Pricing
Priced by territory, not by headcount
Every project page is free, no account needed. Create a free account to search the index. Pay when you want to know where your brand stands across a territory you sell into.
Public index
Every project page is public and permanent, no account needed. Run a free brand check any time. Searching the full index needs a free account.
- Every project page in the index is public and permanent
- Every fact linked to its public source
- See that a spec position exists, its section and page
- Run a free brand check, no account: counts for any brand, plus its 3 most recent cited positions
- Search and filter the index: free account required
- The full cited list and other brands by name: paid plans (table below)
- Nothing saved, because there is no account
- No export, API or CRM sync
No card required for the free account
Territory
Billed monthly
One US state or one top-50 metro. Unlimited seats. Your whole agency, no headcount maths.
- Everything in the public index
- Save a territory, watch your accounts
- Weekly territory digest by email
- Where your brand is named, and where no brand is named in the documents we hold
- Competitor share in your divisions
- Alerts when a spec publishes on a tracked project
- Export and CRM sync
- 25 spec book extractions a month included
Full access to one territory. Cancel any time.
Enterprise
For manufacturers with several brands or product lines, and agencies past twelve territories. Annual contract, scoped on a call.
- Everything in Territory
- Several brands and CSI divisions
- Full back file, January 2025 onward
- Substitution ledger, who displaced whom
- API and bulk export
- Unlimited spec book extraction
- Named support and onboarding
One brand in one product line is the Brand licence, $45,000 a year, not Enterprise. The two are compared below.
Usually a 30 minute call and a pilot territory
Brand licence or Enterprise
Both are annual, national contracts. The Brand licence is the smaller one: one brand in one product line. Enterprise starts where you need more than that.
| Brand licence | Enterprise | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $45,000 a year, per brand, per product line | From $120,000 a year |
| Billing | Annual contract, billed yearly. No monthly option. | Annual contract, invoiced. No monthly option. |
| Who it is for | A manufacturer with one national brand in one product line | Manufacturers with several brands or product lines, and agencies past twelve territories |
| What it covers | One brand, one CSI division, all 50 states, unlimited seats. Everything in Territory, nationwide. | Several brands and divisions, scoped on a call. Includes the Brand licence. |
| What it adds | Add a product line for $15,000 a year, or a brand for $25,000 a year. | API and bulk export, substitution ledger, unlimited spec book extraction, named support and onboarding. |
| How to buy | Talk to us. No checkout button. | Talk to us. Usually a 30 minute call and a pilot territory. |
What the Brand Check shows
Without an account, the Brand Check shows counts and the three most recent cited positions for the brand you search. A free account adds named head-to-head counts. The full cited list and everything behind it is part of the paid plans. A new account starts with a 14-day trial that includes the paid Brand Check views; when the trial ends, the account moves to the Free account column above until a plan is chosen.
| No account Anyone, no sign-in | Free account No card | Paid Territory, Brand licence, Enterprise | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Counts for any brand, optional state: basis of design, approved equal, documents read | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cited positions for the brand: project, document and page | The 3 most recent, in full. The rest are counted. | The 3 most recent, in full. The rest are counted. | Every cited position, grouped by project |
| Other brands in the same sections | Counted, never named | Named head-to-head, with counts | Named, by division and state |
| Sections still open to substitution, and what to build or sell next | Counts only | Counts only | Full list |
| Search the index, track a brand | No | Yes | Yes |
| Digest, alerts, export, API | No | No | Yes |
- Territory
- One US state, or one of the top 50 metros. Covers everyone who sells into it, the manufacturer's regional team and the independent rep agencies carrying its lines, with no seat count.
- Brand
- The manufacturer name an engineer writes into a specification. One brand, all fifty states, one product line.
- Product line
- What a brand sells within one construction category, using the industry's own numbering (CSI divisions). Rooftop units are HVAC, Division 23. Light fixtures are Division 26.
- Position
- Where a brand stands on one project. Named (the engineer chose it), listed (one of several allowed), or absent (not in the documents we hold). Every position carries the document and page.
More than one territory
Published, not negotiated. The ladder applies automatically at checkout.
| Territories | Rate | Per territory / month | Worked example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 100% | $499 | One state |
| 2nd to 5th | 70% | $349 | Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee = $1,197/mo |
| 6th to 12th | 50% | $250 | A full Census region |
| 13th and up | 35% | $175 | Talk to us, this is Enterprise territory |
Why territory and not seats. The people who need this are spread across a manufacturer’s regional team and the independent agencies carrying its lines, and most of them do not work for whoever signs the invoice. A seat price would tax the exact behaviour that makes the product useful. Your bill moves when you take on a new state, not when you hire.
Common questions
- What counts as a territory?
- One US state, or one of the top 50 metros. Whichever matches how you already describe your patch. You pick at signup and can swap once a quarter.
- Do I need an account to browse?
- Not for an individual project page -- those are public, with no expiry and no view limit. Searching and filtering the index needs a free account.
- Do you resell bid documents?
- No. We read public documents and publish the facts with a citation.
- Can I cancel?
- Territory billed monthly, any time. Territory billed yearly, at renewal. Brand licence and Enterprise are annual contracts.
- Do you charge per user?
- Never. A territory covers everyone at your firm and every agency you work with.
- What is a brand check?
- Free, no account. For any brand and any state: how many sections name it as basis of design, how many list it as an approved equal, how many documents we searched, and its three most recent cited positions. The full cited list, other brands by name and the open sections are in the paid plans. The table above sets out every level.
- What is a product line?
- One CSI division. HVAC is Division 23, lighting is Division 26. A Brand licence covers one; add another for $15,000 a year.