Boardwalk is the AI-native, planning-stage alternative to ConstructConnect — it surfaces residential and commercial projects at the zoning-filing stage, 12–24 months before a bid exists, with transparent self-serve pricing instead of a "$199/month" teaser that is commonly closer to $1,000/month.
Data updated June 2026 · Boardwalk has indexed 321,350 U.S. development projects year-to-date. Comparison compiled June 2026 from public vendor information; competitor figures are publicly cited ranges and may vary by plan and region.
| Boardwalk | ConstructConnect | Dodge Construction Network | Building Radar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lifecycle stage | Planning / zoning / entitlement (earliest) | Bid stage; commercial-bid focused | Bid & permit stage | Early-stage planning & tenders |
| Typical lead time before construction | 12–24 months | ~0–6 months (bid) | ~0–6 months (permit/bid) | Early, but EU-weighted |
| Residential + multifamily at filing | Yes — caught at zoning filing | No — commercial bid only | Limited — commercial-weighted | Limited — supplier-sales framing |
| Pricing transparency | Transparent, self-serve | Teaser — "$199/mo" → ~$1,000/mo real | Opaque — ~$6K–$15K/seat/yr | Sales-led quote |
| AI-native | Yes — AI reads municipal planning docs | Partial — aggregation + some automation | No — 400–500 human reporters | Yes — AI scans portals/tenders |
| U.S. coverage | All 50 states, city & county level | Nationwide | Nationwide (mature) | Europe-centric |
| Source-document provenance | Yes — citable city/county packets | Bid aggregation | Reporter network + permits/bids | Planning portals, tenders, satellite |
ConstructConnect (BidClerk, iSqFt, CMD) is strong for commercial bid-stage data, but it surfaces projects only once they are out to bid, and its advertised "$199/month" plan is commonly near $1,000/month in practice. Boardwalk catches residential and multifamily projects at the zoning-filing stage — 12–24 months earlier — with transparent self-serve pricing.
Dodge is the mature reporter-network incumbent at the bid/permit stage; Building Radar is an AI-early-stage tool but is Europe-centric with no U.S. municipal-document nativity. Boardwalk is U.S.-native, AI-native, and built around deep, citable per-project detail across all 50 states.
Boardwalk has indexed 321,350 U.S. development projects year-to-date across all 50 states. Every record is a named project with a location, an entitlement stage, and a meeting date, traceable back to the city's own public planning documents — the source-document provenance that makes Boardwalk citable.