IFX Bid vs CLEATUS

Two Different Buying Decisions

IFX Bid is built for companies already winning public work that want the same desk to request supplier quotes, score each solicitation from 0 to 100 with the reasoning written out, and draft responses from past bids. Drafting is included on every plan. CLEATUS describes a broader GovCon platform: nationwide discovery and advanced proposal tools. In October 2026 it added a capture CRM and Document Hub uploads from connected AI agents. IFX Bid has kept an agencies directory on each company's bids from the start, and its assistant can already save knowledge-base articles. It does not include CLEATUS's people-and-partners CRM, or file uploads from an outside agent into a shared folder. Neither tool removes your responsibility to verify facts, pricing and agency submission rules.

IFX Bid vs CLEATUS is the article version of this comparison. This page is the feature-by-feature table that article links to.

What CLEATUS Shipped in October 2026

These notes are summarized from CLEATUS's own product updates. We have not independently tested them inside a CLEATUS account. Where IFX Bid already does the same job, the note says so. Where IFX Bid's version is narrower, the note says that too.

• CLEATUS CRM, October 21, 2026. CLEATUS is now adding agencies to a capture CRM, kept with the pursuits they belong to. An agencies directory linked to each company's bids has been built into IFX Bid from the start, in the initial build on May 25, 2026. Each agency has one main contact, registration details and notes, and the bids that company has linked to it. CLEATUS's release goes further than that directory. People and teaming partners sit in the same CRM, and a record can be suggested from a pursuit, added by hand, imported from CSV, or saved from a pursuit contact. Each record has owners, notes, tasks, custom attributes and the pursuits it touches. A teammate can log a call, meeting or email, mention a person with @, and connect Outlook so mailbox activity syncs. IFX Bid does not have that people-and-partners CRM. Its supplier directory, added in August 2026, lists the vendors a company buys from when it requests quotes. A pursuit can store one procurement contact, found from the solicitation or the agencies directory, as of October 16, 2026. The pricing comparison includes Capture & CRM on DATA + AI + Automations and GovCloud, and not on DATA or DATA + AI. CLEATUS's getting-started article still says the CRM is on DATA + AI and above. Use the pricing table when those two pages disagree.
• Document Hub uploads from an AI agent, October 23, 2026. An agent connected to CLEATUS that can read files on your computer, such as Claude Code, can save a finished proposal, past-performance write-up, pricing sheet or other file into the folder you name, without sending you back to the browser. The same file type, size and storage rules as a browser upload apply. An identical file is never saved twice. If a different file already has that name, the agent asks whether to replace it or keep both. In a Google Drive or SharePoint folder that stays in sync, the file is written back to that drive, a name clash keeps both copies, and replacing is not supported yet. Read-only synced folders do not accept uploads. Claude.ai and ChatGPT chats do not support these uploads yet. The Document Hub is included on DATA + AI + Automations and GovCloud. IFX Bid has had a shared knowledge base of articles since August 2026. Since October 16, 2026 the in-app assistant and the remote MCP connection can save articles into that library. A past-bid library that drafts are built from has been in since October 18, 2026. Those are articles and structured past bids, not a folder an outside agent can drop a proposal file into. The assistant can read files attached to a bid and cannot save new files there. IFX Bid's Google Drive and SharePoint connection, added October 23, 2026, imports from one selected folder into bid examples or company documents.
• Daily recommendation digest, October 16, 2026. CLEATUS added a workflow trigger that sends one email of the strongest new recommendations every day except Monday, with a minimum score you set and up to 15 opportunities in the email. IFX Bid already sends one email of newly scored matches after each scoring run, with the score and the opening line of the reasoning. That email has been in IFX Bid since October 16, 2026, the same day as this CLEATUS note. Scoring is scheduled hourly, so IFX Bid's email follows a scoring run that found new matches. It is not a workflow you design, and it is not limited to once a day.

Other October 2026 notes on CLEATUS's product updates were checked against the IFX Bid product code and are not claimed as the same feature: saved Skills in every chat (October 20), grant-program research and passkey or authenticator sign-in (October 19), a workflow action that dismisses low-fit recommendations and package checks against every compliance-matrix row (October 14), approving profile suggestions before they change matching (October 14), and solicitation questions and answers beside an opportunity (October 13). IFX Bid can pass a solicitation, and it has scored solicitations from 0 to 100 with written reasoning from the start. Its drafts include a compliance matrix a person still reviews.

Compare the Work You Need Done

Checked October 24, 2026. CLEATUS prices, the CRM, the Document Hub and the other October notes were read from CLEATUS's site that day. IFX Bid's rows were checked against the product code the same day. Earlier rows still summarize the pages linked beside them. We have not independently tested CLEATUS features. Plan entitlements and prices may change.

Where IFX Bid Differs

• Automatic supplier quote requests to your own suppliers when a bid is pursued, with replies threaded and line-item prices extracted. Published on Elite and Multi-Company. Starter does not include supplier RFQs.
• A 0–100 fit score on every solicitation, with the reasoning written out, included on every plan.
• Response drafts built from your past bids since October 2026, for your team to correct and file.
• Drafting included on every plan, rather than held for a custom proposal tier.

Where CLEATUS May Be the Better Fit

Start with CLEATUS if your must-have list includes all-state discovery, a capture CRM of people and teaming partners, or saving files from a connected AI agent into a shared Document Hub. The October 21 CRM is a broader relationship record than IFX Bid's agencies directory. The October 23 Document Hub upload is a file handoff IFX Bid's assistant does not do. CLEATUS's Proposal Writer page documents native Office files and agency form filling. IFX Bid also drafts technical, management and past-performance volumes from verified solicitation text and past bids, and it can generate Word, PDF and Excel files for review. A person still checks formatting, page counts, signatures and agency forms before filing.

Compare a Real Bid, Along with the Subscription

Bring one recent solicitation, the supplier quotes you needed, and your final response. Check source access, missing facts, document format, review time and the steps your team still owns. See IFX Bid Pricing, Check Coverage, or use the Free Bid/No-Bid Checklist.

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