Pricing

Plans and pricing

Every grade, every sourced reason, the state map and full search are free forever. Paid plans add convenience, leverage, and programmatic access — never a different grade.

Paid access never influences a grade

Grades are set by disclosed public records and our published methodology. Money cannot buy a better score, and no operator can pay to change or remove a grade.

For people

2 months free

Public

$0 forever

For residents, students, and anyone following a project.

  • Every project grade and letter
  • Full sourced reasoning and sub-scores
  • Disclosure-completeness state map
  • Full search
  • Methodology and appeals

Researcher / Press

$29 /mo

For journalists, academics, and analysts who need to cite and track.

  • Everything in Public
  • CSV and JSON export
  • Score-change email alerts
  • Citation and embed tools
  • Methodology deep-dive
  • 1 seat
Most popular

Leader / Institutional

$349 /mo

For council members, planners, attorneys, and organizers who have to produce a decision.

  • Everything in Researcher
  • Comparison dashboards
  • Cost-benefit-analysis toolkit
  • Council report generator
  • 15 project dossiers per month
  • 5 seats
  • Priority support

Replaces a consultant report that typically costs tens of thousands.

Enterprise

from $1,200 /mo

For agencies, utilities, and firms monitoring portfolios.

  • Everything in Leader
  • Bulk monitoring
  • Custom feeds
  • White-label reports
  • SSO
  • SLA and DPA
  • Unlimited seats

Reverse trial

Try the full Leader tier free for 14 days — no credit card.

New accounts start with every Leader feature unlocked for 14 days. When the trial ends you are never locked out — your account drops to the permanent free tier automatically. No card, no cancellation maze.

For developers

Programmatic access to point-in-time government contract and disclosure data. Query the archive, diff any two dates, and pull entity-resolved operator rollups.

Metered in GW Credits. 1 credit = 100 records returned. An empty result costs 0 credits — you never pay for a miss. Included allowances are hard caps. If you reach your limit, upgrade your plan or contact us — we never bill surprise overage.

Free Sandbox

$0

500 credits / mo

No diffs or rollups

Indie

$49/mo

25,000 credits / mo

For solo devs and civic hackers

Most popular

Pro

$199/mo

150,000 credits / mo

Adds point-in-time diffs and entity-resolved operator rollups

Business

$699/mo

750,000 credits / mo

Adds bulk export, webhooks, 99.9% SLA

Enterprise

from $2,500/mo

Custom credits

Dedicated support, custom SLA

Bulk historical backfill — $750 one-time — full-archive pull for quantitative and AI training use.
Read the API documentation

Point-in-time diffs and entity-resolved rollups are available on Pro and above.

Founding pricing: the first cohort of subscribers keeps the launch price for as long as their subscription stays active, even after list prices rise.

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