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The free sites, the enterprise platforms, and the gap between them
Every source we read is free and public. Here is what you get by going to them directly, what the enterprise tools add, and where LastAwarded sits. The last rows are our own gaps.
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| Need | SAM.gov and USASpending directly | Enterprise capture platforms | LastAwarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Find open notices in my codes | Yes, with patience. Saved searches exist but the interface is built for contracting officers. | Yes, with a capture team to run it. | Yes, cleaned up, tagged by work type, with who won last time on the same page. |
| See ten years of awards for one part category | The data is there. Building the view takes a spreadsheet and an afternoon per code. | Yes. | Yes, one page per code, rebuilt nightly. |
| Know the incumbent and when their contract ends | Scattered across award records under several spellings. | Yes, with analyst support. | Yes, resolved vendor records and a recompete table with a plain score. |
| Get alerted | SAM.gov saved-search email exists for notices. Nothing for recompetes. | Yes. | Yes: notices, deadlines and recompetes, on your schedule. |
| Plain-English brief of a notice | No. | Sometimes, through analysts. | Yes, AI-written from the public text and labeled as such. |
| Price | Free. | Tens of thousands a year, typically. | Paid plans from a single shop to an enterprise team. See pricing. |
| Teaming and subcontracting intelligence | Entity search exists. | Strong. | A directory of registered suppliers by code and state. No prime-level teaming data yet. |
| Civilian agency coverage | Complete. | Complete. | Complete: every awarding agency, every NAICS code, ten fiscal years. |
| Task orders under IDIQs | Visible on USASpending. | Yes. | Partial. Orders load as awards; parent vehicle context is still thin. |
| Bid document management | No. | Often. | No, and not planned. Your documents stay with you. |
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