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Euna Solutions vs Periscope Holdings

Euna Solutions logo

Euna Solutions

Government

Budgeting, procurement, grants and payments software for the public sector, formerly GTY Technology

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On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
Periscope Holdings logo

Periscope Holdings

Government

Statewide e-procurement systems and supplier networks for large public agencies

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On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Euna Solutions the suite is assembled from six or more separate acquisitions and integration between modules is still being completed, so a buyer purchasing two modules should ask precisely what data passes between them today rather than on the roadmap.; Periscope Holdings it is scaled and priced for statewide programmes, so a single city or county typically finds both the implementation effort and the cost out of proportion to its needs.
  • They diverge on capability: Euna Solutions covers Euna Budget, Periscope Holdings covers Sealed bid solicitation.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Euna Solutions and Periscope Holdings actually diverge.

Attributes where Euna Solutions and Periscope Holdings differ
AttributeEuna SolutionsPeriscope Holdings

Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), platforms (Web), 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 Euna Solutions

  • Euna Budget
  • Euna Procurement
  • Euna Grants
  • Euna Payments
  • Euna Special Education
  • Transparency portals
  • Workflow automation

Only in Periscope Holdings

  • Sealed bid solicitation
  • Supplier registration network
  • Contract catalogues
  • Cooperative purchasing
  • Spend and compliance reporting
  • Supplier diversity tracking

What people use each for

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

Euna Solutions

  • A county administering federal grant funds that must produce subrecipient monitoring and reporting an auditor will acceptnot Periscope Holdings
  • A city whose budget process runs on a chain of spreadsheets that nobody can reconcile before the council meetingnot Periscope Holdings
  • A school district needing sealed electronic bidding with scored evaluation and an audit trailnot Periscope Holdings
  • A jurisdiction wanting a public transparency portal for budget and spending without building onenot Periscope Holdings

Periscope Holdings

  • A state building a central procurement portal serving many agencies and local entitiesnot Euna Solutions
  • A large agency needing statutory sealed bidding with a public opening recordnot Euna Solutions
  • A purchasing programme that must report spend and supplier diversity across entitiesnot Euna Solutions
  • A state wanting local governments to buy from its awarded cooperative contractsnot Euna Solutions

Where each one falls short

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

Euna Solutions

  • The suite is assembled from six or more separate acquisitions and integration between modules is still being completed, so a buyer purchasing two modules should ask precisely what data passes between them today rather than on the roadmap.
  • No pricing is published at any level and terms are typically multi-year, so budgeting the true cost requires obtaining peer jurisdiction contracts, which is possible but slow.
  • Individual modules face specialists with deeper functionality, so a jurisdiction buying only procurement or only budgeting may get less capability than from a single-product vendor at similar cost.
  • Ownership has changed twice in six years, from a SPAC to private equity, and further change is plausible, which creates roadmap uncertainty over the length of a typical multi-year public sector contract.
  • Grant management depth is oriented to United States federal and state programmes, which makes the product close to useless to public bodies outside that funding system.

Periscope Holdings

  • It is scaled and priced for statewide programmes, so a single city or county typically finds both the implementation effort and the cost out of proportion to its needs.
  • The interface reflects the age and regulatory weight of the platform, and suppliers routinely describe registration and bidding as harder than on newer portals, which can suppress bid response.
  • Ownership has changed twice since 2021, from independent to mdf commerce to KKR, so roadmap and support continuity should be written into the contract rather than assumed.
  • Sibling products inside mdf commerce cover adjacent procurement ground, which means an apparently competitive shortlist may contain two products with the same owner.
  • Statewide implementations are multi year projects with heavy configuration and change management, and the professional services cost commonly exceeds the software over the contract term.

Pricing, plan by plan

Euna Solutions

On request
  • Euna Solutions$undefined/year
    • Modules licensed individually: Budget, Procurement, Grants, Payments
    • Priced by jurisdiction size, modules and users
    • Annual subscription with multi-year terms common

Periscope Holdings

On request
  • BuySpeed$undefined/year
    • Quoted per programme, scaled to entities served and transaction volume
    • Multi year statewide contracts with implementation priced separately
    • Supplier side registration fees form part of the commercial model on some programmes

Which should you pick?

Choose Euna Solutions if

  • You need euna budget.
  • You also want euna procurement.
Euna Solutions review

Choose Periscope Holdings if

  • You need sealed bid solicitation.
  • You also want supplier registration network.
Periscope Holdings review

Questions people ask

Is Euna Solutions or Periscope Holdings better?
Neither clearly leads. Euna Solutions starts at On request and Periscope Holdings at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Euna Solutions or Periscope Holdings?
Euna Solutions starts at On request and Periscope Holdings at On request.
Does Euna Solutions or Periscope Holdings run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Euna Solutions best used for?
Euna Solutions is most often used for a county administering federal grant funds that must produce subrecipient monitoring and reporting an auditor will accept, a city whose budget process runs on a chain of spreadsheets that nobody can reconcile before the council meeting, a school district needing sealed electronic bidding with scored evaluation and an audit trail, a jurisdiction wanting a public transparency portal for budget and spending without building one. Of those, a county administering federal grant funds that must produce subrecipient monitoring and reporting an auditor will accept and a city whose budget process runs on a chain of spreadsheets that nobody can reconcile before the council meeting are not what Periscope Holdings is typically brought in for.
What can Euna Solutions do that Periscope Holdings cannot?
Euna Solutions covers Euna Budget, Euna Procurement, Euna Grants, Euna Payments. Periscope Holdings covers Sealed bid solicitation, Supplier registration network, Contract catalogues, Cooperative purchasing.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Euna Solutions: Is this the same company as GTY Technology?

Yes. GTY Technology rebranded to Euna Solutions in 2023. The individual products came from acquisitions including Bonfire, Questica, eCivis and CityBase.

Periscope Holdings: Who owns Periscope Holdings?

mdf commerce acquired it in 2021, and mdf commerce was itself acquired by KKR in 2024.

Euna Solutions: Which product was Bonfire?

Bonfire is now Euna Procurement. Questica became Euna Budget and eCivis became Euna Grants. Ask which underlying codebase a demo is showing.

Periscope Holdings: Is it suitable for a single city?

Usually not. It is built and priced for statewide or very large agency programmes.

Euna Solutions: What does it cost?

Not published. Modules are quoted individually by jurisdiction size and users, usually on multi-year terms and often available through cooperative purchasing contracts.

Periscope Holdings: What is BuySpeed?

The e-procurement platform behind its statewide deployments, covering solicitation through catalogue ordering and reporting.

Euna Solutions: Do the modules actually share data?

Partially, and it varies by pair. Get the specific integration between the modules you are buying demonstrated on real data before signing.

Periscope Holdings: Can we see what a state paid?

Yes. State procurement awards are public records and typically disclose the full multi year contract value.

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