France · French tender alerts
France Marchés alternatives in 2026
France Marchés is a free French public tender alert service. It lists open tenders from 1,300 sources, and the regional daily press (Presse Quotidienne Régionale) publishes it. Sell to State fits when you need awards and supplier history, other countries, or an API.
Facts checked on from the vendors' public pages. Sources
France Marchés
- Price
- Free
- Coverage
- France, 1,300 sources
- API
- Not stated
- MCP server
- Not stated
Sell to State
- Price
- US$19/3 days; US$49/month
- Coverage
- 73 live markets, 120 more in the backlog
- API
- Yes
- MCP server
- Yes
What France Marchés is
France Marchés shows the open French public tenders (22,516 on 3 October 2026) and lets you create free email alerts by sector code. A group (GIE) of the French regional daily newspapers publishes it.
What France Marchés costs
France Marchés is free: free account, free alerts, free newsletter. Source: the francemarches.com home page (archive copy of 3 October 2026, because the site blocked our check).
France Marchés vs Sell to State, row by row
"Not stated" means that we did not find the fact on the vendor's public pages on 4 November 2026. It does not mean "no".
| Row | France Marchés | Sell to State |
|---|---|---|
| Markets covered | France | 73 live markets; 120 more in the backlog |
| Sources | 1,300 sources | Official portals and open data of each live market. The docs list the sources of each country. |
| Data | Open public tenders (22,516 on 3 October 2026) | Tenders, contract awards, 175,895 buyers, 2,079,622 suppliers |
| Published price | Free | US$19 for 3 days, US$49/month, or US$499/year |
| Pricing model | Free service, published by the regional daily press (PQR) | Flat price, self-serve checkout |
| Users | Not stated | One price covers the whole team |
| Free plan or trial | Free account | Free account; US$19 3-day pass |
| Alerts | Email alerts and a monthly newsletter | Saved tender searches. A daily or weekly email (06:00 UTC) with the count of new matches. |
| API | Not stated | REST API, 120 requests a minute per key |
| MCP server | Not stated | Yes. app.selltostate.com/api/mcp, listed in the official MCP Registry |
Where France Marchés is the better choice
- Free alerts for French tenders.
- 1,300 French sources.
- A French interface and French sector codes.
Where Sell to State fits
- You sell in France and in other countries.
- You want award data: who won, at what value.
- You want an API and an MCP server.
Sell to State data: France
- Contract awards
- 24,775
- Buyers
- 4,155
- Suppliers
- 12,788
Other alternatives to France Marchés
- Marchés Online
French public tender notices from buyer profiles and official, legal and trade sources.
Price: Not published
- Dematis
French tender tools for companies: AI tender summaries, go/no-go scoring and technical answer drafts.
Price: Not published
Questions
Is France Marchés free?
Yes. The account, the alerts and the newsletter are free.
How many tenders does France Marchés list?
22,516 open tenders from 1,300 sources on 3 October 2026.
Does France Marchés have an API?
The public pages that we checked do not describe an API.
What are the alternatives to France Marchés?
BOAMP, the official French notice bulletin, is free. Marchés Online and Dematis sell French tender alerts. Sell to State covers France with awards, buyers and suppliers.
How we checked
We read the public pricing, product and documentation pages of each vendor on 4 November 2026. When a site blocked our check, we read its archive.org copy. The Sell to State column comes from our own pricing page, docs and data. To report a correction, email hello@selltostate.com.
Try Sell to State
Tenders, contract awards, buyers and suppliers in 73 live markets, 120 more in the backlog. US$49/month for the whole team, with a REST API and an MCP server.