Is DataInside's award data different from USAspending.gov's?

No. Every award on DataInside is read from USAspending.gov and links back to its record there. Our record starts later than theirs and holds contract awards only, so for official totals use USAspending.gov.

Does DataInside cost money?

Company search, profiles and the public market pages are free. Paid plans add more exports, shared lists and integrations.

DataInside and USAspending.gov

USAspending.gov is the official, free source of federal spending data, and the source of every award on DataInside. Here is what it does best, and what DataInside adds on top of it for company research.

What USAspending.gov does well

It is the official record. Agencies report their awards to it under the DATA Act, and the Department of the Treasury publishes them.
It covers far more than contracts: grants, loans, other financial assistance, subawards and agency account spending.
Advanced Search filters every award by agency, recipient, industry, place, date and amount, and the results can be downloaded.
Award and recipient profiles show each award's history of modifications and transactions.
Bulk downloads and a public API are free and open to anyone.

What it isn't built for

It is organised around spending, not companies: answering "who is this contractor, who do they work for and what changed this week" takes several searches.
It holds no business contact details, and it doesn't watch companies or send alerts when they win.
Pages are built for searching, not for sharing a ranked list of companies in a market with colleagues.

What DataInside adds

One page per company: its awards, agencies, industries, places of work, teaming partners and parent company, each fact linked to the USAspending.gov record it came from.
Market pages by agency, buying office, industry, state, set-aside and contract vehicle, with the companies that win that work.
A signals feed of new contract awards, and a weekly digest of the week's awards by email.
A read API over the same record. Lists and daily alerts open at launch; contacts, enrichment and CRM connections are in development.
A rule for every fact: it shows its source, when we collected it and what it may be used for.

When to use which

Use USAspending.gov for

Official totals, audits and anything you will cite as the government's own figure
Grants, loans and agency account spending
Every transaction and modification on one award

Use DataInside for

Researching a company or a market of companies quickly
Following competitors, partners or prospects as they win
Sharing ranked lists of contractors with a team

Questions

Is DataInside's award data different from USAspending.gov's?: No. Every award on DataInside is read from USAspending.gov and links back to its record there. Our record starts later than theirs and holds contract awards only, so for official totals use USAspending.gov.
Does DataInside cost money?: Company search, profiles and the public market pages are free. Paid plans add more exports, shared lists and integrations.

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What USAspending.gov does well

It is the official record. Agencies report their awards to it under the DATA Act, and the Department of the Treasury publishes them.

It covers far more than contracts: grants, loans, other financial assistance, subawards and agency account spending.

Advanced Search filters every award by agency, recipient, industry, place, date and amount, and the results can be downloaded.

Award and recipient profiles show each award's history of modifications and transactions.

Bulk downloads and a public API are free and open to anyone.

What it isn't built for

It is organised around spending, not companies: answering "who is this contractor, who do they work for and what changed this week" takes several searches.

It holds no business contact details, and it doesn't watch companies or send alerts when they win.

Pages are built for searching, not for sharing a ranked list of companies in a market with colleagues.

What DataInside adds

One page per company: its awards, agencies, industries, places of work, teaming partners and parent company, each fact linked to the USAspending.gov record it came from.

Market pages by agency, buying office, industry, state, set-aside and contract vehicle, with the companies that win that work.

A signals feed of new contract awards, and a weekly digest of the week's awards by email.

A read API over the same record. Lists and daily alerts open at launch; contacts, enrichment and CRM connections are in development.

A rule for every fact: it shows its source, when we collected it and what it may be used for.

When to use which

Use USAspending.gov for

Official totals, audits and anything you will cite as the government's own figure
Grants, loans and agency account spending
Every transaction and modification on one award

Use DataInside for

Researching a company or a market of companies quickly
Following competitors, partners or prospects as they win
Sharing ranked lists of contractors with a team

Questions

Is DataInside's award data different from USAspending.gov's?: No. Every award on DataInside is read from USAspending.gov and links back to its record there. Our record starts later than theirs and holds contract awards only, so for official totals use USAspending.gov.
Does DataInside cost money?: Company search, profiles and the public market pages are free. Paid plans add more exports, shared lists and integrations.