HeadwayPlans
Public prices your budget office can plan against.
No "request a quote" wall: Starter is free, Planner is $625/mo or $7,500/yr, Agency starts at $30,000/yr, Enterprise at $90,000/yr. Evaluation needs no procurement at all — your agency is already loaded — and every paid plan bills the way agencies pay: PO, invoice, net-30, ACH or check.
Starter
Free forever
For planners and small agencies evaluating on public data.
- All US agencies on public GTFS/GTFS-RT/NTD/Census
- Service health, equity (Title VI), access, scenarios, and peer benchmarking
- Agency space with up to 3 team members
- Feed validation
Planner
$625/mo · $7,500/yr
For rural GMs, small agencies, and consultants who plan service every week. Card or PO.
- Everything in Starter
- Saved scenarios with board-ready CSV/PDF exports
- Title VI service-equity reports (FTA C 4702.1B)
- Scheduled insights & notifications
- 5 team members, 3 data connections
Agency
From $30K/yr · invoice/PO
The full Transit Planning OS for small/mid urban agencies and MPOs.
- Everything in Planner
- Operational connectors: AVL/APC, fare, scheduling, dispatch
- GTFS-Realtime performance & crowding analytics
- AI knowledge layer: grants & compliance Q&A with citations
- 25 team members, 10 connections, unlimited schedules
- Priority support + onboarding
Enterprise
Custom from $90K/yr
For large or multi-agency / MPO / DOT programs.
- Everything in Agency, unlimited seats
- Multi-agency & regional rollups
- SSO/SAML, custom data integrations
- Security review support
- Implementation services
Built for agency procurement: we accept purchase orders and invoice on net-30 terms (ACH or check) on every paid plan — subscribe from your agency space in the dashboard, no credit card required. Card checkout is also available for self-serve teams.
FAQ
Common questions
Do I need agency data — or procurement — to start?
Neither. Every US agency is already loaded from public GTFS, GTFS-Realtime, Census, and NTD sources, so you can open your own network and see real output today — before a demo, a quote, or an IT review. Procurement only enters when you're ready to buy.
How is the free Starter limited?
Starter is the full analytical workbench on public data — service health, equity, access, scenarios, and peer benchmarks — for up to 3 team members. Saving your work is where paid plans begin: saved scenarios, Title VI CSV/PDF exports, and scheduled insights start on Planner; operational connectors (APC/AVL, fare, scheduling), agency thresholds, and unlimited schedules belong to Agency and Enterprise.
How do we pay? Our agency uses purchase orders.
Exactly how you already pay vendors: send us a PO (or subscribe from your agency space with the PO number) and we invoice on net-30 terms, payable by ACH or check. We'll complete your vendor registration and W-9 on request, and we can support sole-source justification where your thresholds allow. Self-serve teams on Planner can alternatively pay by card.
Can HeadwayForge replace Remix / Swiftly / Optibus?
Yes for the planning workflow — that's the point of the Transit Planning OS: one workspace replaces the planning tool stack (service analysis, Title VI equity, scenarios, access, benchmarking, funding research). The honest caveat: scheduling, run-cutting, and live-ops dispatch stay with the tools built for them. During transition HeadwayForge runs alongside what you have, then absorbs the planning workflows — including your operational data, via the connectors on the Agency plan.
Evaluate it on your own network — free.
Open any US agency on public data and see service health, equity, access, and peer benchmarks before you talk to anyone.