What is the difference between mytender.io and Bidwell?

Both are AI tools for UK tenders that draft answers from your own content and help you find opportunities. According to its website as of October 2026, Bidwell is aimed at UK small and medium sized businesses writing their own bids, with published monthly plans and self service sign up. mytender.io offers tender analysis, compliance checking, AI scoring, team workflow, ISO 27001 certified security and managed cloud, client database or on premise deployment, with pricing on request.

Does Bidwell publish its prices?

Yes. According to Bidwell's website as of October 2026, its knowledge base is free, answering tenders costs £20 a month and adding tender discovery brings the total to £30 a month, with the first three answers free and no minimum term. Check bidwell.app for current pricing. mytender.io provides pricing on request after a demo.

Which tool suits a small business bidding for the first time?

It depends on how often you bid, the value of the contracts and whether you bid as a team. Bidwell notes on its website that it drafts from your existing material, so it works best once you have some past bids or policies to upload. Whichever tools you consider, test them on a real tender before deciding.

Can either tool find tenders for me?

Yes. According to Bidwell's website as of October 2026, its discovery module monitors UK portals including Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI, plus framework portals, matches notices to your profile and sends a daily email. mytender.io offers a free tender browser for searching live UK public sector opportunities.

mytender.io vs Bidwell: UK Tender Software Compared

Bidwell and mytender.io are both AI tools aimed at UK suppliers who bid for public sector work. Both draft answers from your own content, and both help you find tenders. The differences lie in who each tool is aimed at, how it is bought and how it is deployed.

We are mytender.io. Everything we say about Bidwell on this page comes from Bidwell's own website as of 16 October 2026, and we link to the pages we used. Please check bidwell.app for the latest details.

At a Glance

Area	mytender.io	Bidwell (according to its website, October 2026)
Main focus	UK public sector bids and tenders for bid teams	UK small and medium sized businesses writing their own bids
Drafting	Scored quality answers from your bid library, directed by your experts	Tender, PQQ and supplier questionnaire answers from your knowledge base, citing the source document
Tender analysis and scoring	Requirements, deadlines, scoring criteria and win themes, plus AI scoring and feedback	Drafts against the tender's scoring criteria; AI summary and fit score for each matched notice
Tender discovery	Free UK tender browser	Daily monitoring of UK tender portals and framework portals, with a daily email
Team workflow	Section assignment, progress tracking, reviews	Comments and assigning questions to reviewers
Data handling stated	ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials Plus; UK hosting	Content not used to train shared models; encrypted in transit and at rest; EU region database
Deployment	Managed cloud, client database or on premise	Online service with self service sign up
Pricing	On request	Published monthly plans

Sources: mytender.io trust centre, mytender.io data protection overview, mytender.io platform overview, Bidwell homepage, Bidwell bid writing software, Bidwell Draft, Bidwell for tenders, Bidwell Discover, Bidwell privacy policy.

What Bidwell Offers

According to Bidwell's website as of October 2026:

It describes itself as AI tender response software for UK small and medium sized businesses
You build a free knowledge base from past bids, accreditations, policies, case studies and CVs, or from your company website
It drafts answers to tenders, PQQs and supplier questionnaires, citing the source document behind each answer, and states that drafts are written against the tender's scoring criteria
Reviewers can comment on and be assigned questions, and completed answers export to Word or Excel in the buyer's own template
Its discovery module monitors Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales, eTendersNI and framework portals including G-Cloud and DOS, matches notices by CPV code, keyword, region and value, and sends a daily email
It tracks submissions, decisions and awards, with win rate by sector and buyer
Its privacy policy states that knowledge base content is not used to train shared models, that data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and that its database is in the EU region
It states that it does not offer single sign on, enterprise procurement or a named account manager
Published pricing is a free knowledge base, £20 a month to answer tenders and £30 a month including discovery, with the first three answers free and no minimum term

What mytender.io Offers

mytender.io is built for suppliers who treat public sector tenders as a core route to market:

Tender analysis: extracts requirements, deadlines and scoring criteria from ITT packs, summarises the tender and highlights win themes and buyer pain points
Drafting for scored questions: produces first drafts of quality answers from your past successful bids and approved content, with your experts directing the approach
Compliance and evaluation: checks responses against the tender requirements and provides AI scoring and feedback before submission
Team workflow: section assignment, progress tracking and admin reviews
Bid library: central content that can connect to SharePoint, Salesforce, Google Drive and HubSpot
Tender discovery: a free tender browser and public UK tender pages
Security and deployment: ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials Plus certification, single sign on, and fully managed, client database or on premise deployment

Key Differences

How each is bought

According to its website as of October 2026, Bidwell offers self service sign up with published monthly plans and no sales call. mytender.io is priced on request after a demo, reflecting team use, integrations and deployment options. Compare the total cost against the value of the contracts you bid for and the time each tool saves.

Security and data handling

Public sector buyers increasingly ask about the security of the tools that handle their tender documents. mytender.io holds ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials Plus certification and hosts customer data in the UK on AWS London. According to its privacy policy as of October 2026, Bidwell does not use knowledge base content to train shared models, encrypts data in transit and at rest, uses an EU region database and lists its sub processors. Ask any vendor for current certificates and a clear answer on where your data is hosted and whether it is used to train models.

Deployment

mytender.io offers on premise and client hosted database options in addition to its managed cloud. Bidwell is offered as an online service. If hosting model matters to you, ask each vendor to set out its options in writing.

Tender discovery

Both tools help you find opportunities. According to its website, Bidwell monitors UK tender portals and framework portals and sends matching notices by daily email as part of its £30 a month plan. mytender.io provides a free tender browser that anyone can use without a subscription.

Which Should You Choose?

Bidwell may suit you if you are a small business writing your own bids, want published monthly pricing and self service sign up, and have past bids and policies for it to draft from. mytender.io may suit you if tenders are a significant part of your growth, several people contribute to each bid, you want compliance checking and scoring feedback before submission, or you need ISO 27001 certified security and on premise or client hosted options.

Questions to Ask Both Vendors

Can we test the tool on one of our recent tenders?
How does it help with long form, scored quality questions, not just short factual answers?
Does it check our response against the scoring criteria and mandatory requirements?
Where is our data hosted, and is it used to train any models?
Which certifications do you hold, and can we see current certificates?
How do several writers and reviewers work on the same bid?

For a broader view, see our guide to the best AI bid writing software in 2026 and our comparisons with Loopio and Microsoft Copilot. If you are preparing for selection, our PQQ guide and bid writing guide cover the essentials.

See mytender.io on a Live Tender

Request a demo and bring a tender you are working on, or search live UK opportunities first in the free tender browser.

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About this comparison: information about Bidwell is based on Bidwell's own public website as of 16 October 2026 and may have changed since. Bidwell is a trademark of its owner, and this page is not endorsed by Bidwell. If you believe anything here is inaccurate or out of date, please email info@mytender.io or contact us and we will review and correct it promptly.