What is the typical contract amount for Starburst licenses and renewals?

The median award for these types of contracts is $381,944.34. The lowest observed award for a license was $156,673.25, while the highest was $2,584,686.06.

Are there additional costs beyond the initial license for Starburst?

Contract records indicate additional costs for support. For example, the Department of Transportation awarded $321,342.26 for 'STARBURST ENTERPRISE SUPPORT'.

What is the range of contract amounts for Starburst across all types of awards?

The median contract amount across all awards is $381,944.34.

Evidence file · Data & analytics platforms

Starburst pricing

By Lars Cornelissen · Published 31 Aug 2026 · Last verified 5 Oct 2026 · How these numbers are produced

What do public agencies pay for Starburst?

$312,500 – $397,348.92 typical award, across 5 awards for licence and renewal purchases

Full range $156,673.25 to $2,584,686.06, median $381,944.34, over 13 Apr 2021 – 6 Aug 2026; vendor list price $0.5 / USD per credit (starting).

These are contract totals for one award each — what an agency was awarded, for the scope its description states — not a price per licence, and not comparable with the vendor’s list price, which is a different kind of number (why the distinction matters).

The lowest recorded contract amount for Starburst was $156,673.25. The highest recorded contract amount for Starburst was $2,584,686.06. Starburst Data, Inc. lists a starting price of $0.50 per credit for its Pro offering.

The record at a glance

Each bar is one Starburst award, ordered by award date; hover a bar for its award ID. Every bar is a contract total (obligated), so height reflects the scope of that Starburst purchase, not a unit price. The vendor list price is a per-USD per credit (starting) figure and is not drawn on this axis.

This page rests on 9 public contract awards from 3 awarding agencies.
The figures below are computed from 5 licence and renewal awards; the other 4 records are services, training, support-only or multi-product buys and do not move them.
The lowest observed award is below the median by a factor of 2.4, and the highest is 16.5 times the lowest.
6 of 9 awards (67%) come from Department of Transportation.
The most frequent recipient across these awards is MICROTECHNOLOGIES LLC, on 5 awards (56%).
The records span 2021-04-13 to 2026-08-06.
Median award across this file: $381,944.34; total obligated across all 9 awards: $3,833,152.57.

Price summary

$0.5 / USD per credit (starting) Vendor list price (list_price)

Starburst Data, Inc.’s own published price. Source, captured 2026-10-05. Comparable only with other list prices.

$156,673.25 Lowest observed public contract (contract_total)

The smallest of the 9 Starburst awards on file — one data point, not a unit price.

$2,584,686.06 Highest observed public contract (contract_total)

The largest Starburst award on file. It bought the work its description states, not “a Starburst licence”.

These three figures are not comparable with each other, and the type next to each number is the point: the USD per credit (starting) list price is Starburst Data Inc.’s own unit price, while the contract totals describe different scopes of work bought by different agencies.

