Alternate payment path
No-risk Success Plan
$0 today
Eligible results can choose a fixed $149 charge only after Censum verifies a qualifying reduction. No reduction, no Success Plan charge.
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Products & pricing
Free check first
Check your property before paying for appeal help.
Censum uses public records, appeal history, and comparable signals.
See modeled odds, estimated savings, and the packet path that fits.
APPEAL PACKAGES
- * Choose $0 today with the Success Plan, or pay $99 upfront when the lookup shows that path.
- * Fixed Censum pricing. No percentage of savings, no surprise percentage fee, and no outcome guarantee.
Upfront appeal plan
$99 upfront appeal packet
$99 today
Fixed upfront appeal packet for high-confidence results. Includes the deepest packet, Exemption + Prior-Year Checkup, and no percentage of savings.
View detailsADDITIONAL PRODUCTS
- * Add workflow, exemption, monitoring, and savings tools beyond the appeal packet.
- * Use only the products that match the property risk or cost problem.
Optional add-on
Concierge workflow help
+$29
Guided packet staging, reminders, portal walkthrough support, and receipt tracking.
View detailsOptional add-on
Exemption + Prior-Year Checkup
+$19
Screens common exemption paths and prior-year correction flags. Included with the $99 upfront path.
View detailsAnnual monitoring
Tax Shield
$99/year
Censum watches assessment changes, appeal windows, nearby sales, and exemption clues so you do not have to.
View detailsUtility savings scan
Utility Optimizer
Coming soon
Scan recurring utility bills for usage drift, waste signals, and contract mismatches that quietly tax the property.
View detailsMore detail: Long-Shot Appeal Pack, sample packet, Tax Shield, billing policy, and disclosures.
Alternate payment path
No-risk Success Plan
For eligible standard paid-packet results, Censum can let the homeowner start without paying upfront. If Censum verifies a qualifying reduction after the appeal decision, the customer pays one fixed fee. If no qualifying reduction is verified, there is no Success Plan charge.
Best For
- Homeowners who want appeal help but do not want to pay before the result.
- Eligible results where the lookup shows a paid packet path, not Long-Shot.
- Customers comparing Censum against percentage-of-savings firms.
What You Get
- The matched appeal packet path for the property result.
- Fixed after-reduction fee instead of a percentage of savings.
- Checkout authorization only; no upfront packet charge.
- Clear no-reduction boundary: no verified qualifying reduction means no Success Plan charge.
Important Limits
- Available only when the lookup shows an eligible standard paid-packet result.
- Not available for Long-Shot results, score-pending properties, or held/suppressed PINs.
- County outcome is not guaranteed, and Censum is not a law firm or tax advisor.
Start with the property result, then buy only the path Censum shows. Censum is independent, not a government office, not a law firm, and no appeal outcome is guaranteed.
Upfront appeal plan
$99 Upfront Appeal Packet
The $99 upfront path is assigned by the property lookup for strong appeal signals. It gives the deepest Censum packet without giving away a share of the reduction.
Best For
- Properties where the Censum lookup shows a high-confidence appeal path.
- Homeowners who prefer paying once and keeping 100% of any reduction.
- Cases where deeper comparable support and prior-year checks are worth doing before filing.
What You Get
- Deepest appeal packet and strongest comparable review path.
- Assessment history, filing materials, evidence prompts, and upload path.
- Exemption + Prior-Year Checkup included in the $99 upfront price.
- Next-year packet credit if a timely Board of Review appeal gets no reduction under the published policy.
Important Limits
- Only buy this when the lookup assigns the $99 upfront path for the property.
- Does not guarantee a reduction or tax-bill savings.
- Official filing may still require customer action unless Concierge is added and authorization is available.
Start with the property result, then buy only the path Censum shows. Censum is independent, not a government office, not a law firm, and no appeal outcome is guaranteed.
Low-odds appeal path
Long-Shot Appeal Pack
Long-Shot is the matched product when the free lookup falls below the main packet range. It gives the homeowner an appeal pack and review path without pretending the case is high-confidence.
Best For
- Properties that fall below 50% modeled win probability but still deserve a concrete review.
- Homeowners with possible condition, sale, appraisal, exemption, or record-correction evidence.
