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CLEATUS — the agentic AI alternative to Govly™

If you are evaluating Govly for GovCon, see how CLEATUS compares on what actually matters — true agentic AI that calls tools and executes multi-step work, full AI proposal writing, AI Workflows, Claude + ChatGPT MCP, and transparent published pricing.

At a glance

A side-by-side read on the dimensions buyers most often ask us about. Each row about Govly traces back to a public source — see the disclosure below.

DimensionCLEATUSGovly
Core positioningAI-first GovCon platform — agentic capture, proposal writing, and workflow automation in one productPublic-sector sales and collaboration platform — opportunity discovery, partner teaming workspaces, and recently added AI Agents and Workflows[1]
AI contract breakdown (pre-shredding)Every matched opportunity arrives pre-shredded, before anyone opens it: CLEATUS reads every page of the package (base solicitation, amendments, attachments, exhibits) and breaks it into one standardized Contract Breakdown following the Uniform Contract Format: scope, requirements, deliverables, deadlines, pricing, and evaluation criteria. That breakdown is what your PWIN score is computed against, so the score reads Sections C, H, K, L, and M plus the attachments instead of a title, a NAICS code, and a set-aside. When a package has not been read, the card says so and the confidence drops rather than the model filling the gap. One format across federal, state, and local also means search works at the requirement and scope-of-work level, and agent answers stay grounded in structured dataAdvertises AI-generated solicitation summaries powered by state-of-the-art LLMs plus AI RFQ predictions; a summary is not a full-package shred, and a standardized page-by-page breakdown covering scope, requirements, and evaluation criteria is not advertised[2]
Parallel research subagentsAsk for real research and the agent hands the job to subagents: separate AI researchers, each with its own context and its own 21-tool research catalog covering contracts, solicitation documents, award history, agencies, contracting officers, and the web. Up to three run at the same time on independent tasks. Each one is a live line in the chat you can open to read the exact task it was given and every search it makes, and you can stop it mid-run. Their tool traffic never enters your conversation, so three investigations come back folded into one answer instead of a wall of raw results. Included from DATA + AIGovly Agents and Workflows monitor opportunities, update pipelines, and return procurement intelligence on programs, budgets, and state and local decision-makers. Nothing describes several agents working one question at the same time, a live view of every search, or stopping a run in progress[3]
Agent orchestrationThe agent is a step; the workflow is the conductor. This is Zapier or n8n rebuilt for GovCon: a canvas with 13 trigger events, 19 addable step types, and 16 distinct actions. Every AI Agent step picks its own model and reasoning effort, gets its own scoped list of tools it may call, and returns a structured output schema, so the If/Else and Filter steps after it branch on typed fields instead of on prose. Steps run in parallel, one agent step can fan out across a whole set of items at once, and a dedicated Start Proposal step launches the full proposal writer and waits for the finished bid package before later steps read it. Nine ship as named agents you can run today (Go/No-Go, Qualification, Amendment Watch, Award Monitor, Recompete, and more), or describe the automation in plain English and it assembles itself. Unlimited on DATA + AI + AutomationsAgents and Workflows are separate products that do not compose. Govly Agents answer questions from Govly data. Govly Workflows "Define triggers, assign tasks, and move opportunities through your pipeline," so every step is an assignment, a notification, or a pipeline move. There is no AI agent step you can drop into a flow, nothing that branches on what an agent returned, and no steps running side by side[4]
AI proposal writingAI Proposal Writer opens every bid with a Proposal Plan built from your solicitation, checks steps off as the work lands, reconciles the plan when an amendment posts, and drafts multi-volume proposals with compliance matrices, win-strategy plans, and citations to your award history — exported as Word and PDFNo AI proposal-writer product advertised[5]
