ConstructConnect and Dodge alternative for Texas public work
We cover less: Texas public owners only, and no plans or bid documents. If you need those, keep ConstructConnect or Dodge.
The short answer
Keep ConstructConnect or Dodge if you need
- Plans, specifications and addenda, or bid dates
- General contractor, subcontractor or supplier contacts
- Work outside Texas
- Projects from the planning stage, before an owner registers them with the state
bondpassed fits if you want
- The public building projects registered with the State of Texas within 75 miles of your office, every Monday
- The design firm as filed on each, and whether TBAE lists it as registered to offer architecture
- The school, city and county bonds behind the next round, never called "passed" before an official result
- A link from every line to the state record
Our founding price is the same as one ConstructConnect Professional market seat ($199/mo, annual contract). We cover less: Texas public owners only. Each project links to its state record, and we show the owner's past design firms (where we've read its history) and the bond status.
At list price ($399/mo per region) we cost more than one ConstructConnect Professional market seat per month, and more than SelectHub's starting figure for one Dodge user.
Prices, from each vendor's own page
| Product and plan | Price | What one price covers | Terms | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bondpassed | $399/mo | One region: everything within 75 miles of your office | 14-day free trial, no card; then monthly, cancel anytime | Our pricing page |
| bondpassed, founding firms | $199/mo | One region | Founding firms: $199/mo for 12 months; first 10 firms | Our pricing page |
| ConstructConnect Project Intelligence, Starter | $129/mo | per market, per seat | No annual commitment; 10% off when billed annually | constructconnect.com/pricing |
| ConstructConnect Project Intelligence, Professional | Starting at $199/mo | per market, per seat | Annual contract required, billed annually or quarterly | constructconnect.com/pricing |
| ConstructConnect Project Intelligence, Premium | Starting at $10,000/yr | a custom plan from its sales team | Quoted by sales | constructconnect.com/pricing |
| Dodge Construction Network, Dodge's own price | No published standard price list | Depends on "the scope of data access, geographic coverage, number of users" | Customized pricing | construction.com |
| Dodge Construction Network, Third-party figure (SelectHub) | From $300/mo | per user | SelectHub's figure, not a price Dodge publishes | selecthub.com (Last Updated: October 26th, 2026) |
"Per market, per seat" and "per user" price one person; our price is per region. Compare what you'd actually buy.
What each one does, in its own words
ConstructConnect
What it offers:
- "Details and key contacts on all bidding projects" (constructconnect.com/pricing)
- "Access to all documents (plans, specifications, and addenda)" (constructconnect.com/pricing)
- "Access to planning projects" (constructconnect.com/pricing)
- "Saved Searches Delivered Daily to Your Inbox" (constructconnect.com/pricing)
- "Follow GCs, architects, and owners" (projects.constructconnect.com)
What it does better than bondpassed:
- Coverage of "over one million US and Canadian projects". (projects.constructconnect.com)
- Plans, specs and addenda for bidding projects, which we don't have. (constructconnect.com/pricing)
- Bidding GCs and decision-makers on each project, which we don't list. (projects.constructconnect.com)
Worth knowing:
- Its pricing FAQ says subscriptions run for the full term, with no refund for cancelling mid-term and no pausing; Starter is month-to-month. (constructconnect.com/pricing)
- Its pricing page doesn't list design-firm history or bond results as plan features. (constructconnect.com/pricing)
Dodge Construction Network
What it offers:
- "Track projects from the first planning permit – months before any bid board." (construction.com)
- "Dodge One: See every project before bid day" (construction.com)
- "IMS: See public projects before RFPs drop" (construction.com)
- "Sweets: Get specified by architects and designers" (construction.com)
- "The Blue Book: Connect with vetted subs and suppliers" (construction.com)
- "Bid Board: Every bid invite, one dashboard." (construction.com)
What it does better than bondpassed:
- "Dodge has been tracking the U.S. construction market for over 130 years." (construction.com)
- National coverage. We cover Texas public owners only. (construction.com)
- Projects from the planning stage, before an RFP. Our project rows start when the owner registers the project with the state; before that we show only the bonds. (construction.com)
Worth knowing:
- "Per-user subscription fees can add up fast for smaller construction firms." (SelectHub, a third-party review site)
bondpassed
What it offers:
- Every Monday, the public building projects registered with TDLR within 75 miles of your office: owner, project, estimated cost entered on TABS, type of work and distance, each linked to its TABS record.
- The design firm as filed, with "registered with TBAE to offer architecture (BR-x)" when the TBAE roster and its search confirm it.
- School, city and county bonds from the Texas Bond Review Board, shown as "no official result yet" until the Board or the county's official canvass posts one.
- For the districts whose TABS history we've read so far, the design firms on their earlier projects.
