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How Probative compares
There are four realistic ways to get an award submission written. Here is an honest account of each, including where the others are the better answer.
The real incumbent. Free at the point of use, and the most expensive option once you count the three weeks.
Read →The quality benchmark. $2,000 to $12,500 an entry, booked out in peak season and the knowledge leaves when they do.
Read →Cheap and fluent. It writes what you tell it, which means the hard part is still entirely yours.
Read →Purpose-built and improving. All of them work from a form you fill in, and none of them verify what they produce.
Read →The short version
| In-house | Consultant | ChatGPT | AI writers | Probative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost per entry | 3 weeks of a senior person | $2,000–12,500 | Near zero | $150–600 | $1,125 |
| Reads your documents | Yes | By interview | If you paste them | No | Yes |
| Decides the case | You | Them | You | You | It does |
| Cites claims to a source | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Flags what it cannot prove | No | Sometimes | No | No | Yes |
| Available in peak season | Barely | Often not | Yes | Yes | Yes |
$1,125 is the four a year plan divided across its submissions. The larger plans work out lower.
Start with two answers.
Send an award you are actually entering and whatever project material you already have. You get two complete answers, the case we would make, the questions we would send your team and the claims that one more fact would unlock.
Credited in full if you go ahead. If you read it and walk away, you owe nothing further.