What DealMachine does, from its own pages
Start by listing which DealMachine features you open each week. Its pricing page puts these in every plan: nationwide property and owner data, saved searches, the Driving for Dollars app, the Mail app with postcards billed per piece, API, CLI and webhook access, Apps and Zapier connections, and team management. A Scale plan at $599 a package a month, sold through its sales team, gives each package 100,000 records and 10 workspace seats (Read November 5, 2026).
Skip tracing draws on those same credits. The data credits guide says revealing phones and emails costs one credit per unique record, several numbers for one person still count once, and reopening a record in the same billing cycle is free. Searching, browsing and counts cost nothing, and there are no automatic overages: a request simply stops when credits run out (Read November 5, 2026). The skip tracing page lists no dollar price per trace and says contact matches vary by record. Divide $119 by 10,000 credits and you get a little over one cent per person, but that division is ours, not a figure DealMachine publishes.
DealMachine no longer runs a time-limited trial. Its pricing guide says you can explore without a card while results stay blurred, and lists, mail, export and CSV import need a paid plan (Read November 5, 2026). For a two-column look at the two products, see Locate Next vs DealMachine.
Alternatives by job
| Your main job | Options to look at | What their own pages said, read November 5, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Driving for dollars with a phone app | DealMachine itself; PropStream or BatchLeads if you mainly want the list itself | DealMachine’s pricing page includes the Driving for Dollars app in every plan. The PropStream and BatchLeads pages read for this article did not describe a driving app, so check their app listings before you move. |
| Filtered lead lists | PropStream, PropertyRadar, BatchLeads | PropStream: Essentials $99 a month, 165+ filters across 160M+ properties. PropertyRadar: Solo $119 a month, or $99 a month billed annually. BatchLeads: Growth $119 a month with 10,000 leads a month and 130+ filters. |
| Tracing a list you already own | Locate Next; PropStream Essentials | Locate Next: $49 a month plus $0.17 per search with results, from a prepaid balance. PropStream Essentials: $99 a month plus 12 cents a contact, and its FAQ says a trace that finds no phones or emails does not count against your limit. |
| Homeowners in one ZIP code | Locate Next Find homeowners; PropertyRadar; PropStream | Locate Next returns owner-of-record name, property address and a separate mailing address from parcel records, up to 5,000 owners per ZIP per day for each account. PropertyRadar and PropStream build lists from many more criteria. |
| An all-in-one CRM that dials, texts and mails | REsimpli; BatchLeads with add-ons | REsimpli Solo: $249 a month billed annually, and its LLM info file lists 10,000 skip trace credits a month on Solo. BatchLeads sells Dialer AI at $89 a month and Reia AI at $19 a month. |
If you drive for dollars
Here DealMachine is hardest to replace. Its plans carry both the Driving for Dollars app and the Mail app, so spotting a house, pulling its record and sending a postcard can happen in one place. If that routine fills most of your week, it may cost less to keep DealMachine and swap out only the piece that bothers you, for example where you trace. Our driving for dollars guide covers the method itself, whatever app you use.
If you mostly build lists
PropStream, PropertyRadar and BatchLeads are built around list filters. PropStream’s Pro plan, $199 a month, includes skip tracing through PropStream Connect, and its FAQ describes free DNC flags that cover known litigators (Read November 5, 2026). PropertyRadar’s pricing page bundles 250 phones and emails a month on Solo, with extras at 8 cents a contact, and its data page lists DNC and litigator scrubbing (Read November 5, 2026). BatchLeads is less clear on tracing cost: its pricing page calls tracing of saved leads automatic, yet its FAQ describes a tracing wallet that needs at least $50 deposited (Read November 5, 2026). To weigh PropStream against the rest, read PropStream alternatives.
If tracing is the only job
Ten thousand credits a month suit a team that traces thousands of owners. If you trace a few hundred, much of the allowance sits idle, and DealMachine’s pages do not say whether unused credits carry over. Paying per result fits that pattern. Locate Next accepts your CSV or .xlsx owner list without reformatting, up to 25,000 rows, 20 MB and 500 columns. It lines up the columns, merges repeat properties and shows the highest possible cost before any search runs. After you review who was found, you export a file for your CRM, and your record IDs and original columns stay on every row. The price is $49 a month plus $0.17 per search with results.
To be plain about cost: at full use, DealMachine’s credits are far cheaper per person than $0.17. Locate Next can win only when your volume is small or uneven and a monthly credit pool would go unused. See bulk skip tracing and the pay per hit guide for the math.
Check how each tool handles Do Not Call. DealMachine’s pricing, skip tracing and data credits pages read on November 5, 2026 do not describe DNC or litigator scrubbing; a sample screen on its skip tracing page shows a number marked not checked next to a Verify button. Locate Next runs DNC checks in Export at no extra charge. Each number keeps its own result, and one without a current answer stays “Not checked”, never treated as clear.
