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Tracker Intelligence alternative: what you get instead of a quote.
Tracker Intelligence is the biggest name in UK tender alerts and it does not publish a price. If you arrived here because the demo call felt like a lot for "tell me which tenders to read", this page sets the two products side by side, quotes Tracker's own pages, and says plainly where Tracker is the better buy.
The short version. Tracker is an intelligence suite with alerts inside it: award archive, spend analysis, buyer contacts, private-sector leads, an API, one to five licences, quote-only pricing, a 3-day trial and annual auto-renewal. TenderVerdict is the reading, done: every relevant UK and EU notice judged BID, STRETCH or SKIP against your firm each morning, reasons and skips shown, €99 a month or a free weekly digest, set up with your domain. If you need the archive and the contacts, buy Tracker. If you need someone to read the feed and say no for you, that is us.
At a glance
| Tracker Intelligence | TenderVerdict | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Procurement intelligence platform from BiP Solutions (Glasgow, founded 1984) with daily contract alerts inside | A daily judged brief: which tenders to bid on, which to skip, and why |
| Published price | None. Four quote-only plans: Iconiq, Logic, Dynamic, AnalyticIQ | €99 a month; €49 a month for the first 20 accounts; free Monday digest |
| Trial | 3 days, no card | The free plan, without a clock; first brief covers the last 30 days |
| Contract | Annual, "auto-renew annually"; cancellation after the first 10 days attracts a fee (their FAQ) | Monthly, cancel from one email |
| Standard coverage | UK and Republic of Ireland; Europe or global as a configuration choice | UK in full, every EU country above the EU thresholds via TED, France below threshold via BOAMP |
| How matching works | Saved-search criteria and managed profiles; Aria Intelligence summarises and assesses relevance | Deterministic country and category filter, then a per-notice judgment against your capability profile |
| Automatic output | Daily email alerts of matching notices | A decision per notice with the reason: BID, STRETCH or SKIP |
| Says no for you | No bid or no-bid verdict per notice | Yes, most mornings, with the reason |
| Shows what it rejected | No | Yes, every skip listed, plus an audit line of what was read |
| Setup input | Saved searches; a free Dedicated Success Manager on every plan helps configure | Your website domain and an email |
| Seats | 1 to 5 licences depending on plan | One account per firm, everyone who should get the brief |
| Beyond alerts | Award data, spend analysis, buyer decision-maker contacts, private-sector opportunities, Open API, events and training | MCP endpoint so Claude or ChatGPT can ask the judge why |
Tracker facts from trackerintelligence.com/plans, /resources/tracker-faq, /tender-opportunities/tender-alerts/ and /aria-intelligence/, read 6 September 2026.
What Tracker does well
- Depth of data. Historical awards, spend analysis and buyer contacts are things an alert-only product cannot give you. If your business development runs on "who bought this last time and who signed it", Tracker has the database.
- Private sector too. Tracker publishes private-sector opportunities alongside public notices, which no public-feed tool does.
- People. A Dedicated Success Manager on every plan, a 40-year track record, and an events and training arm.
- Scale of coverage. Europe and global tiers exist if you configure them.
Where teams outgrow it, in their own words
Two themes recur in public reviews. We quote them as reviewers' accounts, not as findings of ours.
- Renewal terms. Tracker's own FAQ states subscriptions auto-renew annually and that a cancellation request after the first 10 days incurs a fee. Reviewers on the parent company's Trustpilot profile describe disputes over renewal invoices.
- Fit for small firms. BiP's own FAQ points buyers who only want alerts to its cheaper sister service, Supply2Gov: "Looking for a tender alert service only? BiP has got you covered." The suite is built for organisations that will use the intelligence layer.
What reviewers do not say is that Tracker's alerts are irrelevant. Its stated product claim is that Aria assesses relevance, and we have not run it. The difference is not match quality; it is what arrives. Tracker delivers matching notices. TenderVerdict delivers a decision on each one.
The question no alert tool answers
"What did you throw away, and why?" A filter you cannot inspect is a filter you have to double-check. Tracker, like every alert service, shows you the matches. TenderVerdict's brief ends with the skipped tenders, each with its one-line reason, and a line saying how many notices we read, how many came from your countries and how many were close enough to judge. When we are wrong about your firm, you can see it in one sentence and the profile learns.
Pricing, honestly
| Tool | Entry price | Billing | Seats | Trial or free tier | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracker Intelligence | Not published; quote only | Annual, auto-renews | 1 to 5 licences by plan | 3-day trial | 6 Sep 2026, trackerintelligence.com/plans |
| TenderVerdict Pro | €99 a month (€49 founding, first 20 accounts, 12 months) | Monthly, cancel any time | Whole firm | Free Monday digest, no clock | This site |
We will not print a Tracker price. The figures you will find on rival comparison pages trace back to one reviewer's account of a disputed invoice, not to Tracker's own site. Ask them for a quote and compare it with €1,188 a year for Pro, or €588 on the founding deal.
Choose Tracker Intelligence if
- You sell into the private sector as well as the public sector.
- Your pipeline work depends on award history, spend data and named buyer contacts.
- You want a success manager and are comfortable with an annual contract.
- You need an API into your own CRM.
Choose TenderVerdict if
- You are a 2 to 20 person digital, marketing, software or consultancy firm and the alerts have become a second inbox.
- You want a decision on each tender, with the reason, before you open anything.
- You want to see what was skipped so you can trust what was not.
- You want a monthly price you can read on the page and cancel from an email.
Where TenderVerdict does not fit
We read four official public feeds and judge notices, not tender packs. We do not hold award archives, spend data or buyer contacts, we do not cover private-sector opportunities, and we do not read national portals below the EU thresholds outside the UK and France. Our coverage page and judge page say exactly where the edges are.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Tracker Intelligence cost?
Tracker does not publish prices. All four plans are quote-only and every call to action is a demo or a 3-day trial request. Figures circulating online come from reviewers and rival vendors, not from Tracker, so treat them as unverified.
Does Tracker Intelligence tell you whether to bid?
Its AI, Aria Intelligence, summarises contracts and assesses relevance, and Tracker says it reduces qualification time. It does not publish a bid or no-bid verdict per notice, and it does not show you the notices it filtered out.
Does Tracker cover below-threshold UK contracts?
Tracker's standard coverage is UK and Republic of Ireland across public sources. For what TenderVerdict reads, and does not, see the coverage page: both UK official feeds in full, so lower-value Contracts Finder notices are included.
Can I run both?
Yes, and it is a fair test. Keep Tracker for the data and forward one day of its alerts to your TenderVerdict brief. Compare which morning left you with a decision.
Is TenderVerdict a replacement for Tracker Intelligence?
Only for the alerting job. If you use the archive, the contacts or the private-sector feed, Tracker is doing work we do not do.
How long does TenderVerdict take to set up?
Your domain and an email. We read your public website, draft a capability profile, and you correct it. Countries matter most; they decide which tenders you ever see.
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