End-to-end GovCon operations automationAutomates your GovCon operations end-to-end — multi-step AI automations run capture screening, go/no-go prep, amendment monitoring, award-lead delivery, and team routing on autopilot. Force multiplier for capture and BD teams. AI Agent steps with their own model, scoped tools, and structured output, plus If/Else and Filter branching on that typed data, Slack/webhook/email/pipeline actions. Unlimited on DATA + AI + Automations.Govly Workflows fires on real-time events (new solicitation, update, partner join) to assign teams, request quotes, and notify partners. Agents and Workflows are separate products: the steps a workflow can take are assignment, quote requests, notification, and pipeline movement, with no AI agent step inside the flow and nothing that branches on what an agent returned[4]
Claude and ChatGPT integrationOne-click apps published in both official directories, the Claude.ai connector directory and the ChatGPT app store — included from DATA + AI, no per-question usage feesHosted MCP server installable from Claude's connector directory: assistants search and read opportunities, awards, and documents and work with workspaces. Requires a paid seat, with daily limits on some tools without Enterprise API access. No ChatGPT connection guide[6]
Opportunity coverageFederal (SAM.gov), 50,000+ SLED sources, DLA DIBBS, GSA eBuy (OASIS+ and MAS RFQs), SeaPort NxG, PIEE directed solicitations, Grants.govFederal (SAM.gov) plus 6,000+ SLED jurisdictions plus 40+ contract vehicles including GSA, SEWP, and ITES through partners. DLA DIBBS, SeaPort NxG, and Grants.gov not listed in platform pages[7]
Private contract vehicle visibilityNative GSA eBuy integration (OASIS+ and MAS RFQs) and SeaPort NxG task orders on DATA + AI + Automations, ingested directly into your pipeline40+ contract vehicle visibility (SEWP, CIO-SP, ITES, and others) through your own or partners' private vehicles — the marketed differentiator[1]
Pre-RFP signalSignals surface work before it posts: subcontract scopes inside primes, agency procurement forecasts, and AI-predicted recompetes scored for likelihood 12–18 months out, delivered as daily recommendationsGovly Signals turns agency news, budgets, and policy moves into early procurement intelligence — pre-solicitation awareness filtered by NAICS, buyers, and keywords[8]
Capture and pursuit managementKanban, list, and calendar pipelines with live solicitation amendments, team collaboration, AI workflows, and unlimited pursuits on DATA + AI + AutomationsWorkspaces centralize each solicitation with real-time updates (modifications, Q&As), team invites, and partner collaboration — positioned as the "close more deals" hub[9]
Teaming and partner networkWorkspaces with permissioned team and partner collaboration on every solicitation — no separate teaming boardMarketed differentiator — a teaming board that connects companies with GWAC/IDIQ vehicles and capabilities. Claims "up to 3× more qualified opportunities" for customers using the partnership network[10]
AI billing modelAI features (Proposal Writer, Workflows, MCP, GovCon AI chat) are included in plan price — no metered AI usage feesAI Agents, Workflows, summaries, and RFQ predictions are in-platform features of the paid plan — no separate AI metering advertised. Paid plan pricing is not published[11]
Pricing transparencySelf-serve published pricing — $78/mo DATA + AI, billed annually. No mandatory demo to see the entry price; DATA + AI + Automations is sales-ledFree Plan is self-serve with 30 days of solicitation history. Paid Plans pricing is not published — "Get pricing →" routes to a sales quote[11]
Free tier7-day free trial of full DATA + AI + Automations. No permanent free tierFree Plan with permanent access to solicitations from the past 30 days, recent federal award data, and full search/filtering — sign up without credit card[12]
Entry-level annual price$78/mo billed annually ($936/year) on the DATA + AI plan — opportunity discovery, GovCon AI chat, market intelligenceFree Plan ($0) is the published entry price; full-feature Paid Plan pricing is not published and gated behind a sales quote[12]
Full AI stack annual priceDATA + AI + Automations (sales-led) — AI Proposal Writer, AI Workflows, native GSA eBuy, SeaPort NxG, API access, unlimited pursuits — all AI included, no metered creditsNot published[11]

When each platform is the right choice

Two real tools. They optimize for different work. Here is where each one shines — straight, not spun.