- Customers who want Censum to organize the low-odds appeal facts instead of overbuying a higher-odds packet.
What You Get
- Assessment-history review and prior-year red-flag screen.
- Evidence checks for facts the model may not see, such as condition or sale context.
- Filing prompts and next-step guidance for deciding whether a low-probability appeal is still worth pursuing.
- Flat $49 price, no percentage of savings.
Important Limits
- The result is low-odds by design; this is not a high-confidence filing recommendation.
- No Success Plan path for Long-Shot.
- No appeal outcome, refund, or savings is guaranteed.
Start with the property result, then buy only the path Censum shows. Censum is independent, not a government office, not a law firm, and no appeal outcome is guaranteed.
Optional add-on
Concierge Workflow Help
Concierge is for customers who want help staging the packet workflow instead of keeping the filing steps in their head. It is workflow support, reminders, and handoff organization, not a savings guarantee.
Best For
- Homeowners who want reminders, packet staging, and portal walkthrough support.
- Customers who already have a matched packet and want help staying organized.
- Cases where receipt tracking and deadline discipline matter.
What You Get
- Guided packet staging and next-step checklist.
- Portal walkthrough support and receipt tracking.
- Reminder path around the filing workflow.
- Cook CCAO workflow support only when the required authorization boundary is satisfied.
Important Limits
- Not a law firm, tax advice, or guaranteed filing outcome.
- BOR and non-Cook representative-filing rules may require customer or attorney action.
- Normally added with an eligible packet path, not sold as a standalone appeal result.
Start with the property result, then buy only the path Censum shows. Censum is independent, not a government office, not a law firm, and no appeal outcome is guaranteed.
Optional add-on
Exemption + Prior-Year Checkup
This checkup looks for common missed exemption paths and prior-year correction flags that may matter beyond the current appeal packet.
Best For
- Homeowners who may have missed homeowner, senior, veteran, disability, or other exemption paths.
- Properties with prior-year assessment or ownership facts that look off.
- Lower upfront-packet customers who want the extra missed-benefit screen.
What You Get
- Common exemption-path screen.
- Prior-year correction and Certificate of Error flags where relevant.
- Plain-English next steps for what to verify against official county records.
- Included automatically in the $99 upfront path.
Important Limits
- County exemption forms are free; Censum charges for screening and organization.
- No exemption, refund, Certificate of Error, or correction is guaranteed.
- Final eligibility depends on official county rules and customer facts.
Start with the property result, then buy only the path Censum shows. Censum is independent, not a government office, not a law firm, and no appeal outcome is guaranteed.
Annual monitoring
Tax Shield
Tax Shield watches the property after the first check, so assessment changes, appeal windows, nearby sales, and exemption clues do not depend on the homeowner remembering every deadline.
Best For
- Homeowners who want year-round monitoring instead of one-time checking.
- Properties where assessment drift, nearby sales, or exemption clues could matter later.
- Customers who want Censum to keep watching after the immediate appeal decision.
What You Get
- Assessment-change monitoring.
- Appeal-window and deadline reminders.
- Nearby-sale and exemption clue checks.
- Annual recheck path for the property.
Important Limits
- Monitoring does not guarantee a future appeal opportunity or reduction.
- Customer still controls official deadlines, filings, and decisions unless a separate authorized workflow applies.
- Coverage depends on Censum data availability for the property and county.
Start with the property result, then buy only the path Censum shows. Censum is independent, not a government office, not a law firm, and no appeal outcome is guaranteed.
Utility savings scan
Utility Optimizer
Utility Optimizer is the planned non-tax savings scan for recurring utility waste, usage drift, and contract mismatches that quietly tax a property.
Best For
- Homeowners or investors with recurring utility bills that may hide waste.
- Properties where energy, water, or contract drift may be a bigger cost problem than appeal timing.
- Customers who want Censum-style cost intelligence beyond property-tax appeals.
What You Get
- Usage-drift review concept.
- Recurring bill mismatch checks.
- Waste-signal triage for the property.
- Launch-interest intake before the product is public.
Important Limits
- Not live checkout yet.
- Savings, utility contract changes, and bill corrections are not guaranteed.
- Early access may require manual review.
Start with the property result, then buy only the path Censum shows. Censum is independent, not a government office, not a law firm, and no appeal outcome is guaranteed.