and parse all RFP requirements to create multitudes of templates, requirements matrices, storyboards, capabilities matrices."
"It also allows for searching on key words and generating lists of items such as CDRLs or DIDs called out in a PWS. So far this is huge for any proposal group to use and highly recommended."
"My upgrade did not work so my software is stalled at the moment."
"On certain .pdf documents the text disappears and I never know if it has been removed or it has become a part of the prior line item."
"The user interface is slightly difficult to get used to at first, but after a few uses it becomes second nature."
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Shelly
Company size: 5,001-10,000 employees
Industry: Defense & Space
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
December 2019
Evaluating and Implementing Meridian
The benefits are huge in the amount of administrative time this will save proposal managers and coordinators in developing annotated outlines, compliance matrices, and other functions that can take hours/days to accomplish.
Pros
The price of this product versus the time savings overall will save serious money spent on administrative tasks throughout the year. The software makes it possible to pick up on nuances that might be missed by the old school hand jamming into an excel spreadsheet. It also allows for searching on key words and generating lists of items such as CDRLs or DIDs called out in a PWS. So far this is huge for any proposal group to use and highly recommended.
Cons
So far I am not happy with the upgrade function which might be more an internal IT process than the vendor. My upgrade did not work so my software is stalled at the moment. Other than this small issue, I have not found anything that I do not like.
Reasons for choosing Meridian for RFP Analysis
Right now Meridian tops the other two overwhelmingly. Expaedeance only supports word documents for the most part, and VisibleThread does not have a tailorable dashboard causing numerous hours of clean up and redo for all amendments.
Brittony
Company size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Aviation & Aerospace
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
December 2019
Terrific for RFP Analysis
We use this software to do RFP analysis, create outlines, templates, and cross reference matrices.
Pros
This is a Microsoft based software that's easy to use to shred proposals, create cross reference matrices.
Cons
We don't always need to update the software when Meridian updates it so we didn't purchase software support. However, when we got new laptops, we could not download the software version we already had.
Reasons for choosing Meridian for RFP Analysis
Our proposals are all different with customized writing, so we needed something that did the analysis and not build proposals.
Eric
Company size: 11-50 employees
Industry: Defense & Space
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
July 2019
Meridian RFP
Pros
Did a good job shredding the RFP and creating a draft compliance matrix
Cons
Somewhat expensive for an individual to purchase.
Anita
Company size: 201-500 employees
Industry: Aviation & Aerospace
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
December 2019
Review of Meridian for RFP Analysis
Overall this is the best software to save time and effort to efficiently prepare compliance matrices and distribute amongst the subject matter experts. Most of the time they are surprised how quickly I can have the compliance matrices ready for them to start working on.
Pros
I love how this software is able to analyze RFPs and within seconds prepare compliance matrices. No more copy & pasting! I use it all the time and required my new employer to purchase it when our company was acquired. The recognized text feature is great to extract those important, will, shall, provide, or any custom phrases for the pursuit.
Cons
What I least like is that the Heading numbering remains in the Text description column after the RFP has been analyzed either by sentence level or paragraph level. It is ok for it to remain in the first column location. But due to time constraints I usually leave it in the 2nd column description of the heading and it does look messy. Only if there is time, it is a very time consuming process to remove all the heading numbering in that second column. On certain .pdf documents the text disappears and I never know if it has been removed or it has become a part of the prior line item. Sometimes this happens and I need to be sure to check that all text belongs in the right line item with the correct heading numbering.
Chris
Company size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Research
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
July 2019
Meridian for RFP Analysis
Providing efficiencies to our proposal department
Pros
This is a great product that does just what it says it will do - makes the time-consuming laborious process of shredding an RFP systematic and complete. Your end products include a comprehensive compliance matrix, a working outline for your proposal with all references captured, and auto-populated storyboards and writing tools for preparing your response. All the work is done up front when you shred the RFP and create your worksheets; from that point, you can use your own template to build reports, outlines, and so forth. The support team is proactive, engaged, and available to help you through the learning curve both one-on-one and in regularly scheduled interactive webinars. The team is also constantly evaluating their product, asking for user input, and making improvements and changes based on these needs.
Cons
Not the software's issue, but learning curve - finding the time to use it enough to get proficient.
Reasons for choosing Meridian for RFP Analysis
The product provided was specific and functional, meeting the specific needs of RFP response preparation.
Carol
Company size: 51-200 employees
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
December 2019
Meridian for RFP Analysis
Pros
Provides a great way to rapidly itemize and parse all RFP requirements to create multitudes of templates, requirements matrices, storyboards, capabilities matrices. The software enables us to standardize our proposal processes and templates for consistent proposal execution.
Cons
Using the software is not intuitive to beginning users, and unless a user has the opportunity for frequent use, steps to use are hard to retain. However, the available video training and frequent webinars mitigates some of this. I have been using the software for almost 10 years, but I'm seeing that new users in my company struggle in the beginning.
Molly
Company size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Aviation & Aerospace
Time used: More than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
November 2018
Easy document evaluation, great reports
I am solving a timing and accuracy issue. I used to do all my analysis and matrices by hand, but using Meridian, I am able to automate the process which ensures accuracy and saves loads of time.
Pros
I love the ease of use - it allows me to do with documents in mins what would normally take hours.
Cons
I have not had any issues to complain about.
Debby
Company size: 501-1,000 employees
Industry: Government Administration
Time used: Less than 2 years
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
November 2018
Great Tool
Pros
RFP scanning, outlining, storyboards - everything.
Cons
Was a little complicated to use in the beginning.
Sabrina
Company size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Computer Software
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
December 2019
Evaluation of Meridian RFP
Pros
The price compared to other products is cost efficient and could help save money perhaps if this was to be implemented.
Cons
Not too intuitive for those who are not used to using this product.
Jonathan
Company size: 51-200 employees
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
December 2019
Proposal Software That is Great for End Users and IT Support Teams
Pros
My IT Team has not had to provide much support this software for our teams that use it in the past year, it has enabled them to send in successful proposals and require very little support from us.
Cons
No cons at this time, from an IT perspective we have not needed to support this software or reach out to Capterra for support which is amazing.
Wendy
Time used: Free Trial
Review Source: Capterra
May 2016
I have been using the product for the past 8 years and have found it a wonderful time-saver
The software enables me to create checklists and cross reference tables from RFPs in a fraction of the time it would take to do it any other way. It ensures accuracy and completeness, both difficult to achieve with a manual approach. It enables me to spend my time on substantive issues instead of "cut and paste." Technical support has been rapid and responsive and the software has continued to improve over time based on user input.
Traci
Time used: Free Trial
Review Source: Capterra
May 2016
Cuts my time by 70%
I have been using Meridian since 2008. I am a consultant, partnered with my husband at TNT Capture & Proposal Services. I mention this because we are a small start-up and we didn't hesitate to make sure Meridian was part of our start-up costs. I will not use any other method for shredding a RFP and building the matrix as well as resulting outline.
Jason
Company size: 201-500 employees
Industry: Education Management
Time used: Less than 6 months
Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.
November 2018
Meridian for RFP Analysis
Pros
The system enables you to effectively extract, store, and manage proposal and RFP content.
Cons
The user interface is slightly difficult to get used to at first, but after a few uses it becomes second nature.
