AI Supplier Quote Analysis

Up to five per comparison. Two is the minimum for the tool to generate a side-by-side. If you're running a larger tender, compare in batches and carry the shortlist forward.

PDF, Excel, and Word — and you can mix them in a single comparison. That's the point: quotes rarely arrive in a consistent format, so the tool normalises whatever your suppliers actually sent rather than requiring them to fill in your template.

Text-based PDFs give the most reliable extraction. Scanned documents can work but accuracy varies with scan quality — always spot-check the extracted figures against the source before acting on them.

Yes. Uploaded quotes are processed to produce your comparison and then discarded — we don't retain them, share them, or use them for model training. MESH Works is ISO/IEC 27001 certified.

Free, with no account, no email gate, and no trial period. Most quote comparison tools in this category are either paid software or a lead form wearing a tool's clothing.

Anything where a supplier's response departs from your stated requirement — a different incoterm, a longer lead time than specified, a substituted material or spec, an MOQ above what you asked for, or payment terms that don't match. These are the differences that get missed when you're comparing on price alone.

For most single-round comparisons, yes. If your process needs a specific format for internal approval, export the output and drop it into your own template — or start from our free RFQ template so quotes arrive in a comparable structure to begin with.