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Marketing data sources for SaaS and developer founders

Find external data for market research, competitor analysis and content: data tools, public datasets, industry benchmarks, surveys and reports. Compare coverage, access and limitations.

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Government opportunitiesAccount or API key

SAM.gov Contract Opportunities and Award Data

Find software, cloud, cybersecurity, AI, and data procurement opportunities; identify agencies, incumbents, contract vehicles, and buyer language. Developer-tool and data-product SaaS firms can use official solicitations to validate public-sector demand and procurement requirements.

Coverage: Use the geography stated by the source; coverage can vary by dataset and release. · Find software, cloud, cybersecurity, AI, and data procurement opportunities; identify agencies, incumbents, contract vehicles, and buyer language.

Federal procurement / contractingPrice not confirmed
Government opportunitiesPublic

USAspending.gov API

Measure agency and recipient spending on cloud, IT, analytics, cybersecurity, and research; size government segments and discover past buyers. A credible way to quantify government adoption and budgets for data infrastructure and developer-facing services.

Coverage: Use the geography stated by the source; coverage can vary by dataset and release. · Measure agency and recipient spending on cloud, IT, analytics, cybersecurity, and research; size government segments and discover past buyers.

Federal spending / awardsPrice not confirmed
Government opportunitiesPublic

NIH RePORTER API

Find biomedical data-intensive projects, funded investigators, institutions, and technical research that may need data platforms, pipelines, or specialized developer tooling. Data-product founders can map funded, technically sophisticated research organizations and domain-specific demand without relying on vendor estimates.

Coverage: Use the geography stated by the source; coverage can vary by dataset and release. · Find biomedical data-intensive projects, funded investigators, institutions, and technical research that may need data platforms, pipelines, or specialized developer tooling.

Research funding / public awardsPrice not confirmed
Government opportunitiesMixed

SBIR/STTR Award and Company Data

Discover funded technical startups, award abstracts, agencies, topics, phases, and competitors; identify non-dilutive funding patterns relevant to deep-tech SaaS. Especially useful for developer/data founders selling to or emerging from federally funded technical small businesses.

Coverage: Use the geography stated by the source; coverage can vary by dataset and release. · Discover funded technical startups, award abstracts, agencies, topics, phases, and competitors; identify non-dilutive funding patterns relevant to deep-tech SaaS.

Small-business fundingPrice not confirmed
Government opportunitiesAccount or API key

TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) Search API

Monitor European tenders for cloud, software, data engineering, analytics, and cybersecurity; segment demand by buyer, CPV category, geography, and notice type. Gives developer/data SaaS founders an official, cross-European view of public-sector demand and language.

Coverage: Use the geography stated by the source; coverage can vary by dataset and release. · Monitor European tenders for cloud, software, data engineering, analytics, and cybersecurity; segment demand by buyer, CPV category, geography, and notice type.

European public procurementPrice not confirmed
Government opportunitiesDownload

SBA Open Data

Analyze small-business financing patterns, lender and geography segments, and capital-access context for B2B SaaS market sizing or fintech-adjacent data products. Medium to high for founders researching SMB acquisition, capital access, vertical SaaS markets, and data products serving small businesses.

Coverage: Use the geography stated by the source; coverage can vary by dataset and release. · Analyze small-business financing patterns, lender and geography segments, and capital-access context for B2B SaaS market sizing or fintech-adjacent data products.

Public funding / small-business lending datasetsPrice not confirmed
Government opportunitiesPublic

Grants.gov API

Find public R&D and innovation funding relevant to developer infrastructure, data platforms, cybersecurity, AI, and scientific software; track opportunity themes and deadlines. Useful to technical founders seeking non-dilutive funding or signals about government demand for data products and developer tooling.

Coverage: Use the geography stated by the source; coverage can vary by dataset and release. · Find public R&D and innovation funding relevant to developer infrastructure, data platforms, cybersecurity, AI, and scientific software; track opportunity themes and deadlines.

Government funding and procurement opportunitiesPrice not confirmed
Government opportunitiesMixed

USAspending.gov

Build a GovTech prospecting product that ranks contractors/grantees by agency, award type, geography, amount, and dates, then exposes renewal and competitor signals to federal suppliers. Strong fit for GovTech founders, federal-contracting sales tools, grant intelligence, procurement analytics, and data-enrichment APIs.

Coverage: Use the geography stated by the source; coverage can vary by dataset and release. · Build a GovTech prospecting product that ranks contractors/grantees by agency, award type, geography, amount, and dates, then exposes renewal and competitor signals to federal suppliers.

U.S. federal awards, contracts, grants, and recipient dataPrice not confirmed
Government opportunitiesAccount or API key

SAM.gov Entity Management API

Create a federal-supplier discovery and validation API using UEI, registration status, NAICS/PSC, business type, addresses, and public points of contact to qualify government-sales leads. Strong fit for GovCon SaaS, federal vendor onboarding, supplier-risk, contract-intelligence, and public-sector sales tooling.

Coverage: Use the geography stated by the source; coverage can vary by dataset and release. · Create a federal-supplier discovery and validation API using UEI, registration status, NAICS/PSC, business type, addresses, and public points of contact to qualify government-sales leads.

U.S. government supplier/entity and corporate registration dataPrice not confirmed
Government opportunitiespublic dashboard with possible account areas

Acquisition Gateway Forecast Tool

Federal-market sizing, pipeline discovery and identifying likely recompetes

Coverage: United States federal agencies · Agency, NAICS, estimated award period, strategy, contract type and value band

Federal procurement forecast toolPrice not confirmed
Government opportunitiesOpen access

AusTender

Finding Australian Commonwealth contracting opportunities and analyzing awards

Coverage: Australia; Commonwealth government · Notice, agency, contract, supplier, value, date

Australian Government procurement notices and awardsFree
Government opportunitiesOpen access

CanadaBuys Tender Opportunities

Monitoring Canadian federal tenders and supplier opportunities

Coverage: Canada; federal public procurement · Tender, status, dates, category, buyer

national government procurement noticesFree
Government opportunitiespublic web plus download

DOE Acquisition Forecast

Finding DOE and laboratory procurement demand before solicitation

Coverage: United States; Department of Energy and field offices · Upcoming procurement, office/site, opportunity type and forecast timing

Agency procurement forecastPrice not confirmed
Government opportunitiesPublic government opportunity data

NASA Acquisition Forecast

Finding government sales opportunities and planning federal-market entry

Coverage: United States federal procurement; NASA and JPL · Procurement opportunity, organization, anticipated timing and description

Government procurement forecastFree
Government opportunitiesOpen access

New Zealand Government Electronic Tenders Service (GETS)

Tracking New Zealand public procurement and supplier opportunities

Coverage: New Zealand public-sector buyers · Tender notice, buyer, category, deadline, status

national government tender noticesFree
Government opportunitiesOpen access

UN Global Marketplace (UNGM)

Discovering UN tenders, vendor registration, and UN-system procurement demand

Coverage: UN member-state/global supplier market; 32 UN organizations represented · Notice, organization, category, deadline, contract award

UN system procurement marketplacePrice not confirmed
Government opportunitiesOpen access

US Department of Defense Contracts

Monitoring large DoD awards, vendors, contract values, and defense demand

Coverage: United States; DoD components and contractors · Daily announcement, contractor, award value, service/agency, place

official defense contract award announcementsFree
Government opportunitiesOpen access

World Bank Procurement

Finding supplier opportunities and tracking tenders funded by World Bank projects

Coverage: World Bank-financed projects worldwide · Project, procurement notice, country, sector, deadline

multilateral development-bank procurement noticesFree
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