- A web view and a CSV of the same list.
What it doesn't do:
- No plans, specs, addenda, bid dates or contractor contacts.
- No private projects, and no state but Texas.
- No RFQ alerts and no selection dates.
Other tools Texas firms look at
| Tool | What it does | Where it's stronger | Worth knowing | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burbio Construction Tracker | "Track K-12 construction projects before they become RFPs." (about.burbio.com) | Earlier signal from board meetings, facility plans and bond activity; K-12 only. | Its Construction Tracker page doesn't mention architects or design firms. | No price on its page; demo on request (about.burbio.com) |
| SchoolBondFinder | "Gain valuable insights on proposed, passed, failed, and watched bonds" (edmarket.org) | National; covers proposed and watched bonds, not only passed ones. | K-12 only. The contacts it describes are district employees; its page doesn't mention design firms. | No price on its page; demo on request (edmarket.org) |
| GovSpend | Government purchasing data, pre-RFP signals, and who holds the current contract and when it's up for renewal. (govspend.com) | Spend and contract records across agencies. | Built for public-sector sales teams (Vendr); its site doesn't mention design firms. | No price on its site. Third-party figure: Vendr median $11,576/yr (37 purchases, $7,900 to $49,470). (vendr.com/marketplace/gov-spend (Last updated: February 2026) , not the vendor's own price) |
| BidNet Direct | Lists public solicitations (bids and RFPs). (porchrocket.com, a third-party review site) | Free for member-agency bids; paid plans add other state and local bids by state. | Its own site blocked our reader, so these lines come from porchrocket.com, which sells a competing bid tool. | Free basic tier. Third-party figures for paid plans: one state $599/yr, 3 states $1,199/yr, national $1,999/yr (porchrocket). (porchrocket.com/best-bid-finding-software (Verified November 5, 2026) , not the vendor's own price) |
| Doing it yourself: TDLR TABS and Bond Review Board data | The raw public records we read: TABS registrations and the Bond Review Board's bond elections. | Free, and the source of truth. We link every line back to it. | Owner names on TABS are free text with typos, the "Design Firm" can be an engineer, and a blank Bond Review Board result means not posted yet, not failed. More on reading TABS. | Free, plus your time |
Questions
How does bondpassed's price compare with ConstructConnect and Dodge?
At list price ($399/mo per region) we cost more than one ConstructConnect Professional market seat per month, and more than SelectHub's starting figure for one Dodge user. Our founding price is the same as one ConstructConnect Professional market seat ($199/mo, annual contract). Dodge publishes no standard price list, so we can't compare with a price from Dodge itself. We also cover less than either: Texas public owners only.
How much does ConstructConnect cost?
ConstructConnect's pricing page lists Project Intelligence Starter at $129/mo per market, per seat with no annual commitment, Professional starting at $199/mo per market, per seat with an annual contract, and Premium starting at $10,000/yr (read Nov 7, 2026).
How much does Dodge Construction Network cost?
Dodge does not publish a standard price list; it says pricing is customized based on the scope of data access, geographic coverage and number of users. SelectHub, a third-party review site, lists Dodge from $300/mo per user (read Nov 7, 2026). That is SelectHub's figure, not Dodge's.
Doesn't ConstructConnect show architects too?
Yes. Its project pages say you can "Follow GCs, architects, and owners." bondpassed is narrower: for Texas public owners, it shows the design firm as filed on each state registration, whether TBAE lists that firm as registered to offer architecture, the design firms on an owner's earlier state registrations where we've read its history, and the bonds on the ballot.
Does bondpassed have plans, specs or bid dates?
No. We don't carry plans, specifications, addenda, bid dates or contractor contacts. If you need those, keep ConstructConnect or Dodge.
Can I cancel anytime?
With bondpassed, yes: after the 14-day free trial it's monthly, and you cancel under Billing. ConstructConnect's pricing FAQ says subscriptions run for the full term, with no refund for cancelling mid-term and no pausing; Starter is month-to-month.
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Where the data comes from: each source, how often we read it, and what it does and doesn't prove.
Sources
Outside sources quoted on this page. Our own numbers come from this week's engine run, and each line in your list links to its record.
- ConstructConnect: Pricing, read .
- ConstructConnect: About Project Intelligence, read .
- Dodge Construction Network: construction.com, read .
- Dodge Construction Network: What is Dodge Construction Network, read .
- SelectHub: ConstructConnect vs Dodge, read .
- Burbio: Construction Tracker, read .
- EdMarket: School Bond Finder, read .
- GovSpend: govspend.com, read .
- Vendr: GovSpend pricing, read .
- porchrocket: Best bid-finding software, read .
- TDLR: TABS project search, read .
- Texas Bond Review Board: Local Debt Bond Election Results, read .