Compare E-rate tools
The only E-rate platform that takes you from the 470 to the sent bid
Most E-rate tools show you data. EduErate helps service providers find the opportunity early, write a winning response and run the deal, at a published price.
From first look to sent bid, in one place
Find the 470, read the RFP, price the gear, write the response, proofread it and send it, then track the deal. Other E-rate tools stop at the data.
Talk to districts before the 470 posts
See who has Category 2 budget left and whose Wi-Fi and switches are due, save your Ideal Client Profile, and get alerted when a past client posts a new 470.
AI that works for the provider
Our AI reads RFP attachments and drafts your bid. Prices, quantities and totals always come from your own pricing, and nothing is sent without your review.
Clear, published pricing
Plans from $85 a month. Elite, with unlimited bids and seats, is $3,500 a year: less than a single-seat vendor plan elsewhere.
Feature by feature, for service providers
Included · Partly · Not listed on their website
| Feature | EduErate eduerate.com | Funds For Learning E-rate Manager | QueryBob querybob.com | E-Rate Stats eratestats.com | SkyRate AI Vendor plan | ErateProfitWorks erateprofitworks.com |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Find the opportunity | ||||||
| New Form 470 search and email alerts | Saved searches, daily digests, new 470s every 4 hours | Daily lead emails | Search; 470 alerts not listed | By manufacturer | Daily email | |
| Pre-470 prospecting: C2 budget left + equipment refresh timing | Budget leaderboard, refresh radar, Ideal Client Profiles | Not listed | C2 budget, expiring contracts | Tech Refresh, Up for Bid | Not listed | Pre-window C2 leads |
| Alert when one of YOUR past clients posts a new 470 | Not listed | Monitor add-on, entities you pick | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | |
| Distance from your office on every 470 | Not listed | Proximity map | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | |
| AI sales plan for a target district | Talk track, questions, intro email | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Know the market | ||||||
| Form 471 award and FRN line-item search | With line-item pricing | FRN status | Item 21 line items | |||
| Competitor / SPIN directory and side-by-side comparison | Every SPIN, tiers, compare | Competitor tracking | Reports by SPIN | Provider rankings | Your SPIN, market share | |
| Category 2 budget planner | 5-year planner with FRN history | Separate calculator | C2 budget data | C2 budget data | Applicant C2 tracking | C2 budget tool |
| Win the bid | ||||||
| AI reads the 470's RFP documents for you (PDF, Word, Excel, ZIP) | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | AI scores bids for applicants | Not listed | |
| AI writes your bid response from your profile and pricing | Numbers always come from your pricing | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Product catalog with Ingram Micro pricing and E-rate price history | Not listed | E-rate line-item pricing | Not listed | Not listed | Line-item search by manufacturer | |
| Edit, proofread, preview the PDF and send the bid from the platform | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | |
| Bill of materials recommendations | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | |
| Run the deal | ||||||
| Sales pipeline with stages, activity and email logging | Not listed | Not listed | Target list (25 on Pro) | Not listed | Not listed | |
| Send deals to your CRM | Not listed | Custom work, quoted | Slack, Teams, webhooks on Enterprise | Not listed | Not listed | |
| Team seats | 5 on Pro, unlimited on Elite | Not listed | 3 users included; extra $30–35/mo each | Enterprise, $65/seat/mo | Not listed | Not listed |
| Price and data | ||||||
| Published pricing | From $85/mo or $850/yr. Elite (unlimited bids and seats): $3,500/yr | Not published (demo) | From $250/mo or $3,000/yr, plus per-state, per-user and add-on fees | Free, $39/mo, or $99/mo + $65/seat | $499/mo or $4,790/yr | Not published (demo) |
| Data freshness | Full USAC sync nightly; new 470s every 4 hours | Daily | Daily | Daily | Auto-sync (interval not stated) | Daily emails |
| Built for | Service providers, coordinators, schools and manufacturers | Applicants and partners | Providers, consultants, manufacturers, state coordinators | Consultants, providers, schools | Applicants, consultants, vendors | Service providers and manufacturers |
Based on each company’s public website and published pricing as of November 2026. “Not listed” means we couldn’t find the feature described on their site, not that it definitely doesn’t exist. Product names belong to their owners; this comparison isn’t endorsed by them. Spot something out of date? Let us know and we’ll correct it.
Also built for coordinators, schools and manufacturers
Coordinators get a portfolio and milestone tracker, the C2 narrative and RFP builder and the bid evaluation matrix. Schools get their full filing history, E-rate inventory and the Item 21 bid converter. Manufacturers get regional 470 routing and a partner pipeline.