When Govly is the right choice

  • You sell as a distributor, VAR, OEM, or system integrator and partner teaming through private contract vehicles (SEWP, CIO-SP, ITES) is the core of your motion.
  • You need a free, self-serve tier to evaluate solicitations from the past 30 days without committing to a paid platform.
  • Your buying process is collaborative — multiple partners, capture, proposal, and BD teams sharing a live workspace on every solicitation — and that workflow is your primary value, not AI proposal generation.
  • You want to be found in the Govly partner network so prime contractors with vehicles can route teaming opportunities to you.

When CLEATUS is the right choice

  • You want to hand research off, not do it yourself. CLEATUS splits a research-grade question into subagents that run up to three at a time, each with its own context and its own 21-tool research catalog, each one a live line you can open to read every search it makes and stop mid-run, with the reports folded back into a single answer. Govly advertises Govly Agents that monitor opportunities and answer questions from its data, but nothing describes several agents working one question at the same time, a live view of every search, or a stop control.
  • You want an AI Proposal Writer that reads the full solicitation, builds the compliance matrix and win-strategy plan, and drafts multi-volume Word and PDF proposals from a Proposal Plan that checks itself off and reconciles against amendments — not just an outline.
  • You want first-party Claude and ChatGPT MCP connectors so your AI assistant can search opportunities, draft sections, and update your pipeline using natural language.
  • You bid across federal, SLED, DLA DIBBS, GSA eBuy, SeaPort NxG, PIEE, and grants and want all of it in one AI-aware pipeline.
  • You want published self-serve pricing for the AI core — $78/mo DATA + AI, no mandatory sales call to see the price and start today — with DATA + AI + Automations as the sales-led upper tier for the full AI stack.
  • You want to automate your GovCon operations end-to-end — multi-step AI automations that screen opportunities, prep go/no-go briefs, alert on amendments, deliver award leads, and route work to the right person on autopilot, with AI Agent reasoning steps that emit typed output and If/Else branches — not just trigger-based notifications to a partner network.
  • You want the score computed against the actual package, not the cover sheet. CLEATUS pre-shreds every matched opportunity before you see it, and that breakdown is what your automatic PWIN score is computed against: Sections C, H, K, L, and M plus the attachments, rather than a title, a NAICS code, and a set-aside. When a package has not been read, CLEATUS says so on the card and lowers the confidence instead of guessing. The same structure lets you search contracts by scope of work and specific requirements.

Feature by feature

The places where the platforms diverge most. Each row shows what CLEATUS ships on the left and how Govly addresses (or doesn't address) the same need on the right.

Parallel research subagents

CLEATUS

The CLEATUS agent handing one research question to subagents that run at the same time and report back one answer

Some questions are too big for one pass: shred a solicitation and its amendments, work up the incumbent and their award history, map the buying agency and the contracting officers behind it. Ask CLEATUS to research one of those properly and the agent stops answering and starts delegating. It writes a focused task, hands it to a subagent, and that subagent works in its own context with its own 21-tool research catalog: contract search, document outline, read and grep across every file in the solicitation package, semantic and award search, agency, contractor, and contracting-officer lookups, plus live web search and fetch. Up to three subagents run at the same time on independent tasks. Each one appears in the chat as a single live line. Open it and you see the exact task the agent wrote, every search the subagent runs, and its reasoning as it goes, and you can stop it whenever you want. Its tool traffic never enters your conversation, so a run that burns through a hundred searches costs your chat only the length of its report, and three separate investigations come back folded into one answer.

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Govly™

Govly does advertise agents. "Govly’s AI-powered Agents and Workflows" monitor opportunities, update pipelines, and answer questions about programs, budgets, and state and local decision-makers, positioned as an instant-answer layer over Govly data. What its public materials do not describe is several agents working one question at the same time, a live view of every search an agent makes, or a control to stop a run in progress.[3]

AI proposal writing

CLEATUS

CLEATUS AI Proposal Writer drafting structured proposal volumes

CLEATUS AI Proposal Writer plans before it writes. Every proposal opens with a Proposal Plan built from your specific solicitation, running from "Review the solicitation" through "Format & assemble," with ready-to-send prompts written for each step and a Draft all button that runs the step as one batch. It extracts requirements and evaluation factors into a compliance matrix, drafts structured multi-volume proposals citing your real award history, checks steps off automatically as documents get drafted and compliance gets verified, reconciles the plan when an amendment posts, and exports professionally formatted Word and PDF files. Included on DATA + AI + Automations. The agent never fabricates past performance — it pulls from your UEI award history and Document Hub.

