Every license your firm holds, engineers, architects, surveyors, and interior designers, plus firm Certificates of Authorization and business registrations, in one self-serve dashboard. Clear pricing, no sales call, not a legal-services upsell.
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Firms: $15/seat/month, 3-seat minimum, 30-day trial · Individuals: free for your first license, then $10/month
PE License Pro is a Harbor Compliance alternative built specifically for architecture and engineering firms. At $15 per seat per monthwith self-serve signup and a 30-day trial, it tracks every discipline's licenses (PE, SE, architect, landscape architect, land surveyor, interior designer), firm Certificates of Authorization with Engineer-in-Charge alerts, business registration deadlines, and CE/PDH hours, and rolls it all into one firm-wide renewal cost and a printable compliance report. Unlike Harbor Compliance, it does not provide registered agent service or file on your behalf, which is exactly why it costs a fraction as much for firms whose compliance surface is professional licensure.
Harbor Compliance is a real, capable company. It's a full-service, multi-industry compliance firm covering registered agent, foreign qualification, business license management, and more, sold through an enterprise sales motion. For an organization with complex compliance needs across many industries, it's a strong fit.
But an architecture and engineering firm's compliance surface is mostly professional licensure. What the person who owns compliance at an A&E firm actually needs is:
That's the entire problem PE License Pro solves. It's narrower than Harbor Compliance, intentionally. The result: a focused tool at a self-serve price point that a firm can buy without a procurement cycle.
Not just PE licenses. The whole surface: people, firm authorizations, and the entity itself.
Engineers (PE, SE), architects (RA), landscape architects (PLA), land surveyors (PLS), and interior designers (RID), each tracked against their own state board's CE and renewal rules. One dashboard for the whole firm, not one per profession.
Your firm's Certificates of Authorization sit next to the individual licenses that qualify them. Assign an Engineer-in-Charge to each CoA and get alerted when their qualifying license is at risk, before the board notices.
Secretary of State foreign qualifications, annual reports, franchise tax, and registered agent renewal dates, with reminders and a direct link to each state portal. We track the deadlines; you file. We don't pretend otherwise.
Every license, CoA, and registration rolls up into a single annual renewal cost for the firm. Budget season stops being an archaeology project.
Print a branded firm compliance report straight from the dashboard: same numbers as the overview, laid out as a document. Save it as a PDF for the boardroom or a client prequalification package.
Type a name and city and we pull PE licenses from state boards nationwide and architect licenses in 44 states, plus NCEES CPC sync for engineers' CE history. Surveyor and interior design licenses are added manually today, in under a minute each.
Where each tool wins, where it doesn't.
| Feature | PE License Pro | Harbor Compliance |
|---|---|---|
| License tracking for every A&E discipline (PE, SE, architect, landscape architect, land surveyor, interior designer) | Yes | Multi-industry, not A&E-specific |
| Firm Certificate of Authorization (CoA) tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Engineer-in-Charge alerts when a CoA's qualifying license is at risk | Yes | No |
| Auto-import licenses from state boards (PE nationwide, architects in 44 states) | Yes | No |
| NCEES CPC continuing-education sync | Yes | No |
| CE / PDH / HSW hour tracking with audit-ready exports | Yes | Limited |
| Business registration renewal tracking (Secretary of State, annual reports, franchise tax) | Yes | Yes |
| Firm-wide annual renewal cost rollup | Yes | Not advertised |
| Printable firm compliance report | Yes | Not advertised |
| Filings done for you (foreign qualification, annual reports) | No | Yes |
| Registered agent service | Deadline tracking only | Yes |
| Dedicated compliance specialists | No | Yes |
| Self-serve signup, instant access | Yes | No |
| Public per-seat pricing, no sales call required | $15 / seat / month | Custom quote |
| Free tier | 1 license | No |
| 30-day trial | Yes | No |
Comparison reflects publicly available information about both products as of July 2026. Harbor Compliance pricing is quote-based; figures cited reflect typical A&E-firm reports.
If you're moving the license-tracking piece specifically, here's what to expect:
For most firms, the active migration takes a couple of hours. The cost savings start at the next billing cycle.
No quote request, no annual lock-in. Add seats as you hire, remove them when people leave, cancel anytime.
Per-seat tracking for design and engineering firms, with everything the person who manages compliance needs in one place.
Just tracking your own licenses? Individual plans start free, then $10/month. See individual pricing.
Harbor Compliance is a full-service, multi-industry compliance firm covering registered agent service, foreign qualification, business licensing, and license management software, sold through an enterprise sales motion and priced accordingly. For architecture and engineering firms whose core need is professional license, Certificate of Authorization, and CE tracking, the price is often far higher than the value used. PE License Pro fills that gap: an A&E-specific tracker with published per-seat pricing you can buy without a sales call.
Four main things. (1) Auto-import: type a name and city and license data is pulled from state boards, PE licenses nationwide and architect licenses in 44 states, where Harbor Compliance relies on manual data entry. (2) NCEES CPC sync, which pulls an engineer's full continuing-education record into the dashboard. (3) Engineer-in-Charge alerts, which flag a firm CoA when its qualifying engineer's license is at risk. (4) Self-serve signup at a published price, with a public live demo you can click through before creating an account.
Harbor Compliance provides registered agent service in all 50 states, files foreign qualifications and annual reports on your behalf, manages business licenses across many industries, and staffs dedicated compliance specialists. PE License Pro tracks business registration deadlines (Secretary of State, annual reports, franchise tax, registered agent renewals) and links you to the right portal, but the filing is still yours to do. If you want a service that files for you, Harbor Compliance is the right fit.
Six: Professional Engineers (PE), Structural Engineers (SE), Architects (RA), Landscape Architects (PLA), Land Surveyors (PLS), and Registered Interior Designers (RID), each with their own state-by-state CE and renewal rules, including interior design in every jurisdiction that regulates it. Auto-import from state boards covers PE licenses nationwide and architects in 44 states; surveyor and interior design licenses are entered manually today, in under a minute each.
It tracks them. Secretary of State foreign qualifications, annual reports, franchise tax, and registered agent renewal dates all live next to your licenses and CoAs, with the same reminder schedule and a direct link to each state's portal. PE License Pro does not act as your registered agent and does not file on your behalf; it makes sure nothing slips.
PE License Pro publishes pricing up front: $0 for 1 license, $10/month for individuals, $20/month for unlimited licenses plus firm CoA tracking, and $15 per seat per month for firms (minimum 3 seats, 30-day trial, cancel anytime). Harbor Compliance does not publish software pricing; it is quote-based and varies by bundled services. A&E firms comparing the two often report a substantial cost difference.
Yes, two ways. The live demo at pelicensepro.com/demo is a fully populated sample firm you can click through with no signup at all. The free tier covers 1 license forever, and the Business (per-seat) plan includes a 30-day free trial. No sales call at any point.
No, and we're honest about that. If your firm needs registered agent service or wants filings handled for you, Harbor Compliance covers ground we don't. Some firms use PE License Pro for license, CoA, and registration-deadline tracking and keep a separate registered-agent provider. If professional licensure is the bulk of your compliance surface, which for most A&E firms it is, PE License Pro alone usually covers it.
PE License Pro was built by Alex Woodhams, a Professional Engineer licensed in 30+ states, after years of managing multi-state license tracking by spreadsheet. It is built for architecture and engineering firms, not as a legal-services upsell.
$15 per seat per month, 3-seat minimum, 30-day trial. Every discipline's licenses, your CoAs, and your business registrations. No sales call.