Scoutee, the alternative to ibau that is not bought by territory

About ibau

ibau is a German publisher of tender and construction-project information. It monitors more than 50,000 awarding authorities across the sixteen federal states and publishes around 450,000 public notices a year, in building, civil engineering, services, supplies and trade. Alongside public notices it follows private and commercial building projects through their phases, from first discussion and planning to the site itself, and publishes submission results. Its main product, ibau Xplorer, adds alerts on publication, on correction and on a change of phase, the tender documents, a company database and decision-maker contacts; the company says 145 researchers and artificial intelligence watch the market daily. Nothing is priced on the site: a presentation is booked, and the subscription is quoted by the geography covered, on a twelve-month term.

Why companies move from ibau to Scoutee

Reason 1: one country, and inside it a territory you buy

ibau watches Germany, and the subscription is sized by the geography a company works in. A firm bidding in two federal states pays for two; widening to the whole country, or following a client into Austria or the Netherlands, is another quote. Scoutee has no territory to buy. More than 100 official sources in more than 30 countries of Europe and North America sit in every plan, the free one included, collected every night and deduplicated into one row per tender. A German company that reads Dutch and Polish notices pays the same 49 euros.

Reason 2: a published price instead of a presentation

ibau publishes no figure. The site invites a free presentation and the quote follows, on a twelve-month term, sized by territory; forum posts cite around 260 euros a month and, for wider scopes, over 400, undated and unconfirmed. Scoutee prints its prices: a free plan, Pro at 49 euros a month, Team at 149 euros a month for ten users, monthly and cancellable at any time. A company knows the cost before it creates an account, and no sales call stands between the two.

Reason 3: an AI that reads the file, not only the market

ibau says artificial intelligence helps its 145 researchers watch the market; it does not offer an AI reading of a tender file. On Scoutee that reading is the product. An analysis retrieves the documents from the buyer's platform and returns the deadlines, the budget, the requirements and the exclusion criteria on one page the workspace shares. The free plan runs two a month, Pro 100, Team without a limit, and ten extra analyses cost ten euros. Reading an analysis someone already ran is free.

Reason 4: a free plan that never ends, and 24 languages

Before ibau shows a price it shows a presentation. Scoutee's free plan never expires: it searches every source, saves searches, sends one daily alert and runs two analyses a month. When a company does subscribe, Pro proposes keywords from its profile and translates them into the 24 languages of the sources, so a search written in German also finds Dutch, Danish and Polish notices. The company memory keeps the references and certifications the next bid starts from.

Where ibau is strong

• Depth in German construction: 50,000 awarding authorities and about 450,000 public notices a year.
• Private and commercial building projects followed by phase, long before a public notice exists.
• Submission results published, so a bidder sees what the competition offered.
• A company database with decision-maker contacts, useful for subcontracting and for approaching a planner.

FAQ

Does ibau cover tenders outside Germany?

ibau presents itself as a German service: the sixteen federal states, German awarding authorities, German construction projects. Notices published only on the national portals of Austria, the Netherlands, Poland or North America are not its subject. Scoutee collects more than 100 official sources in more than 30 countries of Europe and North America, every night, with no territory option.

How much does ibau cost?

ibau publishes no price. A free presentation is booked, then the subscription is quoted by the geography covered, on a twelve-month term. Forum posts cite around 260 euros a month, and over 400 for wider coverage, undated and unconfirmed by ibau. Scoutee's Pro plan is 49 euros a month, published on the site, monthly, cancellable.

Can I try Scoutee before paying?

Yes, without a presentation. The free plan never expires: search every source, save searches, receive one daily alert and run two tender analyses a month. Pro at 49 euros and Team at 149 euros are monthly and cancellable at any time. The public MCP server answers without an account.

Does Scoutee follow private building projects like ibau?

No. Scoutee indexes official sources: public notices from more than 100 portals and journals in more than 30 countries, including award notices on Team. Early private project intelligence is ibau's own work and stays a reason to use it. What Scoutee adds on a published notice is the documents and their analysis.

Is Scoutee's coverage really included in every plan?

Yes. Free, Pro and Team search the same index of more than 100 official sources in more than 30 countries, collected every night and deduplicated. The plans differ by alerts, analyses, users and the award history on Team. Nothing is sold by federal state, by country or by region.

Sources

• ibau, coverage and services, read on 14 September 2026: ibau.de.
• ibau Xplorer, product page, read on 14 September 2026: ibau.de.
• Scoutee, pricing and coverage: scoutee.org/en/pricing and scoutee.org/en/sources.