How Boardwalk is different
Early-stage projects at scale, found first, at a price your whole team can use.
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Why Boardwalk
First to know
Projects show up at their first public hearing, often months before construction starts.
Early-stage projects, at scale
160,000+ private development projects a year, from 16,500+ cities, towns, and counties.
Software, not phone calls
Boardwalk reads agendas, minutes, and staff reports every week. Each project links to its filing.
Priced for the whole team
$500 a year for a county, with 10 seats and 100,000 project exports a month.
Boardwalk and the alternatives
From each company's own website, with sources and dates.
Dodge Construction Network
What it is
Commercial projects from planning on, checked by field specialists, with plans and specs for bidding. Prices by demo.
Where Boardwalk is different
Starts at the public hearing, links every filing, and publishes its prices.
Sources: construction.com, construction.com/apis, checked Oct 11, 2026.
ConstructConnect
What it is
Bidding and estimating, priced per seat in each market. Planning-stage projects start at $199 a month.
Where Boardwalk is different
Planning-stage projects in every subscription, priced by area, with 10 seats included.
Source: constructconnect.com/pricing, checked Oct 11, 2026.
Construction Wire
What it is
Private commercial projects of $500K or more, verified by phone: 3,000 to 5,000 a month, by its count. Prices by phone.
Where Boardwalk is different
About 13,000 private projects a month, found in public meetings by software.
Sources: constructionwire.com/Features, constructionwire.com/Faq, checked Oct 14, 2026.
Construction Monitor
What it is
Building permits nationwide, updated daily. Online, it sells monthly access to one jurisdiction at a time, in five states.
Where Boardwalk is different
Planned projects from the first public hearing, in all 50 states and DC.
Sources: shop.constructionmonitor.com, constructionmonitor.com/data, checked Oct 14, 2026.
Doing it yourself
What it is
The records are free on each city and county website, each in its own format, if someone keeps rereading them.
Where Boardwalk is different
16,500+ places read weekly, each project merged into one record, new ones emailed to you.