What PropStream costs today
Before you switch, it helps to know what you would be leaving. On November 5, 2026, the PropStream pricing page listed three plans plus a Custom plan through sales:
- Essentials: $99 a month, or $81 a month billed yearly ($972 a year). Skip tracing is an add-on at 12 cents a contact.
- Pro: $199 a month, or $165 a month billed yearly. Two full-access team members. Skip tracing is included through PropStream Connect, which the page values at $6,000, with extra skip tracing at 10 cents a contact.
- Elite: $699 a month, or $583 a month billed yearly. Nine full-access team members. Included skip tracing is valued at $12,000, with the same 10 cents a contact for extra tracing.
The PropStream FAQ says a skip trace that finds no phone numbers or emails does not count against your allotted limit, and that DNC scrubbing is free. It also offers a 7-day trial with 50 leads. Neither page says whether the included tracing on Pro and Elite has a cap beyond those dollar values. PropStream does a lot well: its homepage cites 165+ filters across 160M+ properties and 20 ready-made lead lists. If you use most of that every week, Pro may already be good value. The alternatives below make sense when you pay for more than you use. For a line-by-line comparison with Locate Next, read Locate Next vs PropStream.
Six PropStream alternatives at a glance
Prices are monthly list prices as each vendor published them. Read November 5, 2026; each tool name links to the page we read. Where a vendor did not publish a per-trace price, the table says so.
| Tool | Plan price | Skip trace price | Fits if you |
|---|---|---|---|
| PropertyRadar | Solo $119 a month ($99 billed yearly); Team $249; Business $599 | Phones and emails are pre-matched. Solo includes 250 a month, then 8 cents a contact (6 cents on Team, 4 cents on Business) | Build and monitor lists every month and want an API included, with mail and dialer add-ons |
| BatchLeads | Growth $119 a month; Professional $349; Scale $749 | Did not publish a per-record price on November 5, 2026. Pricing page says saved leads are skip traced automatically; FAQ says tracing is paid from a wallet with a $50 minimum deposit | Want lists, skip tracing, dialer, mail and CRM in one workspace |
| DealMachine | Basic $119 a seat a month; Pro $179 a bundle (3 users); Scale $599 a package | Did not publish a per-trace dollar price on November 5, 2026. Tracing uses one data credit per unique person; Basic includes 10,000 credits a month | Drive for dollars, send postcards and want an MCP connection for Claude or ChatGPT |
| REsimpli | Pricing page shows Solo at $249 monthly when billed yearly; its own info file lists Solo at $299 monthly, Team $899, Business $2,199 | Included as monthly credits (10,000 on Solo). Did not publish a per-record or overage price on November 5, 2026 | Run a team on a CRM with calling, texting and AI agents built in |
| Tracerfy | No subscription required; optional plans from $700 a month | 2 cents a hit for a normal trace, misses free per its pricing page (its FAQ differs on web uploads); DNC scrub 2 cents a phone | Trace large files at the lowest per-hit price and can use an API or MCP connector |
| Locate Next | $49 a month | $0.17 per search with results, from a prepaid balance. No results, no charge | Have a list or a ZIP and want owner contacts, DNC checks and a CRM-ready file without a large plan |
If you use PropStream to build lists
List building is PropStream’s core. The tools that come closest are the ones built around a property database with filters.
PropertyRadar
PropertyRadar’s pricing page cites 300+ criteria, and every plan has unlimited views, saves and imports. Exports run 10,000 a month on Solo. Its property and owner data page lists DNC and known-litigator scrubbing, and you can filter for owners with a mobile number before you save a list. An API comes with every paid plan. Its API page describes an MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT, but did not publish an endpoint URL or setup steps on November 5, 2026. If you want PropStream-style list depth at a similar entry price, look here first. More detail: Locate Next vs PropertyRadar.
