Is Bonfire or Clariti better?

Neither clearly leads. Bonfire starts at On request and Clariti at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Bonfire or Clariti?

Bonfire starts at On request and Clariti at On request.

Does Bonfire or Clariti run on more platforms?

Bonfire runs on Web. Clariti runs on Web, iOS, Android.

What is Bonfire best used for?

Bonfire is most often used for an agency that has lost or nearly lost a bid protest and needs a defensible evaluation record, a procurement team running scoring committees currently held together by spreadsheets and email, a university or health system applying public procurement rules without a public procurement system, an agency wanting suppliers to self register and receive addenda automatically rather than by mailing list. Of those, an agency that has lost or nearly lost a bid protest and needs a defensible evaluation record and a procurement team running scoring committees currently held together by spreadsheets and email are not what Clariti is typically brought in for.

What can Bonfire do that Clariti cannot?

Bonfire covers Solicitation posting, Sealed submission intake, Scored evaluation workspace, Audit trail. Clariti covers Permitting workflows, Business licensing, Inspections, Code enforcement.

Government · head to head

Bonfire vs Clariti

Bonfire

Government

Public sector sourcing and bid evaluation software with scored, auditable award decisions

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

Clariti

Government

Permitting, licensing and land management for local government, built natively on Salesforce

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: Bonfire it is a sourcing and evaluation tool rather than full procure to pay, so requisitions, purchase orders and invoicing stay in the finance system and the join between them is the agency's problem.; Clariti salesforce platform licences sit underneath the subscription and are not always visible in the initial quote, so the fully loaded cost can be materially higher than the comparison against Accela or Tyler suggests.
They diverge on capability: Bonfire covers Solicitation posting, Clariti covers Permitting workflows.
Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Bonfire and Clariti actually diverge.

Attributes where Bonfire and Clariti differ
Attribute	Bonfire	Clariti
Platforms	Web	Web, iOS, Android

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Government).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Bonfire

Solicitation posting
Sealed submission intake
Scored evaluation workspace
Audit trail
Supplier portal
Requirement matrices

Only in Clariti

Permitting workflows
Business licensing
Inspections
Code enforcement
Public portal
Salesforce platform tooling

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Bonfire

An agency that has lost or nearly lost a bid protest and needs a defensible evaluation recordnot Clariti
A procurement team running scoring committees currently held together by spreadsheets and emailnot Clariti
A university or health system applying public procurement rules without a public procurement systemnot Clariti
An agency wanting suppliers to self register and receive addenda automatically rather than by mailing listnot Clariti

Clariti

A city already standardised on Salesforce that wants permitting inside the same platformnot Bonfire
An agency replacing a legacy permitting system whose vendor was acquired and whose roadmap stallednot Bonfire
A county needing configurable workflows across permits, licensing and code enforcementnot Bonfire
An IT department that wants to configure and report on its own permitting workflows without vendor ticketsnot Bonfire

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Bonfire

It is a sourcing and evaluation tool rather than full procure to pay, so requisitions, purchase orders and invoicing stay in the finance system and the join between them is the agency's problem.
Since the acquisition path from GTY to GI Partners to Euna Solutions, Bonfire sits in a portfolio alongside products it once competed with, which narrows a shortlist that appears independent.
Suppliers must register on the portal to bid, and small local vendors reliably complain about the extra account, which can reduce responses on low value solicitations.
Pricing is quoted rather than published and scales with solicitation volume, so an agency with a few very large procurements pays a model designed around throughput.
Contract management after award is thin compared with dedicated contract lifecycle products, so agencies often buy a second system for the obligations the award created.

Clariti

Salesforce platform licences sit underneath the subscription and are not always visible in the initial quote, so the fully loaded cost can be materially higher than the comparison against Accela or Tyler suggests.
Building on Salesforce means the agency inherits Salesforce release cycles and pricing changes, neither of which Clariti controls.
It has far less accumulated edge case handling than the incumbents, so unusual fee schedules, historic district rules or state mandated reporting can become configuration projects.
Professional services dominate the first year cost, as with every permitting implementation, and agencies that budget only for licence are the ones whose projects stall.
The install base is smaller than Accela or Tyler, so there are fewer peer agencies to call for reference and fewer trained implementation consultants in the market.

Pricing, plan by plan

Bonfire

On request

Bonfire$undefined/year
- Quoted by agency size and annual solicitation volume
- Supplier side registration is free, which is how the vendor network grows
- Implementation and training quoted separately from subscription

Clariti

On request

Clariti$undefined/year
- Quoted by agency size and module scope
- Salesforce platform licences are a separate cost underneath the subscription
- Implementation and configuration services typically exceed first year licence cost

Which should you pick?

Choose Bonfire if

You need solicitation posting.
You also want sealed submission intake.

Bonfire review

Choose Clariti if

You need permitting workflows.
You work on Web, iOS, Android.
You also want business licensing.

Clariti review

Questions people ask

Is Bonfire or Clariti better?: Neither clearly leads. Bonfire starts at On request and Clariti at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Bonfire or Clariti?: Bonfire starts at On request and Clariti at On request.
Does Bonfire or Clariti run on more platforms?: Bonfire runs on Web. Clariti runs on Web, iOS, Android.
What is Bonfire best used for?: Bonfire is most often used for an agency that has lost or nearly lost a bid protest and needs a defensible evaluation record, a procurement team running scoring committees currently held together by spreadsheets and email, a university or health system applying public procurement rules without a public procurement system, an agency wanting suppliers to self register and receive addenda automatically rather than by mailing list. Of those, an agency that has lost or nearly lost a bid protest and needs a defensible evaluation record and a procurement team running scoring committees currently held together by spreadsheets and email are not what Clariti is typically brought in for.
What can Bonfire do that Clariti cannot?: Bonfire covers Solicitation posting, Sealed submission intake, Scored evaluation workspace, Audit trail. Clariti covers Permitting workflows, Business licensing, Inspections, Code enforcement.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Bonfire: Who owns Bonfire?

Euna Solutions. Bonfire was acquired by GTY Technology in 2019, GTY was taken private by GI Partners in 2022, and the portfolio was rebranded Euna Solutions in 2023.

Clariti: Do we need Salesforce licences as well?

Yes. Clariti runs on the Salesforce platform, and those licences are a separate line item. Insist on a fully loaded quote.

Bonfire: Is it full procure to pay?

No. It covers sourcing and evaluation through award. Purchase orders and invoicing remain in the finance system.

Clariti: How does it compare with Accela?

Accela has far deeper accumulated handling of edge cases. Clariti offers a more modern and configurable platform, at the price of Salesforce underneath.

Bonfire: What is the real value?

A defensible, time stamped evaluation record when an award is protested, which is the expensive failure mode in public procurement.

Clariti: Can we see what other agencies paid?

Yes. Permitting contracts are public records and award notices routinely list implementation and annual subscription values.

Bonfire: Can we see what other agencies pay?

Yes. These contracts are public records. Read several comparable awards before negotiating.

Clariti: Is it suitable for a small town?

Usually not. The platform cost and implementation effort suit mid sized and larger agencies.

Bonfire vs Clariti

Bonfire

Clariti

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Bonfire

Only in Clariti

What people use each for

Bonfire

Clariti

Where each one falls short

Bonfire

Clariti

Pricing, plan by plan

Bonfire

Clariti

Which should you pick?

Choose Bonfire if

Choose Clariti if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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