Scoutee, the alternative to Periscope S2G that does not sell a region at a time

About Periscope S2G

Periscope S2G, the supplier side of the BidSync platform, is part of SOVRA alongside BidNet Direct and MERX. It calls itself the largest database of government bids in North America and announces more than 100,000 bids a month from states, counties, municipalities, school districts, universities, port authorities and federal and military agencies. Suppliers receive daily notification emails and use a notification app and a searchable bid database. The free S2G Limited account shows what the vendor describes as 2% of all bids. Paid plans are published: $779 a year for one state, $911 for one of eight regions, $1,571 nationally, with extra users at $120 to $516 each and Federal, Military and Canada add-ons at $516 to $1,044 a year. Terms are prepaid and non-refundable.

Why companies move from Periscope S2G to Scoutee

Reason 1: eight regions, or none

Periscope S2G draws the market as a grid: one state, or one of eight regions from A West to H Northeast, or the nation, then Federal, Military and Canada as separate add-ons. A supplier whose customers straddle two regions pays for the national plan or misses half of them. Scoutee draws no grid. More than 100 official sources in more than 30 countries of Europe and North America sit in one index, collected every night and deduplicated, and every plan searches all of them, including the free one.

Reason 2: prepaid and non-refundable, or monthly and cancellable

S2G terms are paid in advance and, the vendor states, not refundable; the annual plans and the six-month option commit the money before the company knows whether the notices fit. Each additional user costs $120 to $516 a year on top. Scoutee is billed monthly and cancelled at any time: 49 euros a month for Pro, 149 euros a month for Team, which includes ten users at no extra charge. The yearly option exists at ten months, and it is a choice, not a condition.

Reason 3: a free plan that shows the whole market

S2G Limited is free and shows about 2% of the bids, which is a sample designed to sell the subscription. Scoutee's free plan searches the entire index, every source in every country, saves searches, sends one daily alert and runs two tender analyses a month, and it never expires. A public MCP server is free as well, without an account, so an assistant can be asked what is open before anyone signs up.

Reason 4: the notice read, not only delivered

Periscope S2G delivers bids and their documents; it advertises no AI. Scoutee's analysis retrieves the documents from the buyer's platform and extracts the deadlines, the budget, the requirements and the criteria that would exclude the company, on one page shared with the workspace. Two analyses a month are free, Pro includes a hundred, Team has no limit, and extra analyses are ten for ten euros. Reading an analysis somebody already ran costs nothing.

Where Periscope S2G is strong

• More than 100,000 North American bids a month, from state agencies down to school districts and port authorities.
• Daily notification emails and a notification app built for suppliers who work from the inbox.
• Federal, Military and Canada add-ons that extend one account beyond state and local buying.
• A free entry point, limited but real, and prices published plan by plan.

FAQ

Does Periscope S2G cover tenders outside the United States?

Canada is an add-on, priced between $516 and $1,044 a year alongside the Federal and Military options. Europe is not covered. Scoutee indexes more than 100 official sources in more than 30 countries of Europe and North America, with no country, region or state sold on the side.

How much does Periscope S2G cost?

Prices are published: S2G Limited free with about 2% of bids, Premium State $779 a year or $109 a month, Premium Regional $911 a year for one of eight regions, Premium National $1,571 a year. Extra users cost $120 to $516 each. All terms are prepaid and non-refundable. Scoutee's Pro plan is 49 euros a month.

Can I try Scoutee before paying?

Yes, on the whole index rather than a sample. The free plan never expires: search every source, save searches, receive one daily alert and run two tender analyses a month. Pro and Team are monthly and cancellable. Nothing is prepaid and nothing is geographic.

Does Scoutee send daily bid notifications like S2G?

Yes. The free plan carries one daily alert; Pro sends a daily alert on every saved search, with keywords proposed from the company profile and translated into the 24 languages of the sources. Scoutee has no separate notification app: alerts arrive by email and the workspace is on the web.

Is Scoutee's coverage really included in every plan?

Yes. Free, Pro and Team search the same index: more than 100 official sources in more than 30 countries, collected every night and deduplicated into one notice per tender. The plans differ by alerts, analyses, users and award history, never by region, state or country.

Sources

• Periscope Holdings, S2G supplier pages, read on 14 September 2026: periscopeholdings.com.
• BidSync, the S2G platform and its subscription plans, read on 13 September 2026: bidsync.com.
• Scoutee, pricing and coverage: scoutee.org/en/pricing and scoutee.org/en/sources.