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Govly™

No AI proposal-writer product advertised.[5]

Automate your GovCon operations end-to-end

CLEATUS

CLEATUS Workflows visual builder with triggers, AI agent steps, and Slack actions

CLEATUS Workflows is a force multiplier for capture and BD teams: a visual canvas with 13 trigger events, 19 addable step types, and 16 distinct actions that runs multi-step GovCon processes on autopilot. Each AI Agent step is its own agent with a model you pick, a scoped tool set, and a structured output schema, so it returns typed fields that later steps branch on instead of a blob of prose. Chain as many as you like, run them in parallel, query contracts, and search your documents, then route with If/Else and Filter. Triggers fire on new recommendations, new opportunities, pipeline changes, pursuits created, updated, or archived, phase moves, amendments, awards, matched custom alerts, schedules, webhooks, or on demand. Actions cover Slack, Microsoft Teams, email, webhooks, in-app notifications, log note, add to or remove from pipeline, change phase, assign member, create task, save document, Google Drive, and SharePoint. A dedicated Start Proposal step launches the full proposal writer inside the pursuit and can wait for the structured bid package to finish before downstream steps read it, run a review, and route the draft. Start from a prebuilt template (including a full Shipley capture pipeline) or describe the automation in plain English and let the platform assemble it. Unlimited on DATA + AI + Automations.

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Govly™

Govly ships Agents and Workflows as two separate products on one page, and they do not compose. Govly Agents answer questions about programs, budgets, prime landscapes, and state and local decision-makers. Govly Workflows fire on real-time events (a new solicitation, an update, a partner joining) and "Define triggers, assign tasks, and move opportunities through your pipeline," so the steps available are assignment, quote requests, notification, and pipeline movement. That is a real automation product, scoped to coordinating people around a deal. Its public materials do not describe an AI agent step inside a workflow, a later step branching on what an agent returned, or steps running in parallel.[4]

Claude and ChatGPT integration

CLEATUS

CLEATUS surfacing GovCon opportunities inside ChatGPT via the MCP connector

CLEATUS is published as a one-click app in both official directories, the Claude.ai connector directory and the ChatGPT app store. Under the hood these are first-party MCP (Model Context Protocol) connectors, connectable straight from your dashboard with no endpoint URLs or API keys to configure. Once connected, your AI assistant can search opportunities, read solicitations, draft proposal sections, look up contracting officers, and update your pipeline using natural language — without leaving Claude or ChatGPT. Included from the DATA + AI plan, no per-question usage fees.

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Govly™

Govly also documents a hosted MCP server, installable from Claude's connector directory, a real capability worth acknowledging. Connected assistants can search and read opportunities, awards, and documents and work with workspaces. It requires a paid seat, some tools carry daily limits without Enterprise API access, and only Claude has a connection guide. The difference is what the assistant can do: CLEATUS exposes the full agentic platform, so your assistant also drafts proposal sections, generates documents, and updates your pipeline.[6]

Agentic AI — tool calls, reasoning, and live web research

CLEATUS

CLEATUS performing agentic web searches to find labor rates and generate pricing tables

CLEATUS is built on agentic AI — the kind that reasons, plans, and takes actions, not the kind that just writes text. The agent breaks your request into steps, then calls tools to execute them: semantic search across federal and SLED contracts, awards, contractors, agencies, people, and NAICS; grep and read across your Document Hub; autonomous web search for current wage determinations, market rates, and competitor history; file and spreadsheet generation; PWIN calculation against your past performance; and pipeline mutations. The same 33-tool agent is exposed inside Claude.ai and ChatGPT via the MCP connectors. Every answer cites sources and every mutation is logged.

