More data for less
Open OpportunitiesThe best alternative to Contracts Advance.
A rival service that really helps you grow. With monthly billing and more data, learn why Open Opportunities is your partner for public sector tendering.
Tender search tools like Open Opportunities and Contracts Advance collect data on public sector tenders and contracts and publish it every day. Users don’t have to search across hundreds of sites, instead they can search one site for the opportunities they need and receive daily alerts for matching opportunities.
The key difference between services comes down to the amount of data they have and how good their search is. The rest is details. Open Opportunities gathers data from over 740 different public sector tender portals every day. Not only do we have more data than anyone else, we also have better augmentation and more extensive search than rivals like Contracts Advance.
More data, better search, for less.
What makes
Open Opportunities
different?
We're unstinting in our search for tender data at home and abroad. We then enhance the data to make it easier for our customers to find.
More data
With Open Opportunities you get 10,000 new opportunities every day. We gather data from hundreds more sources than Contracts Advance, including dozens of global organizations that routinely trade with UK companies.
Less cost
For a fiver a day, we will give your team access to the best tender opportunity data in the world. With more features, fewer limits and much, much more data, Open Opportunities is a serious competitor to Contracts Advance.
Better search
We understand search, which is why we use AI to enhance our search and to help you find the best public sector tender opportunities for your business. We add features like categorisation, buyer links and deduplication as standard.
The data you need to secure new contracts
Plus all the features you expect
from a tender search service
Everything you need to the right tender opportunities.
Skilled analysts to help
Our team of researchers and analysts have worked on government research projects all around the world. Our team is here to help support your bids.
Email alerts
Being across every opportunity is easy with our regular email alerts, combined with our full search history, you can be confident that you’ll never miss an opportunity.
Tenders and contracts
Search for tenders, contracts and planning notices across the world. Search by keyword, category, buyer name, supplier name and more.
The Coverage You Need
What if I only want UK opportunities?
No problem.
You can set up your search to default to the UK (or elsewhere).
With low fees and great search we're still a better option.
Widely used data
Thousands of companies use our data every day.
Our API already powers some great business opportunity sites.
You've probably already used our data without knowing it.
Finding new tender opportunities around the world.
Opportunities a day
Increasing export growth through opportunity data.
Individual sources
Understanding compliance and hitting targets.
Hit target of 90%
Everything you need to know
Feature comparison
How does Open Opportunities stack up against Contracts Advance?
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Open Opportunities
Contracts Advance
Data & Sources
UK tenders & contracts
Development banks
International Agencies (e.g. WHO)
Defence and more (Nato & others)
English language tenders (globally)
Global tenders (all languages)
Some EU data.
Costs & features
Subscription duration
Annual or monthly
Annual
Costs
£2,100 / £99
£2,480
User seats
Unlimited
Unlimited
Free trial period
7 days
2 days
License fees
Per company
Per company
Saved searches
10 per user
8 per company
Search history
1 year history
Integrated FOI requesting
Buyer profiles
Coming soon
Pay by card or by invoice
Search and AI
Keyword, buyer, country searching
AI powered search algorithms
AI scoring for deduplication
State of the art, multilingual AI categorisation
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A single source of truth
If you care about international markets, there is no comparison.
A single search can reveal all of the opportunities your bid team need, as well as all of your competitor's contracts.
Our data harvesting operation runs every day, we fastidiously gather every opportunity from hundreds of sources.
As new opportunities arrive, you can set up daily alerts that highlight the most pertinent records for you and your team.
Our unique search technology combined with help from our expert team will make sure you get only the opportunities you need.
Frequently Asked Questions
All the answers you're looking for
If you're new or looking for answers to your questions, this guide will help you learn more about our services and their features.
Yes! We've been the prime data provider to Contracts Advance for over seven years. We also provide data to other products, so there's a good chance that you're already using our data without realising it.
Our coverage extends across all available federal sources worldwide and large numbers of local sources.
From the expansive data of the US Federal Government to opportunities emerging in the Falkland Islands, our data is remarkably diverse. Feel free to get in touch with us to inquire about specific sources. If there's a source we're not currently covering, we are more than willing to collaborate with you to incorporate it.
Yes. All of the data that is in Contracts Advance is in Open Opportunities. In addition you get a whole lot more data from around the world that isn't in Contracts Advance, including lots of international organisations such as NATO and the WHO who frequently buy from companies like yours.
Great. You can set up your search to include only the UK. All of your subsequent searches will be limited to just the UK.
Whenever you want to look further afield you can change an individual search or reset your default countries.
With Open Opportunities you're in control. We're here to help you grow, you can decide what you need to see.
Customers are eligible for a 7 day free trial. We won't ask you for your credit card details and you'll get access to all of our data, allowing you to explore our data and test our search capabilities.
You can pay in advance by card or invoice (annual plans only).
Open Opportunities have a rich history of opening up government data worldwide. We are dedicated to continually expanding our data and introducing new features.
We typically add at least four new sources every month and are committed to adding more every month.
Our skilled researchers are on hand to help. We provide help to on-board you, plus an in-app chat service. We're always on hand to help you set up your searches correctly
When you sign up our founder gives you his personal mobile number, so you can call him if you ever need a problem fixed. Our team are dedicated to helping you win new business.
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