BatchLeads
BatchLeads cites 130+ lead-list filters on its homepage and includes 10,000 leads a month on Growth. Its two pages describe skip tracing in different ways. The pricing page calls tracing automatic for every lead you save; the FAQ says tracing draws on a wallet that needs at least $50 deposited. The overage rate also differs between the two pages (4 cents on pricing, 1 cent in the FAQ). Read November 5, 2026. Ask sales which rule applies before you commit. See Locate Next vs BatchLeads.
If you only use PropStream for skip tracing
Maybe your lists come from somewhere else: a county file, a partner, a spreadsheet of tax-delinquent parcels. If the PropStream plan mostly exists to put phone numbers on those rows, a list platform is more than the job needs.
Tracerfy
Tracerfy is the cheaper option on price per trace by a wide margin. Its pricing page lists a normal trace at 2 cents a hit and an advanced trace at 4 cents, with misses free and no subscription. DNC scrubbing against federal, state and TCPA litigator records is a separate 2 cents a phone. Read November 5, 2026. It also runs a REST API and an MCP server for ChatGPT and Claude. One caution: its FAQ says web uploads are charged per uploaded row with a 20-record minimum, which conflicts with “misses are free”. Test a small file first. Full comparison: Locate Next vs Tracerfy.
Locate Next
Locate Next costs more per search than Tracerfy. What you get for it is a workflow built around the file you already have. Upload a CSV or .xlsx as it is, up to 25,000 rows. Columns are lined up and duplicate properties merged, and the maximum cost shows before anything runs. Before export you look over the people found. The file can be Contacts CSV, your original sheet with contacts added, or numbered phones with DNC results, and your record IDs and columns stay on each row. Pricing is $49 a month plus $0.17 per search with results, paid from a prepaid balance. No results, no charge. See bulk skip tracing and CRM export.
The Do Not Call check happens during Export and costs nothing extra. Every number carries its own result; one with no current answer is marked “Not checked” and is never treated as clear. 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.
Locate Next also does a simpler kind of list building: search a ZIP code, city or county for owner-of-record name, property address and the owner’s mailing address, then save the results and trace them. Each account can pull up to 5,000 owners per ZIP per day. It does not offer PropStream’s range of distress filters. See Find homeowners. Get started at $49 a month.
If you use PropStream for driving for dollars
If you find leads by driving neighborhoods, DealMachine is the tool here built around that job. Every plan on its pricing page includes the Driving for Dollars app, the Mail app for postcards and nationwide property and owner data. Owner contact reveals use data credits, one per unique person per billing cycle, and opening the same record again in the cycle is not charged twice, per its data credits guide. On November 5, 2026, its pages did not say whether an unmatched trace still uses a credit, and none of the pages we read mentioned DNC or litigator scrubbing. DealMachine also offers an MCP server and connections for Claude and ChatGPT. Our driving for dollars guide covers the method, and Locate Next vs DealMachine the details.
If you use PropStream as your CRM
PropStream has lead automation and in-app dialing through its Connect bundle, but if your team lives in a pipeline all day, a CRM-first tool may fit better.
REsimpli
REsimpli says on its pricing page that every feature is on every plan, so plans differ only by team size. Its skip tracing page says tracing is included, returns up to 10 phones and 3 emails per lead, and scrubs and tags DNC numbers. It includes calling, texting and eleven AI agents. The pricing page showed only Solo at $249 a month billed yearly; the Team and Business prices in the table come from REsimpli’s own info file. Read November 5, 2026. It suits teams who would otherwise pay for a CRM, a dialer and a list tool separately. See Locate Next vs REsimpli.
BatchLeads, covered above, is the other CRM-style choice, with a dialer and AI add-ons on top of its plans.
How to choose
- Write down what you did in PropStream last month: lists pulled, records traced, drives logged, calls made.
- Match that to the groups above. If most of it was tracing lists you already had, a list platform is overhead.
- Price your real volume. At thousands of traces a month, Tracerfy’s per-hit price or PropStream Pro’s included tracing will usually cost less than $0.17 a search. At a few hundred, a lower monthly plan matters more.
- Run the same 50 rows through your top two choices and compare the files you get back, including how unchecked numbers are labelled. What a skip trace match proves explains what to look for.
