Comparison

Ondustry vs Beacon

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Ondustry

A B2B platform designed to streamline operations for flooring distributors and dealers. It facilitates communication, order and invoice management, product discovery, and professional networking within the flooring supply chain.

Highlights
  • Distributor & Dealer Accounts
  • Subaccounts & Permission Control
  • Real-Time Messaging
  • Order & Invoice Management
  • AI Product Search
  • Business Connections
  • Smart Notifications
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Manage your flooring business in a powerful B2B platform built for flooring distributors and dealers. Ondustry simplifies how flooring businesses communicate, manage orders, issue invoices, discover products, and grow professional networks. Everything is designed to improve collaboration and streamline daily operations across the flooring supply chain. Key Features • Distributor & Dealer Accounts Create separate accounts for distributors and dealers with role-specific tools and workflows. • Subaccounts & Permission Control Manage teams with subaccounts. Define roles and control access levels for employees across your organization. • Company & Personal Profiles Maintain detailed business and personal profiles to improve trust and transparency between partners. • Smart Notifications Receive real-time updates via mobile and email. Customize notifications based on business activity. • Real-Time Messaging Communicate instantly with one-to-one or group chats. Share images, documents, voice messages, and other media. • Business Connections Build your network by sending and receiving connection requests, discovering companies, and managing business relationships. • Order Management (Dealers) Dealers can create and send orders directly to distributors through the platform. • Invoice Management (Distributors) Distributors can review, create, and update invoices and send them directly to dealers. • AI Product Search Search flooring products using natural language. Find items faster using descriptions, specifications, colors, sizes, and other filters. • Business Profiles & Discovery Explore verified dealer and distributor profiles to improve transparency and business collaboration. • Posts & Scheduled Announcements Distributors can publish updates and schedule announcements targeted to specific regions or business groups.

About

Beacon

Features
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Beacon is the search-first contract intelligence platform built for AEC professionals. Find, track, and act on civilian and government project and contract data — in real time. Who is Beacon for? Business development professionals, contractor executives, estimators, preconstruction leaders, building product manufacturer reps, government contracting professionals, and market researchers working in architecture, engineering, and construction. What does Beacon do? Search Contracts & Awards Search thousands of federal, state, and commercial contracts by keyword, state, agency, or value. Filter by source (government or commercial), sort by date or value, and drill into award details including NAICS codes, contract duration, and recipient information. Track Companies & Firms Browse AEC firms with project counts, total contract value, ENR rankings, specialties, software usage, and leadership data. Identify competitors, partners, and prospects faster than manual research. Monitor Opportunities View open solicitations and RFPs across government and commercial sources. Filter by state and search by keyword to find relevant bids before your competition. Stay Ahead with Alerts Get a real-time activity feed of contract awards, updates, and new postings. Filter by state to focus on the markets that matter to your business. Build Watchlists Save contracts, companies, and opportunities to custom watchlists. Add notes, organize by priority, and keep your pipeline intelligence in one place. Why Beacon? - Live data sourced from USASpending.gov, SAM.gov, state procurement portals, and public project records - Sub-second search across thousands of contracts - Self-serve — no sales calls, no demos, no enterprise pricing walls - Built by an AEC industry professional who understands your workflow - Dark, data-dense interface designed for professionals who value speed Start searching in seconds. No credit card required for the free tier.

Screenshots

Ondustry4 screens
Beacon4 screens

Verdict

The call

Ondustry and Beacon are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Ondustry versus Beacon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOndustryBeacon
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB3 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCharlie Hrach MirzakhanyanHen Solutions LLC

In-app purchases

None

Ondustry

No in-app purchases

None

Beacon

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ondustry free?
Ondustry is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beacon free?
Beacon is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ondustry or Beacon have ads?
Neither Ondustry nor Beacon shows ads.

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