Costpoint is built for $500M+ primes. Small GovCon teams need something different — not a 6-month ERP implementation, just contract tracking that works.
| Feature | Se7en $199/mo |
Deltek Costpoint $800+/mo |
Spreadsheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing & Access | |||
| Starting price | $199/mo | $800+/mo Per user, annual contract | Free |
| Setup / implementation | 15 minutes | 3–6 months Requires consultants | None |
| Annual contract required | No — month-to-month | Yes Multi-year typical | No |
| Compliance & Audit | |||
| DCAA compliance reporting | Built-in | Yes Enterprise tier | Manual |
| Time-tracking integration | Yes | Yes | No |
| Labor hour export for vouchers | CSV & PDF | Yes | Hand-built |
| Audit trail / change history | Full history | Yes | None |
| Contract Management | |||
| Contract tracking & lifecycle | Full lifecycle | Yes | Spreadsheets |
| Deliverable tracking & reminders | Automated alerts | Yes | Manual |
| Expiring contract alerts (30 days) | Dashboard + alerts | Yes | Calendar manually |
| Contract value tracking | Yes | Yes | Partial |
| Team & Collaboration | |||
| Team size recommended | 1–50 people Designed for small teams | 50–1,000+ people Enterprise focus | 1–5 people |
| Multi-user collaboration | Yes | Yes | Fragmented |
| Role-based access control | Yes | Yes | No |
| Data & Export | |||
| CSV contract export | One-click | Yes | Already CSV |
| PDF contract reports | One-click | Yes | Manual |
| Dashboard with pipeline view | Kanban + list | Yes | No |
| Data ownership (exportable) | Full export | Locked to platform | You own it |
Costpoint is a $500M+ prime tool. The licensing, consultants, and IT requirements make sense for that scale. Small businesses paying $800+/mo per user for a system designed for 500-person orgs are subsidizing enterprise infrastructure they don't need.
Se7en is built for the 5-person CLM, the part-time contracts manager, the sole proprietor managing 3 active SBIRs. If Costpoint's implementation timeline starts with a discovery call, you've already spent more time than it takes to be fully live on Se7en.
$199/mo flat. No per-user scaling. Costpoint's per-user model becomes a budget crisis at 10+ employees.
Sign up, add your first contract, done. No implementation project, no consultant SOWs, no 6-month discovery phase.
Built-in time-tracking export, labor hour reporting for vouchers, and audit trail that satisfies DCAA auditors without configuration.
No annual contracts. If your revenue cycle changes, you adjust. Costpoint's multi-year commitments lock you in.
One flat price covers everything a small GovCon team needs. No hidden fees, no upgrade tiers for basic features.
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