Evidence: every award used

9 Starburst awards. Amounts are obligated values as recorded by USAspending.
Agency	Date	Amount	Type	What the award description says was bought	Award ID
Securities and Exchange Commission Securities and Exchange Commission	13 Apr 2021	$2,584,686.06 contract_total	contract_total The value of one award. Not a unit price and not comparable with another award's total. license	STARBURST ENTERPRISE PRESTO SUBSCRIPTION LICENSES	50310221F0046 FCN, INC. match description, confidence 0.8
Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration	16 Sep 2022	$321,342.26 contract_total	contract_total The value of one award. Not a unit price and not comparable with another award's total. support	STARBURST ENTERPRISE SUPPORT	697DCK22F01739 CDW GOVERNMENT LLC match description, confidence 0.8
Department of Veterans Affairs Department of Veterans Affairs	14 Sep 2023	$156,673.25 contract_total	contract_total The value of one award. Not a unit price and not comparable with another award's total. license	STARBURST DEPLOYMENT AND LICENSES	36C10B23F0317 FOUR POINTS TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C. match description, confidence 0.8
Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration	15 Sep 2023	$392,522.34 contract_total	contract_total The value of one award. Not a unit price and not comparable with another award's total. services	ITAR-23-3404 SLI: 46025 (666) STARBURST ENTERPRISE CAPACITY INCLUDES SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS, INTEGRATIONS, CONNECTORS, AND 24-7 SUPPORT; PART: SE-ECAP & (300) STARBURST SERVICES CREDITS*; PART: SE-SC ITAR-23-3404S QUOTES FOR COMPETITION: MICR	697DCK23F01052 MICROTECHNOLOGIES LLC match description, confidence 0.8
Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration	29 Aug 2024	$372,825.42 contract_total	contract_total The value of one award. Not a unit price and not comparable with another award's total. unknown	STARBURST ENTERPRISE	697DCK24F00744 MICROTECHNOLOGIES LLC match description, confidence 0.8
Department of Veterans Affairs Department of Veterans Affairs	13 Sep 2024	$2,214,000.45 contract_total	contract_total The value of one award. Not a unit price and not comparable with another award's total. support	STARBURST ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT	36C10B24F0333 CYKOR LLC match description, confidence 0.8
Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration	21 Jul 2025	$312,500 contract_total	contract_total The value of one award. Not a unit price and not comparable with another award's total. renewal	(1) PRIVACERA ACCESS MANAGEMENT RENEWAL - EMR HIVE, S3, STARBURST, PRESTO, KINETICA ITAR-25-2508 SLI#: 54561	697DCK25F00657 MICROTECHNOLOGIES LLC match description, confidence 0.8
Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration	11 Sep 2025	$381,944.34 contract_total	contract_total The value of one award. Not a unit price and not comparable with another award's total. renewal	THE ANNUAL RENEWAL OF STARBURST LICENSE.	697DCK25F00937 MICROTECHNOLOGIES LLC match description, confidence 0.8
Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration	6 Aug 2026	$397,348.92 contract_total	contract_total The value of one award. Not a unit price and not comparable with another award's total. renewal	THE ANNUAL RENEWAL OF STARBURST ENTERPRISE.	697DCK26F00791 MICROTECHNOLOGIES LLC match description, confidence 0.8

Each row appears only because its own description names Starburst — never because a vendor or reseller was named. Matches scoring below 0.8 were dropped and counted rather than guessed, so this Starburst table is a floor on what the record shows, not a total.

Hidden-cost patterns in the descriptions

These 13 recurring cost items are quoted from the Starburst award text itself, each with the record it came from. None of them is a Starburst price — they are the costs that sit alongside the subscription.

What to watch at renewal

The contract records indicate that renewals for Starburst can vary. One renewal award from the Department of Transportation was for $381,944.34 for 'THE ANNUAL RENEWAL OF STARBURST LICENSE', and a subsequent renewal was for $397,348.92 for 'THE ANNUAL RENEWAL OF STARBURST ENTERPRISE'.

Frequently asked

What is the typical contract amount for Starburst licenses and renewals?: The median award for these types of contracts is $381,944.34. The lowest observed award for a license was $156,673.25, while the highest was $2,584,686.06. Based on: 50310221F0046, 36C10B23F0317, 697DCK25F00657, 697DCK25F00937, 697DCK26F00791.
Are there additional costs beyond the initial license for Starburst?: Contract records indicate additional costs for support. For example, the Department of Transportation awarded $321,342.26 for 'STARBURST ENTERPRISE SUPPORT'. Based on: 697DCK22F01739, 36C10B24F0333, 697DCK23F01052.
What is the range of contract amounts for Starburst across all types of awards?: The median contract amount across all awards is $381,944.34. Based on: 50310221F0046, 697DCK22F01739, 36C10B23F0317, 697DCK23F01052, 697DCK24F00744, 36C10B24F0333, 697DCK25F00657, 697DCK25F00937, 697DCK26F00791.

Sources and method

This Starburst file rests on 9 US federal contract awards running from 13 Apr 2021 to 6 Aug 2026, awarded by 3 agencies, most often Department of Transportation. Every row links to its own record on USAspending.gov, which is where the amount and date come from. The rules for matching a product, narrowing with classification codes, and labelling each amount by type are on the methodology page.

What this Starburst page does not claim. No award here is a price for a Starburst licence, the figures are not comparable across rows, and the file is not complete — it covers what the pipeline could match confidently, with everything discarded recorded in rejected.json. Only Starburst Data Inc. can quote Starburst.

Starburst evidence last verified 5 Oct 2026. Corrections: contact the editor.

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14 Sep 2026 — Initial publication: 27 awards, $21–$2,584,686.