The plan
$299 a month per brokerage
Up to 3 states. Every user at your brokerage. Monthly, cancel any time.
Start free trial 14 days free, no card
One plan: $299 a month per brokerage.
Up to 3 states and every user at your brokerage. Try it free for 14 days, no card.
Founding price
$149 a month
For the first 10 brokerages that subscribe, locked for 12 months. Same plan, same features.
10 founding places in total.
Start the free trial as usual. The founding price is applied when you subscribe, while places last.
DAT One broker plans are $159–$449 a month and show loads once they're posted. awardlanes is $299 a month and shows USDA's contract lanes, usually before the delivery window opens.
Of the 8,355 lane records we listed on Nov 7, 2026, 6,256 had a delivery window that hadn't opened yet. [1] Load board prices: the comparison below.
What's included
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Up to 3 states
Any of the 48 contiguous states and DC. A lane counts when its plant or any destination is in one of them.
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Every user at your brokerage
Invite your team. One price for the brokerage, no per-user fee. One price for the brokerage, no per-user fee. Invite emails to teammates aren't switched on yet.
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Your states' USDA lanes
Vendor, plant city, destination, quantity and delivery window for each lane with deliveries still due, copied from USDA's award notices.
Texas: 862 lanes from 77 award notices, as of Nov 7, 2026. [1]
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A Monday email A Monday email, once it's switched on
The week's most useful lanes for your states, each with its USDA source link. Until then, the same lanes are in the app.
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CSV and PDF export
Plant, destinations, window, quantity, contract and the USDA link for each lane, ready for your TMS or CRM.
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Every lane links to the USDA page it came from
The award notice page and the solicitation, one click each, plus USDA's Bid Array spreadsheet when USDA posted one.
8,197 of 8,355 listed findings link a Bid Array, as of Nov 7, 2026. [1]
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Wrong record? button
Report a wrong value on any lane and we check it against USDA's files.
What it doesn't give you
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Truck counts or freight prices
Award prices are delivered food prices, not freight. We give the line count and quantity USDA printed.
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Pickup dates
The record gives a delivery window, not a pickup date or appointment.
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A load to book
An award is USDA's contract with a food vendor, not a tender. The vendor may already have a carrier, and USDA can change a contract.
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Contact names, phone numbers or emails
Vendor contacts are not included today. You get the vendor's name, the plant city and the contract number, as printed on the award.
Every value is copied from USDA's records. Where the data comes from · 30 of 30 random lanes rebuilt from USDA's files on Nov 6, 2026. [2]
How the free trial works
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Step 1: Day 1
Your states' lanes, CSV and PDF exports, and your team. Your states' lanes and CSV and PDF exports. Only a work email, no card.
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Step 2: Every Monday Every week
The week's lanes for your states by email. New lanes for your states in the app. The Monday email isn't switched on yet.
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Step 3: Before day 14
We email you that the trial is ending. Settings, Billing in the app shows how many days are left.
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Step 4: After day 14
Subscribe at $299 a month, or $149 while founding places last. Book a call to subscribe at $299 a month, or $149 while founding places last. Online billing isn't switched on yet, so nothing is charged. If you don't subscribe, your lanes stay readable and exports lock until you do.
What brokers pay for other tools
Prices as each vendor's own page showed them on Nov 7, 2026 [3]. Most do a different job: a load board shows a load once it's posted, awardlanes shows the USDA award behind it. If you need both, use both.
