BatchData is a powerful real-estate data platform — property records, owner contacts, skip tracing — where building permits are an add-on layer. If permits are what you actually need, here's how a focused permit API compares.
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PermitStack is built around building permits and the API around them. BatchData is a property + owner-contact + skip-trace platform where permits are one enrichment layer you add on top of a base plan.
PermitStack starts free (100 req/day) and the lowest paid tier is $49/mo. BatchData's property-data API starts around $1,000/mo, with permit data sold as an additional add-on on top of that.
Email + 6-digit code + API key. No data-expert call required. BatchData's higher tiers and bundles are typically sales-assisted.
BatchData is a strong product for real-estate investors who need owner contacts and skip tracing. This compares the two specifically for the job of getting building-permit data.
| Feature | PermitStack | BatchData |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Free → $49/mo | ~$1,000/mo property plan + permit add-on |
| Free tier | ✓100 requests/day, no card | No (sales-led) |
| Permits as a first-class product | ✓The whole product | Add-on layer on a property suite |
| Self-serve signup | ✓~2 minutes | Talk to a data expert |
| Real-time webhooks | ✓From $49/mo | Portfolio monitoring (enterprise) |
| Owner contact / skip tracing | —Not offered | ✓Core strength |
| Property records depth | Permit-centric | 155M+ properties, 700+ attributes |
| Transparent public pricing | ✓On the pricing page | Quote / sales-led |
| Data refresh | Daily | Daily |
| Best for | Devs & contractors who need permits | Investors/wholesalers needing owner outreach |
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If you don't need skip tracing and owner phone numbers, you're overpaying for them.
Paying $1,000+/mo for a property-data platform to get to its permit add-on is a lot of overhead when permits are the thing you came for. PermitStack is permits, priced for permits.
Verify an email and you have a key with 100 requests a day. No procurement, no data-expert call, no minimum commitment.
Register a webhook and get new matching permits pushed to you within ~60 seconds — included from the $49 Developer tier.
Skip tracing and consumer-contact data carry TCPA/DNC obligations. A permit-only API keeps your surface area — and your compliance footprint — smaller.
If your workflow is real-estate investing or wholesaling and you need to turn a property into a phone call — owner identity behind an LLC, mobile numbers, mailing addresses — BatchData's skip tracing and 155M-property graph are genuinely strong, and permits-as-enrichment makes sense in that context.
If you just need clean, fresh, queryable building-permit data with a real API and webhooks, at a price that starts free, PermitStack is the more direct and economical tool.
Permit data is offered as an add-on on top of a BatchData property-data subscription, so the effective entry point to get permits is well above PermitStack's $49/mo. PermitStack sells permit access directly, starting free.
No. PermitStack focuses on building-permit data (address, category, contractor, value, dates, and AI-enriched fields). For skip tracing and consumer contact data, a product like BatchData is purpose-built — and carries the associated compliance requirements.
PermitStack ingests from city open-data portals daily. New permits are typically in the API within 24 hours, and webhook subscribers are notified within about a minute of a match.
Yes — it's fully self-serve. Verify your email, get an API key, and you're querying in about two minutes. No sales call at any tier below enterprise.
Get a PermitStack API key with email verification — no sales call, no credit card. 100 free requests per day.
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