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DemandStar pricing
DemandStar publishes 5 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 31 August 2026, DemandStar pricing is free, then $60/year across 5 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free, then $60/year
- Model
- Free for agencies, per year by geographic coverage for suppliers
- Tiers
- 5
- Free tier
- Yes
DemandStar plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Government agency | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
| Supplier free | Free | 3 | +$0/year, 3 more features |
| Supplier county | $60/year | 3 | +$60/year, 3 more features |
| Supplier state | $100/year | 2 | +$40/year, 2 more features |
| Supplier national | $2699/year | 2 | +$2599/year, 2 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Government agency
FreeThe entry tier. It covers post unlimited solicitations, access the supplier network, ebidding and plan holder lists, no cost to the agency at any volume.
Supplier free
FreeOver Government agency, this tier adds:
- Bid notifications for one agency of your choice
- Bid document downloads charged around 5 USD each
- Supplier profile and registration
Supplier county
$60/yearOver Supplier free, this tier adds:
- All participating agencies within one county
- Unlimited bid document access for that county
- Approximate rate, varies by county
Supplier state
$100/yearOver Supplier county, this tier adds:
- All participating agencies within one state
- Priced from around 100 to 1,499 USD depending on agency density
Supplier national
$2699/yearOver Supplier state, this tier adds:
- All participating agencies nationwide
- Unlimited notifications and downloads
Where DemandStar stops being free
Government agency, Free
- Post unlimited solicitations
- Access the supplier network
- eBidding and plan holder lists
- No cost to the agency at any volume
Supplier county, $60/year
The first thing you pay for:
- All participating agencies within one county
- Unlimited bid document access for that county
- Approximate rate, varies by county
What the product covers
The full DemandStar feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Free for agencies
- Commodity code matching
- eBidding
- Plan holder lists
- Supplier registration
- Geographic subscription tiers
People bring DemandStar in for a city purchasing officer who wants wider bid distribution without running a procurement to buy software, a contractor who works in three adjacent counties and wants notifications only for that footprint, an agency needing sealed electronic bid submission to replace paper deliveries to the clerk, a supplier testing whether public sector work is viable before committing to a national subscription. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to DemandStar are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Government
Too few government tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DemandStar (this page) | Free, then $60/year | Free for agencies, per year by geographic coverage for suppliers | - | |
| CentralSquare Asset Management | On request | quote | - | vs DemandStar |
| Trimble Unity Maintain | On request | quote | - | vs DemandStar |
| CivicPlus Asset Management | On request | quote | - | vs DemandStar |
| VUEWorks | On request | quote | - | vs DemandStar |
| NEXGEN Asset Management | On request | quote | - | vs DemandStar |
| GovPilot | On request | quote | - | vs DemandStar |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the DemandStar badges page.
Before you pay for DemandStar
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 5 tiers between Free and $2699/year, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
DemandStar runs on web, and is published by Euna Solutions of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The full record is on the DemandStar review, and the rest of the category is under best government tools.
DemandStar pricing questions
- How much does DemandStar cost?
- DemandStar publishes 5 tiers, from Free for Government agency up to $2699/year for Supplier national. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does DemandStar have a free plan?
- Yes. The Government agency tier costs nothing and covers post unlimited solicitations, access the supplier network, ebidding and plan holder lists. Paying starts at $60/year for Supplier county.
- What is the difference between Government agency and Supplier free on DemandStar?
- Supplier free costs Free against Free, and adds bid notifications for one agency of your choice, bid document downloads charged around 5 usd each, supplier profile and registration.
- Is the Supplier national plan on DemandStar worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is all participating agencies nationwide, unlimited notifications and downloads. It costs $2699/year against $60/year for Supplier county. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- What am I actually paying for with DemandStar?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a city purchasing officer who wants wider bid distribution without running a procurement to buy software, a contractor who works in three adjacent counties and wants notifications only for that footprint, an agency needing sealed electronic bid submission to replace paper deliveries to the clerk.
- Does DemandStar charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 5 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these DemandStar prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare DemandStar against before paying?
- The closest government tools in this directory are CentralSquare Asset Management, Trimble Unity Maintain, CivicPlus Asset Management, VUEWorks. Each has a side-by-side comparison with DemandStar covering price, platforms and features.