| Tool | Price | What it shows | For USDA lanes | Source |
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| awardlanes | $299/mo per brokerageFounding: $149/mo Founding price for the first 10 brokerages. Up to 3 states, every user. 14-day free trial, no card. | USDA food-award lanes for your states: vendor, plant, destination, quantity and delivery window. | Not a load board. It shows the USDA contract behind loads that haven't been posted yet, linked to USDA's page. | This page |
| DAT One | Express $159/moSelect Broker $319/moOffice Broker $449/mo The page does not say whether this is per user. | A load board: posted loads, rates and carriers. | Shows a load once someone posts it, not USDA's award behind it. Use both. | dat.com/load-boards checked Nov 7, 2026 |
| Truckstop load board (broker) | Basic $109 per user/moPro $239 per user/moPremium $369 per user/mo Plus fees and taxes. | A load board: posted loads and carriers. | Shows posted loads, not the award behind them. | truckstop.com/product/load-board checked Nov 7, 2026 |
| Truckstop Shipper Hub (add-on) | $99/mo$199/mo Requires an active Load Board subscription. | A database of shipper records with search, on top of the load board. | General shipper records. Its page doesn't mention USDA or government awards. | truckstop.com/product/shipper-hub checked Nov 7, 2026 |
| FreightBrokerLeads.ai | Starter $99/moProfessional $299/mo | A list of shippers with contacts and lane-corridor search. | A list of who might ship, not a dated contract with lanes. No USDA data on its page. | freightbrokerleads.ai checked Nov 7, 2026 |
| LaneRadar | Pay per lead, from $99 | Leads ranked by triggers such as a new facility, funding or hiring. | Its triggers don't include USDA or procurement awards. | laneradar.com/best-freight-lead-sources checked Nov 7, 2026 |
| HigherGov | Starter $500/yrStandard $2,500/yr | Federal award records: vendor, amount and dates. | No destination cities or per-line delivery periods. Those are only in USDA's own award files. | highergov.com/pricing checked Nov 7, 2026 |
| USDA portal, by hand | Free | The original award notices (PDF) and Bid Array spreadsheets. | It's all there, in PDF tables. Texas alone is 77 award notices and 1,606 PDF pages (as of Nov 7, 2026). | portal.wbscm.usda.gov |
Billing questions
Do I need a card to start the trial?
No. The trial is 14 days and needs only your work email. You add a card only when you subscribe.
What happens when the trial ends?
We email you before it ends. Settings, Billing in the app shows how many days are left. Then you can subscribe at $299 a month, or $149 a month while founding places last. Then book a call to subscribe at $299 a month, or $149 a month while founding places last. Online billing isn't switched on yet, so nothing is charged. If you don't subscribe, your lanes stay readable and CSV and PDF exports lock until you do.
Book a callWhat does "per brokerage" cover?
One price for one brokerage: every user you invite and up to 3 states. One price for one brokerage, with no per-user fee, and up to 3 states. Invite emails to teammates aren't switched on yet. A lane counts when its plant or any destination is in one of your states.
How does the founding price work?
The first 10 brokerages that subscribe pay $149 a month instead of $299, locked for 12 months. It's the same plan. The price is applied when you subscribe, while places last.
Can I change my states?
Yes. Pick up to 3 states in Settings, Territory, and save. Lanes and the Monday email follow your saved states. Your lanes follow your saved states.
What if I need more than 3 states?
The plan covers up to 3. Book a call and tell us which states you work.
Book a callHow do I cancel?
Any time, from Settings, Billing. Plans are monthly, so there's no contract to run out. Your saved lanes stay readable. Any time. Plans are monthly, so there's no contract to run out, and your saved lanes stay readable. Online billing isn't switched on yet, so a trial just ends: nothing is charged and there's nothing to cancel.
Terms of serviceHow do I pay?
By card, billed monthly through Stripe. Invoices, card changes and cancelling are all in Settings, Billing. Online billing isn't switched on yet, so nothing is charged. When your trial ends, book a call and we'll set up your plan.
Book a callIs there an annual plan?
No, monthly only. USDA posts awards in bursts: 43 of the last 52 weeks had at least one new award, but the 4 weeks before this one had 1 in total (as of Nov 7, 2026). You shouldn't prepay for a quiet month. [1]
Do other brokers see the same lanes?
They can. The awards are public records, and we don't sell a state to one broker only. You pay for the time saved and the Monday email: You pay for the time saved: Texas alone is 77 award notices and 1,606 PDF pages (as of Nov 7, 2026). [1]
Can I see the lanes before I sign up?
Yes. Open the Texas sample or type your own states. No account needed.
Open the Texas sampleSee your states' lanes before you decide
Texas has 862 lanes as of Nov 7, 2026 [1]. Open them without an account, or start the trial and pick your own states.
Sources
- [1] awardlanes data snapshot, Nov 7, 2026. Counts of the lanes we list, from our weekly run over USDA's award notices (PCA), Bid Arrays and solicitations, each re-read and checked before it is listed. Where the data comes from · portal.wbscm.usda.gov
- [2] Separate check, Nov 6, 2026. 30 of 30 random lanes rebuilt from USDA's files by code that shares nothing with our engine. How we check
- [3] Other tools' prices. Copied from each vendor's own pricing page on the date shown in the table. We don't know their discounts or contract terms.