The live-auction platform built for defensible awards
Most government procurement suites run sealed bids and scored RFPs. Bid Now does those too — and adds real-time reverse auctions, two-step technical qualification, and the award-integrity tooling that stands up to a protest. Run it on your own site, or let us host it.
| Capability | Bid Now | Euna / Bonfirecloud suite | OpenGovcloud suite | PlanetBidsbid mgmt | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-Hostedyou own the data | Hostedwe manage it | ||||
| Live reverse auctionsreal-time descending price, anti-snipe | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Multi-line reverse auctionsper-line or aggregate award | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Two-step technical prequalificationFAR 14.5 — qualify, then compete on price | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Sealed electronic biddingtamper-evident, scheduled opening | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Weighted RFP evaluation & scoringblind multi-evaluator panels | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ◐ |
| SAM.gov debarment check at awardblocks award of an excluded vendor | ✓ | ✓ | ◐ | ◐ | — |
| Statutory preference calculatorlocal / MWBE / veteran, evaluated vs. raw | ✓ | ✓ | ◐ | ◐ | — |
| Assisted public-records redactionstaff-decided, with a redaction log | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Protest-ready audit trailevery action timestamped | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cross-agency vendor networkshared supplier notifications | ◐ | ◐ | ✓ | ✓ | ◐ |
| You own & hold the data | ✓on your servers | ◐we host, exportable anytime | — | — | — |
| Updates, backups & security managed for you | ◐optional support plan | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Runs on your existing WordPress | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Starting pricesmallest tier, before negotiation | $1,800/year | $400/month | from ~$26.5K/year | ~$40K–95K/year | ~$1K–28K/year |
Two ways to run it — priced for public agencies
Choose self-hosted and keep everything on your own infrastructure, or let us host and manage it. Tiers scale with the population you serve and how many solicitations you run.
Real price competition
Live and multi-line reverse auctions drive vendors to compete in real time — routinely landing below the independent estimate. It's the one thing the big sealed-bid suites don't do.
Awards that hold up
SAM.gov debarment screening at award, statutory preferences, binding addenda, and assisted redaction — protest defense built into the workflow, not bolted on afterward.
Your site, or ours
Run Bid Now on your own WordPress and keep every record, or let us host and manage it. Either way it's your domain, your data, no lock-in to someone else's cloud.
See it run with a scenario like yours
We'll walk a live auction, sealed bid, or scored RFP from schedule to award on a demo site — bring your procurement, IT, and legal staff.
Competitor comparison prepared September 2026 from publicly available product information and third-party review sources. Competitor features and pricing vary by product tier, module, and negotiation, and are subject to change — verify current details with each vendor. Competitor prices shown are approximate published ranges for the procurement/sourcing product, not quotes. Tyler Technologies and other full-ERP suites, and federal reverse-auction marketplaces (e.g., Unison Marketplace), serve different needs and are not shown above. Bonfire, Euna, OpenGov, PlanetBids, and other names are trademarks of their respective owners; this comparison is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by them.