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Alternatives to Periscope Holdings
20 government tools sit alongside Periscope Holdings in this directory. Below is what separates each from Periscope Holdings on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 1
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Periscope Holdings starts at
- On request
Why people look past Periscope Holdings
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Periscope Holdings entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Periscope Holdings carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 1 of the 20 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
Periscope Holdings publishes a single plan, BuySpeed at On request. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Budgeting, procurement, grants and payments software for the public sector, formerly GTY Technology
Priced and rated the same as Periscope Holdings on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Regional bid notification network where agencies post free and suppliers pay for alerts
- 2 tiers to Periscope Holdings's 1.
Modern Cloud ERP for Government
- Publishes an entry price of $1000/month, where Periscope Holdings does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
Bid distribution network that is free for government agencies and charges the suppliers instead
- Can be used without paying; Periscope Holdings cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $60/year, where Periscope Holdings does not.
- Sold on a Free for agencies, per year by geographic coverage for suppliers model rather than quote.
- 5 tiers to Periscope Holdings's 1.
GIS-centric public asset and work management, the product formerly sold as Cityworks
Priced and rated the same as Periscope Holdings on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Local government asset and work order software, the former Beehive Industries platform
Priced and rated the same as Periscope Holdings on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Every Periscope Holdings alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Periscope Holdings (this page) | On request | Quote | 1 | |
| Euna SolutionsPortfolio covering procurement for agencies below statewide scale, including Bonfire | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Periscope Holdings |
| Bidnet DirectSibling product under the same owner, focused on solicitation distribution and supplier reach | On request | Quote | 2 | vs Periscope Holdings |
| OpenGovBetter fit for cities and counties wanting procurement alongside budgeting and permitting | $1000/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Periscope Holdings |
| DemandStar | Free, then $60/year | Free for agencies, per year by geographic coverage for suppliers | 5 | vs Periscope Holdings |
| Trimble Unity Maintain | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Periscope Holdings |
| CivicPlus Asset Management | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Periscope Holdings |
| NEXGEN Asset Management | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Periscope Holdings |
| CentralSquare Asset Management | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Periscope Holdings |
| VUEWorks | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Periscope Holdings |
| Zencity | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Periscope Holdings |
| mySidewalk | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Periscope Holdings |
| GovPilot | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Periscope Holdings |
| Bonfire | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Periscope Holdings |
| Clariti | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Periscope Holdings |
| RecDesk | $3835/year | Per year, all inclusive with unlimited users | 4 | vs Periscope Holdings |
| Springbrook Software | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Periscope Holdings |
| MyRec.com | On request | Per year by department annual revenue | 1 | vs Periscope Holdings |
| ArchiveSocial | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Periscope Holdings |
| NEOGOV | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Periscope Holdings |
| eCode360 | $175/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Periscope Holdings |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Periscope Holdings badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (1)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- DemandStar , Free, then $60/year
What you would be giving up
Periscope Holdings is most often brought in for a state building a central procurement portal serving many agencies and local entities, a large agency needing statutory sealed bidding with a public opening record, a purchasing programme that must report spend and supplier diversity across entities, a state wanting local governments to buy from its awarded cooperative contracts. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Periscope Holdings is broadly right and the question is cost, the Periscope Holdings pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Government category lists everything the directory holds, and best government tools ranks them.
Periscope Holdings runs on web. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Periscope Holdings alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Periscope Holdings?
- 20 other government tools are listed in this directory, led by Euna Solutions, Bidnet Direct, OpenGov, DemandStar. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Periscope Holdings?
- 1 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: DemandStar.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Periscope Holdings?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Periscope Holdings?
- Periscope Holdings is most often brought in for a state building a central procurement portal serving many agencies and local entities, a large agency needing statutory sealed bidding with a public opening record, a purchasing programme that must report spend and supplier diversity across entities, a state wanting local governments to buy from its awarded cooperative contracts. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Periscope Holdings?
- None of the government tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Periscope Holdings alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Government, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Periscope Holdings against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Periscope Holdings covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every government tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Government category, 20 tools beside Periscope Holdings. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.