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Govly™

Govly's AI surfaces — Agents, Workflows, AI-generated solicitation summaries, and RFQ predictions — live inside the Govly app, scoped to teaming and partner workflows. Public marketing does not describe a tool-calling agent that reasons, researches the web autonomously, or executes multi-step capture-to-proposal tasks on its own.[13]

Pricing comparison

CLEATUS DATA + AI is closer to Govly's entry pricing and includes the Claude + ChatGPT MCP connectors; DATA + AI + Automations adds the AI Proposal Writer and full capture-to-award AI Workflows that Govly's public marketing does not advertise. Compare what you would pay against what each platform actually does for your team.

CLEATUS DATA + AI

$78/mo billed annually

Annual plan ($936/year). Opportunity discovery, GovCon AI chat, market intelligence, Claude + ChatGPT connectors, unlimited-pursuit CRM. No proposal writer, no workflows, no premium integrations.

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CLEATUS DATA + AI + Automations

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Sales-led. Adds AI Proposal Writer, unlimited AI Workflows, native GSA eBuy + SeaPort NxG ingestion, API access, Zapier, unlimited pursuits, unlimited Document Hub. All AI included, no metered credits.

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Govly Free Plan / Paid Plans[12][11][1]

Free / Quote required

Free Plan covers the past 30 days of solicitations from SAM.gov + 6,000+ SLED sources, recent federal award data, and full search. Paid Plan pricing is not published — "Get pricing →" routes to a sales quote. Listed Paid inclusions: 40+ contract vehicle visibility (SEWP, CIO-SP, and others), teaming tools, shared workspaces, AI-extracted contact data, agency intel.

Ready when you are

Switch your GovCon stack to CLEATUS

True agentic AI — plans, reasons, calls 33+ tools, searches the web, and executes multi-step GovCon tasks end-to-end

Transparent self-serve pricing on /pricing — $78/mo DATA + AI, annual billing; DATA + AI + Automations is sales-led

An AI Proposal Writer that Govly doesn't ship, plus MCP connectors in both the Claude and ChatGPT directories included from DATA + AI

Multi-source coverage: federal, 50,000+ SLED, DLA DIBBS, GSA eBuy, SeaPort NxG, PIEE, and Grants.gov in one AI-aware pipeline

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CLEATUS vs Govly FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

CLEATUS is an AI-first GovCon platform — agentic opportunity discovery, an AI Proposal Writer that drafts multi-volume proposals, a visual AI Workflows builder, and first-party MCP connectors for Claude.ai and ChatGPT included in the subscription. Govly is a public-sector sales and collaboration platform — its strengths are private contract vehicle visibility (40+ vehicles including SEWP, CIO-SP, ITES), partner teaming through workspaces, and a free tier covering 30 days of solicitations. Govly recently added Agents, Workflows, and a hosted MCP server, but does not advertise an AI proposal writer.

Related buyer's guides

Independent comparisons of the wider GovCon software market, sourced the same way as this page and refreshed monthly.

  • 8 Best GovCon CRM & Pipeline Management Software Platforms

    CLEATUS, Sweetspot, GovDash, TechnoMile, Unanet CRM, Deltek Costpoint, Procurement Sciences, and generic Salesforce or HubSpot builds, judged on how much of the pipeline maintains itself. Govly is not one of the eight platforms reviewed.

  • 8 Best AI Capture Management Platforms for Federal Contractors

    CLEATUS, GovDash, Sweetspot, Deltek GovWin IQ, Procurement Sciences, TechnoMile, Civio RFX, and Unanet CRM, judged on how much of the capture process the software actually does versus how much it just tracks. Govly is not one of the eight platforms reviewed.

References

Numbered citations above link here. All sources are publicly available Govly marketing pages captured on 2026-08-31. Each source below carries its own capture date.

  1. [1]
    https://www.govly.com/· captured 2026-08-31

    Positions itself as going beyond SAM.gov by "capturing opportunities from 40+ top contract vehicles, including GSA, SEWP, and ITES." Private contract vehicle visibility is the marketed differentiator.

