PursuIQ vs SamSearch

PursuIQ is government RFP matching software for small and mid-sized federal contractors. It matches live SAM.gov opportunities to your company profile, scores each one for fit, and shows the reasoning behind the score, including fit, gaps, and risk, so your team can make the bid/no-bid call in minutes.

SamSearch is a broader government contracting platform that helps contractors discover opportunities across many public-sector sources, analyze solicitation documents, find partners, manage pipeline activity, and generate proposal responses. The simple split is this: SamSearch covers more of the workflow, while PursuIQ is focused on the earlier question most small teams need answered first, which opportunities are actually worth bidding on.

At a glance

What PursuIQ is

PursuIQ is government RFP matching software built for small and mid-sized federal contractors.

It is not trying to be a giant procurement suite. The point is narrower than that.

You build a company profile. PursuIQ pulls live opportunities from SAM.gov, matches them to that profile, and gives each one a fit score. Then it shows the reasoning behind the score, including where you fit, where you have gaps, and what risks may make the bid harder than it looks.

That matters because the hard part is not always finding more opportunities. Most teams can find more. The harder part is knowing which ones deserve time, which ones are a stretch, and which ones are quietly not worth a proposal.

PursuIQ is built around that front-of-funnel decision.

There is a Free tier at $0 with no card required, and Full Access at $39 per month. It is best for smaller federal contractors, roughly $1M to $10M, that want a simpler way to filter live SAM.gov opportunities before committing capture and proposal time.

What SamSearch is

SamSearch is a platform for government contracting that helps contractors discover relevant opportunities, analyze solicitation documents, and generate proposal responses. It is positioned as contractor-side software, not agency-side software.

Its coverage is broad. SamSearch spans federal opportunities, state, local, and education sources, defense via DIBBS, GSA eBuy, subcontracting sources, government forecast data, federal awards, grants, and SBIR/STTR opportunities. The vendor states that this is aggregated across 5,000+ sources and includes a large contractor directory for partner discovery.

SamSearch also includes document intelligence, proposal generation and editing, partner and prime/subcontractor discovery, pipeline and capture management through Journey Hub, scheduled searches, smart alerts, market intelligence, and Enterprise features such as SOC 2, SSO, API access, and custom integrations.

In plain English, SamSearch is trying to cover a wider government contracting workflow, from opportunity discovery through proposal activity.

Pricing is not publicly listed. The vendor pricing page shows Starter, Pro, and Enterprise tiers, and each routes to Book Demo. Third-party pricing figures vary, so buyers should confirm directly with the vendor. Learn more at samsearch.co.

Who each is for

SamSearch fits teams that want broad coverage and a bigger workflow.

If you pursue opportunities across federal, SLED, defense, grants, and SBIR/STTR, want to search across many sources at once, summarize long solicitations, identify potential partners, and manage proposal work in one place, that is the lane SamSearch is built for. It may make sense for teams that want more than SAM.gov matching and are ready for a broader system.

PursuIQ fits a narrower job, on purpose.

It is for small and mid-sized federal contractors that need to decide what to bid on this week. The workflow is simple: match live SAM.gov opportunities to your company profile, score them, and show the fit, gaps, and risk clearly enough that a small team can say yes or no without turning every notice into a research project.

Put simply, SamSearch is broader. PursuIQ is lighter, more focused, and centered on the bid/no-bid call.

Can you use them together

Yes. They sit at different points in the same pursuit process.

A team could use PursuIQ as the front-of-funnel filter. It helps decide which live SAM.gov opportunities deserve attention and why. Once an opportunity clears that bar, a broader platform like SamSearch can help with document analysis, partner discovery, pipeline work, and proposal activity.

That is the cleanest way to compare them. PursuIQ helps you decide what deserves time. SamSearch helps across more of the workflow after that decision. They are complementary, not interchangeable.

FAQ

Is PursuIQ a replacement for SamSearch?

Not exactly. PursuIQ is focused on the front-of-funnel decision: matching live SAM.gov opportunities to your profile and scoring each one for fit, gaps, and risk so you can make a bid/no-bid call in minutes. SamSearch covers a broader workflow across more sources, including discovery, document analysis, partner discovery, pipeline management, and proposal generation.

Does PursuIQ pull from SAM.gov?

Yes. PursuIQ matches live opportunities from SAM.gov to your company profile, then scores each one for fit and shows the reasoning behind the score.

How is PursuIQ priced vs SamSearch?

PursuIQ has a Free tier at $0 with no card required and Full Access at $39 per month. SamSearch pricing is not publicly listed. Its pricing page shows Starter, Pro, and Enterprise tiers that each route to Book Demo, and third-party pricing figures vary.

Which is better for a small contractor?

It depends on the job. If a small or mid-sized contractor mainly needs to decide which live federal opportunities are worth bidding on this week, PursuIQ is built for that and starts free. If the team also wants broader coverage across federal, SLED, defense, grants, SBIR/STTR, plus proposal and workflow tooling, SamSearch covers more of the process.

Know which federal contracts to bid on and why. Start free at pursuiq.com.