# Service and pricing federal.contractors is a software-delivered monitoring and evidence service. Every day it re-checks each monitored counterparty against public SAM.gov registration and exclusions data, seals a dated verification record for every completed check, and collects each period into one audit packet that opens without an account. Change notices and exports come from the same records. The canonical HTML version is https://federal.contractors/pricing. The paid service is that recurring work and deliverable, sized by how many active counterparties you monitor. Free exclusion checks and free monitoring for 3 entities are available, described below. Two limits stay in view: no one reviews your roster by hand, and nothing here promises an audit, eligibility, or compliance outcome. ## Annual monitoring and verification records One service with capacity options. Every capacity includes the same evidence workflow. Pay by card, or request an invoice or purchase order for the same annual service. | Active counterparties | Annual service fee | Month-to-month | | --- | --- | --- | | Up to 25 | $490 per organization/year | $49/month | | Up to 150 | $1,490 per organization/year | $149/month | | Up to 1,000 | $3,990 per organization/year | $399/month | Month-to-month service is a separate purchase billed each month, not an installment plan for an annual commitment. Annual service is billed once per year; card billing renews automatically until you cancel. ### Payment and activation Card payment is confirmed by the payment processor's webhook, not by the browser returning from checkout: paid monitoring activates when that confirmation lands, and until then the purchase stays pending. Invoice and purchase-order requests are handled manually; payment terms appear on the issued invoice, and paid monitoring begins after payment or an authorized recorded settlement. A purchase-order request alone does not start paid coverage. ### What can be monitored Each monitored counterparty is tracked by its Unique Entity ID (UEI). When you import a list, names and CAGE codes are used to resolve that identity, and anything ambiguous waits for your confirmation. A valid UEI does not need a profile in this site's public directory to be monitored. Before buying, sign in free, paste your actual list, and read the import preview: it separates rows that resolve exactly from rows you must confirm and rows that match nothing. ### Included at every capacity - Daily checks against SAM.gov Exclusions - A sealed verification record for each completed check - Change notices - Period audit packets - CSV and JSON exports and permanent evidence access ### Term, renewal, and cancellation - Cancel any time. Paid service continues through the end of the paid term. Partial periods are not refunded. - When paid service ends, a roster within the 3-entity free allowance continues automatically. An oversized roster continues only for the saved free selection, up to 3 entities. With no saved selection, the oversized roster pauses instead of choosing entities for you. - Sealed verification records and packets already issued remain accessible after service ends. - Monitoring evidence begins when monitoring starts. A purchase does not supply records from before monitoring began, and reactivating paid service resumes monitoring without backfilling an interruption. Public records created for other accounts do not establish your account's monitoring coverage. - If a card payment fails, paid service continues while the payment is retried. ## Free, ongoing Monitoring for up to 3 entities is an ongoing allowance, not a time-limited trial: daily re-checks run on the same schedule as paid monitoring, and each completed check seals a verification record. No card is required. Manual checks, sealed verification records, and public contractor profiles are also free. Free monitoring issues the same permanent, link-shareable records as paid monitoring. Manual sealing carries ordinary daily allowances. Without an account you can seal 20 records per day, counted per IP address, so everyone sharing an office or campus connection draws on one pool. Signed in, the allowance is 100 records per day for your account. These allowances are separate from the free-check rate limit, from scheduled monitoring records, which are included in monitoring service, and from prepaid API record credits. ## Prepaid API record credits, separate from monitoring Every account receives 50 free API-created verification records once, not a recurring monthly grant. After that, purchase credit packs upfront to create additional records through the API or MCP: $50 per pack of 100 record credits ($0.50 per API-created verification record). No monitoring subscription is required. - Each new API-created record uses one credit - Record retrieval and seal validation are included - Scheduled monitoring records are included in monitoring service and do not consume API credits If a credit purchase is still awaiting confirmation, refresh its status on https://federal.contractors/keys or contact support. Do not start another purchase to resolve a delayed payment confirmation. ## Institutional purchasing Request an annual invoice or purchase order through https://federal.contractors/buying. Sign in once so there is an application account to activate. Provide the service account email separately from the billing contact and include the organization name and purchase-order requirements. The request is handled manually and does not itself activate paid service. ## Notes A free SAM.gov search is always sufficient for the compliance duty (2 CFR 180.300); you pay for documentation, recurring coverage, and time, never for access to public data. Every status shown by the service is tied to a source-specific date. Nothing here claims real-time government data.