1lookupData and validation APIs
From $6.00
per 1,000 contractor lookups; $14.85 on Starter
Federal contract data
Starter at $500 a year for 1 user: market intelligence, unlimited searches, alerts and pipelines, export of 1000 records per search and API access
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Annual market plans vs price per company
HigherGov sells federal market data on annual plans from $500, and 1Lookup checks one company's federal contracts for $0.015 when it has any.
Looking for a HigherGov alternative? This page sets HigherGov pricing beside 1Lookup, with every HigherGov figure taken from its own published pages, checked October 2026.
- 7-day free trial on every plan
- No contract and no minimum volume
3
Credits per company
about $0.01 on Starter
0
Credits when no contract awards
no awards, no charge
Up to 5
Candidates listed for a vague name
free, then run it again with the UEI
3
Federal fiscal years in the total
FY2024 to FY2026, named in every answer
At a glance
Here is where 1Lookup wins against HigherGov, and where HigherGov still wins.
Both can tell you what a company has been awarded. HigherGov is a government market platform: opportunity search and forecasts, pursuit management, awardee profiles with grants and subcontracts, and an API on every plan, from $500 a year for one user. 1Lookup answers one question per call from a company name or a UEI: whether the company holds federal contracts, how many dollars it was awarded over the last three federal fiscal years, how many awards that is, which agencies paid it and in which industries, billed from one shared credit balance only when the company has federal awards.
1lookupWhere 1Lookup wins- A price per answer instead of a plan: one company's finished federal contract record in one call, with no annual term, no seat count and no record allowance to size
- A name that fits several companies, a company with no contract dollars in the window, a name nobody holds and a source outage cost nothing, and a CSV with a company column returns one row per company
- The right registration is chosen for you, with the parent company named and up to five candidates listed when the name is ambiguous
- The same key and balance also pay for phone, email and IP validation, so a vendor or lead check is one API
What it costs
From $6.00
per 1,000 contractor lookups; $14.85 on Starter
Where HigherGov wins- An awardee profile built for research. Its docs describe an overview with the parent or child awardee and its hierarchy, a funding analysis of contract and grant obligations over time, registration with set-aside classifications, GSA schedules, contract vehicles, contract and grant awards (prime and sub) and partners such as teaming and joint ventures.
- It reaches past prime contracts. Its data scope includes 'non-classified prime contracts and grants reported by the government and subcontracts and subgrants as reported by prime awardees', and a parent's page includes the awards of its children.
- Much more than a company lookup on one subscription: federal and state and local opportunities and forecasts, pursuit management, a vendor people database, a labor pricing tool and an M&A and investor database.
- An API on every plan. The docs say the federal contract, federal grant and awardee data refresh daily, and the API page says 'HigherGov subscribers can get started today with a generous free tier'.
- A look at an awardee profile before paying: the awardee search and a profile page opened with no account on 25 October 2026.
What it costs
Starter at $500 a year for 1 user: market intelligence, unlimited searches, alerts and pipelines, export of 1000 records per search and API access
Short answer
HigherGov is a government market intelligence platform on annual plans: Starter is $500 a year for one user and Standard is $2,500 a year for up to ten, each with an API of 10,000 records a month. 1Lookup's Federal Contractor Lookup returns one company's contract dollars, award count, agencies and industries for 3 credits, about $0.015 on Starter, only when it has federal awards.
What replaces what
Here is which 1Lookup product matches each HigherGov job.
HigherGov sells the awardee profile inside an annual market platform. This is the contract record of one company as a single API call on a shared credit balance, charged only when the company has federal contract dollars in the window.
Side by side
Both products are measured on the same criteria, using HigherGov's own published numbers.
| Criteria | 1lookup | |
|---|---|---|
| Contact-data coverage | EmailPhoneIP | EmailPhoneIP |
| Pricing model | Monthly plans with universal credits; core phone, email and IP lookups cost 1 credit, enrichment and intelligence products cost more | Annual subscriptions per account, with the API on every plan, not a price per lookup. Starter is $500 a year for 1 user and exports 1000 records per search; Standard is $2,500 a year for up to 10 users and exports 20000 records per search; Enterprise is custom for unlimited users and exports 100000 records per search. The API documentation says 'All HigherGov subscriptions include access to the API and 10,000 records per month through the API', and asks customers who need more data to make contact for pricing. |
| Starting price | $99/mo for 20,000 credits. At 3 credits each (Federal Contractor Lookup API), that is $14.85 per 1,000 contractor lookups on Starter, down to $6.00 on Enterprise. | Starter at $500 a year for 1 user: market intelligence, unlimited searches, alerts and pipelines, export of 1000 records per search and API access. |
| Free option | Free single lookups via the online tools at 1lookup.io/tools, no account required | No free plan on the pricing page. Awardee search and an awardee profile page opened with no sign-in in a logged-out browser on 25 October 2026; the API is included with a subscription. |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial on every plan: $5 of credits on Starter, $20 on Growth, Professional, and Enterprise, with no payment today | Two week free trial: the sign-up page reads 'Two week free trial' above its Start Free Trial button. |
| Do credits expire? | Unused monthly credits roll over for 3 months; separately purchased credits last 1 year | No credits: the API allowance is counted in records, 10,000 a month on every subscription. |
At volume
This is what HigherGov charges at each volume it publishes.
| Volume | Price | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|
 1Lookup, every plan | $99 to $1,999 a month | $2.00 to $4.95 |
| Starter: 1 user, export of 1000 records per search, API on the plan | $500 a year | - |
| Standard: up to 10 users, export of 20000 records per search | $2,500 a year | - |
| Enterprise: unlimited users, export of 100000 records per search | Custom | - |
HigherGov figures verified October 2026 against highergov.com.