  2. [2]
    https://www.govly.com/pipeline· captured 2026-08-31

    Lists AI-generated solicitation summaries "powered by state-of-the-art LLMs" and AI-powered RFQ predictions to uncover hidden deals.

  3. [3]
    https://www.govly.com/automate· captured 2026-08-31

    Advertises "Govly’s AI-powered Agents and Workflows" that monitor opportunities, update pipelines, and return procurement intelligence on programs, budgets, and state and local decision-makers. Nothing on the captured homepage, Automate, Research, Advantage, Deals, or product-update pages describes handing one research question to several agents that run at the same time, a live step-by-step feed of every search an agent makes, or a control to stop a run in progress.

  4. [4]
    https://www.govly.com/automate· captured 2026-08-31

    Agents and Workflows are two separate things on the Automate page, and they do not compose. Govly Agents answer questions about programs, budgets, and state and local decision-makers. Govly Workflows "execute your tasks: assign the team, request quotes, and move the deal forward," configured by "Define triggers, assign tasks, and move opportunities through your pipeline." Every workflow step described is an assignment, a notification, or a pipeline move. Nothing describes an AI agent step inside a workflow, a later step branching on what an agent returned, or steps running in parallel.

  5. [5]
    https://www.govly.com/deals· captured 2026-08-31

    No AI proposal-writer product is advertised on the platform pages.

  6. [6]
    https://docs.govly.com/enterprise/integrations/mcp· captured 2026-08-31

    Documents a hosted MCP (Model Context Protocol) server, installable from Claude's connector directory. Connected assistants can search and read opportunities and awarded contracts, work with workspaces, use saved searches, and read and download documents. "MCP requires a paid Govly seat," and "some tools apply daily limits or smaller page sizes without Enterprise API access." Claude is the only assistant with a connection guide; other MCP clients connect through the developer path with OAuth or API keys.

  7. [7]
    https://www.govly.com/pipeline· captured 2026-08-31

    SLED coverage advertised as "6,000+ state, local, and education jurisdictions." No DLA DIBBS, SeaPort NxG, or Grants.gov connectors listed in the platform pages or pricing.

  8. [8]
    https://www.govly.com/pipeline· captured 2026-08-31

    Govly Signals turns agency news, budgets, and policy moves into early procurement intelligence — pre-solicitation awareness from budget approvals, contract extensions, and technology pilots before they are posted, filtered by NAICS, buyers, and keywords.

  9. [9]
    https://www.govly.com/deals· captured 2026-08-31

    Workspaces are positioned as the collaboration hub — invite teaming partners or subcontractors into secure, limited-access workspaces with granular permissions and real-time updates on modifications and Q&As. Marketed as the core "close more deals" feature.

  10. [10]
    https://www.govly.com/deals· captured 2026-08-31

    Partner Network is a marketed differentiator — a teaming board to find companies holding GWAC/IDIQ vehicles and capabilities, plus a claim that "customers using Govly's partnership network see up to 3× more qualified opportunities in their pipeline."

  11. [11]
    https://www.govly.com/pricing· captured 2026-08-31

    Paid Plans pricing is not published on the pricing page — prospects must click "Get pricing →" to request a quote. Listed inclusions: 40+ contract vehicle visibility (SEWP, CIO-SP, and others), teaming tools, shared workspaces, AI-extracted contact data, and agency intel.

  12. [12]
    https://www.govly.com/pricing· captured 2026-08-31

    Free Plan provides access to solicitations from the past 30 days from SAM.gov plus 6,000+ SLED sources, recent federal award data, and full search/filtering tools.

  13. [13]
    https://www.govly.com/automate· captured 2026-08-31

    Recently launched Govly Agents and Workflows for "AI-powered procurement intelligence" plus action automation — trigger-based workflows that assign teams, request quotes, and notify partners on real-time events.

Source disclosure

Information about Govly is accurate as of 2026-08-31, sourced from publicly available marketing materials. Spot something wrong? Email legal@cleat.ai and we'll review and correct it.

Govly and the Govly logo are trademarks of their respective owner and are used here for nominative comparison only. CLEATUS is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Govly.