Comparison · DeHavilland vs Emily · August 2026
DeHavilland vs Emily
DeHavilland sells analyst-curated political intelligence: in-house policy experts shaping alerts and briefings, dedicated Welsh and Scottish services, and an EU operation in Brussels. Emily is an AI public affairs agent with published pricing (£69 or £149 a month) that cites the official record for every claim. This page sets out what each is, what public buyers pay DeHavilland where the record shows it, and what DeHavilland offers that Emily deliberately does not.
Written by the Emily Politics team, so read our side with that in mind. Every claim about DeHavilland comes from its own public website or from published UK public contract awards, dated and sourced in the methodology note below. Spotted something out of date? Email hello@emilypolitics.com and we’ll correct it.
| DeHavilland | Emily | |
|---|---|---|
| Published price | Not published (checked July 2026) | £69 or £149 a month, published |
| Observed public awards, annualised | 14 awards: roughly £5,000 to £35,000 a year | — |
| Contract length | Observed awards run 12 to 60 months | Monthly. Cancel in one click |
| Trial | Free 2-week trial | 7 days, self-serve |
| Human analysts | Yes: in-house policy experts | No: an agent that logs what it checked |
| EU coverage | Yes: an operation in Brussels | No: Westminster and the devolved legislatures |
What DeHavilland is
DeHavilland leads with its analysts: in-house policy experts curating alerts and briefings, with dedicated Cymru and Scotland services and an EU operation in Brussels.
It is part of Helio Intelligence, which the private equity firm ECI backed in May 2026. Its owners' announcements describe a customer base of more than 1,000; that count is the company's own and the unit is not defined, so read it as a scale signal rather than an audited figure.
What buyers pay, where the record shows it
DeHavilland does not publish pricing on its website (checked July 2026).
On Contracts Finder, 14 public awards to DeHavilland with a disclosed value and term annualise to between roughly £5,000 and £35,000 a year, with a median around £10,800. The buyers include the National Audit Office, the Serious Fraud Office, the General Dental Council, Ofqual, Defra, Historic England and the Post Office. Each figure is the disclosed contract total divided by the disclosed term.
Across the market as a whole, UK public awards in this category with a disclosed value and term typically annualise to a band with a centre of £10,000 to £12,000 a year. Two caveats travel with that band: the VAT basis of the notices is unresolved, and Contracts Finder cannot see contracts below its publication threshold, so it describes the visible institutional lane only.
Two structural notes on that record. Every valued award is quoted as a contract total, never per seat and never per year, and most contracts run long: of the 70 awards carrying a term, 54 are for 24 months or more.
Published per-seat prices do exist in the wider market: EU-focused Policy-Insider.AI, for example, advertises from €129 per user per month.
What Emily does differently
Emily is an AI public affairs agent rather than a monitoring feed. You ask questions in plain English and she searches the parliamentary record, writes the briefing or the letter, and tracks your stakeholder engagement. Every claim is cited back to the official record, each answer carries a log of what she checked (the searches that found nothing included), and you can ask her at any time for a dated, evidenced account of the work she has done on your subscription.
The contract is the other difference. Prices are published: £69/month Standard or £149/month Professional, each with a 7-day trial and billing by the month. There is no minimum term and no auto-renewal into a longer contract. Notice is symmetric: we cannot lock you in for longer than we lock ourselves in.
No auto-renewal. No minimum term. If you leave, it takes one click and we part as friends. We would rather earn next month than own it.
Emily is currently in invite-only beta: join the waitlist. The free surfaces are open to everyone now: the daily Westminster read, the live bill tracker and the developer API.
Run both, then decide
You do not need to cancel anything to find out. Run Emily alongside DeHavilland until your renewal date, then decide with both sets of output in front of you. Running two suppliers at once has precedent in the public record: through 2025, Historic England held concurrent contracts for Dods political monitoring (£12,500 a year annualised) and Vuelio media and database services (£15,568 a year annualised), both published on Contracts Finder.
Whatever you choose, read your current contract’s term and notice clause and put the notice date in your diary. Knowing the date costs nothing.
What DeHavilland has that Emily does not
An honest list. If one of these is the job, DeHavilland is the better buy.
Named human analysts
DeHavilland's pitch is its people: in-house policy experts shaping what reaches you. Nobody at Emily reads your feed. The work is done by an agent that shows what it checked, and if a named analyst is what your organisation wants to buy, DeHavilland is the better fit.
EU coverage
DeHavilland runs an EU operation in Brussels. Emily covers Westminster and the devolved legislatures only, and we would rather be complete about the UK than thin about two continents. If Brussels is half your job, you need a second tool.
An institutional track record
DeHavilland holds a decade of published UK public contract awards; Emily is a new entrant with none. If your procurement process weighs references and incumbency, DeHavilland has them and we do not yet.
Common questions
How much does DeHavilland cost?
DeHavilland does not publish pricing on its website (checked July 2026). On Contracts Finder, 14 public awards to DeHavilland with a disclosed value and term annualise to between roughly £5,000 and £35,000 a year, with a median around £10,800. UK institutional political-monitoring contracts in general centre on £10,000 to £12,000 a year annualised, and that sample describes the visible institutional lane only: Contracts Finder cannot see contracts below its publication threshold.
What is the difference between DeHavilland and Emily Politics?
DeHavilland sells analyst-curated monitoring: in-house policy experts shape your alerts and briefings, with devolved and EU services alongside. Emily is an AI public affairs agent: you ask questions in plain English and she searches the parliamentary record, writes the briefing or the letter, and tracks your stakeholder engagement, with every claim cited back to the official record and a per-answer log of what was checked. Emily publishes its prices (£69 or £149 a month); DeHavilland sells via consultation.
What does DeHavilland have that Emily does not?
In-house human analysts curating your coverage, an EU operation in Brussels, and a track record of published UK public contract awards. Emily is agent-led, covers Westminster and the devolved legislatures only, and is a new entrant.
Can I try Emily without cancelling DeHavilland?
Yes. Run both until your renewal date and compare the output. Concurrent suppliers have precedent in the public record: through 2025, Historic England held contracts with Dods for political monitoring and with Vuelio for media monitoring at the same time, both published on Contracts Finder.
Also compared: Dods Political Intelligence vs Emily, PolicyMogul vs Emily, and the full seven-tool comparison of UK political monitoring.
Methodology: descriptions of DeHavilland come from its own public website, checked in July 2026; quoted phrases are its own wording. Contract figures are UK public awards published on Contracts Finder, compiled on 11 August 2026; each annual figure is the disclosed contract total divided by the disclosed term, and awards without a value or a term are excluded. “Not published” means we could not find pricing on the provider’s public site at the check date; it may be available on request. This page is maintained by Sinatra AI Ltd, the company behind Emily.