These are not the same kind of tool, and the honest comparison starts by saying so.
Section-level reading, not a read receipt
Quixli reports which sections of a document held attention and for how long, what was skipped, and whether the reader came back on a later day — rather than that it was opened.
A page, not a file with a signature block
Documents are web pages carrying interactive pricing tables, package selectors the client picks between, and in-scope / out-of-scope columns.
Technical documents too
Mermaid diagrams, code blocks, formulas and synced blocks mean runbooks and architecture notes live in the same tool as the proposal that won the work.
A free plan that does not ask for a card
Send a few documents and watch the tracking before deciding it is worth paying for.
Putting a large diagram in a document usually means drawing it somewhere else, exporting a PNG, uploading it, and doing the whole loop again when one arrow moves. In Quixli the diagram is an element with an editor behind it, and the same is true of the things you would otherwise screenshot.
Mermaid diagrams
flowcharts, sequences and architecture, written as text and rendered live — edit a line, not the image
Excalidraw drawings
sketched inside the document, and still editable a month later
Charts
built from a data grid with a live preview, not pasted from a spreadsheet
Project timelines
a real Gantt view rather than a picture of one
Figma embeds
the frame itself, which updates when the file does
Google Docs and Sheets
embedded and readable in place
PDFs and file attachments
read inside the document instead of downloaded
YouTube, Vimeo and Loom
the walkthrough plays where it is relevant
Code blocks and formulas
syntax highlighting and maths, for the documents that need them
Markdown, in and out
paste it straight into the editor and it becomes real headings, tables and code blocks — or import a .md file, or export the document back out as one
| Quixli | PandaDoc | |
|---|---|---|
| Electronic signature | No | Yes |
| CRM integrations | No | Yes |
| Import from Word | No | Yes |
| Which sections held attention | Yes, per section | Time per page |
| Return visits reported | Yes | Yes |
| Interactive pricing the client selects | Yes | Yes |
| In scope / out of scope | A built-in element | Write it as a table |
| Diagrams | Mermaid and Excalidraw editors | Upload an image |
| Embedded Figma, Docs, Sheets, PDFs | Yes, live in the document | Link out or screenshot |
| Export to PDF | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan without a card | Yes | Trial |
No prices are compared here on purpose: both change, and a stale figure would be worse than none. Check PandaDoc’s own pricing page alongside ours.
Choose PandaDoc if the document has to be signed inside the tool, or if it must flow through a CRM and an approval chain. Those are its job, and Quixli does not do them.
Choose Quixli if what you need after sending is not a signature but an answer — which part they stopped on, what they skipped, whether they came back. And if the same tool should hold the technical documents that follow the deal.
No. If a signature has to happen inside the document, Quixli is not the whole answer on its own.
Not automatically — there is no Word or PandaDoc import. Quixli ships five templates and most people start from one of those.
Attention per section rather than per page, including what was skipped and whether the reader returned on a later day. Quixli measures what was on screen and for how long, and says so plainly to recipients.
Or start from a ready-made template.