Kantiv is an AI-first AEC proposal and pursuit-intelligence platform, formerly known as Joist.ai (rebranded in 2026). It builds a knowledge graph of a firm's people, projects, and pursuits and is known for pursuit and win/loss analytics.

Flodoc AI

Head-to-head comparison

Flodoc vs. Kantiv

Flodoc

Compared with

Kantiv

The bottom line

Kantiv drafts the content; Flodoc drafts it and designs the finished, submission-ready document. Same AI foundation, but only Flodoc produces the final proposal in one tool.

Kantiv (formerly Joist.ai) is a genuinely AEC-native, AI-first platform with a knowledge graph and pursuit analytics. On the AI and analytics side the two are close - both shred RFPs, match people and projects, run Go/No-Go, and track pursuits. The decisive difference is what happens next. Kantiv produces drafts and outlines that your team still has to lay out somewhere else; Flodoc has a real design editor, so it produces the finished, formatted, branded document - covers, resumes, and project pages - in the same tool. If you want one tool that goes from RFP all the way to a submission-ready PDF, that gap is the whole story.

Side by side

Flodoc vs. Kantiv: feature comparison

Feature	Flodoc	Kantiv
Purpose-built for AEC proposals
Reads and shreds the RFP
Matches staff and past projects to each requirement
Grounded AI (draws on your approved content)
Pursuit & win/loss analytics
Go/No-Go evaluation
Built-in design editor (visual canvas)
Lays out covers, resume, and project pages to spec
Builds any document type & page size (SF330-style)
Import existing PDFs/templates to edit in place		Unknown
Print-ready, branded PDF export in the same tool		Unknown
RFP to finished document in one tool (no handoff)

Why AEC firms choose Flodoc over Kantiv

Firms that want AEC-native AI, pursuit analytics, and a finished, designed proposal in a single tool - matching, analytics, compliance, and layout together.

A true built-in design editor - lay out covers, resumes, and project pages on a visual canvas

Builds any document type and page size in-app: SF330-style layouts, prequal packages, custom formats

Import your existing proposal PDFs and templates and edit them in place

RFP to a print-ready, branded PDF in one tool - no export or design handoff

See how Flodoc works

Where Kantiv fits

Kantiv is an established competitor with a sizable customer base and deep pursuit analytics, and for firms that mainly want a dedicated BD/pursuit-intelligence layer across a large pipeline, it is a serious option. Flodoc offers pursuit and win/loss analytics too - and adds what Kantiv does not clearly provide: a built-in design editor and template import that turn matched content into a finished document in one place.

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