If you want homeowners by ZIP code
Some teams open DealMachine mostly to see who owns the houses in one neighborhood. Locate Next’s Find homeowners takes a ZIP code, city or county and lists the owner of record, the property address and the owner’s separate mailing address, plus year built and value when the county record carries them. You save the results as a list and trace that list next. It searches by place only, with no equity, mortgage or distress filters, so if those filters matter to you, a list builder from the section above is the better match.
If you work inside an AI app
Of the tools on this page, DealMachine documents the most AI connections. Its MCP guide gives a server at mcp.dealmachine.com, its Claude page describes a custom connector with OAuth, and its ChatGPT page describes a plugin for ChatGPT and Codex on the same endpoint (Read November 5, 2026). PropertyRadar’s API page mentions an MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT but gives no public URL. The PropStream, BatchLeads and REsimpli pages read that day did not mention one. Locate Next works in Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Codex or Cursor through https://app.locatenext.com/mcp after you sign in with your Locate account; a search that costs money waits for your yes. Setup steps are in the skip tracing MCP server guide.
Common questions
What are the best DealMachine alternatives?
That depends on the job. For filtered lists, PropStream, PropertyRadar and BatchLeads come closest. For a CRM with dialing, texting and mail, look at REsimpli. For tracing a list you already have, or pulling homeowners by ZIP, a pay-per-result tool such as Locate Next. Of the vendor pages read for this article on November 5, 2026, only DealMachine’s listed a driving for dollars app in every plan.
How much does DealMachine cost per month?
Its pricing page showed Basic at $119 a seat a month with 10,000 data credits, Pro at $179 a bundle with 20,000 credits and three users, and Scale at $599 a package (Read November 5, 2026). A line saying plans start at $99 a month also still appeared there, which does not match the Basic card.
Does DealMachine charge per skip trace?
It publishes no dollar price per trace. Its bulk skip tracing guide says each unique person not already unlocked in the billing cycle uses one person credit from your plan (Read November 5, 2026). Whether a trace that finds nothing uses a credit is not stated.
Is there an app like DealMachine that is cheaper?
PropStream Essentials was $99 a month and PropertyRadar Solo $99 a month billed annually on their pricing pages (Read November 5, 2026). If you only trace, Locate Next is $49 a month plus $0.17 per search with results. None of them repeats every DealMachine feature, so price only the parts you use.
Does Locate Next check Do Not Call status?
Yes, in Export, against the DNC dataset currently active on this site. The check compares phone numbers with the dataset currently active on this site. It does not promise a live connection to government records, identify the owner of a number, or establish consent to contact someone. DNC checks are included at no extra charge.
How do I get access to Locate Next?
Get started at $49 a month. Each search with results is charged at $0.17 from your prepaid balance.
Sources
- DealMachine, pricing. Basic, Pro and Scale prices and credits, the $99 line, features in every plan. Read November 5, 2026.
- DealMachine, data credits guide. One credit per unique record, no repeat charge in a cycle, no automatic overages. Read November 5, 2026.
- DealMachine, bulk skip tracing guide. One person credit per unique person per cycle. Read November 5, 2026.
- DealMachine, skip tracing feature page. No per-trace price, matches vary, sample DNC panel. Read November 5, 2026.
- DealMachine, current vs classic pricing. No time-limited trial, blurred results. Read November 5, 2026.
- DealMachine, MCP server guide. Server address and credit use. Read November 5, 2026.
- DealMachine, Claude connection and ChatGPT connection. Custom connector and plugin with OAuth. Read November 5, 2026.
- PropStream, pricing and FAQ. Plan prices, 12 cents a contact, traces with no result, free DNC flags. Read November 5, 2026.
- PropStream, homepage. Filter and property counts. Read November 5, 2026.
- PropertyRadar, pricing. Plan prices, monthly contacts, per-contact extras. Read November 5, 2026.
- PropertyRadar, property and owner data. DNC and litigator scrubbing. Read November 5, 2026.
- PropertyRadar, API. Mentions an MCP server for AI assistants. Read November 5, 2026.
- BatchLeads, pricing and FAQ. Growth plan, add-on prices, tracing wording, wallet deposit. Read November 5, 2026.
- BatchLeads, homepage. Number of list filters. Read November 5, 2026.
- REsimpli, pricing and LLM info file. Solo price and monthly tracing credits. Read November 5, 2026.
- Locate Next, pricing. Monthly plan, price per search with results, top-ups.
Prices and plans on vendor sites change often, so check each page again before paying. Nothing on this page is legal advice.