Common questions
What is a cheaper alternative to PropStream?
For skip tracing alone, Tracerfy listed 2 cents a hit with no subscription on November 5, 2026, far below PropStream Essentials at $99 a month plus 12 cents a contact. Locate Next is $49 a month plus $0.17 per search with results. For list building, PropertyRadar Solo is $99 a month billed yearly. Read November 5, 2026.
Who are PropStream’s competitors?
For list building: PropertyRadar, BatchLeads and DealMachine. For skip tracing only: Tracerfy and Locate Next. For driving for dollars: DealMachine. For an all-in-one CRM: REsimpli and BatchLeads.
Is PropStream skip tracing free?
On Pro and Elite, yes, per the PropStream FAQ, with extra tracing at 10 cents a contact past the included value. On Essentials it is an add-on at 12 cents a contact, and the FAQ says Essentials users can add Lead Automator, from $27 a month, to get free tracing. Read November 5, 2026.
Is there a PropStream alternative without a monthly fee?
Tracerfy sells pay-as-you-go credits with no subscription required (Read November 5, 2026). Locate Next has a $49 monthly plan, and searches with no results cost nothing.
Can I skip trace from Claude or ChatGPT instead of an app?
Yes, with some tools. DealMachine and Tracerfy publish MCP connections, and PropertyRadar describes one on its API page. Locate Next connects to Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Codex and Cursor through its MCP server at https://app.locatenext.com/mcp after you sign in with your Locate account, and paid searches run only after you say yes. See skip tracing in Claude or ChatGPT.
Does Locate Next build lists like PropStream?
Only by place. You can search a ZIP code, city or county for owners of record and save the results, but it does not offer PropStream’s distress filters or ready-made lead lists.
Sources
- PropStream, pricing page. Plan prices, per-contact skip trace rates, team members and included tracing. Read November 5, 2026.
- PropStream, FAQ. Free tracing on Pro and Elite, no-result traces not counted, free DNC scrubbing, the 7-day trial. Read November 5, 2026.
- PropStream, homepage. The 165+ filters, 160M+ properties and 20 lead lists. Read November 5, 2026.
- PropertyRadar, pricing page. Plans, included contacts, per-contact overage and exports. Read November 5, 2026.
- PropertyRadar, property and owner data. DNC and litigator scrubbing, mobile filter. Read November 5, 2026.
- PropertyRadar, API page. API on paid plans and the MCP server description. Read November 5, 2026.
- BatchLeads, pricing page. Plans, lead quotas, overage and the included tracing wording. Read November 5, 2026.
- BatchLeads, FAQ. Wallet-based tracing, the deposit floor and the FAQ overage figure. Read November 5, 2026.
- BatchLeads, homepage. The 130+ filter figure. Read November 5, 2026.
- DealMachine, pricing page. Per-seat plans, credit allowances and the apps on every plan. Read November 5, 2026.
- DealMachine, data credits guide. How credits are counted and when a record is not charged again. Read November 5, 2026.
- DealMachine, MCP server guide. Where the MCP server runs and which assistants it connects to. Read November 5, 2026.
- REsimpli, pricing page. Plans by team size and the Solo yearly price. Read November 5, 2026.
- REsimpli, info file. Monthly and yearly prices for all plans and included trace credits. Read November 5, 2026.
- REsimpli, skip tracing page. Included tracing, phones and emails returned, DNC tagging. Read November 5, 2026.
- Tracerfy, pricing page. Per-hit prices, misses free, plans and DNC scrub price. Read November 5, 2026.
- Tracerfy, FAQ. Per-row billing on web uploads and the 20-record minimum. Read November 5, 2026.
- Tracerfy, MCP page. The connector for ChatGPT and Claude. Read November 5, 2026.
- Locate Next, pricing page. Monthly fee, charge per search with results, top-up minimum. Read November 5, 2026.
Vendor pages and prices change. Check them yourself before you buy. This page is general information, not legal advice.