How you buy
This is how you buy from 1Lookup and from HigherGov.
1lookupHow it is sold
Monthly plans with universal credits; core phone, email and IP lookups cost 1 credit, enrichment and intelligence products cost more
What it starts at
$99/mo for 20,000 credits
How you try it
7-day free trial on every plan: $5 of credits on Starter, $20 on Growth, Professional, and Enterprise, with no payment today
How it is sold
Annual subscriptions per account, with the API on every plan, not a price per lookup
What it starts at
Starter at $500 a year for 1 user: market intelligence, unlimited searches, alerts and pipelines, export of 1000 records per search and API access
How you try it
Two week free trial: the sign-up page reads 'Two week free trial' above its Start Free Trial button
A real result
This is what one 1Lookup result looks like.
Send a name or a UEI
POST a company name of 2 to 150 characters, or the 12-character UEI. A UEI wins when both are sent, and a malformed entry is refused with a clear error and costs nothing.
We find the one company and read its awards
We search the federal government's public spending database, choose the one registration that clearly fits, and total its contract awards over FY2024 to FY2026. If several companies fit, we list up to five and stop there.
Get the record, flat and structured
The dollars, award count, agencies and industries arrive in one JSON payload. A company with contract awards bills 3 credits, and every other answer bills nothing.
One call returns a company's federal contract record
- Company
- SAMPLE AEROSPACE SYSTEMS INC
- UEI
- SMPLE0000001
- Record
- Parent registration, TX
- Window
- FY2024 to FY2026
- Contract dollars
- $1,284,500,000
- Contract awards
- 412
- Largest agency
- Department of Defense
- Top industry
- Aircraft Manufacturing
- Small business
- No
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{
"classification": {
"found": true,
"outcome": "found",
"name": "SAMPLE AEROSPACE SYSTEMS INC",
"uei": "SMPLE0000001",
"window": "FY2024 to FY2026",
"total_obligated_usd": 1284500000,
"contract_count": 412,
"top_agency": "Department of Defense",
"top_industry": "Aircraft Manufacturing",
"all_awards_all_time_usd": 3912000000
},
"insights": {
"federal_contractor_result": {
"top_agencies": [{ "name": "Department of Defense", "amount_usd": 1020000000 }],
"top_naics": [{ "code": "336411", "amount_usd": 702400000 }],
"data_source": "usaspending"
}
},
"metadata": { "credits_used": 3 }
}Try the Free Federal Contractor Search, one of 1Lookup's free tools.
Run one lookup in your browser and see the result before you decide.
The evidence
Here is the evidence behind every number on this page.
Here are HigherGov and 1Lookup side by side on the terms you check before you sign.
The terms that decide what a year actually costs, rather than what the first month does. “Not listed” means we could not verify it on either product’s published pages, not that the answer is nothing.
| Term | 1Lookup | HigherGov |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum commitment | None. Monthly plans with no contract and no minimum volume; cancel any time | Priced per year: the pricing page prints Starter at $500/year and Standard at $2500/year. The FAQ says payment by ACH or wire transfer is also accepted. |
| Cost per extra seat | Not listed | Starter covers 1 user, Standard up to 10 users and Enterprise unlimited users, at a price per plan and not per seat. |
| Going over your quota | Not listed | 10,000 API records a month on every subscription; the documentation asks customers who need more to contact HigherGov with their use case for pricing. |
| API access | Included on every plan and during the free trial; there is no tier that unlocks it | Included on every subscription with 10,000 records a month; only an account administrator can create keys. |
| Rate limit | 200 requests per 10 seconds for each API key on standard lookups and 1,000 requests a minute for each key on number type, HLR and MNP, and each account can make up to 1,000 requests a minute in total across all its keys; higher limits are available on request | Not listed |
| Support | Starter: Email Support; Growth: Priority Email & Chat Support; Professional: Chat + Live Meeting; Enterprise: Dedicated CSM | The pricing page lists live analyst support and live training on Starter, and a dedicated success manager with onboarding and unlimited training on Standard and Enterprise. The docs also point to a chat. |
This is the HigherGov fine print worth reading twice.
Published terms that change what HigherGov costs or what you can do with it. Each one links to the HigherGov page it was read on, because a claim about somebody else’s contract should be checkable in one click.
The API is included with a subscription and capped at 10,000 records a month; more data is quoted on request.
