Groundbreak vs Dodge Construction Network
Pick Dodge for national bid-stage coverage and plan rooms. Pick Groundbreak for one of its seven Sunbelt markets, where you want the record itself, the names on it, and the week it filed.
A national construction project database (Dodge One) with Projects, Companies, Alerts, bid invitations matched by trade and region, and a CRM push. Its claim is seeing projects "before they hit the bid boards".
- Sold to
- Manufacturers, suppliers, general contractors, subcontractors, architects and engineers, service providers.
- Data from
- Researcher-verified project leads gathered from plans, bid documents and outreach, with provenance implicit.
- Covers
- Pre-planning · Design · Bidding · Construction
- Price
- No published price. Demo only. An independent review in 2026 put the entry point near $300 per user per month. source ↗
The development database for 7 Sunbelt markets, read from the public record daily by a newsroom: permits, deeds, construction loans, notices of commencement, zoning and site plan cases, and the trade sub-permits, with the contractor, owner and lender named where the county publishes them.
- Sold to
- Subcontractors, suppliers, general contractors, architects and engineers, developers, brokers, lenders and insurers working one or more of the seven markets.
- Data from
- The source document on every row: city and county permit feeds, clerk and register of deeds indexes, appraisal rolls, planning and council agendas.
- Covers
- Land sale · Entitlement · Loan · Permit · Start · Trades · Delivery · Distress
- Price
- Free account (three files to start, then one a week). Pro $99 a month for one market or $199 for all 7, 7 days free. Team $299 a month, five seats. pricing →
What Dodge Construction Network has that Groundbreak does not
- National coverage across every metro.
- Bid documents, plan rooms and bid invitations matched to your trade.
- A large sales and research staff behind each lead.
What Groundbreak has that Dodge Construction Network does not
- The source document on every row: the permit, deed, loan or notice of commencement itself, with the recording date.
- The contractor named on the permit, with the phone where the city publishes it.
- Deeds, construction loans and notices of commencement on the same project record as the permits: the capital stack as it forms.
- Trade sub-permits as timing signals in Miami: the day the concrete or electrical permit is pulled.
- Published prices and a free account with open project and company files.
What Groundbreak publishes, market by market
Each cell is a hand-checked flag against the county's own feed (webapp coverage table, verified against the filings). A · means the county does not publish it, so neither do we.
| Market | Permits | Phone on permit | Deeds | Loans | Starts (NOC) | Liens | Zoning & site plans | Owner of record | Trade subs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin | Yes | Yes | Parties, no price | · | · | · | Yes | Yes | · |
| Atlanta | Yes | Yes | Parties, no price | Yes | · | Yes | Yes | Yes | · |
| Miami | Yes | Yes | Daily, with price | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nashville | Yes | · | Daily, with price | · | · | · | Yes | Yes | · |
| Tampa Bay | Yes | Yes | Daily, with price | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | · |
| Charlotte | Yes | Yes | · | · | · | · | Yes | Yes | · |
| Dallas-Fort Worth | Yes | Yes | Parties, no price | Yes | · | Yes | Yes | Yes | · |
Questions
- Is Groundbreak a replacement for Dodge Construction Network?
- Pick Dodge for national bid-stage coverage and plan rooms. Pick Groundbreak for one of its seven Sunbelt markets, where you want the record itself, the names on it, and the week it filed. The two are complements for a firm that works nationally and sells hardest in one Sunbelt market.
- How much does Dodge Construction Network cost?
- As published on https://www.construction.com/dodge-one/ on 2026-10-05: No published price. Demo only. An independent review in 2026 put the entry point near $300 per user per month.
- How much does Groundbreak Pro cost?
- Free account (three files to start, then one a week). Pro $99 a month for one market or $199 for all 7, 7 days free. Team $299 a month, five seats.
- Where does Groundbreak get its data?
- From the public record in each market: city and county permit feeds, the county clerk and register of deeds indexes, the appraisal rolls, and the planning commission and council agendas, read daily. Every row on the site links to the source document.
- Which markets does Groundbreak cover that Dodge Construction Network does not?
- Groundbreak covers Austin, Atlanta, Miami, Nashville, Tampa Bay, Charlotte, Dallas-Fort Worth, each from its own county sources. Dodge Construction Network covers pre-planning, design, bidding, construction nationally; the difference is depth per record, not the map.
Other comparisons
Vendor facts are from the vendor's own site on 2026-10-05. Product names belong to their owners. If something here is out of date, write to max@groundbreak.city and it will be corrected.