Read it on HigherGov’s siteFunding-analysis data is typically available within 30 days of the award, except for the Department of Defense, which is typically delayed 90 days.
Read it on HigherGov’s site
1Lookup
HigherGov
HigherGov pricing and product facts verified against highergov.com as of October 2026. Prices change, so confirm on the vendor’s site. 1Lookup numbers come from the live rate card.
Who it is for
Pick 1Lookup or stay with HigherGov depending on the job in front of you.
1lookupChoose 1Lookup if
you want to check a company's federal contracts as a single call with a price per answer, with no annual plan to buy first, from the same balance that pays for your phone, email and IP checks.
HigherGovConsider HigherGov instead if
you sell to government and want a whole market platform: HigherGov adds opportunity search and forecasts, pursuit management, subcontract and grant data, a vendor people database and an API on every plan from $500 a year.
Questions
People ask these questions before they switch from HigherGov.
What is HigherGov used for?
Winning government business. Its plans cover federal and state and local opportunities and forecasts, pursuit management, a vendor people database, a labor pricing tool and an M&A and investor database, and its awardee profiles show a contractor's hierarchy, funding analysis, registration with set-aside classifications, GSA schedules, contract vehicles, prime and sub awards and partners.
How does HigherGov pricing work?
Checked October 2026: Starter is $500 a year for 1 user and exports 1000 records per search, Standard is $2,500 a year for up to 10 users and exports 20000 records per search, and Enterprise is custom with unlimited users and 100000 records per search. Every plan includes the API, and the sign-up page offers a two week free trial. There is no free plan, and no price per lookup is printed.
How much does 1Lookup charge for a contractor check?
3 credits per company with federal awards, free when the company has no federal awards. On the Starter plan ($99 a month for 20,000 credits) a company is about $0.015, which covers 6,666 companies a month and is $14.85 per 1,000. At the Enterprise end of the rate card it is about $0.006. HigherGov is the cheaper bill to start: Starter is $500 a year, against $1,188 for twelve Starter months, and it buys a whole platform, where 1Lookup answers one question.
What does HigherGov return on a contractor, and what does 1Lookup return?
HigherGov's awardee profile is built for research: an overview with the parent or child awardee and its hierarchy, a funding analysis of contract and grant obligations over time, registration with set-aside classifications, GSA schedules, contract vehicles, contract and grant awards (prime and sub) and partners. 1Lookup returns a finished summary instead: the contract dollars over the last three completed federal fiscal years with the window named, the number of contract awards, the top five agencies and the top five industries with their dollars, the parent, the state and whether the company is a small business.
Does HigherGov have an API, and how does that compare?
Yes, on every subscription. The documentation says all HigherGov subscriptions include access to the API and 10,000 records per month, asks customers who need more to make contact for pricing, and says only an account administrator can create keys. 1Lookup is one POST per company with a company name or a UEI, and each answer is one finished record billed in credits, so there is no record allowance to size.
How current is each source?
HigherGov's documentation says its federal contract, federal grant and awardee data refresh daily, and that funding-analysis data is typically available within 30 days of the award, except for the Department of Defense, which is typically delayed 90 days. 1Lookup reads the federal government's public spending database when you ask, so it is as current as that record is. A repeat lookup of the same input by the same user within one day is answered from the cache at no charge.
Can I try HigherGov before paying?
Yes. The sign-up page reads 'Two week free trial', and on 25 October 2026 the awardee search and a profile page opened without an account. 1Lookup also starts with a 7-day free trial.
Which registration does 1Lookup pick when a company has several?
Federal records often hold the same business more than once: a parent, its children and look-alike names. 1Lookup takes the one that clearly leads, such as an exact name or an exact UEI. If several companies fit, it returns up to five of them with their UEI and state, so you can look again with the UEI, and it charges nothing for that answer.
Where does HigherGov beat 1Lookup?
On everything around the record. HigherGov covers grants and subcontracts as well as prime contracts, shows a contractor's partners, contract vehicles and set-aside registrations, and adds the opportunity search, forecasts and pursuit tools that a sales team uses to find the next award. 1Lookup returns the contract totals of one company and does not search opportunities.
What is the best HigherGov alternative?
If you sell to government and want a platform around the record, HigherGov is built for that, and GovTribe is the other per-seat option. If you want one company's contract dollars, awards, agencies and industries as a single API call, 1Lookup's Federal Contractor Lookup bills 3 credits only when the company has federal awards, with no annual plan to buy first.
Is HigherGov worth it in 2026?
If a team works in government opportunities every week, yes: $500 a year for a seat is a small price against one contract won, and the API comes with it. If the only job is to check whether a company really holds federal contracts, compare the per-company price of 1Lookup with a plan you would buy for that one job.
1lookupCheck whether a company holds federal contracts, and how much.
Try 1Lookup free for 7 days and compare it with HigherGov on your own work.
3 credits for each company with federal awards, about $0.015 on Starter, on the same balance as phone, email and IP checks. Start with the 7-day free trial.
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